Onhell
Infinite Dreamer
Finished watching a few shows.
First, The Alienist with Daniel Bruhl. It was dissapointing. Bruhl is essentially a proto-shrink which I guess in the late 19th century were called Alienists. It was dissapointing, because even though it takes place in the 1890s or so, they place WAY too much modern progressive way of thinking into the show. For example, Bruhl is ever patient, kind and understanding with his patients. A couple take their little girl in, thinking there MUST be something wrong with her as she constantly touches herself. Bruhl says in his best father-of-the-year tone, "There is nothing wrong with you, it is natural to want to explore." or some shit like that. Really? is that why well into the 20th century doctors thought the best cure for hysteria was to manually "work" the clitoris? Because they new femal masturbation was "natural?" Things like that took me out of the show more than once.
They are following a killer who kills boy prostitutes in the most, Jack the Ripper, brutal way. Another thing I found ridiculous was the employment of not even 20th, but 21st century forensic analysis into a time period in which it simply did not exist. To this day Forensic science is criticized as "art" at best, a "guessing game" at worst.
They flirt with historical fiction, because the police comissionar is none other than Teddy Roosevelt. I facted checked some of the references the show makes to his life and they checked out, but that's as far as it goes.
The final nail in the you have to be kidding me coffin was the finale.
The other one that I watched was 1994, a documentary about the whole year of 1994 and what it meant for Mexico. The centerpiece was the murder of the PRI presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio, but they talk about the economy and country as a whole. I think the coolest thing about it is that my father is in it lol. I got one of those giddy, "My dad is on TV!" moments, even though it is literally for a minute. WAY better than the docudrama Colosio.
Currently watching another documentary of three girls who were kidnapped and murdered in Alcasser, Valencia, Spain in 1992 and also the Scream tv series.
First, The Alienist with Daniel Bruhl. It was dissapointing. Bruhl is essentially a proto-shrink which I guess in the late 19th century were called Alienists. It was dissapointing, because even though it takes place in the 1890s or so, they place WAY too much modern progressive way of thinking into the show. For example, Bruhl is ever patient, kind and understanding with his patients. A couple take their little girl in, thinking there MUST be something wrong with her as she constantly touches herself. Bruhl says in his best father-of-the-year tone, "There is nothing wrong with you, it is natural to want to explore." or some shit like that. Really? is that why well into the 20th century doctors thought the best cure for hysteria was to manually "work" the clitoris? Because they new femal masturbation was "natural?" Things like that took me out of the show more than once.
They are following a killer who kills boy prostitutes in the most, Jack the Ripper, brutal way. Another thing I found ridiculous was the employment of not even 20th, but 21st century forensic analysis into a time period in which it simply did not exist. To this day Forensic science is criticized as "art" at best, a "guessing game" at worst.
They flirt with historical fiction, because the police comissionar is none other than Teddy Roosevelt. I facted checked some of the references the show makes to his life and they checked out, but that's as far as it goes.
The final nail in the you have to be kidding me coffin was the finale.
Like Bruhl's understanding of his patients and the forensics balony, the finale was just as ridiculous. Turns out our killer wasn't born a monster, but turned into one through sexual molestation, child abuse and ptsd from fighting the Natives. Bruhl concludes, "We started looking for a monster, but we found a hurt little boy." No Daniel, you found a fucking monster. Period. Ugh, not watching any more seasons if they get uploaded.
The other one that I watched was 1994, a documentary about the whole year of 1994 and what it meant for Mexico. The centerpiece was the murder of the PRI presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio, but they talk about the economy and country as a whole. I think the coolest thing about it is that my father is in it lol. I got one of those giddy, "My dad is on TV!" moments, even though it is literally for a minute. WAY better than the docudrama Colosio.
Currently watching another documentary of three girls who were kidnapped and murdered in Alcasser, Valencia, Spain in 1992 and also the Scream tv series.
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