The reason Big bang isn't interesting anymore is because none of the writers want the characters to grow. Sheldon who once used to come in the ranks of House, Sherlock Holmes and Tony Stark is now lowered down to a blabbering buffoon. In fact every character had become a stereotype of themselves. Howard and Bernadette are dealing with parenting and most of the so called "jokes" come from her bossing him. Raj spends half the season failing in his attempts to get a girl and the rest is about his bromance with Howard. God knows why Amy is still with Sheldon when she spends 90% of the time bickering and complaining about him. And 90% of the time the episode ends with him saying something sweet to her and she forgives him. (If that is not calling a character shallow then what is?). Penny and Leonard's stories have exhausted. Penny is only left with jokes which include her making fun of geeky terms.
The characters descriptions sound so single-dimensional because they are single-dimensional. No idea what part do people find funny. Clearly they are watching a different show than me.
This show really helped kick off a much larger interest in anime for myself than I had before. The biggest detractor is when it evidently splits from the manga (the series was unfinished at the time) and leads to an abrupt and somewhat unsatisfying ending, but overall remains one of my favorites. The characters are a lot of fun, and the setting itself with how the world works is quite unique. A lot of the visual settings are interesting with some excellent animation and fight scenes. I also enjoyed the themes involved and explored (friendship, forgiveness, acceptance, willpower, etc.). I highly recommend it!
I liked most of these episodes, I just wished they focused more on the sci-fi aspects instead of the drama.
My most to least favorite:
1) Human Is (I liked the world of this episode and can see it having its own series)
2) Real Life (I wrote a paper about how do we know the reality we live in, isn't a complexed simulation)
3) Safe and Sound
4) The Impossible Planet
5) Kill All Others
6) The Commuter
7) Autofac
8) The Father Thing
9) Hood Maker
10) Crazy Diamon
I'm not sure this REVERIE will be remembered which is disappointing. It hired a strong cast, but as much as I enjoy Sarah Shahi in everything I've seen her in, there was a disconnect with her character from the very beginning. If I didn't know her to be a good actor I would have said her acting was poor, but I think it was just a miscast situation with a weak premise. Dennis Haysbert, Sendhil Ramamurthy were strong in supporting roles, as expected, and Jesica Lu, a newcomer for me, was solid, as well. The story telling, however, was a fail - it was predictable and uninspiring, which was ironic because this imaginary company was selling it's computer program as the answer to our dreams. Indeed the whole idea of marketing virtual realities just wasn't convincingly sold, nor was the need for an intervention professional. Talent, yes. Concept, flawed. Creative direction, a fail. I'll be surprised if this is renewed for a second season. I'd love to see this cast in another project. I give the series a 6 (flawed) out of 10. [SciFi Fantasy Drama]
This show is really good. Defiantly worth a watch.
i love it its like the live action version of an episodic slice of life. great for just turning off your brain for a while and enjoying something simple.
Started off brilliantly, but they had about 7 episodes' worth of story stretched out into 13 episodes.
Too much filler. It's programming like this (taking a great concept, then diluting it by creating endless open-ended stories and contrived cliffhangers) that will cause the eventual demise of television based on comics.
Not bad... but can't see how they can drag this concept out over 10 or more episodes before it gets REALLY old. Three episodes in and I'm already losing interest. 5/10
Awesome show.
total bullshit for a drugged up high audience. Superficiality masked as 'being deep and artistic'
I tried like hell. I made it to episode seven of season two and this show absolutely sucks out loud!!!Please don’t watch it ,don’t try to watch it. It is about a mental patient and it’s for mental patients.
I think this show meanders way too much. When something is actually happening plot-wise it's really good and interesting, but it overall feels like 3-4 episodes worth of plot were stretched out over 8, padded out with artsy cinematography and the same scenes/flashbacks repeating multiple times. And some just bizzare and out of place things, like the dance scene in ep 6. It intentionally tries to be confusing and mysterious, but it gets annoying when the plot is moving at a snail's pace. I don't find the characters particularly relatable either (I mean Syd's a rapist apparently?? David at least has the excuse of having someone messing with his mind, but her? You can't brush off her actions against her mother's boyfriend with "who teaches you to be normal when you have powers".). David is the most interesting one, Lenny is tons of fun when she is on screen; the others are just sort of there. I hope they will get better developed as the series progresses.
Boring show with a boring ending. Skip this crap.
Boohoo. Why did they cancel this show??? Stupid Fox executives.
I watched the whole thing and now I wish I had stoped after the first episode.
For anyone who started this and wants to give up (like I honestly almost did), at least either get to episode 3 (or skip episode 2 entirely just to get to 3 quicker) because that's when it finally starts to go somewhere.
I watch A LOT of TV, and if I almost gave up ... so people with way less time would dump this show in an instant. Dunno what they were thinking, but those two first episodes should have been crunched down to 30 minutes (max), and then they could use the last 10 min of that first episode to start where episode 3 started ... otherwise it's just too damn slow.
Anyway, will update when finished watching.
Love that the stories are led by the experiences of astronauts, including the first African American woman, Mae Jemison. Love that its directed by Darren Aronofsky, as his signature editing style makes the imagery that much more compelling. But I hate that it's narrated (on blinding white screen background!) by Will Smith. Honestly. Whhhhhyyyyy??
Just when I think the unbelievable stupidity of the writers and suspension of reality had already reached rock-bottom silliness, this show blasts its way even lower... I predict in season three we get JLH taking calls in a bikini top while firing a machine gun at terrorists, counter-hacking black hats and solving cold-cases which of course are all common tasks of 911 operators in this universe. Also a Sharknado at Santa Monica Pier seems plausible the way this show is headed. Oh and I’ll still be watching for some unknown reason!
Just finished Season 1. The show is very authentic. From the military and intel side at least. However its very hard to make a series about the CIA and portray the agency and their officers in a good light. I'm not sure if the show was aiming to have me root for the antagonist but I was sure hoping his arc would have continued. I definitely liked how it changed pov so it wasn't always from an American standpoint and there was justified reasons for the antagonist. Strong series so far.
This show has a good premise. However, it got a bit too boring by the middle of the season. The plot is "sweet" however there isn't much depth to it. It is entertaining but due to the slow moving plot it just got boring.
This is a hard one to watch and I don't know they got away with this for so long.
Just what I'd expect.
This show clearly is based on The Bachelor and tries to give a view behind
the scenes. However, it is clear that it is probably escalated for dramatic
effect.
This is a drama show, and these ratings are based on my expectations for such.
Main storyline quality: 8/10
Originality: 9/10
Side storylines quality: 7/10
Progression of main story line: 5/10
Story development: 5/10
Characters: 9/10
Consistency: 9/10
Intensity (cliffhangers, edge of seat and the like): 6/10
Acting and directing: 8/10 (suprisingly good!)
Genre specific
Drama: 9/10
Comedy: 4/10
(Please like comment if helpful, and I'll keep writing them this way)
It's satirical, just like Lil Dicky's music. It fits the lineup of FX shows, and is a decent option for mindless watching. There's also impressive celebrity rapper appearances in each episode.
Watching the trailer, I knew this was going to be a funny show. While it was as funny as I thought, I wasn't expecting to be hit with the feels so hard. Also, her dad was awesome and I wish I had a dad like hers.
bitches aint shit, fuck rachel
While not without its charms, The Rain is filled with moments where you'll be wondering "why did they do that", "couldn't they have just...", "they dont seem to be very upset about that person dying", why are they so upset about this person dying" or just "why?!"
Season 1
Too much off this show fails to make sense or is just plain convenient, even from the very start, when dad is speeding along the motorway and turns to speak to his painfully annoying son - the daughter and mum were somehow failing to get him to put his seat belt on. This error of judgement sees dad have a near miss with a truck, the truck in turn tries to swerve but topples onto it's side neatly blocking the road. Dad decides that the family will go on foot and by the magic of editing they seem to make very good time which makes it seem like it was probably better than driving anyway.
Throughout the show people who have been living in the zone for years and are very aware of the dangers, dont seem to have developed any good strategies for preserving their safety - beyond very basic plans such as getting to cover before it rains, the rain that never seems to catch them by surprise as rain often does in real life. apparently these people have all become experts at reading weather patterns and can move around with confidence that not even a drop of the deadly rain will land on them. Perhaps this shared expertise in meteorology is so advanced and obvious that they don't even need to acknowledge it.
Nobody has every heard of checking someone's vital signs, as they all posses that special film expertise of being able to confidently asses someone's vitals just by looking at them for a moment.... Don't pass out or you might be assumed dead and left behind.
Most of the characters spend a good portion of the series being quite annoying, Beatrice being the only one whose character seems more interesting, or at the very least more consistentantly likable and as such the only character I felt any genuine concern for. I actually think some of the reviews are too harsh on the acting, while it's sometimes patchy I think the poor script is to blame.
Season 2
I was considering whether it was worthwhile putting myself through another seasons of this show and read the other reviews here. The general feeling seemed to be that season 2 was a big improvement so I decided to give it a bit more time. Season 2 was in fact much better even if not without moments of season 1's silliness - one of my favourites was when someone thinks they have been locked in a room. It's been well established that it has keypad entry but they try and open the door with the handle and freak out thinking their suspicions are confirmed. Of course the door wouldn't have opened with the code anyway so when they do eventually punch the code in they find that it has been jamed shut.
Lea and Jean thoroughly irritate me through both seasons and I find their dysfunction is much harder to watch than other characters... Why are the plants dying, I'm So depressed... then, wow you fixed the plants... then I want to destroy all the plants... blah blah blah.
While better than season 1, 2 does devolve into a bit of a weepy soap opera at times. Most of the rain in season 2 seems to be from all the blubbering.
If they make a season 3 I'll probably keep watching as it felt like it was just becoming good at the very end.
Absolutely terrible show. The characters are way too idiotic to the point you kinda wish they would die in the show. Especially Rasmus
Only watch through season 1 to 4, after that it is a downhill. The last season is a shitfest, one of the worst seasons I've watched in my entire life.
Good start. I think it has potential to be a good show.
Absolutely brilliant!
One of the best shows I’ve watched in a very long time.
Can’t wait for the next season.
Standing Ovation from me :clap_tone2:
