I love, love, love this show. Nothing happens the way that I expected it to, the acting is beyong brilliant and the casting just couldn't be better. Anthony Carigan and Stephen Root are absolutely amazing in every scene, and the directing choices Bill Hader made in the last season are some of my favourite in TV & movie history ever.
i feel like casting Robbie Amell is a fantastic way to achieve peak mediocrity. i can't think of a single performance of his where i was impressed. seems to be more the fault of the showrunners as there's nothing objectively bad about him or his delivery, he just loves mediocre shows and movies?
Upload is no exception. in broad strokes, the concepts and ideas explored by the show are interesting and original. but it doesn't really make any statements and it's not brave in any way, so it comes off as cringy and "tropy".
it also really bothers me how they apparently spent zero dollars on technical consulting. 2gb for a fully interactive VR environment? how does simply putting on VR goggles allow the system to show your expressions and hand gestures and movement? there are so many irritating, incredibly stupid hand-waves happening that could have been done way better with just a little bit of thought or explanation.
Upload is great background noise, just don't pay too much attention to it and you'll enjoy it.
pretty enjoyable but at one point Stallone goes on some weird rant about pronouns, completely unprompted and unrelated to literally any part of the show. weird how the people who want to keep politics out of entertainment always seem to be the ones injecting their toxic ideas. thankfully only the one instance.
otherwise not a terrible show; Stallone as a wise guy is pretty charming. the cast is enjoyable, as absurd as the story is. this is a great filler show, but if you want a more fleshed out and engaging version of "stuff like this", check out Netflix's Lilyhammer.
It’s finally happening. ChatGPT writes for TV now.
Demented, unhinged, disturbing, terrifying, and riveting. Rachel Weisz so brilliant you actually believe you’re watching two different people. The real secret ingredient, however, is the genius of Poppy Liu.
Tune in. Hide the kids.
i know black + girl is going to piss some people off, but this show is really solid and worth a watch
i really enjoy slow burn shows, so the pacing didnt bother me in any way. i was enthralled throughout.
This show ruined Star Wars for me. It's my favourite Star Wars media and I know nothing will ever come close. It's not for everyone as it's quite the departure in style.
Premiere was a riot. Couldn't be happier Nathan is back to dissect our minds
O.k., this is not just a television series; it's a deep emotional level cinematic masterpiece that seamlessly weaves together elements of action, intrigue, and cultural richness. I can confidently say that this one has probably left an indelible mark on the landscape of television storytelling and it for sure stole my heart.
The depth of the character is brought to life by the outstanding performance of the lead actor, skillfully navigating the emotional spectrum from stoic warrior to vulnerable human being. The choreography and cinematography of the sword fights are expertly executed, homage to Japanese culture, traditions, and history, adding a layer of richness and authenticity that elevates the whole thing on a top-notch level.
It's visual and auditory feast, demonstrating a commitment to excellence in every aspect of its production. Sets a clear example of standard for excellence in the realm of historical dramas.
A thrilling emotional ride...
Even if you only touched a basketball :basketball: just once, you have got to watch this! A window to a stunning sports history.
I’m not a monster movie expert but this is pretty good. The acting is decent, the pace is quick, the monsters and special effects are well done. Plus it’s a bit refreshing since there have not been that many monster movie series compared to zombies, super heroes, space operas etc Just finished the second episode and I’m eager to keep watching the next one when it comes out…
The show is watchable and entertaining - especially if you like Native American themed mysteries "a la" Thunder Heart. That being said it's a bit corny, sappy, mopy, unrealistic, stupid and pretentious... and the only likeable and almost not annoying character is the bad guy. The lead is unfortunately almost unbearably annoying IMO. How could he not be with a name like "Zahn". Hi, my name is Zahn but my friends call me Zzzzz.
Full of gorgeous cinematography and some tear-inducing acting by its cast, especially a surprising breakout performance by Alice Halsey, Lessons in Chemistry is a better-than-serviceable but too-trite-to-be-great miniseries that is, despite its faults, absolutely worth your valuable time.
Brie Larson is magnetic as Elizabeth Zott, a brilliant wishcast of a woman whose talent and ambition are stifled by all of the sexism and ignorance of 1950s America. As insidious as all of the offenses against her are, and as affecting as her performance navigating them is, at times the scenes feel like a checklist of problems that women trying to break through into male-dominated workplaces in a male-centric society face. Ironically, it's during her scenes with other women when the real malevolence of gender discrimination comes through and when she loses many of her battles.
But what starts out as the premise of the show is quickly overshadowed by the love story between Larson's Zott and Lewis Pullman's Calvin Evans. They have a wonderful, um, chemistry, and the twist that sends the show down a totally different pathway is gut-wrenching, to say the least.
The appearance of Madeline gives the show another boost, and Alice Halsey simply mesmerizes in the role. Her brilliance and precociousness suck up every scene that she's in to the point where the parts that she wasn't in felt unnecessary. Who cares what happens to Elizabeth's show? I want to see what Mad is up to!
And that's the irony of this show: The parts that are good are startingly good; they make the parts that feel too contrived or too convenient, or too formulaic stand out all the more. There's a great show buried within the series, but it's surrounded by to much fluff to ever break out and truly shine.
An update that fundamentally lacks the essential element that allowed the original to exist at all.
What's missing? (Spoiler: It's intelligence)
It's a dumb action show with philosophical pretentions, that sometimes manages compelling scenes, with extremely expensive visuals that show off truly excellent CGI (because it doesn't 'look like' CGI), and has some great cinematography and production design (but also some pretty weak/generic/nonsensical production design, mainly in the abysmally stupid Hardin/Terminus bits.)
What about the actual source material?
Asimov grew considerably as a writer throughout his career, addressing his weaknesses of having rather dry dialogue and matter-of-fact storytelling, and, more specifically, kind of flat characters, and weak female characters. Foundation itself saw a considerable upgrade in its depth and focus on women and girls as main characters, as it went on, but it is still dry by comparison to his later works such as Nemesis, which is still one of my favorite books (the main characters of Nemesis are a plain, probably autistic teenage girl and her mother. So, yes, there are a number of different ways a Foundation adaptation could have gone, stylistically. Although, there's really only one option nowadays with the current trend of dark, overly self-serious, and frankly suffocating mid-brow pretension in "serious" "science fiction", the formula could have definitely benefitted from a transfusion of dramatic lifeblood.
The problem is that they forgot (actually, never understood) the core ethics and dynamics of the story, and the story told therein ends up as a confused mess of incoherent melodrama that completely and utterly slanders and wastes its core concepts. They also frontload and spoil two of the biggest reveals of the book series within the first few episodes, for absolutely no narrative reason, and absolutely zero payoff. They also utterly assassinate every single aspect of arguably the most important character to the centuries-spanning plot as a whole. So do yourself a favor and read the books before getting more than five episodes or so in.
Yeah, Lee Pace is a dead sexy beast as a charasmatically domineering and ever-young Cleon. Lou Lloubell is also a great actress and Gaal and Hari compelling characters until they make her and Hari into idiotic telenovela characters because modern Hollywood (non)writers don't understand how to write stories about the conflict of empirical and religious values without making it into incoherent emotional nonsense, likely due to working out their own personal issues without actually having read or understood, or likely even been exposed to decades-old knowledge and exegesis on the subject.
And it was predictable. Friedman showed he had a surface-level attention to and understating of SF concepts with his Sarah Connor series. I liked that at the time, but even as a twenty-something I could tell he didn't understand basic computer science, and didn't bother to consult with anyone to write it properly. One look at Goyer's filmography and it's clear that he doesn't do anything but dark, pulpy action fantasy. We got children without sea legs and hacks sailing this boat.
Excellent sweet and quirky show, it had some funny moments but it was so sweet all the episodes.
And of course Antonia is more cute than a puppy. Missed her in good doctor, deserve to be on this show, it is so her.
Hope for a second season
Mel Gibson put me off from the start and then it continued to be boring.
Damn this show is so amazing. Just straight up story telling without any of the woke shit found on American TV shows. Love it. Hope they make season 2. Highly recommend watching this show.
I wanted to love this, I really really did. I'm a huge fan of both Community and It's Always Sunny AND video games AND workplace comedies.
And yet. The show doesn't seem to be doing much of anything. The characters are caricatures without any depth or true satirical purpose.
I was at least having mindless fun until season 3. Oof, this season is rough. Spoilers ahead:
Poppy, who I couldn't much stand to begin with, becomes completely unhinged and unwatchable. Ian is almost written out of his own show, showing up in the background. All of the momentum of their relationship from s2 is erased and replaced with them barely interacting all season.
This is a nitpick but the idea that Poppy would be allowed to build Hera is ABSURD. These companies own every idea that passes through their doors, even ones submitted for contests and applications. There's no way they'd be fine with her developing that as a competitor.
Poppy's treatment of Dana is inexcusable; I don't find it entertaining to watch a smart, promising young Black woman be mistreated, screamed at, condescending to, have her ideas taken by someone else and ordered around. It's gross, and another example of them dropping momentum they built in s2. I was excited to see Dana get mentored and grow professionally over the course of the whole season.
And don't even fucking get me started on the whole "I love you" bullshit. Like, WHERE!? WHEN!? HOW!? That might have been nice to see happen over the course of the whole season instead of it being awkwardly told to us in the final moments. That actually made me angry.
I hope this gets better but unlike C and IASIP, this show doesn't seem to have any real purpose. It'll makes some light commentary on the exploitative nature of gaming under capitalism, but doesn't go beyond that. And that leaves the shallow characters with little depth or meaning, giving us little reason to care about them or the story.
I feel like I would've preferred this as a straight drama, rather than a black comedy; the style and tone of the show didn't really milk my prostate. It's not terribly lengthy, so there's that.
At the time of writing, this sits at 65%, and I think that's pretty spot on. Obviously I can't score halves so I'll go higher, but it would be a 6.5 for me.
This show is so stupid and boring. Definitely the worst spin off in the walking dead franchise.
A true gem. Very educational about Japan and its culture, but its magic comes from the way the writers reveal the wonder and beauty in each person. Many of the episodes have a "villain" who upsets or harms one or more of the regulars, but the owner encourages each visitor to his café, bringing out the good in each. The cooking recipes are a nice extra, but the true community that's found at the Midnight Diner draws forth every viewer's yearning for such in their own life.
Its a great watch pretty good research from the flying aspect. Its unusual to see a plot of British individuals being involved in this sort of crime? Not known of in actuality?
Very fun watch! Ron is such a wholesome guy!
sigh It was ok. It started off very well, then a few episodes of dragging, but in the last two episodes, the plot became cheesy and forced. Every cop suspense show needs characters to make stupid mistakes they wouldn't make in real life, but by the end of this series, the writers were depending too much on stupid errors to keep the plot moving along. Yes, the ending was satisfying, but it didn't match the clever opening setup of this miniseries. It turns out that episodes 1-2 were by one writer, and 3-6 were by another; they should have stuck with the first writer. I'm sure that a script doctor could use the right language to describe what was wrong about this series; I don't have the ability; but there certainly was potential which fell apart.
I like spy thrillers, and good ones receive an 8 from me. My 6 here is due to over-reliance on character stupidity, terribly ragged pacing and writing, and inclusion of a romance which Eva Green did not present in a believable fashion.
One thing I loved about this show was the mercenary Delage, well-acted by Vincent Cassel. Thanks to his experience working for all the countries involved in this plot over his career, and his loyalty to each when they were paying him, we could never make assumptions about which side he would prefer in a given moment. The viewer expects betrayal by one or two peripheral characters in a series of this type, but when the central character is of uncertain fidelity, the suspense level increases tremendously (in a good way)!
I don't know. It felt all over the place. The two protagonists are interesting and their stories have a lot of potential, but every other character apart from them is so uninteresting. I wanted to see more of Fraser and Caitlin/Harper. The show takes its time and it's not always pretty enough to keep me from getting bored. There are so many character arcs that go nowhere or aren't resolved in any way. By the time I reached the end, I was more frustrated than anything else.
I didn't hate it though. There were many beautiful moments. I guess I'm upset about how much potential it had and how it didn't really hit the mark for me. For the most part, I have no idea what this show was trying to tell me.
I don't know. It felt all over the place. The two protagonists are cool and their stories have a lot of potential, but every other character apart from them is so uninteresting. I wanted to see more of Fraser and Caitlin/Harper. The show takes its time and it's not always pretty enough to keep me from getting bored. There are so many character arcs that go nowhere or aren't resolved in any way. By the time I reached the end, I was more frustrated than anything else.
I didn't hate it though. There were many beautiful moments. I guess I'm upset about how much potential it had and how it didn't really hit the mark for me. For the most part, I have no idea what this show was trying to tell me.
I can't say I recommend it.
1/10 this is :dog::poop:
I was expecting something along the lines of Tulsa king, instead we get this terrible terrible show….
It’s so dated and feels like it should have been made 20 yrs ago.
Do yourself a favour and lock yourself away until this pile of :poop: has moved along and been forgotten about, also if a friend or relative suggests this show to you, cut them out of your life, who needs enemies if you’ve got friends like that……
