Alpine team
Imagine the French Alps, picturesque streets, wild nature, a bunker and time travel and parallel worlds.Sounds nice?Well, it is, although all that glitters is not gold.
The layout of the characters is also interesting.When we meet the main characters in the first minutes - Samuel, Victor, Romaine and Bilal, they are children.Samuel seems to be the natural leader of the pack - a handsome, cultured, but also intelligent young man.After disrupting the time of space, he becomes the youngest member of the team, and besides, without any special ability to manipulate time, unlike his Romaine or Victor, and far from the look of playboy Bilal.It is also impossible not to mention the mother of one of the characters - Sofia Belkbebirs played by Naider Ayadi.This character serves as a guide explaining to the viewer the physical and theoretical intricacies of interdimensional travel.
Confusion with confusion
In places this series reminded me of theSecrets of Sagala,although apart from the young heroes, it had nothing in common with this youth TV hit from the 90s. I think that, however, apart from focusing on the mysterious aura, we could also see the everyday problems of the presented characters, which gave them a certain depth.Bilal - the big brain but unsuccessful in the girls, Sam - the older brother who cannot stand up to his parents for his younger brother Victor, suffering from his parents' inflated ambitions and finally.The female main character seems to be the best characterologically developed.A maturing young woman has problems not only of a love nature, but also has to face the loss of her friends, mother's problems, caring for her younger sister, and face an insidious stepfather, who may not be a violent but robs his own family of money,thus leading to the monetary ruin of all its members.Surprisingly, it seems that someone may have Russian roots (the actor's name is Dimitr).Well, the show was shot almost a year ago, but with that twist it tied in with the current political situation.
Another interesting hero is Victor.His older character, played by Jules Houplain, is downright mesmerizing.Interestingly, if this were not a family series, I think that the creators could easily create a psychopathic murderer, towards which the character of Victor was inclined.Nevertheless, he still remains the most terrifying, brutal and complex (with his baggage of experiences) Disney character in the youth series.Thank you, France, for this big step for Mickey Mouse TV and streaming.
Of course, this series has its weaknesses.One of them is the overwhelming aura accompanying the heroes.I get the impression that the creators are trying to create an atmosphere of eternal tension, fear, approaching by convention something on the border of thriller and horror, which is intertwined with strange and not funny interjections.Despite the lack of a conceptual whole, this story is watched and waiting for the resolution of subsequent threads over the course of six episodes.
French tendency to rummage through the past
This is not the first time travel series Disney has produced with its French partners.In 2018-2020,Find Me in Pariswas broadcast on the Hulu platform about a young ballerina who got embroiled in a great intrigue related to time travel.In addition to a well-matched soundtrack, made to measureSmallvile's Secrets,and a great set design presenting both Paris and southern France, it was anotherteen dramaaimed primarily at a young viewer.
Due to my love for France, its culture and language, and cinema, I will probably watch new series or movies, also for young viewers.However, I'd rather see more than just a time travel theme, or perhaps more polished than the ones Disney has been giving us recently.A few special effects based on a freeze frame are not the top of the special effects that we can see in the latest productions.At the end, I would like to add that all six episodes have been uploaded from the very beginning and if you do not want to wait for the premiere of Disney + in Poland, all episodes are dubbed in khatrimaza cool.
