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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Hegemony (2023)
Gorn simply aren't interesting.
This might change in the future, but with the lore we have now, the Gorn simply aren't compelling. Murderous space lizards, with zero depth. It makes me completely uninterested in seeing how anything resolves, since the driving factor is so incredibly boring. They're just murderous space lizard. That's it. Woohoo. So what? Where are the moral complications? Where are the political conflicts? It needs SOMETHING, but there is nothing, so it ends up feeling like an "Alien" ripoff, but without the same tension and horror that makes "Alien" work. It gets incredibly predictable with so little to work with and it just follows Writing A Script For Dummies. Predictable, unoriginal, boring and bland with an incredibly lackluster antagonist.
Legion: Chapter 27 (2019)
THIS is how you end a series.
Others already tell why it's such an amazing episode, but I will make a clarification here, since it seems to be needed.
This will be a 10/10 to counter for amrashrafadel completely misunderstanding the episode and what happened.
No, Farouk didn't torture him his whole life.
This was hinted at already when Syd said she saw it was HIM murdering all those people.
HE was the big, fat monster.
HE was his own evil within. The whole time.
Farouk ... was a bystander for the most part. And it hurt him. Taught him. Made him feel compassion.
And the final episode just nails it, though it already was as good as confirmed.
What happened to break David was him being adopted away and them not understanding his mental issues.
That in turn fed his anger.
He made excuses to allow himself to have this anger.
Turned him into a monster.
A monster that haunted himself.
Farouk ... just watched. In horror. A king, who used to cause horror, truly saw horror. And turned.
THAT ... is what happened.
The Orville: Ja'loja (2018)
Well written, heartfelt, hilarious episode, though lacking on science fiction.
Yes, I can see why some does not like the lack of actual science fiction in this episode.
Should we start giving bad critics to ST:TNG as well then, because the show had a ton of non-scifi episodes?
No, of course not.
In fact, some of the strongest episodes were exactly that. Exploring the people.
That said I won't say this is a masterpiece. But it's funny. VERY funny. It has good development of the characters. It has some heartfelt moments. It's well written, well acted.
Again, no masterpiece, but to say this is a bad episode?
Prrrrrrf, give me a break.
I will in fact say it's a GREAT way to start off the season! Give me that development! It's not even rushed, just an easing in, and doing it well.
Far from a bad episode, not a fantastic episode, but I think it was great. I laughed, I smiled, enjoy every bit of it. Wonderful start to the season.
Star Trek: Discovery: Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum (2017)
Fans of the old shows get what they want. Now they suddenly don't want it.
There will be spoilers. Not incredibly major spoilers, but if you have not watched, perhaps skip it. I would personally have read my thoughts and review of it without ruining the episode.
A major complaint from fans has been that the show has gone too far astray from the original and TNG (despite the show closely resembling my favorite series, the fantastic DS9). Well, here it is. An episode that is truly in spirit with TNG. And what does the fandom say? They don't like it. It's sad, since I am a hardcore fan myself. I know way too much about the Star Trek universe than anyone have any need of. I loved this episode.
The main plot to start off with is pure techno-babble. That is what a lot of the complaints are about. Strangely, when talking about TNG, the master series of techno-babble, that's not an issue! When it's TNG, it's apparently just fine. But enough of that.
This goes in the spirit of a true TNG episode when it's at its best. We have a completely unknown form of life, with wildly different ways to not only look at life, but exist in life. We get to see a conflict of morality which the fandom has been asking for. And AGAIN, "fans" complain now that we get it. The only issue I had with it, is that it's handled too quickly. This could easily have been a two-parter, there is a lot to work with here. It also brings a satisfying conclusion, that (without spoiling) makes perfect sense. It doesn't look like it's coming, and if it was TNG it would have stopped earlier. That is a flaw in TNG, not this show. Discovery thrives on CONTINUATION. We get the satisfaction of seeing nothing being forgotten, but we will most likely never see this species again, which is how TNG liked to do it. And what people now are complaining about. Again, it's strange how the fandom likes to hate on Discovery for doing things differently, but when they get what they ask for, they suddenly hate it more than any of the other episodes.
In conclusion, a terribly underrated episode because of a terrible fandom. They yell for a "true classic" episode, and when they get it, they hate it. Again, I'm an insane nerd of Star Trek myself, but the fandom in general is terrible.
Overall, 8/10. A classic style episode done correctly, without most of the frustrating flaws of the classic era.
Fuller House (2016)
A terrible first episode, but quickly recovers.
The show is geniunly hilarious and over the top self-aware. It knows perfectly what it is and doesn't try to be anything else.
However, the first episode is absolutely terrible. I had a hard time watching it and almost shut it off half-way. In the end I survived it by playing some blitz-chess while having it on in the background.
Luckily it saves itself with a much better second episode and slowly gets even better (with a hilarious episode 6).
There is a much larger use of sex-jokes and revealing clothing. It's a different year. This isn't the old show we are used to, yet it still is. Might say they go a bit overboard by having almost nothing to cover Jodie Sweetin's ... uh ... 'assets' in the first episode and that might put off a lot of people. But this isn't a show made for kids anyways. It's a show made for us who saw the original, and is a fan-service to us, so they can get away with it just fine. Definitely not for the youngest, but it's not as terrible as others claim, most kids can watch this just fine.
Overall, if you can suffer through the cringe-worthy terrible first episode, don't mind some breasts and want a blast from the past, it's a fun little show. Nothing spectacular, nothing really new, but improved and fun. What it does, it does well, and that's all I can ask for. 7/10.
Bad Grandpa (2013)
Great concept, great execution.
I find the 'movie' strongly underrated. Remember, this is a movie that is shot with all the supporting cast unaware of this being a movie, or more correctly, hidden camera-show made as a movie. Knoxville of course knows what he's doing. He is a pro-actor, and actually way better than we know from Jackass. He's got some serious improv talent. But what makes this 'movie' is the kid. Remember, there's no second takes here. It's all live. He has to act and react upon unknowingly 'victims' and does a damn good job. Then there's Knoxville. Knoxville does what he does, and as usual, top notch. Then there's the settings. They start of with some simple rough hidden- cam's. But as the story progress, so do the setups. Well damn done, not going to spoil. In addition, you can see this entire 'movie' as a social experiment. This isn't typical Jackass with stunts, but instead psychological settings (further on, beginning not so much). Because of the story, because the movie actually has a story, the settings for the pranks and hidden cams go more advanced as well. I'll give it an 8/10. NOT really wanting to, I think it fits more in 7.5, but since it's underrated in my opinion and there is no .5 rating possible, it gets and 8 from me.
Oh, and you'll love the bikers. Not saying any more because of spoilers. Just, come back and give me a rating up if you agree later on.
Kick-Ass 2 (2013)
Kick-Ass is back. Bigger, harder ... better? (spoiler free review)
There are no spoilers in this review. Hence it will also be a bit short, though, I hope it will show my opinion on the movie.
So, Kick-Ass is back. The first question you should ask yourself with any movie is if it is enjoyable. Is it worth your money? For Kick-Ass 2, the answer is simply, hell yeah.
Is it better than Kick-Ass 1 or even live up to it? I'd say it at least lives up to the first movie. There'sa lot of people bashing on it for not being as good as the first. It's more action-paced, more brutal. Though, I can't really say I prefer one over the other. I honestly felt the first movie to be a bit slow paced at times, but it was needed to build characters, and with such a big gallery, it was needed. In 2, the action is more rushed and it both gains and miss out on it due to this.
The gallery is expanded even more. Some don't get enough buildup for climaxes, but I find it hard to complain about it, because the pace this time around is so much better.
The movie flows much better than the original. You might wish for more expansion on the personal stories of each character, but no, sorry, not going to happen. The mains get more flushed out, but the rest are really basic characters. I wish Carrey's character got more attention, but as it is, it wasn't bad. Just, a little shortcoming. Overall, a great movie on its own and if this had been the first movie, I bet it would have gotten just as much attention.
And for the complaints about the gore ... did you even watch the first movie? If you made the complaint about there being to much gore in this and liked the first ... just, don't ever make review ever again. You are , simply put, stupid.