I’ve always been a fan of King adaptations. And UTD’s premise may seem cliche at first glance, but in true King style, a story can take a turn and introduce you to the wild side of King’s world. The show started out great in my opinion, but then it lost momentum after the first season. Did too much, in too short of time, and too little when it should have mattered most to keep the story arc alive. There’s not very many sci-fi shows you’d catch me saying I would bail on, no matter how much it would start to drag or turn into a backwood disaster. This show, by season 3, started to do just that for me though. I made it through to the end, but it was hard to do and the ending left me feeling greatly unsatisfied.
I think anyone giving it a try for the first time would enjoy season 1, but after that, I’m unsure they could say the writers successfully stayed on track with this show, and the direction all throughout season 3 was virtually nonexistent which I feel would be evident to just about anyone that would watch.
Despite the immense praise given, my expectations were low going into the viewing of this film. It had garnered so much praise that I assumed, like many films this happens to, that it was going to be heavily overrated. I have never been more wrong about a film in my life.
This movie was utterly fantastic. Beautifully shot, well directed and the casting and acting was spot on. It is very rare for me to be that surprised about a movie, and yet Joon-ho destroyed every expectation I had and had me walking away knowing I had just watched a masterpiece.
Well done to all involved in gifting us this gem.
The film was much better than anticipated (due to its low-budget). Heartfelt, culturally solid and infused with wonderful life stories that anyone can walk away with and be a better person for it. I’d recommend this to anyone, as it is well worth the watch, in my book.
There’s a vast disagreement regarding this season on both sides of the spectrum, but in my opinion, I highly enjoyed this season far better than the first, and I didn’t have very many qualms with the first. Character development was better this go around and the interactions between siblings were far more enjoyable, as well. Personally, I felt this was a win for both the cast and writers this season.
I was really hoping this would get picked up for production. They style of the show reminded me of Richards’ British show Outcasts — another show with a ton of potential that disappointedly got cancelled in its first season. It’s so hard to convince TPTB that good sci-fi shows can thrive if they trust their audience to be the driving force behind it. Sometimes it takes our community to get on the bandwagon a little longer, but any potentially good sci-fi show has a chance of becoming a cult favorite in the community, leaving networks and streaming services better for it if given the chance.
It’s so bad, it’s good. ‘Nuff said. The end.
I’m 7 episodes in at the time of writing this and since episode 3 I’ve only had one thing on my mind to say to the writers of this show.... I want whatever you’re smoking.
Super surprised by the mixed reviews and lower than expected ratings on this. I thought this season was far more deserving than an average 6/10 rating as of Oct ‘20.
I thought it was loads of fun and quite amusing, and that the writing overall was very witty. I personally can’t wait for season 2. It takes a lot to get me to a point where I’m laughing out loud while watching a show, and this show repeatedly delivered. Very few shows are capable of doing that for me. Well done!
Sort of reminds me of a paranormal version of Touched by an Angel.
Joking aside, sort of, I really liked this show. Far far far better than some other related shows like Medium (the most hated show I’ve ever had the privilege of turning off).
Absolutely loving everything about this show, though I have to say, it’s a little disheartening, yet not surprising, that it appears many reviewers are not understanding the true meaning behind the show’s title. Hopefully they’ll stick with the show and get the deeper meaning behind it’s perfect play on words.
I hope this show has a long, long life and continues to uncompromisingly retell some of the most defining moments in black history while maintaining its colorful use of sci-fi and horror to drive its stories along.
The writing and acting is just short of being simply pure perfection in my book. 9/10
This is one of the very first movies I saw as a kid, and I’m so glad it was. This is a cult classic that helped rocket me into my fascination with anything and everything sci-fi. It was imaginative and well written; and a common movie I recommend to younger generations that have a true interest in fun, imaginative sci-fi, that can set aside its age, and appreciate it for what it was and still is for us who grew up in the 80s and had the pleasure of experiencing this movie when it first came out.
I tried, Lord knows, I tried. But this.... this is total rubbish. The acting is horrid, and when you thought it couldn’t get any worse, you can’t shake the disgust of just how bad the direction and editing is for the show.
I’m unsure if they tried to do too much, or they did too little. But it’s just downright a slap in the face to Stephen King, his fans and this cult-favorite in general.
Snyder’s cut just obliterates the 2017 version. Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. To the Snyders', thank you both for pushing through and sharing with your fans what clearly became a project so very close to your hearts — so much so that you knew that there was no other choice but to see it through. I hope that in completing and releasing this gem, you both find some sort of peace in the process.
Roland Emmerich succeeded in Midway, where Michael Bay did not in Pearl Harbor. Emmerich stuck to the drama — the gut-wrenching storyline of the failures and successes of what led up to, and defined, Midway, along with the immeasurable bravery of those on both sides. Bay and/or TPTB were too busy trying to re-create the horror and stories of Pearl Harbor into a highly cliche romance. Bravo to Emmerich who did a far better job in honoring the story than the sellout Bay ever did in Pearl Harbor.
I came late to the game on this one, but I’ve spent the entirety of my afternoon marveling at the masterpiece that is Chernobyl. Everything I’ve heard was true, the writers, the cast, the production, the producers; they championed the heroes, the bravery and sacrifices of the men and women who stood their grounds against immeasurable odds and the men and Statesmen that buried their heads in the sand out of fear and arrogance — that thrusted the Soviet Union and really the world into a global catastrophe which ultimately amounted to politics of the most grievous nature being the cause of such a preventable loss. Chernobyl was a mind blowing incident and the writers of this series did a remarkable job in conveying that. Well worth the watch.
I wanted to so badly enjoy this but I just couldn’t. I watched the entire season because I’m a HUGE sci-fi fan and will watch anything sci-fi at least once. But, it was hard to get through this. And I can take bad sci-fi when it’s purposefully written that way, and watch it for what it is and not get irritated by it. But when it’s clear it was meant to be something else altogether than some purposely, and rigidly, bad sci-fi ..... it makes it hard.
The first episode.... semi-decent. But it was like the story had zero direction. It jumps all over the place in a non-sensible way — Guzikowski and the writers throw in so many knockoff elements it made my eyes roll. Prometheus, Alien, to name a few, and perhaps they were even trying to garner some Easter Egg with Travis Fimmel’s character in Vikings, but my God, if that’s the case it was WAY overdone. The ending didn’t make much sense at all. And overall, especially the last half of the season, it was too much of an attempt at artistry and not enough sensible story arc to drive this to where it needed to go, which.... honestly, I can’t figure out where they’re wanting to go with this story, and I’m wondering if they even know.
Standards during and post-Covid have severely gone down hill. Things are being rushed, and networks are putting too much into lazy writing and production just to get something out there so they can keep that money moving.
Personally.... I would prefer to wait and have good sci-fi, than be force-fed junk. If there’s a second season, I hope they throw out the old book, so to speak, and re-write the story arcs and try to salvage the craziness from the first season.
Sooooo Alina in the series is a definite upgrade from the book but... dang.... she’s just as naive. Alina, my dear, understand the definition of a technicality...
I’ve been getting pretty disappointed with Netflix lately, but this.... this did not disappoint. Very, very good series. Easy to binge. And like most other fantasy-based fans, I wager, I’m already itching for season 2.
I'm pleasantly surprised. Far better than I thought it was going to be. Whedon hasn't been hitting the mark lately, but he just very well could have done just that with this series. I hope HBO keeps this on the books. Fantastic potential to be a network hit.
THEM was terrifyingly perfect. Yes, as others have pointed out, it has that Jordan Peele feel written all over it, but that’s not a bad thing. Peele has absolutely created a game changer in intermixing the horror genre and social issues in a way that is profoundly provocative and this particular anthology demonstrates Peele’s influence and brilliance, in my opinion. That said, in no way does this diminish the writers’ own brilliance and creation with this series.
It was an excellent call on Amazon to fund it, brilliant casting, fantastic acting. It was entertaining, it was horrifying, it was incredibly sad and yet oddly satisfying all at the same time. Lucky’s last straw, b:asterisk_symbol:tch slap was glorious, the writer’s play on (and appropriately edited) Ruby’s “I wish you would,” had me busting a gut. And it’s moments like those that made this so entertaining for me. It wasn’t just the fact is was a horror anthology (though that played a big part for me), it was how satisfyingly good all these little gems were that was written in and encompassed a family’s reaction to encounters with a social injustice that is undoubtedly a terrible blot on our country’s history; and unfortunately, yes, to a lesser but still just as damaging degree even now — hence why this series was made when it was and others that have preceded it in the past few years.
In summation… It perfectly intertwined some of the most poignant, social injustices this country has ever known with a terrifyingly good spin on horror and a mythos well worth sitting through for. Bravo to the entire cast and crew of THEM. You made something that you absolutely can be proud of.
