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Red, White & Royal Blue (2023)
Horrible depiction of a wonderful book
This was a ride...
Red, White & Royal Blue has disappointed me in so many ways, especially after reading the book.
Acting: The actors were really the worst of the worst. Unbelievable in every way and way too cheesy. It is like they were stage actors dropped into a movie.
The movie took all significant emotional moments from the novel and concised them down so much that they seemed insignificant in this movie. Either they were done way too cheesily or they were just scrapped all the way.
Important characters were simply missing! Where was June? Where was Leo? But most importantly, where was Rafael Luna? He was such an important character in the novel and they just plain removed him from this movie. He was Alex' rolemodel and they shared so many important moments together.
All in all, this was simply a horrible depiction of a wonderful book.
Superman & Lois: Head On (2023)
What happened?
This did not feel like this show at all. Superman & Lois has always surprised me at how good the writing was compared to other CW shows (and even many others), but this writing was really really bad. John suddenly gets offered a job and now its the most important thing of his life despite how we never heard of it earlier? Mayor Dean's son apparently used to be friends with Sarah. Never heard of that either. Mannheim just randomly decides to send over information to Lois with no gain for himself. The whole thing with Nat and her date. This was really the first time this show has felt like a CW show and I am not here for it. I really hope the rest of the season goes like the previous 4 episodes which were actually great!
House of the Dragon: The Rogue Prince (2022)
A bit slower, but no less good
Another amazing episode. I am so amazed with this show. The one thing I am sad about is that I wish they had created a new title song for the intro, perhaps with some hints of the GOT one, but not the exact same, but that is of course by far not the most important part.
We jump close to half a year after the death of Queen Aemma. The first half of the episode starts a little slow, but this only strengthens the characters and their relations. We see Alicent and Rhaenyra grow apart in their friendship. Rhaenyra also grows apart from her father Viserys. Meanwhile, Alicent and Viserys grow closer, bonding over their separate types of grief. It is very clear that Otto is responsible for this bond and that Alicent does not like it, as seen by her self harm around her nails. Corlys Velaryon suggests a marriage with the 12-year old Laena, thereby giving himself a direct line to the iron throne but Viserys does not want to marry a 12-year old. Meanwhile, the stories of Daemon's treason are discussed.
During the second half, the escalation starts. Daemon faces off with Otto, when Rhaenyra interrupts and she now also breaks her friendship with her uncle. This leaves her with just about no one left. The dragons are once again magnificent. However, she and her father amend their relationship as she urges him to remarry and seemingly suggests Alicent as a match. This match angers Corlys, who joins forces with Daemon to fight the Crabfeeder in the Stepstones.
I am very excited for everything to come and the trailer for the next episode suggest one that even surpassed these first two.
For All Mankind: Coming Home (2022)
I cannot believe this...
Every storyline in this episode was amazing. I cried when I saw those two women kissing on TV after Wilson's speech. I know how empowering it must have felt to them that their president is gay. I cried again when I saw Will Tyler's reaction. And then Kelly collapsed and I cried again, this time out of shock. And finally they leave with such a cliffhanger. I did not even really like this show before this season (i thought it was okay but nothing special), but wow has it blown me away. I loved the entire season this far but this episode blows them all away. This series is now in my top 10.
American Horror Stories: Rubber (Wo)man: Part One (2021)
Idk how to feel about this...
Look it was not that bad tbh. It's just that when you do a story set at the Murder House, then at least connect it more than just a few references... this story could have easily been set in a separate setting and it would honestly have been better. But the girls live stream thing was so cringy..
Titans: Hank & Dove (2021)
Great episode with a plot hole
The entire episode was really good! The tension, buildup, acting, everything. I have only one remark that really bothered me while watching: why didn't Dawn shoot at Jason's arm. I know it was a detonator and not a gun, but she didn't know it at the time. There didn't have to be a debate on killing him or Hank, because, in her mind, she could have just shot at his hand, leading him to drop his finger off of the release and thereby saving Hank. Again, I know it wasn't true in the end but that doesn't take away the fact that Dawn wouldn't have had to kill Jason anyway. This is the only reason I rated this episode an 8 instead of a 9.