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1. ›The Dark Side: The Bastard Son and the Devil Himself - An Unsolved Story ⁉️@lucianav1258d

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   Definitivamente estamos en la época en donde no se sabe que serie sintonizar porque en lo que menos lo esperas, ocurre una cancelación, no importa en que momento lees esto. Actualmente estoy tratando de no ver series que fueron canceladas, porque se que voy a quedar con ganas de saber más y no es nada divertido. Pero, hace una semana estaba buscando algo nuevo que ver en Netflix, me tope con esta serie llamada El Lado Oscuro y tras ver el trailer decidí verla sin investigar nada más, debo mencionar que al principio me costó mucho que me atrapara, porque estaba súper desconcentrada, pero cuando le agarré el hilo y repetí los primeros dos capítulos, no paré hasta terminarla, así que aquí voy con mis opiniones al respecto.

   We are definitely in the era where you don't know what series to tune in because when you least expect it, a cancellation happens, no matter when you read this. I'm currently trying not to watch series that were cancelled, because I know I'm going to be left wanting to know more and it's no fun at all. But, a week ago I was looking for something new to watch on Netflix, I stumbled upon this series called The Dark Side and after seeing the trailer I decided to watch it without investigating anything else, I must mention that at first it took me a lot to get caught, because I was super unfocused, but when I grabbed the thread and replayed the first two chapters, I did not stop until I finished it, so here I go with my opinions about it.

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   Ubicada en un mundo de magia y fantasía, donde hay brujos Fairborn (los cuales serian “buenos”) y brujos de Sangre (los llamados “malos”), cada brujo al cumplir los 17 años, debe completar un ritual en el que consiste beber sangre de un familia y recibir 3 regalos, para poder obtener su poder, el cual es diferente para cada brujo y no esta ligado a los poderes de sus padres. Nos presentan a Nathan, un brujo atrapado en el medio, nacido de una madre Fairborn y un padre de Sangre. Concretamente el padre de Nathan, Marcus Edge, es el responsable de una masacre de brujos y es altamente buscado por el consejo de brujos Fairborn. Es por ello que Nathan es muy vigilado por el consejo, puesto que creen que se volverá malo de la noche a la mañana o buscará a su padre para seguir sus pasos. Hay que destacar que la madre de Nathan murió, y el vive con su abuela y su media hermana, ambas brujas Fairborn.

   Set in a world of magic and fantasy, where there are Fairborn warlocks (which would be "good") and Blood warlocks (the so-called "bad"), each warlock upon turning 17, must complete a ritual which consists of drinking blood from a family and receive 3 gifts, in order to obtain their power, which is different for each warlock and is not linked to the powers of their parents. We are introduced to Nathan, a warlock caught in the middle, born of a Fairborn mother and a Blood father. Specifically Nathan's father, Marcus Edge, is responsible for a massacre of warlocks and is highly sought after by the Fairborn warlock council. This is why Nathan is closely watched by the council, as they believe he will turn evil overnight or seek out his father to follow in his footsteps. It should be noted that Nathan's mother died, and he lives with his grandmother and half-sister, both Fairborn witches.

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   Ya que conocemos lo básico, esta historia trata sobre las aventuras de Nathan porque en algún punto, logra escapar del consejo, en búsqueda de una Bruja misteriosa que no recuerdo como se llamaba, la cual tiene sangre de su abuela (porque en algún momento fallece) y el la necesita para poder vivir ya que se acerca su cumpleaños numero 17. En esta aventura lo acompaña su interés amoroso, Annalise, hija de un brujo que odia al padre de Nathan y trata de robar los poderes del protagonista. También lo acompaña un Brujo de sangre llamado Gabriel que tiene un interés particular por Nathan, cosa que me dejo sorprendida. Esta serie tiene peleas interesante y básicamente de la mitad hacia el final, esta llena de acción y cosas que te dejan viendo la pantalla fijamente para que no te pierdas de nada. El final te deja con ganas de más porque aparece Marcus Edge y Nathan trata de descubrir quien es, pero termina con una gran incógnita debido a unas muertes importantes en el mundo de los brujos Fairborn.

   Since we already know the basics, this story is about Nathan's adventures because at some point, he manages to escape from the council, in search of a mysterious Witch that I don't remember her name, who has his grandmother's blood (because at some point she died) and he needs her to live since his 17th birthday is approaching. In this adventure he is accompanied by his love interest, Annalise, daughter of a witch who hates Nathan's father and tries to steal the protagonist's powers. He is also accompanied by a blood warlock named Gabriel who has a particular interest in Nathan, which left me surprised. This series has interesting fights and basically from the middle to the end, it's full of action and things that leave you staring at the screen so you don't miss anything. The end leaves you wanting more because Marcus Edge appears and Nathan tries to find out who he is, but it ends with a big unknown due to some important deaths in the Fairborn wizard world.

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   Siempre que hago una reseña de una serie me gusta hablar de los personajes, me siento como si estuviera chismeando con amigas jaja. Sobre Nathan, el principal, me gustó porque a pesar de ser el centro de atención es bastante tranquilo pero sabe cuando actuar. Gabriel, el brujo de sangre, super cool este personaje y al final su historia me sorprendió mucho. Annalise, un poco desesperante pero al final encontró el equilibro. El padre de Annalise y la hermana de Nathan fueron los reales villanos de esta serie, cada vez que salian armando un plan me daban ansiedad. Y para finalizar uno de los mejores personajes fue la bruja Fairborn que visitaba a Nathan cada mes, no recuerdo su nombre, pero les dio buenas lecciones de vida a Nathan y Annalise.

   Whenever I review a series I always like to talk about the characters, I feel like I'm gossiping with friends haha. About Nathan, the main one, I liked him because despite being the center of attention he's pretty quiet but he knows when to act. Gabriel, the blood sorcerer, super cool this character and at the end his story surprised me a lot. Annalise, a bit desperate but in the end she found the balance. Annalise's father and Nathan's sister were the real villains of this series, every time they came out with a plan they gave me anxiety. And finally one of the best characters was the Fairborn witch who visited Nathan every month, I don't remember her name, but she gave good life lessons to Nathan and Annalise.

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   Entonces... al terminar la serie decidí buscarla en Google solo para ver si conseguía un poco más de información y me encuentro con la sorpresa de que la habían cancelado, eso fue un balde de agua fría. En mi opinión, era una serie de Acción, Fantasía y Drama perfecta, muy interesante y con bastante potencial, ya ni siquiera entiendo bajo que criterio se cancelan las series hoy en día. La verdad yo no planeo quedarme así y como les mencione en mi post sobre los libros que quiero leer en este 2023, he encontrado la historia original de la cual se baso esta serie, es una Trilogía de Sally Green, así que la leeré para conocer mucho más y no quedarme con tantas incógnitas. Recomiendo esta serie porque es buena, pero ya saben que no tiene continuación, espero que les haya encantado esta mini reseña, nos leemos pronto!

   So... when I finished the series I decided to Google it just to see if I could get some more information and I find the surprise that it had been cancelled, that was a bucket of cold water. In my opinion, it was a perfect Action, Fantasy and Drama series, very interesting and with a lot of potential, I don't even understand under what criteria series are cancelled nowadays. The truth is that I don't plan to stay like this and as I mentioned in my post about the books I want to read in 2023, I have found the original story on which this series was based, it is a Trilogy by Sally Green, so I will read it to know much more and not be left with so many unknowns. I recommend this series because it is good, but you know it has no continuation, I hope you have loved this mini review, see you soon!

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2. ›SERIES REVIEW: The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself@olujay1336d

   

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   The film industry will never be without witches, wizards, vampires, werewolves, elves, magic, and all that stuff. Why? Well, I believe it's because they have interesting concepts that explore creative imaginations; interesting concepts that take the audience on a ride of fantasy and escapism.

   The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself is a series that was just released last week. I bumped into it when was, you know, looking to Netfilx & Chill. It's Halloween, so I guess it popped up as I had been looking for more halloween films to try lately since its #spookymonth.

   To be honest, I only checked it out because I was drawn by its title; it somehow piqued my interest immediately. And when I started the firest episode, what I found was something quite unconventional for a fantasy story. I never saw the trailer, so I didn't think it was going to be a show about magic dusts, superhuman powers and all that.

   The title and the description was enough to draw me closer to take a look, but what okept me binge-watching is another story entirely.

   

   𝔸𝔹𝕆𝕌𝕋 𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝕊𝔼ℝ𝕀𝔼𝕊

   Nathan, a 16-year-old who is the illegitimate son of the world's most dangerous blood witch, finds himself leading a challenging life because he lives in the shadow of his father. Although he had never met his father, he was constantly reminded of "the bad things" his father had done, and everyone feared him as he is known to be the "Most Dangerous Blood Witch."

   The Fairborn council kept an eye on Nathan over the years out of concern that he would end up like his father. However, Nathan seizes the chance to flee when a fight breaks out between the Blood witches and the Fairborn witches.

   As he made his escape, he joins with friends and, while learning vague aspects of himself, he tries to keep his head and as well choose a side to fight with as he is a son of both worlds.

   

   𝕄𝕐 𝕋ℍ𝕆𝕌𝔾ℍ𝕋𝕊 & 𝕆ℙ𝕀ℕ𝕀𝕆ℕ

   There are not many people that actually fancy films or ideologies relating to beliefs in the supernatural or even the mention of the phrase "the devil." But, like fantasy drama films, they cannot be taken seriously. They are merely just fantasies, but allow for the good expansion of stories with interesting progression throughout, owing to concepts like magic.

   

   The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself centers around a boy who would have lived a normal life and most of what it should have been like, but had all that taken from him the moment he was born, simply because his father is considered "The Most Dangerous Blood Witch." What we now have is a story told from the perspective of a boy trying to find himself in the middle of the noise.   The film does well to depict humans and our natural tendency to act on our emotions. And if not properly evaluated, our emotions often cloud our judgement and then explode into undesired situations, which could lead to conflicts and long-term bitterness between people.

   Although we are eventually introduced to some contentious societal subjects, the film does an excellent job of holding its own with an addictive storyline.

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   The film begins with a premise, giving a little story about how everything began. This was extremely necessary and must have been done in order to form an idea of what was to come. There were, however, some diversions in the film's story, but they somehow added up to make the film all the more intriguing.

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   Despite the fact that this film is about magic, witches, and transfigurations and the like, I did not feel as though I had had all that thrown at my face in the name of entertainment. There was more attention given to the scripts and the dialogues than to the whole dramatic entertainment with superpowers and action .

   As a matter of fact, I did not identify most of the characters with their powers, but rather with their personalities and attributes with respect to the story. There was intricate development of the story's characters, giving better perspective to the storyline with the story being told with respect to certain characters.

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   ᴄɪɴᴇᴍᴀᴛᴏɢʀᴀᴘʜʏ

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   If a film about powers and witches is going to be made, high standards have to be met in the filmmaking. This is the aspect of the film that visually represents the film. And the cinematography of this film is something to really commend.

   It crosses across the CGI effects, the camera angles, the lighting, the color grading, and the props used. I love the fact that the CGI for the superpowers was just okay and not excessively done.

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   Oh, might I mention that there are so many gory scenes in this film? A little spoiler would be that there are scenes that may be too graphic for many of its viewers. But then again, it's not like it always happens.

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   I will not say that I love the entire acting performance because I actually don't. I didn't enjoy some of the extras. But I guess that doesn't matter much since the main characters did really well. There may have been some excesses, but that's all okay still.

   I was particularly impressed by the lead actor, Jay Lycurgo (Nathan Byrn). His performance as his character was practically the soul of this film for me. I was impressed by his charisma for the role.

   Again, the main characters did great with their roles, otherwise the whole film may as well have been a flop with them being unable to adequately represent the characters and tell the stories as they should have with their performances.

   

   𝕄𝕐 𝔽𝕀ℕ𝔸𝕃 𝕋ℍ𝕆𝕌𝔾ℍ𝕋𝕊...

   The one thing I did not really like about the film was the way it ended. I had high hopes of seeing something revealed in the end, but I did not get that. It's fine, actually. It was obvious that there was going to be a sequel to the series from the way it ended.

   Netflix is known to make really disappointing shows, especially these times. But this one is one that I can say that is really impressive really appealing. I do hope that’s the new standard their working towards.

   It didn't take long to finish the series because I found it addictive and entertaining. So yeah, if there's going to be a sequel, I'm totally down for that.

   I will give it a rating of 𝟠/𝟙𝟘.

   ★★★★★★★★☆☆

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   Interested in more of my reviews? There's a truck-load, but here are a few. :)

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   • sᴇʀɪᴇs ʀᴇᴠɪᴇᴡ: sᴇᴇ || ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴇʏᴇs ᴅᴇᴄᴇɪᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ

   • sᴇʀɪᴇs ʀᴇᴠɪᴇᴡ: ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴀ || ɴᴏᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʀᴇɢᴜʟᴀʀ sᴇʀɪᴇs

   • ᴍᴏᴠɪᴇ ʀᴇᴠɪᴇᴡ: ᴇᴅɢᴇ ᴏғ ᴛᴏᴍᴏʀʀᴏᴡ || ʟɪᴠᴇ. ᴅɪᴇ. ʀᴇᴘᴇᴀᴛ

   • ᴍᴏᴠɪᴇ ʀᴇᴠɪᴇᴡ: ᴛʜᴇ ᴜɴғᴏʀɢɪᴠᴀʙʟᴇ || sᴇɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ ᴅʀᴀᴍᴀ

   • ᴍᴏᴠɪᴇ ʀᴇᴠɪᴇᴡ: ᴛʜᴇ sɪʟᴇɴᴄᴇ || ɪғ ʙɪʀᴅ ʙᴏx ᴀɴᴅ ᴀ ǫᴜɪᴇᴛ ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇ ʜᴀᴅ ᴀ ʙᴀʙʏ

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   ℍ𝕖𝕪, 𝕚𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕖𝕟𝕛𝕠𝕪𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕥, 𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕝𝕪 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕒 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥, 𝕣𝕖𝕓𝕝𝕠𝕘, 𝕠𝕣 𝕦𝕡𝕧𝕠𝕥𝕖. 𝕀𝕥'𝕝𝕝 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕓𝕖 𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕕.

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