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Stargate SG-1: Solitudes (1998)
Boring
If you've seen one "surviving the cold" story, you've seen em all. I'd rather have seen more fighting with the Gou'ld. Tired of every planet being woodsy, even the Gou'ld worlds are woodsy, snowy isn't an improvement. An episode or two ago we got some advanced people, but we didn't really get a good look at their advanced world. I hope the budget gets better in the later years.
Senior Year (2022)
You don't need a coma to relate
It happens to everybody. You're young, then you're old. In between is kind of a blur. Did the in-between even happen? I don't know. We were there, now we're here, that's all I know.
Riverdale: Chapter Ninety-Four: Next to Normal (2021)
Singy Singy Wingy Dingy ... AGAIN???!!
Didn't we just suffer this torture an episode before last? It's fitting that there was a skipping record featured in it. Are they purposefully trying to kill the show? Stick to interesting stories, intrigue, drama, conflict, struggles, tragedies, triumphs, heroics, villainy, mysteries, spooky stuff, etc. You know, the reason we actually watch it...? This singy wingy junk is a fourth wall breaker, and that takes us out of the story and transforms the characters into their actors performing a talent show. I don't watch talent shows, I watch shows like the one this show is SUPPOSED to be. If you want a talent show, make it separate from this so I don't have to watch it!!!
Riverdale: Chapter Ninety-One: The Return of the Pussycats (2021)
Singy Wingy Dangy Wangy
I can't stand singy wingy "music" that doesn't rock. They bait me with a show that has a lot of the aspects I like in stories, and then they trojan horse a bunch of tootie frootie musical theater junk into it that I can't stand. I only continued watching it for continuity purposes, for in case there's something in it I'd need to know about later.
BOOOO!! BOOOOO!!! Get off the stage! You don't rock!
Riverdale: Chapter Seventy-Four: Wicked Little Town (2020)
Singy Singy Dingy Wingy
Directly after that Stonewall storyline raised the bar above and beyond expectations, they immediately pull the rug out from under us with this singy singy dingy wingy puke.
Riverdale: Chapter Fifty-One: Big Fun (2019)
The Bait And Convert Agenda
They presume everybody's got the swishy-walk gene. Nope, just them. If everybody was swishy-walkers, this woulda been a big hit.
I liked Archie Comics when I was a little kid, grew up to like spooky supernatural stuff, heard this was spooky supernatural Archie, so here I am. I like it, except when they do this stuff that doesn't connect with me. If they wanna do stuff like this, that's great, but please do it over there in its own category. Leave it out of the stuff that's aimed at me, because it's like trying to sell fat clothes to a skinny person or vice versa. It's just not for me. Please take "not interested" for an answer. Okay? Okay. Thanks.
Supergirl: I Believe in a Thing Called Love (2021)
Lex: "I love you!" LOL
Lex Luthor in love is a loser :)
It's an okay episode, Jon Cryer's interpretation of the Lex Luthor character throughout the series has been surprisingly amazing, a highlight of the series, actually. But this is odd. They sold it by making it a part of his megalomania, and I do buy it that way, and that's saying a lot, because these jokers (the show-makers) most often fail to convince me of their character motivations. So I accept it. That still doesn't make it less weird. Lovey-dovey Lexie-poo is just too ridiculous to not laugh.
The Flash: The Speed of Thought (2021)
Divide The Whole Against Itself By Unifying And Polarizing The Subsets
Acceptance is something that comes at the end of a series of realizations and personal growths. Fighting for it is just something else to fight about, and creates further division and prevention of healing and reconciliation. The societal controllers know this and are using "Social Justice" to prevent unity.
Supergirl: The Wrath of Rama Khan (2019)
Emo Whiney Pseudoscience
"You kept something from me so I hate you now! WHAAAAAH!" "You didn't trust me so I'll show you how untrustworthy I am! WHAAAAAH!" "I know, I'm sorry! It's all my fault! WHAAAAAH!" This emo, spoiled brat, tantrumy, boo-hoo snowflake whiney crybaby crap SUCKS!
I first thought the Leviathan storyline was gonna rock, but it turned out to be just as weak as the rest of it. Rama-lama-ding-dong the earthmover showed up like an unstoppable force of nature, but he just turned out to be the first-ever male Karen. Spanked, pawned and usurped by a better and more qualified female Karen.
You KNOW ice shrinks when it melts, so if you believe in Waterworld, you failed THEIR i.q. Test, and that's how THEY know THEY OWN you. You KNOW all the green things breathe in CO2 and breathe out oxygen, so if you believe CO2 is killing the planet, just because THEY put out a narrative about it, then you failed THEIR i.q. Test, and that's how THEY know THEY own you. How that relates to this: These NPCs who just flow with the authoritative narratives are who these shows are written for, not for sentient adults who understand what I'm talking about and know I'm right.
Arrow: Broken Hearts (2016)
I've Decided Felicity Is Wrong For Oliver
Trust is a two way street, and Felicity should trust that Oliver would only lie if it's the right thing to do. But reasons are immaterial to her, all she cares about is getting her pliers around his walnuts. She shouldn't have gotten away with this. Criticizers of how someone is aren't the deciders of how someone is, criticizers can accept how someone is, perceived flaws and all, or walk away and keep walking. If Felicity hadn't fished for him and hooked him, Oliver would've been back with Laurel by now, and Laurel is more understanding about the necessity of secrets.
Thunder Force (2021)
Lol
Funniest movie I've seen all day XD.
Hi, how are you?
Lol. This movie is funny. Goofy funny. Me's'n no usually liken a goofy funny, maybe because it's usually done pretentiously, but this goofiness is sincere. Maybe. Hopefully. Maybe because instead of being made by easily amused folks trying to make themselves laugh like peekaboo makes babies laugh, it's made by people who have also bored of that, and went past it, looking for new amusements on that path.
Or maybe revisiting how we used to be. I remember when the closet was a thing, a lot of ambiguously gay comedians built their entire act around beating around the bush about how gay they might or might not be. Individual opinions vary, but societally, that was part of our culture. I only speak for the era I was actually alive during, but, it wasn't illegal, and it was edgy, it was great, people enjoyed the humor, even if they didn't partake in the activity, and maybe it was kind of disarming to the people who didn't approve of the activity. But you know, when people got overly sensitive, offended and preachy about it, that swings the pendulum on the other side, and it's not funny anymore, it's just something to be hostile about. Preaching belongs behind a pulpit, so we can, you know, we can make sure to not go there and subject ourselves to it. But when the preaching is in a movie, that brings the fight to us, and we weren't trying to fight, we were just trying to watch a movie. Point is, there's a gay joke in this movie. More of a gag, really, with jokes around it. Not pushy or pully, it's just there, being what it is. Which makes me think that maybe people are starting to calm down about that. That's good. Great. I'd like to see funny be funny and jokes be jokes, and let movies be movies again, like it used to be.
The Crab-Man is hilarious, lol. Mallory Keaton's brother with pincers, lol. XD.
Supernatural: There's No Place Like Home (2015)
Great Episode
Charlie's duality scenario reminds me of Captain Kirk's problem in The Enemy Within, my favorite episode of Star Trek: The Original Series.
Sinister Squad (2016)
It's really really not very good
It's the bare minimum of what could qualify to be the movie it's packaged to be. Not even one decimal point of an effort beyond that was made. Whoever is reading this, you or anyone you know, your grandmother or that kid who mows your lawn, could gather up a small number of free actors, ask around for an abandoned building you can film in for a day or two for free, have a video editor that can add basic smoke effects, and make a movie just like this.
The Walking Dead: Service (2016)
No Payoff This Time
It's because the comic and show were more popular than the writers had ideas, we have to watch the same story recycled over and over: Raiders impose on the group, the group puts the raiders down, rinse, repeat. But THIS time, why bother even having that payoff, why not just drag it out forever by having the raiders' imposition never end?
I had sworn off this show, I hadn't watched it in weeks, but I had time on my hands, was caught up on the other series's I was watching, so I'll just kill some time letting the next Walking Dead episode play. Big mistake. This episode "Service" is a new all-time low. I didn't even imagine it could be this bad, but I'll be darn if it isn't. It'll be a very long time before I watch the next episode, if ever.
Rick is such a sissy yellow coward pansy now. He should have hatcheted Negan at the RV, that first day.
The Walking Dead: Last Day on Earth (2016)
Morgan The Pacifist is WRONG!!!
It should be like that song in a previous episode said "Don't tame your demon, but keep it on a leash." The middle ground is where balance is. KNOW who to save and who to kill. Morgan claims he indirectly saved Denise by saving the Wolf Leader, but he actually indirectly caused the Wolf invasion, and Denise ran into some bad luck, anyway. And it didn't save Carl, because Carl never would have gotten shot in the face in the first place, if the Wolf invasion hadn't let the walkers in. Also, Rick is stupid to let little kids participate in that zombie walk. Did he not think the little one would talk or whine? So much SMH. And Carol, omg, she and Tyreece left Lizzie alone with Mika and Judith, to go have a talk about how Lizzie is too psycho to be left alone with Mika and Judith. Are you serious? But I already complained about that one, in that episode's page. But back to topic, this episode in particular, and why I hate it. I don't hate this episode because of the episode itself, but because of the shift it represents in the arc of the strongest group becoming the weakest group. The things that happened before, and the things that DIDN'T happen after. Dwight get to live for years after this, peace made etc, and Negan got to live permanently after this, peace made etc, more or less. The prior episode, I was replacing Carol with myself in my head, and telling that kidnapper chick that her survival can ONLY be assured by returning Carol and Maggie to Rick unharmed. Because if the kidnappers didn't release them unharmed, the Rick Group would hunt them down and personally end their survival! I wanted someone in the group, Carol or Maggie in person, or Rick over the radio, to tell those ditzes that the Rick Group are the raider killers. That they are good people trying to preserve the peace by killing raiders and wiping out raider groups, which is a necessary "evil" in this barbaric world. They have something to that effect on their welcome sign!! And they had been living up to the promise. Sanctuary for the conscientious, death to remorseless savages. Heck, at that point, the Rick Group had wiped out four raider groups, if you count both of the Governor's groups, and they were in a position to become the professional raider killers of Walker World. The Savior Group would've made 5 raider groups that bit the dust, on to the next one, cleaning house around here. But nope, instead they try to save the devils that kill them without mercy, and become weak little pacifist weenies. Thanks Morgan! If I was Rick, I would have told Morgan that he needs BOTH his savage self AND his merciful self, and the wisdom to know when to let which one take the wheel.
The Silence (2019)
It Is How It Would Be If It Happened
I liked it. The religious nuts were accurately portrayed. "The greater good" as a justification for twisted self serving evil is their con job, and the filmmakers nailed it, perfect. Of course, I or any practical person could rig sound traps to extinct these unfit beasts in a matter of weeks, but during those weeks, stuff like what's shown in the movie is what would happen, more or less.
Joker (2019)
1st in the 3 top movies of 2019.
Leo should've played the sidekick in his movie, because the award for best lead actor is a complete shutout. All the praise I heard for Joker before seeing it didn't prepare me for the height of epicness Joker achieved. Phoenix and Phillips nailed it. We didn't just watch Arthur go insane, we rode shotgun with him on that runaway train. Or did we? Did we see what we saw, or did Arthur imagine it all for us? Is Arthur really the Joker, or just a committed lunatic with delusions of being the Joker, and the real Arthur never left his padded cell the entire time, while he and we just watched this entire fantasy play out in his lost and wandering mind? We can't really be sure, and that uncertainty is a work of art that we were given as a gift. Thank you, everyone who contributed to this masterpiece.
Masters of Horror: Homecoming (2005)
A Very Important Story
Great movie, not even close to the best in its genre, but this is not about being the best zombie movie ever, it's about shaking some sense into people who very much need to realize what's really happening. I'm surprised one of the political mafiosos didn't prevent it from being made, but encouraged that it exists. Developed from Dale Bailey's original source material into Sam Hamm's adaptation, then through Joe Dante's vision of it, it hits home for me, and probably with many folks who know how backwards and NOT "for the people" our world/social structure is. The message of "don't throw your life away for the lies of the money & power greedy who tell you it's for the people when it's really for their own money & power greed" is what elevates this so-so zombie flick into one of the greatest and most important stories ever told.
The Gracefield Incident (2017)
Best Movie I've Seen Today, So Far
This is my breakfast movie, and my supper movie may or may not be better. This could've been better, but I completely enjoyed it. If I missed a minute, I had to back it up, because you can't miss a minute of it. Found footage should've been done twice, maybe three times, then never done again. Invisible observer is tried and true, it's what's been "taking us there" since before film was invented. Back when our fantasies were on printed pages, we were brought into the stories, to see but not be seen. No gadgets required. Found footage discourages imagination. In the case of this movie, I used my imagination to blank out the camera readings and references, which allowed me to be the invisible observer, which made the movie more enjoyable. Some of the acting is weird, but I can gloss that over as a case of the characters are weird. I'm sure there are people who would act that way and say those things in those situations. So, I'm cool with all that. It's a cool movie. It has issues, sure, but if you skip it, you're missing out on something.
Disaster Movie (2008)
It's not very good, but it's not as bad as they say
It's stupid, fun and funny, like Spaceballs, but not as good. I don't think they were trying to beat Spaceballs or Scary Movie, or any of the better ones of that type, I think it's more of a spoof of spoofs. Like, maybe it wasn't really making fun of the movies it parodied, maybe it was making fun of the other spoof movies that spoof such movies as those. Like it's mocking them, like "Hey spoof movies, this is how pointless and nonsensical you are". If that's the case, then it's actually clever. If that's not the case, then it's just a phoned-in formulaic project that was lazily thrown together. Still better than watching paint dry. And for any movie, even a movie of paint drying, to be rated lower than The Last Jedi is an injustice.
Day of the Dead: Bloodline (2017)
Feed The Zombies
A group of Zombie Apocalypse survivors are so compassionate for the plight of the pitiful starving undead, that to make sure the poor helpless zombies don't go hungry, they apparently intentionally feed themselves to the zombies, willingly, one by one.
I mean, there are stupid people in the world who do stupid things, and seeing that in a movie actually can make the movie more realistic, if it's done in a way that evokes "Okay, yep, I know people that stupid". But when it goes far beyond the limit of normal stupid choices, the movie becomes The Suicide Games, in which the characters are trying to one-up each other's zombie maulings. "Okay, we're doing something that has to be done now, and that alone would be so boring it would make the movie boring, so to make it exciting, we're gonna do it in the middle of a bunch of zombies. Who wants to be the zombie food this time?" To which someone raises their hand high in the air, bouncing on their heels "Ooh! Ooh! I will!" And that one is pointed out as the lucky winner, and the one next to them is disappointed, but they'll get another chance next time.
Well, if not being boring was their goal, they accomplished it. But man, it ain't Tolstoy.
Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
Star Wars died in the last Jedi
If she's nobody, then she has no story, so why are we following her? No Young Skywalker equals no Skywalker Saga. If you want to watch a space story without Skywalkers, go watch Star Trek. They boast they didn't bow to theorists, but they should've. You know who they bowed to? The antitheorists. They knelt on both knees and sloppy french kissed the butts of the antitheorists. Who are the antitheorists? They are plot haters who don't want complex stories distracting them from their shiny sparkly 'splosions. Dimwits have pulled Star Wars down to their level, but I don't like Pokemon.
Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
Star Wars died in the last Jedi
If she's nobody, then she has no story, so why are we following her? No Young Skywalker equals no Skywalker Saga. If you want to watch a space story without Skywalkers, go watch Star Trek. They boast they didn't bow to theorists, but they should've. You know who they bowed to? The antitheorists. They knelt on both knees and sloppy french kissed the butts of the antitheorists. Who are the antitheorists? They are plot haters who don't want complex stories distracting them from their shiny sparkly 'splosions. Dimwits have pulled Star Wars down to their level, but I don't like Pokemon.
Shadows in the Storm (1988)
One of the realest movies I've seen.
It starts out like something that could only happen in a dream, then the veil lifts, and it's exactly what happens every day, all over the world, since time began and forever, as long as inwardly blessed folks think with the wrong head and outwardly blessed folks are shallow and superficial. This movie is brilliant. The casting is 100% perfect, for what the movie is really about. My only slight disappointment is that the wife deserves better, and Hoover from Animal House should've got his wish.
Alex Cross (2012)
Multi-facet talent hurts mundane folks' butts.
I am a skilled seer of movie flaws, and I saw nothing wrong with this story. It was great, it was unpredictable, it was realistic, it was a ride. Somebody gave me this movie, and my first thought was "Madea as a super-cop? I'm not sure I've got an hour and a half to spare for that." So, I was also guilty of typecasting, before I watched it. But I didn't get stuck on that, I was proven wrong and I'm not ashamed to admit I presumed wrongly about it. I think other folks made the same presumption and are too prideful to admit they were wrong. Also, I think mundane folks get butthurt when creative folks show more than one skill. So, the main star is a joker who's not joking. It's called range, and he should be appreciated for it, not penalized. Some of the criticisms I've seen are far reached for. People determined to bash will find a reason if they have to invent one.