#oh and they introduced some weird backstory where the gang had a secret aunt who anne was named after who died as a child for some reason

[katya-goncharov]

i just watched the new bbc famous five adaptation, and it's one of those shows that's absolutely terrible but in a really iconic entertaining way. it's so tonally weird and i have no idea why any of the decisions were made. i'm fascinated

#i watched it with my family and we all hated it but we had such a fun time watching it too #it's one of those shows you want to watch again just to try to analyse what the actual fuck was going through creator's minds #it basically starts off completely normal and kind of wholesome (apart from really bizarre opening credits) and then it gradually gets #weirder and weirder until it turns into the da vinci code or something and there's some secret passageway with a magic potion #that tells the future?! which turns out to be visions of world war 2 and drives the villain (who is played by some famous game of thrones #actor i think) insane. #oh and they introduced some weird backstory where the gang had a secret aunt who anne was named after who died as a child for some reason #oh and the kids find the dead body of timmy the dog's previous owner on the beach but none of them seem to care or are traumatised in any #way. they're just like well okay. timmy's ours now!! #it's all very very odd. but also entertaining and if you like shows that are terrible in an iconic way #except NOT if you're epileptic or autistic because the opening credits for some reason have some weird disco vibe with constant #flashing images because Reasons #it's just so iconically baffling and i need someone to write a video essay or a really snarky review about it or something