This show is a mess that doesn't make any sense, so far. I don't see why it's getting praised.
The action scenes with the jackals remind me of Eternals. And that isn't praise, by the way.
Big budget, big cast but hollow feeling. I’m hoping it does what Andor did for Star Wars but I’m only just holding on at this point
TKB was robbed
i loved this. sure, some dumb script decisions at the ending with sara and the villain, but overall it was a great action episode. i still can't believe how they managed to improve the show so much from season 1 to this, keeping the right characters (with the exception of snart who i miss, but his absence gives us good mick and rory moments) and changing the way episodes happen.
As great as that first episode was, (I gave it a rare 9), this was a step back. Very slow at the start, but once Morpheus meets the Three-in-One, it really picks up again. Could have done without the Cain-Abel-Gargoyle stuff - not sure if that's important or riveting in the book or not, but felt pretty poor here. The CGI for some of the Gargoyle stuff also wasn't great. This episode needed a bit more to get it to an 8. Almost there though. Series is off to a great start.
will smith is a storyteller. hollywood is full of these people. these are celebrities who mix personal life with narrative, in a way you can't tell which parts of what they say are true or not. they sell. this is one of the things i love about david letterman's interviews: he manages to extract some truths from the person, subtly and elegantly, without surrendering to charms but without being arrogant.
when people give this episode a bad review because they don't like will smith, they're failing to see how precious it is. you can see, in that fifty minutes, many true parts of will smith (including the toxic masculinity) which he usually hides but david and his team manage to extract. will smith is not a bad or good person. these are narratives. what david's interviews do is show the person behind the narratives. complex and contradictory people. it's a study. i love it.
The way Aimee acts around Kevin and looks at him... I get some serious American Beauty vibes here. And I think at this point he actually has something going on with Aimee, but he doesn't remember it. And now he has a thing with Nora, so this whole situation might get pretty awkward :D
Easily the best episode of S2 so far. Unpopular opinion but I feel like this is the first time I see Elizabeth written in such a way that makes her unbelievably human and sympathetic. Absolutely loved it.
So did they just retcon this X-5 guy into existence or something? Seems like everybody knows him already.
I disagree with other comments that the pacing of this episode is slow. I didn't notice it any slower than any GOT episode. Every episode doesn't need war or intensity to be satisfying. A good show needs character building to set up further story.
For the love if shit, people. Without the first 3 episodes we wouldn't have this episode. Without the first 3 episodes this one wouldn't be as impactful. It's storytelling and all part of a larger whole. Stop saying, "finally we're getting somewhere," or "this is what the show should have been from the start." Its a journey. Just sit back and enjoy the ride. Holy shit.
Does anyone else dislike that they incorporated coronavirus into the show? It takes me out.
Someone move this episode to special instead of season 1
After years pruning branches and killing gazillions people, suddenly that X whatever is her name lady is REALLY horrified of branches being erased with, gasp, people living on them!
I joked on my comment on last episode that the show felt like they hired new writers that never watched one episode of the last season, bit it turns out this season is REALLY being written by a new writing team LOL. Man, they REALLY needed to at least take a glimpse at the scripts from last season. It'sb becoming beyond ridiculous at this point.
Also the McDonald's ads were really up in our noses this time. I was surprised Sylvie didn't have a dialogue line about her new life saying she was lovin' it!
FINALLY, you don't have to be white to be in the hall of fame, henny!
Aw, Chi Chi. I felt my insides freezing when I noticed her name plate, I cannot imagine what she felt when the mistake was pointed out to her.
I was so relieved they chose the same person. I was TERRIFIED there.
Is this show supposed to be so... cartoon-y ? It's just so over the top ridiculous, in the acting and character interactions.
I thought it would be darker and grittier, but it's giving off a teen-show vibe. That damn stereotypical accent definitely does not help this not seem comedic.
This show is awesome. The ending of this episode, oh my god.
The MCU has reached the point where character deaths cause me to wonder if it's due to the story they wanted to tell, or due to the actor's contract expiring and them not wanting to renew.
I haven't really liked any of the recent MCU movies that I've seen, so I hope this is decent. Don't really have much of an opinion on it yet.
It is really frightening for me to see how many of the people here see this as a happy ending.
I guess technology and the hedonistic neoliberalism have found its way already into our minds.
Weren't you atleast concerned about the talk they had about people "doing everything to atleast feel something" in this sadomaso / groupsex facility? About 80-85% being already dead? About a huge technology company owning us even after our deaths? Just for the sake of hedonistic, fake emotions disguised as only what it is: binary codes?
This was, for me atleast, one of the darkest endings of any Black Mirror episode ever. It shows you exactly what the neoliberalistic idea has already done to us and will eventually still do in the future (and I thank the director and makers of Black Mirror so much for it! One of the best episodes of this show so far)
am I the only one who thought in the beginning that Logan dying was a ploy to somehow fuck over the kids again :sweat_smile::upside_down:
……nah it was just me & maybe I ended up caring for the bastard in the end (help)
Can someone explain the end to me? the comment of why jackie wears the same dress and all the act of mourning on part of the queen ... I feel like I missed something here ....
i don't understand what happened to the series. there's so many new characters, it's like we're on another season. i feel like i didn't got to say goodbye to the other arc and there's a new one with new concepts and little conexion with the past episodes.
While the ending made me smile at points, and in the end, and while it was cool watching that battle and seeing the powers from heroes being used, I still feel slightly... Empty? Like we sacrificed a lot in this show to get to so little resolution. We don't even know how long Rhody was a skrull, just that apparently he's having trouble walking again like after Civil War. So was fake Rhody mourning Tony when he died or not??? Add in another unlikable president to the mix. I dunno... It wasnt terrible, I mean shit some of the last few marvel shows really showed how low it can go, but I guess I just expected a lot more here.
I can't believe i was so excited to see Maria Hill again and they killed her off in the first episode. You can't do that to me.
These cliffhanger are so annoying, When are we? 2009? Just tell the story and move on
I wasn't a huge fan of how similar this was to Episode 2 which did the concept of "foreign party controlling what you see/hear" a lot better. The analogy was a bit too on the nose in those one. Yes, it's a metaphor for the Holocaust. We get it.
It was shocking, surprising and as we expect everything from Logan, we have to see it to finally believe it.
HBO continues to make history.
The way they picked an episode title that would make absolutely no one suspect anything…
http://i.imgur.com/ELifIHl.png
How can you not smile like a idiot during that scene? Like holy shit. I never expected to see something on TV.
'She kinda loos like my cousin' might also be the best meta reference these shows has done so far.