So glad this train wreck is finally done. Kinda like a bad relationship you know you need to get out of but just keep hoping it will be better. Well it never does.
This whole series had your typical conflicts and needlessly forced drama, but all in all the story arcs weren't horrible and you could sorta suspend belief.
But this final season has just been utter garbage.
Female characters suddenly turned into stereotypical lesbians butch types for no apparent reason and a few look terrible. Characters changed personality also for no apparent reasons. Lack of continuity and explanation, confusing story lines kinda went off to nowhere. Motivations are unreliable and random. I'm sure the PC police will crack down on me, but the whole "Girls Kick Ass" gets tedious. Except for Shadeheda, no man can stand against the magnificent power of the Mary Sues.
I'm so sick of agenda driven story telling. A. it's insulting to our intelligence and B. Its crap story telling.
I don't know if Hollywood is in its own echo chamber or these people really think this is good stuff. Probably a little of both, but it's a shame. The premise was good. The production value was good. The acting was good for the most part given the script. But it's unbearable to slog thru this knowing it could have been so much better.
I almost never stop watching a series midway but this is just too painful to continue. It's everything wrong with Hollywood in our times.
To be fair I think the premise is pretty good and Alan Tudyk is a talented actor. He's doing his "schtick" admirably and delivers the alien humor well. It's the absolute 4th wave feminism that is intolerable. But the preaching of the new woke religion is too much.
It was evident from midway thru last season that this is where it was going but after S2E3 the writers turned it into talking points from a women's study syllabus and it's so forced. Women's pay gap? check Women being objectified? check Mansplaining? Check. Bright pink hair? Check. Unattractive fat women? Check and check and check. Stupid, spineless, buffoonish men? Oh yea. It's so bad they even have the kids joining in on the act. Can't let those little ones just be kids, we have to make sure to get em while they're young.
Don't waste your time.
I thought this was an awesome film without the usual Hollywood PC inflicted script writing. A down and dirty no frills, right to the point right vs. wrong film. Really refreshing and a fun romp where good triumphs. Not complicated, not over directed, not CGI'd to death. Especially liked the fact that he isn't invincible just dedicated to his family and justice.
I really wanted to like this because season 1 was pretty good and it did start ok. A bit slow, but that's fine, however the last three episodes just became ridiculous. Ep. 8 was all plot devices to force a stupid narrative. It's like the writers just gave up. Then the ending was really underwhelming. Actually made no sense given that an un-demon key was used on an echo??? No explanation, yet some how Lucas was released. Not to mention, no explanation for how Ellie came back. The whole Josh thing kinda went nowhere. It was as if the writers all quit after 7 and a new batch of hacks came in on 8-10. So many stupid un-resolved and unanswered issues. Like why was Gideon now an echo? What does the well only hold 1 at a time? lol. I guess Eden is now an echo or will be when Gideon is killed? Oh and when did we find out the harness was a set of wings?
Oh well. Not the worst, but definitely a step down from the first season. Shame. Won't watch a season 3.
By the way, amazing how diverse coastal small town new england is, eh? ha ha ha
Horrible, just horrible. Everything wrong with modern tv shows
This is some of THE worst writing i've ever encountered. I don't know who took over from seasons 1 & 2 but they were hell bent on making this an almost unwatchable joke of a show. I actually finished it as painful as it was.
There is literally nothing redeemable about this.
I don't even know where to begin. It's offensive to watch. The actors try to do their best but its just such horrible writing.
The woke gay stuff in the beginning is so over the top that it's repulsive. There is something very strange about the costumes for the pretty girls. Why are they always showing the midriff and having them wear such bizarre pants? Its just weird. Then there are these bizarre musical interludes. The plot is beyond stupid. There were rules supposedly governing things but that only depends on the scene.
Usually I write something cohesive and logical but between the rum I needed to get thru this and the bad writing all I can say is this is pure shit.
Not sure what I just watched, but it was definitely an experience.
The animation was wildly creative yet bizarre. The plots, well....come to your own conclusions. Mildly depressing, comical, and thought provoking. Seems that there is supposed to be some deeper meaning or allegory but I didn't get it.
All in all, worth a watch if you like something different.
Up until the last episode ,which really went conventional with all the typical plot devices that shows/movies of this genre use, the rest of the series was exceptionally refreshing. The pacing was perfect, great story, the chemistry was pretty decent, and hats off to Ritchson who really did a great job dead panning the comedy. What was even better was there didn't even seem to be any of the woke non-sense that permeates most everything these days. Thumbs up.
I was SOOOOO hoping that when Madi picked up the phone, the whole house would blow up and we could finally be rid of her. I can't express my hatred and disgust of an actor any more than that. She has been the very worst of this season. Every time she's on screen it's repulsive with her only Pained-Scrunch-Face look. To the writers: Please kill off Madi as soon as possible. Even between seasons will be better. Just write it into the story without having to watch her struggle with that dead in the eyes face again.
The rest of the show was great. Especially liked having more of Mo and exploring his character.
Typical Bosch season. Good plot, good production, good acting.... except for Maddie. Madison Lintz must be related to someone in casting because she is by far one of the worst actors I've ever watched. She has one signature move.... squinched face. They didn't do any favors to her bad acting by writing this absurd character. She's supposedly bad-assed, she can outrun and take down a man no problem, survive an underground coffin, solve crimes like a super-sleuth, but then she's completely traumatized by a serial rapist to the point where giving a statement is some kind of existential crisis. She's just plain mean to Bosch who has nothing but non judgemental love for her, yet she insists on being a bitch. You're just left with this adolescent minded brat who is also a Mary Sue.
It's so hard to watch this with her in this and unfortunately about a 1/3rd of the show revolves around her drama.
I absolutely love this style of SciFi, in the vein of Doom Patrol and Legion. I didn't read the comics so I was coming to this fresh. 1st Season was good if not a bit slow, but that's ok, because character development is important. The story, production, and acting were good enough. Of course we had to have the beginnings of "the Message" by-lining the story, but it was do-able. Season 2 started to show it's cracks. The writers had to get the story more convoluted which is on par with hollywood/netflicks but all in all was fairly watchable. My only complaint was how disgusting Ellen Page was. She looked and acted 1 dimensional. Her physical appearance was hideous. She detracted from the show in a big way. Especially as a lot of the main plot was about her.
Which brings us to season 3. How interesting that between seasons, Ellen magically became Elliot and her character becomes so much more likeable and attractive compared to the S2 Vanya. It was absolute nonsense. It ruins shows like this because catering to some narcisist who wants to trumpet the message by writing it into the script is utterly ridiculous. None of the characters even blinked at it as if that's normal is laughable. Besides all the woke messaging, the other part that was hard to get behind was the artificial conflicts. This season was especially bad and it just didn't fit with who these characters were. I don't know. It left me feeling like, "hurry up and lets end this!" I did think it was good that there was resolution to the story so hopefully I don't have to continue watching.
TLDR: Starts off well, slows and wanders, ends decently. Lots of "the Message" involved.
This is following on the footsteps of Star Wars Visions and Ani Matrix with short independent animations with unique styles and story lines based on the source material.
Unfortunately, this falls way short. Most are not really that entertaining and rely on shock and gore. While admittedly over the top in the series it moved the story forward, here it's gratuitous for no reason.
Episode 1 is a throw back to 40's Loony Toons style comics. Justin Roiland's episode definitely had a bit of R&M in it. Episodes 3 & 8 are tied into the series so I'll assume fans will like those.
It isn't the worst but it just isn't really good. I'm not sure why Seth Rogan, Aisha Taylor, Andy Samburg, and Akwafina are getting their stories produced. They're not especially talented. Luckily the episodes are only 15m each so not a huge investment.
Bottom Line: It's mostly forgettable and unsatisfying.
I thought it was good. This entire series had something uniquely different from most shows. Sure it had some of the obligatory wokeness in it, but it was definitely at a minimum. This was fairly good story telling with really strong production values. Acting was really decent especially the belters having to learn a different dialect. They sure did earn their money. Story lines did jump around a bit and made it somewhat hard to follow all the different threads. That's inevitable when you are trying to juggle too many characters, but all in all I thought it was satisfying.
The final was a fairly good way to wrap up the season and perhaps the series... or not??? There were some strange arcs that went nowhere and obviously were to be dealt with at a later time. Specifically the resurrected boy and who ever it was that denied Inaros use of the gate? Some strange decisions there for sure.
If it's done, I'll have no regrets. If it continues I'm sure to be entertained.
Truly retarded and anyone who liked it is too.
Seriously, that was mean, but COME ON.... this felt like trolling. Nothing at all made even a tad of sense. Zero logic. There are so many things just terribly wrong with this I can't even be bothered to list them.
The only part that was good was the black side kick saying shit 50x's in a row. That was comedy gold right there.
Absolute Rubbish. I can only imagine people who liked it have IQ's in the low 70s and actually like rap music which isn't actually music at all.
Warning! This will destroy your brain!
Seriously, this is one of THE worst shows I've ever watched period. I love foreign stuff and I realize the netflix voice overs can some times miss the mark and ruin the subtlety of the actors. But this is absolute garbage. Even listened in original language. Was just mind meltingly horrid.
It hurt my brain to keep watching this. The Russian writers and director must have copied every single worst trait of Hollywood and crammed it in.
Production value was pretty decent and they did their best to give the show an air of Futurism with the CGI overlays even though everything was shot in current times and they didn't really bother to hide it. Thought it was funny they keep using 90's American cars. The story actually "Could" have been ok if it wasn't for the hack writing and terrible acting.
No one, except for the daughter was even remotely likable. The script kept jumping around needing contrived drama. Characters kept changing for no apparent reason. Forced tensions. Inexplicable actions. Maybe in Russia these characters are relatable, I don't know, but it just didn't seem very realistic.
All in all this was utterly terrible.
Only positive is that the Russian writers haven't fallen prey to the SJW propoganda. No feminists, homosexual, environmental, or political agendas.
Was better than S2, but just barely. If it wasn't for Alan T it would be unwatchable though the sheriff can be quite funny at times. Darcy and Asta are the worst in every possible way. Their characters bring absolutely nothing to the show. Feels like DEI hires or to fulfill some woke agenda statistic.
In a normal world this show would be rated X and only degenerates and sadists would enjoy it. Unfortunately, this isn't a normal world and years of incremental desensitization not only allows this show to air but to give it a rather high rating. It's perverse for perversity's sake. I can handle the "gore". It's a bit over the top but not nearly as bad as the "Boys". It's all the genital references. From the very first scene to weird micro-midget porn to exploding dicks. The obligatory gay references have now evolved into a strange trans theme. Others have alluded that this is wokery on roids and it's hard to argue against it.
Sad thing is that the main story arc isn't actually that bad, but it's interwoven with bad premises, agenda driven themes, lazy writing, and of course, the obsession over debauchery, drugs, male nudity and over the top sex.
MODERATION EDIT: Be respectful.
Being convinced that almost all media is socially influenced by CIA or other alphabet agencies to set narratives (going back a very long time) this show has made a remarkable transition. Seth McFarlane and his writers have long been known to push the comedy barriers so it was interesting to see how a Star Trek rip off was going to go. The first season wasn't a bad attempt. Lots of campy humor, fairly clean (as compared to Ted) and generally likeable. Of course, there was definitely the "message" interspersed throughout. That's just a given nowadays. All in all it was watchable. Season 2 was the start of the transition into what season 3 has become. A poor attempt at delivering "the message" thru a modern Star Trek type series. Which is remarkable, as the current ST series have absolutely bombed and they are copying the same formula, albeit with maybe a less forced narrative (they still have a white man as a captain).
Surprisingly, if they just dialed it back quite a bit and stopped with the gender issues and the irrelevant drama it could be actually better than current Star Trek. But somehow I don't think it's possible anymore. Story telling in the SciFi genre is perfect for exploring lots of issues. It's a truly blank slate limited only by the imagination but the problem is writers force the current approved narrative down our throats limiting these possibilities. It's almost as if it's obligatory now to 1. Show overpowered women (smarter, stronger, better leaders) 2. Discuss gender reversal/confusion 3. Slavery, even if it's robots and of course, 4. Diversity. And these forced check points are woven into a terrible story line. Or should I say the story line is woven into the obligatory narrative. Is it deliberate or just the current echo chamber thinking. Probably both.
My final evaluation is that Orville is passable but not enjoyable. It's long form episodes are fairly bland, the humor is basically gone replaced with lots of forced drama. The acting isn't good enough for a serious drama which it's trying to be. The plots are full of the current "message". Someone in management decided it wanted to fill the space that Star Trek once held and compared to the steaming pile of crap, it's ok. But on it's own, it is unremarkable and forgetful.
Best Feces Friends Forever ..... That's my guess.
This reminded me of a classic Disney movie of the 40's. Clean, wholesome, entertaining, fun, whimsical, magical, moral etc. etc. etc.
On so many levels this is such a good film, but for me the best and most relevant part is there was nothing WOKE about it. Felt like I was transported back to a time when movies and tv were for entertaining, not pushing an agenda.
Maybe there's hope after all.
This is one of the most dramatic and emotionally draining movies of all time. It's on par with Glen Gary Glen Ross. A rollercoaster with a very simple premise. Been meaning to re-watch but didn't want to deal with all the emotions but caught a clip on Utube and gave it another go. Glad I did. Even knowing the plot and ending it was still a thrill.
What I found in addition to the great acting (and it is), sound, production, atmosphere, etc, is that the story is almost mythological. To be GREAT is by definition something a fraction of a percentage can attain. Is it talent? Is it drive? Is it perseverance or all of the above? That's what's so magical about this story. Both men were aiming way above their limits and however unlikely, despite the hurdles, it took both of them together to reach that mythological status of GREAT.
Good job on re-creating the 80's vibe/nostalgia, but humorless and otherwise quite boring.
Amazing show from start to finish. So unusual and unique and well done. Actors who are mostly unknown yet give compelling performances, cinematography, sound design, even the low budget effects were decent though the makeup is pretty shoddy. The star of the show is the script. Spoiler: Vampire Priest who thinks he's doing the will of God
The pacing at the beginning is perhaps a little slow, but character development is thorough. The 2nd act is brilliant with the revelation of the main plot. Everyone did a splendid job building the tension into revealing the main story. The ending was a little unrealistic, a little chaotic, and a little predictable, but in all honesty, wasn't a horrible way to wrap it up. At least there was satisfying closure even if it was a bit campy. But to me that's what made me forgive it. It was finished. So many shows feel obligated to throw in a cliff hanger in hopes of a continuing story. This story was complete and really well done. I'm so surprised this missed my radar.
I think people who come from a religious back ground will get most of the Bible references, especially if they were brought up devout. To uninitiated, it will be somewhat foreign. Some have complained about the pacing. I think that's a byproduct of current film/tv making. There are uninterrupted scenes that are minutes long. This is unheard of in modern film. Even less so in TV. We are so used to shots bouncing around in under 5 seconds. It's a style I particularly find over-used and annoying (along with shaky cam). But I can see how people find it harder to watch. Try going back to the great movies of the 50s or 60s. 10 or 15 minute scenes. So to me it felt natural and where used it was particularly poignant dealing with heavy metaphysical contemplations.
This is probably THE WORST show i've ever watched for so many reasons.
It's completely degenerate and narcissistic. There is absolutely nothing redeeming about the main character. He's like a disgusting and warped neurotic Woody Allen wannabe. His over the top jewish stereotypes only reinforce that the jew is all about himself and his perversions. This show is, in many ways, what is completely wrong with the West and our slide into moral decay. Every idea this show promotes leads to our cultural downfall. I'm only halfway through S2 and I just have to turn it off.
This is a typical Good start, bad everything else show. I have a feeling that the writer came up with a great premise but either didn't have an ending in mind whatsoever or it was canned in order to just use the "callings" to extend the soap opera.
This reminded me of Blind Spot. Same dumb formula. Instead of tattoos it's visions. Kind of a shame too that they wasted 3 seasons not to just end it.
Like I said I doubt there was ever an ending or explanation for any of it. How shows get the green light without a clear path is beyond me.
Not bad at all. There is a bit of a disconnect between being modern yet portraying historical accuracies. I like the little touches, the laying on the couches, the wardrobe choices, the toilet, and even when Livia is brushing her teeth. These are pretty amazing details yet in the grand scheme of things it feels more like a modern soap opera. I understand that the real events were pretty much like that, but it kind of comes across to me a bit "too" dramatic. Like they hired the script writers from CSI or NCIS. A bit too campy.
All in all I think it's really well done though. The production value, music, acting, those little touches make it worth while. I find it interesting that though this was 2000+ years ago, we still deal with the same BS from our "ruling class". Just goes to show there's nothing new under the sun.
I've never liked Katie Sackoff's one dimension acting (grimace and grief) in anything she's ever done. Couple days ago I thought I would give Another Life a spin and couldn't even finish the first episode it was that bad. Not specifically her but the whole show was garbage. Had some time to kill and thought I would give this a spin.
After ten minutes I knew to lower my already low expectation to near nil. Yet even that was too high. There is absolutely nothing redeeming about this film school attempt at a movie. I could make criticisms but it would be a waste. So WARNING.... please for the love of God, don't even think about watching this! Let me be your "BRIDGE OUT" sign and turn around as fast as you can.
Already this show has gone down the crapper. What is with these sub par writers?
Seriously, this could have been good, but they just can't help destroy a good idea.
