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Jack Ryan (2018)
Outstanding. This is what an action show is supposed to be.
Ok, in the interest of full disclosure I am a big Tom Clancy fan and especially of Jack Ryan. That being said, I was afraid that this, being a tv show, would fall short of the books. Boy was I wrong. The acting is first rate, the story line is solid. I binge watched all 8 episodes back to back in one day. That rarely ever happens. I cant wait for the next season. If you loved the books, you will love this show.
Star Trek: Discovery (2017)
7.4? Are you kidding me.
This is the worst incarnation of my beloved Star Trek ever. It is an insult to everything that TOS, TNG, DS9, and Voyager ever stood for. The dialog is horrendous, the acting sub-par, and the story line.... I dont know how to describe something this bad. I couldn't even make it through the first season. The Klingons dont even look or act like Klingons. The only good thing was the special effects. But that was done poorly to. This is set prior to Kirk and TOS. But the science looks like its almost better than The Next Generation. What were these people thinking? Enterprise wasn't great, but at least they didn't have terraforming that took only a few years. If, like me, you loved Star Trek; do yourself a favor, skip this and pretend it never happened.
5 Headed Shark Attack (2017)
So bad it was hard to watch
Ok so lets get right to it. This movie set a new low for any movie. The acting stunk. The special effects were high schoolish. I could write a book on how stupid the writing was. No one would act this in a real situation. But what has been seen can not be unseen. Unfortunately. The only good thing about the movie were the bikin shots which weren't all that great.
Troy: Fall of a City (2018)
As bad as it gets
I thought that nothing could be this bad. I was wrong. The acting would insult a high school drama club. The guy who plays Agamemnon is so bad I almost cried. The costuming is laughable. Achilles is wearing a leather shoulder pad that I swear has a velcro closure on the front. I just couldn't make it any farther so I stoped watching. You have been warned.
Scorpion (2014)
Wrong in so many ways
The basic premise is that a group a geniuses must fix a software problem so the airliners can land. I am no genius but I am an aircraft mechanic and even I know that's not how the system works. If the navigational software glitches the pilots just fall back on basics and land the plane anyway. Then a hard drive is erased by setting it next to a car speaker. To far away to do the job. The team that wrote this has clue about science or engineering.
Another reviewer said this could have been written by a 17 year old. I respectfully disagree. A 17 yr old would do a better job. Horrible writing that simply couldn't be saved if the actors were the best i the world.
Each following episode is just as poorly written as the first. It isn't worth the space on my DVR, and certainly isn't worth my time to watch.
Airplane vs. Volcano (2014)
Cornball in the extreme
When this movie started I thought it was going to be a comedy.
Then I realized they actually meant for this to be serious.
As it turns out it was a comedy that started taking itself FAR too serious.
As other reviewers have already stated it is cheesy with shallow characters that are as ridiculous as I have ever seen.
There is so little fact that I laughed till I thought I would cry. It was worth watching just for the laugh.
I would say that the acting was like something out of middle school production but I wouldn't insult the middle school students.
The CGI was substandard at best.