Spent most of the movie disbelieving that it hadn't yet been 90 minutes. The format doesn't really work.
What did this episode's title even have to do with anything?
Of COURSE Papika strips off to sleep. Sasuga…
Bu-chan really should have been able to prevent them from getting stranded on the island though. He can fly! So he could definitely have gone out and pulled the hoversurfer back to shore. Plot contrivance is contrived…
Average rating across episodes: 6.5
Subjective rating based on enjoyment: 3
5 it is, then. Had its good parts, but was far too bloody overall and didn't give any characters any depth. Not even the protagonist, really. Tried to be another Madoka, but fell far short.
Episode rating average (season 1): 7.333…
Enjoyment: 9
Yield: 8.1666…, rounded to 8
Penalty: -1 point for over the top, out of place fanservice
Not completely solid, and not quite up to the expectations I had for it at the start of the season, but still a good show worth watching. Alternate history is always enjoyable, though I question some of the writing choices (like the slice-of-life episode in the middle that did nothing for the overall plot, or having Bergmann and Izetta both be still alive despite heavily implying that both died).
I would probably watch a second season of this, but I'd hope it had less fanservice and more solid writing (with fewer "coincidences").
>CRAPES
Another instance of Engrish to add to my files.
>DERECTOR
Another bit of Engrish to take home with me. That's two episodes in a row!
Episode rating average: 7.0
How did that happen? I don't know. But I do know that character development was too little too late for me to bump up the score any, so I'll stick with 7.
Episode rating average: 7.0
How did that happen? I don't know. But I do know that character development was too little too late for me to bump up the score any, so I'll stick with 7.
"…the NSA: the most obnoxious record collectors outside of hipsters who insist that vinyl sounds 'warm'."
That's the best joke on this show for a while. Actually, most of the jokes in this episode were the best that had been on the show for a while.
>EXTLA VERGINE OLIVE OIL
Here we are, back on the Engrish train.
Episode rating average: 7.333…
The show feels kinda slow for most of the season, like more should be happening. For the pacing, I'm knocking the score down a point. Would be more, but the ending ties it up nicely enough to make up for some of the slowness.
There are some great moments in this show, but they're buried in so much boring crap that it's a chore to watch.
There are some great moments in this show, but they're buried in so much boring crap that it's a chore to watch.
> LOCUL / REMOTE
Well done. More Engrish for the collection!
Rating average: 7.46153846
I see great strides here from the studio that inflicted Sora no Method on the world. There are echoes of the same writing problems—the story's pretty convoluted, and you'll be lost easily if you miss any details—but less pronounced than the previous series. (Dimension W, I can't speak to…it's still on my watchlist.)
Flip Flappers has a lot to recommend it, even if it's only for the visuals. Papika will worm her way into your heart if you let your guard down even a little, and you'll get to visit a number of fantastical worlds with Ichimichi Mao's voice to guide you and Cocona along. While I don't know if I would call it "Superb" (a Trakt 9) or even "Great" (8), it's definitely a solid "Good" (7) plus—if Trakt allowed half-points I'd be giving this a 7.5.
Pretty great episode, but greatly underwhelming in both the Ashley Madison hack segment and the fact that the writers couldn't fill the whole main story segment without resorting to filler (a rather unfunny "And Now This" and a tepid Ukraine-related segment that dragged on for too long).
Aaron's mic is clearly just a wired vocal mic with no cable plugged in. The XLR connector pins are visible in a number of shots.
Mildly cute episode, but the security guard and Lizzie's mom stretch believability too far.
PS: What's the difference between Aaron Carter and Justin Bieber? Seriously, they're practically the same person. https://i.ytimg.com/vi/U0lFdlul_-Y/hqdefault.jpg
Available for free on Google Play (limited time offer, valid as of writing).
Went back to check when I started watching Homeland and noticed that I marked this episode as seen on my birthday—my default "unknown" date—because apparently when I actually watched it (in early 2015) I forgot to mark it then. That's annoying. Past me screwed up bad.
Pretty obvious who in Sophie's story would turn out to be the other members of the Leverage team… I hoped it wouldn't be.
Even having John Billingsley in the cast proved to be a disappointment in the end because of how his subplot developed. Sad.
Please. Continuity is important in a show like this, and someone dropped the ball: Brody drops the cyanide needle from his right sleeve into his right hand when walking toward Akbari, but he was shown rolling it into his left sleeve cuff when getting dressed earlier. Why would he move it? Especially while sitting in a car under IRGC guard.
Arithmetic mean of my episode ratings: 8.25
Sounds about right. It's a solid season. I've lost one of my reasons for watching now that Damian Lewis's character is dead, though. I can only hope the next season continues to be solid with the casting shakeup that seems to be inbound.
> Odo gets knocked out by a rock falling on his head
That makes sense…
> Holding hands in transport
Trek writers never learned.
Does some things well, but hamstrings them with unnecessary elements. Or is it ham-fists?
I'm intrigued enough to keep watching…but Syfy clearly fell into the Hollywood "sex sells" trap: some of the scenes act as eye candy with little to no plot relevance. (I'm really tired of mainstream shows turning to that tactic to keep eyeballs.)
Now we're getting back to the level of the previous seasons. Halfway through season 4… they almost lost the touch?
I don't even know what to do with that reveal.
What the fuck?
Nothing really happens in this episode, but it's very entertaining. I might not even care if the whole season turns out to be this fluffy…it's a nice break from the serious (American) dramas I'm watching.
Truly good continuity errors are hard to come by, but there's one in this episode (Rigby is holding something in the closeup that he isn't in the wide shot, even though Benson is walking over to him in the wide shot to grab the thing he's not-holding).
Homeland put cameras everywhere in that house, didn't they… even in the shower. WTF? I guess the Hosts don't have child pornography laws.
