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The Last of Us: Left Behind (2023)
Nice nod to the game
This episode is a nice nod to the game, but just like episode 3 is basically useless filler. It's wasted time on a already short series, and while it's nice to see the video-game being transported to the series in some details, it doesn't make up for the fact that in a TV show that's mostly filler.
The episode gives some character development, but we could get the same thing in 15 minutes instead of a whole episode with some better pacing and time management .
I also would love to know how Riley Abel managed to learn a Fatality in a post apocalyptic world, for a game that she played very few times...
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: Udûn (2022)
A huge improvement over the first 4 episodes.
I'd like to start by saying that I split the score of this episode in two, one for each half of the episode, and went with the average for the IMDB rating (actually I had to round down). I also would like to say that I never cheered so hard for the orcs, but the plot armor in this episode shone stronger than Galadriel's Elven Plastic Mail.
The first half of the episode is a boring mixture of bad choreographies and inexplicable military decisions. It's a 4 at best. On the second half we have some nice character progression and good pace. I'd say it's a solid 7. The main problem is that no matter how good the fan fiction is, it's still fan fiction, and still strays form the author's words/intentions.
Overall the series is getting better, but still reminds me too much of some CW production, or maybe a slightly improved Shannara Chronicles.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022)
Re-writing my deleted review.
Maybe I was expecting too much, but the first episode felt underwhelming.
The sound track feels like anything but Tolkien, the fighting choreographies are laughable, and the show feels cheap. Compare the snowstorm at the beginning of episode 1 with the one from Caradhras in the first Peter Jackson movie. The one in RoP doesn't leave snow on the characters, and feels like it was shot inside a studio. Stone buildings look like were made of foam, some of the steel armor looks like plastic, and I'm not even gonna bother with the cloth armor.
The trailers left me with great qualms about the cast, and I'm afraid my fears confirmed. Some of the actors aren't up for the task at all.
The show can be saved, but that would require actual effort from the writing team, the CG team and the costumes department.
The Sandman (2022)
Uncanny valley
There's some sort of uncanny valley equivalent going on. The series is almost good, but when you look closely, you realize it stinks.
Even so, with some of the casting choices, they've hit the nail in the head. With other, it seems the choices were made with the sole purpose of causing a reaction. This kind of ill intent goes down in a pretty uneasy way with me. In later episodes the series hits some pace problems. I cannot but wonder if this TV show was necessary, given how perfect the comics are.
Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)
Nothing salvageable
The acting of most actors in this show isn't credible, Chow's directing took a step down from The Mandalorian, the writing is laughable (it seems the writers didn't bothered watching 6 movies and the CW show), and even the music is unremarkable. Yes, UNREMARKABLE MUSIC in Star Wars. Obi Wan is so bad that made me remember SOLO, and it will go down, hand in hand with The Book of Boba Fett as the worse experiences Star Wars has to offer.
Halo: Inheritance (2022)
The worse episode on an already bad series
Yerin Ha's acting is not credible, her character is not likable, and her story line is boring, trope filled and irrelevant. Add some teleports from Soren and we have a waste of time. People should just ignore this episode.
Halo (2022)
Lazy hollywoodism
The visuals and the action sequences are ok, but there's no respect fot the source material, the CGI is laughable, just like the casting and the writing. By the second episode things just fall apart. So many years in the making, and now that's here, it's just a wasted opportunity.
The Witcher (2019)
Terrible writing, casting (Except for Cavill) and pacing.
Okay soundtracks and the perfect actor for the main role. Too bad Cavill doesn't have anything worthy to work with.
The rest of the cast is no bueno, with rare exceptions, the writing is terrible, and there's no respect for the source material, which is plentiful.
Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
A slow uninspired mess that bears no resemblance to the gem that was the first movie.
The directing is sub-par (I expected a LOT more after the first film), Pascal's and Kristen's acting is pretty bad, the humor is corny, costume design is terrible, the screenplay is a beat down cliché...And while the setting might give you a glimpse of the 80's, it's not the extravaganza I was hoping for. Except for the CG...Some of it really seem to be from the 80's.
Seinto Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac (2019)
Just watch the original.
Oh boy, what to say? I wish I could point out positive and negative things on the new series, but the truth is that there's no positives.
-There's no improvement over the original series plotwise, but the the netflix series compresses so much in only 6 episodes, that the characters end up being shallow, and a lot of character development of the original series is left out.
-The new cloth design is a joke compared to the V1 the characters should be wearing (and don't get me started on the dog tags).
-The quality of the animation is terrible. CG needs to be much more dark and grittier to look good on a show like this; This was obviosly made for children and not for the fans of the original series.
-The comic relief of the show isn't actually funny.
-What's up with the ridiculous name changes on the translation from japanese?