This is feeling like The Walking Dead. Take an interesting plot and focus so much on drama that it becomes boring. I'm all for character development but I sure hope things start to happen in the show. This is no Falling Skies nor Colony but it sure isn't The Expanse either. Jury is still out
As a fan of Vikings I simple had to binge this. Set 100 years later we get introduced to the next generation of mythical figures. You don't need to have watched the original to be able to get into this story, at worst you'll miss a couple "I get that reference" smirks. What is clear from the start is that this show has been produced with a little tweak to the original. Same quality sets and world building but somewhat lighter. I'd say 20% less nudity, 20% more action and the drama needs to share the spotlight with political intrigue. Looks like they have a big budget, so we see bigger battles (like the siege of Paris in the original series) as well as the skirmishes. I think it lands somewhere between the original Vikings and The last Kingdom. If you are a fan of either I can highly recommend this season.
It's not easy to describe this without giving away spoilers so excuse me if I'm sometimes vague. This is a mystery-drama. You get that 1 WTF moment in the pilot and each episode you learn something more about it. To fill in the episodes they use truckloads of drama. 5 main characters in the main story and 2 characters in the side story.
Simmons does an excellent job in the mystery department and is very strong supporting the drama where Spacek rules. Both maybe give us one of their top 5 best performances ever. The supporting actors also win you over in a way that even the very tough topics like growing old and dependent, depression and family bonds get mixed in without it becoming a downer for the viewer.
The writing is excellent and keeps you guessing, it hints but then turns out different as you expected without losing credibility. Of course you'll have to suspend reality a bit for the mystery aspect but the show respects the rules it sets.
Because of the pace and the chosen topics I don't think this will score with teenagers but people with some life experience will be able to relate much better. You've seen shows like this before but never with this quality of writing or acting.
This show is the surprise of the season to me. Amazing cast with humor as dry as the Sahara. Yeah it is a situational comedy with stereotypes, but it owns it and still manages to make me laugh. Either mister Walken read the script and couldn't refuse or he needs to give his agent a bonus.
I wish they'd do a reboot of this with the team that did The Expanse. Even after all these years top 3 sci-fi show I've ever seen.
This show actually does what She-Hulk claimed it would be. A funny, female centered, comedy in the superhero genre. It is also as close to The Boys as Disney+ is ever going to get. Just replace the gore and violence with Irish comedy and you have a very good idea what the show is going to be.
It has the typical female jokes: men can't find the "CLID" , are a bit simple, etc but does it in a way that doesn't get old and in turn also is honest enough so the men watching get a few laughs.
Not preachy, just warm entertainment that seems to be effortlessly funny.
I'm a bit late to the party but I finally came around to watching both seasons. From what I read it reminded me of the movie Kids (1995) but this time for my son's generation.
It's a high quality drama that doesn't shy away from the tough aspects of present day teen life. The story arc of Rue ( Zendaya ) is mainly focused on loss and the mental health and opioid epidemic. Amazing acting from her where she really wins you over with a kind of Will Smith likeability and then switches to a really convincing drug fiend.
Another great arc is that of Jules. Instead of the usual trans pity party we just get to see her character in a love triangle where one of the players just happens to be in transition. This allows you to know her not only as a trans woman and all the issues that come with it, but also leaves room for the silly, funny and romantic . I think her performance was at least on par with Zendaya's and I really think it'll help create more acceptance with people who aren't personally involved in a trans person's life.
I also liked the arc for Lexi and Kat but the latter almost disappears in the second season. Wasted chance because the online life of teens offers something new we didn't have in the nineties.
However the show also makes it clear that the current woke movement is very selective and at times absurd. On one side it is so woke that for example a parody of sleeping beauty needs a consent form from the "prince" and on another the show uses sex and nudity on a level that's damn near exploitative. As a European I'm not easily shocked but at times it feels like they are using every opportunity to show you a penis, but almost never female full frontal, even if the situation calls for it. In a certain scene everybody is ordered to strip and all the guys get naked but only one woman. It's just weird, especially since we have the body acceptance movement . Maybe that was removed due to MeToo ? Of course most of us know easier ways to see nudity, but you don't bring balance by going completely overboard to the other side.
Last example is the type of relations they show : from asexual to pansexual and every flavor in between. I don't mind diversity until you realize that the only heterosexual relationships they show are either classified as "Toxic" or "Boring". Is it that much to ask to show one (1) household with 2 parents or at least make 1 father not a complete psycho, ghost or a junkie.
Representation is indeed very important and in the past it was all geared towards white guys, but there are still white boys being born who also need a role model. Again you can't correct the mistakes of the past by making new ones in the opposite direction.
I can't wait for season 3 and i can highly recommend it but I sure am glad the entire PC movement was only just starting when I was a teenager. "sounding like a twitter thread" sure sounds like a lot of work.
I enjoyed the first 3 episodes and will check this out but this is more a mystery drama than something I'd call horror. They don't set up an atmosphere compared to shows like The Fades or Outcast. When they show stuff the gore is almost childish, it's been 10 years + since the Walking or even Evil Dead spoiled us all. All you get is a few jump scares and I couldn't help but think of that quote "A horror with jump scares is like a stand-up comedian jumping in the crowd to tickle the audience". It's worth giving it a chance, but if you are a horror fan, don't get your hopes up.
Yet another example of the demise of the classic networks. It gets hyped ... and it's cancelled. For the love of everything holy take a lesson from Babylon 5. Work out a story start to finish. Aim at 5 seasons of 12 to 20 episodes and tell the entire story. If you don't want to air it on your network give the fans the chance to stream it pay-per-view or sell it to the streaming giants. Nobody wants to start a book where the last chapters are missing, no wonder people don't want to invest time in it. To save cost : Get unknown (better) actors, don't use bad CGI but good directing ( for example look at BBC how they portray the Weeping Angels in Doctor Who ) and keep to the rules you set for yourself in the made up universe. If time travel is a thing, I'm willing to accept it but then you can't cherry pick the things that helps the story along and ignore the rest.I'll watch the rest if it hasn't been cancelled by x-mas.
This show is like a mix of "The West Wing" and "Designated Survivor" with elements of "The Newsroom" and a pinch of "24" but set in the UK. It could only be better if the BBC produced it but they would never bite the hand that feeds them. If you like grade A political drama that requires you to think (or google) just a little bit, this is one for you.
It's a kid's show but I like it. I admit the franchise is in a sorry state when 2 cartoons are better than the "flag ship" but at least this show is in line with the Roddenberry spirit. Something I simply can not say about "Disco" nor "Picard". This show is the equivalent of "The Bad Batch" in this universe. I think it's the ideal gateway show for new Trekkies, my 8 year old loves it.
In short, for the TL;DR crowd, this is True Detective Down under.
I wanted to check this show out because of Fimmel and he again delivered with the acting. I was hoping he didn't run into snakes in this show.
It took me 4 days to watch 6 episodes and that is a sign. Not that it's bad, but it's more like a wedding cake; Delicious but after 1, max 2 pieces your body needs time to digest.
It is slow with a mediocre start and great middle part, but a rather disappointing ending. They set up a long story along the way, so I'll check out the next season, but the payoff was a little meh. I don't mind it being a slow burner but when you introduce new facts in the 5th episode, have story lines end up in complete duds and have to rely on a few coincidences you lose marks in my book.
if 0 is a stupid American cop show, where you can guess who did it by betting on the 1 guest actor who can actually act
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10 is a British mini series where you have to go read 2 Wikipedia entries and watch a 20 min YouTube video to figure out who did it, AFTER the actor explained it on the show.
Then this is a 6.
This is more for people who like Drama about sensitive subjects than for amateur sleuths. I gave it a 6 BUT with potential.
