I... I think... I think this is a perfect episode.
That ending... the music... the directing... the emotions...
Wohoho.... Rarely does a show start with such a good episode. The bland realism of it all is amazing. If this is any indication of things to follow, this is going to be a good one.
Now that was a really good episode, setting up some interesting stuff. Only danger I see is the series spiralling into a copy - paste of Chuck vs Axe, turned into Chuck vs Prince. But we'll see.
Those first ten-ish minutes...
Good start for the season. Hope it continues on the right path.
This series had me when Pogo appeared.
Yeah I mean this is fun but where is this going...?
While not as bad as the last one, this is another episode with lazy writing and holes. Pretty much representative of the entire second season.
The fights in this one are stiff and predictable. Also, the repeated peace and fighting between Daniel and Johnny is getting real boring, annoying and unrealistic. Try harder.
Could have been much better. The theme of incompetent imperials sadly continues here as well...
The problem has become that, everybody in this show is so filthy rich, it's impossible to care for any of them. I don't care what happens to Mike, or Wendy, or Chuck or Kate or any of them because whatever happens, they are going to land on their feet, the only loss of theirs being a part of their fortune. Just backstabbing and under-the-table deals. I suppose it's a pretty accurate look at the pointlessness of such people's lives, but why do I need to care? Sadly, this is going nowhere... Also, that scene at the end? Please...
For a series that went eight episodes in a pattern of both deeply emotional topics coupled with scenes of shocking or sick violence, this was a very bland ending. My "problem" with it is that it does injustice to the series itself, though I suppose the relative banality of it can be a lesson in itself - sometimes terrible and tragic things happen for very mundane reasons. If there is a season two, I hope it's not about Gi-Hun re-entering some next edition of the game in order to catch the organisers.
It boggles the mind why the empire even has Stormtroopers, since they can never kill anyone. Why are they running at Boba Fet instead of shooting him? There is simply no actual thrill or danger feeling in the scenes, just padding the runtime. The Mandalorian just leaves his jetpack on the hillside after taking it off?. Also, really, Boba Fet? Really? Rechewing old character like the failed third movie trilogy? Who just happens to have the rocket to shoot down two transports with one shot? Which actually have guns and can take everyone down without danger to the troopers? Which are covered by a cruiser that can shoot at the Razor Crest from high above and blow it up but can't shoot at three little humans on a hillside?. This is going south really fast.
Laughable... I mean, this IS supposed to be happening in the real world. Yet, we see the IOC, which can't be named because of legal reasons, one of the most corrupt and under-the-table institutions in the world, being portrayed as what? Honourable? Clean? Please... Also - really - THIS is how a city would lose the Olympic Games? Again - laughable. And finally - really (v. 2) - Rapinoe? Just gonna stop here and save myself the time. A sad ending for a show that was, up until recently, entertaining.
Stupid and easy setup for the series start, multiple logic flaws and yet again the same old story, humanity destroyed itself, in a war between science and religion, and of course the android character representing science and the human character representing religion, will clash over the children that were saved from the destruction. I knew something was going to go wrong when at the opening scene the craft the androids used to reach the planet, stopped right at the edge of a pit, after travelling billions of kilometers through the galaxy. Should have stopped watching right there.
Boring. What are we even watching any more? What is the plot? Nothing... Stuff just happening.
The nonsensical, illogical and forced theme continues, with a plot "twist" that anyone can guess from the first hint. Truly a disappointment, tempered only slightly by moments of good dialogue and acting by Travis Fimmel and Abubakar Salim.
