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on January 26, 2021

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Reviews Episodes: 33 Aired: November 25, 2016 - August 14, 2020 Country: Brazil Description: "In the future where the elite inhabit an island paradise far from the crowded slums, you get one chance to join the 3% saved from squalor." - Netflix "The rich forcing those living in squalor to undergo abusive tests, permanent medical alterations, and family abandonment to live in paradise." - Me General Impression: Initially, I was not expecting to be so enthralled with the show. It was on my Netflix list for years, but a few weeks ago, I took the plunge and decided to watch it. Wow, wow, wow. Thank goodness I finally succumbed. I was blown away by so many different elements of this story. First, the show blatantly discusses classism (prejudice or preference for certain social classes). I mean, the whole show is centered around a process where all registered twenty year-olds endure multiple tests to determine if they are 'good enough' for the Offshore (the ...

The Untamed (2019)

Episodes: 50 Aired: 6/27/19 - 8/20/19 Country: China Description: Two talented disciples of respectable magical clans unit during the cultivation training and through many hardships they are together. (Depending on where you read the description, it will label the main characters as either 'soulmates' or 'best friends'. Take with that what you will.) General Impression: I have to say, when I first started to watch the show, I was immediately lost. Starting on episode 3, there is a time jump to the past that lasts until episode 35. However, once you watch the show, you have a better picture of what is going on. This show is based on a novel called "Mo Dao Zu Shi" (translation: Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation), by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu. I started reading the novel about halfway through my watching of the show, and I have to say, they did an excellent job adapting the novel to the screen. There were a few scenes that were cut or altered, but the overall s...

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