I really like this show, but I can't quite figure out whether or not this show would be better if it didn't have aliens in at all. The sequences with Jonathan were nice, and Don and Kelly's stuff was good enough, but Jeff very rarely amuses me or engages me, and the majority of great scenes in the show tend to deal…
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I had low-ish expectations on Keanu (I like the guys and their sketch show but I'd seen very poor reviews already, and sketch show teams taking on full films rarely goes well), and I found it to be good fun, if dragging at times. Definitely one that I'd watch again, though not one I'm aching to just yet.
I particularly liked how the Joker was just sort of there; he didn't make a grand appearance, he was just sitting in a room not doing anything for a couple of minutes before they moved onto the next flashback. Because a 6 minute sequence staging an elaborate bank robbery, murdering all his co-collaborators and finally…
I could get behind an interpretation of the Joker where, particularly after being imprisoned by the Batman, he decides to scrawl all over his body permanently. And most of his tattoos fit that. The only thing that is unforgivable is the cursive 'Damaged' on his forehead - that's fucking stupid on so, so many levels.
Perhaps there's a compromise for season 21 - after all, season 19 managed to be quite episodic while still building and only becoming really linked in the last four episodes.
The DCEU movies have been steadily getting more enjoyable while getting technically worse and worse. I didn't enjoy Man of Steel at all, but it was very recognisably a movie… I'm not sure I can say that about BvS or Suicide Squad (though I enjoyed at least a couple of small elements of both). Suicide Squad was a…
Indeed. It's possible I was just expecting to really hate his performance, but it was surprisingly tolerable. Whether it would have been less so with more screentime, I don't know. But if I were to list off the problems with the film starting with the most egregious I'm not sure I'd reach a cast member before I passed…
I didn't think Jared Leto was a terrible Joker. He's the worst portrayal I've seen, but that's just because there's such a high bar - Ledger, Nicholson, Hamill (in voice in multiple mediums), even Cesar Romero was excellent at his portrayal. Arguably they were only getting better right through to Ledger, so of course…
Yeah I saw about that (heart goes massively out to him), although I think he's already done a couple of things since. It just seemed like Simmons' line was pretty definitively writing him out; I'd be saddened if this was genuinely them closing a door on Koenig as a part of the show.
Ward killed the first one (Eric?) in season 1 in about episode 19/20, but we saw at least 2 in season 2 (and I think another was referenced?) who should in theory still be out and about being all Patton Oswalty. But this talk was like they were all in the past (since it wasn't just the first who had a lanyard…
Totally agree. While it's got flaws, it has for my money the fewest and least offputting flaws of all the comic book shows at the moment, and so much of what it does is inventive and brilliantly executed.
ALSO! There's a Yo-Yo webseries coming! Looks like it'll be online/on the ABC app from next week (picking up in the AoS gap I guess): https://twitter.com/Geoffre…
I'm not sure that that line does confirm that… but I also think that with what we saw last week they're going firmly with 'the Rider passes from person to person'. Doesn't mean Blaze won't turn up, with or without Rider, at some point.
Damnit, did they just kill Koenig(s?) off off screen? I understand that having him around might be confusing as we go into a LMD storyline, but come on!
Yeah, but only a *bit* pear-shaped; the second halves of both seasons 2 and 3 still had some great stuff, even if they weren't as tight or quite as effective as their respective first halves. I found the season 3 finale to be one(/two) of the best episodes they've ever done, easily.
True, they used it to up their game considerably, which is a plus of the concept ('event' episodes can seem tacky, but they do usually mean more effort is put in as more eyes will be on them, as per the Invasion crossover). But it didn't shift the series the way their other midseason finales have done (it felt more…
The midseason finale is actually a good idea if used well. Take Agents of SHIELD (s2 onwards, at least); they use the midseason finale for a shift in tone, focus and story. Even Arrow has generally managed to do similar, with Ollie's 'death' in s3 and Felicity's shooting in s4. But in The Flash the series has…
One of the reviews at the time had I think the perfect comment on Thirteen, something along the lines of 'If this had been the first film, there would still have been a trilogy'.
I'm not sure I'll watch it again but I enjoyed Inception because it's good schlock - it's nowhere near as clever or deep as it thinks it is, but it's inventive in a number of ways and packed with fun sequences (that mean very little but are goofily enjoyable). I have really not enjoyed this season of Westworld,…