Just how stupid can people be. How can any sensible person rate this trash? What a waste of £4,500,000.
A compete wast of Jared Harris & Lee Pace acting skills.
A compete wast of Jared Harris & Lee Pace acting skills.
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17 Reviews
All the proof you need that we a living in an idiocrasy
19 November 2021
Foundation
(2021– )
The rise and fall of the roman empire - this isn't
10 November 2021
Forget politics, science & empire as the show's themes. The show runners replace them with revenge, mysticism & stupidity.
I never finished Asimov's Foundation series as I didn't like his writing style, however, I found the concepts he used really interesting.
I can't say that for this show, it seems to based on the books title, a few characters and place names and that's it, the rest the script writers made up themselves. (Probably from reading the books dust jacket).
Another piece of very poor film-making & storytelling.
Just too slow paced & insular to be watchable.
And, Jared Harris's talent is totally wasted.
I managed 4 episodes and gave up.
I never finished Asimov's Foundation series as I didn't like his writing style, however, I found the concepts he used really interesting.
I can't say that for this show, it seems to based on the books title, a few characters and place names and that's it, the rest the script writers made up themselves. (Probably from reading the books dust jacket).
Another piece of very poor film-making & storytelling.
Just too slow paced & insular to be watchable.
And, Jared Harris's talent is totally wasted.
I managed 4 episodes and gave up.
Invasion
(2021–2024)
Invasion of your time
10 November 2021
Another piece of very poor film-making & storytelling. Just too slow paced to be watchable.
I enjoy a gradual build up to a new TV show with good characterisation & world building. Invasion is just slow and pointless it's not worth investing my time in.
I managed 2 episodes and gave up.
I enjoy a gradual build up to a new TV show with good characterisation & world building. Invasion is just slow and pointless it's not worth investing my time in.
I managed 2 episodes and gave up.
Shadow and Bone
(2021–2023)
Shadow & Bone in the fog
24 April 2021
What really spoils this for me, and why I only gave it 5, is the cinematography.
They must have spent a lot of time & money on sets, costumes, special effects etc. And then some idiot films it all through an ochre haze filter with virtually no lighting.
What is it with producers, the last fad was having actors indistinctly mumbling their lines, now its filming the shows so you can't see anything?
They must have spent a lot of time & money on sets, costumes, special effects etc. And then some idiot films it all through an ochre haze filter with virtually no lighting.
What is it with producers, the last fad was having actors indistinctly mumbling their lines, now its filming the shows so you can't see anything?
Fargo
(2014–2024)
Season Four Nosedive
6 October 2020
I loved Fargo in the cinema, and I've thoroughly enjoyed all three TV series.
What is this turgid drivel served up as series 4? It isn't part of the Fargo world that I understand.
Everything about it, writing/plot, characters, music, cinematography etc. fails to engage my interest.
After the 1st episode & 10mins of episode 2 I won't be wasting any more time on this show other than to post this review.
Nonsense is the only way I can describe STD
10 November 2017
Warning: Spoilers
I have no idea what this episode was about.
The Klingons have managed to equip most of their ships with their cloaking technology. Whereas the Federation can't manage to replicate the magic mushroom drive so only the Discovery has it.
3 crew members beam down to a planet they know nothing about except it has a crystal transmitter. They want to obtain sonar technology to detect cloaked Klingon ships. I have a bit of basic science news – sonar will not work in space Then we get a long rambling section with the vocally challenged Klingons. Who now seem to be butchering each other? Probably because they are so tired of waiting for individuals to finish a sentence.
Considering that they a spending the same amount of money on this series as Game of Thrones - CBS are not getting value for money.
The Klingons have managed to equip most of their ships with their cloaking technology. Whereas the Federation can't manage to replicate the magic mushroom drive so only the Discovery has it.
3 crew members beam down to a planet they know nothing about except it has a crystal transmitter. They want to obtain sonar technology to detect cloaked Klingon ships. I have a bit of basic science news – sonar will not work in space Then we get a long rambling section with the vocally challenged Klingons. Who now seem to be butchering each other? Probably because they are so tired of waiting for individuals to finish a sentence.
Considering that they a spending the same amount of money on this series as Game of Thrones - CBS are not getting value for money.
Another awful episode - a voyage into the stupid universe
29 October 2017
Warning: Spoilers
This episode continues in the Star Trek stupid universe.
Burn'em who never went to Star Fleet academy is giving sage advice to a lonely cadet who wants to be a Captain (this includes eat fried tomato for breakfast!)
Lurker and his POW buddy using real weapons in the holographic simulator...
Lurker returns Burn'em to the bridge as an officer despite all the evidence that she should be in the brig. And he promotes his buddy POW to chief of security on the Federations most powerful starship. What is going on in the 23rd century stupid universe that there aren't any other suitable and qualified candidates?
A Vulcan suicide bomber who think blowing himself up is more logical than preventing closer ties with humans by other ways. Stupid!
This whole concept of Vulcan mind melds taking place when individuals are separated by light years is nonsense. Now they add to it with augmented mind melds to make it even easier.
Sarek goes to meet the Klingons with one companion who he doesn't know. Not surprisingly this companion turns out to be 'one of them', boom.
Now we get a rescue mission into another radiation zone. Burn'em, the POW and the lonely cadet are Lurkers choice of crew for the mission.
Admiral Corny arrives to find out what is going on with Lurker. Corny is easily seduced into a couple of drinks and a leg over before realising he's dangerously off the rails and turns a gun on her. Lurker begged Corny not to take his ship away
Spock was chosen over Burn'em, having watched her behaviour I find it a completely logical and fair decision by the Vulcans.
Corny tells Lurker he's lost his ship, then goes off to meet the Klingons, virtually defenceless, and is captured like a mouse in a trap.
Lurker won't rescue her.
This episode ends where it began in the stupid universe.
Burn'em who never went to Star Fleet academy is giving sage advice to a lonely cadet who wants to be a Captain (this includes eat fried tomato for breakfast!)
Lurker and his POW buddy using real weapons in the holographic simulator...
Lurker returns Burn'em to the bridge as an officer despite all the evidence that she should be in the brig. And he promotes his buddy POW to chief of security on the Federations most powerful starship. What is going on in the 23rd century stupid universe that there aren't any other suitable and qualified candidates?
A Vulcan suicide bomber who think blowing himself up is more logical than preventing closer ties with humans by other ways. Stupid!
This whole concept of Vulcan mind melds taking place when individuals are separated by light years is nonsense. Now they add to it with augmented mind melds to make it even easier.
Sarek goes to meet the Klingons with one companion who he doesn't know. Not surprisingly this companion turns out to be 'one of them', boom.
Now we get a rescue mission into another radiation zone. Burn'em, the POW and the lonely cadet are Lurkers choice of crew for the mission.
Admiral Corny arrives to find out what is going on with Lurker. Corny is easily seduced into a couple of drinks and a leg over before realising he's dangerously off the rails and turns a gun on her. Lurker begged Corny not to take his ship away
Spock was chosen over Burn'em, having watched her behaviour I find it a completely logical and fair decision by the Vulcans.
Corny tells Lurker he's lost his ship, then goes off to meet the Klingons, virtually defenceless, and is captured like a mouse in a trap.
Lurker won't rescue her.
This episode ends where it began in the stupid universe.
The Magic Mushroom Drive
28 October 2017
Warning: Spoilers
This Star Trek is set in what can only be described as the stupidverse. The Starfleet crew specialise in making bad decisions and them building on the crap. The crew of this starship are essentially pirates and look after themselves first. Mutineer Burn'em just cannot take orders and work within a team.
The plot of this episode revolves around the Magic Mushroom Drive, like the blink drive from dark matter but with added fungi.
Captain Lurker is kidnapped by some seriously incompetent Klingons. Instead of interrogating Lurker straight away to get the information about the Magic Mushroom Drive, they decide to play some alien mind game. Lurker is cellmates with the stupidverse version of Harry Mudd and a starfleet officer POW. Mudd is just as joyless and self-absorbed as the Starfleet officers. Harry Mudd is a supposed to be a lovable rogue here he is just sinister.
The POW has been in captivity for 6 months and is in some form of romantic liaison with the senior Klingon officer Really? Really?
Of course Lurker is able to escape really easily and take the POW with him – not even a bit of tension.
How come on Star Ship of this size and importance there are only a convicted mutineer and awkward childlike cadet that are capable of assisting the lead scientist develop the magic mushroom drive? He really doesn't need their help at all.
Then there is the issue of the first officer of a Starfleet vessel more than willing to ignore that the life form navigating the Magic Mushroom Drive was sentient, and the process was killing it.
This is not Star Trek in any way shape or form.
The plot of this episode revolves around the Magic Mushroom Drive, like the blink drive from dark matter but with added fungi.
Captain Lurker is kidnapped by some seriously incompetent Klingons. Instead of interrogating Lurker straight away to get the information about the Magic Mushroom Drive, they decide to play some alien mind game. Lurker is cellmates with the stupidverse version of Harry Mudd and a starfleet officer POW. Mudd is just as joyless and self-absorbed as the Starfleet officers. Harry Mudd is a supposed to be a lovable rogue here he is just sinister.
The POW has been in captivity for 6 months and is in some form of romantic liaison with the senior Klingon officer Really? Really?
Of course Lurker is able to escape really easily and take the POW with him – not even a bit of tension.
How come on Star Ship of this size and importance there are only a convicted mutineer and awkward childlike cadet that are capable of assisting the lead scientist develop the magic mushroom drive? He really doesn't need their help at all.
Then there is the issue of the first officer of a Starfleet vessel more than willing to ignore that the life form navigating the Magic Mushroom Drive was sentient, and the process was killing it.
This is not Star Trek in any way shape or form.
Silly
9 October 2017
Warning: Spoilers
Hello darkness my old friend. Another week, another voyage into the CBS mindless dark void that is now Star Trek.
We are treated to a bridge crew who simply can't strand each other.
Officers on a star ship that are completely out of their professional depth.
The chief of security faces up to and then (inexplicably) provokes a much larger and powerful lifeform and ends up, not in the least bit surprisingly, brown bread. I've got my head in my hands at the unbelievable stupidity of this. Only when the lifeform has been released and dispatched the security officer (quite deservedly as the officer was shooting the lifeform with gay abandon) does Michael Burn'em decide to ask the computer to put the lights on - words fail me.
The science officer from the U.S.S. Shenzhou is inexplicably promoted to first officer on what is essentially a war ship, what kind of job interview was that? Another character completely out of his depth.
Six months have passed since the war began, only now do the stranded Klingons start to salvage to repair their ship? They don't seem to be in any rush.
Don't CBS employ a script editor to flag up this nonsense?
I couldn't help but notice that mad Captain Gabriel Lurker extended an 'official' invitation to Michael Burn'em to join his crew. Well Starfleet, that was a very short life sentence then for the deaths of 8,186 Starfleet... A captain that studies war and looks like he enjoys it way too much.
Poaching the 'Blink Drive' from Dark Matter just gets more galling week on week. Dark Matter was a much classier show, with likable characters and good scripts. STD is trash. How does the blink drive fit in with the Star Trek canon...
This is a world where if you have sleep apnoea and bad skin you have to live with it, a lethal dose of radiation is cured in 5 minutes, no bother, and a broken nose 10 seconds.
The Klingons are just cardboard cut-outs from a cheap games console game. They are slow, dogmatic and not to put a finer point on it - not very bright. They don't scare me at all.
How can this nonsense pass any form of quality control? This franchise can potentially earn millions of dollars when it's done right, however it has to pitch to the fans and the canon. Find new market behind a paywall? Really? the business case for this approach must be a good read! This will never get a second series.
We are treated to a bridge crew who simply can't strand each other.
Officers on a star ship that are completely out of their professional depth.
The chief of security faces up to and then (inexplicably) provokes a much larger and powerful lifeform and ends up, not in the least bit surprisingly, brown bread. I've got my head in my hands at the unbelievable stupidity of this. Only when the lifeform has been released and dispatched the security officer (quite deservedly as the officer was shooting the lifeform with gay abandon) does Michael Burn'em decide to ask the computer to put the lights on - words fail me.
The science officer from the U.S.S. Shenzhou is inexplicably promoted to first officer on what is essentially a war ship, what kind of job interview was that? Another character completely out of his depth.
Six months have passed since the war began, only now do the stranded Klingons start to salvage to repair their ship? They don't seem to be in any rush.
Don't CBS employ a script editor to flag up this nonsense?
I couldn't help but notice that mad Captain Gabriel Lurker extended an 'official' invitation to Michael Burn'em to join his crew. Well Starfleet, that was a very short life sentence then for the deaths of 8,186 Starfleet... A captain that studies war and looks like he enjoys it way too much.
Poaching the 'Blink Drive' from Dark Matter just gets more galling week on week. Dark Matter was a much classier show, with likable characters and good scripts. STD is trash. How does the blink drive fit in with the Star Trek canon...
This is a world where if you have sleep apnoea and bad skin you have to live with it, a lethal dose of radiation is cured in 5 minutes, no bother, and a broken nose 10 seconds.
The Klingons are just cardboard cut-outs from a cheap games console game. They are slow, dogmatic and not to put a finer point on it - not very bright. They don't scare me at all.
How can this nonsense pass any form of quality control? This franchise can potentially earn millions of dollars when it's done right, however it has to pitch to the fans and the canon. Find new market behind a paywall? Really? the business case for this approach must be a good read! This will never get a second series.
This show is a disgrace to the Star Trek universe
2 October 2017
Warning: Spoilers
The shows makers are prepared to humiliate the only true to the Star Trek universe character, Captain Philippa Georgiou, then give her a Bat'leth through the chest just to show how unwelcome the Star Trek universe is here. Symbolically killing the old Star Trek and replacing it with their own version.
This is to make way for a deeply flawed character, Michael Burnham, played out by a one dimensional actor with the facial expression range of Roger Moore.
Then introduce Psychotic Captain Gabriel Lorca who thinks "This character started the war and only she has the ability finish it, she has to be in my crew" - the logic flaws here are mind boggling.
Psychotic Captain Gabriel Lorca, who wouldn't be out of place in the world of the walking dead (how long till the baseball bat with nails appears? – episode 7?). A leather jacket Starfleet emblem on his uniform to top it off perhaps?
Then film everything in the dark and add a contrived plot line that Psychotic Captain Gabriel Lorcas eyes are so damaged he has to sit in the dark (yawn).
Then get Psychotic Captain Gabriel Lorca (Lurker get it?...) to shanghai Michael Burnham (Burn 'em – get it? ) on to his ship. The Captain is prepared to murder the prison ship pilot in real cold blood to do this. Yeah, let's all cheer for the star Fleet Captain who get things done and won't let a little murder get in his way.
Add a little poaching from other SF series:
Oh! Did I forget to mention that everything is shot in the dark? I mean really dark, to the point where I might as well be following this on the radio.
This show is a disgrace to the Star Trek universe. I can't see any way this is going to improve. My rating is 1.
This is to make way for a deeply flawed character, Michael Burnham, played out by a one dimensional actor with the facial expression range of Roger Moore.
Then introduce Psychotic Captain Gabriel Lorca who thinks "This character started the war and only she has the ability finish it, she has to be in my crew" - the logic flaws here are mind boggling.
Psychotic Captain Gabriel Lorca, who wouldn't be out of place in the world of the walking dead (how long till the baseball bat with nails appears? – episode 7?). A leather jacket Starfleet emblem on his uniform to top it off perhaps?
Then film everything in the dark and add a contrived plot line that Psychotic Captain Gabriel Lorcas eyes are so damaged he has to sit in the dark (yawn).
Then get Psychotic Captain Gabriel Lorca (Lurker get it?...) to shanghai Michael Burnham (Burn 'em – get it? ) on to his ship. The Captain is prepared to murder the prison ship pilot in real cold blood to do this. Yeah, let's all cheer for the star Fleet Captain who get things done and won't let a little murder get in his way.
Add a little poaching from other SF series:
- Blink drive from 'Dark Mater'
- Protomolecule from the 'The Expanse' (is Captain Gabriel Lorca working for Jules-Pierre Mao?)
Oh! Did I forget to mention that everything is shot in the dark? I mean really dark, to the point where I might as well be following this on the radio.
This show is a disgrace to the Star Trek universe. I can't see any way this is going to improve. My rating is 1.
Star Trek: Discovery
(2017–2024)
This series really needs to light up or it is not going engage with its audience.
28 September 2017
Warning: Spoilers
I'll start by saying that I am going to give this series a chance. However it has got off to a very dodgy start. Didn't anybody at CBS spot that STD might not be the best initials for the series? The theme tune is very bland, in no way will it be an ear worm. The opening credits are well done and look to be inspired by the style of the Game of Thrones opening credits.
The first two episodes centre on the first officer. Firstly, the actor isn't up to the part and just isn't at all convincing in the role. Secondly the writers have created a character who was raised on Vulcan by Sarek and has served in star fleet for 7 years, who, then acts in the most stupid and illogical way. And to top it off, they have named the female character 'Michael' which is just plain irritating.
It looks like the Klingons have changed species from mammals to reptiles, I have to ask why? With all the prosthetic make-up the actors have on, they look like expressionless dummies, so after a while it's easy to loose interest in them. The Klingon star ships are simply awful to look at. I hope the whole series isn't dominated by a story arc about war with the Klingons, the teaser for episode 3 seems to indicate this. It just won't be Star Trek if it is.
Captain Georgiou is the strongest character in the first two episodes, similar to Chrisjen Avasarala in the Expanse. Unfortunately it looks like she isn't going to play a large role in the series.
The rest of the bridge crew are instantly forgettable. A science officer who is a complete drag and a ?android? with display screens in its head which light up 'Alert' when the ship is on alert – why? Is the design inspired by the Teletubbies?
A lot of the scenes are filmed in very low light, to me it's not atmospheric, just depressing. However it is a good way of saving money on sets and costumes. Star Trek should never be constantly dark like this.
I hope that the writing is going to improve and that they introduce some characters that are engaging to watch. I notice that Harry Mudd is going to be in 7 episodes. I hope they keep him in his TOS character.
The first two episodes centre on the first officer. Firstly, the actor isn't up to the part and just isn't at all convincing in the role. Secondly the writers have created a character who was raised on Vulcan by Sarek and has served in star fleet for 7 years, who, then acts in the most stupid and illogical way. And to top it off, they have named the female character 'Michael' which is just plain irritating.
It looks like the Klingons have changed species from mammals to reptiles, I have to ask why? With all the prosthetic make-up the actors have on, they look like expressionless dummies, so after a while it's easy to loose interest in them. The Klingon star ships are simply awful to look at. I hope the whole series isn't dominated by a story arc about war with the Klingons, the teaser for episode 3 seems to indicate this. It just won't be Star Trek if it is.
Captain Georgiou is the strongest character in the first two episodes, similar to Chrisjen Avasarala in the Expanse. Unfortunately it looks like she isn't going to play a large role in the series.
The rest of the bridge crew are instantly forgettable. A science officer who is a complete drag and a ?android? with display screens in its head which light up 'Alert' when the ship is on alert – why? Is the design inspired by the Teletubbies?
A lot of the scenes are filmed in very low light, to me it's not atmospheric, just depressing. However it is a good way of saving money on sets and costumes. Star Trek should never be constantly dark like this.
I hope that the writing is going to improve and that they introduce some characters that are engaging to watch. I notice that Harry Mudd is going to be in 7 episodes. I hope they keep him in his TOS character.
Gone
(VI) (2006)
Pointless
11 March 2007
Warning: Spoilers
I can't fathom the point of this film. It's one of those films that if you've watched the trailer beforehand then there are no new or interesting twists or turns to look forward to. The plot development is plodding and predictable. The ending is no surprise. Character development was poor; I really didn't care what happened to any of them. The isolation of and focus on the three central characters created a huge plausibility issue for me. Especially when the character Alex was ill in the motel room suspecting that he had been poisoned. Surely he or his girlfriend would call for help everybody's heard of the flying doctor service. Instead it's all left to the Taylor character to sort. The opportunities for interesting cinematography of the Australian landscape were not taken up. All in all a wasted trip to the cinema.
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