Time loop... Always takes my attention and here’s a nice one.
I was reluctant to see this movie because on paper it looks like an arthouse chore. Luckily it isn't at all.
We follow the cynic and self-proclaimed "it-man" of the high-class nightlife in Rome; Jep, through his episodic encounters in the city. Because of the death of his one true love (who married someone else) he starts to reflect on his life and what the Great Beauty in it is (or was).
The movie showcases beautiful cinematography, editing and score and has a diverse set of actors. There is also plenty of often subtle humor to be found in the scenes and dialogue making it everything but dry.
wohooo time loops are always amazing, and this was a particularly good one. What a final season Arrow is having!
GOD, chaotic bisexual variant loki twins is my vibe now.
Chaotic bisexual "twins" from different universes is exactly the kind of time shenanigans I never knew I needed in my life.
This show had no absolutely no right being as good as it was. What a fantastic surprise this has been.
I wasn't too excited about this episode when I read the synopsis. I mean, I like flashbacks, but after last episode's big reveal, I wanted to move forward with the story and see what was going to happen next. That being said, I really loved the way our characters crossed paths with each other. Whether it was Lucifer sensing Chloe's presence 5 years before properly meeting her, or Officer Decker facing Charlotte and winning, I thought the way they incorporated it into the story was very clever. Also, Lucifer starting a car because he can "turn anything on" was hilarious and brilliant.
Contrary to some of the other comments on this episode and series in general - by all means bring on season 2 and beyond. This is what Star Trek was and is supposed to be!
The "problem of the week" storytelling is what made TOS and TNG what they were, and I'm glad they stuck to it with this series. Discovery and Picard aside, I'm excited for where we go from here.
Trek as it should be! Great final episode of a fantastic first season. Can't wait for the next season. Why were there only 10 episodes?!
A strong ending. I've loved the vast majority of this season. Eagerly awaiting more!
Now THIS was a great episode - the best of the season so far. Even Cara Deleveigne comes across as decent.
This show does a great job of throwing red herrings around, and even though you tell yourself, surely it can't be them, you wonder, and when you think, oh it must be this side character that shows up once, the show addresses them.
I'm thinking (and I hope I'm wrong) that it's Amy Schumer by accident - given all the artist references. I just hope I'm wrong - that would be let down.
They did….. what…. They did the episode that ….. I am at a lost for words …. That was like unexpectedly watching end game ….. wtf
Well, Canon was definitely delivered. Damn.
Amazing ending to a lukewarm season, but it so radically ripped apart the fabric of Rick and Morty themselves that I can't help but fear future episodes are just going to jump over it, going back to being episodical and care about what happened here only when they make another Canon delivery.
Also make Mr. Poopybutthole happy, seeing him like that was an extra knife to the heart.
It’s been staring us to the face for years... we’ve seen so many creatively imagined alternate Ricks and Mortys that we’ve been distracted from the fact that the dynamic of their relationship is always the same which goes against the principle of infinite universes / possibilities. This episode gave a whole new meaning to the concept of infinity because what you think is infinite could just be a small part of something even bigger, and so on...
After the weakest, most underwhelming season that feels at times veered towards Family Guy than itself, Rick and Morty sticks the landing nicely. Surprisingly, by leaning into serialization more than it has ever done before (even if couched in self-deprecating gags about doing so).
Nothing earth-shattering but still a solid setup and the CGI is top notch! Daemon shines every time he’s on screen. 8/10
Be warned: this show has straight relationships. There's actually men and women who love each other, I can't believe they are pushing this agenda. Can't we just keep politics out of these shows?
I have to say, from season to season I find myself liking felicity less and less. She is so one dimensional...
The series start very well developing the characters but the last episodes really bring the awesome factor to the show. Vicent D'Onofrio playing Fisk is absolutely brilliant, what a performance. Great season. Can't wait for more.
This is one of the best episodes I've seen in awhile, great ending :)
the best episode i've ever seen
It is the best episode i have seen in a very long time. As good as Dexter and Breaking bad
Gets better after the pilot but best thing about the show so far: the soundtrack.
The Imitation Game was a fairly typical and good biopic, even if it did stray a lot from the reality of the events. Turing definitely wasn't the lone wolf who single-handedly cracked Enigma he's portrayed as being, and was in fact supported by thousands of people, with many playing integral roles that don't even get mentioned in the movie. Most of the dramatic conflicts in the movie are just completely made up, with the real Turing being well-liked by his colleagues, not being so in the closet, not having issues with his superiors, never being threatened with getting fired, having entirely different bookends to his relationship with his fiancee and a far less "simple" end to his life. In fact, Joan Clarke never experienced such pressure from her parents and women in Bletchley Park outnumbered men four to one, so a major part of her role was practically fiction and just "hurr, women had it so tough back then" which, while it was indeed the case, isn't something that this particular story should be representing.
Of course, this is a dramatic movie so it does make sense to have some artistic liberties taken but at this point the entire movie's "based on a true story" only so far as its plot synopsis is accurate. In adapting it to a movie, there were also a number of unconvincing contrivances and convenient coincidences to move the plot along, with your typical chance happening causing a eureka moment, as well as entirely downplaying his homosexuality, presumably to appeal to a larger (older) audience. Now, excusing all the historical inaccuracies and keeping in mind it is meant to be just a movie, it's still enjoyable. Cumberbatch is fantastic, even though Turing's personality is largely exaggerated, and the rest of the cast are good too, even if the story doesn't care about any of them. Desplat's score's great as usual and there was a surprising number of comedic moments which I wasn't expecting at all from the promotional material. There was too much repetition of aphorisms and wink wink casual mentions of things that had happened earlier in the movie which all seemed pretty forced. If you're okay with biopics completely misrepresenting their historical figures, it's a pretty good movie.
A Perl vs Python rant? Really? It's like the show writer went on USENET to pilfer for quotes for the technobabble.
As soon as I saw Jay standing alone by the not entirely closed breach I fucking knew he's a goner. But what's up with the man in the mask "knocking out" his name? Is Jay a key to defeating Zoom? Is Hunter Zolomon Zoom after all and it wasn't just an easter egg for the comic book readers? My original thought that the Earth-2 Jay is somehow Zoom from the past and his experimenting with Velocity' variations will be his super villain origins, but surely Zoom wouldn't kill himself, so that went out of the window. I also had a crazy thought that the man in the mask himself is Jay, because the back of his head looked kind of similar. Man it's messing with my head. They sure keep up the mystery this season.
Every time I see Kane, I can't help but think of Desmond and how I miss his accent in Lost.
Gonna give this a shot over the weekend. Heard so much about it.
