This whole season was like a mix between Brockmire and Black Mirror. Some social issues were kinda hamfisted into the story but overall it wasn't that bad and the finale was very emotional.
This season was fairly weak because it was too dystopian and pessimistic and the jokes weren't as clever as the first season but, goddamn, that finale was so emotional.
This was basically Lethal Weapon 4 + Blade: Trinity + Gemini Man.
The Bad Boys are now old and out of shape, threatened by a younger, more tech-oriented crew (which they setup to take up the mantle as it seems).
The first act has surprisingly some self-reflection and self-awareness with some of the most mature writing the franchise has seen, but by the half point of the movie it all goes out the window and the Boys are back being even more reckless than in the previous installments.
I give it a 2/10 just for the first 30 minutes.
Zhang Yimou tries to re-produce the magic of Hero (2002) but fails miserably. Skip this and rewatch the classic.
Expository infodumps. Irrational character decisions. Flimsy philosophy. Generic action sequences.
After the disappointing S2, this whole season has been a disgrace.
Let's see how far this show can fall...
"I created a device that converts light into energy."
First of all, light IS energy.
Secondly, if she meant to convert light into a form of energy that we can use, like electricity, I guess the writers never heard of solar panels...
Also, Caitlin, you can't view an EEG (electroencephalogram) in 3D without specifying what the z axis represents. It's simply a measurement, not an actual object. Brainwaves are not 2D squiggly lines inside our heads.
Do they have 5 year olds writing this show?
I haven't read the original material but I would guess that the monologues were lifted straight off the books. Those moments are the only interesting parts of these new episodes so far. That would explain the stark contrast with the actual dialogue which is horribly written.
Also, badly edited, flashy, nonsense choreography.
Ralph, the Elongated Man, the official protector of Central City, was bested by a single thug and had to be saved by his "damsel in distress"?
How does the mirror dimension work? Is the whole world and everyone in it duplicated? If so, Eva isn't really trapped in her office, there is a whole another world outside. If there isn't another world and the reflection is just her office, where did she get the liquid nitrogen from? Where did she get food and water to sustain herself for 6 years? Shouldn't there be a mirrored Eva in the real world then? Shouldn't mirrored Iris have her hair parted the other way? Can mirrored Iris read our writing, since where she came from the writing is reversed?
What a garbage episode.
How come nobody pointed out that it's basically The Matrix trilogy crammed into one film?
The many iterations of "The One", the underground resistance, the "Sentinels", the Machines exploiting humans and the planet for energy, the final encounter of The One with the central AI and his subsequent sacrifice. It's almost beat for beat. And Kosinski wrote the graphic novel in 2005, while The Matrix: Revolutions came out in 2003.
It's a pity the story was so unoriginal, because the VFX and the production design were outstanding.
Wait... the anti-matter Cannon is firing, destroying the verses but if it gets shut down it destroys everything all at once regardless? What BS...
Chester P. is the most obnoxious and annoying character ever.
After 2 boring episodes, it finally returns to form.
This feels like the first season of LOST all over again and not in a good way.
Typical Lindelof... Asking questions upon questions without answering any.
WOW! So far, this season is shaping up to be a return to form after the terrible last couple of seasons.
Emotional Barry and Inspirational Joe remind me of the first 2 seasons, back when the show was actually watchable.
This season had started kinda weak but with this episode it seems that they returned to form. Thought-provoking dialogue without being preach-y, some much needed character-development and drama.
Good God, that was the most depressing episode so far.
Loved the yet another nod to Indiana Jones in front of the "library" in Venice.
Meh. That didn't feel like Black Mirror either. The plot was painfully predictable, banal and bloated.
It tries to tackle things like porn addiction, queerness, dysfunctional marriages and polyamorous relationships, but ultimately it just wraps things up too quickly and neatly. It even lacked the signature Black Mirror tragic twist. I feared that Danny's son would log on at some point and get virtually raped by Karl.
I found Season 2 to be much better than Season 1, with a more clear focus both in structure and in themes.
"a convoluted, meandering plot that ends in a whimper"
Well, I guess it accomplished its goals.
Irreprehensibly bad writing. They clearly did very little to no research on how the CDC operates (or any hospital for that matter). The police response was equally bad. If they were going for this level of gross incompetence and unprofessionalism, they should've placed it in the '70s. Crystal Reed's character is smug and unlikable. All the stupid horror cliches are present, including jumpscares and people making stupid decisions. Plus, they changed the origin story completely for no good reason.
And what kind of doctor wears her hair down during an autopsy?!?
What a ridiculous episode...
Not only Harrow was NOT a womanizer last season, he was just released from the hospital AND got over Soroya to sleep with some bimbo who turned out to be a pathologist AND his new colleague?!? Bullshit...
A bunch of pessimistic cliches and tropes with zero originality, some gender politics, some spectacle and grade school level writing. Not thought provoking at all. Any comparison with Black Mirror or even Animatrix is only superficial. There is no value here.
The Simpsons and South Park did it better. Hell, even the Japanese did it better with Humanity Has Declined (Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita).
Gravity was much more realistic than this garbage. Spacewalking without being tethered is a death wish.
Did Rihanna have a clause in her contract that she had to show off her boobs in every single shot she was in?
Rihanna had no place being on this show. She didn't fit the character, her acting was subpar and the sidestory with her job was ridiculous.
