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I really enjoyed this show, and it encouraged me to listen to his interview on Diary of a CEO afterwards (which is also great and puts the show in much more context).

The magic is generally really good, but the show included some important messages about mental health and overcoming struggles in life. A really interesting take on how to deliver Dynamo's new show with some real relevance to what he's been going through recently. Good choice of celebrities and people giving their own views on mental health and their personal journeys.

I look forward to what Dynamo does next as I feel this show is the precursor to a new era of creative magic from him.

The colorisation of archived footage is really done well. Similar things have been done before, but not quite on this level.

Yes, the narrative is very basic / introductory, but for some audiences (eg school students) this will be perfect. It doesn't need to be advanced to be a good documentary.

For me, the real attraction and power of this series is the way it brings the war to life. It must have taken a lot of work to optimise the footage in terms of speed, colour and frame rate. The outcome is better than any remastering I've seen before. The overall flow of the documentary is good, and the way the story is interspersed with commentary from veterans or civilians works well.