Apple TV+ has done it again. The platform again shows that quality remains its best letter of presentation. While others like Netflix bet on the quantity, Apple's streaming service continues to consolidate its catalog with Original productions Carefully selected, and its new series promises to become famous very fast.
Now it premieres Murderbot (Matabot)its new science fiction series that has received 100% in Rotten Tomatoes and that promises to become the next great success of the genre.
'Matabot' arrives at Apple TV+
Although its catalog has been growing little by little and in a much more careful way than that of the competition, the Cupertino streaming platform is demonstrating that it knows how to play in the big leagues. This week a new science fiction series arrives at your service Matabot In Spain and, if we trust the first criticisms, it could become one of the greatest successes of the year. With a 100% approval in Rotten Tomatoes In his first reviews, everything indicates that Apple has given in the nail with this adaptation.
Matabot is based on the novel All Systems Redfirst title of the successful literary saga The Murderbot Diarieswritten by Martha Wells. The story revolves around a Security android With a certain tendency to introspection, sarcasm and, curiously, to get hooked to soap operas while trying to avoid relating to humans. Although it sounds absurd, the truth is that this mixture of action, humor and existential reflection has conquered both readers and, now, television critics.
The absolute protagonist of the series is Alexander Skarsgårdwhom many remember for their role in Separation either Big Little Lies. In Matabot He plays a murderous robot who, paradoxically, just wants them to leave him alone to see his favorite series. His interpretation has been one of the aspects most praised by critics, which highlights his ability to provide humanity and charisma to a character who, in theory, should have neither emotions nor sense of humor, and yet.
Means like The Verge summarize it in a way: “Matabot puede ser una máquina de matar imponente, pero su evolución hacia algo parecido a una persona real es tan cómica como entrañable, con interacciones sociales torpes y revelaciones personales que recuerdan más a un drama adolescente que a una ópera espacial”. Por su parte, The Hollywood Reporter It emphasizes that the important thing in this first season is not so much the development of the universe or a choral cast, but the connection with the main character. And, in that sense, the series more complies with. Inventanother of the publications that has been able to see it before its premiere, defines it as “a kind of R2-D2 (Star Wars) with sharp language, appearance of skarsgård and an internal voice that you cannot stop listening.”
The series arrives this Friday, May 16 to Apple TV+just in time for science fiction lovers to have a new title to add to their list. His fresh, original proposal and with a focus far from the clichés of the genre, promises to hook any type of spectator.
With a monthly price of 9.99 eurosApple TV+ has become a platform that not only competes with the big ones, but often surpasses them in quality.
If you had doubts about what to do this weekend, you already have a more than recommended option. And if you catch you, prepare: the saga of Murderbot It has plenty of materials for several seasons.
