The Wokelyte. Disney has well and truly decided to sink themselves into this crap. It's just unfathomable.
All the goofiness is too much front and center. Only the first and the last episode of the first season offer enough grittiness or at least seriousness to balance it. All the episodes in between feel like the creators still think video games are made for kids first.
The Brotherhood of Steel storyline is the one most responsible here. These characters in the show and the Brotherhood guys in the games have little in common. The Brotherhood's writing and casting in the show are almost unbearable at times.
Fallout is atompunk so yes, things are supposed to look goofy at times, but the games show them to us in grimmer tones nevertheless. The show does get many things right but all in all misses the mark a little. It's a shame.
This show is some kind of a bizarre psychology experiment. How many times can they write in one of
before the audience kill themselves?
For the love of God, someone strangle that kid! I'm now totally allergic to the word 'mummy'.
This was supposed to be scifi, but in reality it's endless and boring family drama. What little scifi there is, it's only there to create more tension for the drama. I don't care about any of the family members and every scene with them is too long. All around lazy writing.
I hate it when the writers assume their audience can't even read and have their characters read the text the camera is pointing at.
Endless scenes of dialogue, the characters just talkin and talking about nothing interesting. This whole season barely contains a coherent story, all the main characters each in their own unmemorable place. Talking about their feels with minor characters, and then talking some more. This is soap opera more than anything else.
Okay, so movies like this are still occasionally made. Good, sometimes it's easy to lose faith.
This is what you can get when you don't have Hollywood money and you don't have to follow the standard Hollywood procedure and end up with a standard Hollywood product. I wouldn't want to take anything away from Hollywood: they have made many unforgettable experiences, but I don't see a way out of the too big to fail standard Hollywood mold.
Vesper shows what you can get when unrestricted, unchained, pure talent takes the center stage. There are no compromises and there is no holding back. Just someone's, or many someones', unfiltered vision, poured out on film. All I want to know is: when is their next project coming out?
I recognize some storytelling elements (a huge, dark threat slowly rolling at you from the sky, madly running away from it, being unable to move, thinking you’ve woken up when you’re still dreaming, etc.) from my bizarre, repeating dreams that are not quite nightmares. That’s why I’m choosing to consider No One Will Save You a long dream that has been expanded into an experimental movie. Otherwise, it would be mostly just an amateurish sequence of mediocre jump scares.
The godawful fake snow is getting on my nerves.
Crappy storytelling. Didn't anyone ever hear about "Show, don't tell"?
After all these years, the "Fight the Power" dance by Rosie Perez is still THE shit. No other can match it, or her. A perfect opening for the movie, too.
And the rest of the movie? Still the best and the most intense film dealing with these themes, without going overboard or downplaying anything. So easy to recommend.
The writing is not great when characters, apparently explaining each other things they're already supposed to know, are in reality explaining things to the viewing audience.
On the other hand, I like the last act of the pilot episode and how the themes of escape and evasion mix things up and set up future episodes. I'm still in.
We're at season 15 now and this is the most miserable and even depressing episode so far (even though challenge wise, it's a partial success). A little bit hard to watch. Even so, you got to admit that is what survival at its core must be.
Jesus. How many episodes is it going to take to resolve one battle - between two ships??
The "Pricey eggs!" scene could so easily have been over the top, but it was thoughtfully restrained. Well done.
1899 reminded me of Lost, but not only just in a good way. It's like six seasons shoehorned into eight episodes, with good atmosphere and performances, but problematic writing, storytelling and pacing. I doubt I would have stayed even if the show wasn't cancelled.
It is difficult to think about Logan as a Marvel movie, because it is so much greater than the rest, even the best of them.
It probably wouldn't win the award of the happiest, most optimistic life-affirming story, though.
Okay. At this rate, before the season is over, lead characters will be getting confused about their genders and building safe spaces to protect them from white people (even if there aren't any around), who are all racists. Gray will be promoted to captain and Discovery's mission will be changed to preach the joy of wokeness while all the crew ever do is talk about their emotions.
Just too amateurish. Suspension of disbelief doesn’t hold together at any point. Subpar. Worth watching once, but just barely.
Station Eleven rewards patience, but that's a big ask for the cellphone / social media generation. Story progression within an episode is sluggish and it requires an alert mind to notice the important little things you'll probably miss if you're feeling bored. Throw Lost and The Leftovers in a blender, add a very mild hallucinogen, mix well, and pour out a nice glass of Station Eleven. Enjoy, but drink slowly. The taste is subtle, but the kick will be stronger than you think.
I was this close to quitting this show after the horrible previous episode. In contrast, this one, despite being only of average Star Trek quality, is infinitely better. It speaks volumes when you care much more about a random, single appearance character in an average episode than any of the primary characters in an awful one. If I never see a Adira and Gray scene again, it will be way too soon.
The worst, most boring episode of all the Star Trek shows ever made. One hour of pure, never-ending agony. An hour of endlessly repeating "PLEASE GOD MAKE IT STOP". Won't remember anything of it the next day. If I had to choose between watching this episode again or spending the hour watching paint dry, I'd choose the second option without hesitation.
By season 4, Star Trek: Wokevery is a completely unrecognizable Star Trek show.
I have high hopes for this season. I've been waiting for a show about nuclear apocalypse since forever. Please don't screw this up.
How to write a script and look like a f***ing idiot? Easy:
Have characters shove loaded guns in each others faces in one scene, then make them kiss and make up in the next. Repeat. Repeat even more, and then once more for good measure!
Nah. Sorry, you're 27 years too late.
In a way, Doctor Sleep is a typical Stephen King movie - or in this case, a typical Stephen King book. Good ideas here and there, but also very dumb, and too bloated as a whole. On the other hand, I was left strangely satisfied after it was all done. I think it was mostly thanks to a couple of scenes where Abra gave Rose the Hat her Medicine! ;-)
Huh. The most intriguing vision of Star Wars to date. After all these years, movies, books and games, is this what all of it should have felt like all along? I hope these guys will make more Star Wars. And then some!
After the first episode, I have very high hopes for Star Trek: Picard. Star Trek: Discovery certainly has its place, but thankfully the two shows would not seem to be similar at all.
This is season ten, and the writers still don't understand that derangement alone is not enough to carry an episode. Like the walkers, this show has been dead for way too long.
