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House of the Dragon (2022)
I found myself losing interest several times throughout.
Losing interest in a the first episode of a new series proves to me I'm not interested. I tried. But found myself doing laundry, looking at my phone, clipping my nails, going to the kitchen. This never occurred during a single GOT episode. I was always interested, entertained, and watched each episode more than once.
The casting of Dragons isn't quite right. GOT was perfect. The script? We're paying HBO to be purely entertained by such shows, but they just have to poop in the punchbowl & spoil the fun. The blockbuster popularity Top Gun: Maverick and failure of many others proves what what people truly want. HBO needs to get a clue. But hey, at least there was not a jousting 5 ft nothing, 98 lb female knight beating all the other knights for the favor of a manly princess.
I really want another great HBO series to enjoy and so great that I'll buy the DVD collection in the future. But unfortunately it seems they've partially done to GOT with Dragons what was done to Vikings with Valhalla (of which I watched 2.5 episodes & bailed).
Time will tell. I've heard the new Hobbit series is absolutely atrocious, a complete woke disaster. So I guess I'll stick with this for a few episodes as there's nothing else new on worth watching.
Star Trek: Picard (2020)
He lived long and prospered, once upon a time.
Within a few minutes of S2 E1, I grabbed my phone & Google Patrick Stewart health.
Then I went back to watching the show and was sad for him, and angry that they went ahead with Season 2. What I saw was akin to elder abuse. Picard could barely stand in some scenes, and his voice often.too weak to understand. Patrick Stewart is a dedicated professional with a strong work ethic. But at some point, all elders need guidance and protection from the world and the monsters in it. Stewart was taken advantage of in his weakened state, IMO. No one stopped it. Even if he is the one who demanded the show must go on, someone should have kindly refused him.
I have the utmost respect for the honorable Patrick Stewart. Paramount? Zero. They destroyed Star Trek with STD. This was a symptom of a STD. A chancre. And it's all been intentional.
1883 (2021)
Best Western of this type since Lonesome Dove
Best Western since Lonesome Dove. Keep it up! Hope to see more such quality shows back on TV.
I left 9 stars just to keep the production on their toes.
As for the other reviews with negative comments, ignore them. They've been raised on woke garbage.
The Book of Boba Fett (2021)
Episode 5 knocked it out of the park.
Patience is a virtue. Don't critique this series until you've watched through episode 5. There's a story to be told & characters to develop, and a good time ahead.
You're patience will be rewarded.
The Book of Boba Fett is a homage to Sergio Leone & Clint Eastwood.
I left 1 star off because there's always room for improvement.
But, wow! Great job on Episode 5. Hats off to the entire production team.
Star Trek: Discovery (2017)
STD has been assimilated. And not by the Borg.
S04E02. I'm done. Complete and utter nonsense. I gave it 2 stars because a lot of people put in a lot of hard work to produce this show and at least 2 of them probably feel really bad about the end result, but hey, it's a job. So I gave them each a star as a token participation trophy.
Seriously, I could write any nonsense down here and it would be better than the script.
The Waltons' Homecoming (2021)
It's ok. Better than other stuff on TV.
Austin Powers ruined The original Walton's for me. I can't watch without focusing on John Boys mole. Glad they didn't put use makeup on John Boy for old time's sake in this rendition.
Little Fauss and Big Halsy (1970)
I loved this movie when it 1st came out.
I was maybe 12 when I first saw this movie. Any kid who rode a dirt bike loved this movie. We referenced it a lot as young teens. The sidecar racing was the first we had seen, and we all wished we could ride one. The great motorcycle documentary 'On Any Sunday' came out around the same time.
Redford was as popular with teen girls as Farah Faucett was with boys because of this movie.
I last saw saw this over 30 years ago, but it was all chopped up for TV, and the flow was ruined due to too many commercials. I'm looking forward to watching it again straight through.
As a side note: It's a long story, but I rescued a 14y old runaway because of this movie. She was just as pretty, and one of the guys she was hanging out with was just as creepy as Little. My dad drive her to a bus station, bought her a ticket home.
La Brea (2021)
Detour, The Movie.
I missed the final season of Detour. So as I watched this, I just imagined that this was a wrap up of the story line. Wasn't as funny as the series, but better Fx.
Natalie Zea is bright, witty, funny, sexy, tough. She'd be great in a remake of The Burning Bed.
Foundation (2021)
I like it. Very good cinematography.
I actually like this. It jumps around with flashbacks, but its worth sticking with. It's the only event SciFi on TV right now, and actually pleasant surprise. I look forward to the next episode. Those that are disappointed likely read the books. That happens because SciFi stimulates out imaginations, and we each imagine the characters and scenes differently. Asimov, like Stephen King novels are difficult to translate to the screen.
The cinematography is very good. Just a guess, but some of the production teams also worked on The Expanse and Dune.
The Expanse (2015)
Too bad, so sad.
If only the entire season 5 had been like 10 minutes of the last episode.
That the series completely forgot about the basics of physics, if they ever knew, is sad. I dont mind the phoney sounds of rockets blatting as they break the sound barrier, in the vaccum of open space, but the kid assembling his weapon with the parts just sitting on his bunk, pressung on his blanket in zero gravity is too much. Yes
Snowpiercer (2013)
Garbage.
Absolutely terrible movie.
Complete nonsense premise and story line.
Bad acting, editing, production. Devoid of proper sound effects and movement.
I only stuck with it to see just how terrible the ending was.
There is no way this thing achieved a 7.1 rating. Obviously ginned up reviews and bought and paid for awards.
Raised by Wolves (2020)
Keep going! I vote for a season 3!
This is the most bizarre science fiction show I've ever seen. It's actually a lot like what your mind might create when reading a book. Crazy, weird, violent and impossible stuff happens on a hostile alien planet. Like when a human opens a mysterious box and finds a magic bean that turns her into a tree that is later eaten by flying snake that was birthed by an Android. The arch hero is a former viking who wears a band uniform, and who gained superpowers by swallowing an Android's eyeballs. I cheered when the alien water kangaroo stole a newborn, unzipped it abdomen, inserted the baby, dove back into an ocean of acid and swam away.
Yes, there are some dead end plots and editing issues, but all in, it's great escapism. IMO, It's the best true scifi on TV now.
If you don't get it or like it, maybe scifi isn't for you?
Motherland: Fort Salem (2020)
Weaponized lesbian witches. Scary.
It actually makes sense that the witches are lesbians. Imagine what a scorned witch could do to a man. Plus, why would a witch even need a man? They can change their own car's oil and fix loose doorknobs with a wink. And disappear trash right out of the can. These witches are military weapons, so obviously, they wouldnt need a big strong man to protect them. And they certainly don't need a man for his money: They can cast anything they need, including a big O anytime they're in the mood.
Spoiler: Season 2 will introduce a male story line featuring gay vampires (Vamps) and their pet tigers that "transition" into werewolves during a Ramadan moon.
Anyway, it's a unique story, geared towards young, umm, females, But the cast is kinda hot, so straight guys might like it too, and the CG is wild & realistic. I'll say this: Its leaps and bounds better than that dreadful new show about a murder mystery on a snow train.
Devs (2020)
Silicon Valley this is not.
I got hooked when I saw the building construction.
Have you ever been watching a show and checked the time remaing, hoping there was a lot more time left because the story was just getting good? I did that with the 1st episode.
Just watch and decide on this one for yourself.
I'm really hoping this series will make for the disappointing season 2 of Altered Carbon. Well, that, and the last season of Black Mirror, IMO.
Altered Carbon (2018)
Season 1 great. S2, not.
1st season was one of my favorite Scifi shows.
Really disappointed. I couldn't even follow 1st two episodes.
Beyond that, the muscular "hero" gets a new high tech upgraded battle skin, and gets his back kicked, easily, every time. And by a women half his size. WUT?
Magnetic hands, that only attract his own pistols, but nothing else metal in room? And he can't seem to hit anyone he shoots, yet every other character is an ace shot.
Lazy writing, poor editing. Poor choice of main plot.
You blew a great sci-fi series
But hey, you really, really, really blew "Lost In Space".
Dang it. I was really looking forward to Season 2.
At least The Expanse was worth the wait. Because Netflix didn't produce it.
Pandora (2019)
What was that?
What just happened? Show was worse than the dream I had last night that I can barely remember, but have a sense it was just weird. Like, some scary upside down bat figurines almost got me. Then I jumped through a wormhole and escaped into a gym and hung out with some dude.
Anyway. ..
Another Life (2019)
Warning Will Robinson! Neflix has produced a Sci-Fi worse than their remake of Lost In Space.
I gave it a 1 star because some of tge sets were kinda cool. Except if you look close. Like tiles that fall out of the ships ceiling, and all the wires are cut clean. And the WW2 engine on the ship that the captain, or leader of the day, is working on when she kicks the mutiny leader into a high voltage field and kills him.
I actually watched 1.5 episodes at a friends house because I cancelled Netflix months ago due to crappy shows like this.
I live SciFi, but this is just bad soap oprah.
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2018)
I didnt finish watching.
Wut? A mess. Script was bandersnatched.
Maybe I wasnt in the mood. Or should have tried watching several times, smoked some rec or something, but I got lost, gave up.
Not the usual fantastic 10 star Black Mirror.
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Black Mirror (2011)
We only get 3 episodes
One of the best scifi shows on TV, and only 3 episodes? Come on!
On the other hand, I prefer quality over quantity.
PS: Peeles Twilight Zone sucks, BTW.
Chernobyl (2019)
Truly chilling.
Wow. Only 2 episode so far, but amazing show. Well done.
I was 24y old when it happened. It was serious, but a world away behind the secretive USSR during the Cold Was. I did not know it came so close to destroying Eastern Europe.
We need more shows like this. Simple, well done.
1 complaint: The female nuclear physicist: Although the show writer explains that she represents a fictional almagamation of several hundred scientists, the powerful soviet men of that era would not have let her in the room, let alone take her sole opinion as gospel. Today, yes. 1986 Russia? No. So historical mistake, rewriting history to appease SJWs.