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Moonfall (2022)
complete garbage
The first ten minutes or so of this movie indicated very strongly that this movie is a load of garbage. Science is sacrificed for Hollywood gimmicks and ludicrous plot lines. There is the usual trope of a disgraced hero who is having family issues, and of course a child who we are supposed to care about. Conspiracy theorists run rampant, ignoring all good science to promote their weird ideas. This truly is the worst Hollywood has to offer. I am glad I did not pay to see this, as Amazon Prime now has it as a freebie. They should pay me to see it! I lasted about twenty minutes, which is nineteen too many.
This film is a pustulant hemmorhoid on the rectum of moviemaking.
St. Denis Medical (2024)
disappointing indeed
I had hopes that this show would be as funny as Scrubs. Alas, it depicts a group of people who for the most part should be no where near a hospital, and especially not providing medical care for patients. Instead they look like the type of underqualified morons, imbeciles, and idiots who might be appointed to those positions by the new Trump administration. The documentary style of the show is potentially good, but does not come near the quality of similar efforts such as What We Do in The Shadows, or The Office. I watched the first episode without a single chuckle, but saw several cringe moments as health care workers are depicted as dangerously incompetent. I stopped watching five minutes into episode two.
Social Studies (2024)
not a show for me
I give this a five as I can see that someone is trying to document the effect of social media on today's teens. However, I am an old guy who does not own a cell phone and does not participate at all in social media. I thought that perhaps I could gain some insight into whatever makes the current generation of teens click. All I saw in the first 15 minutes or so was a group of narcissistic and egocentric youth from a rich neighborhood who were showing off their thousand dollar sneakers and comparing the costs of their outfits. It disturbs me immensely that this is the generation which will soon be running the planet, yet to me they look like a discombobulated, poorly educated group, barely able to communicate in person, an immense waste of life and space and resources. I stopped after 15 minutes of the first episode.
Disaster Autopsy (2024)
reasonable analysis but dodgy graphics
The show does a good job of analyzing various disasters, with a number of 'experts' offering their opinions of what might have caused the event to take place. However, the shows presents these experts as looking over some sort of (non existent) holographic table on which CGI images have later been superimposed, to make it look like like that is what the experts are seeing. The experts are also interviewed siting on stools which are clearly in front of some green screen on which a computer image is projected of a warehouse of some sort, perhaps to give it an air of industrialized importance. Often, multiple 'experts' are shown simultaneously peering intently at where the graphics are to be added later, when very likely there is only one of them filmed at a time and they are then added together later in editing. Alas, these shenanigans do take away from the show.
Mission Unstoppable with Miranda Cosgrove (2019)
reasonable intro to STEM for young girls
This is clearly a show aimed at young teenage girls to attract them into a STEM career. Various scientists are interviewed (but only after they have they have posed crossing their arms in some sort of power move). The bubbly and enthusiastic host has a very strong propensity to wear skimpy and revealing fashions, and I am not sure how that is relevant or appropriate for the target female 11-14 year old viewer, or perhaps there is also an audience of 'men of a certain persuasion' to be tapped? Topics cover various ranges of science and technology, and the predominantly female career scientists are interesting to listen to.somewhat interesting but low level.
The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth (2016)
not impartial but they try to be probing
As a non-American, this program does give a point of view into US politics. But I am not sure what they will do once Trump is no longer in the picture. Mind you, the crazies on both sides continue to come into prominence in US politics, so I suppose there will always be politicians they can focus on.
I do note that someone responsible for this program has a real fixation on hands in motion! In each episode, there are several cuts of just hands waving about, and I have no idea what that is supposed to convey to the viewer. Surely it would be more useful to have a shot of whoever is speaking at that time?
Fear the Walking Dead: The Road Ahead (2023)
not sad this has ended
Well this series is finally over, and I certainly will not miss it. It started out quite well, but in the past few seasons has gone terribly wrong. A theme of the show lately has been second chances - well I certainly would not give any second chance to the recent showrunners, as they have full responsibility for this mess. I am very disappointed that Victor Strand is still alive at the end - he is surely one of the most awful people depicted in the series - a murderer, a vicious dictator, a psychopath, and an egocentric megalomaniac. Supposedly he is now reformed - I would not grant such a terrible person any second chance whatsoever. And really, why did Alicia reappear, and also the cat - do both have nine lives, one wonders.
Wolf Hound (2022)
truly a dismal movie, laughable
This is quite simply a horrible ridiculous movie. The acting is one dimensional and quite wooden. The writing is simply atrocious, with plot developments that border on the ludicrous. There are dozens of times that stunt men are flung around, all dressed as the enemy of course, due to explosions and bullet impacts. The enemy appear to be terrible shots, as dozens of them firing at our heroes can't seem to hit a single one of them. Conveniently, the enemy keeps jumping out from behind cover, or they don't bother with cover at all, so that they can be killed by the heroes. The enemy officers are all depicted as stereotypical psychopaths grinning as they try to kill. Fortunately one of our heroes sometimes talks to himself about what is happening so that the viewers are clued in. Several museums got their planes and armored vehicles out for a spin in this movie. Alas the dogfights are quite unbelievable, as pilots seem unable to hit the plane 100 ft in front of them. All told, a total waste of time - read a good book instead.
The Ark (2023)
utter drivel
We managed to watch about 15 minutes of the first episode before deciding it was a complete waste of my time, and doing anything else would be better. The show is clearly aimed at the Gen Z crowd, as that is the predominant age range of the survivors of the 'disaster'. The actual disaster is of course the script, dialogue, and acting, poor CGI, compounded by an apparent disregard of science and engineering principles. It is fairly easy to predict future plot points - hot bodies will get together for steamy sessions, others will foment mutiny, factions will form, people will die. The premise was promising, but the execution is awful. It would of course be best for the health of TV in general for this series to be quickly cancelled, and the resources applied to better shows.
Fear the Walking Dead: Amina (2022)
Worse than a boil on your posterior
This episode is inevitable given the horrible arc taken by the writers. It is a pustulant boil on the rectal orifice of the TWD universe! The writers and showrunners should never work at these jobs again. I will not mind at all when this series ends.
Nuevo orden (2020)
too close to what could be the truth
This movie is quite scary, in that it could be very close to what might happen in Mexico. After all, Mexico is currently a nest of corruption and crime, with the police and military astoundingly complicit in the violence which all too often happens there. I cannot imagine that the tourist board of Mexico is going to promote this film. I have been to Mexico several times, but am certainly very reluctant to go there now -- even the touristy areas of say Acapulco and Puerto Vallarta sometimes erupt in violent and deadly murder, in which tourists have died. I'll stay away for now.
Raw Travel (2013)
Interesting show, but too much face
I like that the host shows us a number of places off the normal tourist traps, and sees and does things with locals. But I do get weary of seeing numerous close ups of his face when he has something more interesting in the background. This is ok if he happens to be speaking to us on camera, but often he is not - it is just a pan from below of his chin and nostrils blocking whatever is behind him. I suppose though that this represents the modern selfie culture, which seems to centre on images of the traveller rather than what they are visiting.
Better Things (2016)
started well, ended very oddly
I really liked this show in the first two or three seasons. Then things went off the rails for me, and hence my low rating. The episodes became very odd and disjointed, like improv sketches with a lot of non-sequiturs, that were edited by someone not qualified for the job. I could not understand characters dialogue or their reactions to each other - it made little sense. And the relationship of Sam with her daughters made me extremely glad that I chose never to have children - what a collection of narcissistic, spoiled, egocentric kids who rarely ever lifted a finger to help their mother in any household chore, and generally did everything to be obnoxious. Watching each of the later episodes, I was uncomfortable with how much program there still was to watch - I just wanted them to end. Well, now it is over, and I won't miss it.
DMZ (2022)
Ludicrous plot
So we are to believe that a woman who is looking for her lost kid from 8 years ago finally goes back into the DMZ to look for him. By staggering coincidence she happens to have close ties to both of the main antagonists who are trying to become the governor of this place, and then her missing son now turns out to be the main feared killer in the DMZ, and his birth father is one of the main bad guys. And how is it that after 8 years the three hundred thousand or so inhabitants of this zone, with virtually no way in or out, are well supplied with food and basic goods? Given the way people are living, and the gangs that have been established, they all should have killed each other long ago. The melee scene is absurd - bladed weapons versus machine guns, yet at the end there are almost no corpses or blood on the pavement.
Animal Atlas (2004)
Educational but zoos are sad
Most of the clips of animals are filmed in zoos with very restrictive and cramped cages, with many of the animals appearing bored and listless. I would prefer to see the animals in the wild. That said the show is educational for younger kids.
America's Funniest Home Videos: Animal Edition (2021)
very formulaic with awful laugh track
This is a very formulaic show in that each episode follows a standard format. There is clearly no audience, so the fake laugh track is very annoying - if something is truly funny I will know when to laugh. The host's smile is about as authentic as that given by a slick used car salesman trying to sell you a lemon. The videos of the animals are often funny, but the show could do without the human host or the patter he puts out.
Shang Yang Fu (2021)
Not worth putting in the time to watch all episodes
Yes the sets are good, but for me there are too many characters to keep apart who is whom. And the subtitles flash by so quickly that one cannot possibly keep up with the dialogue, unless one spoke fluent Chinese. I watched part of a CGI battle scene in which catapults were launching spears into an oncoming army. By some miracle, every spear hit a target right in the exact centre of the chest! That did it for me, as I will watch no more.
The Walking Dead: World Beyond: Death and the Dead (2021)
The Walking Dead has become the Writing Dead
What imbeciles are writing these episodes? They are inane, awful, and moronic. The Walikng Dead has evolved into the Writing Dead. And just what size of flower pot is Jaydis using on her head to cut her hair around? I hope for the actor that she is wearing a wig. I am very glad this series is coming to an end - it should never have been allowed to exist. The show has gone downhill faster than the globe in this episode - by the way was that an homage to the rolling cheese wheel in an episode of Z Nation? I will be glad when this idiocy is over.
Great Asian Railway Journeys (2020)
Very informative, well shot
This is a very beautifully shot series with a lot of great scenery and historical information.
Michael is certainly easy to spot in any distant shot of a crowd, standing out in his pastel colours. Curious though that he never gets on or off a train carrying any luggage, not even a water bottle, though sometimes with an umbrella.
The Henry Ford Innovation Nation with Mo Rocca (2014)
Good review of some modern tech developments
The series provides some good coverage of technology developments, and also gives us hope that one day we might be able to visit this very interesting museum.
But someone should tell Mo, when wearing his grey suit, that he needs to flatten down his zipper tab once he has pulled it back up. The bright camera lights have a habit of reflecting on this metal tab during his presentation, diverting one's attention from what he is trying to tell us. This happens multiple times in pretty well every episode.
Fear the Walking Dead: Till Death (2021)
Getting worse with each episode this season
FTWD is really starting to jump a number of sharks in their plots. The fight scene in the wrestling ring was simply ludicrous and absurd.
It will be nice indeed to see Victor eventually killed. His character has been an egocentric narcissistic sociopath since the first season.
Wild Australians (2020)
Video is good but narration unbearable
I am sure that the video on this program is quite nice to watch, but it only took about five minutes of the narrators voice to tell me that I could not bear watching this series. The narration is loud, strident and aggravating to listen to. This narrator needs to take heed of how people like David Attenborough do their job.
Ad Astra (2019)
Terrible abuse of science and logic
This movie defies known science and seems to defy logic. Very disappointing.
Brain Games (2011)
Better with first host
The first set of shows with host Silva are vastly superior to those with later host Key. The tone is more cerebral in the earlier shows, whereas the later ones are done with more of a game show attitude with shrieking audiences, etc. Interesting stories about the brain and perception.
The Walking Dead: World Beyond: In This Life (2020)
execrable drivel
The only reason to watch this series is that it is set in the Walking Dead universe, and that it might eventually intersect with the series we do care about. Otherwise, it is a waste of time. The acting is awful, the dialogue is terrible, the plots are ludicrous, even the dead themselves seem sorry to be there. It is a display of teen angst, aimed at the younger indiscriminating credulous viewer.