Oh yeah, I think scores are mostly pointless. It works for a system where you’re scanning the paper quickly to decide what movie you’ll watch at the cinema later, but that’s in the past.
Though I will say this review has moved Mute from ‘looking forward to watch’ to ‘not even going on my watchlist’. So these grades do…

I mean that’s where the culture was heading from the moment we introduced ‘if you like this, you might also enjoy...’. When we started to let algorithms recommend stuff to us, we started to close ourselves off from new things. We’re caught in a feedback loop, endlessly reconfiguring elements in the database for the…

Netflix only makes criticism redundant if you think the point of film criticism is as a means of assessing which films will get your money. Yes, to Netflix it doesn’t matter if you watch it, or not, and then if you liked it, or not. You already paid for your subscription.
But if you think of criticism as a way to help…

Oh, absolutely. Mozart has some actual pathos, and is a little more than just the silly fun of Bored to Death.

I thought the first season was amusing, but also rather obvious. It went for rather surface level stories and jokes about classical music. The music choices too, were all very top 100.

The question now is will they be able to craft a better show without the basic framework of Bryan Fuller’s original storyline. Because I really wouldn’t be surprised that the basic beats of this season were all laid out by him. So did they shackle themselves to this, but didn’t have the vision to make it work the way…

Not sure if it’s diva-behaviour, but I will say he hasn’t quite earned to the right to be entirely uncompromising. He may have a distinct vision and style, and he can be proud of what he’s worked on, but he’s also slightly disappearing up his own behind. American Gods had a lot going for it, but the whole season could…

I think it was about being a bad pet owner, and some thoughtless remarks regarding representation and diversity in movies.

It’s undeniable that the show is made by fans, and obviously it would be folly to try to replicate the snoozefest of early TNG, or the mostly static format of Berman-era Trek.
And I’m not saying the show as it now, is without merit, but it feels to me like the writers/producers are more interested in a comic book…

The pacing seems to substitute for actual character development. If we’re being kind we can blame the production issues for the show’s lack of substance. The various producers all taking away from any clear identity it might have had. Hopefully next season they can figure things out better.

Good lord, just about all these people should be taken off active duty for a long while. Stamets just lost his husband, Burnham lost her mentor, and now her lover. I’m sure Saru needs some time to recuperate, he’s in a universe where he’s literal prey. Tilly is still wearing that wig, which seems like a cry for help.
Bu…

Doe gewoon normaal,” translates to “just be normal.” In practice, this is a suggestion to stay busy, but not too busy; to rest, but not too much. Above all, it means don’t be lazy. Be productive. Contribute.

I think we’ll find out when they announce season 2. But Burnham, Saru, Tilly and Stamets are the only decent characters anyway. Maybe we’ll get the original Lorca back. Who knows with this show.

-The Discovery can’t really go home, can it? If they go home and report the info about the Defiant and the Mirror Universe, then the events of “Tholian Web” and “Mirror, Mirror” don’t make a lot of sense, since one would think Starfleet would take precautions to save a starship and brief their captains, like Kirk,…

Yeah, it sounds like she was expecting Aziz Ansari from Master of None; all charm, whimsy and respect, and got Tom Haverford, from the early seasons of Parks and Rec, instead.

The continuing humiliation of this guy is a precious source of joy in these days. Can we have just weekly press conferences with Hoekstra? Just an unending parade of him being owned by earnest journalists.
Send him out to neighbourhoods in Rotterdam, Sinterklaas intochten, the most socialist parts of Groningen, and…

Actually the Mirror-universe is perfect for this show, because that sense of pulpiness and random violence is their main innovation for Discovery.
When Enterprise did their Mirror-two parter there was a far greater sense of dress up and pantomime to it. Seeing Scott Bakula pretend to be a fascist, backstabbing soldier…

Now they just need to work on the design and lighting, the show looks too bright, stagey and cartoonish. It just screams ‘low budget Star Trek-knockoff’.
Black Mirror’s Callister did a much better job ripping off Star Trek’s design.
And they need to move that door behind the captain’s chair, it’s very distracting.

I mean Hoekstra was born in Groningen, but I am morbidly fascinated by these Americans in their tulip-filled towns in the wastes of Michigan and Iowa, with their fake windmills and misspelled last names. Holding up these tacky clichés to signify an identity that is almost entirely meaningless.

I’m just looking forward to Hoekstra hating every moment of living in het moederland. Outside of Urk he’s not exactly going to like actual Holland, compared to Holland, Michigan.
There’s something so irksome about these Dutch Americans like Hoekstra, and the Devosses and Princes. They contradict everything we like to…