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The Orville: Twice in a Lifetime (2022)
At Last, The Old Orville Is Back
It's episodes like this that made me love the first two seasons and it's episodes like this that the third season has been lacking so far. A great storyline but with plenty of humour thrown in. More of this please.
The Orville (2017)
Where's the humour?
Season 1 and 2 were great. The storylines were engaging like Star Trek, but additionally the show was full of laughs in the way Star Trek isn't. But Season 3 seems to be going in a different, more serious direction. The storyline's are still great, but the humour has mostly disappeared and seems forced when it does appear. Please bring back the humour which made the show so great, else The Orville risks becoming just a very good Star Trek clone.
Invasion (2021)
Not our Independence Day
Really enjoying this so far. Loving the story through the eyes of ordinary people rather than the US military. Also loving that nobody has jumped to alien invasion... because we wouldn't. First we would think it was Al-Qaeda or home grown terrorists, then something to do with global warming, and even if the aliens were standing right in front of us we'd think it was halloween. Always great to see the kiwi too, just not sure what the point of his character was.
War of the Worlds (2019)
Really??
I like this show. I particularly liked season one. Yes the mechanical dogs were a bit quirky and you could question how they seemed able to access all areas, but I wouldn't want one of them chasing me. Also I was pleased that it wasn't just a rehash of the original story.
But the direction of season two worries me. Time travel, really?! So many holes. (As others have noted) why would you go back in time to kill a man who creates a virus, if the only reason he creates the virus is because you went back in time? In fact, if you never went back in time even the thought of going back in time would never have arisen. Also, if you go back into your own historical timeline and wipe out the majority of the population, doesn't that bring your own existence into question? Every time an invader kills someone, ten invaders should cease to exist.
Hopefully the writers know more than me and have a great storyline out of this mess.
The Flash (2014)
Bonehead Barry
Every tragedy is due to something stupid Barry does. Oh, let's open up a rift when Zoom is on the other side, what could go wrong? Oh look Barry has beaten Zoom, got the girl and life is good, so let's run back in time and change history, what could go wrong? Doesn't take advice doesn't learn from mistakes. Lazy writing when the hero is the one causing all the problems.