A bit too on the nose in their attempts to poke the issue on darkly designed terms of service and deepfake, especially in light of the Hollywood actor and screenwriter protest (perhaps even inspired by it). The episode leans heavily toward being a meta humor, but it doesn't really work well. Annie Murphy does her best, and I believe Salma Hayek too, but they were given a rather one-dimensional, uninspiring script. As the episode ended I realized Charlie Brooker is the writer. That kinda explains the weak episode.
James Gunn really liked the idea of shoving stuff into people's mouth huh. He did it in The Suicide Squad, he did it again here.
Those windows won't hurt anybody now. Seriously wtf were they shooting at?
I love the end - but it is not like it would be an accomplishment to the TV Show, they took it from the book and removed so much that it barely makes any sense.
All the political tension is basically removed and replaced with "why are we even discussing this". Not to mention the fact that they completly left out how Inaros fleet got destroyed.
That was really important, because the way they did it, the physics they used in the books (The rings make matter disappear when there is more than a certain amount in transit at the same time) was the reason Earth and Mars actually agreed that a trade union controlling passage through the rings was necessary.
It would have been hard enough to do this properly in 10 Episodes, doing it in 6 was impossible. Too much of the source material has been left out without patching the holes.
Its heartbreaking and not in a good way...
Am I the only one that doesn’t like Marie?
It sucks for Pacifist Clarissa that she's had to kill more people against her will than Amos tried wholeheartedly since they teamed up. :thinking:
Though it is a welcome change, it's kind of weird that Chrisjen is going above and beyond to drill into people's heads that Earth must come first they can't treat Belters as a monolith. She's never had much love for them, she seemed more understanding with Fred Johnson's past than Naomi's, not to mention she was personally responsible for torturing an OPA Belter at the start of the show...
Naomi's jump through the vacuum was the most retarded scene ever. Aren't you supposed to get immediately sucked out into space if a compartment loses pressure instead of softly floating away? Ridiculous...
I'm beginning to think the writing team only had three good episodes in them. Getting predictable and drawn out.
This episode reminds us that The Mandalorian is a Disney product.
The Mandalorian for no reason became soft and sentimental. The only reason possible for this change is the "cute factor" shown more to the audience than the character, just like a Disney show would do. For someone who is supposed to be on this sort of job for a while, breaking a guild code just for some random child is a stupid thing to do - especially for someone who is supposed to uphold honor. The hostiles - supposedly trained soldiers and mercenaries - are nothing but incompetent mooks. Other Mandalorians show up as deus ex machina, almost feels like they are there just so Disney can sell more toys.
There is no build up. Everything in this episode is self-contained. From the appearances of other Mandalorian to the whistling bird, it's all used vulgarly in this episode.
This episode is such a huge let down. And we're still on the third episode.
I appreciate that they are including a lot of little touches that convey the flavor. The Coriolis gravity effect when pouring water, the ways in which the different environments have shaped humans into almost separate species. So far, they are hewing quite closely to the source material, and I'm liking it.
The episode was pretty enjoyable, but...this may have been the worst dialog I've ever heard on television. There wasn't a second of it that flowed naturally. The actors did their best, but you can't spin garbage into gold.
Where did all the production-value go?
The first two episodes dragged me into the world of Star Wars, but after that it‘s all down hill to me. Acting just meh, almost no good looking alien races anymore, heck even the droid from this episode was a pesky human in a bad costume. Just as bad as both of those Twi‘leks and the horned guy - bad actors in bad makeup. I really hope they fix this soon.
A very corny episode, even more so being a season-resumer and a follow-up to the relatively good Season 6. Once again TWD production team falls short on storytelling and tries to overcompensate for that by cranking up the shock-value.
3/10.
FedEx containers? Syfy are you serious?!
The writing is so bad, the story doesn’t have any sense...
Superb episode, with only a couple of small stupid points:
- Kimiko shouldn't have been drinking with her abdomen stitched up. Alcohol inhibits clotting and encourages bleeding. She could've died of internal bleeding long before taking the Compound V. (Plus, I feared the alcohol would interact adversely with V, causing her to die or "hulk-out")
- I didn't like how they presented Annie's and Kimiko's decision of "I'll save you, even if you don't want me to" as triumphant, when it's no different from the toxic macho "damsel in distress" crap. Frenchie and M.M. should've objected and easily win that argument, considering their past experiences and discussions.
"V isn't good or bad" yes, but no person is all good or all bad either, nor do they stay good or bad forever no matter what. Of course, there are certain patterns of reinforcing behaviors, but everyone is constantly shaped and ever-changing by their life experiences and decisions. I think this is the most important takeaway from the show.
Despite all the gore and splatter, this episode shows this is still about the characters. And that's why this show keeps being amazing.
I hope A-Train doesn't revert to being a Vaught pawn. It would destroy his developement. Loved the parts with Black Noir. Butcher's really a major prick but why didn't Annie just send Hughie a message instead of trying to call him again and again ?
So, Homelander is Soldier Boy's son, eh ? So, will that mean they team up ? Since there is a forth season coming they need an angle for that. I wouldn't like another season of "how do we get rid of Homalander". On the other hand if they would team up they would be basically unstoppable so that should actually be avoided.
Should be a very interesting finale.
Might be my second favorite episode of the season, right after the explosion episode a few back. I loved the single location Naomi episode. The show really brought out her struggle after being out in space and now fighting for the survival of herself and her friends. I must get bit cocky, in that I also thought of her solution. Interrupt the broadcast, to notify others something is up. admittedly i didn't think of interrupting the message as a whole to make a new message .. rather, I thought about putting intervals between broadcasts that would translate to a SOS. .. hers is better.
Honestly, I'm finding it all a bit dull. There's intrigue but I don't care about any of the characters.
The guy in the hotel is adult Mikkel, right?
Gravity done right, the fire, tears, blood coagulation, etc. This is science fiction with actual science, amazing show.
I guess they spent all the CGI budget for the season already. RIP Shiva, I cared more about your death then the 20 kingdom people that died too.
The directing on this episode was really below average, typified by those bookend close up shots which were equal parts pretentious and atrocious. Also, the lack of sense of place, what the objectives were, why people were splitting/meeting up, bad fight scenes, Rick & Daryl wandering around the Saviors' main lair with almost no one there to stop them, and...actually just everything. Worst of all we're no further advanced than last week, ok, they've taken 1 (count 'em) one outpost.
In fact, this week's episode of Z Nation had a better sense of place, equal movement of the plot, and less confusing machinations than this one and the protagonists in that show spent the whole episode in weird teleporting boxes being zapped unconscious with sound by an unknown entity who was using them to clear out a zombie infested underground factory complex after being honey-potted by a driver-less ghost-truck.
How can they release a crap like Obi Wan and then Andor which is damn amazing. This episode was a masterclass.
so, they want us to believe that the Japanese soldiers run to the bullets like children to candy? these us people are amazing, they do think of themselves as a superior race. who said Hitler's vision is dead?
What Does it mean to be in substrate?
OHHHH NO. Amazon you can't be teasing awesome protomolecule goodness with only ONE episode left :(
that's just mean...... There is so much story left to tell in this universe. I pray they give it a good send off. They just did what felt like setup for an entire SEASON worth at least, and now its over.- - - what a waste Amazon.... I hope someone else buys the rights or something
Alex dies because they removed someone over allegations of sexual missconduct.
I am pissed about this after learning that this is a change to the books.
Either at Cas Anvar for doing the stuff he allegedly did (if he did them and its not another false allegations campaign - wouldn't be the first, not even the first this decade) or against the people who are willing so sacrifice another career over allegations.
Since the results of the independant investigation are either not public or I at least can't find them - I am definitely angry with the people responsible for playing this way.
Either he is guilty, then it should be made public or he is innocent in which case it should also be made public so he can live a life without being spit in the face. What is the point of saying there is an investigation when you don't tell people what the results of it were.
I found the story of Zima Blue a kind of catharsis of the concept of artificial intelligence, which at the same time scares us and excites us. A simple robot cleaner who initially evolves thanks to his master, emancipates himself from him to become a more than sentient being, an artist able to touch the highest peaks of creativity. A worlds explorer, who reaches a level of consciousness and knowledge of the whole universe comparable to Dr. Manhattan. Until the epilogue, which I personally find brilliant, the absolute sum of an intelligence...
The humour in this unfortunately feel extremely flat for me, and I was left cringing rather than laughing.
Only problem I have with the plot is I don't care one bit for any of the factions. Belt, Mars, Earth - doesn't matter. They all have their own agendas. I want to know about the alien stuff and that is moving very slow.
I have said it before and I have to confirm this again...Holden and Naomi remain the weakest characters (as they actually are in the book too) that when the plot puts them in the background like in this episode, the show works much better. In my opinion the tv version managed to fix some weaknesses of the books, so maybe screenplayers could have tried to make the story more collective and leave Holden and Naomi in a not too prominent position. The first season was kind of different since there was Miller around, a much more interesting character.
One thing's for sure, since her storyline took steam, Bobbie is totally stealing this show. She made Draper TV versione much more intense than her book counterpart.
