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1. ›Special, but not too much | Impressions and series review@jauregui981865d

   

   

   Hello, living beings! Today I am going to tell you about a series that compels me to do so, Special; a year ago I watched the first season, and that ending was horrible for me, I needed more, I knew the second season was coming and I had already put the notification on Netflix that I would be notified when the second season was available and I forgot about it, when I saw the notification I hit a scream, sent messages saying that the second season was already available and I started watching it, eight chapters in a row and after many laughs and tears I am here writing this for you.

   In Special we are going to meet Ryan Hayes, a white gay man with cerebral palsy living with his mother, both codependent, who decides to experience life first hand and not wait for the world to tell him what living is like. I wish the series was as simple as that description, but no, you can be laughing and start crying with the next scene change, just like life itself.

   

   ¡Hola, seres vivos! Hoy les voy a hablar de una serie que me obliga a hacerlo, Special; hace un año vi la primera temporada y ese final fue horrible para mí, necesitaba más, sabía que se estaba produciendo la segunda temporada y ya había puesto la notificación en Netflix que me avisaría cuando estuviera disponible la segunda temporada y me olvidé de eso, cuando vi la notificación pegué un grito, envíe mensajes diciendo que la segunda temporada ya estaba disponible y comencé a verla, ocho capítulos seguidos y después de muchas risas y lágrimas estoy aquí escribiendo esto para ustedes.

   En Special vamos a conocer a Ryan Hayes, un hombre gay blanco con parálisis cerebral que vive con su madre, ambos codependientes, que decide experimentar la vida de primera mano y no esperar a que el mundo le cuente cómo es vivir. Ojalá la serie fuera tan simple como esa descripción, pero no, puedes estar riéndo y comenzar a llorar con el siguiente cambio de escena, como la vida misma.

   

   

   

   I love with a lot of violence and desperation this series, it may seem like a motivational series where they are going to teach us to accept ourselves, to take risks, and all those ridiculous things, but no, it is that even in the series they make fun of that in such a cruel way that gives more laughter than if they had tried to soften it.

   It has many highs, but more lows than I would like to admit, but in a way they are necessary because not everything is intense emotions that make us laugh or cry until our heads hurt, we also need calm and that is something they develop through the chapters, creating expectations, tension and the need to know how the whole story will keep evolving.

   

   Amo con mucha violencia y desesperación esta serie, puede parecer una serie motivacional del montón donde nos van a enseñar a aceptarnos, a tomar riesgos, y todas esas ridiculeces más, pero no, es que incluso en la serie se llegan a burlar de eso de una forma tan cruel que da más risa que si lo hubieran intentado suavisar.

   Tiene muchos altos, pero más bajos de los que me gustaría admitir, pero en cierta forma son necesarios, porque no todo son emociones intensas que nos hacen reír o llorar hasta que nos duela la cabeza, también necesitamos calma y es algo que ellos desarrollan a través de los capítulos, creando espectativas, tensión y la necesidad de saber cómo va a seguir desarrollándose toda la historia.

   

   

   

   One of my favorite things is how they approach cerebral palsy, in the second season many other limiting health conditions, not only from the point of view of the person who has to deal with it but also from the point of view of the rest of the family and friends who also get sick even if it doesn't seem like it.

   Accepting oneself with such a condition can take a lifetime, and it is never completely done, there is always that little voice that recriminates and makes us smaller and smaller within ourselves, but for that, there are people around us who unintentionally make us see how amazing we are and that it is okay to feel bad about it, but we should not stay with that feeling and move forward.

   

   De mis cosas favoritas es cómo abordan lo que es la parálisis celebrar, y en la segunda temporada muchas otras condiciones limitantes de salud, no solo desde el punto de vista de la persona que tiene que lidiar con eso, si no del resto de la familia y amigos que también llegan a enfermarse aunque no lo parezca.

   Aceptarse con una condición de ese tipo puede llevar toda una vida, y nunca se hace del todo, siempre existe esa pequeña voz que recrimina y nos vuelve cada vez más pequeños dentro de nosotros mismos, pero para eso existen personas a nuestro alrededor que sin tener la intención nos hacen ver lo increíbles que somos y que estar bien sentirme mal por eso, pero no debemos quedarnos con ese sentimiento y seguir adelante.

   

   

   

   I loved and hated almost all the characters, some do not deserve to receive such feelings, and I was very upset that many actors were taken off the screen, they deserved more, or not, they are just my whims, anyway, anyone who watches the series can get to feel identified with any character, there are all kinds and in different facets, and if you do not identify with someone, it's okay, you are not always the protagonist of all the stories, even if it seems that we are the main actors for a moment.

   I love, and it's something that's going to stay with me forever, the fact that no one who has any disease or condition should make themselves less or try to make the rest of the world comfortable around them, no one should make existence easier for others by hiding those kinds of things, you are who you are and if someone is uncomfortable with that, well screw them, other people's lives don't revolve around them and they have to learn to live with that when the reality is that they shouldn't even care in the first place, oh, and that if anyone is going to monetize someone's misfortunes, it should just be that person.

   

   Amé y odié casi a todos los personajes, algunos no merecen el recibir tales sentimientos, y me cayó muy mal que sacaran de la pantalla a muchos actores, merecían más, o no, son solo caprichos míos, en fin, cualquiera que vea la serie puede llegar a sentirse identificado con algún personaje, hay de todos los tipos y en diferentes facetas, y si no se identifican con alguien, está bien, no siempre se es protagonista de todas las historias, incluso si pareciera que somos actores principales por un momento.

   Amo, y es algo que se va a quedar conmigo para siempre, el hecho de que nadie que tenga alguna enfermedad o condición debe hacerse menos o tratar de que el resto del mundo esté cómodo a su alrededor, nadie debe hacerle la existencia más fácil a los demás al ocultar ese tipo de cosas, uno es quien es y si alguien está incómodo con eso, pues que se joda, la vida de los demás no gira a su alrededor y tiene que aprender a vivir con eso, cuando la realidad es que ni siquiera debería importarle en primer lugar, ah, y que si alguien va a monetizar las desgracias de alguien, debe ser solo esa persona.

   

   

   

   I cried and laughed with both seasons in equal parts, the number of things you learn or remember when watching this series are countless, the more you watch it, the more things you learn and the satisfaction grows, although it is very likely that many people wake up family traumas, couples, and with diseases and/or conditions of their own, and it is normal to happen, no one heals completely from those things, there is always a small space in us that suffers and has its small time in the light reminding us that we can still feel.

   Here's the trailer for the second season! I promise you lots of laughs, lots of tears, desire to murder idiot people too, you don't know the number of times I compared imbecilic people I've come across with the characters of the series, they are the most abundant in this world, anyway, watch it, you may regret it, you may not.

   

   Lloré y reí con ambas temporadas a partes iguales, la cantidad de cosas que se aprenden o se recuerdan al ver esta serie son incontables, mientras más la ves, más cosas aprendes y la satisfacción crece, aunque es muy probable que muchas personas despierten traumas familiares, de parejas, y con enfermedades y/o condiciones propias, y es normal que suceda, nadie sana completamente de esas cosas, siempre queda un pequeño espacio en nosotros que sufre y tiene su pequeño tiempo a la luz recordándonos que todavía podemos sentir.

   ¡Aquí les dejo el trailer de la segunda temporada! Les prometo muchas risas, muchas lágrimas, ganas de asesinar a gente idiota también, no saben la cantidad de veces que comparé a gente imbécil con la que me he topado con los personajes de la serie, son los más abundantes en este mundo, en fin, véanla, es posible que se arrepientan, es posible que no.

   

   

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2. ›Special: a very honest and captivating series@roadstories1953d

   

   Nunca en mi vida había visto una serie tan cautivadora como "Special", realmente el titulo le hace justicia a la trama y no por el hecho que se trate de una persona con cierta condición de salud, sino por el hecho de que realmente es una serie que te transmite muchos sentimientos, la esencia de los capítulos cada vez es aun mayor, y siempre te deja con ganar de mirar el siguiente una vez que terminas de ver una gran cantidad de capítulos.

   La serie a mi parecer es un poco corta, más sin embargo, creo que es perfecta, porque tratan los diferentes temas de la parálisis cerebral desde puntos de vistas claves e importantes.

   Una cosa es mirar a una persona con parálisis cerebral y otra es llegar un punto en que sientes que tu eres ese paciente, y realmente fue lo que sentí cuando empecé a ver esta serie, más que todo la dependencia que podemos llegar a pensar que tiene una persona con este tipo de enfermedad, pero es gratificante el hecho que se muestra otra cara de la trágica historia, pues en "Special" vemos que es todo lo contrario a lo que podría ser nuestras expectativas, bueno la mía quedo por las nubes, pues pensé que se enfocaría más en los puntos trágicos que en las cosas buenas que se pueden mirar si se intenta vivir y seguir luchando por una vida "normal".

   Digo "normal" no por el hecho que él no lo sea, sino porque a pesar de su fortaleza para vivir, tiene muchas limitaciones, y es algo que se deja ver en los primeros capítulos cuando este hombre vive con su madre, quien se ha encargado toda su vida de cuidarlo tanto a él como a su madre quien también tiene una condición medica muy importante que se ve en los capítulos finales de esta primera temporada.

   Never in my life have I seen a series as captivating as "Special", the title really does justice to the plot and not because it is about a person with a certain health condition, but because it really is a series that conveys many feelings, the essence of the chapters each time is even greater, and always leaves you wanting to watch the next one once you finish watching a lot of chapters.

   The series in my opinion is a bit short, but I think it is perfect because they deal with the different issues of cerebral palsy from key and important points of view.

   One thing is to look at a person with cerebral palsy and another is to reach a point where you feel that you are that patient, and that's what I really felt when I started watching this series, especially the dependence that we can think that a person with this type of disease has, but it is gratifying the fact that it shows another side of the tragic story because in "Special" we see that it is the opposite of what our expectations could be, well mine was sky high, because I thought it would focus more on the tragic points than on the good things that can be seen if you try to live and continue fighting for a "normal" life.

   I say "normal" not because he is not, but because despite his strength to live, he has many limitations, and it is something that is seen in the first chapters when this man lives with his mother, who has been in charge all his life to take care of him and his mother who also has a very important medical condition that is seen in the final chapters of this first season.

   

   Puedo decir que una de las cosas claves de esta serie es que no solamente se enfoca en lo que debe vivir el paciente con parálisis cerebral, sino las consecuencias que este evento puede resultar para las personas a su alrededor, pues vemos que también esta enfocado en la vida de su madre, que se podría decir ha sido un total caos por no decir que no tiene vida, ya que se enfoca en su hijo más que en su propia vida. Divorciada tal vez, pues no se deja claro en la serie, esta mujer tuvo que enfrentar toda la situación de su hijo sola, y pues toda su vida vivió sola con él, por lo que su vida amorosa estuvo totalmente inactiva.

   Sin embargo, en el transcurso de la serie vemos que no solo su hijo quiere un cambio mas independiente de su vida, sino que ella también siente el deseo de poder hacer cosas que no ha disfrutado por darle prácticamente toda su vida a su hijo y madre.

   En esta serie vemos también un hermoso lazo de amistad, que a pesar de las "mentiras blancas" que se generaron por confusiones y tal vez por miedo a rechazo, prospera y es muy cálida por así decirlo, más que todo porque pudiéramos pensar que para una persona con su condición y viviendo tal vez una vida "falsa" nadie quisiera sinceramente tener una amistad, pero vemos que no solo él vive una vida falsa, sino la gran mayoría de las personas que están en su entorno.

   I can say that one of the key things of this series is that it not only focuses on what the patient with cerebral palsy must live, but the consequences that this event can result for the people around him, as we see that it is also focused on the life of his mother, which one could say has been chaos not to say that she has no life, as it focuses on her son rather than in her own life. Divorced perhaps, as it is not made clear in the series, this woman had to face the whole situation of her son alone, and all her life she lived alone with him, so her love life was totally inactive.

   However, in the course of the series, we see that not only her son wants a more independent change in her life, but she also feels the desire to be able to do things she has not enjoyed for giving practically all her life to her son and mother.

   In this series, we also see a beautiful bond of friendship, which despite the "white lies" that were generated for confusion and perhaps fear of rejection, thrives and is very warm so to speak, mostly because we might think that for a person with his condition and perhaps living a "false" life no one would sincerely want to have a friendship, but we see that not only he lives a false life, but the vast majority of people who are in their environment.

   

   "Special" es una serie de comedia, pues el personaje principal es un poco sarcástico y es algo que una persona en su condición haga, incluso alguien que este pasando por un mal momento e intenta que esto no se el enfoque, siempre va a lidiar la realidad con sarcasmo.

   "Special" is a comedy series because the main character is a bit sarcastic and it's something that a person in his condition would do, even someone who is going through a bad time and tries not to let this be the focus, he's always going to deal with reality with sarcasm.

   Por ahora solo esta disponible la primera temporada en Netflix y la verdad es que yo estoy muy ansioso de seguir viendo la vida de esta persona y también como se desarrolla la vida de los demás, ya que no solo él tiene una vida complicada como lo mencione antes, sino que todos tienen una historia que contar y un antifaz que quitarse del rostro para poder vivir como realmente desean, ser felices sin pensar en lo que la sociedad pueda señalarles.

   For now only the first season is available on Netflix and the truth is that I am very eager to continue seeing the life of this person and also how the lives of others develop, since not only he has a complicated life as I mentioned before, but everyone has a story to tell and a mask to remove from his face to live as they really want, to be happy without thinking about what society can point out to them.

   Una de las cosas que aprenderás de esta serie y por la cual te recomiendo verla, es que debes olvidar los estereotipos en cualquier ámbito de la vida, ya que esto solo intoxica nuestras vidas, las criticas siempre van a estar allí, la inseguridad también, pero hay momentos en que hay que aceptarnos tal y como somos para que la sociedad también aprenda a aceptarte y verte como alguien más que puede vivir siendo feliz tal y como es.

   One of the things you will learn from this series and why I recommend you watch it, is that you must forget the stereotypes in any area of life, as this only intoxicates our lives, criticism will always be there, insecurity too, but there are times when we must accept ourselves as we are so that society also learns to accept you and see you as someone else who can live to be happy as you are.

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3. ›Special (2006) - Movie Review@coldsteem3081d

   

   Low budget does not necessarily mean ineffective.  With one million dollars, Hal Haberman and Jeremy Passmore manage to deliver an interesting story.  The talent isn't comprised of big names, but consists of solid actors.  While Special is obviously low budget, I am amazed at what they accomplished. 

   Les (Michael Rappaport) signs up for a study to determine any side effects for a drug designed to block depression.  When Les develops super-powers, he quits his lousy job as meter-maid to fight crime full-time.  His passion for comic books appears to have influenced his brain chemistry, causing him to believe he can actually run through walls and levitate.  He interprets the world around him through comic book villainy, causing him to perceive attempts to help him as deception.  As Les spirals downward, his actions begin to take on a quality that makes the audience question whether he really has acquired special powers.  He finds that tenacity can be painful.  On the bright side, he isn't suffering from depression...  

   

   Special succeeds with strong characters and an awkward balance creating enough doubt to keep the audience guessing.  While the ending was anti-climactic, I found the story engaging and unique.  With a bigger budget, this story could be honed into a high quality film based on characters and writing.  The dialogue was great, with an interesting approach used to create miscommunication.  Good writing and strong acting help this film overcome a non-existent budget.  

   Rappaport has done dozens of films, although not often as the star.  He demonstrates his acting chops in an incredible performance that made me forget how ugly the film looked.  Rappaport took this low-budget film on his shoulders and carried it without breaking a sweat.  His performance was spot on.  He was supported by a solid cast that included middle-weights Josh Peck, Robert Baker and Alexandra Holden.  

   

   Special creates modestly decent special effects within budget.  Good camera work helped quite a bit, but at times felt choppy.  The film had an ugly look that seemed to come from cheap costumes and rough cuts.  I am not sure how this film managed an R rating, but some bad language and violence are probably the cause.  It didn't seem to merit an R.  I would go as low as nine or ten for my personal age restriction.  This 2006 film has a run time of one hour, 21 minutes.

   Special is, itself, special.  With an incredibly paltry budget, the film attracted a decent slate of talent who took a decent script and made it work.  While the special effects were okay, they weren't spectacular, but much better than you would expect from such a cheap film.  I was impressed.  If I were to rate based on budget, I would give this film 8/10.  But I am going to rate it on merit. 6.5/10.

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