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Review: 11.22.63 | A Bizarre Journey to the Past to Save Kennedy [ENG-ESP]@jessuses1381547d
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  1. Ties That Bind History - 11.22.63@crimsoncrown1741d

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    So, time traveling and Stephen King. What can go wrong? The book, original source material liked to dwelve into the Kennedy conspiracies, but also taking itself to be a part of King's Castle Rock universe. Both book and show tries to keep to itself most of the time, only presenting so many aspects of King's horror universe within the moments that has so much forward momentum in terms of the story.

    Watching a production, billed by J.J. Abrams himself, there's only good expectations. I mean he's never made a bad show before(ok, I know Lost had its problems . So I came in with those expectations and I wasn't disappointed, though, ah, my attention span you could say, lost it right around the third act and ending.

    To put it in a summed choice of words, this was an enjoyable King flick through and through. Stephen King doesn't make bad stories, just ones that sometimes tends to maybe stand out more than the others. This felt like it was a personalized drama and political thriller, with some supernatural elements sprinkled on top.


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    You can't change the past without dealing the consequences of time-space manipulation. While it doesn't like to go deep into technicalities around time traveling, the show has a simple plot structure. It puts a reluctant protagonist, Jake Epping, to do this mission for the sake of his diner friend because he is such a helpful sort. He found a portal to 1960, just 3 years before the JFK assassination and has been tasked to do whatever it takes to foil the late president's death.

    One near impossible mission becomes a long journey of realization, love, and loss. The evocative foreshadowing that the show employs with King's book to help with, pulls you into the thrill of the suspense. One point, the main character just wins a few bets of that timeline, next he is saving a middle-aged man he knew from his current timeline by evading him from childhood trauma. As the show progresses, you pretty much realize halfway that, he has a savior complex. More on that later.


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    The characters in this show are delectibly disturbed, deranged, unhinged, sometimes even the ones who think are right, turn to be misguided. The big exception being the protagonist who has a bit of a Mary-Sue thing going on for the first few episodes.

    King's writing are all about the characters and the mysticism they get embroiled in. Like both the protagonist and his deutaroganist that teams up with him, whom have been tasked on saving J.F.K. Stumbles time after time. From helping Jake's girlfriend by dealing with her psychopatic ex-husband to dealing with the interventions that the past throws out. And then some more.

    These characters can't catch a break from the grand hands of faith, trying to do whatever it can to stop them from achieving their mission. This is a believable premise because of how meticulously created the setting and characters are. How the supernatural elements all fit in.

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    Despite that, I never got behind the protagonist. He seems fine but is also just a run-of-the-mills goody-two-shoes who wants to do right by people. His partner in crime, Bill is completely naive, to that point of stupidly foiling a well-thought out plan. Of course, this show is also about the drama, so I was trying, accepting this aspect of the story, despite seemingly being flawed.

    The show doesn't pull punches when it comes to inducing some traumatizing story moments. Characters will die, you just don't know who at times. It plays around with your expectations. But the biggest rug being pulled is how connected the show is to King's Castle Rock universe. There's going to be so many heavy hitting images and character revelations, that reminds you that this is indeed a Stephen King's story and that you're not going to be ready for what's to come.

    Through the end, I did enjoy watching the show. Though the ending to this didn't hit as hard as any of his other works. Seemingly because this was wrapped up with a nice bow in the end. A cushioned ending where the character doesn't get what he wants but everything in the world is right and that order is restored.

    Of course, I'd be remiss If I said that the show follows the book one on one, because I never got around to read it myself, but from what I've gathered, the book has a better narrative all throughout. This is a great series, the production quality and the superb pilot episode really knock it out of the park. Finished it in 8hrs, from about 8 episodes as a limited-run series.

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  2. 🎬 Must See TV Shows - Part 14 - 11.22.63@bachone3094d

    When you fight the past - The past fights back

    We have now come to part 14 of tv-shows that I can recommend. Today we are looking at a tv-show based on a Stephen King novel, starring James Franco.

    The show I can recommend watching today is: 11.22.63 (photo: dizison)

    Episode runtime: 60 minuts pr episode Seasons: Mini-serie containing 1 season with 8 episodes. Show started: 2016 Genrer: Sci-Fi, Mystery, Thriller, Drama. Stars: James Franco, Chris Cooper Show Creator: Bridget Carpenter Executive Producer: J.J. Abrams Based on Novel by: Stephen King Availability: Can be streamed on Hulu. Imdb/Rotten tomatoes: 8.2 & 80% / 88%

    This show is fabolous, and both viewers and critics agrees on it.

    I must admit, when seeing this was on I had HUUUUUGE expectations due the "power" this series had. A stephen King novel is first of all a very good start, executive producer J.J. Abrams, and to top it all with the star James Franco. I was really really looking forward to this show, and I binged it over a weekend, I just couldnt help it. The set looks amazing and you can really feel that it represents the 60s.

    There isn't much else I can say about this show without actually starting to spoil stuff, and we dont want those spoilers! Regarding if you are into history about the Kennedy assasination or not, this show is spot on.

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    James Franco is one of my favourite actor theese days, I actually started out hating him for his whiney boy role in spiderman. But luckily that wasnt a permanent thing, and his career has deffinently moved up up and up. With this show it is no exception, he plays the part very convincinly, and the rest of the cast around him is also propperly played.

    This mini-series focuses on a Diner, that has some sort of hidden closet, when walking into it, it takes you back to the 60s, and when going back, what you changed is also changed in the real world, A high school teacher comes to this diner often and never about its secrets, when he finds out, his life changes forever.

    Normally for TV shows its alright to watch the trailers, but for 11.22.63 I don't recommend it, you should watch the show instead and stay away from the trailer. I wont say it reveals much, but it does reveal enough in my oppinion. However it is your own choise, and you can find the trailer here:

    I hope you enjoyed reading this, and will consider watching this tv-show, as this is deffinently one of the better tv-shows out there.

    If this is the first time you are reading, you can see my other TV-show recommendations here:

    LETHAL WEAPON, JEAN-CLAUDE VAN JOHNSON, LUCIFER, TRAVELERS, WAREHOUSE13, SHOOTER, OZARK, STRANGER THINGS, THE LAST SHIP, TIMELESS, DESIGNATED SURVIVOR, PREACHER, AMERICAN HORROR STORY

    In the reviews that I make, I try not to give out too much information, and keep the spoilers away, there is nothing fun about watching something and knowing everything in advance, not quite the same as watching it fresh.

    Feel free to follow for more tv-series recommendations, as there are plenty more on the way.

    I am now also writing about news regarding movies and tv, you can find my latest here or find them all at #movienews HBO Confirms rumors about Game of Thrones Box Office 2017 was Disneys year

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    Thank you for reading.

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