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| broodwars:
Finished Farscape + The Peacekeeper Wars. Meh. I could write a whole lot more about why this show is so spectacularly mediocre, but my computer's busted right now & I don't care to punch it all in on my phone. Suffice it to say that Peacekeeper Wars was supposed to contain everything the writers wanted to do in a 5th season. The movie is 3 hours long, and it only feels a little rushed and is fairly enjoyable overall. The movie is Farscape with all the typical Farscape filler bullshit cut out, and it's about the length of 4 episodes. The typical season is 5-6 times that length. That sums up Farscape's problem rather nicely: it came out in between the era of standalone TV and the era of serialized TV. It tries to do both fairly unsuccessfully. The filler is boring and doesn't tend to advance the characters, and the serialized episodes are so spread out as to lose their dramatic edge. There's a lot of good in Farscape, and I think a lot of characters were "fixed" in late season 3/early season 4. But there's just so much unengaging padding. |
| Kairon:
My Mom really wanted to watch Upload, so I relented. Ended up binging it for most of that Saturday when we did. I was VERY impressed with how enjoyable and easy it was to watch, definitely what I like to think of as "good tv" in that it's got enough dramatic excitement to keep you watching, but also a good amount of crowd-pleasing tv moments so I can relax while I'm watching it instead of girding myself for serious battle. Also, as with most tv, lots of beautiful people in beautiful places falling smiling at each other. /shrugs I watched how many seasons of Royal Pains, so I can't exactly complain about that aspect of TV, just point it out. I honestly think Upload was the first Amazon Series in a long time I've given a shot and ended up liking unreservedly. I'd rather have 1 season of this than 2 seasons of Jack Ryan, for example. I also liked all the juxtaposed corporate mergers they'd throw in as near-future pop culture gags. Aside from that I recently did give Quibi a try. Unfortunately I only got 3-4 (10 minute long) episodes into Anna Kendrick's "Dummy" before I put it down. It wasn't bad, just I'm not sure the 10 minute format works. I honestly had the most fun watching a cooking show traveling to places in Italy with endangered pasta shapes, so maybe a 10 minute episode is just a difficult time frame to make work with scripted stuff right now until they figure some things out. |
| nickmitch:
[adult swim] has mastered 11 minute shows, so I'm surprised to hear that quibi isn't worth it. I'd like to check it out, especially for Reno 911, but I'm not sold on much else. |
| BlackNMild2k1:
Magic for Humans (all 3 seasons) I don't know how long the episodes are on this, but I somehow finished all 3 seasons without even realizing it in about a days time...? Humor is a little dry and the production is a bit cheesy at times, but I think that plays into the dry humor for some of if (Magic for Susan's!), but some of the best parts are the reactions he's getting from these bits. He says there are no camera tricks or anything of the kind, but I don't really believe that. Especially in a scene where he say "the camera will not cut away" and he disappears off one side of the screen and shows up in a vehicle changed barely 2 seconds later from the other side of the screen, which is impossible w/o a twin or double or "camera tricks". But one of the best ones was the "Magic Show in the Park" where he made people believe they were invisible. This is a easy one to watch in segments between other stuff, or apparently binge right through without realizing you were at the last episode, but it's pretty entertaining, and has lot so moments where you'll be laughing and even a few where you're thinking "What a dick" but with a chuckle and a smile, such as the Family on the corner given a jar of quarters. The magic itself is pretty good if you're into that, but so are the reactions to some of the segments. |
| ejamer:
Just finished Castlevania season 3 (a month late). I rather enjoyed it! There are some odd points for sure, most of which are already discussed, but I think the slow roll this season was mostly interesting. The resurrection was a success, until Big D told the living all to F-off and mind their own business. Seeing a Dracula who has found happiness in Hell, and actively chose not to return when the gate was opened, was a nice touch and left me guessing about a couple of points that might (or might not) happen later. The Legion battle was great, although I found his motivation unclear. Was it doe to a fellow Forgemaster being attacked, or the magical enslavement of an entire city that enraged Isaac enough to risk his own path to vengeance? Enslavement and/or compulsion (whether by forces internal or external, natural or supernatural) definitely felt like a common theme in the season. --- Quote from: Adrock on April 20, 2020, 10:55:28 PM ---... --- Quote ---I agree that the Alucard story line was odd, and his descent into madness was way too fast. And the siblings (were they siblings?) were just way too peppy for what they had been through and what they were doing at the castle. --- End quote --- It just seemed like Ellis didn’t know what to do with Alucard. Just felt like straight stalling. I agree with your take on Taka and Sumi. Way too chipper considering they were forced into slavery and watched countless atrocities. 🤷♀️ --- End quote --- The whole Alucard plot line felt undercooked. They could've teased out some interesting ideas about Alucard's motivations (survivor guilt after killing his father, desire to live/love as part of the human world versus isolation) and contrasted them with the psychopathic behavior of Taka and Sumi. But the characterization never really materialized so the whole arc felt hollow. Still, it seemed like more of a side story or diversion from the main action... so I didn't really care. I'll happily watch another season when it gets released. |
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