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Kenja no Mago (2019)
Very enjoyable!
There are only 2 reincarnation anime I've enjoyed so far, this and Kights & Magic. It's a little campy and they could add a little more detail, but i laughed my butt off on several occasions. The main character is noble and a little clueless at times, but it has a great dynamic and the characters mesh well. The antagonist is a person you want to hate and pity at the same time. It's an exciting show that seems to be building to an exciting crescendo. Here's hoping for a season 2!
Babylon 5 (1993)
Just finished the whole series..
A contemplative, deep and action filled series. Frustrating at times when you can see the picture and the main characters cannot to most points it is well concluded, especially in season 5 episode 22. However, some of the plot points and character endings are not and disappointingly so. Overall, a splendid series that rivals and surpasses (on many levels) star trek. The closest star trek series in depth would have to be DS9. Would have to say it is one of my favorite series ever. It also reveals so much of how corrput government works and how it works in secret for it's own agendas against the best interests of the people. But, you'd have to know it to see it. I would recommend this to all sci Fi fans and to pretty much anyone else who wants a good series to watch.
Earth: Final Conflict (1997)
Great start, good middle, Deplorable ending.
I haven't watched the show in years and barely remembered it. Then i saw it available on Amazon Prime. I like older shows better than anything out today, so i cued it up. Season one started fast and got a little slow. But, it was intellectual, made you think deep, and start hungering for the truth about the hidden agenda of the Taelons. I knew right away in the episode with the probe, that it was not Taelon tech. That made a new and enticing possibility appear... would the Taelons turn to our side and completely open up as equals with the humans, or be destroyed by the hidden enemy? Then, we get to the end of season one... My favorite character gets killed... Left me fearful for season two...
Season two.. A bland replacement for Boone arrives and the series seemingly struggles to regain its footing. A new evil Taelon arrives on the scene. Far more polarizing than the original bad guy, who gets more "good" but stays pretty ambiguous. By the end of the season though, the new lead (Liam) finds his place and takes over the show.
Season three things start to develop more and deeper secrets are revealed...
Season four things start to feel a little dragged out and convoluted.. But it has some really good episodes and starts to close some loops. The climax of the season leaves you expecting a very satisfying conclusion.
Season 5.... Oh, what to say... WTF!? is what sums it up the best. They destroyed the huge opportunity they had to make the series conclude as one of the best scifi series ever! Killing off the lead...again.. and making the Attivus look nothing like the images of themselves in the earlier seasons, and making them "energy vampires" that had none of the sophistication of either of the their progenitor species, destroyed the mythos and any semblance of constancy, and thus destroyed the series all together. the plot was bad, the writing was worse, and the best of what the series had to offer was tossed with the best characters in the series. I could not get past episode 2. The executives should be fired and then have all their profits taken and given back to the fans. They should live in shanty's for the rest of their lives.