Even if you know it is an original story, and the storyline is different, it feels like a cheap rip-off of stranger things.
Half of the cast seem to have more theater than film experience and make it look stiff and forced.
For german standards the special effects might be ok, but when you want to hop on the "stranger things train" you should do better than that.
Over all it is a 'can' but not a 'must have seen'.
It isn´t bad and I did finish the season, but I doubt that I would watch a second one.
I hope the fans of the book had there fun with it and I hope that the german fantasy genre finally finds its footing and there will be more films/series, so the funding will go up too.
Half of the cast seem to have more theater than film experience and make it look stiff and forced.
For german standards the special effects might be ok, but when you want to hop on the "stranger things train" you should do better than that.
Over all it is a 'can' but not a 'must have seen'.
It isn´t bad and I did finish the season, but I doubt that I would watch a second one.
I hope the fans of the book had there fun with it and I hope that the german fantasy genre finally finds its footing and there will be more films/series, so the funding will go up too.