It was a pleasant surprise to see sense8 appear in my Up Next list after 13 months. There have been less than a handful of shows I've watched that ended before their time yet still aired a final wrap-up episodeto tie up some loose ends and give us, the fans, some closure. Investing time in a program we really like is not only an investment of time, but also of the relationships we've developed with the characters. I was sad to see this show end last year (pending yesterday's last episode). I always love the Wachowskis projects and have geen a fan of J. Michael Straczynski since Babylon 5. I think that this show was just too confusing for a lot of peope to follow - complicated, sophisticated, something to really think about, just the type of program that that I love, but then again I'm a lifelong SciFi and tech fan (as well as tech tester) and concepts that are thought provoking help expand minds, well at least those minds that understand and appreciate such intricacies (I'm just not saying this right, sounding maybe arrogant and belittling to others, however that is not my intent). sense8 will be missed.
The insanity corner of the Arrowverse is finally back!
What a joy to see Matt Ryan as John Constantine again. His name has been popping up in articles regarding possible new members of team Legends since the beginning and we finally got a taste of what it would be like. I'm gutted to see it's only one episode, though... if only they had done at least a two-parter, so that we could really see the banter with everyone else. Oh well, at least he got some quality time with Sara... and the cigarettes NBC denied him.
Also departing is Leo Snart. As much as I love Cold and just seeing Wentworth Miller again, I never felt like this version of the character was in the right place - I understand it is some sort of "last hurrah" for Miller, but there was really not much justification for him deciding to join the Waverider. The whole "about to be lobotomized" scene was too good.
I was wondering if the Darhk that showed up at Jitters was the same we have been dealing with this season so far (I mean, in the order of things, is he coming from fighting the Legends before, or some earlier point in time to save his daughter). He has to be the one from this season though, I imagine he saves his daughter knowing she grows up to assist him in the future.
OK a couple of things, the last couple of episodes were amazing. It is indeed my favourite serie from Arrowverse.
All that Self-Hate and soap drama with Barry, begging criminals to please please be nice and tell him how to prevent Iris death.
And then you have Arrow, where Oliver decides then undecides then decides again to do something totally irrational. And if someone else done something wrong it is because of him.
This resulted for me to stop watching Barry and Oliver after this season. But Legends I will be keep watching :)
A couple of things.
(spoiler alert) If you can travel through time, THE WHOLE TIME, EVERYTIME, EVERYWHERE why on Earth would you return to 1916 battlefield again. Why not come over when the field is empty or a couple of years before. It is not like Christ blood has legs and is running away.
Secondly (another spoiler alert) it the Eobard Thawn is dead by black flash, it means the Eobard from the Doomsworld is dead. The other Eobards are all there and didn't stop existing after his death, just vanished to their timelines.
Wanna know (spoiler alert) why there dinosaurs in 2017? Maybe because these Legends kinda forgot their own fricking spaceship that was damaged in 1916.and left the object behind for people to research it sooner or later.
This was an excellent episode of The Flash. It's been a tough season for Barry and company. Suffering the fallout of Flashpoint for 9 episodes, The Flash has been at its most angsty and, thus, worst. Julian has done little to add anything but a minor annoyance to the proceedings. But, the season's 9th episode (landing before Holiday break) ended on a quintessentially Flash note, both in the sense of joyous victory and in the sense of that momentary victory plagued by the specter of time travel nonsense. This episode carries on the best of the preceding episode and mitigates the worst. The various plotlines are really satisfying, whether it's the relationship between Cisco and Wells, Barry and Iris, Barry and Wally, or Caitlin and Julian. The interactions between Caitlin and Julian in particular show enormous potential for Julian's resuscitation into a fun and interesting cast member. I'm appreciative of every moment a superhero show can quickly resolve the tension that gets built on the premise of a hidden truth. These revelations rarely have the desired payoff and are more frustrating than fascinating (see: Flashpoint). Flash does its work here by moving quickly through potentially troubling plotlines and uses them to, rather than create unnecessary conflict, bring the team closer together to combat a unique threat. Isn't that The Flash at its best?
Tris and her friends are still trying to find out everything that is happening to them and their existence. They finally cross the border and find out things are way worse then they first expected. Once they thought they found their allegiance behind the wall, they soon get disappointed again and now they are the only ones able to seal their faiths.
I am very confused right now. I read the books before this movie series started and I was pretty happy with the first one, but now the second and third are both pretty disappointing. I really enjoyed reading the books and I was so excited for the movies, but this is just not it. Literally. I thought I was pretty sure about everything that was going to happen, but after this one, I’m not anymore.
1/4th into the movie I decided it wasn’t a good idea to expect the book story, so I sort of changed the way I was watching the movie (sound pretty weird, I know, but it worked) and I decided that it actually was an okay movie. The storyline is still enjoyable and although there were few gaps and things that didn’t really made a lot of sense it was a fun watch.
Tris is still not one of my favorite characters, but I really (and I mean really) love Four. And Theo James. But especially Four. I felt like there weren’t a lot of characters who had a big part in this movie. They all had a kind of equal camera time. Of course Tris and Four were in the picture a lot but next to them only David (Jeff Daniels) had a lot of camera time. I liked the comeback Caleb (Ansel Elgort) made and I’m very proud of him for it. I really liked the way Matthew (Bill Skarsgard) and Nita (Nadia Hilker) turned out. The visuals of the worlds the created were very pretty, they did a great job. I also really enjoyed the technology they introduced behind the wall and how everything worked there. It was very interesting to actually see the difference between inside, and behind the wall.
For the ones who read the books, this movie will probably be a disappointment. But if you haven’t read them or if you can accept the story change this is an okay movie.
I am pleasantly surprised. Almost every comment or review here is somewhat or completely against this movie, though I can understand why. However; from my perspective I actually enjoyed this. Even if they did take elements from other movies and twist them a little (as mentioned in another comment.)
I have not read the books so my thoughts are that strictly on the movie. After reading the comments here and watching it here are my thoughts.
Consider the time between the two chapters, so to speak. It looked to me that it must of been only a few months between the end of the fist movie and the beginning of this one. Tris was still grieving over the death of her parents and she was feeling guilty for killing her friend. I for one couldn't and don't blame her for feeling that way, nor came I fault the creators for taking that direction with the movie.
The hair cut, to me symbolized Tris' growth and evolution into who she wants to be and not conforming to what society thinks she should be, like the factions. As a side note, it could have also been that the actress was working on another movie which required the look before starting this one, OR she herself felt more comfortable with it. Who knows.
The dialog was nothing deep or profound but at least it flowed and was believable from scene to scene in my opinion. It wasn't a few words and then action. It was a conversation, and I wasn't bored by it.
Yes this movie is aimed at teens and yes things may feel dumb downed in terms of intellect for many but this is a series and hopefully it is done right in terms of helping the characters evolve and grow. Stories are retold in so many different ways for different generations. Comparisons will be made. For myself I am looking forward to the next movie.
7.1/10. I don't know if these episodes are improving slightly, or it's just the usual acclimation/Stockholm syndrome of Agents of Shield. The fact that there was basically one unifying operation helped here, with a lot of excitement and opportunity for character moments throughout the prison and the episode, even if several of them were hamfisted.
For instance, the show is in full-on "hinting at May and Coulson" mode now with May telling Phil that he was the thing she saw when she had her near-death experience. The lack of subtelty hurts it, but I've always thought the pair had chemistry so it's nice to see them paying it off. In the same vein, Daisy trying to take on the raging prisoners by herself, locking out Coulson and May, is another part of her lone wolf death wish story, and as tedious as that's gotten, I at least appreciate May calling her out on it.
We also get a kind of nonsensical scene of Mack and Robbie fighting ghosts. Why Mack tries at all in that fight is beyond me, but apparently he has a cure, so his inability to fight them at least doesn't do any permanent damage to him. And it leads to more generic Ghost Rider-on-ghost battles with a conveniently placed chain and some more exposition dumps about what happened to Robbie before we met him with the "Fifth Street Locos." There's a sort of labored point of him giving up on escorting his uncle in the prison break because he just can't help giving into vengeance, and it's another fairly cliched character beat.
Lastly, there's Simmons getting anxious about her weekly lie detector test (where's Patton Oswalt?!) and locking horns with Director Mace a bit. I've liked Mace on the show, as he brings a unique energy to it, and seeing him bring out both the smile and the steel with Simmons, and have her use the (psuedo-science of) micro-expressions to show that he's hiding and lying about things too is a nice touch. The public reveal that he's an inhuman should have some interesting fallout, and with two talented performers these segments of the episode were generally good, but it's hard to be too excited about where any of this is heading.
Overall, it's the most passable and thus best episode of the season, with a solid premise that kept the story moving, and some nice character moments with a minimum of cheesy action dialogue.
