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Star Trek: Discovery (2017)
Greatly Appreciated Series
There are viewers/fans who seeks to find themselves in a character in every Star Trek series and heal a little loneliness. I understand that but it's not my thing and that might be why I really enjoy and appreciate this series. You might not find yourself in this series and I'd say it's because the characters change so quickly due to big impact events. Those events right from the beginning are slowly adding up to something big that involve a lot of new tech and thus a lot of flexibility for the writers.
Season three takes Star Trek somewhere it has never been - there is a new stage for a new but also old audience. Setting the stage needed the Federation to lose...a lot. It simply means there is a lot to re-gain and that is where the true Starfleet adventure is found. It is also where we see characters history become important. Season three almost re-creates the constant first-contact (or second-contact you might say) scenario with a unique situation each time.
If I'm right we could start to see regular episodes that resembles the best elements of all Star Trek series - especially diplomacy. While at the same time staying modern for a less stereotype-demanding viewer which is a 20th century mind-set. That is what I felt by episode three of season three.
Z Nation (2014)
Help Zombie IMDb Viewers After Me
Many of them clearly need mercy!
Some reviews clearly show a bit of frustration towards those who are obviously a little too serious to accept Z-Nations for what it is or what it is not. So I thought I would begin my review in-mind of the shows nature.
I've come to believe that to be fair with a review on anything if it be a show, product or software. We must understand what the creator was trying to achieve and that includes what they wanted to avoid doing. I'm not saying we should rate junk 10 stars because the creator wanted to create junk.I'm saying we need to understand what the creator was trying to avoid doing as much as what they were trying to do.
Fairness comes when we accept that a show was not created to tick certain boxes and was not made for everyone. There are many reviews for this show from people who should have just walked away but nope they have to submit their opinion.
It's a form of trolling people. We cannot review an entire TV show based on 2-3 episodes and if a 5 star reviewer watched far more than that. They obviously just didn't get that the dialogue and activity in this show isn't for them.
Z-Nations is meant to take us away from the serious world The Walking Dead. We have that serious zombie show and we don't need another right now. Instead we get Z-Nations and it's refreshing. If one has a sense of humour one will be happy to accept Z-Nations for what it is and play it when you feel like smiling. Sometimes we might laugh but I don't think we're meant to. We're meant to be amused and appreciate that various scenarios similar to other shows turn out very different because the producer wants them to.
It is a show that tries to achieve a unique story (The Murphy) within the always long drawn-out apocalypse scenario. It delivers that story very well as Murphy changes and his character presents new possibilities as he essentially evolves/turns into a freak. Season 2 final episode leaves the main cast in another impossible scenario but we know The Murphy has something up his sleeve and this freak will save the day.
Now come on tell me the idea of a half-zombie freak being the hero of Season 3 Episode 1 doesn't intrigue you?
Well folks...bite me!
Crossbones (2014)
Escape Some History
It has been a long time since I watched a series that involved ships and swords. It is very refreshing to get away from modern guns, cities, hotels, mansions and motored vehicles. It is not the type of show I expected but I'm find with it. The whole pirates thing has been done already and lets face it Jack Sparrow owns the stage. Look at how well Pirates of the Caribbean is doing. I don't see many complaining about history. Throw some real historic names and all of a sudden the history teachers are giving out 2-3 star ratings.
The pirates are not the bad guys in this which is a nice change. I think the series has shown an Englishman to torture more people than any pirates have in the show. That is fine by me. It is trying to do something different, almost from a pirates point of view. That is a great thing about drama. We can fill the blanks in however ever we want and only the nerds will complain.
Personally pirates are one area of history I don't think the human race needs to remember and I do not mind this series being none factual. If you want facts do not watch this. If you want dirty, nasty pirates as told by a bias side sometime way back then do not watch this. I don't mind the pirates being a bit clean and hardly giving Jack Sparrow a run for his money. But that comes back to the point that the show is suggesting that pirates actually had two eyes, two hands and no gold teeth.
If you want facts this is not your show, go watch the History channel. People who review as if they expect a documentary should stick to watching documentaries and not dramas. They always write such smart sentences with a touch of humor. Neglecting the common sense of TV genres matter and have purpose.
Dracula (2013)
Dracula For This Generation
I just discovered that I cannot stand reviews based on a comparison of an original work. It makes no sense to expect anything made generations ago to work now and that is why this Dracula had to be different. This Dracula works for today's work. This Dracula is easy watching and the original story quickly tells us not to expect the same sort of horror. It's all revenge, calculation and some of that sexual chemistry connected to violence going on in there somewhere.
There was no point in relying on blood and gore or trying making the audience jump. Not when considering what this generation has seen on TV since the original. The producer isn't trying to fool anyone with creeks and bumps in the shadows. When Dracula appears in this series with fangs out. His actions usually have purpose and connected to a longer story- line than we are used to when it comes to Dracula. The idea was worth exploring because we now actually have something that is a bit more realistic and that is refreshing. A Dracula who can't just go around sucking blood...all the time. But one that runs a business to fit into the world so that he may achieve his goals. Is that not what we all want in real life?
This Dracula needed to catch the imagination of a far more modern audience who have a broader scope of needs. The current generation as a whole will never ever watch the original or those created soon after. I don't remember the last time I seen a black and white movie on my screen never mind someone actually wanting to watch one. I suppose that makes my review for others and not entirely self-opinionated although now doubt that can be debated!
Spartacus: Blood and Sand: Wrath of the Gods (2012)
Brutal
Only this series could get away with endless bloody action from start to finish while still sustaining the core principles of why it is all happening. In a cheap movie this would be seen as just a cheap attempt to grab attention whatever the plot. In Spartacus: Blood and Sand: Wrath of the Gods it is deserving as many key characters are slain for reasons known to anyone who has viewed season 2. We are treated to the ending of many more key characters than most series would offer with twists that surprise even if all alone we suspected as much.
Thumbs up. The director must show the cunning and strategic mind of Spartacus throughout Season 3 but I think we should also see the new addition of a split story line, based on current slaves to be released later, so that the viewer can be strongly reminded of the freedom being fought for.