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Explained (2018)
Embarrassingly biased but also informative
The show is very biased to left wing ideas which isn't necessarily a bad thing if that's your preferred view on the world but it can be obviously omitting details and sides to the argument that wouldn't be consistent in their narrative. Regardless the show does educate on both important and just interesting issues and topics with good production and some scientific backing. Worth a watch if you don't mind it not being 100% objective.
Daredevil (2015)
Season 3
First off I'd like to say that Season 1 was very good and showed potential for what could be done with the character and show, then season 2 executed this near perfectly and was just amazing. So I am a fan of the show hugely but season 3 has been just a little disappointing, I don't know if others will agree with me or not but I just felt that the story started off relatively strong and seemingly quite clever, although the early scenes with overly broody Matt were drawn out too long and they really went overboard on the Christian philosophy (not being anti-religious but seriously no one on the show offers any atheist reasoning, like everyone just accepts Matts weird fixation that god is really involved in all this), anyway kingpin was given a credible and empowering story ark with his manipulated escape from prison that at first was believable but during episode 9, they just lose all sense of reality (which normally is what makes daredevil unique and enjoyable) and reveal this cheap shock attempt that kingpin has corrupted the whole FBI (which is basically the US government so quite a task) this is just laughable and feels like I'm watching a show written by an 8 year old, sorry (I'm British btw so I'm not saying this because of blind patriotism) but this is one of the best funded criminal combative agencies in the world they're not going to be controlled by some New York mob boss whos already a convicted criminal, it's simply unbelievable and not credible, I mean even the female special agent in charge just murders another official and is like oh yeh Fisk had my kid murdered he keeps tabs on all the FBI agents in the unit for years no ones safe and were all a bunch of incapable and unprofessional losers who I hope doesn't represent the real FBI. Regardless sorry for that rant, it just really bugged me. Also Karen although really important and necessary for the story is unlikable, rude and consistently making poor decisions so just annoying as usual nothing new. Foggy feels useless this season but I guess you either like him or you don't. Also feel like Matt has less screen time than usual but Charlie cox is doing really well as him in my opinion. Sorry to be negative but feel like daredevil might have lost itself a bit.
Assassin's Creed: Origins (2017)
Surprisingly overrated
Assassin's creed origins had an awful lot of potential and does in fact deliver on some very much needed upgrades to the franchise, the main character Bayek is one of the most likeable and realistic characters to date, his voice acting and motion capture is very well done. The game world of Egypt is also stunning and works well in the levelling system. In fact many of the game mechanics including fighting work really well.
However the low rating on this game is due to its painfully slow and honestly non-existent story line. I'm not sure after finishing this game how it explained the origins of the brotherhood and what the plot actually detailed. It's just the usual, kill this guy, now this guy, oh yeh this guy too. I imagine fans of the series will be disappointed in the way the creed was born in this game, a shame to throw away a potentially epic origin story just for a good world and fight mechanics. I'd also mention it feels like stealth has been stripped back and not for the better, which is a shame for a game that revolves around this type of gameplay.
A good game but a poor assassins creed product.