Intrigued by a couple of negative reviews from the English tabloids, (whatever the critics of the English tabloids don't like, deserves immediate attention) and by Michael Sheen as director, I'm very happy to have followed my instinct because it's been a really long time since I saw something. So special, so different. I honestly didn't expect anything less from Sheen on an artistic level, you can see his sure hand and expert eye, also helped in the undertaking by Graham and Curtis, of course. The fact that many people don't understand it and therefore despise it is an inevitable disgrace of our society and since, as someone said, they didn't make a puppet version, I fear it's inevitable. I find the "political" criticism of a certain faction incredibly ridiculous, although again not unexpected: in the series no specific parties are named, and it is evidently a different reality from ours, more technological and militarised, and yet they immediately took it personally when an oppressive and unscrupulous government is described as violating the privacy, civil liberties and human rights of its citizens, relying on an army of mercenaries! Political nonsense aside, this series really refreshes the neurons. By the way, I don't know if we have Sheen, Graham, or both to thank for this, but the ending was surprisingly hopeful for the young people, in a not patronizing way.
Besides the pleasure of annoying conservatives and right-wingers simply by liking it, the desire to visit Wales and hear his language and his fantastic accent is another pleasant side effect.
Besides the pleasure of annoying conservatives and right-wingers simply by liking it, the desire to visit Wales and hear his language and his fantastic accent is another pleasant side effect.