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The Boys (2019)
I'll never understand why this show is so liked. Unless...
You haven't read the comic books. I read the comic books first, and was very disappointed by the live action reimagining. In the source material, humor is far more intellectual, the characters are better written. The Boys were my answer to the overhype of superheroes that is still going on to this very day. We seldom look at the possibility they could be jerks behind closed doors, and The Boys explores that possibility, and includes top-secret government involvement with the creation of the supes and the staged stories in their comic books that stretched a bit far from reality.
One character that totally got screwed in the television adaptation was Wee Hughie, the main protagonist and my favorite character.
I felt hardly any sympathy for his TV counterpart. In the comic, he was a fun-loving Scotsman who ended up broken when the girl he loved was accidentally killed by one of The Seven; A-Train, who showed no remorse for his killing of a civvy. Hughie's grief was realistic and relatable, meeting Billy Butcher, the head of The Boys, he developed a father-and-son like relationship. Hughie's personality was also colorful at times and he tried to see the good in everything. Whoever cast Hughie in the TV series and decided to make him an American just to appeal to larger audiences made a very poor choice. His Scots background was a huge part of his character and his identity. I didn't get too far into the show to comment about the other members of The Boys; The Frenchman, Mother's Milk, or The Female. Characters who I loved, The Frenchman first.
There are other characters who were left out, I don't know whether it was intentional or not. I have no clue how Garth Ennis, the first half behind the creation of the comics, found this TV show well-written, it is anything but. Sure it's a visual treat, but the script and direction suffers. Not even the performance of the main antagonist, The Homelander (which was pretty well done) could save this show for me. I got very bored with this show quickly due to the lack of true effort in the show's direction and script. This could have been so much better, but it wasn't.
In conclusion, I'd suggest you pick up the first oversized omnibus of The Boys by Dynamite comics and leave this to die off.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Not a movie to take seriously
I usually loathe musicals, but The Rocky Horror Picture Show won me over. I didn't see it until just last year cause my godmother kept on insisting I watch it. You don't have to be LGBT to enjoy it.
I mean, she wasn't wrong. If you're someone who takes everything especially movies seriously The Rocky Horror Picture Show isn't for you. But I love this movie. When people think of movies from the 1970s they usually name Star Wars, Jaws, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, or Rocky. The 70s was the dawn of cinema blockbusters. Rocky Horror flopped horribly in a time where people wouldn't tolerate something like this even in the slightest. But this movie developed a cult following within the misunderstood groups of people, primarily the LGBT community. This movie brought them together for decades for midnight showings, making it the film to be in theatres for the longest time.
Lemme be honest. The music, and the performances are what make this movie shine. It's surprising to me that the Broadway musical was a success but the film was not for the first few years since its release.
The OG: The Rocky Horror Show was something a man named Richard O'Brien (who plays Riff Raff in the film) had written out of pure boredom yet became a cult masterpiece in later years. For a world lost in time, we needed the message, "don't dream it, be it".
You don't have to like this movie but appreciate the impact its made on the people who couldn't fit into their cultural norms and be themselves. The 2016 reboot did no justice.
There's no Dr. Frank-N-Furter other than Tim Curry, who pulled off a fantastic performance because he had been living and breathing the role ever since he obtained it for the British version of the original musical.
For me the real star was Richard O'Brien, not only because he is the creator but his vocal performances for "Science Fiction" and "Over At The Frankenstein Place" were phenomenal. Dude could've been a great frontman in a rock band.
This movie is great just go see it.
The Walking Dead (2010)
Reader of the comics. Disappointed with their ending so I moved to the show.
A lot of people really don't like the Whisperer arc in the TV show, but I do. So far, I'm enjoying the show more than I ever enjoyed the comic series.
With little spoilers to give, I still gotta say the show's best seasons were 1 through 5. Days Gone Bye, Woodbury, The Prison, Terminus, it was all you would expect- or not expect in a post-apocalyptic drama with zombies. The Walking Dead brought in new things into the zombie apocalypse genre and made it less boring and better than 'survivors guarding a boarded up house' kind of thing or zombies that just want to eat your brains. The walkers of The Walking Dead don't need any explanation for everyone complaining about the origin of the outbreak is never explored. That is not the point of The Walking Dead. The walkers don't matter, the living people do in this universe as they try to survive and rebuild civilization from what is left in the ashes of human society.
Both in the comics and the show, Rick Grimes says, "WE ARE THE WALKING DEAD!" The Walking Dead was always about the survivors, not the zombies/walkers. And to those of you who complain that the show centers around the living people are completely missing the point. The title is referencing the survivors. The Walking Dead. The people who feel as dead as the walkers themselves after everything they had been through since day one.
I will admit one of the most boring arcs of the show was when Negan first appeared. But it did not make me stop watching because one major character died. Someone else who is interesting will replace him in time, and it has already happened. The whole All Out War arc is better in the comics, I will heavily agree with that. One major death during this arc was a big mistake on the show writer's end, even the character's actor would agree with you. I'm fine with Negan's redemption. Negan actually may get a better character arc than in the comics.
While the show had taken its turn by straying way too far from its source material, especially major deaths of characters or disappearances, the show also made characters from its source material much more interesting as well as other characters exclusive to this AMC series, and right now, it's Alpha, who was completely wasted in the comic series as a whole along with the Whisperers in general. Forget the haters, I think Alpha is a great antagonist, giving in a little of humans vs walkers twist that they show had dipped in and out of. Daryl Dixon- a fan favorite and a bada**. I found TV show Rick Grimes to be much more likable and it is unfortunate he had to disappear and the fact he's getting a trilogy of movies just sounds like a disaster waiting to happen. He really should just come back into the show or should have never vanished, period. I grew into loving Rick through those 9 seasons he was around and him disappearing was my biggest disappointment besides Carl's death, who his son lives in the comics at the least.
As someone who doubted the TV show for years before finally binging it on Netflix all the way up to season 9 and catching up in a month, the TV show had its ups and downs as the comic has and they are difficult for me to compare and pick a side at times, I lean an inch more towards the AMC series at this point, because for me, the comics ended cheaply, and I hope the show doesn't do the same.
Max Payne (2008)
Payne To The Max!
Yes, I am a gamer. Yes, I loved the original 2001 video game. But this movie was trash. I only gave four stars because of the visuals, but they do not help overcome the poor storyline and lousy attempt at a film adaptation to a groundbreaking third-person shooter. Maybe... this movie comes close to by a forth toward its source material. Hate to rain on your parade but the drug, Valkyr in the original video game was never about literal demons snatching people. Seriously, where was the heart into making this film? Nowhere to be found.
I don't even know where to begin without going into spoilers, but the Max Payne character was about a on-the-run undercover cop who was framed for the murder of his partner, Alex after the death of his wife and newborn daughter a few years prior. This Max Payne in the film adaptation isn't Max Payne. He just has the name. He's not the bada** cop he was in the game.
RoboCop (2014)
Let's feel bad about a stoic family man.
This version of Alex Murphy had no charm. He seemed to be bored with his family, then boom, a rigged bomb under his car maims him and he becomes Robocop and somehow we were supposed to pity him when he says he would rather die after seeing what was left of his body? The original Alex Murphy was a happy family man that adored his wife and son, who seemed to really be dedicated to his job as a police officer and his life was taken too soon. Discovering his humanity, he goes on a rampage of revenge on the group of thugs who killed him, and it turns out, OCP or OmniCorp, his own manufacturer is also his enemy to his remaining human conscience.
This movie on the other hand, confuses on me on its very existence. Sure it's a retelling of an iconic 1980s action movie, but it's bad. Probably meant to appeal to younger people who never have seen the original 1987 film. This remake, like most remakes, are just a pain waste of Hollywood's time a money. Go make a proper reboot of Doom, or Max Payne. Not this.
Sharktopus (2010)
Who SERIOUSLY Took THIS seriously?!
What did you expect from a SyFy original movie? It's badly acted, badly written, bad CGI, bad camera effects, stupid sex jokes, bad humor, stupid plot, bad script. It's perfect for a laughing fest. The whole movie itself was funny. Too bad somebody recorded the death scenes on YouTube and they got flagged Would have loved to watch that again! The way people didn't even react to people getting killed by "S-11" the genetically altered half shark have octopus monster, programmed by the military that went haywire. Yes, the characters are bland. Yes, death scenes happened at random, and were very stupid!! I still laughed my ass off at this movie, and I want the opening theme song on MP3, please!
I honestly hope they make a sequel to this stupid but funny garbage. It's like Sharknado!!
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
Ignore the Negative Reviews. I bet they aren't even Star Wars Fans.
*****SPOILERS!!!!!!!! DO NOT READ IF YOU WANT THE BEGINNING/IMPORTANT PARTS OF THE MOVIE SPOILED FOR YOU! BE CAREFUL PLS****
I've read comments on YouTube, and other websites about this movie, saying of awful it is. Then I saw how many people actually LOVED the movie and got me into watching it. As a Star Wars fan since I was a little kid (18, now)I must say this Star Wars movie is better than the rest. I will admit it it is kind of a "Star Wars: A New Hope reboot" but a GOOD one. The characters are likable in that sense (My Favorite is Rey, and I for some reason think she's Luke Skywalker's daughter) and I get tired of people complaining because she defeated Kylo Ren, who is the twisted son of Han Solo and Leia Skywalker. (KYLO WAS NO A SITH!! HE WAS A KNIGHT OF REN!)I have to admit some things are kind of the same from the very first movie, like the 'Death Star' (Which is called the StarKiller in the movie, but it is a PLANET this time, not a space station) people complaining about BB-8 (I think he and R2-D2 are the cutest droids ever) This story is 30 years after Return of the Jedi, and the First Order is the new "Empire" that destroyed the New Republic, and the remains of the New Republic are called the Resistance, which is similar to the Rebel Alliance from the Original Trilogy. These factions I have ZERO problems with.
(Now shortening the beginning of the storyline) The movie starts out at Poe (a bad@$$ pilot of the Resistance)trying to get away from a massive attack from the First order, and he fled to the desert planet of Jakku (Which is so similar to Tattooine) Poe is being being tracked down because he has the key to finding Luke Skywalker, (Who vanished years before because of Ben Solo Luke's nephew, who's now Kylo Ren, who was Luke's apprentice was seduced by the Dark Side and betrayed Luke, destroyed the Jedi Order, along with all of the Jedi Luke had trained) Luke Skywalker is the "last" Jedi in this movie. The First Order finds the village where Poe was hiding and kills the villagers there, and a stormtrooper, FN (Forgot his numbers in his name, but Poe renamed him Finn later because FN never had a name) is on his first mission and regrets killing the innocent people, and loses a stormtrooper he befriended, the friend dies and smears his bloody hand on Finn's helmet. Finn, already disliking the First Order, does not open fire on the villagers, with one trooper calling him a traitor. Poe is forced to surrender to the First Order after he exits his now damaged x-wing, no longer able to get away, he gives in, knowing he will get kidnapped by Kylo Ren and gives the key to Skywalker to his sidekick droid, BB-8, telling BB-8 to flee from the scene to keep the sacred key to Skywalker intact. BB-8 flees, no enemy notices him get away as Poe is kidnapped by the First Order, and Kylo tries to interrogate him to the location of BB-8 and the Key on a Star Destroyer orbiting Jakku, using the Dark Side of the Force to get him to speak of the whereabouts of what Ren is looking for. The next part is showing Rey, a young junk scavanger on Jakku who lives in a downed AT-AT in the dunes and trades the electric scrap she finds for food at a nearby village. She happens to stumble upon another junk scavenger with BB-8 in a net, and Rey orders him to let BB-8 go. Rey frees BB-8 and fixes his bent antenna, and when she walks away Rey tells BB-8 not to follow her. BB-8 keeps following her anyway and she eventually lets him follow. The next time she turns into scrap for food, the junk dealer is angry because it's half the profit, and asks Rey is BB-8 is for sale. She thinks for a minute and says no (To me it seems she wanted a companion after years of her life and being alone) the villagers try to take BB-8 away from her and threaten to kill her for the droid. Finn, on the Star Destroyer, is in a hangar (or ship port) and goes to the side, taking his helmet off when no one's looking, feeling bad for the villagers on Jakku, wondering if the First Order is really the side he wants to be on. A silver female stormtrooper (forgot her name) asks if he had permission to take off his helmet and puts it back on. Finn makes a final decision and decides to help Poe escape, freeing him from the restraints of his interrogation chair and escaping the Star Destroyer with Finn, Poe asks Finn his name and Finn just says he doesn't have a name and replies with his code name and Poe suggests Finn and Finn likes his new name. The TIE Fighter gets damaged and crashed on Jakku, and when Finn awakens Poe is gone, with no sign of Poe except his jacket from the Resistance. Finn, ashamed of having any part of the First Order, removes his armor and leaves on his black jumpsuit that was beneath it and sadly wears Poe's jacket, walking through the harsh desert terrain of Jakku for hours trying to find any kind of civilization. When he does find one he desperately drinks water from a pond that an animal from the village drinks from, and runs into Rey, and claims he's a Resistance affiliate. Not saying anymore of the story, watch the movie to see more. I loved this movie and I'd give it a 9/10. This movie made me smile at the happy parts and rarely any movie does that to me.