I don't like the 25 minute episodes that have pointless plots. After a year of hype I expected to be hooked right away. Instead, we get a weird version of Bewitched and barely a tie-in to the MCU. Maybe I am too impatient, but I lost interest in this already.
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Falling Skies
(2011–2015)
Worth watching
16 January 2021
I disagree with the negative comments about the show. This show is about family and the lengths that one man will go to provide and protect his family. It just happens to be set to the backdrop of an alien invasion and global armageddon.
There are a few points in which the writing/editing seems a bit choppy and confusing, specifically at season changes three to four and four to five. In both instances a perceptive viewer will catch up. The show flows much better watching it without commercials and in three hour segments than it did on its original airing on TNT. The commercials and episodic gaps made tough to watch. I recommend rewatching it on HBO without commercials.
In closing, it is a fun show with good baseline values shared by very flawed people whom are facing the everyday challenge of making difficult choices that others are unwilling or unable to make.
There are a few points in which the writing/editing seems a bit choppy and confusing, specifically at season changes three to four and four to five. In both instances a perceptive viewer will catch up. The show flows much better watching it without commercials and in three hour segments than it did on its original airing on TNT. The commercials and episodic gaps made tough to watch. I recommend rewatching it on HBO without commercials.
In closing, it is a fun show with good baseline values shared by very flawed people whom are facing the everyday challenge of making difficult choices that others are unwilling or unable to make.
The Old Guard
(2020)
Good idea - bad execution
11 July 2020
The film was fine for two hours of mindless escapism. While it was typical PC propaganda, it wasn't as "in your face" preachy as some films. A better antagonist and fleshing out the protagonists' backstory would have helped. My biggest complaint is the dialog. It was simple and poorly constructed. With a BA in English and an MFA in professional writing, Greg Rucka could have done a better job. I am so sick of characters saying Me and so and so are doing something. It sounds ignorant and uneducated.
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