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Reviews
Beacon 23 (2023)
Looks like it got reduced to a shell of itself
I really enjoyed Hugh Howey's books and this series started off well although Halan's character tended to be wooden and underplayed. I learned to live with that. Then Season Two starts and Aster suddenly "poof" and she's gone. Admitting Iris was ok but it introduced an element of humanity into the scripts when I was hoping for the mysteries of scifi time and space. As season 2 devolved, Aleph becomes just a wizard behind the curtains, new evil forces are introduced (who is the Column?), and finally, having hung in there as long as possible, someone hired some Star Trek wannabe writers who'd been watching too many SyFy mediocre crap. The devolution was complete and sorry, Hugh Howey, you took the money and ran while Hollywood/streaming added another bucket of shite onto the giant steaming Mountain of Your Viewing Pleasure. Thank you, Zak Penn or whoever it was that convinced MGM+ to greenlight this.
Pantheon (2022)
Is this the future of reading?
I'm as captivated with this series as I am with a really good sci-fi novel. Unfortunately it reveals what poor quality most streaming is now. Vast fields of stunted, crappy-tasting mind food with this one individual plant sticking out covered in delicious brain berries. I hope entertainment producers are watching this show and learning. Not to froth too much but this would be a mighty addition to teaching methods where books and visuals could come together offering a substantially better path to learning and retention. "My mentor just explained what I'm not getting and broke the log jam for me... I get it now!
Neurogenesis (2017)
Apparently never completed
Unfortunate. It looked interesting. I was intrigued by the idea of hunting for forbidden AI technology by a cyberpunk Pearl. Hope it gets completed someday.
Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
Couldn't finish
Wow, who at the studio let this one through the vetting process. The vaccine for this one is only about 20% effective.
The Astronaut of God (2020)
A belief system shared by fewer and fewer humans gets desperate for our attention.
The choir should watch this with an open mind. The rest of us should avoid the waste of time.