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The Regime (2024)
British Humor?
I'm guessing the reason I'm bored with this show is because I don't get British humor. *shrugs* This definitely isn't my kind of entertainment. To each their own.
Don't let my review sway you one way or the other. Check it out if it piques your curiosity, and judge for yourself. I don't pick and choose what I watch/read from reviews of others, The commercials piqued my curiosity, but the episodes have yet to entertain me.
Since it's a "one-off" and I've got nothing else to watch, I may finish the last couple of episodes. Or not. I haven't decided yet. I find it weird how humor is different from country to country. But, oh well.
Okay. I finally reached the minimum character limit. Yay! I can submit now. LMAO!
V for Vengeance (2022)
I Hate Vampires That Leaves Behind More Blood Than They Drink
Nothing I hate worse then blood drenched bodies after a feeding. The human body doesn't have that much blood in it. So, if there is tons of blood everywhere and on everyone, very little of it was consumed by the vampire. Any vampire that can't drink more blood than they waste doesn't deserve to 'live.' I have a list of movies I will never watch again because the vampires waste more blood than they consume.
I gave this a 5 because it was entertaining, even though it was pretty bad. I won't recommend anyone who is as picky as I am, about vampires who are too stupid to drink blood without making a mess, watch this movie. Unless you're bored and need something to do. Or you're a writer needing to use it as fodder for what not to do. Maybe figure out how to make it better.
Quantum Leap (2022)
Doesn't Have That Spark
Sadly, it doesn't give me the feels that the original show did. I hope they bring Sam home before it gets cancelled. If nothing else, bringing Sam home will be the best thing out of this reboot. It will make watching weekly worth it.
I'll give it a few more episodes, and then see whether or not I'll continue to watch, or drop it like it's hot. The actors have not endeared their characters to me. The behind the scenes at home base does not give me any thrills whatsoever. The "home" scenes do not match the "home" scenes from the original show. But then, this show is present day, and the original show was based in the future. Still, to see the "present" day as it was shown in the original would have been cool, so what if our present isn't as advanced as it was in the original show. When does the present day ever look the same way it was predicted to be by old shows and movies? Will they ever match up? Maybe in 500 years. *shrugs*
Motherland: Fort Salem (2020)
And They All Lived Happily Ever After?
How could such a great, creative, imaginative show have such a cliche ending. The ending was a complete let down, and in no way matched the imaginative creativity of the story as a whole.
They expected the hatred to magically go away if everyone were witches? Why did they stop there? Why not give everyone the same skin color, eye color, hair color, etc.? Why not give everyone only one religion? Why not make everyone a hermaphrodite? What better way to have equality than to make everyone be both male and female?
I had planned on getting the box set when it came out. I won't be doing that now. I even suggested a book series based on the world and characters. Not sure I'd care to read those books now. Perhaps the ghost writers can do a better job than the TV writers. Perhaps they can do a much better job at rewriting the ending. I doubt there'll be a book series, so no need in speculating about that.
Vampire Academy (2022)
Excuse Me While I Grieve . . .
I can't believe I subscribed to Peacock TV for this. I'm glad I got a discount for the year. It doesn't look like I'll be subscribing for a second year though. I will never understand why someone takes a book and reworks the characters, world, and story to create something different from the original form. The whole point of watching a book come to life as a movie or show is to see it play out on the screen like it did in my head. To see this world with my own eyes, and to see the characters in the flesh. I DO NOT want changes.
The more I watched, the more I fumed. The show writers CANNOT write this world, characters, nor story better than the author. And if they were true fans of the books, they would understand that veering away from the books is a stab to the heart. I only gave the show a chance because I wanted a better version of the movie. The movie isn't great, but I still love it dearly. I felt no love for the TV show. I'm being generous with a 3. Sadly, that will reflect badly for the look of the show, which was the best thing this show had going for it.
If you're a none reader, and you love the show, DO NOT read the books until long after the show gets canceled, you'll regret it. Or do yourself a favor and read the books, and drop the show. Your choice. I'm off to grieve for the high expectations I had that was murdered this evening.
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Since I paid for one-year subscription of Peacock TV, I will be watching more episodes of Vampire Academy's first season. I was hoping that once I had grieved the show I was wanting, that perhaps I could let it go and take on the show from a different, new viewer, perspective. Yeah. No. The fifth episode started out okay, and then more drastic changes were made. Sure, the changes were made to minor characters. But these minor characters had strong roles in the plot line of the main character and her posse. Which just goes to reinforce that the show is on a completely different path than the books. If I wanted to watch a show that was nothing like the books, I wouldn't be as peeved as I am right now. I just don't get why anyone would buy the rights to a book or book series just to change it up into something completely different. Why not just use the works as inspiration without buying the rights to it? (The built in fandom, duh! Guaranteed high ratings, at least in the beginning.) Why not let someone who will be true to the book/s buy the rights, and you just create everything from scratch that is similar to the book/s, and thus not tick off the fans. I'm not sure I'll even bother to continue to watch. I may have to find other things on Peacock to get my money's worth during my one (and only) year of subscription. Julie Plec has been added to my, "never again will I watch anything by this person ever again" list.
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I've finished the last episode, and I'm done with it. I'm hoping it doesn't get picked up for a season two so that someone else will buy the rights and give me a more book accurate version.
The best thing about this show is that it has given me an idea for how to sell the rights to future works. If the people planning to buy the rights to your work is going to make drastic changes to it, don't sell the rights to your original work . . . Instead sell the rights to a fanfic parallel world version of your original work. Make those who are planning to buy your work and making drastic changes buy the fanfic parallel version instead. Make them change the title and character names, and leave your original work free to be sold to someone who will be loyal to it. Make them pay extra to temporarily take the original work off of the market. They can pay a yearly fee, or a three or five year fee to prevent the original work from becoming competition.
I mean, if they buy the rights to your original work, and then create fan fiction with it, why not just sell them the fanfic rights instead, and keep your original rights to sell to those who want to use the original version of your work? Sounds like a win-win to me. Fans will know from the start that the new show or movie is a fanfic version, not an original version. If Vampire Academy had been sold as a fanfic version, with a new title and new character names, and the fans were made aware of it, I probably would have enjoyed it more. But to sell me a fanfic version of the original work? Nope. Never going to fly with me.
Roswell, New Mexico (2019)
Wish It Had Been Better
I have the DVDs for the original Roswell. I love that Max & Liz so much. Not so much the relationship between this Max & Liz. I will not be getting the DVDs, or rewatching this show. I hung in there because I liked the actors, and I kept hoping that Max & Liz would have a tight connection like the other Max & Liz had. I will finish out the last remaining episodes, and then I will drop it like it's hot.
A League of Their Own (1992)
She Betrayed Her Teammates.
If this had been a one on one sport, I wouldn't have had a problem with Dot letting her sister win. But this is a team sport, and Dot screwed over her teammates. Otherwise, it's a good movie.