A human child Humanity, in its desire to destroy itself, has tried many ways. For each of the possible causes of the end of the world, whether it is the landing of aliens, collision with an asteroid, the appearance of unknown monsters, the ice age or the incredible movements of the earth’s crust, at least several pictures were shot for each plot. Only the idea of mass infertility, when people lose the opportunity to continue their kind, nowhere, except for the film “Children of Man”, did not appear.
It seems even surprising - a really interesting and unusual variant of the death of people - and only once used. But finally, Hollywood decided on a large-scale implementation of this idea – they began to shoot a high-quality big series. Only the first few series have been released so far, but we can already talk about the brilliant potential of the project.
Of course, no parallels can be drawn between the film and this television product, which is certainly a product. “Child of Man” was, first of all, a picture of the post-apocalypse – the world in it had already collapsed and chaos ensued. Each frame of this film was imbued with existential philosophy and deep drama - all in the canons of describing the "world after the end."
In the series "Lottery" our familiar modern world is still alive and actively fighting for survival. Yes, it's 2025, the last six children on earth were born six years ago, and since then, none, but it all looks very affordable. There is no need to speculate, the creators of the series very deftly describe the whole world picture, draw a completely natural social and state shell of the situation.
Everything here is logical – the creation of a human resources department, the head of which actually became the head of national security, the emergence of a worldwide alliance of births, and the fact that people’s lives, despite the near and imminent end, continued in the same rhythm. Naturally, the Americans are all fixated on themselves that only in their country is everything that is most important and significant in the world, but we are already used to forgive TV series from the United States.
“Lottery” will be a real discovery for fans to watch the supreme power in the cinema. The White House does not appear as a mythical space, once in a few episodes, nor as a place where people come to work and everything is routine for them. No, on the contrary, here in the White House on a regular basis decide the fate of humanity, clearly, albeit somewhat simplified, shows the work of the team of the President and himself.
Martin Donovan, who brilliantly played an adviser to the mayor in the late TV series “The Boss”, in this serial story, you can say, went on a promotion – now one of the closest to the president, who considers himself even higher, because “presidents come and go, and people like us remain.” Plays great. A real such negative character, caring about state secrets, who considers himself almost God, in chic costumes and with a cold look.
In contrast, the heroine of Athena Karkanis, the head of the White House administration, respecting the right of people to protest, to freedom, to privacy. They believe that there is no need to hide anything, and society has a right to know everything. And the president, in turn, is obliged to listen to both and make an informed decision, but most often he is guided by political advantages.
In this sense, "The Lottery" is a very good series about politics, in some moments even great, but there is enough action here. Scientists who are trying to solve the mystery of infertility are constantly hunted; terrorists interfere in the usual political picture; police officers chase the father of one of the last six children and the human resources department tries to take the child away. Color, intrigue and mystery, in fact, enough.
Each series is incredibly rich, but at the same time there is no overdose effect, which often appears even in feature films, what can we say about the series length of 40 minutes - when in a short time the viewer does not have time to get used to the new environment and can not appreciate the steep plot twists, because he did not realize the previous ones. “Lottery” is free from such a drawback, in one series everything can change several times, but the viewer has time to understand everything and feel the situation.
It is impossible not to mention an interesting technique. In recent years, describing the future, we are used to show current technologies, in particular, Apple technology. In the “Lottery”, the characters use tablets and phones similar in style to “Apple” products, but devices without logos and almost entirely transparent look very impressive. Who knows, maybe we’ll see that in 2025? But monitors, by the way, from Lenovo, which suggests that Apple’s product placement still did not reach this picture.
As a result, we can say that fans of fiction, post-apocalypse, good fighters and detectives, as well as high-quality political works, the Lottery, undoubtedly, will have to taste. The target audience is really huge. Now the main thing is that the brand was not dropped, withstood the same intensity and not reduced all the intrigues to some stupid explanations. We'll watch.