I love this show, i just love it. ( in truth season 1 is the best, season 2 started great but kind of took a turn and season 3..pretty bad)
It's the first show i ever watched, when I was about 13 or 14. I just fell in love with Liz & Max.
I will not be reviewing the "quality" of this show because compared to recent tv productions it's ofcourse far inferior in terms of visual efects.
There are mistakes in terms of script too, the plot is often times pushed to extreme and unbelievable, sometimes cringy or too dramatic. In short, yes it has flaws.
BUT
I personally feel the good excedes the bad with this one. I may not be the best judge because I am very emotionally invested here. This show really takes me back to teenage years, to first love, to purity of feeling, to real friendships.. I rewatched it a few days ago (i m now 25) and i just love it. I think i saw a whole other side of the show this time and i understood a lot of things differently:
Also what REALLY surprised me, watching it again, (as a kid i only cared about the romance) was that it touched on : parental abuse, suicide, mindfulness, piece of mind, meditation - budism, and (for a second) on racism too. You just don't expect that from a teenage-alien-romance-drama show. All in all i love this show but i'm really emotionally attached to itso i may be biased. To be objective: it is a good show for teenagers and they can learn beautiful things from it. Xoxo
BUT
I personally feel the good excedes the bad with this one. I may not be the best judge because I am very emotionally invested here. This show really takes me back to teenage years, to first love, to purity of feeling, to real friendships.. I rewatched it a few days ago (i m now 25) and i just love it. I think i saw a whole other side of the show this time and i understood a lot of things differently:
- it painted a very real picture of relationships (ignoring the alien part): the struggles, the problems, the emotional connection, learning to accept the other with flaws and all, growing together - i think the actors did a great job. Liz and Max vs Maria and Michael. A lot could be taken from both. It s really not your usual cliche romance. The characters actually get to know each other, talk, share, lern to trust and not judge. And i really enjoy that they encourage waiting in terms of having intercourse. The girls and the guys are virgins and i think it's a good message for teenagers out there today (when let s be honest everything is sexualized) that the first time (at least) shoud be with someone they care about , that treats them right..
- the child- parent perspective. We have the teenage kids go through different parental issues and it feels very real and relatable. Is not just drama, there are actual real life issues and we are presented with both sides (Parent and teenager)
Also what REALLY surprised me, watching it again, (as a kid i only cared about the romance) was that it touched on : parental abuse, suicide, mindfulness, piece of mind, meditation - budism, and (for a second) on racism too. You just don't expect that from a teenage-alien-romance-drama show. All in all i love this show but i'm really emotionally attached to itso i may be biased. To be objective: it is a good show for teenagers and they can learn beautiful things from it. Xoxo