I think the actors were very good in displaying the personalities of the real characters (at least as we Brazilians perceived them). From the racing fan perspective, they left a lot out Not a single mention of Donington Park 2023. It was maybe his greatest race, and one to be in the history of F1. I strongly recommend the documentary "Senna" released in 2010.
Glad to hear this . I was part of this series as an actor. It was a tremendous team who worked in this series . The actors, VFX , Production. Fantastic
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Amazing Senna mini-series. I'm a Senna fan from Toronto, Canada. I followed Senna F1 Career. The crash in Imola was painful to watch. Senna will always be the G.O.A.T.
Im not an f1 fan I just watch a lot of Netflix. So when this came out I did what I always do and watched it and man oh man I had no idea what I had gotten myself into. I didn’t know anything about Ayrton Senna and when I was done it was as if I lost my best friend in the world. I was miserable. I cried like a baby. I saw his documentary afterwards, I wanted to know everything I could. As you can see I’m still doing it today by watching your video lol. I was 10 years old when the tragedy happened but didn’t learn about it till I was 40. I’ll spend the rest of my life making sure I never forget him. Ayrton Senna is a legend!
💯 Senna was just before my time. Similar age to you. From what I saw and everything I've read since from both fans and non fans, it seems the series was a worthy tribute to the legend!
I'm Brazilian and I really wanted to know the opinion of other people out of Brazil. Thank you for publishing this review. As you said, Senna is a national hero. At that time, I was a child and our country was facing a very difficult period. Senna was a refreshment for all of us and provided us with joy and hope, where it was difficult to find. He was responsible for bringing together Brazilian families on Sundays to watch the races. So, obviously I particularly liked that they gave this tone of tribute to him and for me, it was very exciting to be able to relive that period. One of his girlfriends, Xuxa, was very famous and loved among children at the time, so her presence also gave me a very nostalgic touch. I didn't know how audiences in other countries would react so I loved your review. I hope more people check out this series. Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷😊
Thanks for sharing your thoughts from a Brazilian perspective. I really knew little about Senna as I only started watching F1 just after his passing so it was really interesting to learn more about him. I really hope it does well and given how many fans of the sport there are, it should do well!
@sa.sa3917 Hi My name is Cameron Greenwood Cramp AKA CGC. I'm an Aussie. I'm almost 28 years old. I was born on February 6 1997. I live in Melbourne in Australia AKA the land down under. I am the biggest fan of IMSA and the WEC in the land down under too. I've been into IMSA for 21 years now. And I love it. It's actually my favourite motorsport nowadays along with the World Endurance Championship AKA WEC and MotoGP & the 24 Hours Of Le Mans. Back in the day, I used to be into all motorsports, but not anymore. It's been like that for the last 12 years also. My favourite IMSA season is every single one of them. From the classic original IMSA from 1971 to 1998 and new IMSA from 2014 onwards. My favourite races in IMSA are the Daytona 24 Hours, the 12 Hours Of Sebring and of course the Watkins Glen 6 Hour held at The Glen. My favourite World Endurance Championship or WEC for short is every single one from 2012 to present day. Watkins Glen AKA The Glen in Upstate New York, where they make steamed hams, is the best race track in the United States of America. Also, Francios Cevert is the greatest French person of all time, apart from Rene Arnoux, Alain Prost, and Albert The 5th Musketeer AKA Albert De Parmagnan. And also, 1989 is the best Le Mans ever, along with 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1981, 1994 and 1995. The Le Mans 24 Hours is my favourite race of the year and my favourite sporting event of the year too. Le Mans is my favourite race track in the world along with The Glen AKA Watkins Glen and Bathurst. Jim Clark and Ayrton Senna are two of my favourite drivers of all time. They are two of the greatest drivers who ever lived. Colin McRae and Walter Rohrl & Henri Toivonen are three of my favourite rally drivers of all time. They're tree of the greatest rally drivers who ever lived. Burt Munro along with Freddie Spencer are two of my favourite motorcycle riders of all time. They are two of the greatest motorcycle racers who ever lived. The Ford GT40 and the Ford Mustang are two of my favourite Ford's of all time. Two of the best Ford's ever made. Dale Earnhardt and Richard Petty are two of my favourite NASCAR drivers of all time and two of my favourite Amercians too. The Dodge Viper RT/10, the McLaren F1 and Mini Cooper are my favourite cars of all time. Search And Destroy by Iggy Pop And Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley are two of my favourite songs of all time. Along with Colorado Boy At Heart which is a song that wrote and recorded entirely by myself. It's also fun little song about Dan Colorado AKA Dan Dougherty who's from Colorado. A very cool place. Albert The 5th Musketeer is my favourite cartoon of all time and The Young Ones is my favourite TV show of all time. Albert The 5th Musketeer AKA Albert De Parmagnan is my favourite Musketeer too. I'm the 6th Musketeer. Grand Prix Legends AKA GPL is my favourite game of all time. The Shawshank Redemption and The Incredibles are two of my favourite movies of all time. 1967, 1976, 1989, 1991 and 1997 are five of my favourite Formula 1 Seasons of all time. James Hunt, Nigel Mansell, Barry Sheene, Striling Moss, Mike Hawthorn and Ken Miles n David Purley are my favourite Brits of all time. Dan Gurney is my favourite big tall guy. And also, Dan Gurney is my favourite person with the name Dan too, apart from Dan Wheldon and Dan Colorado AKA Dan Dougherty too. Chris Amon and Lloyd Ruby are two of my favourite drivers who were great despite having a bad luck reputation. On Any Sunday and The World’s Fastest Indian are two of my favourite motorcycle films of all time along with Race For Glory and of course Silver Dream Racer. David Purley AKA David Charles Purley is my definition of an absolute hero. Kork Ballington and Jody Scheckter along with Jon Ekerold are three of my favourite guys from South Africa. My favourite female racers are Penelope Pitstop and Janet Guthrie & Dancia Patrick. Ford VS Ferrari, Rush, Senna, Grand Prix, Le Mans, Race For Glory: Audi VS Lancia, Days Of Thunder, Talladega Nights and The Love Bug & The Last American Hero are my favourite car movies of all time. The Driver as well. My favourite Australians are Jack Brabham, Peter Brock and Mark Skaife. Bruce McLaren, Burt Munro, Chris Amon, Denny Hulme are my favourite Kiwi's of all time. Also, Lorenzo Bandini and Valentino Rossi are my favourite Italian's of all time. Jacky Ickx is my favourite all around driver and my favourite person from Belgium. Aguri Suzuki is my favourite person and driver from Japan. Great country. Ronnie Peterson is my favourite Swedish person and the greatest person from Sweden too. Ayrton Senna, Emerson Fittipaldi and Nelson Piquet are three of my favourite Brazilian guys and three of the greatest Brazilian's who ever lived. Henri Toivonen is my favourite Finnish person and the greatest person from Finland. Pedro Rodriguez is my favourite Mexican of all time and the greatest Mexican ever. Jim Clark, Colin McRae and Jackie Stewart are three of my favourite drivers from Scotland and three of the best Scotsman ever. 1971, 1982, 1992, 1995 are four of my favourite Indianapolis 500's of all time. Jaques and Gilles Villeneuve are two of my favourite Canadians of all time and two of the best Canadians too. And Jeremy Dale. 1992, 1995, 1997 (CART) are three of the best IndyCar Seasons ever and three of my favourites. 1979 is my favourite Daytona 500 ever along with 1997 and 1998 & 1976. The 1979 Daytona 500 is also my favourite NASCAR race of all time apart from the 1992 Hooters 500. 1979, 1992, 1996, 1997 are four of my favourite Nascar seasons. 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2003 are favourite Bathurst 1000's of all time. 1993 to 2007 and 2013 are my favourite V8 Supercars seasons ever. Two of the greatest male cartoon racers are Speed Racer and Tom Slick and two of my favourite male cartoon drivers too. 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1982, 1984, 1997, 2003, 2012 and 2014 are my favourite Daytona 24 Hours and are the best as well. 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1983, 1986, 1995, 1997, 1999 & 2012 are my favourite Sebring 12 Hours and are the best too. Niki Lauda and Jochen Rindt are two of my favourite Austrians and two of the best people from Austria. Juan Manuel Fangio and Carlos Reutemann are two of the best Argentina racers and two of my favourites from Argentina. Clay Regazzoni and Jo Siffert & Alain Menu are my three favourite Swiss people. Three of my favourite drivers from Switzerland. Steve Kinser is my favourite Sprint Car Driver of all time. Like with most people. 1982 to 1986 which were Group B, along with 1995, 1998, 2001 and 2003 are my favourite World Rally Championship's AKA WRC's. 1998, 1997, 1995, 1994 and 2018 are five of my favourites in the British Touring Car Championship. 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971 and 1989 are my favourite World Sportscar Championship's AKA WSC's. Every single 500cc season was and is my favourite Grand Prix Motorcycle Racing Season, especially the ones that had Freddie Spencer in. And finally.... Walter Rohrl is my favourite German and easily the best guy from Germany. Last but not least, Eddie Irvine is my favourite Irish and the best person from Ireland. :) I'm also the biggest fan of the Bathurst 6 Hour. I loved it since it began in 2016. I am also the biggest fan of the British GT Championship from the land down under and my favourite British GT Championship Season is 2024, I can't wait for 2025 and 2026. Also, I'm the biggest fan of the Asian Le Mans Series here in Australia and the land down under and my favourite Asian Le Mans Series is 2024 & 2021. And of course, I am the biggest fan of the European Le Mans and my favourite European Le Mans Series is 2024.
@sa.sa3917 Jim Clark. The greatest driver of all time. Besides Striling Moss. And Juan Manuel Fangio. Also Ayrton Senna of course. Four of the greatest drivers who ever lived. :)
@asithadahanayakaasdmessi3916 Jim Clark. The greatest driver of all time. Besides Striling Moss. And Juan Manuel Fangio. Also Ayrton Senna too as well of course. Four of the greatest drivers who ever lived. :)
I loved every second of it, at only 6 episodes, some iconic moments are missing, but I still feel it was very well rounded story - the best thing since Rush (2013)
@@LSib32 I have to admit (without knowing what might be missing) I was kinda glad it wasn't too stretched out like lots of streaming shows are. Rush was very good. The racing scenes were awesome
The series captured the spirit of Senna, it was pretty good indeed! If I were to nit-pick, I’d say the following elements were missing, unfortunately: 1. Senna was a bit more shy, introspective. That was part of his charm. 2. Senna was very eloquent. He spoke deliberately and poetically. 3. They could have shown more of Senna’s near superhuman techniques and awe-inspiring accuracy in every single aspect of his craft, and how he obsessively honed his skills. 4. His struggles with the Williams’s supremacy while still producing some of the best races in a vastly inferior equipment. 5. Donnington, the Lap of God.
She show should have been longer. They completely skipped 92 and 93. The masterpiece of donington 93… not a single world. They should have done 1-2 more episodes about the struggles of 92, about his tries to go to Williams for 93…. I grew up with senna and I had the same emotions watching the show. I went emotive in the final episode as I watched his crash on tv
As I mentioned to another commenter, without knowing the details of his life, this felt long enough for me, but I understand how those who do would be hoping for more. Yeah, that last ep was an emotional one 😢
The reason for that is partly because the family were ahead of the project and didn't want the series to show much of Senna's girlfriend at the time (and until his death), since they've never liked her (she was poor). Senna did however love her very much and many people close to him said it was one of the happiest periods of his life.
I wasn’t lucky enough to watch him race, but developed an admiration of him when I started following Lewis (was a Hakkinen fan prior). As I got older, his mindset started to inspire me more and more, ultimately helping me achieve all my dreams along the way and retiring at 42. I’ve seen the crash so many times, but watching the last episode hit me differently. Then his final message at the end had me in tears as I had never seen that before.
I never wanted a serie to have a different end than the one everybody was sure it would come.... Amazing acting and spectacular driving scenes indeed. And now I cry again for the lost of our idol 30 years later... 😥
Thanks for your review, I loved the series as well. I have watched it with a punch to my heart. I just don’t like the fact that my fellow Brazilians have been criticizing it because one of the girlfriends was not depicted in details. For them I must say this is not a documentary neither a love affair report, but a tribute to Ayrton Senna, the GOAT and his legacy to the F1 world!
Thanks for watching! I agree. It'ds not a doco and it's definitely a tribute. I quickly understood what it was, and I was happy to go along for the ride
And yet they used a whole full episode to show Xuxa as the main and only Senna's "true love", this is the main issue of the show, as a romantic and drama perspective, Adriane could have shown more of Senna's last days, since she was with him on the last year and half of his life.
The series needed a different approach, at times it felt like it was trying to be Rush 2 by literally rushing through certain events and putting too much emphasis on his family and love life. It almost completely skipped his time at Lotus and his relationships with Gerhard Berger, I mean where is the scene when Berger threw Senna's briefcase out of a helicopter or the time when Senna saved Erik Comas life at Spa in 92, they did not even show Mansell or Schumacher!
Thanks for sharing your take on it. As someone who has only a casual interest in racing, this felt long enough for me, but I can see how people who know the events would have hoped for more 🙂
I agree especially with his relationship with Berger and the Comas moment. they could have also done more with him and Sid Watkins. One small annoying thing was they got some of his quotes in the wrong time frames. And I also thought they played too much on him always being the victim of some wrongdoing. And quick scanned over Japan 1990. All in all I enjoyed it but, the Documentary tells his story so much better. even though I have a couple of issues with that lol.
Jim Clark. The greatest driver of all time. Besides Striling Moss. And Juan Manuel Fangio. Also Ayrton Senna. Four of the greatest drivers who ever lived. :)
Hi Pascal Breaks Down. My name is Cameron Greenwood Cramp AKA CGC. I'm an Aussie. I'm almost 28 years old. I was born on February 6 1997. I live in Melbourne in Australia AKA the land down under. I am the biggest fan of IMSA and the WEC in the land down under too. I've been into IMSA for 21 years now. And I love it. It's actually my favourite motorsport nowadays along with the World Endurance Championship AKA WEC and MotoGP & the 24 Hours Of Le Mans. Back in the day, I used to be into all motorsports, but not anymore. It's been like that for the last 12 years also. My favourite IMSA season is every single one of them. From the classic original IMSA from 1971 to 1998 and new IMSA from 2014 onwards. My favourite races in IMSA are the Daytona 24 Hours, the 12 Hours Of Sebring and of course the Watkins Glen 6 Hour held at The Glen. My favourite World Endurance Championship or WEC for short is every single one from 2012 to present day. Watkins Glen AKA The Glen in Upstate New York, where they make steamed hams, is the best race track in the United States of America. Also, Francios Cevert is the greatest French person of all time, apart from Rene Arnoux, Alain Prost, and Albert The 5th Musketeer AKA Albert De Parmagnan. And also, 1989 is the best Le Mans ever, along with 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1981, 1994 and 1995. The Le Mans 24 Hours is my favourite race of the year and my favourite sporting event of the year too. Le Mans is my favourite race track in the world along with The Glen AKA Watkins Glen and Bathurst. Jim Clark and Ayrton Senna are two of my favourite drivers of all time. They are two of the greatest drivers who ever lived. Colin McRae and Walter Rohrl & Henri Toivonen are three of my favourite rally drivers of all time. They're tree of the greatest rally drivers who ever lived. Burt Munro along with Freddie Spencer are two of my favourite motorcycle riders of all time. They are two of the greatest motorcycle racers who ever lived. The Ford GT40 and the Ford Mustang are two of my favourite Ford's of all time. Two of the best Ford's ever made. Dale Earnhardt and Richard Petty are two of my favourite NASCAR drivers of all time and two of my favourite Amercians too. The Dodge Viper RT/10, the McLaren F1 and Mini Cooper are my favourite cars of all time. Search And Destroy by Iggy Pop And Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley are two of my favourite songs of all time. Along with Colorado Boy At Heart which is a song that wrote and recorded entirely by myself. It's also fun little song about Dan Colorado AKA Dan Dougherty who's from Colorado. A very cool place. Albert The 5th Musketeer is my favourite cartoon of all time and The Young Ones is my favourite TV show of all time. Albert The 5th Musketeer AKA Albert De Parmagnan is my favourite Musketeer too. I'm the 6th Musketeer. Grand Prix Legends AKA GPL is my favourite game of all time. The Shawshank Redemption and The Incredibles are two of my favourite movies of all time. 1967, 1976, 1989, 1991 and 1997 are five of my favourite Formula 1 Seasons of all time. James Hunt, Nigel Mansell, Barry Sheene, Striling Moss, Mike Hawthorn and Ken Miles n David Purley are my favourite Brits of all time. Dan Gurney is my favourite big tall guy. And also, Dan Gurney is my favourite person with the name Dan too, apart from Dan Wheldon and Dan Colorado AKA Dan Dougherty too. Chris Amon and Lloyd Ruby are two of my favourite drivers who were great despite having a bad luck reputation. On Any Sunday and The World’s Fastest Indian are two of my favourite motorcycle films of all time along with Race For Glory and of course Silver Dream Racer. David Purley AKA David Charles Purley is my definition of an absolute hero. Kork Ballington and Jody Scheckter along with Jon Ekerold are three of my favourite guys from South Africa. My favourite female racers are Penelope Pitstop and Janet Guthrie & Dancia Patrick. Ford VS Ferrari, Rush, Senna, Grand Prix, Le Mans, Race For Glory: Audi VS Lancia, Days Of Thunder, Talladega Nights and The Love Bug & The Last American Hero are my favourite car movies of all time. The Driver as well. My favourite Australians are Jack Brabham, Peter Brock and Mark Skaife. Bruce McLaren, Burt Munro, Chris Amon, Denny Hulme are my favourite Kiwi's of all time. Also, Lorenzo Bandini and Valentino Rossi are my favourite Italian's of all time. Jacky Ickx is my favourite all around driver and my favourite person from Belgium. Aguri Suzuki is my favourite person and driver from Japan. Great country. Ronnie Peterson is my favourite Swedish person and the greatest person from Sweden too. Ayrton Senna, Emerson Fittipaldi and Nelson Piquet are three of my favourite Brazilian guys and three of the greatest Brazilian's who ever lived. Henri Toivonen is my favourite Finnish person and the greatest person from Finland. Pedro Rodriguez is my favourite Mexican of all time and the greatest Mexican ever. Jim Clark, Colin McRae and Jackie Stewart are three of my favourite drivers from Scotland and three of the best Scotsman ever. 1971, 1982, 1992, 1995 are four of my favourite Indianapolis 500's of all time. Jaques and Gilles Villeneuve are two of my favourite Canadians of all time and two of the best Canadians too. And Jeremy Dale. 1992, 1995, 1997 (CART) are three of the best IndyCar Seasons ever and three of my favourites. 1979 is my favourite Daytona 500 ever along with 1997 and 1998 & 1976. The 1979 Daytona 500 is also my favourite NASCAR race of all time apart from the 1992 Hooters 500. 1979, 1992, 1996, 1997 are four of my favourite Nascar seasons. 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2003 are favourite Bathurst 1000's of all time. 1993 to 2007 and 2013 are my favourite V8 Supercars seasons ever. Two of the greatest male cartoon racers are Speed Racer and Tom Slick and two of my favourite male cartoon drivers too. 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1982, 1984, 1997, 2003, 2012 and 2014 are my favourite Daytona 24 Hours and are the best as well. 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1983, 1986, 1995, 1997, 1999 & 2012 are my favourite Sebring 12 Hours and are the best too. Niki Lauda and Jochen Rindt are two of my favourite Austrians and two of the best people from Austria. Juan Manuel Fangio and Carlos Reutemann are two of the best Argentina racers and two of my favourites from Argentina. Clay Regazzoni and Jo Siffert & Alain Menu are my three favourite Swiss people. Three of my favourite drivers from Switzerland. Steve Kinser is my favourite Sprint Car Driver of all time. Like with most people. 1982 to 1986 which were Group B, along with 1995, 1998, 2001 and 2003 are my favourite World Rally Championship's AKA WRC's. 1998, 1997, 1995, 1994 and 2018 are five of my favourites in the British Touring Car Championship. 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971 and 1989 are my favourite World Sportscar Championship's AKA WSC's. Every single 500cc season was and is my favourite Grand Prix Motorcycle Racing Season, especially the ones that had Freddie Spencer in. And finally.... Walter Rohrl is my favourite German and easily the best guy from Germany. Last but not least, Eddie Irvine is my favourite Irish and the best person from Ireland. :) I'm also the biggest fan of the Bathurst 6 Hour. I loved it since it began in 2016. I am also the biggest fan of the British GT Championship from the land down under and my favourite British GT Championship Season is 2024, I can't wait for 2025 and 2026. Also, I'm the biggest fan of the Asian Le Mans Series here in Australia and the land down under and my favourite Asian Le Mans Series is 2024 & 2021. And of course, I am the biggest fan of the European Le Mans and my favourite European Le Mans Series is 2024.
1:57 Very much agreed. Sorry for Kaya Scodelario, she did her best, but it is evidently a gross Netflix demand to help "6 year-old viewers" follow the storyline.
A well put together series that did justice to Senna’s racing career and to him as a person. Yes, there were many other great Senna moments that weren’t captured but film makers have to work within airtime constraints and budgets. A part of the movie, the significance of which might be lost on many viewers, is the frequent shots of Senna’s feet on the car’s pedals, in particular his right foot rapidly stabbing the throttle. This was a tribute to Senna’s unique style. Drivers are always taught to accelerate smoothly out of a corner to maximize grip and speed, but Senna defied this technique with this constant throttle stabbing as he accelerated out of a turn. It is believed he did this to keep the turbos spooled up to increase the engine’s power. Whatever the reason, it was a unique Senna technique that contributed to his blistering speed. Martin Brundle said that Senna had a sixth sense of where the grip was before the car got there and a commentator said that Senna could dance a dance with the car like no other driver. I just wish Senna was still with us to explain it himself. 🙏🏼
@@PascalBreaksDown not good on this one, though. He REALLY missed the Senna's soul when he did those victim faces, even if serious. This is no Senna. Ayrton was tough and arrogant to some degree .
if u like this series i suggest checking out the senna documentary. suprising how much in the series is actually true and i feel the doc felt a bit more of a visceral compared to the series.
Highly recommend you watch the Documentary. Ive watched that a few times 😄. Seeing the mini series after the Documentary i was surprised with the accuracy of many scenes. They really manages to capture the moment in the mini series.
Senna was a hero to millions across the world, a part of their life and a part of their soul, even until now 40 years after he started racing.. I'm not Brazilian
Just finished the series. I definitely got emotional more than once and felt like it did a pretty good job most of the time...at least with tempered expectations being a Netflix production. But they really left a lot out and dramatized / fabricated (?) some things for the sake of a TV show, which is always going to rub hardcore fans the wrong way. I have been a Senna and racing fan for decades and watched and read countless videos and books about his life, career and death so I knew going in that I was almost certainly going to be disappointed in some ways...and I was, but overall it was a better viewing experience than I was expecting and captured the spirit of Senna and what he means to F1 and the world reasonably well. Some notes that felt a bit off / questionable to me - The antagonizing / nationalizing of Brundle in F3: I don't know how historically accurate that is, but would have to refer back to some books to really be positive as that is pretty early Senna history The romance stuff - could have had a good bit less of that on screen and as a focus...but that is a pretty typical complaint for hardcore fans The entire Laura reporter character - I get what the point was in terms of the story within the show, but such a person never existed and it felt pretty odd at times to see that "relationship" Glossing over / outright omitting large chunks of his career (Lotus years, 92-93 seasons and their context in regards to Williams) ***I understand why this wasn't really addressed (his family was likely heavily involved in the production) but the incredibly unclear, unsettling, and potentially damning details surrounding his fatal Imola crash is a huge can of worms and still has racing fans arguing to this day 30+ years later...again, not sure how the show would have handled this in a way that would be reasonable, but worth mentioning as there were Italian court cases about his accident that went on until 2007 and statue of limitations were long since passed despite criminal charges against Williams....alas... One thing I *loved* about this series was the clever and seamless use of historical / actual race footage within the show, mostly when various characters were watching the races. I thought it was a beautiful and thoughtful way to work in the real footage that so many of us love to see again and again, no matter how many times we've seen it previously.
Great detailed thoughts on the series and I'm always interested to hear the perspective of people who know the story well. It sounds like fans generally have the same set of gripes with the series but overall it's done more than enough to satisfy motosport enthusiasts as well as general audiences, which is a pretty tough thing to do I think! 🙂
I loved the show, and thoroughly admire its production values. Senna means a lot to many Latin Americans, not just Brazilians. His legacy of helping the underprivileged is - in my opinion - all the justification needed for the adulation and power his name still commands. However....I think the show kind of felt short of what it could have been. A big chunk of his "character portrait" (for want of a better term) was omitted, presumably because it would have potentially been less than flattering. Ayrton Senna was capable of immeasurable goodness, but also immeasurable ruthlessness. Obviously we did get a reenactment of Suzuka '90, but I really don't think the context for that was adequately established. I fully expected to see instances of the "either let me pass or you'll have an accident" ethos he was also famous for (especially since the Martin Brundle rivalry was touched upon). And his famous Sir Jackie Stewart interview was relegated to a couple of questions from a composite character. The story has been told before without those omissions, and it has never done anything to diminish the man and his legacy. I felt this show missed the opportunity to explore that duality of character. If that aspect of his personna was left out for fear of offending someone - well, I think it was a disservice, even to those of us who love Ayrton Senna, warts and all.
Really appreciate your perspective on the series. As someone not familiar with Senna, I wasn't aware of what might have been missed. Perhaps the involvement of the family caused the production to stay away from the "warts" or given the budget was already so big, there just wasn't enough screen time available for it all 🙂
Your feeling about the final episode leading to the impending doom you know is coming, I felt the EXACT same way. It was tough to watch and I to felt like switching it off. I watched the race live back in ‘94 and it still rattles me all these years later. Gilles Villeneuve got me into F1 and Senna made me love it. Unfortunately I watched both of them in the moment when it all went wrong. Overall I thought the Netflix mini series was pretty good. I didn’t think they were too rough on Prost for the most part. Especially in episode 6. Either way, for us who were around to watch their relationship unfold over the years, especially post racing for Prost knows the real story.
Good to hear they were relatively fair with the characterisation of Prist. Tough when you're making a film/series and you need someone to be the antagonist, yet you still need to be respectful of the real person
I really really enjoyed it. Senna was before my time but I've grown up with Hamilton who as a biracial racer is someone l've looked up to and Ive watched sennas races and crash but the show adds a lot more depth to his legacy. But I loved every second of this series. The acting was really good, the music, cinematography, and racing scenes were awesome. I also learned a lot about some formula 1 moguls that prompted me to research even more names. Unsung hero's and villains.some people may have felt it should be longer or more depth to senna but I’m sure they were only given 6 episodes budget to work with and you could tell they had a passion for this.
Apparently the budget was $170 million!! Absolutely enormous. Worth watching the making of featurettes on youtube. You can see where a lot of that money went 🙂
As a long time F1 and racing fan, I was expecting a lot less from this series, the casting and VFX are top notch, a bit of odd storytelling that may not be accurate, but still good
You can tell a lot of love went into it despite inaccuracies and artistic liberty. I think it did feel a little rushed at times and could have done with another episode. To get a better experience I suggest watching it in its native language. Netflix didn’t balls this one up thankfully.
@ been a fan of Ayrton throughout my life. Have a Senns S tattooed on my calf, he was one of the only reasons I had a smile on my face as a child because my uncle and I would watch the races early Monday mornings in Australia. Never had a Dad, never had much to smile about but he gave me one
In Brazil, the series was accused of being “chapa branca” (high-ranking gov. officials’ cars here used to have white plates) because Senna’s family, more precisely his sister Viviane, interfered too much in the script: almost cutting all possible scenes with Adriane Galisteu (Senna’s girlfriend for the last year and a half of his life). Adriane wasn’t rich when she met Senna at a race and was only 19 years old, and was rejected by Senna’s sister and kept away from Ayrton’s coffin during his funeral. The rich and famous TV presenter Xuxa, who had a previous relationship with Senna, was much more respected by her sister, and has much more time in the series.
@paoloernesto2591 That's very interesting to know. It doesn't surprise me that the family significantly influenced the project. Appreciate you sharing this info!
@@PascalBreaksDown I share this because Adriane was very respected in Australia and other countries, also known as Mrs. Senna during the last year of Ayrton's life. Unfortunately, her and Ayrton's memory is disrespected by his own family, as they loved each other, and to this day, after 30 years, Viviane continues trying to diminish Adriane's importance to Senna, but without success: Mrs. Senna is much more well-known and popular than Viviane.
I'm brazilian and unfortunately i found this show underwhelming. A lot of the plots feel pushed. Some scenes felt way too shallow and commercial to me. Senna's family presence in it's production made it a bit bland in my opinion. i believe the greatest f1 pilot ever deserved a more bold compelling plot. Nonetheless all the racing scenes were awesome. it's worth a shout-out to the actors and the photographer as well. i think the documentary Senna succeeds better in playing a hommage to him and to tell his story to newcomers. cheers!
I appreciate your thoughts on this and I understand what you're saying about "shallow and commercial" side to this series. Normally that bothers me too but it didn't really in this particular case. I've had the doco on my watch list for a while so I'm definitely going to check it out soon 🙂
Episode 6 that's at the Milo Grand Prix, WHAT?? San Marino Grand Prix at the Imola circuit. Imola sound like HMM-U-R. Unless there's more then one season
I feel like story was originally written by someone who knows F1 history of that era, but later was edited by someone who isn't quite knowledgeable. Therefor you can find some hints and easter eggs for F1 history enthusiasts, but also re-writing of history (for example Prost was for Senna in the team, not against, Ron Dennis was originally thinking to sign Piquet). All in all, good but not great, and don't watch it if you are looking for 100% historical accuracy.
I'm not familiar with the writers although I'm sure they had consultants in the writers' room. As the saying goes, it's a drama, not a documentary. Thanks for watching 😊
@@PascalBreaksDown neither am I, it's just my hunch after seeing some fine details like Prost in Ferrari 1990 using semi automatic sequential gearbox while Senna in McLaren still having manual but also some blatant re-writing of history (like calling Brundle and his team as cheaters...why was so hard to admit that Brundle was just good enough to give Senna run for his money?)
It was okay. I honestly felt like it’s was all the moments we’ve seen in other places with a lot of filler. It was something to put on and enjoy, but it wasn’t this impactful series I was hoping for
@@PascalBreaksDown the best part for me was thew stuff before he made it to F1...... i could watch a whole movie about his karting days and racing with fullerton. the F1 stuff expanded on stuff we saw in the Senna Documentary, but i was hoping throughout that it would be expanded more. I would of liked if they talked to Sid and got more information about their relationship that would of made that part better..... I also would of liked to see more of the aftermath. i will say i did learn some things though.... I had no idea that he was trying to create and was going to be the leader of the drivers association
@dukeseb That's interesting. The early stuff for me was less interesting. But I'm not a motor sport fan. The F1 part was where it really took off for me, mainly because it was so spectacular to watch and the stakes lifted to another level
The 2010's docummentary is better. Way better. But the series also does a good job, in a different media. I would put more Mansell and Schumacher and less Xuxa. Way less.
I still have to watch the last episode, but overall, the series felt formulaic and underwhelming. The visuals were great, but everything else fell short. A lot of the plot points seemed forced, and some characters felt underdeveloped. The reporter character, in particular, seemed completely unnecessary-almost as if she was included just to feature a well-known name, but she didn't add anything to the story. The portrayal of certain characters was also off; Prost, for example, was once again depicted as an insecure villain. The casting choices for some roles were also totally wrong. There were big time jumps, and important parts of the history were completely omitted. In my opinion, the Senna documentary was far superior, and for those new to F1, I'd recommend watching that instead.
We're pretty much in agreement in terms of your analysis of the storytelling. I realised that was the style of the show early on and I was happy to go along for the ride. Admittedly, that's a rare thing for me! I still think the series is doing something right if it can emotionally and so hard at the end 🙂
@@BenbricksProGamer_2008 He was portrayed as a whiny guy with a small man complex, someone who could only succeed with Baletsre's assistance. Only in the final episode, he was depicted in a more positive light.
@elonmust8859 A few people have said it felt rushed to them now. It seems that's coming from people who are familiar with Senna and F1. As an outsider, I didn't have that same feeling. Will be checking out the doco soon 🙂
From a technical standpoint, the series is amazing. The attention to detail is superb. The scenes during the races are very well executed. But, as a narrative, the series is mediocre, at best. Senna is presented as this unidimentional character. The writers dwell on details about Senna's life no one wants to see. With only 6 episodes, wasting the full first episode on Senna's girlfriend story is such a waste of running time. The main events are shown in the most superficial way possible. And as a result of the poor time management there are huge and unexcusable jumps in time. One of those time wasters is presented in the form of the fictional reporter character, which is almost unbearable to watch. She was created as a result of lazy writing. She is there only to do the most lazy and obvious exposition and to steal screen time from real and more interesting characters and events. If the writers weren't as lazy as they were. They would have written more interesting scenes of other REAL characters interacting and when really needing to do exposition, they could've used Galvão Bueno, also a reporter, also a friend of Senna, and also a real person that existed and still exists in this world. With such a legend and complex human being as its subject, the writers really, really, REALLY missed the mark here.
Thanks for your thoughts. As you would have seen in my review, we are pretty much on the same page about most of the points you raised. But I was happy to go along for the ride on this one and it's rare that I'm moved by a series so that's a winner in my books. 😀
This is one series where I was more than happy to just go along for the ride. Did it move you like it did me?
Grateful for your LIKE and SUBSCRIBE 🙏😊
I think the actors were very good in displaying the personalities of the real characters (at least as we Brazilians perceived them). From the racing fan perspective, they left a lot out Not a single mention of Donington Park 2023. It was maybe his greatest race, and one to be in the history of F1. I strongly recommend the documentary "Senna" released in 2010.
@@PascalBreaksDown I did. I remember each detail of those days! So, it was powerful to watch Senna.
Glad to hear this . I was part of this series as an actor. It was a tremendous team who worked in this series . The actors, VFX , Production. Fantastic
@@patriciopss1491 That's very cool. What did you do in it?
@PascalBreaksDown I was part of the Williams technical Team . The last chapter . The saddest one.
@patriciopss1491 That must have been an awesome experience. Congrats 👏 👏 👏
@@PascalBreaksDown Thank you. It was awesome. Huge project.
Good quality arts, movies, and games has always been a great life to all us human being. I greatly thanks for the handcrafted, thoughts, ideas, works, and dedications that all of you guys had been working on. I want to be part of what you guys had done so I am proud of my life
Amazing Senna mini-series. I'm a Senna fan from Toronto, Canada. I followed Senna F1 Career. The crash in Imola was painful to watch. Senna will always be the G.O.A.T.
Im not an f1 fan I just watch a lot of Netflix. So when this came out I did what I always do and watched it and man oh man I had no idea what I had gotten myself into. I didn’t know anything about Ayrton Senna and when I was done it was as if I lost my best friend in the world. I was miserable. I cried like a baby. I saw his documentary afterwards, I wanted to know everything I could. As you can see I’m still doing it today by watching your video lol. I was 10 years old when the tragedy happened but didn’t learn about it till I was 40. I’ll spend the rest of my life making sure I never forget him. Ayrton Senna is a legend!
💯 Senna was just before my time. Similar age to you. From what I saw and everything I've read since from both fans and non fans, it seems the series was a worthy tribute to the legend!
I'm Brazilian and I really wanted to know the opinion of other people out of Brazil. Thank you for publishing this review. As you said, Senna is a national hero. At that time, I was a child and our country was facing a very difficult period. Senna was a refreshment for all of us and provided us with joy and hope, where it was difficult to find. He was responsible for bringing together Brazilian families on Sundays to watch the races. So, obviously I particularly liked that they gave this tone of tribute to him and for me, it was very exciting to be able to relive that period. One of his girlfriends, Xuxa, was very famous and loved among children at the time, so her presence also gave me a very nostalgic touch.
I didn't know how audiences in other countries would react so I loved your review. I hope more people check out this series.
Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷😊
Thanks for sharing your thoughts from a Brazilian perspective. I really knew little about Senna as I only started watching F1 just after his passing so it was really interesting to learn more about him. I really hope it does well and given how many fans of the sport there are, it should do well!
Senna is F1
No doubt he is the best driver ever lived and will be.
Simply the GOAT.
Thank you champ for everything!!
❤️🏎️
@sa.sa3917 Hi
My name is Cameron Greenwood Cramp AKA CGC.
I'm an Aussie. I'm almost 28 years old.
I was born on February 6 1997.
I live in Melbourne in Australia AKA the land down under.
I am the biggest fan of IMSA and the WEC in the land down under too. I've been into IMSA for 21 years now.
And I love it.
It's actually my favourite motorsport nowadays along with the World Endurance Championship AKA WEC and MotoGP & the 24 Hours Of Le Mans.
Back in the day, I used to be into all motorsports, but not anymore.
It's been like that for the last 12 years also.
My favourite IMSA season is every single one of them.
From the classic original IMSA from 1971 to 1998 and new IMSA from 2014 onwards.
My favourite races in IMSA are the Daytona 24 Hours, the 12 Hours Of Sebring and of course the Watkins Glen 6 Hour held at The Glen.
My favourite World Endurance Championship or WEC for short is every single one from 2012 to present day.
Watkins Glen AKA The Glen in Upstate New York, where they make steamed hams, is the best race track in the United States of America.
Also, Francios Cevert is the greatest French person of all time, apart from Rene Arnoux, Alain Prost, and Albert The 5th Musketeer AKA Albert De Parmagnan.
And also, 1989 is the best Le Mans ever, along with 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1981, 1994 and 1995.
The Le Mans 24 Hours is my favourite race of the year and my favourite sporting event of the year too.
Le Mans is my favourite race track in the world along with The Glen AKA Watkins Glen and Bathurst.
Jim Clark and Ayrton Senna are two of my favourite drivers of all time.
They are two of the greatest drivers who ever lived.
Colin McRae and Walter Rohrl & Henri Toivonen are three of my favourite rally drivers of all time.
They're tree of the greatest rally drivers who ever lived.
Burt Munro along with Freddie Spencer are two of my favourite motorcycle riders of all time.
They are two of the greatest motorcycle racers who ever lived.
The Ford GT40 and the Ford Mustang are two of my favourite Ford's of all time.
Two of the best Ford's ever made. Dale Earnhardt and Richard Petty are two of my favourite NASCAR drivers of all time and two of my favourite Amercians too.
The Dodge Viper RT/10, the McLaren F1 and Mini Cooper are my favourite cars of all time.
Search And Destroy by Iggy Pop And Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley are two of my favourite songs of all time.
Along with Colorado Boy At Heart which is a song that wrote and recorded entirely by myself.
It's also fun little song about Dan Colorado AKA Dan Dougherty who's from Colorado. A very cool place.
Albert The 5th Musketeer is my favourite cartoon of all time and The Young Ones is my favourite TV show of all time.
Albert The 5th Musketeer AKA Albert De Parmagnan is my favourite Musketeer too. I'm the 6th Musketeer.
Grand Prix Legends AKA GPL is my favourite game of all time.
The Shawshank Redemption and The Incredibles are two of my favourite movies of all time.
1967, 1976, 1989, 1991 and 1997 are five of my favourite Formula 1 Seasons of all time.
James Hunt, Nigel Mansell, Barry Sheene, Striling Moss, Mike Hawthorn and Ken Miles n David Purley are my favourite Brits of all time.
Dan Gurney is my favourite big tall guy.
And also, Dan Gurney is my favourite person with the name Dan too, apart from Dan Wheldon and Dan Colorado AKA Dan Dougherty too.
Chris Amon and Lloyd Ruby are two of my favourite drivers who were great despite having a bad luck reputation.
On Any Sunday and The World’s Fastest Indian are two of my favourite motorcycle films of all time along with Race For Glory and of course Silver Dream Racer.
David Purley AKA David Charles Purley is my definition of an absolute hero.
Kork Ballington and Jody Scheckter along with Jon Ekerold are three of my favourite guys from South Africa.
My favourite female racers are Penelope Pitstop and Janet Guthrie & Dancia Patrick.
Ford VS Ferrari, Rush, Senna, Grand Prix, Le Mans, Race For Glory: Audi VS Lancia, Days Of Thunder, Talladega Nights and The Love Bug & The Last American Hero are my favourite car movies of all time. The Driver as well.
My favourite Australians are Jack Brabham, Peter Brock and Mark Skaife.
Bruce McLaren, Burt Munro, Chris Amon, Denny Hulme are my favourite Kiwi's of all time.
Also, Lorenzo Bandini and Valentino Rossi are my favourite Italian's of all time.
Jacky Ickx is my favourite all around driver and my favourite person from Belgium.
Aguri Suzuki is my favourite person and driver from Japan. Great country.
Ronnie Peterson is my favourite Swedish person and the greatest person from Sweden too.
Ayrton Senna, Emerson Fittipaldi and Nelson Piquet are three of my favourite Brazilian guys and three of the greatest Brazilian's who ever lived.
Henri Toivonen is my favourite Finnish person and the greatest person from Finland.
Pedro Rodriguez is my favourite Mexican of all time and the greatest Mexican ever.
Jim Clark, Colin McRae and Jackie Stewart are three of my favourite drivers from Scotland and three of the best Scotsman ever.
1971, 1982, 1992, 1995 are four of my favourite Indianapolis 500's of all time.
Jaques and Gilles Villeneuve are two of my favourite Canadians of all time and two of the best Canadians too.
And Jeremy Dale. 1992, 1995, 1997 (CART) are three of the best IndyCar Seasons ever and three of my favourites.
1979 is my favourite Daytona 500 ever along with 1997 and 1998 & 1976.
The 1979 Daytona 500 is also my favourite NASCAR race of all time apart from the 1992 Hooters 500.
1979, 1992, 1996, 1997 are four of my favourite Nascar seasons.
1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2003 are favourite Bathurst 1000's of all time.
1993 to 2007 and 2013 are my favourite V8 Supercars seasons ever.
Two of the greatest male cartoon racers are Speed Racer and Tom Slick and two of my favourite male cartoon drivers too.
1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1982, 1984, 1997, 2003, 2012 and 2014 are my favourite Daytona 24 Hours and are the best as well.
1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1983, 1986, 1995, 1997, 1999 & 2012 are my favourite Sebring 12 Hours and are the best too.
Niki Lauda and Jochen Rindt are two of my favourite Austrians and two of the best people from Austria.
Juan Manuel Fangio and Carlos Reutemann are two of the best Argentina racers and two of my favourites from Argentina.
Clay Regazzoni and Jo Siffert & Alain Menu are my three favourite Swiss people.
Three of my favourite drivers from Switzerland. Steve Kinser is my favourite Sprint Car Driver of all time. Like with most people.
1982 to 1986 which were Group B, along with 1995, 1998, 2001 and 2003 are my favourite World Rally Championship's AKA WRC's.
1998, 1997, 1995, 1994 and 2018 are five of my favourites in the British Touring Car Championship.
1966, 1967, 1970, 1971 and 1989 are my favourite World Sportscar Championship's AKA WSC's.
Every single 500cc season was and is my favourite Grand Prix Motorcycle Racing Season, especially the ones that had Freddie Spencer in.
And finally....
Walter Rohrl is my favourite German and easily the best guy from Germany.
Last but not least,
Eddie Irvine is my favourite Irish and the best person from Ireland.
:)
I'm also the biggest fan of the Bathurst 6 Hour.
I loved it since it began in 2016.
I am also the biggest fan of the British GT Championship from the land down under and my favourite British GT Championship Season is 2024, I can't wait for 2025 and 2026.
Also, I'm the biggest fan of the Asian Le Mans Series here in Australia and the land down under and my favourite Asian Le Mans Series is 2024 & 2021.
And of course, I am the biggest fan of the European Le Mans and my favourite European Le Mans Series is 2024.
@sa.sa3917 Jim Clark. The greatest driver of all time. Besides Striling Moss. And Juan Manuel Fangio. Also Ayrton Senna of course. Four of the greatest drivers who ever lived. :)
@asithadahanayakaasdmessi3916
Jim Clark. The greatest driver of all time. Besides Striling Moss. And Juan Manuel Fangio. Also Ayrton Senna too as well of course. Four of the greatest drivers who ever lived. :)
impossible not to cry in the last episode.
I loved every second of it, at only 6 episodes, some iconic moments are missing, but I still feel it was very well rounded story - the best thing since Rush (2013)
@@LSib32 I have to admit (without knowing what might be missing) I was kinda glad it wasn't too stretched out like lots of streaming shows are. Rush was very good. The racing scenes were awesome
The series captured the spirit of Senna, it was pretty good indeed! If I were to nit-pick, I’d say the following elements were missing, unfortunately:
1. Senna was a bit more shy, introspective. That was part of his charm.
2. Senna was very eloquent. He spoke deliberately and poetically.
3. They could have shown more of Senna’s near superhuman techniques and awe-inspiring accuracy in every single aspect of his craft, and how he obsessively honed his skills.
4. His struggles with the Williams’s supremacy while still producing some of the best races in a vastly inferior equipment.
5. Donnington, the Lap of God.
Really interesting insight, mate. Thanks for sharing it!
Senna was and still is the greatest F1 driver and that is based on two things: his skills and because F1 drivers said that he was the best.
She show should have been longer. They completely skipped 92 and 93. The masterpiece of donington 93… not a single world. They should have done 1-2 more episodes about the struggles of 92, about his tries to go to Williams for 93…. I grew up with senna and I had the same emotions watching the show. I went emotive in the final episode as I watched his crash on tv
As I mentioned to another commenter, without knowing the details of his life, this felt long enough for me, but I understand how those who do would be hoping for more. Yeah, that last ep was an emotional one 😢
The reason for that is partly because the family were ahead of the project and didn't want the series to show much of Senna's girlfriend at the time (and until his death), since they've never liked her (she was poor). Senna did however love her very much and many people close to him said it was one of the happiest periods of his life.
@DiegoRF7 Interesting. I didn't know that 👍
I wasn’t lucky enough to watch him race, but developed an admiration of him when I started following Lewis (was a Hakkinen fan prior). As I got older, his mindset started to inspire me more and more, ultimately helping me achieve all my dreams along the way and retiring at 42.
I’ve seen the crash so many times, but watching the last episode hit me differently. Then his final message at the end had me in tears as I had never seen that before.
@carloscanizares101 Wow. Congrats on the hard work to achieve your dreams. Yeah, the last ep is something else!
I never wanted a serie to have a different end than the one everybody was sure it would come.... Amazing acting and spectacular driving scenes indeed. And now I cry again for the lost of our idol 30 years later... 😥
Tough to watch 😢❤️
Can't wait to watch this one. Thanks for the review!
Hope you enjoy it!
Thanks for your review, I loved the series as well. I have watched it with a punch to my heart. I just don’t like the fact that my fellow Brazilians have been criticizing it because one of the girlfriends was not depicted in details. For them I must say this is not a documentary neither a love affair report, but a tribute to Ayrton Senna, the GOAT and his legacy to the F1 world!
Thanks for watching! I agree. It'ds not a doco and it's definitely a tribute. I quickly understood what it was, and I was happy to go along for the ride
And yet they used a whole full episode to show Xuxa as the main and only Senna's "true love", this is the main issue of the show, as a romantic and drama perspective, Adriane could have shown more of Senna's last days, since she was with him on the last year and half of his life.
As a Brazilian, I thank you for your honest and nice review! Your words are my words. So, amen!!!
You're welcome. Thanks for watching 😀
@PascalBreaksDown Thank you for creating your videos!!! Merry Christmas and a Blessed 2025!!!
@fabiomoreira8923 Same to you!
I loved the professionality of Senna details in the movie which really make sense for a true competence of a race car driver back in the days
The series needed a different approach, at times it felt like it was trying to be Rush 2 by literally rushing through certain events and putting too much emphasis on his family and love life. It almost completely skipped his time at Lotus and his relationships with Gerhard Berger, I mean where is the scene when Berger threw Senna's briefcase out of a helicopter or the time when Senna saved Erik Comas life at Spa in 92, they did not even show Mansell or Schumacher!
Thanks for sharing your take on it. As someone who has only a casual interest in racing, this felt long enough for me, but I can see how people who know the events would have hoped for more 🙂
Actually if you look closely you see Mansell in a Williams overalls during drivers meeting at Suzuka in .... 1990 :)
I agree especially with his relationship with Berger and the Comas moment. they could have also done more with him and Sid Watkins. One small annoying thing was they got some of his quotes in the wrong time frames. And I also thought they played too much on him always being the victim of some wrongdoing. And quick scanned over Japan 1990. All in all I enjoyed it but, the Documentary tells his story so much better. even though I have a couple of issues with that lol.
Jim Clark. The greatest driver of all time. Besides Striling Moss. And Juan Manuel Fangio. Also Ayrton Senna. Four of the greatest drivers who ever lived. :)
I love this series as a f1 fan anf senna fan it moved me.
Hi Pascal Breaks Down.
My name is Cameron Greenwood Cramp AKA CGC.
I'm an Aussie. I'm almost 28 years old.
I was born on February 6 1997.
I live in Melbourne in Australia AKA the land down under.
I am the biggest fan of IMSA and the WEC in the land down under too. I've been into IMSA for 21 years now.
And I love it.
It's actually my favourite motorsport nowadays along with the World Endurance Championship AKA WEC and MotoGP & the 24 Hours Of Le Mans.
Back in the day, I used to be into all motorsports, but not anymore.
It's been like that for the last 12 years also.
My favourite IMSA season is every single one of them.
From the classic original IMSA from 1971 to 1998 and new IMSA from 2014 onwards.
My favourite races in IMSA are the Daytona 24 Hours, the 12 Hours Of Sebring and of course the Watkins Glen 6 Hour held at The Glen.
My favourite World Endurance Championship or WEC for short is every single one from 2012 to present day.
Watkins Glen AKA The Glen in Upstate New York, where they make steamed hams, is the best race track in the United States of America.
Also, Francios Cevert is the greatest French person of all time, apart from Rene Arnoux, Alain Prost, and Albert The 5th Musketeer AKA Albert De Parmagnan.
And also, 1989 is the best Le Mans ever, along with 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1981, 1994 and 1995.
The Le Mans 24 Hours is my favourite race of the year and my favourite sporting event of the year too.
Le Mans is my favourite race track in the world along with The Glen AKA Watkins Glen and Bathurst.
Jim Clark and Ayrton Senna are two of my favourite drivers of all time.
They are two of the greatest drivers who ever lived.
Colin McRae and Walter Rohrl & Henri Toivonen are three of my favourite rally drivers of all time.
They're tree of the greatest rally drivers who ever lived.
Burt Munro along with Freddie Spencer are two of my favourite motorcycle riders of all time.
They are two of the greatest motorcycle racers who ever lived.
The Ford GT40 and the Ford Mustang are two of my favourite Ford's of all time.
Two of the best Ford's ever made. Dale Earnhardt and Richard Petty are two of my favourite NASCAR drivers of all time and two of my favourite Amercians too.
The Dodge Viper RT/10, the McLaren F1 and Mini Cooper are my favourite cars of all time.
Search And Destroy by Iggy Pop And Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley are two of my favourite songs of all time.
Along with Colorado Boy At Heart which is a song that wrote and recorded entirely by myself.
It's also fun little song about Dan Colorado AKA Dan Dougherty who's from Colorado. A very cool place.
Albert The 5th Musketeer is my favourite cartoon of all time and The Young Ones is my favourite TV show of all time.
Albert The 5th Musketeer AKA Albert De Parmagnan is my favourite Musketeer too. I'm the 6th Musketeer.
Grand Prix Legends AKA GPL is my favourite game of all time.
The Shawshank Redemption and The Incredibles are two of my favourite movies of all time.
1967, 1976, 1989, 1991 and 1997 are five of my favourite Formula 1 Seasons of all time.
James Hunt, Nigel Mansell, Barry Sheene, Striling Moss, Mike Hawthorn and Ken Miles n David Purley are my favourite Brits of all time.
Dan Gurney is my favourite big tall guy.
And also, Dan Gurney is my favourite person with the name Dan too, apart from Dan Wheldon and Dan Colorado AKA Dan Dougherty too.
Chris Amon and Lloyd Ruby are two of my favourite drivers who were great despite having a bad luck reputation.
On Any Sunday and The World’s Fastest Indian are two of my favourite motorcycle films of all time along with Race For Glory and of course Silver Dream Racer.
David Purley AKA David Charles Purley is my definition of an absolute hero.
Kork Ballington and Jody Scheckter along with Jon Ekerold are three of my favourite guys from South Africa.
My favourite female racers are Penelope Pitstop and Janet Guthrie & Dancia Patrick.
Ford VS Ferrari, Rush, Senna, Grand Prix, Le Mans, Race For Glory: Audi VS Lancia, Days Of Thunder, Talladega Nights and The Love Bug & The Last American Hero are my favourite car movies of all time. The Driver as well.
My favourite Australians are Jack Brabham, Peter Brock and Mark Skaife.
Bruce McLaren, Burt Munro, Chris Amon, Denny Hulme are my favourite Kiwi's of all time.
Also, Lorenzo Bandini and Valentino Rossi are my favourite Italian's of all time.
Jacky Ickx is my favourite all around driver and my favourite person from Belgium.
Aguri Suzuki is my favourite person and driver from Japan. Great country.
Ronnie Peterson is my favourite Swedish person and the greatest person from Sweden too.
Ayrton Senna, Emerson Fittipaldi and Nelson Piquet are three of my favourite Brazilian guys and three of the greatest Brazilian's who ever lived.
Henri Toivonen is my favourite Finnish person and the greatest person from Finland.
Pedro Rodriguez is my favourite Mexican of all time and the greatest Mexican ever.
Jim Clark, Colin McRae and Jackie Stewart are three of my favourite drivers from Scotland and three of the best Scotsman ever.
1971, 1982, 1992, 1995 are four of my favourite Indianapolis 500's of all time.
Jaques and Gilles Villeneuve are two of my favourite Canadians of all time and two of the best Canadians too.
And Jeremy Dale. 1992, 1995, 1997 (CART) are three of the best IndyCar Seasons ever and three of my favourites.
1979 is my favourite Daytona 500 ever along with 1997 and 1998 & 1976.
The 1979 Daytona 500 is also my favourite NASCAR race of all time apart from the 1992 Hooters 500.
1979, 1992, 1996, 1997 are four of my favourite Nascar seasons.
1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2003 are favourite Bathurst 1000's of all time.
1993 to 2007 and 2013 are my favourite V8 Supercars seasons ever.
Two of the greatest male cartoon racers are Speed Racer and Tom Slick and two of my favourite male cartoon drivers too.
1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1982, 1984, 1997, 2003, 2012 and 2014 are my favourite Daytona 24 Hours and are the best as well.
1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1983, 1986, 1995, 1997, 1999 & 2012 are my favourite Sebring 12 Hours and are the best too.
Niki Lauda and Jochen Rindt are two of my favourite Austrians and two of the best people from Austria.
Juan Manuel Fangio and Carlos Reutemann are two of the best Argentina racers and two of my favourites from Argentina.
Clay Regazzoni and Jo Siffert & Alain Menu are my three favourite Swiss people.
Three of my favourite drivers from Switzerland. Steve Kinser is my favourite Sprint Car Driver of all time. Like with most people.
1982 to 1986 which were Group B, along with 1995, 1998, 2001 and 2003 are my favourite World Rally Championship's AKA WRC's.
1998, 1997, 1995, 1994 and 2018 are five of my favourites in the British Touring Car Championship.
1966, 1967, 1970, 1971 and 1989 are my favourite World Sportscar Championship's AKA WSC's.
Every single 500cc season was and is my favourite Grand Prix Motorcycle Racing Season, especially the ones that had Freddie Spencer in.
And finally....
Walter Rohrl is my favourite German and easily the best guy from Germany.
Last but not least,
Eddie Irvine is my favourite Irish and the best person from Ireland.
:)
I'm also the biggest fan of the Bathurst 6 Hour.
I loved it since it began in 2016.
I am also the biggest fan of the British GT Championship from the land down under and my favourite British GT Championship Season is 2024, I can't wait for 2025 and 2026.
Also, I'm the biggest fan of the Asian Le Mans Series here in Australia and the land down under and my favourite Asian Le Mans Series is 2024 & 2021.
And of course, I am the biggest fan of the European Le Mans and my favourite European Le Mans Series is 2024.
Thanks for sharing Cameron. I'm Swiss so love you have favourite drivers from Switzerland 🇨🇭
@@PascalBreaksDown nice, :)
1:57 Very much agreed. Sorry for Kaya Scodelario, she did her best, but it is evidently a gross Netflix demand to help "6 year-old viewers" follow the storyline.
Yes, definitely not the actresses fault, just a completely unnecessary addition
A well put together series that did justice to Senna’s racing career and to him as a person. Yes, there were many other great Senna moments that weren’t captured but film makers have to work within airtime constraints and budgets. A part of the movie, the significance of which might be lost on many viewers, is the frequent shots of Senna’s feet on the car’s pedals, in particular his right foot rapidly stabbing the throttle. This was a tribute to Senna’s unique style. Drivers are always taught to accelerate smoothly out of a corner to maximize grip and speed, but Senna defied this technique with this constant throttle stabbing as he accelerated out of a turn. It is believed he did this to keep the turbos spooled up to increase the engine’s power. Whatever the reason, it was a unique Senna technique that contributed to his blistering speed. Martin Brundle said that Senna had a sixth sense of where the grip was before the car got there and a commentator said that Senna could dance a dance with the car like no other driver. I just wish Senna was still with us to explain it himself. 🙏🏼
Oh that's pretty cool re the pedal technique!
I am from Brazil and I have never heard of this Gabriel Leone dude before this series
Well, you know him now and I'm sure we'll all be seeing much more of him in the future 🙂
He does a great job
Even Senna's strong accent
@@PascalBreaksDown not good on this one, though. He REALLY missed the Senna's soul when he did those victim faces, even if serious. This is no Senna. Ayrton was tough and arrogant to some degree .
it does senna justice, almost perfect
can't say the same for how they unrealistically portrayed prost
Yes, I've heard mixed things about the portrayal of Prost
if u like this series i suggest checking out the senna documentary. suprising how much in the series is actually true and i feel the doc felt a bit more of a visceral compared to the series.
I'm definitely going to check it out. It had been on my watch list for a long time but I never quite got to it. Excited to watch it after this 🙂
Highly recommend you watch the Documentary. Ive watched that a few times 😄. Seeing the mini series after the Documentary i was surprised with the accuracy of many scenes. They really manages to capture the moment in the mini series.
No. Senna documentary is biased and full of bullshit.
They chose “simply the best” because Tina Turner sang that song to him on the stage in Adelaide after his last win.
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Senna was a hero to millions across the world, a part of their life and a part of their soul, even until now 40 years after he started racing.. I'm not Brazilian
He certainly had a huge impact on so many people. And he still does
I thoroughly enjoyed the series. The guys who played Senna and Prost were spot on. And I love the rock song soundtrack.
@thatguyfromcetialphaV At lot of classic hits in that soundtrack for sure!
@PascalBreaksDown I wouldn't say it was as good as Rush, that was more focused but I can't complain otherwise.
Im Brazilian and I loved the show, cried hard and definitely thought of the many stories I’ve heard from my parents who loved him
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Just finished the series. I definitely got emotional more than once and felt like it did a pretty good job most of the time...at least with tempered expectations being a Netflix production. But they really left a lot out and dramatized / fabricated (?) some things for the sake of a TV show, which is always going to rub hardcore fans the wrong way. I have been a Senna and racing fan for decades and watched and read countless videos and books about his life, career and death so I knew going in that I was almost certainly going to be disappointed in some ways...and I was, but overall it was a better viewing experience than I was expecting and captured the spirit of Senna and what he means to F1 and the world reasonably well.
Some notes that felt a bit off / questionable to me -
The antagonizing / nationalizing of Brundle in F3: I don't know how historically accurate that is, but would have to refer back to some books to really be positive as that is pretty early Senna history
The romance stuff - could have had a good bit less of that on screen and as a focus...but that is a pretty typical complaint for hardcore fans
The entire Laura reporter character - I get what the point was in terms of the story within the show, but such a person never existed and it felt pretty odd at times to see that "relationship"
Glossing over / outright omitting large chunks of his career (Lotus years, 92-93 seasons and their context in regards to Williams)
***I understand why this wasn't really addressed (his family was likely heavily involved in the production) but the incredibly unclear, unsettling, and potentially damning details surrounding his fatal Imola crash is a huge can of worms and still has racing fans arguing to this day 30+ years later...again, not sure how the show would have handled this in a way that would be reasonable, but worth mentioning as there were Italian court cases about his accident that went on until 2007 and statue of limitations were long since passed despite criminal charges against Williams....alas...
One thing I *loved* about this series was the clever and seamless use of historical / actual race footage within the show, mostly when various characters were watching the races. I thought it was a beautiful and thoughtful way to work in the real footage that so many of us love to see again and again, no matter how many times we've seen it previously.
Great detailed thoughts on the series and I'm always interested to hear the perspective of people who know the story well. It sounds like fans generally have the same set of gripes with the series but overall it's done more than enough to satisfy motosport enthusiasts as well as general audiences, which is a pretty tough thing to do I think! 🙂
I'm brazilian and I loved the series!! Perfect!!!!❤
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I loved the show, and thoroughly admire its production values. Senna means a lot to many Latin Americans, not just Brazilians. His legacy of helping the underprivileged is - in my opinion - all the justification needed for the adulation and power his name still commands. However....I think the show kind of felt short of what it could have been. A big chunk of his "character portrait" (for want of a better term) was omitted, presumably because it would have potentially been less than flattering. Ayrton Senna was capable of immeasurable goodness, but also immeasurable ruthlessness. Obviously we did get a reenactment of Suzuka '90, but I really don't think the context for that was adequately established. I fully expected to see instances of the "either let me pass or you'll have an accident" ethos he was also famous for (especially since the Martin Brundle rivalry was touched upon). And his famous Sir Jackie Stewart interview was relegated to a couple of questions from a composite character. The story has been told before without those omissions, and it has never done anything to diminish the man and his legacy. I felt this show missed the opportunity to explore that duality of character. If that aspect of his personna was left out for fear of offending someone - well, I think it was a disservice, even to those of us who love Ayrton Senna, warts and all.
Really appreciate your perspective on the series. As someone not familiar with Senna, I wasn't aware of what might have been missed. Perhaps the involvement of the family caused the production to stay away from the "warts" or given the budget was already so big, there just wasn't enough screen time available for it all 🙂
I’m not a huge F1 fan but I give credit where it’s due and Netflix did a good job with the series
Agreed
Your feeling about the final episode leading to the impending doom you know is coming, I felt the EXACT same way. It was tough to watch and I to felt like switching it off.
I watched the race live back in ‘94 and it still rattles me all these years later. Gilles Villeneuve got me into F1 and Senna made me love it. Unfortunately I watched both of them in the moment when it all went wrong. Overall I thought the Netflix mini series was pretty good. I didn’t think they were too rough on Prost for the most part. Especially in episode 6. Either way, for us who were around to watch their relationship unfold over the years, especially post racing for Prost knows the real story.
Good to hear they were relatively fair with the characterisation of Prist. Tough when you're making a film/series and you need someone to be the antagonist, yet you still need to be respectful of the real person
I really really enjoyed it. Senna was before my time but I've grown up with Hamilton who as a biracial racer is someone l've looked up to and Ive watched sennas races and crash but the show adds a lot more depth to his legacy. But I loved every second of this series. The acting was really good, the music, cinematography, and racing scenes were awesome. I also learned a lot about some formula 1 moguls that prompted me to research even more names. Unsung hero's and villains.some people may have felt it should be longer or more depth to senna but I’m sure they were only given 6 episodes budget to work with and you could tell they had a passion for this.
Apparently the budget was $170 million!! Absolutely enormous. Worth watching the making of featurettes on youtube. You can see where a lot of that money went 🙂
As a long time F1 and racing fan, I was expecting a lot less from this series, the casting and VFX are top notch, a bit of odd storytelling that may not be accurate, but still good
They've done well to please both fans and non fans of the sport for the most part. That's quite difficult to do
You can tell a lot of love went into it despite inaccuracies and artistic liberty.
I think it did feel a little rushed at times and could have done with another episode.
To get a better experience I suggest watching it in its native language.
Netflix didn’t balls this one up thankfully.
Absolutely agree. Whether someone likes the series or not, it's pretty clear that there's a huge amount of heart in it
@ been a fan of Ayrton throughout my life. Have a Senns S tattooed on my calf, he was one of the only reasons I had a smile on my face as a child because my uncle and I would watch the races early Monday mornings in Australia.
Never had a Dad, never had much to smile about but he gave me one
Amazing!
In Brazil, the series was accused of being “chapa branca” (high-ranking gov. officials’ cars here used to have white plates) because Senna’s family, more precisely his sister Viviane, interfered too much in the script: almost cutting all possible scenes with Adriane Galisteu (Senna’s girlfriend for the last year and a half of his life). Adriane wasn’t rich when she met Senna at a race and was only 19 years old, and was rejected by Senna’s sister and kept away from Ayrton’s coffin during his funeral. The rich and famous TV presenter Xuxa, who had a previous relationship with Senna, was much more respected by her sister, and has much more time in the series.
@paoloernesto2591 That's very interesting to know. It doesn't surprise me that the family significantly influenced the project. Appreciate you sharing this info!
@@PascalBreaksDown I share this because Adriane was very respected in Australia and other countries, also known as Mrs. Senna during the last year of Ayrton's life. Unfortunately, her and Ayrton's memory is disrespected by his own family, as they loved each other, and to this day, after 30 years, Viviane continues trying to diminish Adriane's importance to Senna, but without success: Mrs. Senna is much more well-known and popular than Viviane.
And one thing, Bruno's racing career was halted because Viviane is traumatized after Bruno's dad & Ayrton's death
I LOVED IT!!
Eram dias mágicos. eu dizia que simply the best era seu tema antes do encontro com Tina Turner.
I can’t believe they antagonized Martin Brundle after his badass moments this year (referring Monaco grid walk😂😂😂😂)
Not going to lie, had to google that haha
@ he said to mbappe’s guard(yes that Mbappe) “it’s alright mate, I’m in charge here”
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I'm brazilian and unfortunately i found this show underwhelming. A lot of the plots feel pushed. Some scenes felt way too shallow and commercial to me. Senna's family presence in it's production made it a bit bland in my opinion. i believe the greatest f1 pilot ever deserved a more bold compelling plot. Nonetheless all the racing scenes were awesome. it's worth a shout-out to the actors and the photographer as well.
i think the documentary Senna succeeds better in playing a hommage to him and to tell his story to newcomers.
cheers!
I appreciate your thoughts on this and I understand what you're saying about "shallow and commercial" side to this series. Normally that bothers me too but it didn't really in this particular case. I've had the doco on my watch list for a while so I'm definitely going to check it out soon 🙂
Brasileiros com fogo amigo e seu síndrome de vira-lata! Típico.
Episode 6 that's at the Milo Grand Prix, WHAT?? San Marino Grand Prix at the Imola circuit. Imola sound like HMM-U-R. Unless there's more then one season
This went over my head but thanks anyway 👍
The best!
I feel like story was originally written by someone who knows F1 history of that era, but later was edited by someone who isn't quite knowledgeable. Therefor you can find some hints and easter eggs for F1 history enthusiasts, but also re-writing of history (for example Prost was for Senna in the team, not against, Ron Dennis was originally thinking to sign Piquet). All in all, good but not great, and don't watch it if you are looking for 100% historical accuracy.
I'm not familiar with the writers although I'm sure they had consultants in the writers' room. As the saying goes, it's a drama, not a documentary. Thanks for watching 😊
@@PascalBreaksDown neither am I, it's just my hunch after seeing some fine details like Prost in Ferrari 1990 using semi automatic sequential gearbox while Senna in McLaren still having manual but also some blatant re-writing of history (like calling Brundle and his team as cheaters...why was so hard to admit that Brundle was just good enough to give Senna run for his money?)
A série foi Perfect
Was a very easy watch
It was okay. I honestly felt like it’s was all the moments we’ve seen in other places with a lot of filler. It was something to put on and enjoy, but it wasn’t this impactful series I was hoping for
It's true that it doesn't dig too deep. It's very much a tribute to "enjoy", as you put it 🙂
@@PascalBreaksDown the best part for me was thew stuff before he made it to F1...... i could watch a whole movie about his karting days and racing with fullerton. the F1 stuff expanded on stuff we saw in the Senna Documentary, but i was hoping throughout that it would be expanded more. I would of liked if they talked to Sid and got more information about their relationship that would of made that part better..... I also would of liked to see more of the aftermath.
i will say i did learn some things though.... I had no idea that he was trying to create and was going to be the leader of the drivers association
@dukeseb That's interesting. The early stuff for me was less interesting. But I'm not a motor sport fan. The F1 part was where it really took off for me, mainly because it was so spectacular to watch and the stakes lifted to another level
@@PascalBreaksDown you really need to watch the 2010 movie...... also watch the top gear tribute..... if oyu liked this you will like that a lot more
@dukeseb Will do. Thanks for the recommendation
daddy i wanna race cars .. here's a blank check son
I imagine motorsports is a little like, say, skiing, you need parents with a bit of money to get you on your way
The 2010's docummentary is better. Way better.
But the series also does a good job, in a different media.
I would put more Mansell and Schumacher and less Xuxa. Way less.
This series should have included more episodes 6 was to small for a series
I don't think I could handle more of ep 6 😢
@PascalBreaksDown not with standing with episode but Senna 92 93 season should've been part of his story
@@anirudhpandey8239 Fair enough. I wonder why they chose to omit it. May have ended up being a budget thing. It was already enormous for 6 eps
I still have to watch the last episode, but overall, the series felt formulaic and underwhelming. The visuals were great, but everything else fell short. A lot of the plot points seemed forced, and some characters felt underdeveloped. The reporter character, in particular, seemed completely unnecessary-almost as if she was included just to feature a well-known name, but she didn't add anything to the story. The portrayal of certain characters was also off; Prost, for example, was once again depicted as an insecure villain. The casting choices for some roles were also totally wrong. There were big time jumps, and important parts of the history were completely omitted. In my opinion, the Senna documentary was far superior, and for those new to F1, I'd recommend watching that instead.
We're pretty much in agreement in terms of your analysis of the storytelling. I realised that was the style of the show early on and I was happy to go along for the ride. Admittedly, that's a rare thing for me! I still think the series is doing something right if it can emotionally and so hard at the end 🙂
I disagree I think Prost was presented as a competitive figure and most important he was against Senna’s risk taking strategies.
@@BenbricksProGamer_2008 He was portrayed as a whiny guy with a small man complex, someone who could only succeed with Baletsre's assistance. Only in the final episode, he was depicted in a more positive light.
This felt rushed and missing several seasons was bad. Other than that it was ok. Senna from years ago was much better though.
@elonmust8859 A few people have said it felt rushed to them now. It seems that's coming from people who are familiar with Senna and F1. As an outsider, I didn't have that same feeling. Will be checking out the doco soon 🙂
@PascalBreaksDown yes I got that feeling to. I watched it live on tv in 94. Terrible weekend I never want to see a weekend like that again.
@@elonmust8859 Oh, wow. Yeah, that would make it a very different viewing experience than mine!
@PascalBreaksDown Wonderful video! I loved your take on the storylines.
Thank you ☺️
From a technical standpoint, the series is amazing. The attention to detail is superb. The scenes during the races are very well executed. But, as a narrative, the series is mediocre, at best. Senna is presented as this unidimentional character. The writers dwell on details about Senna's life no one wants to see. With only 6 episodes, wasting the full first episode on Senna's girlfriend story is such a waste of running time. The main events are shown in the most superficial way possible. And as a result of the poor time management there are huge and unexcusable jumps in time. One of those time wasters is presented in the form of the fictional reporter character, which is almost unbearable to watch. She was created as a result of lazy writing. She is there only to do the most lazy and obvious exposition and to steal screen time from real and more interesting characters and events. If the writers weren't as lazy as they were. They would have written more interesting scenes of other REAL characters interacting and when really needing to do exposition, they could've used Galvão Bueno, also a reporter, also a friend of Senna, and also a real person that existed and still exists in this world. With such a legend and complex human being as its subject, the writers really, really, REALLY missed the mark here.
Thanks for your thoughts. As you would have seen in my review, we are pretty much on the same page about most of the points you raised. But I was happy to go along for the ride on this one and it's rare that I'm moved by a series so that's a winner in my books. 😀
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Amazing serie