It says that it's released but it isn't. Can release date be updated?
You're not a Nazi, Jojo. You're a ten-year-old kid who likes dressing up in a funny uniform and wants to be part of a club.
I'm only one episode in and typically I try not to judge a series before I've watched a number of episodes first. However, if the rest of this series is as good as the first episode, I think it's going to be a hell of a ride. Sam Esmail of Mr. Robot fame puts together some very interesting shots and there is lots of creative lens use, as well. In fact, the entire production team has done a fantastic job creating an atmosphere that helps to create the ongoing, brooding tension in this psych thriller. The cast's performances are all solid, but I was especially impressed with Stephan James' work. Bonus points in my book for an admirable long shot about 7:45 minutes in which is composed of two tracking shots with a pretty seamless hidden cut. Very much looking forward to the rest of the series.
"A mechanical, soulless dystopian theme park ride to nowhere."
This was a vast improvement on the prior episode. The imagery of the zillo beast raging through a metropolitan area was thrilling and filled with great atmosphere. The idea that it was intelligent enough to pursue the Chancellor was a nice touch, and added to the eventual tragedy of its death (though the score laid it on a little thick.) Plus, the way that it led to a natural conflict between the Jedi and the Chancellor, (not to mention Padme) with Anakin being manipulated by both sides to one degree or another, works well as a feint toward the more significant conflict he'll eventually face in Revenge of the Sith. The third act of the episode hewed a little too far toward monotonous action, but otherwise this was a well-structured episode with an interesting throughline both in the moral dilemma concerning the beast, the manipulative, subtly craven nature of The Chancellor, and the physical threat posed by the beast itself.
5.5/10. The idea of a Godzilla story set in the Star Wars Universe sounds like a lot of fun, but this was surprisingly dull most of the way through. I liked the character design of the Zillo Beast, whose Cloverfield-meets-Toothless look works well, and Anakin's first tangle with the beast was a well directed and animated sequence as well. But a lot of this episode felt perfunctory, with plodding pacing, painfully on-the-nose exposition, and a "they look and sound evil so they must be evil" take on the Dugs. I liked the attempt at a moral conundrum over what to do with the beast, but the actual dialogue and execution of it left a lot to be desired.
Metthew Vaughn is simply put a GENIUS!!