Reviews

I really enjoyed fallout. The acting is great, the story unfolds gradually right up until the last episode. Lucy is a great character she retains her goodness even though she gradually does worse and worse things.

Maximus is a great Baddy/goody.

His character is not that likeable, but he kind of becomes a better person through the season. The ghoul is a great baddie and his cowboy vibe is a great addition to the show.

I wasn't able to predict much of the story. There were surprise twists but it was still believable (in a post apocalyptic scenario).

With three storylines unfolding at the same time it keeps you engaged.

I really hope there are lots more seasons.

I really enjoyed this series. Unlike most of the other reviewers, I didn't grow up with a previous '60s version and, although I did read Enid Blyton books as a kid, I never read the Famous Five so I had no expectation.. I thought it really nailed the feeling of 1960s kid's shows in general and adventure books like the "Boys Own" series.

The stories are uncomplicated, the villains and the goodies are exactly that. If you want something thought provoking and insightful, then watch something else. If you want to watch a good fun show that evokes stories from yesteryear then you'll enjoy this show.

I'm 30 minutes into episode 1 and it is so incredibly unrealistic that I think someone younger than 40, who did no research, wrote it.

So many other reviewers are saying things like "it took me back to the 80s" .... no it didn't. Australian kids didn't have names like Gus, Eli, and Titus in the 80s, they had names like Stephen, Peter and Robert. The cane wasn't given with a walking stick on a bare arse, you've got to go back to the 1930s for that. It was just a piece of lawyer cane on the hand and the maximum they gave was six strokes. The school bully is an Asian??? There were almost no Asians outside of Sydney, and even in Sydney they were limited to Chinatown. I'm 60 years old, I grew up in Queensland, and didn't see a real life Asian person until I went to Chinatown in Sydney in 1979. I lived in Sydney in the late 80s and like I said there were almost no Asians outside of Chinatown.

Public schools did not have counselors, even today very few public schools have a counsellor.

Even the way they pronounce their words are wrong - no one pronounced Vietnam like Vietnarm back then, it was Vietnam as in rhymes with bam. Not even the hairstyles are 80s.

A kid who doesn't speak is going to a public school??? In the 80s he would have been sent to a special school.

The cars are the only thing 80s about this show. As for the story, well I'm not really seeing one yet. I'll give it to the end of this episode but it's not looking hopeful.

I dived in and started with episode three so I could get an idea of whether I'd like it and, if I did, then I'd go back to episode one.

I didn't see any attempts at humour, it's like watching Neighbours or Home and Away.

It's a fictional town, meaning towns in Australia are not even slightly like this. I grew up in a remote Far North Queensland town of 900 in the 1960s and 1970s. The thing is, there are several large population centres in North Queensland like Cairns, which, even in the 1970s had 50,000 people, there's also Innisfail, Townsville, Mackay, Mareeba etc. So no town is more than a few hours drive from sophisticated facilities and putting a body in the bar fridge wouldn't happen AND it is illegal. And the hardware store in a ramshackle shed ?? - there'll be a Bunnings (a huge hardware chain) less than an hour away. It's just too far out of reality. It is an attempt to make a show for foreign viewers portraying Australia as severely backwards - third world level backwards, and full of idiots.

This is an odd series designed to show that aboriginals were worthy of admiration by modern first world standards, because apparently that is the only worthy measurement. Aboriginals, compared to Europe or Asia or the Middle east, were not sophisticated at all, they were the last stoneage culture. And this thing about the oldest living culture .... how could that be true?? All Anthropologists agree that, due to the overwhelming amount of archeology, that the human species originated in Africa, andf there are still African tribes living their hunter gatherer lifestyle today. There's archeological evidence of humans in Europe dated to 900,000 years ago. Are european cultures still continuing?? I'm pretty sure they are. Every culture on the planet went through the hunter/gatherer phase, Stonehenge was built while britons were hunter/gatherers ! Most parts of the world, like China and Europe kept on developing technology while Aboriginals stopped at the point where they were able to survive.

Barry is a great show, the characters are really good and all contribute to the show even though their characters are strong with their own story. Noho Hank is a really good character and the acting is great throughout. I would have given it 10 stars if it wasn't for season 4.

Seasons one and two drew me in because of the humour - a hit man enrolls in an acting class. The very premise itself is ludicrous but due to the great acting and script it works. Season 4 however, has none of the humour and Barry's likeability is gone. The period when he's in hiding with Sally is drawn out for too long and becomes boring.

I even started fast forwarding through little sections.

Losing the humour means the essence of what made seasons 1 and 2 so good, is gone. And the ending is sad. Season 4 is a drama but not a very good one.

It could have been really good. I really enjoyed the start with the pseudo '70s movie ads and then when it actually starts with the '70s style music, cars, and vibe, I was looking forward to watching the rest. Also, the humour like modern cars in the background and mobile phones, quickly becomes apparent. However, thats pretty much it. It's a 2007 film that I never heard of. I saw it on Netflix and thought it looked like fun. It's like Tarantino had the idea of a parody of low budget, unheard of, unwatched, crap, '70s film, but instead of a parody, he just made a low budget, unheard of, unwatched, crap, '70s STYLE film. I watched 40 minutes of boring chit-chat and then gave up. This is why I never heard of this 2007 film. It had so much potential, all it needed was a story, a plot and dialogue that had a purpose other than filling time.

This is definitely watchable it's as good as any other crime drama but why set it in '82 and then make almost no effort to set it in '82? We see the female police detective in ep 1 wearing a suit with trowsers. You definitely didn't see women wearing those in '82. I have not seen even one guy with long hair. Anyone over 30 at that time was still in '70s fashion with side burns and moustache and ties. The ONLY concession they seem to have made to the era is landline phones, cars and pagers.

If you read the description before you watch it, you expect '80s setting so it's disappointing. Other reviewers have asked "why was it cancelled so fast?" I think this setting failure is the main reason.

This show is terrible. It's like it was written by a 10 year old boy. I think some of the 'humour' is based on a USA/Canada thing which, if you're not from North America (like me) you're just not going to get. Every character Mike Myers plays has all the Austin Power quirks, he obviously thought that because the Austin Powers smile was funny once, it'll be funny a million times. Him playing so many different characters isn't inherently funny and serves no purpose. The 'jokes' are obvious yet the characters sometimes emphasize them .... just in case a moron didn't get it.

If it wasn't for all the swearing I might suggest it be R rated - restricted to under 10 year olds.

I didn't like this at all. The acting is terrible. So much physical overacting. The main character is like Jerry Lewis at his silliest in a serious movie. I have watched other Korean made movies and the acting was good. I don't know why this got any good reviews.

I am an Australian former soldier, I served in Afghanistan and Iraq and I'm a history buff and know a bit about the Battle of Long Tan. Just in the first 10 minutes there is so much bullshit. Even the written preamble at the beginning was wrong. It was not a civil war , nth and sth Vietnam were each sovereign countries. 6 RAR had been there for 2-3 months and HAD seen combat. Australian soldiers smoking and drinking beer DURING a battle??? A Lieutenant refusing to get up during an attack because he's playing poker ?? Officers should be addressed as "Sir", not by their rank (but every war movie gets that wrong). A Lieutenant Colonel having to tell a platoon commander who's in charge ??? The Australian army had the highest kill ratio in Vietnam precisely because this rubbish DIDN'T happen. The movie writer watched too many American made Vietnam war movies.

Not sure what type of movie this is .... other than bad. If it's a comedy then it's not funny, not even once. If it's a drama then it's not serious enough. My guess is that they tried to make a comedy but even a bad comedy will get at least a few chuckles, this is just flat and lifeless.

I haven't been able to figure whether it's a comedy or a drama. You could describe it as like Police Academy, with the same scenes and script but the actors acting like in a drama.

I didn't like this show. I found the main character, who is supposed to be a special forces war veteran not credible. I may be biased as I am ex-military, but I thought he was a weak character and I just could not get engaged in this show.

Loved it, slightly odd story, with and Angel and a Demon becoming allies and then friends. Both the main actors are great and the supporting ones were as well.

The acting isn't the best and the script sometimes could be better, but the characters and the story are strong. I really enjoyed it and was eager to watch the next episode.