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Blue Eye Samurai (2023)
Masterclass in story telling.
I'll preface with I am by no means a fan of anime. Just something about the style that never appealed to me.
HOWEVER, I took a shot with this show and it is absolutely stunning. The animation is fantastic. The story telling, characters, action, etc. All top notch. Every character has something they bring to the story in their way. They're all memorable. Mizu is definitely added to the conversation whenever it is said that "men hate strong women leads". She has depth, tragedy, growth, intelligence and will but has flaws. Granted some scenes are a bit beyond believe but for a blacksmith apprentice and decades of training like a "boy" possessed I can see she could have the strength to do what she does.
Have to give credit to the directing,pace, and sound as well. It's all top notch. I can only hope this can raise the standards of the sludge we have seen lately in movies, series, animation.
Invincible: In About Six Hours I Lose My Virginity to a Fish (2023)
What was all that?
It's like they put all the plots they had rattling around in their writing rooms heads, pinned em to the wall, then fired a buckshot at it to see what plot points they wanted to cram into one episode. This episode was genuinely all over the place. Mars, earth, the ocean, more dimensions (I'm absolutely over multiverse plot lines), more bad guys, the house, the mom, DARREL?, it goes on.
This genuinely felt like a filler episode on only the second episode. Not a great sign going forward.
And I guess this is the theme of the entire comic but it's starting to get old where invicible just gets his butt kicked in every episode and somehow he miraculously survives. Either gets bailed out or just written off with plot armor. For as strong as he is it's amazing there are so many things on earth that can beat him up.
Dunkirk (2017)
Overhyped to say the least
The 3 seperate timelines really messed this movie up. And not being familiar with Dunkirk I can't believe how small scale this film made it seem. Saving private Ryan with its opening scene was significant and overwhelming and tragic. This movie just made it seem like a few thousand men were trapped and occasionally were shot at. Zero tension nor connection to any one character.
The ships being sunk were definitely intense but otherwise this movie just seemed to fall short on every level it was made out to be.
Maybe without the extra hype but it was uninteresting. And how can a plane with no gas just keep flying into the sunset like that? The final act was just laughable and mildly embarrassing for a story that was supposed to be taken seriously.
The Mandalorian: Chapter 23: The Spies (2023)
Strong start- nonsensical end
The beginning of this episode really generated some hype and the shot of the ships moving in was excellent. Clearly sparing no expense on special effects and music.
The setup of tying in the sequels and new order is starting to make some sense. It's just a slow burn in a short season with short episodes. Season needed to be longer. Or much longer episodes. I feel like there's details missing with some of these conversations.
Lucasfilm BADLY, DESPERATELY, needs to hire some better fight choreographers. Ever since the sequels the close quarter combat scenes are atrocious. Bad guys clearly wait their turn to be punched or kicked. Clearly have their weapon ready and pointing at their targets only to just not fire so to wait their turn to be dispatched. Cover doesnt exist for anyone apparently but that doesnt matter because nobody can hit their mark
Again, more giant dinosaur Lizard monsters that make no biological sense just randomly attacking.
Every single planet has at least one.
The ending- no logical point or need besides "plot".
Bo has a dark Saber clearly capable of cutting through the door. Doesn't use it till din is captured and they want to escape.
Paz stays behind unnecessarily then single handedly takes on every storm trooper. So why retreat? Way to abandon your kid by needlessly sacrificing yourself.
Also, it's getting tiresome that grogu still, after in star wars time, actual years can't remember he can force hold objects, people, creatures, etc. He stopped a giant rhino. Willingly and fully aware of it. Trained with Luke for a minute. Now he's In a Droid suit and can't use the force anymore?
Good to see storm troopers upgraded their armor but not their ability to aim.
Frustrating episode that showed some promise after that train wreck episode from last week.
No idea how they intend to wrap this all up in the finale that we know will likely be 30-40min again after the 5min recap.
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022)
I need to be compensated for watching this
Nothing is good about this show. The writing and dialogue is terrible and specifically directed at single mid 30s wine aunts with no life skills. I maybe smirked at 1 or 2 "jokes" over 6 episodes. The trial scenes and fight scenes are cringe worthy.
The writers admitted to not being experience in cgi, action, trials, and it shows. They may as well have admitted they have no idea what they were doing at all and it would've been believable.
Now they tease legacy characters only to catfish the audience into watching.
Speaking of its amazing how many awful scenes and dialogue are pulled off that if you flip the genders there would be absolute outrage and cancel mobs to come to the rescue.
Disney is just churning out sludge for content just for the sake of having content.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022)
Had to come back and lower my rating after the finale
This isn't LOTR. It's a spin off. Some kinda of mirrorverse wannabe Tolkien fan fiction. It's so bad it hurts a little.
Ignoring all the woke nonsense, since it completely takes away from any one nations identity, the editing, writing, acting, and directing are all Amateur at best. The effects are good. So congrats to them. But that's it.
Knowing anything about LOTR will kill a piece of you pretty quick with how badly they broke the existing lore and history of middle earth. Nothing is in place or where it should be. They just made it up as they went along.
In fact the writing is so bad you will actually find yourself sympathizing with Adar and somehow the characters that are the most humanizing are the gd ORCS.
How do you fail at something that badly?
I really hope my wife does not want to watch s2 because I absolutely do not want to sit through 8 more hours of this garbage.
Ghostbusters (2016)
Imdb must be deleting reviews
No reason this should be a 6.9. Like at all.
Just a terrible movie front to back. Plot, dialog, effects, actors, the whole 9 just below any acceptable standard.
Castlevania: Having the World (2021)
OK we get it already
The writers really projecting their disgust for old guys with this one. Dedicated over half the episode to tell you about it.
When is this trope going to get stale of writers/ animators simping over being dominated by women with elevated testosterone levels?
Peaky Blinders: Lock and Key (2022)
Game of Thrones syndrome
Just too many plotlines to tie up in a well made fashion to ultimately get crammed into the finale. Also wasted the first half of the season on Ruby and for what? To setup Tom's disease plotline?
Micheal for all the foreshadowing they gave him was pretty much wrapped up in one scene. He never seemed like any sort of threat. Otherwise he was nonexistent this entire season that they could've handled that in the first episode. Gina seemed to be a bigger threat to Tommy than Micheal.
The IRA as well was finished very quickly for "how powerful an enemy they are". Again, never seemed like a threat.
What happened to Nelson? He wants Tommy and Arthur dead but then....? And again, not a threat.
Billy was never explained. How'd they find out? Was Finn in on it? Now he's gone and Duke is now near the top?
This random new kid shows up and is now a Shelby? Just like that? In one scene killing a man made him want to leave then 2 scenes later he's basically running the operation?? That doesn't track.
Liz and charlie made sense. But Ada does not. Very little presence this season in general.
What happened to Churchill in all this?
They need a season 7 for this but I guess we're getting a movie instead. So it what it is.
Also, I couldn't stand the music this season. It never seemed to match the mood of the scene it was literally drowning out. Had to turn the volume down during a scene that I felt like should have some emotion behind it. Instead get a very unappealing audio covering the entire scene.
The Boys: The Instant White-Hot Wild (2022)
Scorched earth?
The writers really need to look up foreshadowing if they're going to continually tease this scorched earth thing only for it to go absolutely nowhere.
It's starting to feel like the GoT treatment with so many plotlines and not enough screen time to actually do anything with any of it.
Maeve got a good wrap up.
Starlight has some extra powers but still seems like her usual self.
The whole frenchie story line just seems like it could've been deleted and had zero impact on the entire plot line.
Butcher suddenly tag teams with HL because his kid got pushed? What?
I was really hoping for A trains redemption arc to go somewhere but guess that's for next season? Maybe.
Not sure but this finale definitely could have been longer or even a two parter and really is giving the vibes of "this show is making too much money so we need to keep as many plotlines open as possible to keep it going". The big fight seemed somewhat uninspired considering not long ago we got that herogasm fight. And for a "scorched earth" finale we got- broken chairs and windows....really? Was expecting vought tower and half the city to burn (Invincible, anyone?)
Still a solid season that had me hooked enough to watch first thing Friday mornings.
The Umbrella Academy: Oblivion (2022)
What is even going on?
This season was all over the place and for a universe ending thing happening the whole universe seemed really chill about it.
The ending seemed fine but the last few episodes leading into it just felt like filler. Ep6-9 really could've been cut down quite a bit. The wedding episode in particular you can watch the first 5 mins and the last 30seconds and not miss anything.
And why are there powers non existent? Luther can stop a tank shell but now gets stabbed? Viktor should be ridiculously OP but gets shrugged off every fight. Five conveniently forgets he can warp. Ben is useless.
Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)
Another lead character side lined
We're getting the Book of Boba treatment here with the main character a side thought in his own show. The typical Disney formula of making every male character look incompetent to highlight the female characters instead of, you know, actually write a decent female character for a change.
It's getting old seeing the same thing over and over with B tier plot and the ONLY reason this is even starting afloat is due to rabid star wars Fandom.
Halo: Inheritance (2022)
0/10 garbage tier episode
Just skip it. Nothing relevant and the series is far better without Kwan and this episode.
-1 point for Paramount+ trying to actively ban any YouTube review that is critical of this series.
Halo: Contact (2022)
Poor CGI and "tactics" ruin immersion
The plot points, dialogue, lack of tactical awareness, and absolutely horrid CGI knocked this episode down significantly. It's immersion breaking practically from the start.
I've heard the episode was supposed to be worse after the initial fight and frankly I thought it was better. It almost felt like two different shows run by two different teams. The background cgi was much better. The suits looked better 2nd half. The audio and experience etc just looked and felt more natural. Probably because the beginning tried desperately to tie this into Halo but really should've been it's own IP.
Instead we get a plot line of Mandolorian meets Halo copy cat with a mix of generic dialogue you find in any other cheap Sci fi show.
I'll watch episode 2 but I hear it gets worse and my expectations are already low.
Halo (2022)
Bad for generic sci-fi/terrible for Halo
The cgi takes center stage in the first episode and its bad. It's bad for 2005 standards. The acting is below par. Writing is poor. Several plot points seem substandard as well. I can't wrap my head around anyone giving this more than a 6. Why because gore? Big deal. Even that is sci-fi B-Movie level.
Everything is done in CGI but it's such a low quality CGI it kills the immersion. Even the rifle was 1998 cgi quality. Like why? Not to mention why are the sound effects so below average?
I'll give this show a chance but so far it's pretty bad.
Diabolical: BFFs (2022)
Actually unwatchable
For a series that's hit or miss I could at least get through the others. But this? Just terrible. Writing, dialogue, plot, art, acting, everything. Looking at the director and writers I can see how it fell so hard.
Nothing about this one fits the other episodes and it seemed like it was targeted at little children or VERY very immature adults.
Either part seems insanely bizarre considering the source material.
Wholly recommend skipping this episode less you're busy doing chores and its on auto play.
Reacher: Pie (2022)
Weirdly inconsistent
I'm not sure what happened here but production value and ability to flesh out a action sequence just went out the window with this finale.
The way the guys cleared rooms, how weapons were held and fired, etc all demonstrated knowledgeable experts and tactics. But then plot armor busts in and suddenly guys just stand out in the open. And pending the story either skilled marksman miss horribly or the individual is blown away by someone who has never fired a weapon? Ever? Couple sequences taken straight from the bad guy school of John wick. Just run at the person pointing the gun at you.
And where in fact did Picard come from?!? Shot, bleeding out, fallen into a ditch, miles away. Then shows up conveniently to have a final confrontation with Finlay? Come on. That's beyond absurd.
And what happened to Roscoe suddenly forgetting how to fight? A fat old man with a cane would NOT been able to go toe to toe with her. Assuming the claim of FBI, CIA, etc recruitment was valid. But forget all that just hop on the guy crawling on the ground and then fall off cuz old boy shrugged I guess.
I feel there's a few ways they could have resolved that final confrontation but what they did Def wasn't it.
Lastly, I know reachers tough. But seriously they put him into Dwayne The Rock Johnson in Fast and the Furious caliber of superman taking a beating from a crowbar and a shot to the jaw and crushing cell phones with his bare hand.
This entire season I'd give a 8 or 9 but this last episode just killed the immersion.
Arcane: League of Legends (2021)
It's been too long
I honestly thought good writing and television was about dead. Then this comes along.
In a time where strong female leads seems to be at the expense of idiot male characters Arcane gives everyone a role to play. Everyone has their strengths and flaws. Everyone has a arc. It's honestly mind blowing watching these characters develop in just 9 episodes. Then the way it pulls you into the legitimate very last frame. I didn't want it to end.
As a video game inspired series from writers that, relatively speaking, are fairly unknown this show is so far beyond better than it had any right to be.
Arcane: League of Legends: The Base Violence Necessary for Change (2021)
I'm actually stunned
In a time I didn't think good original content existed this episode blew me away.
How deep the characters are. The turns the stories take. I'm befuddled.
The Book of Boba Fett: Chapter 4: The Gathering Storm (2022)
Why are they deliberately destroying this character?
This isn't boba. All the hype of the last couple decades. But they just killed him. It's all going to be some lead up to Fennec own series. Because we can't have make heroes anymore I guess.
The Expanse: Babylon's Ashes (2022)
Such a great show left to ruin
I miss the first half of this series. Amazon ruined it. Space soap opera and barely even discuss what happens with the ring world's just family drama.
6 episode finale? GoT called and want their idea for a garbage last season back.
The Book of Boba Fett: Chapter 2: The Tribes of Tatooine (2022)
Book of dialogue as told by a 6 year old
This story telling and dialog is terrible. Fight scenes are almost as bad.
Obvious plot holes and the more "character" they give Boba the less i lke him.
And why is it he's only capable of fighting when the plot of convenient?
The Expanse: Redoubt (2021)
Just watching to get it over with
40mins and 38 of it is just in person conversation.
Just 2 more episodes I guess. I hate how this and many other shows are becoming some kind of drag to finish.
The Book of Boba Fett (2021)
We really doing this again?
30 min episodes to tell hardly a few paragraphs worth of story? And a weak story as well. The fight scenes were poorly choreographed, dialog meh, and some blatantly obvious plot armor.
All this and for 7 episodes? 3.5hrs or TV? Just produce a movie. What is the deal with these excuses for seasons?
Hawkeye: Hide and Seek (2021)
Enjoyable to a point
I'm starting to feel like these mini series are no longer trying to tell a story but just forcing new characters Into the mix for the sake of producing more series. There's already so many to keep track of and yet they introduce another. Is there even a big bad in this story? There's 2 separate plot lines happening but I'm not sure either can justify dragging out several episodes worth.
Clint says it himself- he fought Thanos. So what are we doing here? I know he's older but I seriously hope they don't neuter his abilities for the sake of plot like so many others from recent episodes/movies.
Here's hoping it picks up soon. 2 episodes seems to be dragging a bit.