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So yesterday I binged the entire netflix series The Society. And I’ll admit I enjoyed it. To some extent.
But it was very far from perfect.
Here are some of the things I couldn’t see past with this show:
1) The actors. Some of them were quite good. As always Sean Berdy (mah boi) did a great job. Also Toby Wallace was pretty good. But here’s the thing. It wasn’t really their acting that made me question why they had been cast: it was their apparances. It legit took me three episodes to understand who was Elle and who was Allie. At one point Kelly and Cassandra was in that same mix. Also Harry and Campbell was a problem to tell apart at first. And who is Gwen and who is Lexie? I just don’t get why they cast so many people who look so similar. Also, they’re mostly white...
2) The caracter introductions. Honestly I didn’t get a single name the first time everyone was introduced. I didn’t understand that the name of the Becca caracter was Becca until very far along in the story. Same goes for Sam, Bean, Gordie, and a whole lot of others. Still dont know all the footballplayers (garde members I guess)
3) It’s a copy of other stories. Michael Grants GONE book series is on of my favourite series but this was exactly the same only that the kids doesn’t have superpowers and they don’t dissaper when they turn 16, I think? Also the sparticle mystery is very similar in idea. Very good consept, not so original. But I’m going let it slide because GONE has never been turned into movies and Sparticle mystery is for kids.
4) Netflix did a shit job at promotion this show. This is not that shows fault, but netflix is really out here puking out series after series and never promoting them! So many good series are going to waste. The earliest promotion I could find was a short trailer on Netflix’ Instagram from April 4th... they do very little for their shows.
5) The start was kind of slow, I guess? I wasn’t fully intrigued with the series until the end of episode two. Before that it was all a little slow.
There’s probably more, but this is what I’ve got so far.
Good things:
1) Survive first, find a way home later. I actually Liked that this was how they did it. It felt real how they made everyone react to stuff
2) Killing people who seemed important at first. See Emily and Cassandra. Not a lot of shows do this so I appriciate it.
3) Defying stereotypes. The footballguys were legit nice people (at least in the start), like sure they were teenageboys who said stupid things but they were also very nice. Kelly and Helena, the popular girls, and cheerleader, were also very nice and kept putting others before themselves. I Liked that
4) I got season 1 of the 100 vibes from this. And since I love the 100 and Allie reminded me of Clarke, I really thought it was cool. Young people just trying to survive is a cool trope and I love it.
5) Also having a gay character who has a disability but doesn’t get bullied for it? We stan. And I love how it was just a fact that Sam was deaf and it didn’t create any problems. Even Campbell used sign language to Sam even though he hated him. And Grizz was the cutest with his trying so hard to impress Sam. It was adorable.
6) Good friendships. Becca and Sam were such a healthy boy/girl friendship. And so was Bean/Gordie, and Helena/Allie quickly became a good friendship for me. And even Grizz and that girl from the camping (Gwen? Who knows), when he said he was gay and she finished trying, they became friends. Will and Allie were also super supportive when they werent hitting on each other or avoiding each other.
In short: I want a season two, because I want to know what happened to them, but I want them to change a few things. Maybe Elle or Allie can get some coloured streaks in her hair so we can tell them apart? Also a lot is wrong with this, but some stuff was good. Besides that, I think everyone should give watching it a try.