Jules Verne spins in his grave at the sight of Nautilus.Nautilus is of course inspired by the book 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea' by Jules Verne, which has been filmed several times. The book is a dark revenge story against everything that was called civilization at that time. The submarine Nautilus is a clever means for this. The mysterious story becomes a fun adventure story for young and old in Nautilus. It must be said that the youthful enthusiasm of the television series and the actors keep the series going.
If you as a viewer can switch from a serious story to a fun viewing game in which youthful verve and digital effects predominate, then Nautilus is definitely worth watching. The story is flashy and each episode has a rounded ending. The common thread is formed by the stories behind the different characters.
Nemo (Shazad Latif, Star Trek: Discovery) is a born leader who, due to his past, has a great hatred for the British Empire and the East India Mercantile Company in particular. When he gets the chance, he manages to take over the submarine Nautilus. In contrast to the original story, the crew consists of only a few people. It gives space and time to get to know them all. The mystique of the not so talkative crew in the original story is completely destroyed.
Nautilus is a fun adventure series for young and old.
The tension is brought by monsters, a possible discovery of Atlantis and the pursuing party. The powerful East India Mercantile Company does not leave it at that that their submarine has been hijacked and starts a large-scale search for the Nautilus and her crew. For this purpose, they use another inventive invention. The reinforced, heavily armed and for that time futuristic steamship Dreadnought. Captain of the ship is Youngblood (Jacob Collins–Levy, Prosper). However, he is controlled by the fanatical director of the East India Mercantile Company. Director Crawley (Damien Garvey, Jack Irish) will do anything and takes the rest of the crew of the Dreadnought and the company with him.
Other notable characters are Edward Cuff (Benedict Hardie, Total Control) and Captain Billy Millais (Luke Arnold, Black Sails). Edward is a defector from the company who behaves suspiciously on the Nautilus. Billy has a past with Nemo. It remains the question for a long time what this past is and why his feelings of hatred are so great.
The final two characters who stand out, without wanting to diminish the other characters, are two women. The arranged marriage and soon-to-be engaged Humility Lucas (Georgia Flood, ANZAC Girls) is the one who drives Nemo crazy in more ways than one. Her French chaperone Loti (Céline Menville, Emily in Paris) is also not exactly easy to get along with. She takes her job very seriously but gradually warms up to one of the crew members.
Entertainment level is very high. The biggest merit of Nautilus is that it is clearly made with a lot of fun.
Nautilus is a fun adventure series for young and old. It is not the dark masterpiece that you might expect given the aforementioned book. It is ten episodes of pleasantly relaxing entertainment. The entertainment value is very high. The greatest merit of Nautilus is that it was clearly made with a lot of fun. By the people behind the camera but also by the chosen actors. Don't take it too seriously but just enjoy it. You shouldn't expect much more.
About the writer, Karzal
Mike (1995) has been a member of MySeries since 2016 and is mainly active on the English version of the site. Since 2018, he has been actively translating news articles, columns, reviews and basically everything that ends up on the Dutch site. The original articles, columns and reviews were actually written by others. During the week Mike can be found at IKEA, where he is a national systems specialist and occasionally also in the classroom to teach an English lesson. In addition, Mike logically enjoys watching series and has actually been spoon-fed this from an early age. The genre doesn't matter, there is a place for everything in the otherwise busy life.
