Ambiguous opinion about this series. It seems to be not bad, but in some moments it is too cliched and predictable. But I am glad that Russian cinema is reaching a new level.
@JosephMagicc: This is not a new level. Russian cinema has one level, however, like any other. It's just that at all times there have been bad and good movies and TV series. In this case, this is an example of a good series
a very good ending, the level of Russian cinema clearly does not stop at melodramas and steps forward, there is a sense of season 2, after all, it is interesting what will happen to Valera and how his life will develop in general, so let's hope for a continuation, which is clearly not superfluous here
@varyabogdanova:such continuations will be just the same very superfluous. An open ending is better than watching an unsuccessful attempt to cut money from a Russian viewer. It is better to come up with Valera's fate yourself, a good or bad ending. Personally, I imagine that Igor gets out of prison, finds out about the mysterious disappearance of children after the camp and goes to kill Valera, for example. But to each his own.
@varyabogdanova: so read the story, what will happen. The old Stratelate with red ties died, burned down in the "pioneer bonfire". A new boy is a new era. Just as the country grows, it will collapse
A very heavy aftertaste remained after the final. It seems to be a happy ending, but in fact everything is bad for everyone. It's a pity for the doctor, who finally decided to do something bold, but died anyway. The camp's leadership will probably be fired, and this is only in the best case. The vampires forgot about what happened to them, which means Veronica forgot about her love for Igor, although there was such a hope that they would stay together. And Igor himself will now have a hard time with his sincere confession. Well, Valerka is waiting for a repeat of the fate of Serp Ivanovich, and Sergushina, after everything she saw, will not come close to him. Well, everyone's lives are broken, except that Shalaeva continues to enjoy life.
Despite the very sad end, the series itself impressed and pleasantly surprised. Here, of course, it was not without small shoals, but in general, the "Food Hall" will remain in my memory as the best Russian TV series at the moment, which I may even revise one day, but now I'm going to read a book.
@Charlie_42: so the doctor chose death, he was in a suicidal state all season. He could have jumped into the water if he wanted to live, but his "shift is over".
@-TraumfraU-: he also has a halo,- a straw hat. He is killed by ghouls, an innocent victim, a quiet alcoholic. Like, a lot of them were devoured by Soviet adherents. Symbolism ;)
According to the book, no man was killed. There was no sincere confession. The doctor was not on the ship, he remained alive. Veronika and Igor are together. So the book has a pretty good ending. Igor promised not to leave Valery and help him
@miha_xxx: Like, no, I didn't. There was in some series, she tells the little one that she's like with 2 men, she doesn't like one at all, and she chose the second one just so that the first one would fall behind
The groundwork for season 2 is clear... BUT NOW THERE WILL BE A SPOILER IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE BOOK. Igor says that he will not leave Val and will help him to fight all this. Why is there no such soulful scene?!? They even sit in different parts, as if nothing connects them, and there was no murder in the book, but damn, the last couple of minutes have been a disappointment. And why was there a murder to be done? In short, the favorite thing of screenwriters when adapting is to insert something that wasn't there and create a lot of problems with it. And well, the line of Igor and Veronica ... what it was in the end is not clear.
But in general, until the last couple of minutes, everything is very good. Especially the atmosphere, the hood, the staging, the camerawork, great music!!! Okay, let's see what happens in 2, if there is one.
@Ittanni: about Veronika and Igor's line. I think she remembers that they were together, but she forgot everything after the bite. That is, she cannot understand why Igor does not communicate and does not even look in her direction. Purely my assumptions...
I feel like I'm going to be confused, but still. I started watching this project when episode 7 came out, so that I could watch everything in one gulp and then see the finale of this story. I understand that this is the 3rd major original series from Kinopoisk (Before the Food Store there were Swamps and a Whirlpool). I hadn't read the novel, so I didn't know anything about the project except its synopsis. What did we get in the end? In some places, a rather fascinating series trying to recreate the atmosphere of a children's camp of the eighties. At the same time, in just 8 episodes, the authors managed to stretch the story to the point of impossibility, since the first series practically nothing happens. I think it was possible to safely reduce the series to 5 without losing the main plot. I would like to touch on the acting game, for the most part there is no one to find fault with except children. It's just awful. The main character, whom we should most empathize with, but at the same time he lost the lion's share of the timing in the last series, or the actor playing him, who has only one emotion for the entire series. Many things remained unclear (perhaps I did not understand something, perhaps something was explained in more detail in the book, but the book did not go as a set, so it should be evaluated separately) Why were many adult characters needed? The same doctor with a tendency to suicide did practically nothing, he did not want to stay in this camp, but for some reason he spent the last 3 years there. We have shown in a flashback that the brother of the hero bit their mother, but it's useless and failed (Kind of like this, even not in the book, as the brother character only appeared in the TV series) CGI monster at the end is something, why was it necessary to show, if he was on the level of the monsters from "the Vampires of the middle band" (And I think the budget was smaller). It would be better to stop at computer mosquitoes, so they turned out to be at the highest level As a result, we get in some places a charming, clumsily trying to play on the feelings of nostalgia, a Russian TV series with huge potential, but for some reason incompetently merged into the pipe
I spit furiously. All the charming atmosphere carefully created throughout the series, in the episodes that are being worked out in detail, merges on the monster... after it, I hardly watched it to the end and couldn't empathize, because all I could think was, “fuck it, they made such cheap CGI.” And the moment of unnecessary murder is like that in general.. Why?! There is such an unpleasant aftertaste that one of the main characters is a murderer. I'm disappointed with these things in the series.
@vk731525: I was thinking, maybe the plot needed a shot. Sickle set Igor on Baba Nyura, and waited for her to be killed. But the watchman was killed, and Baba Nyura hid. Sickle decided that everything was going according to his plan.
To be honest, the final episode is pretty rough for me, I'm sorry for the French. All 7 episodes are stretched into filer parts, but here it is somehow crumpled. I missed something, but what was the point of grandfather sunbathing in the fire? Have you shared your blood and it's time to retire? It seems to be interesting to watch, and it was shot well, but there must be something wrong, it was the same with "topi".
@lt_22: In the book, Valerka gained his grandfather's power and forced him to go to the stake to die. If you read the book first, then a lot of things in the series will become clear, but there is also more dissatisfaction with the script jambs and unnecessary, unexplainable plots ((
Overall, I liked the series, but after the ending, I had a bit of a mixed impression. 7 episodes were all measured and more or less logical, but here they crumpled up, closing some of the storylines somewhere behind the scenes and not explaining everything...
a pleasant and easy-to-watch series. Yes, there are shoals, but.. and where are they not? I watched it with pleasure and was pleasantly surprised by the level of Russian TV series.
I'm even ready to recommend it for viewing, unlike the swamps and the whirlpool.
The series is clearly good, some episodes are even almost "Wow!", especially regarding the soundtrack (Space Oddity, everything is going according to plan!) and even in the series itself, they finally explained why it's called "The Food Store," but the ending, yes, somehow leaves questions.
For example, what's the fun of hiding Nyurka from us? At first, it was clear that there was some kind of plan, but then they could have shown at least on the pier, after all, the key NPC who revealed the story, otherwise it was as if she had really been killed, and the last episode did not end the way it ended. Why did Val carry a gun with him after church, if he could have dragged it back there or even just hidden it where they were already looking, because everyone was going to build anyway? And it's so cute, the little punk who's being watched by the whole camp drops a gun, but no one even bats an eye :D And why was it all with a gun (well, that is, before the above-mentioned moment, the flag was clear, the cunning plan, but after that?), why did the Sickle get into the Food Hall, since he had everything he needed and you just go and feed already? Why would Igor write something sincere? Well, that is, we can assume that the pangs of conscience and that's all, but you saved 13 people (even though you couldn't make the doctor jump overboard) and you still have to save from Val in the future. How else can you heal the fact that Grandpa went to burn himself? Again, we can assume that Valerka ordered him to do so, but why can't it be explained in some way, at least in passing? They explained about the blood requirement, it's clear here, but this? Why was there a scene with Valerka's parents? Why and why did Valerka's imaginary brother appear again? Why did Nyurka remember everything after Matvey's death, but these people had, uh, forgotten everything?
Wow, so many questions and so few answers :D But I would watch the sequel.
@Kentavr: Sickle went to the food hall because he expected to see Veronica there, from whom he was supposed to drink blood. Sincere, yes, the pangs of conscience. And it's true about self-incineration, Valera ordered it. I don't think there's much point in explaining, since we've been shown throughout the series that all vampires obey their master in absolutely everything. And Valera is his master now. The scene with his parents is to show that Valera is now ready to go all the way and not leave the "team". He was no longer fighting for himself, but for everyone. Valera needed her brother to figure things out and solve problems that he couldn't do on his own. I think he came back for the same reason :)
@Kulac: why does Nyura have a scar, but everything went away for the children in a couple of days?They said that there were already 12 victims, Yura became 13, then why Valera in the end? And how do they carry Sickle blood if they feed themselves?? And I didn't understand how Valera guessed that the Sickle was the main one, what kind of mucus was on his fingers??????
It wasn't slime, that's for sure, but maybe paint/spraying, maybe the bullet was painted in silver, that's how I realized for myself. Valera was not a victim, but a new stratum. It was Valerka who drank Sickle's blood.
@Kentavr: As far as I understand, the leeches remember everything more or less, but they don't understand the reasons and can't tell - they keep averting their eyes.
@Kentavr: And it's so cute, the little punk who's being watched by the whole camp drops his gun, but no one even bats an eye.
That's understandable. There is absolutely no chance that a kid from the 80s will have a real gun. So everyone just thought it was a toy that had fallen out. The lightning passed three days ago, and the boys are still wearing pistols.
@mavlytovfagiz: Then you clearly have a problem. Teenage student children confront teenage student vampires and their leader. Why? Because the author of the book and in this case the series wanted it that way.
Everything is so beautifully and qualitatively shot from the picture, and here you are, a cheap ridiculous cgi-naya monster, which Serp Ivanovich has turned into 🤦 ♂ ️
In some ways, the expected sad ending. The characters did too many things to make a happy ending.
The series is very beautifully and atmospherically shot - minus, however, the monster from this series. Otherwise, everything is great on the visual side. And the soundtrack is sometimes just very much in the theme :)))
I didn't really expect anything special from the finale, but it still managed to disappoint.
The pioneers of the USSR learned a song in English for the counselor's declaration of love in a day, and his hand was reaching for his face. Running with love that destroys control is understandable from a kilometer away, but how ugly.
Why did Grandfather suddenly decide to burn himself? His conscience didn't exactly wake up - he said he didn't regret anything. Did you listen to the hero? Why? A vampire can't refuse only his own blood, I don't remember anything about self-intoxication.
What prevented the Doctor from jumping into the water? Why was he eaten? Where did the body go? When you came to, were you also covered in blood? Have you changed your clothes and it's okay? There are a lot of questions about this scenario.
Sickle burned himself because Valerka became a stratelate and told him to "burn with a blue flame", vampires obey their stratelate unconditionally. The doctor didn't want to live, so he didn't jump off
@Inkich: so the Sickle itself was a stratolith, why did it work for him? It turns out he could have bitten his brother and stolen, but handed him over to jail? Or does it only work with a successor who has become a blood stratate? Well, the doctor is suicidal, but the leeches hadn't killed him before, and the doctor had been devoured. It makes little sense when you can use it. And they fell into an obvious trap, no matter what. The script is based on conventions, in short.
It was interesting to watch the camp workers (not the counselors) and Valera, although his actions were also smeared with a love line. In general, the whole season the love lines were neither rural nor urban, or rather they were prescribed too badly or something. Valera's love was just like a cardboard box, tripping over which you have to somehow change the route, because your finger now hurts. As mentioned above, the doctor could jump off. It would be understandable if he said in front of them: "I have nothing to lose" and, in fact, sacrificed himself, he also tried to get rid of his uselessness, and so would nobly, and helped, and achieved his personal goal (to leave this world). Sickle's self-poisoning is also unclear, one could say that there should be only one king of ghouls, but they and their brother lived quietly as leaders together. How will Valera survive now in an environment where there is no such well-established blood consumption system? Or will he burn himself later too? From his behavior after the transformation, there was a feeling that he was like jelly and that was it, nothing had changed. In general, the most interesting part of the series was finding the main character. The rest even got in the way, most likely because it wasn't well thought out/prescribed.
I really liked the young actors, there are so many different faces and they play great, it was nice to watch. Kinopoisk has a podcast where they discuss each episode, in case someone might be interested in listening.
Well, basically, the series is not bad, although at first I didn't really like it because everything was kind of delayed, but I don't regret that I decided to watch it.
There's some kind of confusion in the ending.I don't know what was in the book, but in the last episode, I personally waited for some kind of logical outcome, even within the framework of the ongoing idiocy.Well, why not beat the final boss fight with a vampire somehow more interesting?To come up with some kind of weapon for Val from improvised means, to create suspense, well, these are the basics of the genre!Instead, it's an artificial drama that's far-fetched.If the creators watched "very strange cases", it was clearly inattentive.The storyline with my parents and brother, that's why it was, developed almost the entire series, but in the end, no one explained anything like that.This also applies to many minor characters.Even though the ideological message of the entire series is not close to me, it could have turned out much better if a good screenwriter had adapted the literary source for the film adaptation.And then in the end it turned out to be some kind of mess.
although, according to the rules of stratification, he must have some kind of flaw or scar - where are they? or was it a fiction, you know, about the rules?)
The entire finale was played out under the now-popular phrase "Great plan, Walter! Just oh...If I understood correctly. Reliable as a Swiss watch." Lure the stratelate into the pantry of the food store and lock him in there. The storeroom in the pioneer camp is like the labyrinth of the Minotaur, half the night will pass while you search. I opened the door - there's no one there - fuck it all. And why would he go there if he already had the gun? Well, what was the plan for the ship? Run the ship aground and.. Did the thought stop there? Stock up on water bottles to fight back until they jump overboard, for example. In general, planning is clearly not the strongest side of the main characters. In general, the series was interesting from the very beginning. I will definitely read the book (thanks to those who did not recommend doing this until the end). The final, with a lot of inconsistencies, in my opinion, is a three. I'll keep quiet about CGI altogether. Overall, the series is a solid four. For the creation of the entourage - Five!, although at times there were hits past the epoch, but it is quite possible that this was intended.
@-iddqd-: Separately, I would like to say: "Thank you!" for a great cast. There were practically no complaints about the actors' performance. Well, it's a pity that some good actors didn't get much screen time. Igor Khripunov, for example, or Artyom Zhigulin. Askar Nigamedzyanov practically had to be looked for under a microscope. Well, there was very, very little Marusia Klimova. If they're going to shoot a sequel (God forbid, of course), they'd like to play more mean roles.
well, the plan was that Veronica set up a meeting with sickle in the food store, he went to kill her, in the meantime, Valerka would come there and kill him with a pistol, he would call for help from the leeches, who in the meantime could not come because they were in the water, it's not the evening to do it, they would have time, If it wasn't for the gun
@Inkich: Who's going to kill whom? It felt like we were watching different TV shows. Veronica, as I understood it, was supposed to die, because another 13th was supposed to appear that night, with whom Sickle was going to have dinner. Val has already realized that the bullet is not silver, but colored, and it will not be of any use. And there was only one. And it was she who was overwhelmed by the guards. As I understood it, the meeting was set up in order to supposedly give away the gun. At the same time, they planned to lock the stratelate in the pantry so that he could not bite anyone and starve to death. And the vampire pioneers were dragged to the middle of the river so they couldn't unlock it.
There were already 13 guys who served the Sickle. There should have been no new ones. Veronica was supposed to be killed on the first full moon out of 13, for this she called Sickle to the food hall.
The atmosphere of the series is fascinating, the characters are interesting, I would like to watch and review, but with the ending it feels like something was missing. And I'm not talking about the ending of the plot, but about the ending of the episode, where two guys are dramatically sitting, the ship sails off into the sunset and "well, listen to our podcast"
Overall, the series turned out to be quite good. But the ending really turned out to be kind of weird. An incomprehensible storyline with my brother and parents. Why develop it without explaining which one at the end? And I didn't really understand Igor's brilliant plan to drag the children onto the ship with the doctor, while I myself hid and waited for everything to end. Well, you could have given the doc, for example, what kind of weapon, just in case. So did Valera, who throughout the series walked with water, then with a cross, then with matches, and failed in the final battle. In general, our guys are trying to raise the level of our cinema.
@nhborh: My brother and parents were not in the book. And there was no doctor on the ship. It's already the director's fault that he didn't think it through.
While I was waiting for one of the next series, I managed to get acquainted with the book based on which the series was filmed. And, as usual, the series lost on all counts. Everyone dissatisfied with the finale-the book ends absolutely the same, Valery is a Stratil, the Sickle burned itself on the orders of Valera, only Igor got much better - Veronika left her fiance and stayed with him. What can I say about the series itself - the picture is beautiful and that's all. The book characters were much more interesting than they were shown. Val, a teenager who has a dream to find his own team, where one for all and all for one. He is a brave boy who, although he is afraid of vampires, tries to resist them with all his might.Protects the honor of a girl when local hooligans decide to lift up her skirt, gets slapped for his confrontation, he is afraid of them, but still helps the girls. Here he is some kind of crazy kid who is not afraid of anyone and nothing, and fights with leeches , it feels like only because there is nothing else to do in the camp. Igor, a romantic guy who longs for adventure and love in his heart, admires Valera for his masculinity, tries to save his beloved. Here he turned out to be absolutely cardboard, in fact, the only motivation he had was to save Veronica. Veronika, according to the book, is a protest girl - she smokes, cuts her hair like a boy, does not want a beautiful life with the right Sasha, who already has his whole life painted almost by the minute, and perhaps she starts an affair with Igor only because society will not approve of such behavior. In the series, her heroine only needs to shine her tits in almost every episode, well, somehow justify Igor's actions.
@Shairen: The time in which the story takes place is absolutely unjustified, nothing would have changed if they had taken the 90s, the early 2000s, or even last year. What does the Olympic shift have to do with it? Again, this is not beaten in any way. At least it was clear in the book what the author was trying to convey. And here... and a little bit about nudity. Why is there so much of it here? The film is about children, even if it is not childish. I was particularly impressed by the moment when Veronica runs around the camp half-naked, after a night on the beach. Valera, who sees all this, smiles knowingly. So the question is, where did a 12-13 year old boy get this understanding from? Of course, there are all kinds of kids, but he doesn't look like a connoisseur at all. Or is it customary for him to have girls shaking their tits in front of him every day? What the fuck is he grinning at? And why they added some scenes. For example, about Valera's dead brother. When I watched the first episode and hadn't read the book yet, I generally thought that the kid was crazy about loss and in the end it would turn out that there were no vampires, and he was imagining it all, a kind of "Island of the Damned" on minimums. Or the scene with the murder of the watchman, again, did not bring any contribution to the development of the plot.
@Shairen: Similarly, I gulped down the first three episodes, and I liked them for their originality of plot. While waiting for the fourth episode, I decided to get acquainted with the book, I liked the book even more. Ivanov, the author of the book, has a very lively and expressive language, it was a pleasure to read. After that, the series, unfortunately, disappointed me a little with its superfluous plot moves and some inconsistencies, which surprises me, because Alexey Ivanov himself was one of the screenwriters. He could have written a better script so that the audience wouldn't have any questions about the plot.
By the way, he said in the podcast that he liked everything, although there are discrepancies. Which turned out to be strange for me, because the end is in the book and here... in short, it's very strange.
I agree about Veronica, and when in one of the previous episodes she told Plotkin: "Well, why do you need a kid like me," it became funny, because Veronica's kid is like a teetotaler.
Have you also been hitting Facebook since Sergushina and Valera quarreled out of the blue in the dining room? That's what it was all about. Could you re-shoot this moment? The heroine suddenly became hysterical, accused out of the blue (there were 0 prerequisites for this quarrel). It looked so fake (even more fake than the shot at the guard in episode 7, which made me feel ashamed).
So, dear experts on the source or the dark and obscure work of Sasha Tsekalo, tell me if I understood correctly that the main character Valerka sacrificed everything and consciously became the one he fought all season to save an unknown woman who was shown for 8 minutes for the entire season and who said 6.5 phrases in 9 hours of content.? Are we supposed to empathize with this? Riley?
@stasorlikov: Right. I could believe it in the book, but yes, it looks a little strange. In the book, more time was devoted to the relationship between Valerka and Anastasia, this most unknown woman)) So in the book, the relationship between these children was such that Valerka acted like a true man, and it looked natural, unlike in the series, where Anastasia broke all his plans to capture the stratelate and Valerkin's life out of the blue.
@Grmelik: Ah, that's the thing! Valerka became a stratagem because he fell in love with a selfish beauty! Huh, interesting. Well, this stupid Sergushina, the whole movie was infuriating. To be honest, I suspected her.
Abstract: - I've been really looking forward to this series since I found out that it would be filmed (see the commentary on episode 1); - It was shot pretty close to the text, which is good. There are some innovations that do not add anything, but only spoil in my opinion.; - In general, the series turned out to be quite good. Although there are, of course, a lot of clueless scenes.; - I was pleased with the creative light. In the end, I liked it, although at first it was kind of repulsive. But the editing-especially the final episode-is too bad.; - It feels like they wanted to parasitize on "Very strange cases" a little bit; - There is no need for a second season. Nothing good will come of it; - The bugler's theme is not disclosed) As in the book) But I really wanted to)); - Strong 4 out of 5. Thank you (=
@zzz_203: The main thing is how Valerka, lying on the floor, was able to see and understand that the keys were thrown into the pot. If only by the clink of the lids? In the book, by the way, the keys were thrown outside into the bushes))
I have a mixed opinion about the series... They seemed to be intrigued and everything seemed to be dynamic until the last episode... But after 8, there are still a lot of questions... What will happen next?
The only thing I didn't understand was why Valera's brother was vomiting blood when he bit his mother. And the fact that they wrote about the fact that it is unpleasant for him to drink his mother's blood does not sound och.
@iira: Because when he was hungry, he didn't care, he just started drinking his mother's blood. When he was sated, the realization of what he had done came to him like a man, and he vomited out of horror and dislike. As I understand it, the idea of the scene is that a hungry vampire is ready to drink the blood of even the closest person, he cannot resist it (just as the Sickle could not resist)
And I think that that evening he went to the Sickle to drink it. And he came back empty. And they showed us that it makes no sense for him to drink blood anymore, he doesn't need it. Most likely, he died the next day.
Lots of holes. Without explanations and reading the source, it is sometimes impossible to understand what is happening. But the series has enough time to transfer any source, there is no need to read it. Especially if you didn't like him very much. Before me, several people had already asked about burning and borscht, etc., etc. Glavgad's graphics and glavgad himself are very mediocre, 40 years ago they did "Something", 30 years ago they did "Dracula" and here it is. The style of the 80s is much past the box office, there are a lot of mistakes: ties, speech, types, hairstyles. But the image of the main character was completely removed from the cartoon "Ivashka from the Palace of Pioneers" in 1981, which is not bad. https://youtu.be/CI4FpO-wgng In general, no higher than three.
So the final of the "Food Hall" has come. I join those who spit at him - the ending turned out to be terribly crumpled and ridiculous. It is unclear why and where baba Nyura was hidden - at first it seemed that she would be a trump card in Igor and Valerka's sleeve, but she was simply leaked with a stupid explanation. But how beautiful a shot could have turned out, where she would look at the stratelate burning in the cleansing flame, eh. I didn't like the love of Igor and Veronica either in the book or here, and the series finale for this couple is quite natural, but then why the scene with a kiss, with salvation? Igor's confession is utter nonsense. Where is that emotional scene of the conversation with Valera? She's one of the most important characters in the story. Dr. Vali's death is absurd. Yes, we can say that the character was developed and given a logical ending, but it looked like it was created for dramatic effect. And why did the leeches tear it apart? They had no such order, and the doctor could have jumped overboard. The situation with the sailor - in the book, they broke up with Igor as good friends, but here it's exactly the opposite. The friendship between Valerka and Kolya and his farewell note - why was it removed? Well, in the end, the monster from sijiai is the worst of all. Why would you disfigure a character like that?! I've read a lot of interviews with Alexey Ivanov, and everywhere he says that he liked the adaptation, but I still don't understand why the total distortion of the plot, unnecessary characters and a shift in emphasis were so highly appreciated by him - although no, I understand: apparently, good money was thrown away.
"Let's talk like an asshole to an asshole!" It's a great phrase, it'll go down among the people.
I feel sorry for the doctor. And even more so for Valera. I assumed he would do that, but I didn't want to. It's true that Sickle said that you can scout with Valera, he is a very strong character, with values, a clear understanding of what is good and what is bad, loyal, smart, with a life position, I liked him from episode 1, and so he sacrificed himself to save everyone.
I thought Veronica wouldn't let Igor get eaten. It's unclear why Igor and Doc didn't try to jump into the lake..
The series has gone wild, the atmosphere is cool, the picture is very pleasant to the eyes, the color reproduction is perfect, everything is very harmonious and I don't want to pick any flaws, because for the Russian series it's a success, it's cool and I want more!
I don't understand the surprise about the self-immolation of the Sickle, but we were clearly shown from the flashback that if you demand blood, you become a stratagem yourself, which means your word/decision is the law. So he burned down at the behest of Valera.
And why didn't they show Valerka a badge and a pioneer tie? That was the whole point (Well, okay, I guess I got stuck on the sequel, Val is sitting with his back to me and won't let anyone in, it's understandable, the vampire doesn't need extra connections. But notice how the series didn't lose anything without unnecessary nudity, huh? I wish it was like that in the previous ones. The ending was really screwed up, the children left, there was a corpse on the ship (or not?) and the leadership is dealing with the police behind the scenes - well, even strange things.
@henrywayat: What does the badge and tie have to do with it, he's a stratelate, not a simple vampire. Sickle has never worn it, in my opinion, he does not need to hide, he is aware of everything that is happening, unlike ordinary vampires. But if you're talking about a book, then soryan, I haven't read it, I might be mistaken.
@Ilya_Shevchenko: of course, I understand that the book and the TV series are different things, but still I judge by the book because the moments with the symbolism were better spelled out there. For example, the very next morning after Lev became a vampire, he asked the guys for a badge. In the episode with Albert, and in the series blunder in general - yes, they tore off his tie, but he had a badge, the protection should have worked, they just took an episode from the book where he only had a tie. For example, Beklya was encrypted for a long time, and defended himself by drawing a star on his chest with an ordinary ballpoint pen. Well, in the end, the Sickle turned out to have almost the entire torso covered in stars.
I am very glad that they started filming such series in our country. Yes, it probably doesn't reach the Netflix level, but believe me, I watched these 8 episodes and enjoyed it, that's the main thing! The series can deliver both a picture and a soundtrack, it is clear that the characters have a character (In many series there is no such thing), they have a background. The series tries to keep in suspense with a fast narrative and gliffhangery. A decent series that I will definitely recommend to my friends. Well, for David Bowie, a separate respect))) The Stars Look Very Different Today...
And explain once more the line with the brother who fumbles. Was he one of the 12 on the last shift and came home, bit his parents, and then died naturally?
@nikita_radio: I haven't read the book, but judging by the events of the series, there was an accident. The stratylate was supposed to drink it, but it got under the glass.
@wanderux: It was said that stratilate drank their blood, and then the children died from supposedly natural or accidental causes. That is, perhaps stratilate set them up. It's possible that the little brother was vomiting blood. since he was already supposed to die gradually, and he began to reject the blood he had drunk. In any case, we have been actively shown broken window panes all season, which fell at the right moment))
Well, if you don't know how to make special effects, then it's better to do without them.
Why do you all want a second season here? Everything ended logically. There is no sequel in the book. If the series is renewed, then imagine what they themselves are making up.
It's a bit of a sprawling series, with slightly predictable twists, and a terrible drawn Sickle, of course. And on the plus side, it's music, color, and a nice picture. Some of the plot ideas were interesting.. The acting is not bad, it was nice to watch them all. I also liked the open ending without a special happy ending.. I'm glad you can watch our series now, and you're really looking forward to the episode release for a whole week) It remains only to work with the endings. And now you can get acquainted with the original source)
The ending in the book is somehow more pleasant, everything is very gloomy here ( By the way, for those who haven't read the book, but are going to: read carefully, because Ivanov said in an interview that he left a hint in the book how Valerka can become a man again)
@nekonora: the last page of the book, if they think it's possible to defeat vampirism, then there's a loophole anyway, but Google didn't give out anything except this page. And Valera in a red tie in the text (!) And maybe the secret is not to bend the will, not to succumb to temptation, there are a lot of accents on this🤔
@nekonora: I suppose it has something to do with Baba Nyura, who was a leech herself. But she was vague enough about God and salvation because of his faith in her.
I hope that thanks to such series, the opinion that Russian cinema is completely bottomed out will be destroyed. Because he is slowly but surely reaching a new level. The series itself is good. You wait for every episode to find out what happens next. Very catchy endings of each episode. But the last episode was the end of it, and it didn't feel right. As a hint for the second season, yes, to connect the seasons and reveal everything. But if this is the finale and there will be no sequel, then we can say that the endings were made in a hurry and just sent everyone home.
I don't know about the others, but the finale just came right to me. I didn't expect such a turn at all. And by the way, why doesn't anyone talk about the scene where Valera and Igor are sitting and Valera asks if they saved many people, if they saved at least someone... It's such a strong scene, goosebumps every time. You can see the disappointment in Igor's eyes, it is clear that they wanted to change something, but they did not change anything, but only added unnecessary victims. Very much, it's a pity that many people didn't like it.
@Slimov: Granny was bitten by another stratelate, a Hammer, the brother of Sickle Ivanovich. The hammer died of starvation in prison, so Nyura (granny) stayed alive.
@Ilya_Shevchenko: they die from the fact that the stratolate drinks them on the night of its moon. There are 13 moons in the year. Therefore, this grandfather made himself a strategic reserve, a "food store" for the whole year during the summer pioneer shift. And then I ate for a year. The leech died after feeding the Sickle. And he was faking an accident so that he wouldn't be found out. Everything is covered up, children die during the year from various causes.
@Ilya_Shevchenko: Well, yes. Personally, I think that the victim of the Stratylate died immediately, and the grandfather framed it as an accident. But here, some believe that the "sucked out" still walks for a couple of days, and dies. But it seems to me that it is somehow strange. My version is "more realistic", if that's what you can say about a vampire novel :))) death from a fallen Flax is somehow unlikely, although realistic. But drinking blood from a person and then sticking glass in it fits perfectly into the plot. There's a girl who drowned in a bathtub-??? The boy got his foot stuck in the railway tracks and was run over by a train -???
The doctor was killed in the stupidest way, just so that the sucking pioneers could get smeared with his blood and look more spectacular in the frame. After all, he could just climb over the edge of the side he was standing next to and just jump off the steamer, where they wouldn't even try to reach him.
With a lot of such stupidities, I still liked the series purely because of the setting, although its atmosphere is far from perfect.
And Sickle in his beastmode looks like a Meth Hulk :)
Is it beautiful? Yes. Are the actors good? Yes! That's probably all. I didn't like the series, a solid 5 out of 10. I am glad that there will be no sequel.
There are a lot of thoughts, not in favor of the series. I came here to tell you that the dumb doctor and Daniel didn't think of jumping into the water as soon as they swam 10-20 meters away. It was a cool plan, of course.
But in general, it's quite good for an average TV series.
PS By the way, Danya, it turns out - the hero of the series, who just killed a man. Well, it happens. That's right there.
@antons: the doctor may have wanted the end, but Igor (yes, his name is not Daniel) As always, I could have brought the keys with me, and there wouldn't have been any problems at all... but I think they wanted to show us Veronica's attitude here...
@antons: The vampires could have docked the ship themselves. Therefore, Igor drove the river tram aground. But he couldn't jump out of the captain's cabin directly into the water. He was captured
It's average, there are a lot of questions, of course, about the plot, but you can watch it. In fact, it's brave to produce a series about such a hackneyed topic as vampires in 2021, it could have been much worse, but this atmosphere of the Soviet camp helped a lot, and it was shot great.
overall, I really liked the series, the atmosphere was good (for horror, I can't say for sure about full historical accuracy) and the characters were well revealed, there are small moments that could have been done differently, for example, why didn't Igor tell the doctor to jump overboard when it smells fried? Or why doesn't Valera burn in the sun without a charm? I know that these are just personal quibbles, but even so, the series turned out to be really great, that's where the cinema fund should be invested!
I was so looking forward to this series after seeing the announcement, especially against the background of the excellent vampires of the middle lane, but I couldn't shoot a second time. Of the advantages of the series, you can only single out the actors, they fit very harmoniously into their images, one of the main disadvantages is such a lousy script that it reduces this series to the level of mystical TV3 series.
It's a shame for the good concept of vampires within the framework of Soviet reality, but perhaps the general HYPE of the topic will give us new series with a similar theme.
In parallel with the release of new episodes, I listened to an audiobook, on which the plot of the Food Store is based. Starting from episode 5, it was thanks to the book that the scenes in the series itself were clear. If we look at it outside the book, then there are a lot of plot holes with a lack of causality. Nevertheless, the series, based on a Soviet-era book, is adequately adapted to our time.
As a fan of only American TV series, I'll say that I was really impressed. It's not bad for Russian cinema. I'm even glad that they started making such series, and not just melodramas. Definitely 4 stars!
I liked. I would like to add to all of the above - it's great that we have something to discuss.It's good that we've learned to shoot in a way that evokes all these different emotions. And the rest will come later, most importantly the emergence of the TV show industry itself. Special thanks for the soundtrack with GO, Bowie, etc. That was awesome!
Explain who understood. Why is Valerchik sitting on a ship in the light of day without amulets: a badge, a red handkerchief, and all the pioneer uniforms. It seems like we were told that the main vampire needed protection too (sickle had a tattoo)
I'll start from the end, the track in the credits "My Soul" smoothed out the errors in the last episode, for me personally, I wanted more action. After watching this series, as a fan of American TV series, it's pretty good, and the plot and intrigue, locations, and acting are all you need for the series, and when you're filming abroad, it's even more enjoyable or at least trying)). There is something to strive for. My estimate is 3.75
If you started watching, watch to the end in one go.
The series, like the book, tells about an alternative USSR, in which in 1980 there were "counselors", the disparaging attitude of children towards the Soviet Union and, of course, vampires who reshaped the whole country for themselves, which follows from the final phrase of the Sickle in the series. Nevertheless, the book is much more internally logical than the series. I understand that it's difficult and I see that we tried in the first episodes, but starting with the sixth, unfortunately, the hell started.. And I didn't need a badly drawn monster at all.. And how well we started!! Collectively, the series is a solid three, it's clear that they tried. I just didn't have enough talent in some places.. Well, maybe they'll take it into account in the future.
@Gordey: I also liked "trash" and kissing in public) Again, the book conveyed the atmosphere pretty well, but the film tried to leave for the fan service, so it rolled into the trash.
what a messy ending, nothing is clear, my grandfather burned himself (and whether he burned himself), he needed to bite a little girl, the doctor did not rush into the water because there was plenty of time, the boy did not do the same , and the rule that you can only be bitten if you want it yourself ceased to apply, or weak in spirit
In general, I liked the camera work and the luxurious color scheme in the series, the cg monster was of course superfluous, especially at the moment its rendering looks weak, of course there are a lot of jambs in the series, but in general it turned out well, at least it is clear that the quality of Russian TV series is growing, the whole world
The series is definitely not bad, it's nice to watch. But I didn't like the last episode.
It feels like they were in a hurry to shoot, or forgot to add something in previous episodes. Specifically, what I didn't like: 1. The guard was not introduced in previous episodes, like, but he turned out to look like a doctor, and from this it seemed that the doctor had been killed earlier, but here he is alive here at the beginning of the series. 2. The vampire Sickle just turned into a monster - why wasn't this opportunity shown earlier? It looked like cheap Hollywood. Sickle as a character was not fully revealed - in the past, he was sure that he would not turn into an animal like his brother, but still became a monster in his old age - why? 3. The girl (Sergushina), whom GG (Valerka) fell in love with, became a typical burden, as it happens again in all cheap Hollywood horror films. Why not take off the fact that she, on the contrary, saved GG from the villain at some point?
But overall, the series is not bad. The atmosphere was well conveyed.
@ndmessiah: The paradox is that the film was shot based on the book, and all the moments that caused you confusion were introduced by the screenwriter. What for? This question remained the basis of the aftertaste of watching.
The scriptwriter godlessly leaked everything he could, he would have been sent to the stake to the Sickle. The finale made me face off non-stop. Of course, the doctor couldn't jump overboard as soon as the ship left-he had to stand and watch. Igor stands there and watches. Well, yes, a man is being killed nearby, what should I do? Staring. Sergushina turned on the bitch with "who is she" - gods, why???? The special effects are terrible, why did they make this tongue trick at all, stealing it in a Strain? To apply lame effects? It would be easier to wear old-school fangs. Well, the biggest irritation was caused by the image of Valerka in the series. In the book, he accomplished a Feat. Deliberately, consciously sacrificed himself for the sake of others. And then I just gave in to an impulse. Yes, he saved the girl, but he doesn't have the heroism that the original Valery had. Yes, and an unnecessary turn with a gun and an offended look at Leva in the end turned clever Val into some kind of dumb-offended. In short, the finale is a complete upset.
It turned out funny, although by watching episode 3 I came across a spoiler from a reader of the book who is the main vampire, the series successfully led me by the nose, because I thought that they deliberately changed the character to make it more interesting. But still no, there is the same villain in the series.
A slop show. The soundtrack is not in the box office, eroticism in the series with children is too. The rules of vampire behavior are explained to us by the main character, and we don't come to this when watching. A bunch of blunders: why, for example, Valerka didn't burn in the sun during the day, kgoda became a vampire (stratolate is a stupid word), because he wasn't wearing a tie. Fucking anti-Sovietism, Americans can't do that, they tied vampires to a shovel with white threads, came up with the stupidest rules and conventions, a tongue in the form of a trunk, a sickle tongue, in the form of a five-pointed star, it's a kick-ass. I haven't seen this kind of shit in a long time. The restaurants in the middle lane turned out to be awesome, the Food store is contraindicated for viewing.
Hahaha, they just took it off the tongue))) I barely finished it. But now fans of this *masterpiece* will swoop in and furiously start making comments! It's like a fragrantika- something you don't like - don't write 🤣🤣🤣 although your words have been asking for since the first episode 👍🏻 and the vampire grandfather in the 90s graphics is just a solid facepalm 🤦🏼♀️
Very weak. The plot is ragged, the narrative is stretched to the point of impossibility, the actors are wooden, the vampires are not vampires at all, but some kind of parody. And even boobs and a good atmosphere don't save the series, it's stupidly boring to watch it.
It's a good, solid series that you want to watch in one sitting. Finally, children are playing children, and at the same time they play like professional actors. The supporting characters are also well-written, but there are too many cliches in them. I want something adequate, not the USSR, vodka, our world. The plot is not trivial, and neither are the antagonists. It's interesting to watch the plot, but in some places they start to "bore", delaying the timing. This is clearly a new level of Russian TV series, which can be recommended to everyone as an indicator of the growth of Russian cinema. I'd bet 4/5 or 7.5/10.
The season seemed to be going well, of course there were enough questions about the motivations of the characters and common sense, but the last episode somehow ruined everything completely. Apparently they didn't know how to finish, and they ended up with trash. Cinema is growing, but slowly. Although you can't say that everything is so bad.
She was hidden during the showdown with Sickle, so that he would think that she was dead (and for her own safety). In the end, on the boat, the children talked about how Baba Nyura had returned and only three were missing: the guard, the doctor and the Sickle, which meant that the children suspected her)
An interesting pitch, clearly inspired by a project like "Very Strange Things." The plot is a bit petty, but the atmosphere, the music, and the picture are very well conveyed.
Wow, I've read your reviews, and I'm in shock. Not only did I really like the series itself, but also the ending. The series was watched in one evening, so maybe I didn't have time to think about the plot holes, but at the moment I'm in complete ecstasy. I like these series with an atmosphere of psychological horror. The evil is defeated, but at what cost? The child actors did their best. The picture is beautiful and juicy, and the RGB backlight didn't annoy X at all) Perhaps because it was the same in my childhood camp. I just dropped out of the plot twist with Valerka. I thought it would be friendship, peace, and chewing gum, but I got a glass portion. After reading the comments, I understand that I need to go read a book. I hope there will be additional scenes not included in the series.
But I'm writing this comment, actually, because of a theory that arose while watching. Namely, a possible reserve for season 2, or the biggest oversight on the part of the scriptwriters.:
The theory is that Hammer Sickle's brother is alive. We know about his death only from the words of the Sickle. In fact, we only have a chewed-off hand. For half of the series, we see Serp Ivanovich sleeping with a gun under his pillow. What for? Is he afraid of someone? The brother he betrayed? After our stratelate turned into a barbecue, all the children on the boat immediately became human again, and this does not fit in with the story of Baba Nyura. Baba Nyura, as a child, could not "do her duty," which is why we are told that the Hammer died of starvation in prison. If he had died, she would not have had to bathe in holy water the next day. She would have become a human being, just like the children from the camp.
@Moka777: she became a human being after the death of stratelates, and by bathing in holy water, the locals simply baptized her or "cured" her of demonic possession when the hammer was still alive. In fact, it turns out to be a strange story with scars, being a leech she would quickly heal from burns, but being a human she shouldn't have received them.
– Baba Nyura, how did you survive? Val asked. Baba Nyura sniffed and crossed herself widely. "Strathylates did not dare to drink me." Y-died. My mom took to beating me, and my mom took me to church. Kre-estila and otm-olila. Me-enya toko skryu-taught… I was pretty then, this is Amy Godochkov…
In general, something is unclear x) In the book, the children also felt bad on the boat. But by morning they came to their senses without any "pleading."
The idea itself is cool, Ivanov was respected even after the Geographer. The children play beautifully, especially the main kid who played Val. But both Pegova and Tribuntsev...Dear Mother, how beautiful Pegova is! In general, as always) The sound pleases and even very much, but the strongest side of the "Food Block" is the camera work and the color sensor (crazy!!), the picture is so juicy, they revived the era so much, modernizing it, but not diminishing it, but giving it volume (the cinema of the 1980s looked very different from kanesh). There are still questions about the characters, their lack of disclosure, and the plot holes have not gone anywhere, and "Very Strange Things" as a starting point for occupying a domestic niche, in general, the scenario could have been better, but it was done with love, beautifully, spectacularly, and sometimes so sincerely that you don't want to scold. Long live the era of new serial production in Russia. The third project is Kinopoisk HD, which does not disappoint, and in some places even surpasses the first two. I would have watched season 2 if Ivanov had written it. She went to read a book.
We finished it almost like in the book, we didn't change anything globally. And it becomes unclear why they were shoving all that extra that was so conspicuous? The watchman was killed for some reason, the doctor. They only added dramas. But the explanation of the hierarchy and, in fact, why the stratelate was defeated was almost forgotten.
Well, it's come to an end (well, it's come to an end a long time ago, it's just that I just finished watching it.👌🏻) a slightly unsightly series with a taste of unripe cranberries. I'm not going to pour water, I liked the series. and he definitely has the right to exist (unlike most modern Russian TV series, unfortunately.) P.S. I haven't read the book, but I think I will, sooner or later.Just for the sake of interest, compare so to speak. 5/5 but 7.5/10 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
The series started off great, the plot and atmosphere were on the same level, but with each episode it got longer and longer. In my opinion, shortening to five episodes would be a great idea.
I think it's a real happy ending. What else is he like? Is everyone doing great?! No. After what happened there, no one will be covered by a happy life. It's interesting in general what will happen to each of the guys, but here we are given the opportunity to come up with it ourselves.
It's a good series. But I would like a more specific ending. What will Val do now?! But the old man gave up quickly. It was too easy. I feel sorry for the doctor. Cool character. It's a good thing that the series is not for television, some moments would be nice if they were cut like that.
- I don't know about you, but it looks like my shift is over. A really good Russian TV series! It was a little predictable at some points, but still I didn't expect such an ending. An open final. Everything seems to be fine, but still everything didn't end well for everyone. I would like to see season 2. It's very interesting what will happen to Valera and Igor, but I'm afraid the sequel may spoil everything and it's better for everyone to figure it out for themselves....
Definitely a good series. Of course, there is something to find fault with, but in general, it 's good . Personally, I didn't really like the moment with the transformation, as the effects looked weak against the background of the entire film. It seems to me that it could have been arranged in a more interesting way. Well, actually, I liked the penultimate episode more than the last one. But at the same time, thank you for the fact that the series was filmed and finished, and did not decide to waste a long and tedious time. Plus, an ending without a happy ending is a separate plus . Of what I liked the most, of course, the picture. It's just very beautifully shot and the color correction is gorgeous and the editing. The camera really seemed to become the hero's eyes. In general, you only need to watch a movie for this. And of course , I'll also mention the musical accompaniment , because it 's also cool.
I apologize in advance if someone wrote about this, I couldn't handle so many comments. Back in the first episode, when the children are sailing on a motor ship, I looked at a boy in a turtleneck and with a white dandelion on his head (now I saw it again in the final scene). This is a blatant Syroezhkin cosplay! 😆
First I read the book, then I watched the TV series. The advantages of the series are that it focuses on the main story, mysticism, and what Ivanov himself (the author of the book) grasped very superficially, although he made mysticism the main backbone of his story. This is what I expected from the book, but the book only gave me a taste of the aesthetics of the Soviet camp. It's sooo cool that the story of the search for the main ghoul was developed in the series, although the moment with "kill baba Nyura" and this useless shot at the watchman (which was not in the original) are strange. If the first one can be justified somehow, then what is the second one for? It was well shot, but sometimes the light was overplayed: some neon shades, glowing red windows... My quibbles, in short.
I didn't like the fact that the series is somehow too focused on sex. Yes, there was sex and nudity in the USSR, yes, there were love scenes in the book too (not detailed). But there are just too many of them here... A lot? A lot of nudity, a lot of this detailed sexualization. Not a general negative, just some slightly jarring fact. I didn't like the story with my brother. In general, she doesn't need to be here, she didn't play any sensible role for Valera, and these jokes, where he constantly "sees" him, make him think of crazy.
The series is for a couple of evenings, I probably would still recommend reading a book to catch the atmosphere.
After watching the finale, the following points remained unclear: * Why does Sickle stratylate age? This is at odds with the information about the "vampire world". It has always been shown that a vampire remains at the age when he was turned. And here the powerful vampire is already an old man, and what would have happened in a couple of decades if he hadn't died? * 13 leeches on the ship turned back into people after Sickle's death and did not remember how they were vampires. But what about the fact that the whole ship and themselves were covered in the doctor's blood. They should have come to their senses and seen it, washed the deck, changed their clothes. But they show us that they are going home and don't remember anything. ----- Until the last minute of the battle between Valera and Sickle, I thought that Nastenka was Sickle's assistant, something like Nyura, who was turned by a Hammer as a girl. In general, at the end there was a feeling of doom. Valera asks Igor, "Was it for a reason? Did we save someone?". Maybe we did now, but in ten years Valera himself will turn into such a monster and negate the fact that he saved a couple of lives in the camp.
@RenEsme: probably an idea, I haven't read the book. But hypothetically, what would have happened to Sickle if he hadn't committed self-immolation? What would an aging immortal vampire look like at 100-150-200 years old? Or do vampires, according to Ivanov's idea, have a life span like humans? Should he transfer his power to someone young?
It's hard to find the words to express your opinion about the series. Okay, to put it bluntly: the series didn't get me hooked. The story is very long. Yes, there are exciting moments in some places, the picture is beautiful, although these neon spotlights that beat on all the windows began to annoy the series on 3, the acting is also normal, but that's where it ends. My expectations were completely different. The poster of the series was very reminiscent of the OSD, so I thought that a group of guys would investigate the mysterious events in the camp. And considering that this is the USSR, I was looking forward to that very atmosphere. But somehow it all turned out clumsily. The history of these ghouls has remained unclear. Where did Baba Nyura go and what was her trick? I thought she was the one who was going to kill the Sickle. Why, in fact, did Sickle set himself on fire and even started this topic of communication with Valera, if it weren't for him, the kid wouldn't have found out most of the information. The whole series has been dragging its feet, and in the last 2 episodes it's been crammed full of everything in the world. In general, there are only questions left. I think the book will be 100 times more interesting, and I will find answers to some questions.
The series is not bad. Unfortunately, I haven't read the original source, and I think it's much stronger than the film adaptation. I was very pleased that the series went far beyond the teenage horror about vampires in a nostalgic late Soviet setting and that the author's unequivocal position was not obscured by all the plot twists and turns: categorical rejection of zombie communist ideology - and indeed any fanatical totalitarian ideology in general.
To fully recreate that fanatical era, the pioneer fireworks "pioneer, be ready! - Always ready!" and "honest pioneer's word", which (remember, I was in the camp in 88-89) were at every turn then. And so, everything is cool! Neptune's Day, Lightning, toothpaste, horror stories, secrets in the forest, rulers with a flag - wow! And now you can start the book!
It was fascinating, really! To be honest, I don't take Russian cinema seriously, but TV series like "The Food Hall" inspire me with faith in the bright future of Russian cinema!👏 Yes, the series is not without flaws, but it is clear that they tried to make a high-quality product, and this is good news! I was pleased with the cast, many of them played their role well, especially the guy in the role of Valera and the main antagonist was pleasantly surprised!The Doctor also turned out to be an original and interesting character!
I regret that I did not read the book after all, especially considering some discrepancies in the ending of the story.
I watched the series, the impression is mixed. The plot itself is sagging in places, rustic. The fact that the old man is the most important is almost immediately clear. I was convinced of this when he was still telling the guys about the signs of the main ghoul. Then I was amused about trafei, but my hand is on the table, with that story. The way the girl was woken up with a kiss is also funny. The quality of the camera work is great. It's an interesting picture, you can feel the atmosphere. I am glad that Russian cinema is developing.
The series is watchable. It's very interesting and beautiful at times. Suspense is sometimes sustained so much that I got goosebumps when watching it at night. The picture is high-quality, the illumination of the forest is just something with something, insanely atmospheric! I never expected to hear Bowie and was pleasantly surprised. I liked the acting, even the children, in my opinion, did well (especially in comparison with the famous actors from the TV series "whirlpool"). And I liked the general idea. Unfortunately, I've never been to camps, although I wanted to, so it was very nice to look at all this camp romance. But, of course, not without drawbacks. Sometimes it was just boring, overly long, sometimes even illogical and completely out of place. For example, I still didn't understand why there were scenes with the murder of a security guard or nudity with a girl's leg.. Also, the soundtrack was often different from what the characters were saying, and it was annoying. The graphics are funny, but fuck it, you can forgive that. The most unpleasant character for me turned out to be the girl whom Mr. had fallen in love with. If she was revealed, it was only from the negative side. And in general, their line was not developed in any way, it is generally unclear why Val liked it so much. But this is important, because in the final she is his main motivation.. I felt sorry for the doctor the most. I liked the ending. In general, everything is logical, understandable and does not raise global issues (especially in comparison with "topi"). Season 2 is not needed. The bottom line is another decent Russian TV series, which is shameless to recommend for viewing.
It's a great series. It's not fancy, but it's definitely good. It keeps you in suspense, sometimes scares and intrigues. A mysterious atmosphere, an interesting and untold plot that makes you watch episode after episode. But there are still questions about the ending. Everything seems to be clear, but at the same time there was a certain understatement, not even in terms of the plot, but of the characters.
An ambiguous series. He seems to be good, the actors play well, the camera work. But there are questions about the plot. Especially in the last episode. Yes, there are questions about the schedule...
Overall, the series is not bad. I haven't read the book, there's nothing to compare it with, so there's nothing to be disappointed about) Cool shot, interesting plot, good horror story for the night. Russian Russian cinema is progressing a little bit, and I'm even ready to watch something else Russian now. I didn't like the large number of scenes that sexualize children. Some kind of wild cringe happened to it.
Sergushin was infuriated throughout the series, but in the last episode she seemed completely stupefied, not even the thought of escaping.. It's just the height of stupidity.. I understand that she's still small and all that, but a person should have a sense of self-preservation.
@aneta_russo: there is a lot of nonsense and propaganda in the series, but most try not to notice it and only praise the series. It was for such a comment that I was disliked here. But I am ready to express my opinion again. ) because the fact that my opinion does not agree with the majority does not mean that it is not correct. 😁
I was a little disappointed with the ending of both the book and the series. The book because I feel sorry for Valera, and the series because the scriptwriters made up a mess and safely forgot to close the plot holes. It's not bad this way
I really liked the series, I watched it a lot during the day, it was impossible to break away, even though I immediately predicted the ending.a really well-shot series!!!I am glad that Russian cinema is developing!!
The series is a pleasant surprise! I didn't think that our guys would be able to make such a cute horror movie. It's a bit like "stranger things," especially with the music. The vampire theme is a bit hackneyed, but the plot is addictive. As for the ending, it seems that this is the end of the series, but I also want to continue!
The series is not bad, but something was missing from the feeling. But most importantly, Serp Ivanovich in his real form looks more like Frankenstein than a vampire.
Kinopoisk has shown the trailer for the second season of the Food Store
The events unfold 3 years after the finale of the first season. A powerful new vampire appears in the city, which is why the main character's secret is in danger - as is his life.
@stanstep: I don't even know if this is so good, it's very disturbing that the sequel may lose many key aspects of the original, at least the same atmosphere, and nothing is particularly clear from the trailer yet.
I looked at the background, the series resembles a closed school. Mystical inserts are purely creepy and take up airtime, but they have zero plot meaning. I won't watch the second season, it's for kids.
The finale left behind a number of questions that I can't find an answer to. And the most important thing is why did Sickle Ivanovich kill himself? It doesn't seem to have been said in the series that if a new stratate appears, then the old one must die. Or did I miss something?
During the course of watching the series, I read the comments on the episodes and did not understand some kind of universal delight. I found the series really boring, and the ending was terrible. It somehow reaches the average person.
It's amazing that someone liked this low-grade shit. Although I understand that everyone was fascinated by the Soviet aesthetics. Our response to very strange cases. At the same time, there is zero logic in the series. The actors are wooden. Everything is done for the sake of micro-moments when the viewer is supposed to feel an emotion. And I don't care if these moments are unrelated to each other. Not a script, but a hack. The musical part is generally terrible. Overkill with "action-packed" musical chuggers. The series is about a scoop, and some kind of English-speaking couple is playing. OK, a Bowie cover is fine, but it's so clumsily forced that it's already sickening. Well, fuck the cover of Letova. And this is the first season only. And they say even worse about the second one. As a result, we comrades love to eat shit if served with the right sauce. I don't recommend it to anyone.
I watched season 1 with a major delay of 3 years, what can I say • the series itself is average, not to call it bad, but also very good too, 6/10 • acting is also average • dialogues are terrible, implausible, you don't believe in them. I do not know how thoroughly they conveyed the dialogues from the book, but such phrases do not work very well on the screen ... • shooting, directing, editing, sound design and, in general, the atmosphere is exactly what hooked me on the series, it just turned out very well. probably if the series hadn't had such a good production and shooting, I would have dropped it even earlier
in general, the series is not bad, for once it is possible. I'm afraid to watch season 2, because there is a feeling that everything will go terribly wrong there :(
oh yes, the doctor is a favorite character of the series))
Why didn't the vampires die? Their body structure changed, their tongue appeared eventually, their heart stopped beating, they were living corpses, and all of a sudden, did they stop being vampires and kind of heal? It's kind of stupid. Does Val know how to turn into a monster now, too?
I just want to express my bewilderment. And why couldn't his brother Hammer just turn into such a monster and smash the cell where he was being held? And it's strange that the creators didn't make it more obvious why the Sickle burned itself. I only understood it thanks to the comments here.
In general, the whole series had a strange pace. What happens is stretched out, then - bang! And everything changes in a minute. How Igor didn't believe Valera at first, and then suddenly, in the first minute of the new episode, it changed.
I don't know if I'm the only one, but I've been frozen out the whole series by this girl playing the role of a lady in distress all the way. All the time, this is the only expression of the doll's face with a slight smile from the actress. The strange behavior of the heroine, who is like a weak-willed doll herself, not only with her face. That is, she exists solely for the sake of gg saving her endlessly. And it's especially funny against this background at the end to watch this little girl accuse him of "cheating", while the actress herself does it very unconvincingly, it looks comical. The fact that he fell in love with just the prettiest girl, who didn't really show herself as a person in the whole series, except for betraying him, and he forgave, is also boring. I wonder if the book was more convincing.
Discussion: Season 1, Episode 8 Join the Discussion
279It is better to come up with Valera's fate yourself, a good or bad ending.
Personally, I imagine that Igor gets out of prison, finds out about the mysterious disappearance of children after the camp and goes to kill Valera, for example.
But to each his own.
Despite the very sad end, the series itself impressed and pleasantly surprised. Here, of course, it was not without small shoals, but in general, the "Food Hall" will remain in my memory as the best Russian TV series at the moment, which I may even revise one day, but now I'm going to read a book.
And the end is sad :(
But in general, until the last couple of minutes, everything is very good. Especially the atmosphere, the hood, the staging, the camerawork, great music!!!
Okay, let's see what happens in 2, if there is one.
I think she remembers that they were together, but she forgot everything after the bite. That is, she cannot understand why Igor does not communicate and does not even look in her direction. Purely my assumptions...
Why were many adult characters needed? The same doctor with a tendency to suicide did practically nothing, he did not want to stay in this camp, but for some reason he spent the last 3 years there.
We have shown in a flashback that the brother of the hero bit their mother, but it's useless and failed (Kind of like this, even not in the book, as the brother character only appeared in the TV series)
CGI monster at the end is something, why was it necessary to show, if he was on the level of the monsters from "the Vampires of the middle band" (And I think the budget was smaller). It would be better to stop at computer mosquitoes, so they turned out to be at the highest level
As a result, we get in some places a charming, clumsily trying to play on the feelings of nostalgia, a Russian TV series with huge potential, but for some reason incompetently merged into the pipe
It wasn't always possible to watch one episode in full right away...
in some places it's very interesting, in some places it's strange... predictable in places.
I missed something, but what was the point of grandfather sunbathing in the fire? Have you shared your blood and it's time to retire?
It seems to be interesting to watch, and it was shot well, but there must be something wrong, it was the same with "topi".
If you read the book first, then a lot of things in the series will become clear, but there is also more dissatisfaction with the script jambs and unnecessary, unexplainable plots ((
I'm even ready to recommend it for viewing, unlike the swamps and the whirlpool.
For example, what's the fun of hiding Nyurka from us? At first, it was clear that there was some kind of plan, but then they could have shown at least on the pier, after all, the key NPC who revealed the story, otherwise it was as if she had really been killed, and the last episode did not end the way it ended.
Why did Val carry a gun with him after church, if he could have dragged it back there or even just hidden it where they were already looking, because everyone was going to build anyway? And it's so cute, the little punk who's being watched by the whole camp drops a gun, but no one even bats an eye :D
And why was it all with a gun (well, that is, before the above-mentioned moment, the flag was clear, the cunning plan, but after that?), why did the Sickle get into the Food Hall, since he had everything he needed and you just go and feed already?
Why would Igor write something sincere? Well, that is, we can assume that the pangs of conscience and that's all, but you saved 13 people (even though you couldn't make the doctor jump overboard) and you still have to save from Val in the future.
How else can you heal the fact that Grandpa went to burn himself? Again, we can assume that Valerka ordered him to do so, but why can't it be explained in some way, at least in passing? They explained about the blood requirement, it's clear here, but this?
Why was there a scene with Valerka's parents? Why and why did Valerka's imaginary brother appear again? Why did Nyurka remember everything after Matvey's death, but these people had, uh, forgotten everything?
Wow, so many questions and so few answers :D
But I would watch the sequel.
That's understandable. There is absolutely no chance that a kid from the 80s will have a real gun. So everyone just thought it was a toy that had fallen out. The lightning passed three days ago, and the boys are still wearing pistols.
The whole series is nice to watch, but it's still not clear who? why? for what? and what does he do?...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DTay_pYt10
The series is very beautifully and atmospherically shot - minus, however, the monster from this series. Otherwise, everything is great on the visual side. And the soundtrack is sometimes just very much in the theme :)))
The pioneers of the USSR learned a song in English for the counselor's declaration of love in a day, and his hand was reaching for his face. Running with love that destroys control is understandable from a kilometer away, but how ugly.
Why did Grandfather suddenly decide to burn himself? His conscience didn't exactly wake up - he said he didn't regret anything. Did you listen to the hero? Why? A vampire can't refuse only his own blood, I don't remember anything about self-intoxication.
What prevented the Doctor from jumping into the water? Why was he eaten? Where did the body go? When you came to, were you also covered in blood? Have you changed your clothes and it's okay? There are a lot of questions about this scenario.
In general, the series was interesting from the very beginning. I will definitely read the book (thanks to those who did not recommend doing this until the end). The final, with a lot of inconsistencies, in my opinion, is a three. I'll keep quiet about CGI altogether. Overall, the series is a solid four. For the creation of the entourage - Five!, although at times there were hits past the epoch, but it is quite possible that this was intended.
An incomprehensible storyline with my brother and parents. Why develop it without explaining which one at the end?
And I didn't really understand Igor's brilliant plan to drag the children onto the ship with the doctor, while I myself hid and waited for everything to end. Well, you could have given the doc, for example, what kind of weapon, just in case.
So did Valera, who throughout the series walked with water, then with a cross, then with matches, and failed in the final battle.
In general, our guys are trying to raise the level of our cinema.
What can I say about the series itself - the picture is beautiful and that's all. The book characters were much more interesting than they were shown. Val, a teenager who has a dream to find his own team, where one for all and all for one. He is a brave boy who, although he is afraid of vampires, tries to resist them with all his might.Protects the honor of a girl when local hooligans decide to lift up her skirt, gets slapped for his confrontation, he is afraid of them, but still helps the girls. Here he is some kind of crazy kid who is not afraid of anyone and nothing, and fights with leeches , it feels like only because there is nothing else to do in the camp. Igor, a romantic guy who longs for adventure and love in his heart, admires Valera for his masculinity, tries to save his beloved. Here he turned out to be absolutely cardboard, in fact, the only motivation he had was to save Veronica. Veronika, according to the book, is a protest girl - she smokes, cuts her hair like a boy, does not want a beautiful life with the right Sasha, who already has his whole life painted almost by the minute, and perhaps she starts an affair with Igor only because society will not approve of such behavior. In the series, her heroine only needs to shine her tits in almost every episode, well, somehow justify Igor's actions.
and a little bit about nudity. Why is there so much of it here? The film is about children, even if it is not childish. I was particularly impressed by the moment when Veronica runs around the camp half-naked, after a night on the beach. Valera, who sees all this, smiles knowingly. So the question is, where did a 12-13 year old boy get this understanding from? Of course, there are all kinds of kids, but he doesn't look like a connoisseur at all. Or is it customary for him to have girls shaking their tits in front of him every day? What the fuck is he grinning at?
And why they added some scenes. For example, about Valera's dead brother. When I watched the first episode and hadn't read the book yet, I generally thought that the kid was crazy about loss and in the end it would turn out that there were no vampires, and he was imagining it all, a kind of "Island of the Damned" on minimums. Or the scene with the murder of the watchman, again, did not bring any contribution to the development of the plot.
So in the book, the relationship between these children was such that Valerka acted like a true man, and it looked natural, unlike in the series, where Anastasia broke all his plans to capture the stratelate and Valerkin's life out of the blue.
- I've been really looking forward to this series since I found out that it would be filmed (see the commentary on episode 1);
- It was shot pretty close to the text, which is good. There are some innovations that do not add anything, but only spoil in my opinion.;
- In general, the series turned out to be quite good. Although there are, of course, a lot of clueless scenes.;
- I was pleased with the creative light. In the end, I liked it, although at first it was kind of repulsive. But the editing-especially the final episode-is too bad.;
- It feels like they wanted to parasitize on "Very strange cases" a little bit;
- There is no need for a second season. Nothing good will come of it;
- The bugler's theme is not disclosed) As in the book) But I really wanted to));
- Strong 4 out of 5.
Thank you (=
In the book, by the way, the keys were thrown outside into the bushes))
The style of the 80s is much past the box office, there are a lot of mistakes: ties, speech, types, hairstyles. But the image of the main character was completely removed from the cartoon "Ivashka from the Palace of Pioneers" in 1981, which is not bad.
https://youtu.be/CI4FpO-wgng
In general, no higher than three.
Igor's confession is utter nonsense. Where is that emotional scene of the conversation with Valera? She's one of the most important characters in the story.
Dr. Vali's death is absurd. Yes, we can say that the character was developed and given a logical ending, but it looked like it was created for dramatic effect. And why did the leeches tear it apart? They had no such order, and the doctor could have jumped overboard.
The situation with the sailor - in the book, they broke up with Igor as good friends, but here it's exactly the opposite. The friendship between Valerka and Kolya and his farewell note - why was it removed? Well, in the end, the monster from sijiai is the worst of all. Why would you disfigure a character like that?! I've read a lot of interviews with Alexey Ivanov, and everywhere he says that he liked the adaptation, but I still don't understand why the total distortion of the plot, unnecessary characters and a shift in emphasis were so highly appreciated by him - although no, I understand: apparently, good money was thrown away.
Because grandpa was already old and it was hard for him to jump on the walls, the creators of the series had to improvise.
It's a great phrase, it'll go down among the people.
I feel sorry for the doctor. And even more so for Valera. I assumed he would do that, but I didn't want to. It's true that Sickle said that you can scout with Valera, he is a very strong character, with values, a clear understanding of what is good and what is bad, loyal, smart, with a life position, I liked him from episode 1, and so he sacrificed himself to save everyone.
I thought Veronica wouldn't let Igor get eaten. It's unclear why Igor and Doc didn't try to jump into the lake..
The series has gone wild, the atmosphere is cool, the picture is very pleasant to the eyes, the color reproduction is perfect, everything is very harmonious and I don't want to pick any flaws, because for the Russian series it's a success, it's cool and I want more!
I don't understand the surprise about the self-immolation of the Sickle, but we were clearly shown from the flashback that if you demand blood, you become a stratagem yourself, which means your word/decision is the law.
So he burned down at the behest of Valera.
Why do you all want a second season here? Everything ended logically. There is no sequel in the book. If the series is renewed, then imagine what they themselves are making up.
I'm glad you can watch our series now, and you're really looking forward to the episode release for a whole week) It remains only to work with the endings.
And now you can get acquainted with the original source)
By the way, for those who haven't read the book, but are going to: read carefully, because Ivanov said in an interview that he left a hint in the book how Valerka can become a man again)
And Valera in a red tie in the text (!)
And maybe the secret is not to bend the will, not to succumb to temptation, there are a lot of accents on this🤔
The series itself is good. You wait for every episode to find out what happens next. Very catchy endings of each episode.
But the last episode was the end of it, and it didn't feel right. As a hint for the second season, yes, to connect the seasons and reveal everything. But if this is the finale and there will be no sequel, then we can say that the endings were made in a hurry and just sent everyone home.
With a lot of such stupidities, I still liked the series purely because of the setting, although its atmosphere is far from perfect.
And Sickle in his beastmode looks like a Meth Hulk :)
It is clear that the domestic cinema is growing, but something is swinging in opposite directions.
But in general, it's quite good for an average TV series.
PS By the way, Danya, it turns out - the hero of the series, who just killed a man. Well, it happens. That's right there.
but I think they wanted to show us Veronica's attitude here...
In fact, it's brave to produce a series about such a hackneyed topic as vampires in 2021, it could have been much worse, but this atmosphere of the Soviet camp helped a lot, and it was shot great.
Of the advantages of the series, you can only single out the actors, they fit very harmoniously into their images, one of the main disadvantages is such a lousy script that it reduces this series to the level of mystical TV3 series.
It's a shame for the good concept of vampires within the framework of Soviet reality, but perhaps the general HYPE of the topic will give us new series with a similar theme.
Nevertheless, the series, based on a Soviet-era book, is adequately adapted to our time.
After watching this series, as a fan of American TV series, it's pretty good, and the plot and intrigue, locations, and acting are all you need for the series, and when you're filming abroad, it's even more enjoyable or at least trying)). There is something to strive for. My estimate is 3.75
If you started watching, watch to the end in one go.
Collectively, the series is a solid three, it's clear that they tried. I just didn't have enough talent in some places.. Well, maybe they'll take it into account in the future.
Again, the book conveyed the atmosphere pretty well, but the film tried to leave for the fan service, so it rolled into the trash.
, and the rule that you can only be bitten if you want it yourself ceased to apply, or weak in spirit
Everything is messy, the graphonium is terrible
It feels like they were in a hurry to shoot, or forgot to add something in previous episodes. Specifically, what I didn't like: 1. The guard was not introduced in previous episodes, like, but he turned out to look like a doctor, and from this it seemed that the doctor had been killed earlier, but here he is alive here at the beginning of the series. 2. The vampire Sickle just turned into a monster - why wasn't this opportunity shown earlier? It looked like cheap Hollywood. Sickle as a character was not fully revealed - in the past, he was sure that he would not turn into an animal like his brother, but still became a monster in his old age - why? 3. The girl (Sergushina), whom GG (Valerka) fell in love with, became a typical burden, as it happens again in all cheap Hollywood horror films. Why not take off the fact that she, on the contrary, saved GG from the villain at some point?
But overall, the series is not bad. The atmosphere was well conveyed.
Sergushina turned on the bitch with "who is she" - gods, why???? The special effects are terrible, why did they make this tongue trick at all, stealing it in a Strain? To apply lame effects? It would be easier to wear old-school fangs.
Well, the biggest irritation was caused by the image of Valerka in the series. In the book, he accomplished a Feat. Deliberately, consciously sacrificed himself for the sake of others. And then I just gave in to an impulse. Yes, he saved the girl, but he doesn't have the heroism that the original Valery had. Yes, and an unnecessary turn with a gun and an offended look at Leva in the end turned clever Val into some kind of dumb-offended. In short, the finale is a complete upset.
But still no, there is the same villain in the series.
The supporting characters are also well-written, but there are too many cliches in them. I want something adequate, not the USSR, vodka, our world.
The plot is not trivial, and neither are the antagonists. It's interesting to watch the plot, but in some places they start to "bore", delaying the timing.
This is clearly a new level of Russian TV series, which can be recommended to everyone as an indicator of the growth of Russian cinema.
I'd bet 4/5 or 7.5/10.
Very sad.
Well, why...
The child actors did their best. The picture is beautiful and juicy, and the RGB backlight didn't annoy X at all) Perhaps because it was the same in my childhood camp. I just dropped out of the plot twist with Valerka. I thought it would be friendship, peace, and chewing gum, but I got a glass portion.
After reading the comments, I understand that I need to go read a book. I hope there will be additional scenes not included in the series.
But I'm writing this comment, actually, because of a theory that arose while watching. Namely, a possible reserve for season 2, or the biggest oversight on the part of the scriptwriters.:
The theory is that Hammer Sickle's brother is alive.
We know about his death only from the words of the Sickle. In fact, we only have a chewed-off hand.
For half of the series, we see Serp Ivanovich sleeping with a gun under his pillow. What for? Is he afraid of someone? The brother he betrayed?
After our stratelate turned into a barbecue, all the children on the boat immediately became human again, and this does not fit in with the story of Baba Nyura.
Baba Nyura, as a child, could not "do her duty," which is why we are told that the Hammer died of starvation in prison. If he had died, she would not have had to bathe in holy water the next day. She would have become a human being, just like the children from the camp.
In fact, it turns out to be a strange story with scars, being a leech she would quickly heal from burns, but being a human she shouldn't have received them.
– Baba Nyura, how did you survive? Val asked.
Baba Nyura sniffed and crossed herself widely.
"Strathylates did not dare to drink me." Y-died. My mom took to beating me, and my mom took me to church. Kre-estila and otm-olila. Me-enya toko skryu-taught… I was pretty then, this is Amy Godochkov…
In general, something is unclear x) In the book, the children also felt bad on the boat. But by morning they came to their senses without any "pleading."
The children play beautifully, especially the main kid who played Val. But both Pegova and Tribuntsev...Dear Mother, how beautiful Pegova is! In general, as always)
The sound pleases and even very much, but the strongest side of the "Food Block" is the camera work and the color sensor (crazy!!), the picture is so juicy, they revived the era so much, modernizing it, but not diminishing it, but giving it volume (the cinema of the 1980s looked very different from kanesh).
There are still questions about the characters, their lack of disclosure, and the plot holes have not gone anywhere, and "Very Strange Things" as a starting point for occupying a domestic niche, in general, the scenario could have been better, but it was done with love, beautifully, spectacularly, and sometimes so sincerely that you don't want to scold. Long live the era of new serial production in Russia. The third project is Kinopoisk HD, which does not disappoint, and in some places even surpasses the first two.
I would have watched season 2 if Ivanov had written it.
She went to read a book.
It's interesting in general what will happen to each of the guys, but here we are given the opportunity to come up with it ourselves.
A really good Russian TV series! It was a little predictable at some points, but still I didn't expect such an ending. An open final. Everything seems to be fine, but still everything didn't end well for everyone. I would like to see season 2. It's very interesting what will happen to Valera and Igor, but I'm afraid the sequel may spoil everything and it's better for everyone to figure it out for themselves....
Of course, there is something to find fault with, but in general, it 's good
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Personally, I didn't really like the moment with the transformation, as the effects looked weak against the background of the entire film. It seems to me that it could have been arranged in a more interesting way. Well, actually, I liked the penultimate episode more than the last
one.
But at the same time, thank you for the fact that the series was filmed and finished, and did not decide to waste a long and tedious time. Plus, an ending without a happy ending is a separate plus
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Of what I liked the most, of course, the picture. It's just very beautifully shot and the color correction is gorgeous and the editing. The camera really seemed to become the hero's eyes. In general, you only need to watch a movie for this. And of course , I'll also mention the musical accompaniment , because it 's also cool.
Back in the first episode, when the children are sailing on a motor ship, I looked at a boy in a turtleneck and with a white dandelion on his head (now I saw it again in the final scene). This is a blatant Syroezhkin cosplay! 😆
The advantages of the series are that it focuses on the main story, mysticism, and what Ivanov himself (the author of the book) grasped very superficially, although he made mysticism the main backbone of his story. This is what I expected from the book, but the book only gave me a taste of the aesthetics of the Soviet camp.
It's sooo cool that the story of the search for the main ghoul was developed in the series, although the moment with "kill baba Nyura" and this useless shot at the watchman (which was not in the original) are strange. If the first one can be justified somehow, then what is the second one for?
It was well shot, but sometimes the light was overplayed: some neon shades, glowing red windows... My quibbles, in short.
I didn't like the fact that the series is somehow too focused on sex. Yes, there was sex and nudity in the USSR, yes, there were love scenes in the book too (not detailed). But there are just too many of them here... A lot? A lot of nudity, a lot of this detailed sexualization. Not a general negative, just some slightly jarring fact.
I didn't like the story with my brother. In general, she doesn't need to be here, she didn't play any sensible role for Valera, and these jokes, where he constantly "sees" him, make him think of crazy.
The series is for a couple of evenings, I probably would still recommend reading a book to catch the atmosphere.
* Why does Sickle stratylate age? This is at odds with the information about the "vampire world". It has always been shown that a vampire remains at the age when he was turned. And here the powerful vampire is already an old man, and what would have happened in a couple of decades if he hadn't died?
* 13 leeches on the ship turned back into people after Sickle's death and did not remember how they were vampires. But what about the fact that the whole ship and themselves were covered in the doctor's blood. They should have come to their senses and seen it, washed the deck, changed their clothes. But they show us that they are going home and don't remember anything.
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Until the last minute of the battle between Valera and Sickle, I thought that Nastenka was Sickle's assistant, something like Nyura, who was turned by a Hammer as a girl.
In general, at the end there was a feeling of doom. Valera asks Igor, "Was it for a reason? Did we save someone?".
Maybe we did now, but in ten years Valera himself will turn into such a monster and negate the fact that he saved a couple of lives in the camp.
Results:
It's hard to find the words to express your opinion about the series. Okay, to put it bluntly: the series didn't get me hooked. The story is very long. Yes, there are exciting moments in some places, the picture is beautiful, although these neon spotlights that beat on all the windows began to annoy the series on 3, the acting is also normal, but that's where it ends.
My expectations were completely different. The poster of the series was very reminiscent of the OSD, so I thought that a group of guys would investigate the mysterious events in the camp. And considering that this is the USSR, I was looking forward to that very atmosphere. But somehow it all turned out clumsily.
The history of these ghouls has remained unclear. Where did Baba Nyura go and what was her trick? I thought she was the one who was going to kill the Sickle.
Why, in fact, did Sickle set himself on fire and even started this topic of communication with Valera, if it weren't for him, the kid wouldn't have found out most of the information. The whole series has been dragging its feet, and in the last 2 episodes it's been crammed full of everything in the world.
In general, there are only questions left. I think the book will be 100 times more interesting, and I will find answers to some questions.
6.5/10
And now you can start the book!
Yes, the series is not without flaws, but it is clear that they tried to make a high-quality product, and this is good news!
I was pleased with the cast, many of them played their role well, especially the guy in the role of Valera and the main antagonist was pleasantly surprised!The Doctor also turned out to be an original and interesting character!
I regret that I did not read the book after all, especially considering some discrepancies in the ending of the story.
The way the girl was woken up with a kiss is also funny.
The quality of the camera work is great. It's an interesting picture, you can feel the atmosphere. I am glad that Russian cinema is developing.
It's very interesting and beautiful at times. Suspense is sometimes sustained so much that I got goosebumps when watching it at night. The picture is high-quality, the illumination of the forest is just something with something, insanely atmospheric! I never expected to hear Bowie and was pleasantly surprised. I liked the acting, even the children, in my opinion, did well (especially in comparison with the famous actors from the TV series "whirlpool"). And I liked the general idea. Unfortunately, I've never been to camps, although I wanted to, so it was very nice to look at all this camp romance.
But, of course, not without drawbacks.
Sometimes it was just boring, overly long, sometimes even illogical and completely out of place. For example, I still didn't understand why there were scenes with the murder of a security guard or nudity with a girl's leg.. Also, the soundtrack was often different from what the characters were saying, and it was annoying. The graphics are funny, but fuck it, you can forgive that. The most unpleasant character for me turned out to be the girl whom Mr. had fallen in love with. If she was revealed, it was only from the negative side. And in general, their line was not developed in any way, it is generally unclear why Val liked it so much. But this is important, because in the final she is his main motivation.. I felt sorry for the doctor the most.
I liked the ending. In general, everything is logical, understandable and does not raise global issues (especially in comparison with "topi"). Season 2 is not needed.
The bottom line is another decent Russian TV series, which is shameless to recommend for viewing.
But I wanted to read the book.
I didn't like the large number of scenes that sexualize children. Some kind of wild cringe happened to it.
It's not bad this way
The only thing that pleased me was the visual.
The events unfold 3 years after the finale of the first season. A powerful new vampire appears in the city, which is why the main character's secret is in danger - as is his life.
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But overall, the series is interesting and colorful.
And this is the first season only. And they say even worse about the second one.
As a result, we comrades love to eat shit if served with the right sauce.
I don't recommend it to anyone.
• the series itself is average, not to call it bad, but also very good too, 6/10
• acting is also average
• dialogues are terrible, implausible, you don't believe in them. I do not know how thoroughly they conveyed the dialogues from the book, but such phrases do not work very well on the screen ...
• shooting, directing, editing, sound design and, in general, the atmosphere is exactly what hooked me on the series, it just turned out very well. probably if the series hadn't had such a good production and shooting, I would have dropped it even earlier
in general, the series is not bad, for once it is possible.
I'm afraid to watch season 2, because there is a feeling that everything will go terribly wrong there :(
oh yes, the doctor is a favorite character of the series))
Does Val know how to turn into a monster now, too?
In general, the whole series had a strange pace. What happens is stretched out, then - bang! And everything changes in a minute. How Igor didn't believe Valera at first, and then suddenly, in the first minute of the new episode, it changed.
I don't know if I'm the only one, but I've been frozen out the whole series by this girl playing the role of a lady in distress all the way. All the time, this is the only expression of the doll's face with a slight smile from the actress. The strange behavior of the heroine, who is like a weak-willed doll herself, not only with her face. That is, she exists solely for the sake of gg saving her endlessly. And it's especially funny against this background at the end to watch this little girl accuse him of "cheating", while the actress herself does it very unconvincingly, it looks comical. The fact that he fell in love with just the prettiest girl, who didn't really show herself as a person in the whole series, except for betraying him, and he forgave, is also boring. I wonder if the book was more convincing.