Honestly this show is good but this is just gonna be a problem when people are adapting novels (sure they can be done right ) but the pacing will be slower i have not seen many good adaptations but this is damn near close .
It's astonishing to know that even with so many outlets for TV production, including the vaunted Netflix algorithm that seems to know what viewers want before they even want it, it took frigging Seth MacFarlane to give us this terrific piece of TNG fanfic. I can't believe that I almost let this show slip past me.
The longer season makes the overarching story feel a bit streched at times, but it remains really solid and the single episodes are almost always quite brilliant, so who cares? Plus, the last four or five episodes are really great, with a gripping crescendo and a closing cliffhanger that promises a more ambitious third season and the will to keep things fresh by shaking up the status quo. Thumbs up.
A MASSIVE improvement over a so-so first season, Daredevil never reaches the heights of Jessica Jones, but now stands as one of the strongest current shows. There are quite a few parallels to the later seasons of Arrow in plot and style, but Daredevil deals with the same issues much, much more skillfully. The new characters are welcome additions and incredibly well defined, with layered personalities and backstories. More of this, please!
i adored christopher eccleston as the doctor, it pains me that we only got one season of him in the role but i will gladly continue to rewatch his series over and over again. brings back so much nostalgia and many many good feelings.
Starts a bit rough, with the first few episodes especially kind of childish in sensibility (instead of childlike). Even during the bumpy first half though the mythology and world-building are so dense and well-woven that it keeps my interest. Some complexity finally kicks in around mid-point (the first episode I really like is "Jet"). It has a nicely building sense of stake-raising from then on, with some really good episodes, and the finale is downright great. Excited to continue to the next two seasons!
If you're a sad lonely guy (or girl), this season is too real to be funny. It is genuinely sad.
I appreciate the Cold War style setting, which reminds me a bit of East Berlin during the 70s, and the retro robots that make the atmosphere even more post modern.
Maybe the authors also found a little bit of inspiration from Twilight Zone, but otherwise, the first 4 episodes so far are pervaded by a deep sadness that prevents you from fully enjoying it.
However, one is led to watch the whole series.
What an excellent ending to a fantastic series. I can't believe I waited this long to get into Star Trek but I'm glad I did.
Good first season. Rating-wise, every episode was a seven out of ten for me except for the finale. The season was certainly enjoyable, and I truly mean that, but rating any of the episodes higher than seven would've been an overstatement. I may look back on it differently and in a different light.
Can't wait for next season. I need so much more of this story!
For the most part, I was fairly uninterested in the story or the world-building of my first outing with Doctor Who. All I really cared about was the relationships and interaction between characters. Those episodes fared better in my opinion, and the ones with the ridiculously stupid monsters received no credit from me. I hope to God that the next season improves more with the world-building and character designs, because otherwise, this will ultimately be a waste of my time. The first season was fairly forgettable, with the exception of the game show dystopian idea found in "Bad Wolf" and Christopher Eccleston's role as Doctor Who. Please, please be better in the next season! Here's to Season Two!!!!
Oof, season 1 is rough. Nostalgia and knowing what's coming gets me through, and I do still connect to the Doctor and Rose's relationship. But I understand Drew's criticisms about the tone and humour of the show not quite landing properly. Here's hoping that my memory of the next season being better is true!
Had to struggle to watch the whole 5th season.
It seems that the Show is loseing it !
Too slow paced and too boring.
I hope they completely change pace in the next season, or I will definitely leave it.
Now that I'm done, I can see it working as a book, but as a show this is fractured even more than Season 4, with the core cast separating into their own storylines, and I feel the showrunners slightly miscalibrate the weight of each one. This season already scales down from the cosmic and/or mysterious into more human conflicts (that are still hugely, vastly interspace, mind), and on top of that giving most screentime to Naomi's family drama makes the season feel even lopsided towards the mundane, when Amos' journey through post-apocalyptic world or Avasarala's interplanetary politics' play feel more apt for the main stories. Still largely gripping as it has ever been (and the status quo-altering fourth episode is up there with the best of the series), but I hope that (great) finale's tantalizing cliffhanger is a sign that the show will wrap up on a grand scale in its next final season.
Season 2 (A) > Season 3 (A) >> Season 4 (B+) > Season 5 (B+) > Season 1 (B+)
If you are looking to watch this for historical accuracy, don't. The show takes many liberties with real historical figures. What was interesting for me as a history buff of this time period was trying to guess how the writers would change the real story for their teleplay. But it does make for good drama. If you can get past that, this is a fun show. The production values are still strong from The White Queen and The white Princess. I always enjoy seeing period piece costumes and settings. I am definitely interested in seeing the second season of this.
First couple of episodes were OK, then a lot of boredom, then the last one was alright.
Wait.... These people are supposed to be some of best minds from earth, but they act like a substandard family on a boating holiday. wait.. So many simple solutions to these scientists problems don't get realised until the end of the episode. Wait... They still use the same slang as now.
'wait....... something' is used way too much.
The whole thing feels like a Saturday afternoon show, like The A-team, Knight rider or baywatch without the catchy theme tune, but looks like it should be Westworld.
20+ years ago I had to endure the original series on Sunday afternoons, if you're a 10yr old kid with only 4 possible things to watch, this is at least better than that campy, 20yr old (now 40) part sitcom thing.
This season is significantly better than the first. It completely breaks the stylistic mold and is so different and distinct from any other show. Almost every episode uses such creative stylistic choices ("The Thief", "New York, I Love You", and "Thanksgiving" are the three that stand out to me) that make it much more cinematic than most formulaic TV shows. Aziz Ansari really made this show into something quite spectacular.
Lol I don’t know what everyone’s complaining about. This show is rad! Very adult take on Star Wars, lots of unexpected actors portraying niche rolls, baby Yoda, seeing the badassery of Mandalorian. Can’t wait to see how it ends next week!
After some really rubbish sequels to the original movie, this was a pleasant surprise! I definitely went in with low expectations, but ended up binge watching.
My only reservation is I think this was so much better having watched the original movie (which hasn't aged well) than for those who don't know the first film.
I'm almost looking forward to the next series :-)
Every episode of this season has a great script. One of the many things that makes this season (and the whole show) great is that every single character is written to be likeable and unlikeable at the same time. The writers even managed to make Kresse a little bit likeable.
Overall Cobra Kai season 3 is an awesome season that further more confirms Cobra Kai is one of the most bingeable and most engaging shows currently running.
Amazing storytelling, characters and world building.
I will complain a little about two things:
- the clunky animation. In (I suppose) an effort to give a more "hand-drawn" feel and blend with the environment, it's mostly animated on the 3s or 4s, with some moments quicker or even slower - in layman terms, each character pose is held a bit longer than customary. This gives it a distinct feeling, and it does do the trick especially in more complex and CGI-heavy scenes; at the same time, it can be quite distracting or even seem cheap, jarring with the otherwise beautifully rendered scenery. It wouldn't even be much of a problem, but then there's a secondary character that uses ASL to communicate, and not having smooth movements hinders this brilliant choice.
- the scottish accents, quite thick and heavy, and often sadly not consistent or even performed too smoothly. Coming off from what Tennant is doing in DuckTales, it's a bit disappointing... and now you're reading this review in Rayla's voice, aren't you? :P
It's still a season (dare I say, "book"?) that I enjoyed a lot, and I'll eagerly wait for more.
The Avatar Crew always deliver the goods!
It didn’t make me weep for the last twenty minutes like the second half of BSG’s “Daybreak”, in fact I only teared up when The Starks broke up on the dock. However, nothing compares to BSG for me... nothing.
The writing on this show started to deteriorate the further away it went from the source. I don’t think that’s the fault of the show, but George Martin. Even with him informing the major plot points, it’s clear that his nuances went missing almost as soon as they left his established world’s defining moments.
The show runners and writers did the best they could and it shows.
But as TV goes I’m fine with the way it all ended. It all seemed appropriate.
Reading responses to this entire season, and the finale, there is no way a good handful of people would have been satisfied with the way it ended... but it’s a good story told with a satisfying ending.
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Great second season on balance; I particularly disliked 'The Royale' which reflected in my /10 score. The characters are well bedded in now and the freshness of season one has gone; you can see they work better together. The addition of Ten Forward is welcome as the scene's become more flexible.
This was an enjoyable first season. It was more of a prelude to the true beginning that took the entire season to reach, but the journey and the past events leading up to it was still very good. In fact, now that I've watched it entirely, I miss the monster quest-ish aspect with Geralt already, and everything else before the story started becoming more established and like a story. But at the same time, the bigger picture already feels much more intriguing than everything else that was in-between it all when you look back on it from a position of having completed watching it. While I'll miss those moments prior to the story becoming more coherent, and will probably have a feeling of nostalgia thinking back on them, I'm looking forward to the truer-like story of it all in the second season.
It´s been so long since I last watched it I´d forgotten how good this show was from the beginning. There were already some really good stories, some I even consider to be among the best of the complete run of the show.
For the most part this season was great. I just can't get fully on board with the whole blood sucking ninja cult thing and the zombie children. I would have preferred if they had just kept the season revolving more around the Punisher. I really love his character and how he makes Matt question his own morals and the way he deals with things.
