"1899" is a 2022 Netflix sci-fi mystery that follows several groups of emigrants traveling from the United Kingdom to the United States on a steamship called the Kerberos in 1899.
Much of the mystery surrounds a young boy found aboard the abandoned Prometheus steamship, a mysterious man controlling a scarab, a small pyramid, a set of letters sent to several passengers, and a series of hallucinations.
It's initially difficult to tell if the show's mystery is supernatural or psychological, and although signs seem to point in the direction of one over the other by the end of the season, viewers are still left with a massive cliffhanger and several loose ends.
This would normally be a perfectly good ending to the first season of a show, but since Netflix cancelled the series, viewers may never see a resolution to the cliffhanger or loose ends we were left with. And I'm not sure I understand why Netflix cancelled the show given the overall positive reception "1899" received.
Granted, the show does feel slow-moving in some episodes, but the payoff was worth the wait, at least for me. Part of the intrigue of the show was watching the ensemble cast's stories unfold and collide while trying to figure out what was going on.
Regardless, it's certainly a unique international tale from the German duo that co-created Netflix's "Dark." The show also features eight languages spoken across the various emigrant groups. The languages are English, Spanish, French, Polish, German, Danish, Portuguese, and Cantonese.
I watched the series with English dubbing since I have a difficult time giving proper visual attention to a show while simultaneously reading subtitles, and while dubbing never quite captures the intended emotion in a scene, the dubbing in "1899" was good enough that I barely noticed it in many scenes.
If "1899" sounds interesting, I recommend watching it on Netflix. And maybe signing the petition to bring it back.
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