It's most apparent in the resolution of the main story lines for the kids. Spoiler (Move your mouse to the spoiler area to reveal the content) Show Spoiler Hide Spoiler Miguel and his father was set up as a huge thing but ended up being entirely an afterthought after being resolved in just a couple of episodes. The only other two younger characters that had story lines of real consequences were Tory and Sam (for Tory the betrayal thing and for Sam her romance issues with Miguel). The secondary student characters did not progress at all. I'm talking about the likes of Demetri, Hawk, ...
A friend of mine today said he wants a short of Madisynn, Wong, Kate, and Yelena just bar hopping to figure out which drink goes best with mac and cheese.
Andor is great. It's only three episodes so far but those three are the strongest start to any of the Disney+ SW shows. If they keep up this quality, it's going to n°1 on my list ahead of The Mandalorian. Fantastic ensemble as well. I love how they obviously watched Killing Eve and said, "we should bring aboard Fiona Shaw to play a Carolyn-like character!".
I had to stop and go back several times for this episode of Shulk. Just boring despite a couple of potentially interesting bits for the future.
So talking about House of the Dragon, one thing that sets it apart from Game of Thrones is that there is not really anyone to care about or root for. The original show was alsa filled with morally ambiguous characters but some of them were still charming/fun/funny. Whereas in House, most are just power-hungry with few redeeming qualities. Like why exactly should I care who wins the Dance of Dragons? Daemon, Rhaenyra and Alicent all suck in their own ways. And yeah, you can have a show devoid of characters that are even remotely likable but the writing has to be super-good to keep the audience around. So far House isn't clearing that bar.
Just finished binging Black Summer on Netflix. Even at its best The Walking Dead is inferior in every way to Black Summer season one. Season two was a little too pondersome but still excellent. I tried Z Nation because it has the same production team, but it’s seems pretty bad like most syfy channel stuff.
It's the most watched show or movie in streaming right now. There aren't many people complaining about it being boring, it's a vocal minority who have tons of bot accounts.
I'll admit after the first two episodes I felt a bit bored but after episode three, four, and five I am just hungry for the next. I got several Star Wars fans at my work and they so far haven't been hooked on it yet. One co-worker who is a Star Wars fan through marriage, made a valid point, she loves the spectacle of Star Wars, the space adventure aspect of it. The political struggle between the Empire and Rebellion while a great back drop, the minutia of that struggle just doesn't interest her. That I think is fair cause Andor focuses on that aspect of story.
She-Hulk got the Daredevil intro right. Just finished season 2 of See on Apple+. Jason Momoa can actually act a bit and the show, despite the still cringy Queen character, is really good. The series finale is this Friday and I'll probably be just 1-2 episodes behind at that point.
The finale to She-Hulk was an interesting concept done incredibly poorly. Maybe the worst episode of any of the Marvel shows on D+. The season overall was okay, with a couple of really great parts and some equally bad parts. The cast deserved better than what the writers gave them.
Finished the 3rd and final season of See. Everything about the show shouldn't work, but the acting, the wardrobe, the writing, and the "lived in" feeling of the entire world is really good. It's 3 seasons, 24 episodes, and yet another thing from Apple TV+ that's well worth your time.
I had high hopes for it, between Tony Gilroy's involvement and the fact that I had already greatly enjoyed Rogue One too. But it has far exceeded my expectations.
I knew "The Peripheral" on Amazon was going to be about some trippy VR/AR that is actual reality, but I didn't realize we'd spend so much time outside of it with a poor family in the Blue Ridge Mountains and a bunch of ex military guys. Great show through the first 2 episodes.
I was intrigued by the trailer until I saw "from the creators of Westworld". I do see it has Jack Reynor as well, who I liked a lot in Strange Angel (which should have gotten its third season).
Liked the first two episodes of Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities. Certainly enough to be keen to see the rest of the anthology series. Liked the first one better than the second one. Great Tim Blake Nelson in the lead role. Second one dragged a bit in the second half of the episode, even though it was actually shorter than episode one.
Andor is giving me an existential crisis that doesn't even belong to me. The crushing reality of the Empire, the disparate parts of the rebellion struggling to coalesce, the variety of competent and incompetent people on all sides, and then that shocking person appearing in this episode. Spoiler (Move your mouse to the spoiler area to reveal the content) Show Spoiler Hide Spoiler Andy freaking Serkis!
Still enjoying Cabinet of Curiosities. Really loved episode three (which kind of felt like a mix between Stephen King's The Outsider and The Autopsy of Jane Doe). Episode four was good too, but more due to the performances than the writing (always great to see Martin Starr in anything).