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Christopher Becker
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Mostly enjoyed it, but it was hard to swallow how unbelievably stupid they made Watson look near the end.

This is one of the things I wish later games had explored (and maybe Unity/Syndicate do - I gave up on the franchise a while ago): the fact that the Assassins want free will for humanity, but if certain humans use that free will in a way they don't like, it's stabby time. Apparently "everything is permitted" has some

Seriously. Especially since the reasoning is basically "I don't want to get fired, so instead, I'm going to do something that will definitely be noticed by my bosses and with 100%, without question, get me fired." I understand people under stress may not always make the best choices, but you can't tell us their

I would argue that it fails to look incredible almost every episode. Visually it doesn't strike me as any different than Daredevil or Jessica Jones - functional, but unremarkable.

"I know this is a predictable thing to say in these Luke Cage reviews but this truly felt like a D+ at best, and not a B-, I can't understand why the grading for the whole series hasn't reflected the content of the reviews."

So many things I hated about this episode.

Agreed. Men Against Fire was just plain dull, beginning to end.

I thought the guy whose name I forgot finding the file in the barbershop was a pretty clear indicator that Luke won't be in jail for long.

Of all the stupid things in this episode, this infuriated me the most: Diamondback and Co. escaped through a door that led out onto the very street the police were on. No one noticed. The police apparently never noticed a door there, or never said "Hey, I wonder if this is an exit we should cover," or "Someone get me

Almost every season had some over the top stupid in it somewhere, but in terms of overall standout seasons, I'd say 1, 2, and I think 6? Whichever one had the mini-nuke going off in LA. That's either 5 or 6. I think 6.

Pretty much. Moreover, I think this is a Captain America movie that wants us to think about Cap in a different way. So far he's been the good old fashioned hero, with more 'pure' American values that stand tall even 70 years later. Civil War I think wants us to consider that maybe his values DON'T stand tall anymore.

This was the only real dud of the season for me, because of how predictable it turned out to be. "They're people" and "The implant is reshaping his vision of reality" were obvious from miles away, so there really wasn't any tension or suspense or surprise at all. I could say the same thing of Nosedive, but at least

"Civil War's sympathies were tilted decidedly toward's Cap's perspective of "War is bad! But we're good guys, and we can trust good guys to do war".

This is one of the (many) things that really ruined the second half of the season for me. If the show is trying to get us to like and appreciate the residents of Harlem, it can't then tell us these residents are so unfathomably gullible as to be fooled by a random guy punching a cop and shouting "I'M LUKE CAGE! I'M

Yes. It's not as much of an interminable slog as the last few episodes of DD Season 1, but it is a huge drop in quality.

"Misty's actions were completely insane and really bad police work, right?"

"Not sure what it wanted me, as a viewer, to think"

"The therapist looks at Misty’s pain and asks her “How broken are you?” He’s written her off."

"He’s a competent, calculating, and charismatic kingpin"

"The character is written as an impotent flatfoot and the actress just walks around looking vaguely resolute."