A TV series based on series of Egyptian novels produced by Netflix which as expected did not want to risk to invest a good amount of budget in a horror TV show based on a property which did not have a fan base outside of Egypt.
A TV series that would have gained from more budget, as the story telling needed more episodes to complete telling some of the stories and they squeezed some monsters or book into a single episode, which rushed a lot of parts and resulted in plot holes, the story would had gained a lot from increasing the number of episodes.
A lot of nice ideas were presented, the cinematography was great, and the used used props and customs were fine given that the show was in the 60's and had a good attention to details , like building walls in front of buildings ( to help against booms) due to the on going war.
It is clear that CGI budget was not enough for a proper horror TV show, at the same time I blame the director for not relaying on more practical effects and tricks to avoid showing the bad CGI.
The Show is not a hard core horror TV show, more moderate stuff like in "Doctor who" show.
The music is fine but not memorable.
Liked the fact that the show did not follow politics and followed the source material and did not had to change story telling or characters , yes keep him a smoker.
For this brother, really liked the character, too bad he had to die permanently, not sure if that was in the source material, or if the cast wanted to say everyone could die and danger is real or just they are preparing us for the final season.
For Lucy : really I do not know how would the views accept him as Lucifer in the upcoming seasons, specially due to competition form other ongoing TV series, it is very clear that he shall need more work.
The main character Dr. Refaat , liked him, and related his problems as a processor, and like the phrases "if your mind tricked you ...." and other small comedic opinions and rules.
Nice to see other myths from different parts of the worlds, hope to see more legends and new creatures with new rules but hopefully his time not an under cover gorilla.
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