markh110-723-816159
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I feel like instead of a proper documentary, this is one of those obnoxious YouTube video essays. It DRAGS and truly could've told the entire story in an hour. There's a good 30 minutes' worth in the first episode alone where they're just saying the same things over and over and over again.
We get it. People feel community by vlogging. Yes, we get it - YouTube can be lucrative. Yes, we twigged 10 minutes ago that this woman really wanted to be a mom and seemed authentic about it.
It's really frustrating because this doco touches on some actually interesting topics, but it feels a little bit like HBO asked them for an episode count and they had to pad for time. You're better off reading the article the entire thing is based on, because there's no particularly new insights here either (the family they're all discussing declined an interview).
We get it. People feel community by vlogging. Yes, we get it - YouTube can be lucrative. Yes, we twigged 10 minutes ago that this woman really wanted to be a mom and seemed authentic about it.
It's really frustrating because this doco touches on some actually interesting topics, but it feels a little bit like HBO asked them for an episode count and they had to pad for time. You're better off reading the article the entire thing is based on, because there's no particularly new insights here either (the family they're all discussing declined an interview).
Look, I know not everything can be The Jinx or Making A Murderer, but this really did feel like watching "content for content's sake".
Yes, it's horrific what happened to the victims, and I'm glad the families got to share their stories, but it's just not particularly compelling. It veers very close to just reciting a Wikipedia page (though the ratio of real footage vs. Stock footage in this one is a lot better than some other ID shows I've seen).
I finished the first episode and sort of felt like... it didn't really deliver on the title? Or maybe I shouldn't have gone in expecting "these are going to be crimes where they only didn't get away with it because they poorly got rid of the body". I felt like that was a fairly straightforward assumption though...
Yes, it's horrific what happened to the victims, and I'm glad the families got to share their stories, but it's just not particularly compelling. It veers very close to just reciting a Wikipedia page (though the ratio of real footage vs. Stock footage in this one is a lot better than some other ID shows I've seen).
I finished the first episode and sort of felt like... it didn't really deliver on the title? Or maybe I shouldn't have gone in expecting "these are going to be crimes where they only didn't get away with it because they poorly got rid of the body". I felt like that was a fairly straightforward assumption though...