The plot of this show which involves different factions of extra-terrestrial aliens coming to earth and fighting both humans and each other over some complicated cause isn't exactly revolutionary but it could still work. But it barely does. The problem is the characters. Especially the main characters who are a bunch of extremely dumb and unlikable Danish teenagers. I mean everything they do is just an illogical, irrational annoying mess. They keep getting offended and hysterical, they don't listen to each other, they fail to notice what is happening right in front of them, they keep secrets for no reason, they keep making the wrong choices, it really is as if the creators deliberately wanted to piss the viewer off. I don't mind a dark story where everybody is violent and evil but I do mind one where everybody is just plain odd and stupid.
61 Reviews
It kept my attention, enjoyable
pritchetts11428 January 2022
I'm surprised by the number of bad reviews that are supposed to be here. There are supposedly 207 reviews before mine but none of them are available to view. I found this show engaging and I always wanted more. I didn't find it completely predictable and I felt like I really cared about the main character. The story is more or less from her point of view, and doesn't show any scene without her as far as I remember. I'm only on the third episode and I have to say the three or four star reviews (or less) which I can't see can't be right. Perhaps that's why they are hidden. I've seen some real stinkers in this isn't one.
Too spread out.
Nemesis424 February 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Just not enough information given out to explain the mysterious aspects in this. Normally when there are non-human beings in stories, by the end we at least know who is evil and who isn't. Here, we're left with nothing certain and are expected to wait for a further series to answer this question. Info is sparse throughout, but at the end of a series one you should have at least pinned down who is who. So annoying.
Made we want to scream...
krausche29 January 2022
Warning: Spoilers
I haven't written many reviews, but I had to get this off my chest. I've kept away from Danish productions because the ones I've seen have always been gloomy and depressing. But I liked the premise of this series, so I decided to give it a try.
The first episode was actually pretty good, albeit a tad slow, and it kept me interested. By the second episode, I was having doubts. And by the third, I literally wanted to scream in frustration and anger.
The person I hated most was the lead character, Emma. She starts out well as a teenager who is sick of people lying to her, and all she wants is the truth. But by the end of the series, she herself has lied to everyone and badly hurt the people who love her most.
The character I hated the second most was Mads, the budding megalomaniac tyrant in a wheelchair. He's the kind of person who goes to any lengths to ensure people only listen to him, while he attempts to be the only person who knows the truth and how to discover it. For this reason, he turns the other characters against one another and betrays them.
I couldn't identify with any of the other characters, and none of them are in any way likeable, with one huge exception: Marie. She's shy and honest, and really wants to believe Emma loves her. Of course, Marie is also the person Emma hurts the most.
Emotionally and otherwise, the series makes little sense. For instance, why would the super-powered alien help Emma? There's no real reason for it. And if he senses when people lie, why can't he sense her lies? Of course, when he discovers the truth about who Emma really is in the final episode, he turns on her. But how is it possible he didn't kill her? He has super-speed, and Emma was standing only a few feet away from him. She turns and runs, and he should have had her in a split second.
Of course, the end leaves everything open for a second season after the super-powered alien destroys the ship in which Emma was supposed to escape. But if the war on their planet is over and they can all go home again, why is a super-powered alien here who is trying to kill them all? Doesn't really make sense.
I'll keep an eye out for the second season (should they even decide to make one after this bomb) to see if they can in any way redeem themselves from this fiasco. But I could only be tempted to watch it if Marie has a much more dominant role, and Emma can somehow reform herself and become a bit likeable. Like I said, the premise could be interesting (although it's been done before), but what they've created with it leaves me mainly just sad and disappointed.
The first episode was actually pretty good, albeit a tad slow, and it kept me interested. By the second episode, I was having doubts. And by the third, I literally wanted to scream in frustration and anger.
The person I hated most was the lead character, Emma. She starts out well as a teenager who is sick of people lying to her, and all she wants is the truth. But by the end of the series, she herself has lied to everyone and badly hurt the people who love her most.
The character I hated the second most was Mads, the budding megalomaniac tyrant in a wheelchair. He's the kind of person who goes to any lengths to ensure people only listen to him, while he attempts to be the only person who knows the truth and how to discover it. For this reason, he turns the other characters against one another and betrays them.
I couldn't identify with any of the other characters, and none of them are in any way likeable, with one huge exception: Marie. She's shy and honest, and really wants to believe Emma loves her. Of course, Marie is also the person Emma hurts the most.
Emotionally and otherwise, the series makes little sense. For instance, why would the super-powered alien help Emma? There's no real reason for it. And if he senses when people lie, why can't he sense her lies? Of course, when he discovers the truth about who Emma really is in the final episode, he turns on her. But how is it possible he didn't kill her? He has super-speed, and Emma was standing only a few feet away from him. She turns and runs, and he should have had her in a split second.
Of course, the end leaves everything open for a second season after the super-powered alien destroys the ship in which Emma was supposed to escape. But if the war on their planet is over and they can all go home again, why is a super-powered alien here who is trying to kill them all? Doesn't really make sense.
I'll keep an eye out for the second season (should they even decide to make one after this bomb) to see if they can in any way redeem themselves from this fiasco. But I could only be tempted to watch it if Marie has a much more dominant role, and Emma can somehow reform herself and become a bit likeable. Like I said, the premise could be interesting (although it's been done before), but what they've created with it leaves me mainly just sad and disappointed.
Dreadful
footscrayvic28 January 2022
Plot with holes. Bad acting full of long slow scenes. A dreadful lead actor whose character behaves irrationally.
I sat through two and a half episodes. By that time I was about ready to gnaw my own leg off to get away. So I fast forwarded through the other episodes. In total I gave this silly program about 3 hours of my life that I'll never get back.
Do yourself a favour and do anything other than watch this.
I sat through two and a half episodes. By that time I was about ready to gnaw my own leg off to get away. So I fast forwarded through the other episodes. In total I gave this silly program about 3 hours of my life that I'll never get back.
Do yourself a favour and do anything other than watch this.
Never Have I Ever
dmdcheney30 January 2022
I rated Chosen a 3 and I was being generous. Never have I ever rated a film or series so low. The worst part is I gave it two episodes to redeem itself though it was obvious from the very first scene it wasn't worth viewing. How could no one scripting, producing, directing, edition the mess not realize how completely bad it is? Chosen gets my vote for worst dialogue in film history.
Decent enough Danish sci-fi
Tweekums15 February 2022
Seventeen year old Emma lives in Middelbo, a town whose sole claim to fame is that it was hit by a meteorite seventeen years before. She works at the meteor museum until an incident leads to her being fired, it also leads her to question whether the 'meteorite' on show at the museum is even real. She gets involved with a group that has other theories about the nature of the incident seventeen years ago. Soon Emma's life is get distinctly strange and more than a little dangerous.
I thought this was a decent enough series; it is by no means a classic but equally it is far from terrible. It gets off to a fun start and once Emma has a good idea about the truth there is a good level of threat and some solid action Emma is a good leading character and the supporting group is solid too; if more than a little irritating at times. The self-proclaimed leader of the group is petty and childish most of the time; jealous that Emma is discovering things as soon as she joined while the others never really found anything. The cast is solid enough with Malaika Mosendane being likeable as Emma. Many questioned are answered by the end of the sixth, and currently final, episode but more are raised leaving scope for another season; if there is more I'll watch.
These comments are based on watching the series in Danish with English subtitles.
I thought this was a decent enough series; it is by no means a classic but equally it is far from terrible. It gets off to a fun start and once Emma has a good idea about the truth there is a good level of threat and some solid action Emma is a good leading character and the supporting group is solid too; if more than a little irritating at times. The self-proclaimed leader of the group is petty and childish most of the time; jealous that Emma is discovering things as soon as she joined while the others never really found anything. The cast is solid enough with Malaika Mosendane being likeable as Emma. Many questioned are answered by the end of the sixth, and currently final, episode but more are raised leaving scope for another season; if there is more I'll watch.
These comments are based on watching the series in Danish with English subtitles.
Found myself skipping half the show to hear some dialogue.
freeriga28 January 2022
Over half of this show is what I guess to be suspense build up. You get 25 cuts of someone walking, with music building up for every piece of dialogue delivered. There is no real explanation given for mostly everything going on and the characters aren't asking any.
The show also tries to focus in and spends way too much time on a love triangle thing that just does not work and adds needless sex scenes. It is like the entire story was written around a 17 year old girls sex life.
The show also tries to focus in and spends way too much time on a love triangle thing that just does not work and adds needless sex scenes. It is like the entire story was written around a 17 year old girls sex life.
Don't understand the poor reviews
barrymw4 October 2022
It amazes me sometimes what people see when they watch shows. This is a short series that crams a lot of themes in. Sense of identity, being an outsider, emotional problems, sexual identity, friendships, strained friendships, parental relationships and all that wrapped around the central mystery of what really happened when the meteor struck in a one horse town in the middle of nowhere.
I found it it to be well paced. The mystery is not taxing so its not a 10/10 series but I finished each episode wanting to watch the next immediately.
I have seen criticisms on here of the acting but for me the central characters behave and in a way that I have seen thousand times in real life when they consider themselves to be outsiders in some way. As the series progresses certain characters are revealed to have certain secrets and the way others have reacted and behaved previously becomes clearer. If someone appears emotionless, the reason becomes clear.
The series ends with some things unexplained and I hope that it means a 2nd series to expand further on what we understand from the first.
While I wouldn't say this is a must see it is certainly worth a watch.
I found it it to be well paced. The mystery is not taxing so its not a 10/10 series but I finished each episode wanting to watch the next immediately.
I have seen criticisms on here of the acting but for me the central characters behave and in a way that I have seen thousand times in real life when they consider themselves to be outsiders in some way. As the series progresses certain characters are revealed to have certain secrets and the way others have reacted and behaved previously becomes clearer. If someone appears emotionless, the reason becomes clear.
The series ends with some things unexplained and I hope that it means a 2nd series to expand further on what we understand from the first.
While I wouldn't say this is a must see it is certainly worth a watch.
A pleasant surprise!
toby-milton18 March 2022
Fun... Danish...
mwold-50-74727810 May 2022
Stop Jannik Tai plz
gutod-9323130 January 2022
Literally in two minutes I saw the dumbest character I've ever seen in my whole life, the protagonist make one stupid decision behind the other and the rest of the characters or are as stupid as her or change their personality in literally two sentences.
It's like the last season of "The Rain" all over again...
Please Jannik READ what you write before finishing your job.
It's like the last season of "The Rain" all over again...
Please Jannik READ what you write before finishing your job.
This is really one of the baddest shows ever!
dmach-612471 February 2022
I love good SciFi, but what this show is delivering instead is stupid behavior of the main characters. Totally non-existent ethics because the main character is just selfish beyond believe and the question: Are danish parents really allow their 16 year old daughters to run off with a full bottle of hard whiskey to have a "great time" alone at night with lots of strangers and NOT questioning this on the next day!?
If this is a mirror for the things to come now at Netflix, I will quit!
If this is a mirror for the things to come now at Netflix, I will quit!
The worst Netflix series I have yet seen
jeremy-benjamin6 February 2022
Imagine the worst ever story in an earthbound edition of Doctor Who, mixed in with every ill-fitting and irrelevant cliche of bad low budget sci-fi you can think of. Compound this mess with almost nothing anyone says or sees making any sense at all, or in any way leading on from the previous scene. Expect nothing to be explained properly, as all you get to see is a few repellent teenagers going around a small town in a torturously slow non-story occasionally coming across something nonsensical. Watching this had me half wondering if the pages of the script had been randomly shuffled after being mixed in with other totally different series!
Slow Paced Scandinavian Sci-Fi
barryblack-2761028 January 2022
Good Sci-fi Bad Characters
icocleric30 January 2022
The story kept me interested, and there was intrigue. Enough that I watched the full series in a short space of time. The Sci-fi elements were really good. It was enjoyable at moments, but it was far from problem free. One of the main plot points I saw coming from the word go.
BUT I disliked how unhealthy many of the relationships between the characters were. I was hoping for a teen, let's discover ourselves whilst we uncover this mystery and get to the truth. There was so much backstabbing, and all the characters hurting each other a lot.
Also no one actually talked to each other, instead they jumped to conclusions, lied, and often did something stupid behind someone's back. With the exception of Marie, she was the only really likeable character.
Emma even did this to her Mum. Mads was actually vile. A lot of these things were often different to how the characters started out, and seemed to be there just to forward the plot.
I can honestly understand the mixed reviews to this.
BUT I disliked how unhealthy many of the relationships between the characters were. I was hoping for a teen, let's discover ourselves whilst we uncover this mystery and get to the truth. There was so much backstabbing, and all the characters hurting each other a lot.
Also no one actually talked to each other, instead they jumped to conclusions, lied, and often did something stupid behind someone's back. With the exception of Marie, she was the only really likeable character.
Emma even did this to her Mum. Mads was actually vile. A lot of these things were often different to how the characters started out, and seemed to be there just to forward the plot.
I can honestly understand the mixed reviews to this.
Faithful portrayal of small town drudgery
davittennis21 June 2022
Warning: Spoilers
I really liked this but it takes patience. I can see others mention it is too drawn out but to me that is a pertinent part of the story.
If you have lived in a small post industrial town this portrayal of slow, paranoid, conservative driven directionless life of an intelligent teen drowning in pathetic normalcy is well portrayed.
I feel we are spoon fed shallow narratives and have all become accustomed to not having to work to hard to get a CGI payoff, but correct me if I am wrong aren't we supposed to invest in Simon order to feel for the characters and their journey?
The story revolves around an intelligent but disaffected teen girl that stumbles onto a secret at the very heart of her broken community revolving around the supposed crash landing of a meteor in her town that somewhat reinvigorated a financially destitute country town.
What is the secret? Who is in on it? Who are all these new faces appearing in town and what's this about an extraterrestrial signal from space???
Take a few deep breaths, suspend any preconceptions and press play. I would say best watched solo or with close friend as it may not appeal to a broad range of people and it's no fun when one person isn't getting invested.
If you have lived in a small post industrial town this portrayal of slow, paranoid, conservative driven directionless life of an intelligent teen drowning in pathetic normalcy is well portrayed.
I feel we are spoon fed shallow narratives and have all become accustomed to not having to work to hard to get a CGI payoff, but correct me if I am wrong aren't we supposed to invest in Simon order to feel for the characters and their journey?
The story revolves around an intelligent but disaffected teen girl that stumbles onto a secret at the very heart of her broken community revolving around the supposed crash landing of a meteor in her town that somewhat reinvigorated a financially destitute country town.
What is the secret? Who is in on it? Who are all these new faces appearing in town and what's this about an extraterrestrial signal from space???
Take a few deep breaths, suspend any preconceptions and press play. I would say best watched solo or with close friend as it may not appeal to a broad range of people and it's no fun when one person isn't getting invested.
Slow, boring, and emotionless
briansrowe21 February 2022
There's a lot of shots of the main girl walking very slowly and staring blankly at things. Then every now and then something happens. I never felt much emotional connection to anyone. At the end, all I felt was indifferent. The song selections all felt awkward and out of place too. I doubt there will be a second season, but if there is, I definitely won't waste my time watching it.
Unique storytelling
talebronx16 February 2022
It had me from the beginning. In every episode there is one question that always come up, who can you trust. When you think you have it all figured out a surprise is at the end. I gave this series 10 stars because I normally do not watch series and when you see I do it's because it's good.
Liked it...
msorik1 February 2022
It's not a masterpiece AND lately there none so it passes. I think there are sublime and subtitle messages but a second season will be needed to bring them to fruition. Yes, it could have been better but it was enough to keep me engaged.
Bad parenting on display.
consv1 February 2022
If you want to know how not to parent watch this show. They will let their kids do just about anything and with no supervision.
They do have the required lesbian relationship that seems to be a required checkbox these days if that's your cup of tea.
They do have the required lesbian relationship that seems to be a required checkbox these days if that's your cup of tea.
Bad bad bad
gillesperreault28 January 2022
Script is lacking
emilysandrock7-805-5293763 February 2022
Warning: Spoilers
It's not terrible just not much to it.
I noticed there isn't much about the parental ratings for it yet. Fighting and mild violence on episode 2. Also female top nudity briefly shown while two females kiss and proceed to make out.
I noticed there isn't much about the parental ratings for it yet. Fighting and mild violence on episode 2. Also female top nudity briefly shown while two females kiss and proceed to make out.
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