Original Israeli version ("On the Spectrum" currently available on HBO Max) is superior Scattered thoughts:
-Leads are serviceable but all the neurotypical supporting characters (especially Mandy the aide) are bland and forgettable (save for Jack's dad, a character added in this adaptation)
-A bit distracted about their splitting Ron's character's plotlines between the two male characters but sort of understandable given the storylines of Amit (Harrison) in the original series was kind of just him being a creep to women
-Not as immediately winning as the original where I had to keep watching more episodes
-When the leads are onscreen, it's watchable. When they're not, it's not -Seeing as how much I love love love the Israeli actors in the original (especially ESPECIALLY the one for Ron (Jack)), that I don't feel these leads are lesser-than knock-offs speaks to their abilities
-"I don't like to talk when I eat, I want to eat when I eat" "Then how about we talk after you finish eating" "After I eat I have to digest" I fucking felt that.
-Jack got a few laughs (audible nasal exhalations) out of me, truly the best
-The female's skills at going from zero to absolute freakout in a few seconds just may well be on par with the original series's actress
-Still an aura of typical heart-pulling Very Important Drama (again, way more so when the leads aren't on screen) which is very much not my thing, this'll stay at 1 episode watched
-Perhaps unfair to constantly compare it to the original but I absolutely loved the original so so much, they didn't butcher the adaptation but there was such an effortlessly likeable watchability about On the Spectrum that I'm not finding here
Review by BobDole12BlockedParent2022-01-22T01:11:08Z
Original Israeli version ("On the Spectrum" currently available on HBO Max) is superior
Scattered thoughts:
-Leads are serviceable but all the neurotypical supporting characters (especially Mandy the aide) are bland and forgettable (save for Jack's dad, a character added in this adaptation)
-A bit distracted about their splitting Ron's character's plotlines between the two male characters but sort of understandable given the storylines of Amit (Harrison) in the original series was kind of just him being a creep to women
-Not as immediately winning as the original where I had to keep watching more episodes
-When the leads are onscreen, it's watchable. When they're not, it's not
-Seeing as how much I love love love the Israeli actors in the original (especially ESPECIALLY the one for Ron (Jack)), that I don't feel these leads are lesser-than knock-offs speaks to their abilities
-"I don't like to talk when I eat, I want to eat when I eat"
"Then how about we talk after you finish eating"
"After I eat I have to digest"
I fucking felt that.
-Jack got a few laughs (audible nasal exhalations) out of me, truly the best
-The female's skills at going from zero to absolute freakout in a few seconds just may well be on par with the original series's actress
-Still an aura of typical heart-pulling Very Important Drama (again, way more so when the leads aren't on screen) which is very much not my thing, this'll stay at 1 episode watched
-Perhaps unfair to constantly compare it to the original but I absolutely loved the original so so much, they didn't butcher the adaptation but there was such an effortlessly likeable watchability about On the Spectrum that I'm not finding here