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The Wheel of Time (2021)
It is not awful, but calling it mediocre is a stretch
When it released the first few episodes were absurdly generic and full of wasted scenes/dialogue, yet I could follow along and enjoyed a couple moments. Unfortunately, after seeing some original critiques from book fans, I went and decided to read a bit of the source material. I am honestly baffled, especially after seeing the finale, how/why the show strays so far from the books. It is rather apparent the show writers changed massive plot points and characters, and seemingly always made them worse than the original. In any case, I am likely done with the show, but got to give it credit for leading me to the book series.
Mayor of Kingstown (2021)
Pretty good, but could be better
Solid dark/gritty show in most aspects, though I do think Renner is left to do a lot of the heavy lifting. Honestly, I would probably give it 1 to 2 more stars if they removed the smugly self righteous mother, who seems to only show up to condescend to her more likeable children or spew irrelevant negative propaganda about cherry picked historical events.
Another Life (2019)
Wow
It is rather amusing that the least believable thing in this show, that is full of scifi aliens and whatnot, is that anyone would sign off on these people commanding/crewing anything, much less a spaceship meant to save humanity. The character drama is so absurd that you find yourself cheering when our 'heroes' end up getting themselves killed off.
Roswell, New Mexico (2019)
Just Stop
Well it is slightly better than the Charmed remake, as the cast beyond the lead character seemed fairly likable. The dialogue is also a bit less terrible, though with the bar being so low it still falls short of being even mediocre. At this point, I just hope Hollywood stops making these retreads of past shows, as they seem to have consistently much worse writing and it just ruins any nostalgia factor that would normally hang on for a longer period.
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
Not perfect, but still way better than most.
The visuals were great and story was solid/intriguing. In the end, my only criticism is that some plot points/writing came off a bit cliched, however overall this is still some of the best work, be it scifi or otherwise, that has come out of Hollywood in some time.
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018)
A lot of potential
I was quite excited for this show, as I recall watching and enjoying the original quite a bit. In the end, it ended up being fairly disappointing for a number of reasons, though they did get a few thing right in my opinion. Anyways, the cons for this show appeared to be derived almost solely from the writing, though the acting was pretty sub par at parts and the blurry camera shots were eye straining at best, with pretty much every scene involving Sabrina at school or her friends being a mix of outright boredom or feeling completely detached from the rest of the plot and the satanic witch rituals came off a bit too over the top for me with a rather pointless insertion of cannibalism, etc. Now for the pros, I really liked the Riverdale, or perhaps Archie comics, tone and look with the setting providing a good backdrop for events, not to mention I thought making Salem silent was a good decision though they could have found more ways to make him relevant to the plot. Basically, I have seen worse witch shows recently, such as the new Charmed, however this show still came off poorly with seemingly alot of potential wasted though all the ingredients are still present so I have hope that a season 2 could be better if they learn from their mistakes.
Star Trek: Discovery (2017)
Calling this mediocre would be kind
Anyways this is one of those shows that I cannot give less than 4 stars due to the obvious investment put forth into the sets and general production quality. However, the casting and writing, or possibly just a perfect storm of both, for the show have left it with one of the most unlikable and least cohesive group of people ever seen in a scifi series. There is not much more to be said beyond this issue, as it permeates and drags down the rest of the show regardless of how pretty they might make the cgi appear.