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Thursday, June 6, 2019

Why Lucifer Clicks

Yes, I bingewatched Lucifer season 1 to 4- the Fox-Netflix-revived-series character based on Neil Gaiman's Devil who retired from hell in his Sandman book. (I used to ignore its Netflix ad, but finally convinced by my millennial family member when he said it was based on Sandman's Lucifer (I introduced him to Sandman, he is dyslexic).

So, what's making (or made?) this 4-seasoned series click to bingers like me? Let's see...
1. Hopeless romantic. Luci & Chloe  (Deckerstar)
2. It is so life-like. What's not real in Lucifer? We are all baffled about hell and all that it is -including Lucifer/ satan / the devil, its actual existence, role, and "power" over humans. Because if you think about it, humans do not need any prodding (from others) to actually commit unspeakable deeds -  as Lucifer often quips with the neverending ad libs that not only detective Douche demands to hear, but we have become addicted to, as well.
3. Rituals and habits.
The show is so full of it. The pouring of wine, the club, the music, the need to connect,  breakfast, bed... Home. It highlights many humanness and human needs.
4. Nasty. (Do I need  elaborate?). OK. Maze.
4. Sarcastic. Lucifer tells the glaring truths in their faces. With his haughty expression to boot.

It does not mean, though, that it has no low points. First off, the police procedural theme limitation. Ella Lopez (CSI) is way, too smart (we'd love to see her how to arrive at conclusions, sometimes). Although fans can't dislike the Tom Ellis character's childishness nor the enigmatic and sexy  Tricia Helfer roles (she's that good she'd had 2 already!) for long.

In the fourth season, there was so much stupidity in the Eve character to hate you'd want to get in the screen to strangle her. But then,  maybe, it is just me. I sooo look forward to the fifth season, and it will be amusing to see history's favorite deads in hell spar with our most recent mumbling anti-hero and his team. This will be a chance to include a lot of international, interesting deads - for a wider, global audience (We're from third-world Philippines hey!)

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