At the end of the day. Janeway did it all for Seven
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What other reason did she need. It’s why she’s still single 26 years later. Now to get rid of Chakotay :weary:
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I do not usually write reviews, as I generally find ratings etc. on Trakt to be somewhat accurate. However, I found this movie to just be insanely overrated. The movie tries way too hard to be grand and funny, but is neither.
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@pandaym just because you think it's overrated doesn't mean you need to underrate it, that's why IMDB is s**t we don't want Trakt turning into that dumpster fire
how could a film that bases an entire storyline around a Ratatouille joke not be absolutely fantastic?
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@samtasia I think you mean Racacoonie?
I feel bad hating on such a small detail, but as a native French speaker, when both of those guys were supposedly speaking french it was super hard to understand them.
"Frenchie" has a really thick foreign accent (I think the actor is actually Israeli) and the "random goon" has a really thick french-canadian accent. It was a real strain to make out anything they were saying, lol.
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@alexnader don't bother. It's the same thing in movies and she's with German :)
It is the 25th century and people continue to use weak password, some have to tell Picard that picard-0-0-0-0 it is not a good password
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@rodrigoma Well, one could argue that the safety of said password lies in the fact it's so outlandish and stupid that no one would believe they actually use it. :wink:
It is the 25th century and people continue to use weak password, some have to tell Picard that picard-0-0-0-0 it is not a good password
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@rodrigoma it's also voice recognition though :)
What a conclusion. Up to this point, Star Trek has mostly been fumbling with the second halves of the two-part episodes, but this one manages to be satisfying in every way. The shock of Cardassia joining the Dominion is a brilliant moment, prophecised nicely back in 'Rapture' with Sisko's vision of the locusts. It's almost sad to see how Gul Dukat can't understand how he and his planet are being used.
The prison break stuff might be my favourite parts of the episode, though. Worf gets to be extremely Klingon and manages to gain the respect of a Jem'Hadar, which is no small feat. I love that he keeps getting back up even though he's clearly not in any fit state, and that he really can't shrug off the injuries he's sustaining. Meanwhile, Garak gets to shine too when we find out that he's claustrophobic - in his case, he manages to gain the respect of the Klingons, who again are a pretty tough crowd to please.
If the episode feels weak in any areas, it might be the conclusion of the Bashir-Changeling situation. He's going to blow up Bajor's sun by just flying there and sacrificing himself, in the process wiping out significant Federation, Klingon and Romulan fleets. It's a sneaky and very clever tactic by the Dominion that would have worked, but it's execution on screen is a little hard to take seriously. Maybe if Bashir-Changeling had some more dialogue or realisation about how his plan had failed it would have worked better. I'm a bit curious as to why going to warp inside a solar system is a no-no, too.
Nice to see the Klingons finally back on our side. They just feel better as allies.
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@lefthandedguitarist >quote I'm a bit curious as to why going to warp inside a solar system is a no-no, too.
If memory serves me well there are numerous times where it has been done as well as episodes where there are indications it´s a bad idea. Althought you'll find explanations suporting either theory. In the end it might come done to beeing a storytelling tool.
Did she not notice the flowers once a month ? Suspicious
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@jasondaigo what a daft comment. Her blood was spilled during training injuries onto the ground. Flowers don't spring spontaneously from her menstruation on cloth...
Did she not notice the flowers once a month ? Suspicious
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@balazs955 more than the guy making tasteless jokes about periods anyway ...
This powerful film tells the story of Teena Brandon, a woman who dresses like a man, cut her hair to look like a man, acts and convinced herself that she was a man. It's a story about courage, love and unfortunately prejudice.
Some scenes are painful to watch and it shows how people can be so stupid, cruel and violent just because they can't accept other's differences.
At the end I felt sad. Sad to know that this is a true story, to know that all actually happened.
Hilary Swank won an Academy Award for this film and it was totally deserving, she was amazing, totally believable!loading replies
Brandon Teena, man, his, himself, he.
I can't take much more of Chakotay's akoo-chee-moya bullshit.
This feels like it's all been done before, and from the moment Chakotay first "wakes up", you're expecting him to still be in the dream. His entire plan relied on being able to see Earth's moon - that's pretty dumb since he's lost in the Delta Quadrant.
Extremely weak aliens, too.Tuvok sure shows a lot of emotion (mostly embarrassment) for a Vulcan, and I'm disappointed that Janeway again shows her lack of leadership ability by plunging headfirst into a lethal situation (the warp core breach) with no regard for the consequences.
In what world is being kissed by Seven of Nine considered a nightmare? Harry is weird.
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@finfan Haha, well that's good! Because reading them back I'm feeling bad about how critical I was.
Did we really need the warning at the beginning about the graphic nature...etc. This showed workplace minorly predatory behavior. She never said no, didn't really show him she was disapproving. Yes he was in a place of influence. Yes he barely acknowledged her back in the studio. He is a jerk. But did I need to be warned?
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@bob-frapples no problem, dude!
It did. It was a rape scene after all. You tried to downplay it as "minorly predatory behavior" which would not need a warning.
The thing is graphic content is umbrella term that can be applied even to a text. And particularly with rape scenes on TV it's almost never about nudity, but the implication of the action and uncomfortable focus on victim's pain during the act.
What type of scene "deserves" a warning in you opinion anyway?
Did we really need the warning at the beginning about the graphic nature...etc. This showed workplace minorly predatory behavior. She never said no, didn't really show him she was disapproving. Yes he was in a place of influence. Yes he barely acknowledged her back in the studio. He is a jerk. But did I need to be warned?
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@bob-frapples it's really funny. So basically consent for you is not about approving of ones action, but a lack of disapproving?
Interesting. So phrase "Can I borrow your money/car" should not exist at all, right? Your colleagues should just start reaching out for your wallet or car keys assuming that you would say "yes" and stop their actions only if you said "No" or "WTF is wrong with you?!". And if for some reason you would be in a state of bewilderment for too long... Well, they are in the clear and should just take off in your car and not waiting around for you to decide. I mean, don't take it personally, but it's kinda your own fault for being too slow, buddy.
The show started off "slow"-ish, but quickly picked up after Ep:1. I am really excited for the next episode, and can say this show is truly genius, and psychological.
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@mrbowzer Heavily disagree. Episode 1 was enthralling and the pace was perfectly set. I ended up watching that episode twice due to the narrative that had hidden gems in it. The rest of the series was as you say, truly genius.
This is a remake of an episode from the original series; like many remakes, it's inferior to the original. While this one has its moments, some disturbing content--especially implied sexual relations between Data and a human woman--messed this up for me. The language was actually rather clean...until the last scene or two; then they fouled it up.
Content Concerns:
Sex: Implied sex between a male-type android and a human woman; Data is stopped short before making a crude joke. 2/5
Nudity: A woman is seen wearing an outfit that displays her midriff, her back, and a bit of the lower part of her chest. 3/5
Language: Four or so d-words; one or two h-words; two or three misuses of God's name. 2/5
Violence: Sci-fi action violence throughout. 3/5
Drugs: It is said that the reactions that the crew has are like being intoxicated. 4/5
Frightening/Intense Scenes: Plenty of emotional intensity; the ship nearly gets destroyed; Geordi is seen without his visor. 3/5Score: 3/5
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@ithinkdifferent "Content Concerns" for ST:TNG? Seriously?
Animal vs human, who wins? I'll let you deside when you see the film, yes when you see the film, because you should! I'd of love to see more of his past, but other than that this film was a swing in a tree, lots of action, fast paced, great cast, specially SLJ character, funny, and also it was a great plot, and super picture! 6/10
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@foreverbonkers Your rating doesn't match your review
#shortysquad
After the excellent episode Mr. Greg this was a real classic one. One gem learns something about herself and reveals a fact about Homeworld. I became a real Peridot-Fan while her transformation from an antagonist to a protagonist. This is for me the quintessence of SU, don't fight your enemies but make them your friends. Peridot is a tragic figure, like the Crystal Gems she gave up her initial ideology to fight Homeworld and still struggles with her new life and her decisions. But we can see all this in "realtime". Furthermore i hunger for every tidbit about Homeworld. Now we know, why Homeworld has this expansion drive: They need resources because HW itself runs out of them. We know already that the farming of Gems needs a lot of planetary resources and maybe even Homeworld is used up in this process. This subtle world building is another aspect what makes SU great.
In the episode itself i think i see a commentary on millennials and their connection to technology: As we know now, Peridot is an Era 2 Gem, who, because of the lack of resources, has not the ability to shape shift and therefore uses technological advancements. In the real world, baby boomers depleted more or less the resources of planet earth, ruined the economy and the now emerging generation, the so called millennials, are relying on technology instead of the old ways. Despite this technology being an integral part of the society, both at Homeworld and here, the older generation looks down on the younger for the extended use of it (like Amethyst trying to convince Peridot, that she doesn't need their tablet). In the end Peridot shows that she developed her own abilities, which are connected to her reliance on technology. I would be very interested if someone has a similar theory or another one.loading replies
@agentgrasshopper thank you very much! i try to write at least some thoughts on every episode and film i watch and creating a habit.
Brilliant movie. I just don't give a '10' to this one because Joy was actually a bitch to Sadness on the beginning
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You don't get it? everyone think of Sadness as a useless and negative emotion, then we learned that from Sadness comes Joy, the message here is life isn't sunshine and rainbows as kids may think, it's about how sad you get and you keep going forward that's what the writers wanted to deliver, and that's why Joy acted that way.
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