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Being Gwen: A Life & Death Story (2022)
Lies
The doc would have you believe they were killed for being trans. That isn't even sort of the case. In fact, if this trans person were open about being trans they would most likely be alive today. Unfortunately this trans person was performing sexual acts on multiple men while claiming to be a woman. When the men eventually found out they weren't an actual woman they beat Gwen to death.
Though Gwen should never have been murdered, this wasn't a case of someone "just being who they are" and getting killed. Gwen wasn't walking down the street minding their own business. Gwen was drinking, doing drugs, and blowing strangers that thought Gwen was a woman.
This is ultimately just another piece of media propaganda that suggests that trans people are being hunted and killed. Reality shows they aren't, nobody cares about them one way or another and when they get killed it is usually because they are excercising high risk behavior. This doc is misleading.
The Twilight Zone: Replay (2019)
Seriously? The horse isn't just dead, it is mush.
Jordan Peele has got to be the most preachy writer in Hollywood. "Cops hunt and kill black people." That trope was tired in the 90s but still more relevant than today, and the drum is still being beaten by the race-hustlers. I was hoping through the whole episode that there would be an original twist, like the cop was a serial killer, or he was actually trying to save them from something. Nope, they decided to go with the narrative popularized in the 70's and repeated over and over again in shows for the next hundred years. I'm bummed, a cool premise, but such a tired old trope that doesn't even sort of ring true today. Laaaazzy writing.
Wednesday (2022)
Half-hearted attempt despite great source material.
Wednesday isn't Wednesday, she is a sub-par detective who is touchy when she percieved sexism or historically insensitive comments. Gomez is fat and uncoordinated. Mortisha isn't awful, but she really isn't in the show a ton. Pugsley may as well not exist. Fester only appears deep into the show and briefly. It is a slog to get through. I made it to the last episode of Harriet the Spy...I mean Wednesday, but I don't care enough to watch it. At this point it can't be redeemed. It sucks because I love the original show and movies. They took a brutal, witty, dark genius and made her a whiny, pathetic, weak crybaby.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022)
Visually it is fine, no substance at all.
I'm a LOTR fan and I have a Prime account, so I had to give it a shot despite all the horrible reviews. I made it through episode 1 and I am tapping out. It deserves all the criticism it has recieved and more. The only way I can describe this show is disrespectful, disrespectful to Tolkien, disrespectful to fans, disrespectful to the past films. It is so desperate to show this is a new type of LOTR they forget to add any substance outside of no-so-subtle messages about social issues that are already crammed into everything. I won't be watching episode 2 unless I need a nap. Maybe in the future people who produce entertainment will remember to make it entertaining.
The Fight (2020)
This isn't about civil rights.
This movie isn't about a fight against injustice, it is about promoting a backwards ideology. Obama separated families at the border, crickets. Trump enforces the same rule, "An attack on civil rights!". These are overly privileged idiots spouting nonsense like it is profound and wise for 90 minutes. Of course it has a perfect score on RT.