pietroschek The benefit of late reviews is one is usually damn well aware of writing them for oneself.When Germany met the 'Fades' it came in the guise of 'young adult' on our oh so stylishly independent, self-declared cultural channel.While I could summarize it as the most unskilled plagiarism of 'Wraith - The Oblivion' which I had witnessed in my lifetime, I decided to laugh my beep off instead.Narcissism and Junkie-Glory. A seriously disturbed teenager saving the country at minimum, and the world on a regular. Of course while having cheap sex and babbling ignorant bull-dung all the way! It was splendid. One of the British-R-All-Gay-Scum smear-jobs unleashed. But that isn't true.'Life on Mars' was one of the series, which proved that British hard work can easily outmatch the disinterested money-dumping attempted in the US version of it.Of course an extra-bonus was the fact that drug-wrecks are automatically strong-willed occult experts. While not one ever has the will to go through cold-withdrawal, or into a therapy, they all have the will to outmatch the greatest of masters, and protagonist usually boss God around, too.Given that modern lobotomy is usually performed by allowing unwanted loudmouth's to smoke poisoned dope we get something which 'Trainspotting' simply couldn't provide. The damaged and twisted explanations from someone who belongs to the gutter-born and ill-educated. As sign of state's failure concerning the modern youth that is actually social criticism where it is really true.Contextually the Fades was a limited budget production. By that it had to simplify a lot, and take shortcuts, eventually even cuts on the quality. It did succeed in telling a low quality tale to those who never found better originals, and to be honest: Reviewing the crappy failures is often much more fun than writing about a deserving 10 star movie all others could recognize as brilliant, too. ;-)

portjos After reading some of the reviews here I decided to watch season 1. Found the first few episodes to be a little slow, but I'm so glad I stuck with it! This slow introduction is perhaps the reason it was canceled? It's such a travesty because this show is so good. The pace of each episode reminds me of Walking Dead and Game of Thrones, where the plot escalates and grows in complexity at the end of each episode. It's a satisfying and unique take on ghosts and zombies, with complex and realistic lead characters. If this show has been canceled for good before it's given a chance, I think it is a big mistake, as I can see it will become hugely popular.

emily-583 If I'd reviewed Fades after episode 1, I'd have given it a very impressed 7. After episode 3, I'd definitely have upgraded that to an 8. Now, however, I'm reviewing this refreshing, brilliantly suspenseful BBC Three thriller after episode 4 and I'm caught between a 9 and a 10.This series has captivated me since the first trailer ran on BBC One a couple of months ago. It's dark, deep, clever and truly captivating and is a perfect example of the quality we should be expecting from the BBC. This series is just brilliant.The plot is complex, twisting and turning with surprises galore, and the acting is superb with a few faces you've seen before, and some younger actors who have bright futures ahead of them.I wonder how this series will rank once we get further into the series. With the way it's improving, I think we may need to ask IMDb to add a couple of numbers to their ranking system! The only annoyance? Having to wait a week to see what happens in episode 5!

Matthew Lewis Surreal (yet almost believable) - get the kids off to bed because they'll be freaked in no uncertain measure! Your six year old will be certain there's a monster in the dark places. I'm not the kind for listing actors names or plot synopsis - my reviews are just an emotional impression based on whether I'm hooked or not (which makes the 'ten line mandatory rule'of IMDb a bit frustrating at times)- I'll leave the name dropping to the geeks that love that kind of thing. What I can say is the story is absorbing, cashing in on the apocalyptic view of the world that we all seem to have at the moment, yet not cashing in as it's intelligent, witty and philosophical in its approach; (morons won't get the 'message's', but will enjoy the action, freak factor and the odd naked teenager.....well almost naked). There isn't one dud or wooden performance in here, a solid script backed up by solid acting that makes you beg for more of the story; a real 'I can't wait!' kind of effect (on me anyway), clever underplayed directing (the best kind in my view as it's more 'real', yet it's not Dogme). Do I have my mandatory ten lines yet, let's see? YUP