I really love Iliza's live shows – they have me rolling on the floor. Unfortunately this falls short for me. Some of the sketches are enjoyable (I like her take on female jackass for example), but most of them barely get a tired frown out of me. Disappointed!
So this show pretends to be feminist, inclusive, yada yada, but really when you watch it with your brains switched on and analyse a bit, you should realise rather quickly that it's all just like a mask they put up to pull in the audience, but it really isn't any of that. It throws words like "feminist" and "queer" and whatnot around rather carelessly, without really knowing what they mean.
It follows pretty much all the tropes around a bunch of mostly immature women and men with misogynist perception of themselves and the world around them. Sure, in some episodes we have themes like "let's make it about misogynist topic x and get really wrapped up in it but then toward the very end lets realise it was misogynist and maybe make that curve ball work", while the solutions in the end typically are weak.
It's a nice, enjoyable watch for when you just want to relax and don't question what's put in front of you, but it really isn't entirely what it says it is.
And that's me after having seen almost up to season 3.
Could someone from trakt fix that obvious, wrong thumbnail of Charlotte Ritchie? The image is of the middle-aged singer, not the actress.
Dystopian, somewhat Iain M Banksy.
I enjoyed this a lot. Amazing acting from Christa.
All in all, wonderful.
I wasn't quite on board with the last episode or so, somehow it had lost the bite, or maybe it wasn't as planned out as the rest. Still, remarkably enjoyable show.
Season 1 was enjoyable, up to the last episode. They rushed it entirely too much, suddenly threw all kinds of character twists at us that don’t really make sense and generally feed us nonsense. Deplorable, for up to then it was pretty good.
Just like people who are rotten to the core don’t just suddenly become good because a little nicety has happened to them, neither do people who are good to the deepest atom in their heart suddenly become vengeful and evil because of one trauma or heartbreak. Barely even in fairytales. Neither buying Nor enjoying how this turned out. A let down. Meh.
I love how the quality of their roleplay and settings has gone up so much. It really helps sucking you in. I was glued to my chair and the screen for most of this. Truly enjoyable.
Somehow I liked these two from the beginning. They reminded me of myself. Especially Ji-a. In-Beom is such a treasure chest.
I love how the characters develop in this. And how they’re not pushing romance at all; but simply friendships or the ability to appreciate one another.
Of course this show managed to press some tears out of me as well, as by now I should expect most Korean shows to do.
Loved it! Had a very different energy to the usually watched, a bit more serious yet sweet and funny.
And who doesn’t love a good exorcism!
Incredible acting. Touching to the core. Harsh. Brutal. Twisted.
A beautiful show about the sacredness and beauty of friendship, and one of the few shows I have seen that address ageing the way it does - talking about the fears and realities of it, instead of just ignoring it.
If you like Grace and Frankie you’ll probably also like the Kominsky Method. It’s more of a male perspective in ageing, but likewise about friendship and the tackling of well, being old and getting older.
An outstanding performance by Ewan McGregor.
And an insightful journey into a maybe somewhat insane genius artist’s self destructive mind. For someone portrayed as quite the ass throughout most of the show, it still had me in tears in the last episode.
Riveting!
What I like about this show, is that it shows the police failing, shows people make hard decisions, say "no" to a "help me", setting boundaries.
The conclusions Luther arrives at in his cases have a tendency to be a bit more conveniently magicked to life rather than holding up in actuality, which I find a little lacking.
As much as I love this show, the hetero/mononormativity has started to really rub me the wrong way.
Fucking Donna. That was, as usual, freaking awesome.
This show is so over-the-top, it's like it's purposefully trying to be a B or C-rated show.
And it's keeping that quality throughout the thing. Kind of like one running dad-joke. Or, you know, one of those "it's so bad it's kind of almost good"... at least it never disappoints. Very good to understimulate the brain.
Good show all in all, I enjoyed the story. Although the writing in the beginning of the season was more enjoyable somehow, more convincing. Less rushed.
They’re baiting for a second season, but I doubt it will be a good one. Unless they catch themselves somehow and stop it with the tropes. Give the characters some time to breathe, to develop themselves properly.
I liked it overall, for the story and some sense of novelty, but I can’t see away from how many tropes and cringe-worthy moments there were in this. Enjoyed the “big reveal”, but all in all it felt a little hasty and exaggerated.
While I feel this show might be declining in its quality with time, I would still watch it for the humour and the incredible visual aesthetics alone. This show is feeding my sense of aesthetics way too well.
