Hyperdrive (Netflix Series): Just a wonderful show, watch an episode

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I ignored this show when it first came out (not long ago) because it didn't really appeal to me at the time. I came home a bit drunk and though "well, this looks like a low-intelligence show" and figured I would give it a go. I have no regrets at all and think it is absolutely fantastic.

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Do you like supercars? Do you like videogames? Do you like racing competitions?

Well if you answered yes to at least one of those questions there is a very good chance that you will enjoy this show. The first thing i thought when i was watching episode 1 is that this seems very similar to "American Ninja Warrior." I tried to find out if that was the case or not and couldn't find the answer.


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What i do know is that Chalize Theron is the executive producer and this is an absolutely massive-budget production that involves an extremely unorthodox race track for various modified cars that is so different from any other sort of car race that exists in the world. To be involved in this involves a truly unique variety of driving talents that only a select few of the planet's inhabitants could possibly possess. We could throw the best NASCAR and formula-1 drivers in the world into this thing with a car of their choice and I honestly think they wouldn't stand a chance.


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There is a great deal of drifting skill necessary to start with but it also involves skills in general driving or something... i dunno, the fastest car I ever drove was a Honda S-2000 and that only has 240 Horsepower, which seriously pales in comparison to pretty much every car in this competition.

It appears as though the type of car used, at least to some degree, is up the the various contestants. Some of them go for extremely high power and others go for a more hybrid-type-thing that is going to have a better balance of control vs speed. The contestants were selected from all over the world and for many of them a backstory is delivered to give us some sort of an emotional attachment to them that for me anyway, seemed very "American Idol."

I have only watched 1 episode and I was glued to the screen. The subject matter is something I am interested in but I don't really feel as though that is truly necessary to enjoy this. It is just so adrenaline-riddled and perfectly edited to get rid of the boring bits that you honestly do not have a chance to be bored, ever.

To me this seemed like a video game. I would be willing to bet that if this show is at all successful (and I am quite certain it will be) that we are definitely going to see a video game for this. I'd buy it. Basically, i haven't been this instantly entertained in a while and I am super-stoked there are 9 more episodes to go.

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If you haven't seen it yet, check out Love Death and Robots on Netflix. Really interesting anthology series of animated shorts. Not all episodes are great, but a fair amount of them clap cheeks hard.

oh i love that show dude. My favorite episode is "The Witness".... for various reasons :P

We just got around to watching it a few weeks ago and I really wish I could see some extended versions of a few of the episodes. The shapeshifter episode was fucking great, as was the secret war one. I think there was actually only like 2-3 episodes in that show that I felt meh about it.

yeah, for sure. When a series has only a few "meh" episodes, especially when the episodes are not connected in any way, that is a pretty special thing.

I don't know how popular overall the series was, but i hope a LOT. I really want to see more of this happening in the world of boring-as-ass 1-hour.... 10-episode-per-season series that exist out there.

Sounds like my kind of show and a reason to get Netflix out of the mothballs again ;>)

Thanks for the recommendation

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Great post thank you for sharing and thank you for stopping by I really appreciate it

Is this new steem yet? Must be a really good show for that witness whale upvote 😂 @whatsup

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Yeah it's a bit much for a movie review isn't it. :) but even with Free downvotes I can't keep up with the bs.

Well it isn't a movie, its a really fun show and regardless of how you feel about my content I think you should check it out, its really creative and it looks like a ton of money went into the production. Apparently Charlize Theron is a car nut... who whoulda guessed?

Well I didn't think it was a top priority in the over payment zone. :)

This looks very interesting. I am going to have to let my friend know about it for sure. I just saw an advertisement the other day for a show that they said is one of the best things on Netflix right now. It wasn't this, it was a show about a chef. I think it was called Ugly Delicious, but I could be wrong.

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