Good end to the season that was.
Another great episode in a really strong run that makes up the back half of season 2. Tony Shalhoub is great as the paranoid and troubled genius, Dr Banton, and the special effects for the deaths inflicted by his shadow still look cool over 20 years later.
Naked and Afraid is a surprisingly interesting survivalist show, where a man and woman try to survive in the wild for 21 days. And yes, they are naked... and blurry.
While I like the show, it has some flaws. Naked and Afraid often turns out to be Naked and Starving, since 21 days with little or no food is doable. Another problem is that participants are allowed only one survival item each, but really there are three necessary items: a knife, a firestarter, and a pot. So, most pairs go with the knife and firestarter and just hope to find a pot substitute. It adds some spice when someone varies from this, but mother nature punished duct tape boy and magnifying glass girl for their innovations.
There is survival information to be learned, but not a lot. You learn that drinking from questionable water sources is punishable by death (or close to it.) You learn that starting fires is a lot harder than it looks, especially in a wet environment. You see these things over and over, when it would be more enjoyable to keep learning new things. Perhaps the most important lesson is that there is just no way in hell you are going to survive in the wild with minimal tools, considering that some of these people have trained their whole lives for this and nearly all of them starved.
The spin-off show, Naked and Afraid XL, fixes a lot of the flaws.
If you're about to watch this movie, you need to know that this is about FRIENDSHIP and not love.
Meryl was great, but I felt the film avoided going into any depth around the controversial decisions during her time as PM; could have been so much better.
the fart scene and entire bench conversation was a riot. hilarious show :sweat_smile::sweat_smile:
Season 2 topped Season 1! I really really liked this season, the plot twist halfway through and especially all the new characters like Olivia and my favorite: Esmé (I just love her!).
More unfortunate events, more Count Olaf, more singing, more evil plans, just more of everything!
But seriously, big thumbs up to Lucy Punch because she brought Esmé to life in the most IN way ;)
Monsters inc is one of the best Pixar films to date. It's the perfect mix of comedy and heartwarming scenes.
i like the message in this movie, but don't people know bisexuality is a thing that exists?
7/10
Chibnall went all out on this one, didn't he? Loved it. So intense and that cliffhanger at the end makes me want to scream.
I don't fully understand how that Brandon dude fits into the whole thing, but I assume he is in some way connected to the Cybermen or the Timeless Child? It's an interesting storyline and it provided a nice contrast to all the futuristic space stuff. It seemed so lovely and quiant... and then it got weird. I hope next week we'll get all the answers because I'm currently pretty confused.
On another note, I truly hope we're getting rid of one or two companions (or maybe even the whole squad). I don't know if it's because there's three of them or if it's just bad writing, but despite the copious amounts of backstory we've gotten for them, they still feel paper thin. And their dynamic with the Doctor is pretty much nonexistent, I don't feel any connection there. I remember crying my eyes out over Twelve and Clara when she left (yes, I loved Clara, yes, I know I'm in the minority, leave me alone). I was sad for days. I still feel sad when I think about it and it's been 4 years! Give me that kind of relationship between Thirteen and a companion, I'm begging. Because right now, I don't think I'd bat an eyelash if any of these three left/died.
Still an awesome episode though! Can't wait for next week.
For me 1890 has the best story, followed by 2023. Didn’t like the 1941 timeline much yet.
Don't know who is more annoying, Franklin or Jar Jar Binks.
I never knew I needed to see a Christmas zombie musical but I'm glad I did. Such a unique movie that doesn't always work but I love the idea. Plus most of the songs are great.
This tried a bit to hard to be a Voyager version of the TNG episode 'Lower Decks' (and that's all the more disappointing given that Voyager has ALREADY DONE this back in season 1's 'Learning Curve').
It followed a very standard and predictable plot. The inexperienced crew go on a trip with the Captain and a life-threatening situation occurs. They fight through their fears and doubts to prove to themselves that they are able to handle a crisis. Blah blah blah. We've seen it all before. Where the episode does stand up a bit is that the new crew members are all fairly unique people with intresting quirks. Unfortunately they're not really very easy to like, which derails things. Harren in particular continually speaks to Janeway in an incredibly disrespectful way and I'm surprised that he gets away with it all.
I'd be pretty happy to see more of Tal and Billy, but this is Voyager: I'm not expecting to see/hear of them ever again. Maybe I'll be surprised.
Fun little appearance by musician Tom Morello.
Quite entertaining, walking the line between funny and cringe worthy. The Doctor's daydreams feel like they become repetitive fairly quickly, but there's creativity in all of them (Paris waving from his lonely table was great). I'd imagine that the cast were able to have some fun with this one. The alien race also managed to feel both highly inventive and extremely familiar, and I think that sums up much of the episode.
In the end, it made me laugh and that counts for something. Robert Picardo shines on this show with whatever he's given, and here that's certainly a lot. I felt a bit put out at Janeway's initial reticence to give him any recognition for who he is because of what he is. By now the Doc has proven time and time again that he's more than just his programming, and Janeway has even dealt with this specific issue previously. Yeah, the Doc was probably asking for a bit too much in being granted emergency command of the ship, but it's true that the crew treats him without much respect.
Season 6 is doing pretty well so far (apart from the opener), it feels like all of these episodes are finally placing characters front and centre instead of plot. I wonder if it's going to keep this up...
A very X-Files episode! It really digs into the true mythology of the show.
I loved seeing Mulder really standing up for his beliefs!
I'm very intrigued by Deep Throat
Well, It seems Chris Carter has completely run out of NEW ideas. This wasn't bad, it also wasn't good. People getting killed or not, just the same old crap!!! Not that old eps were crap.. its just the same!!!!
9.8/10. What an amazing episode. Everyone is perfectly in character, and there's so many little comedic bombs where the episode just lights the fuse and then waits for them to go off. The twist that as tortured as Louise was by her mom forcing a slumber party on her in an attempt to socialize her daughter, she ended up finding something of a kindred spirit is perfect storytelling, and the fact that her "dull" classmate is not only as conniving as Louise, but finds a friend who doesn't care about the bed-wetting problem she tried so hard to avoid gives the episode just enough heart.
Plus Linda, who may very well be my favorite character, is in rare form. The way she envisions life as a television show, from the idea that Louise needs a slumber party, to the idea that Tina should be the blase older sister and Gene should be the pesky brother, is true to her character. The way she got sidetracked by a pair of raccoons, for whom she's concocted an elaborate backstory and power struggle is hilarious and delightful, made all the better by the way she's indoctrinated an enthusiastic Teddy and roped Bob into the event. She's just a barrel of laughs.
And everybody else brings the laughs and the great character-based comedy we've come to expect from the show. Bob's reluctant but unexpectedly invested response to everything is great, and though Tina, Gene, and Teddy are all smaller parts of the episode, they each get some quality laugh lines. Plus the slumber party attendees, and the manner in which they're given quirks and dispatched, is perfect, especially Bob and Linda's interactions with the germaphobe. Just a laugh-a-minute episode with storytelling that builds and builds and enough of an understated emotional kick at the end to give it all a touch of heft. Truly superb stuff.
Decent movie, not the best scream. I liked Emma Roberts and I did enjoy seeing Kristen Bell stab Anna Paquin. The biggest crime this movie makes is killing Alison Brie so early.
What is going ON with this show! I usually find Eve and Vilanelle to be very distracting, but today I got bored halfway through and now I don't know all that transpired. This never ever could have happened during season one or two. I don't like the writer change.
I'm mainly watching because I like Eve. And it used to be for V's charms, too, but for one thing, I haven't forgiven her for shooting Eve; and for another, V hasn't been nearly as twinkly incandescent funny this season.
Not that their relationship will heal anytime soon- V is too busy stocking up kills and traumatizing Eve with grisly scenes.
Unfortunately a massive waste of time. The premise is good, the meat of the story drags a bit, but I was bought in to it until the ending which leaves you with little to no payoff. Some “high-brow” stuff was clearly being attempted. Meant to trigger discussions about the interpretation of the ending. This attempt fails so badly that I am not willing to spend an additional minute googling to find out what it was about. If the movie didn’t respect my time enough to tell me, it doesn’t deserve even more of my time.
Sure, there are movies with open endings. But you can guess at a few different possibilities and the fun comes from figuring out which, if any, is right. This movie is so open-ended that they had to explicitly show “The End” to clue viewers in that it had indeed ended. It’s almost as if they made half the movie and decided to call it quits.
Save yourself from this movie. If you really want to watch it, start the movie and stop at any point. You’ll still have a better movie than what this was. Harsh, surely, but true.
The actors are fantastic. The premise is great. The pacing is a tad slow but forgivable. The “ending” ruins everything.
Enjoyable, some fun scenes, but far less epic than the first. It's also a very obvious setup for the next one, which seems hinted at to be much more epic in scale.
I felt personally attacked when Charlie said “she’s not normal, she’s at the prime of her life with no boyfriend and no friends”
Did you check the anus? Ha! Walter asking what we all were thinking!
And I’m curious, was it Olivia the one who turned off the lights or was it also Peter? Cause I feel like he’s an experiment baby too so maybe both have powers?
And of course Walter wrote the ZFV and doesn’t remember, that’s so walter
This was really funny (and I think intentionally so!) The goofiest least convincing monster yet, with a silly name to boot. Plus a number of moments with excellent comic timing:
Laughed out loud multiple times.
This must've been the premise for what would become the 2012 movie, Chronicle. I would also assume that the bullet scene was inspired by the popularity of The Matrix earlier that year, 1999.
This is episode he got back his "I want to believe!" Poster.
Mulder: What's a girl?
Well.
Not sure if I keep watching this.
To plain forward, overacting, score is to much in your face and story line thin
