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History of the World: Part II (2023)
First, not funny. Second, Seth Rogen should be "cancelled"
I watched three episodes. I liked the first History of the World and almost every other major Mel Brooks project.
Nick Kroll is a decent voice actor, but he is not funny, and has too much of a presence that is constantly dragging down these skits.
Wanda Sykes can be funny, but it was mostly misses in this show.
The other skits were me disappointedly waiting for any one-liner or wit to make me laugh which never came.
Lastly, Seth Rogen has shown time and time again he is a despicable human being. Somehow he has evaded cancel culture because the people who spearhead it are loathe to turn on someone who claims to be "one of them." I would not have even started to watch this if I would have known he was part of the cast.
Wolf Pack (2023)
It got good about half-way through
If you have no analytical ability, you will think this is a "teen drama" with a supernatural skin. It's not. Despite the character's ages, they gave a solid hint that this was more hardcore when they brutally and graphically murdered some kids in the first episode.
Is it a "diversity" cast? Yep. It's the standard fair of many modern shows. You have to cram as many social issues into characters as possible, but nothing felt heavy handed or preachy. It's basically, "This dude is a gay raver." "That kid has mental issues." "The extremely attractive girls somehow are social loners or outcast."
Anyhow, the story picks up at lot around episode four. It's kind of a slow reveal mystery. So if that is too slow burning for you, then it may not be your show.
Run Sweetheart Run (2020)
Pretend it's a vampire flick, ignore the social commentary
For those familiar with VtM, this is a good movie to represent a sadistic Ventrue with a selective feeding habit for intelligent women.
Premise: A movie about the MC being hunted by a supernatural "vampire-like" creature.
Social Commentary: It starts with the MC who is a female POC making some unexplained offensive comment, then being brushed off. While not subtle, it's not silly... yet. As the movie progresses, you can notice that all the white males (her boss, the cops, the villain) are the bad guys. The people who help her are all female or POC. Even that is still within range that it's there, but not over the top. When the women in a car all start yelling about woman power and year of the woman it's getting silly. Then the villain is supposedly not a vampire, despite the similarities, he is a demon of White Patriarchy I guess; that is pretty much where the plot has become a soapbox with a movie attached.
National Treasure: Edge of History (2022)
I like B Movies and Shows, and this is still bad
Disney can make kids tv, adult tv, and even shows that are geared for one or the other but have enough crossover to appeal to both. Whatever they were attempting to do with this continuation of the National Treasure franchise was just a huge bomb.
I can enjoy hammy or cheesy films and TV, as long as they have something about them that is engaging. This has no redeeming qualities to make it watchable. I struggled through the first episode, then fell asleep trying to soldier through the second one hoping to discover anything worthwhile.
This looks like a group of kids did a film school project and sold it to Disney, then Disney just shoe horned in a couple of decent actors for the final cut.