Locke & Key
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Nach dem Mord an ihrem Vater ziehen drei Geschwister mit ihrer Mutter in ein altes Landhaus, wo magische Schlüssel die Türen zu kuriosen Kräften und Geheimnissen öffnen. (Netflix)
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It’s possible that my problem here is my ignorance of the original comic book this is based on. However, I understood what this series is going to be about from the beginning, even though the idea is not exactly simple. The story just failed to pull me in. As someone commented, it’s an incongruous combination of a family story for children with something that’s not exactly family friendly. Sometimes childish, sometimes wannabe teen, at some moments trying to shock the audience, but I turned it off after six episodes because it simply wasn’t fun.
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Season 1 – 50% – A disappointment that will bug me for a long time. While I consider the source material to be the best non-superhero comic series ever, the adaptation has no goal, presents mythological twists carelessly, and doesn't explain the key system, depicting it as one big coincidence. In the source material, the key appeared and I could get excited about the tension and potential. In the adaptation, the episode begins, Bode finds the key, one of the siblings tries out its properties in the most predictable way, the enemy makes empty threats, and we then do it all over again the next time. The kids, the main guides to the new world, who had won me over possibly on the first page, are surprisingly often unappealing here, incomprehensibly above everything, even in moments when their lives are literally at stake, the actors are inept at key moments, and in the end, I don't even want to root for them. Taking into account the pleasantly non-forced high school atmosphere and very well-cast Dodge, I don't feel like showing a raised "Aloha!" towards Keyhouse. But then, even for a moment, I admit that I've been waiting for the final project for years, only to get through an average story cut out from the current CW, which voluntarily lets the majestic potential flow somewhere into nothing, and I'm really disappointed, no exaggeration. The increased number of incomprehensible decisions in decisive situations finally make me bitterly wave away the Locke family. Season 2 – 40% – For a long time, it seems like relationships will play the main role, and hopefully, that the unobjectionable teen layer will prevail, but as time goes by it turns into an even worse experience than the last time. Magical moments are destroyed by routine twists expected well in advance, and the special effects can't save everything. The characters are sadly watered down and there's no one to root for. Nina is still an unsupportive mom whose main occupation is to look sad and date a mysterious stranger, Bode still incomprehensibly trusts every new arrival, Tyler is a toxic figure who in every episode forces his partner into something she repeatedly refuses. Even the over-the-top villain Eden, who would be a love-to-hate favorite in any other show, is only there for the count. And the potential is still so close. However, I no longer understand who the target audience should be. For kids, it's a pretty dark spectacle with death and unpleasant motifs, while adults longing for tension will fall asleep during the high school drama and children's games. And I'm still waiting for that beautiful comic series full of vibrant characters to materialize.
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Die Serie hat mir sehr gefallen und ich habe meine beliebte Comicvorlage vom Anfang bis zum Ende erkannt. Es schien mir, als ob die Familie Locke (außer Rendell) direkt aus den Seiten hervorgetreten wäre und so ist, wie sie sein sollte. Vor allem Bode, den man einfach lieb gewinnen muss, wenn er in den Gängen und Zimmern von Key House herumtobt und begeistert ein Geheimnis nach dem anderen entdeckt. Ausgezeichnet ist auch die geheimnisvolle Atmosphäre, die ein bisschen Stranger Things ähnelt. Für die sorgt bei Locke & Key auch die Ausstattung, die Regie und der super Soundtrack (möge er bald erscheinen!). Die allmähliche Enthüllung der Vergangenheit der Familie hat mir auch gefallen. Warum gebe ich also nur vier Sterne? Wegen den hastigen letzten Folgen, die plötzlich und überflüssig Dinge klären, welche bis zu diesem Zeitpunkt eigentlich gar nicht erwähnt wurden. Nur wegen dem "großen Finale“. Es war nicht nötig, die ganze "Krone der Schatten" zu nutzen. Sie konnte bis zur zweiten Staffel verborgen bleiben. Ich behaupte ja nicht, dass der Kampf mit den Schatten nicht gelungen ist. Ich habe in der Serie aber viele eindrucksvollere Momente gesehen und es waren keine Kampfszenen – z. B. das Fliegen von Bode oder Nina mit dem Schrank und der Asche. Weniger ist manchmal mehr (und es kann auch besser sein).
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The first season of Locke and Key demonstrated that Netflix is good at taking a great premise, taking the essentials of what makes it work, and remaking it into a mainstream show reminiscent of Stranger Things. However, it lacks logic and screams that the screenwriters took the easy way out. I found the ending to be annoying because it turned a great comic into some mediocre entertainment, which I found rather sad.
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