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Fringe: Welcome to Westfield (2012)
One of my favourites.
This is easily one of my favourite episodes of the later seasons. Back in the start it was the old monster of the week and episodes similar to this, but when the alternate universe thing kicked in, they kind of took a back seat, which was unfortunate, but the show was still enjoyable regardless.
One thing that helps with my appreciation of this episode is it's many similarities to one of my favourite movies: John Carpenter's In the mouth of madness. (1994). A town you can't leave where everyone has seemingly gone mad, some residents having two irises in their eyes... Etc. Obviously the "meat" of the story is quite different, but the similarities are undeniable.
The acting in this episode also really stands out. While I have always said that Walter is one of the best written and best acted characters in TV history, every character really has their moment, especially when it comes to Olivia's recollection of Peter aling with her behaviour and body language towards him, how it changes from the beginning and the end of the episode. Too often when shows do the "amnesia" thing, it's rushed and seems to suddenly resolve, here it took time and seemed much more natural.
NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service: The Arizona (2020)
Soul crushingly emotional
Christopher Lloyd gives such an emotional performance in this episode... Its both beautiful and chilling...
This is one of the most striking episodes I've seen in the show for a while, and I'll always respect this show for how the honour the men and women who serve.
I've seen so many people say that the later seasons of this show were running out of momentum, short on ideas... But this season has had more than a few outstanding episodes, this being the best of them. I've seen people say the Harmon is past it and should leave... I disagree cometely... He may have caused real life friction, but his performance in the show has not dwindled once.
Wrongfully Accused (1998)
Good, but tries a little too hard
Nielsen is an absolute legend when it comes to slapstick comedy, in my opinion, there is no one who can do it better. To give such a comedic performance yet staying completely serious and straight-faced is one hell of a talent, and he once again bring this talent to this film.
It has its moments, that's for sure. At some points I was laughing quite hard, but other times I was rolling my eyes at some gags that were seeming forced in. The movie tries too hard to replicate the Abrahams/Zucker/Zucker films that made Nielsen a household comedy name. Moments like when Ryan (Nielsen) is running away and there are legs flailing around beside him are just so groan-worthy and not actually funny at all, it just looks ridiculous, and not in a good way. But then you have him trying to get people in a van, then changing the tyre and cleaning the windshield while a bazooka is being loaded and aimed at him, which falls back into the comedy style that he's better known for.
Something should be said for the writing and editing too. Some of the dialogue was very stilted and unnatural at times, but then, what can one expect from a low-budget spoof? The worse crime is, by far, the editing. One moment we're being shown a very dramatic scene in which our hero could possibly be dead, but then we instantly cut to a completely different scene featuring our hero and his potential killer, removing all tension and instantly destroying all mystery surrounding the potential killer, I mean, I know it's a comedy and all that, but there is still a story to be told and it's like they just skipped a few chapters so they could find out what happens at the end. I blame this on editing, but it could well be the fault of the writers too, but the cut between the two scenes is very jarring...
Though there are many things wrong with this film, there is so much to enjoy also. It's not great by any means, but it is also not terrible, and lets face it, Leslie Nielsen has made some absolute lemons in his career. It's all a bit of silly fun that tries a little too hard in places but is still entertaining and funny enough to keep you interested.
Men in Black: International (2019)
Why did this get so much hate?
I really don't get why so many people hates on this so much. Is it as good as the original trilogy? No. But it is a good, fun film.
They went a bit more "James Bond" with the whole thing going with a lot more action with occasional quips, and while it doesn't quite have the same level of humour as the original trilogy, it still has its moments.
After hearing all the bad things people had said about this film, I was expecting a complete train wreck. But that is far from true. Sure, some of the acting is a little bit on the bad side, but look at the first MiB, that hardly had stellar acting from all involved.
Ignore the negativity. If you like fun and action, give it a watch. I think most people just hated it because Will Smith wasn't in it.
Criminal Minds: The Anti-Terror Squad (2016)
A rather mediocre episode.
I never understood the problem Garcia had with Alvez... Either I missed something or it was never really explained, except for the end of the previous episode, and even that was vague at best... But the sudden switch in attitude makes little sense.
Alvez is still an unknown quantity for me. Its clear they're trying to fill the Morgan role with another macho guy, but Alvez just doesn't cut it. Morgan was interesting, had a deep back story, but 5 episodes in, we know little about Alvez except some "secret" he wants Prentiss to keep. And even that isn't enough to draw you in... So far, he's just some meathead jock.
Not even 5 minutes into the episode and once again they drop the "The unsub listens to heavy rock/metal music, just so you know he's an unhinged bad guy"
They claim that real life profilers helped with these shows, but if that were the case, they wouldn't be using such cliches when pure statistics show them to be erroneous.
Criminal Minds: Target Rich (2015)
Good story, but...
The premise of the episode is fairly decent, but nothing new, something that has been done time and again. However, building the relationship between Joy and Rossi is pretty good, it's nice to see the whole daughter thing not being just a convenient plot-line for a one-of story.
Where it falls down though, is through some stunningly abysmal acting, especially on the part of Sameera Rock... There was nothing even remotely believable in her performance. But it wasn't only her, many of the principal cast seemed to be just phoning in their performances. Good episode, badly executed.
Criminal Minds: The Hunt (2015)
Meh... And they did it again...
Far from one of the strongest episodes of the show. Hewitt still doesn't make much of an impression within the cast, but I still find her more tolerable than Blake from previous seasons. She at least has some depth, but still not a hugely interesting character. Considering they've been building up to this episode all season, it came out pretty weak, possibly the worst season Finale to date.
And once again I have to raise my annoyance with the writers for, once again, making a big deal out of the fact that the bad guy listens to heavy metal. It really is starting to p*ss me off. An otherwise great series being ruined by tired, old and hugely incorrect stereotypes and clichés. Every time they show an UnSub listening to music, it's always metal, whereas, factually, more crime and murder is connected to the hip-hop culture than it is to metal. Metal is just always made to be the scapegoat. It's sad how a show of logic, reasoning and intellectual profiling can get things so wrong.
Criminal Minds: Bully (2013)
Another inaccurate cliché
Not for the first time, the writers of Criminal minds paint people who listen to metal as violent, aggressive people, making a big point of the music itself, whereas we never see people blaring hip-hop or gangster rap before they go on a psycho murder spree, despite the fact that hip-hop and rap are linked to more violent crimes than heavy metal ever has been. It's a tired old cliché that TV shows further perpetuate because it's easier to make them the scapegoat because they're a minority and stand out from the crowd.
This episode is also an attempt to add depth to Blake, possibly the most uninteresting one-dimensional character to have ever been on the show, and it doesn't work. She's still boring and unlikeable.
The whole episode just falls flat with uninspired plot, tired clichés and some bad acting on the parts of Jeanne Tripplehorn, Brennan Eliot, and Tom Bower.
Fatal Instinct (1993)
Criminally underrated
A brilliant film noir parody of the likes of basic instinct, Cape fear and fatal attraction mixed with the comedy styling of airplane, naked gun and hot shots... What is not to love about this? Sean Young of Ace Ventura and Blade Runner playing a brilliant Femme Fetale, Armande Asante making a perfect noir style detective... The film is hilarious and no matter how many times I watch it, it never fails to crack me up. I'd say this is an essential watch for anyone that is a fan of Abraham/Zucker movies.
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Great film but...
I really enjoyed this film, the acting was spot on, the CG effects were pretty good, but could have been better in places... The fact that Joss Whedon wasn't attached makes it all the better... But the story could have gone in a much different direction if the protagonists had used a little common sense.
SPOILERS BELOW!
There's the point in the film where Iron man, Dr. Strange, Spiderman, Starlord, Draco, Mantis, etc... Have Thanos subdued and are attempting to pull his gauntlet off... Surely if Thanos was that big of a threat.... could they not have just killed him there and then? We know the Avengers, guardians of the Galaxy etc aren't above killing to save the world, so why would they not kill him to save the whole universe? Surely that should have been one of the 14,000,605 possible futures that Strange saw right?
How did Thanos know the mind stone was in Wakanda? No one told him it was there, the place is hidden from the world, and he obviously doesn't have an innate ability to locate them otherwise he would have easily known where the soul stone was.
And how is it that the magical gauntlet managed to kill all of the heroes EXCEPT those that were in the ORIGINAL Avengers movie?
Don't get me wrong, I really enjoyed the movie, but a lot of it seems awfully contrived just so they could make a sequel, when, in fact, it could have all been so easily resolved with just a bit of common sense.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Safe House (2018)
One of the best.
When I started watching the series I wasn't too sure about the comedy in it, a lot of it was hit and miss for me, but I've loved the characters of Holt and Diaz from the start, and this episode gives some of their best performances, in my personal opinion. I love the fact that we get to see more of Kevin in this one too, I think he's a grossly underused character, and this episode showed just how brilliant he is, especially at the end of the episode.
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
What the hell is this?
This is NOT Blade runner.
As a stand alone film, i'm pretty sure it'd stand up by itself, but as a sequel to one of the most influential sci-fi films of all time... it's utter rubbish. In the original blade runner, replicants were bad ass, dangerous, hard as nails killers... here they are bloody everywhere and no one gives a damn, the blade runner himself is a replicant supposedly hunting down and killing replicant, a thing that he does a total of... twice... and the replicants don't even have the glowy eyes any more...
We're teased with "there are many more members of his group and we need you to take them down" but that just gets forgotten about, instead we get led upon a ridiculous story of man and machine procreating, what Batista's character had to do with it, i have yet to figure out... The whole thing is just a ridiculous "love" story where they try and throw twists at you, but anyone with half a brain can figure out what is actually going on. Deckard doesn't even show up until like 2 hours into the film, at which point he has turned into so much of a pussy that despite getting his ass kicked twice in a row by Daryl Hannah and Rutger Hauer in the original, he can barely fight off one in this... turd of a film.
This is an actual insult to the original, this is like Tron Legacy all over again.
I am SO vastly disappointed... I had hoped for so much better.