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Lauren Hisrich the show runner for the Witcher, Blood Origin and The Rats makes some of the most incompatible tv and movie content available today. How Netflix ever managed to refund the 4th season of the Witcher, let alone this monstrosity of a disaster is crazy. There are very few men in the show and they are all bad people...evil slave drivers and criminal types. Like the Witcher it is mostly female cast which completely kills the Witchers core audience which is men who read the books and played the games. The Witcher season 4 isn't even about the Witcher,...its about The Rats and Falka (Siri) both of which are not interesting to watch and have no books to back them up. While they may be in the novels, they certainly arent the focus of the novels thats fore sure. What we have here is a twin of Kathleen Kennedy in Lauren Hisrich. Rather than write a tv show about the Witcher she thought it would be much better if she completely did her own thing and left the main story, the main character and the fans off to the side in favor of writing a show about whatever this show is about.

Its just terrible writing either. The story is about a bunch of dirty street thieves...only the dirty street thieves are better manicured, have their hair in fancy perms and $400 dye jobs all while wearing what would be considered upper class noble clothing! It just looks so out of place. I mean a group of people called the rats as street thieves you would expect to have dirty clothes, dirt on their skin and living in alley ways. Nope not this crew...they stay in fancy inn's seem to be living a lifestyle far above the commoners and possibly even above the nobles in the world of The Witcher.

As soon as I saw the cast give their interviews for the upcoming season 4 I immediately knew it was going to be terrible because you could tell that they didnt even want to be there and that they did not like the show either. I mean they could quit season 4 also, but I think everyone needs a paycheque quite badly in the acting world these days, so they are financially obligated///even if they clearly do not want to be there because they themselves know its a massive fail.

I would have thought Netflix knew not to use Lauren Hisrich after what happened with 2023s Witcher Spin Off Blood Origin. Never heard of it? Thats because its a 10 episode example of how not to make a tv show. Imagine the worst version of the Witcher possible and it doesnt even come close to how bad it was. They literally had The Witcher turning into the Incredible Hulk...turning green and everything. It was beyond bad and so is this show also. The Rats should never have been made.

The major critical issue that I have with this show is that none of the hero's are recognizable beyond Blade and Wanda. There is also a major lack of men on the show for whatever reason, other than the bad guys that is. Overall this a hard pass as far as shows go. The story is weak and its focus seems to be on other things than story unfortunately.

The animation is decent enough but I found myself wondering who these main characters are and why the viewer should care about them. I think if you are looking for a good animation story to watch that we would be best served by instead watching an anime from Korea or Japan who seem to be on top of storytelling and no additional baggage.

Lets find the similarities and differences between the this version and the "pull Tony Stark out of his Iron Man suit and put Ri Ri into the same outfit version". Imagine that RI RI just picked up Tony's armor from the laundry mat and hops right into the same machine with no training or anything. Its as if her character has been completely and utterly swapped with Tony Stark except for the fact that all of Tony's technical knowledge, mechanical ingenuity and his aptitude for building new machinery inherent.

The story is essentially the same packaging with a slightly different product inside. The good news here is that the product inside is somewhat recoverable and it is not a complete duplication.

I am rating this show a 4/10 making it a watchable show. If you are bored and looking to kill some time on a Saturday afternoon with a schlocky film, then this one has some entertainment value to it making it a somewhat worthwhile endeavor.

The power of one, the power of many is strong in this show. I of course refer to Star Wars The Acolyte which is similar in many ways.

The sets and costumes are excellent but the story was clearly written by a millennial looking to cast in on the Dune name. Yet another IP plundered for politics. I have only seen the first episode and it is possible, but highly unlikely that it will improve throughout the season. Let's hope that it does be because if the rest of the episodes are as dry an uninteresting as the first episode then this show is done.

Let's hope it improves. I think we will continue to see political shows for some time still.

I was hoping to see some in depth episodes focused on the Empire and their military leaders battle against rebel planets and factions. Instead the first three episodes are simply about Morgan Elsbeth in a story we all already knew about what happened. I mean from episode one we knew what was going to happen and how it was going to get there. I was ok with that....until it went 3 episodes long! It should have been one episode and I think most of us would have been ok with that. What we got was kind of boring, a story we all alreadu knew about and had seen for the most part in the Star Wars Rebels TV show....at least I think it was called Revels.

The rest of the episodes focusing on anything but Morgan are good. Vader was obviously dropped into one episode for literally 10 seconds just so they could put him in the trailer for the show to build hype. It almost felt like they made the show, realized it was boring and then added Vadder in to try and spruce it up a bit.

Well the Bariss Ofee portion of the show was the best part really with again, a predictable outcome but at least it had interesteing characters and we had no idea what was going to happen next. 4/10.

Why is this show written so poorly? It seems like before the Hollywood strike that Hollywood writers would have clued in by now that to be a successful script and story writer that one must entertain the audience, not bore them with agenda driven boring banter and unrealistic human reactions, actions and ultimately roles that are check boxes beside them.

Did anyone find the Inuit women doing a 'traditional Inuit water-birth" strange and out of place? That's because its not traditional at all. In fact traditionally the Inuit have never had water births because the water is freezing cold in northern Alaska and such tribes have never ever had such a practice. Being Canadian we know a thing about the cold weather, winters and natives. The writing is so poor that you can just imagine in the writers room on True Detective that they thought it would be sooo progressive to have a room full of Inuit women supporting a tribe member giving birth in a wading pool. The only thing this scene accomplished was letting us know just how agenda driven and crazy Hollywood writers still are at this modern day and age.

Jodie Foster is an acting talent. Of that fact it cannot be disputed; however, her character is poorly written and there is nothing Foster can do beyond trying to add flavour and likeability to a frankly unlikeable character as she is written. Its like she is playing a larger more powerful and physically strong tough constable. When reality kicks in you realize that this rough and tumble cop thats man-handling and restraining much larger people is only 5'3" and weighs about as much as a feather that you realize how absurd the entire notion of her character actually is.

Not worth your time. 4/5.

Anyone remember when Hollywood used to make shows and movies with original content and stories? It seems like those days are gone and the days of remakes and checking all the right boxes has taken over everything. The thing is, is that the world doesn't really enjoy that kind of entertainment. Even with the audience not liking that form of entertainment it just seems as though it still somehow gets pushed through for approval made. The giant film and tv show companies are imploding financially, yet the Hollywood machine keeps on churning out content that nobody wants to see.

Mr. And Mrs. Smith the tv show is definitely no Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie film, nor does the swapped in approved actors fit the bill for a knockoff. Don't get me wrong actors need to stay employed so we can't really blame then for wanting to practice their art regardless of what story, overall agenda and checks may be woven into the tapestry of such a show. The show has its interesting points, but lets face it, it probably would have served audiences better if it was not a remake and instead it was an original show.

Is the time investment of watching this flick worth it for you the average viewer? It could be depending on your expectations. If you keep your expectations relatively low then you may be entertained enough to slog through the series and get a mediocre dose of satisfaction that you were entertained for a few days.

On the other hand if you are expecting high quality and a well written show then perhaps go elsewhere. 5/10.

Another in a long line of un-remarkable films. The story starts out showing that the Chicotaw Indians are supernatural beings from outer space or something? I wonder what the real world natives think of this crazy origin story? Anyways, having a tv show where the main protagonist cannot speak has major drawbacks unfortunately. There is a lot and I mean a LOT of silence in this show.. Communication takes place via sign language for the entire show. This is time consuming while the writers of the show have to think up other ways of explaining the story other than verbally to the audience. I don't think it works unfortunately.

I noticed that Hollywood is moving away from showing stars with the typical model figure and frame, and our protagonist has definitely expanded (I am ok with this) since the last time we saw her in Harkeye. This is immediately noticeable, and I am ok with it but I fear some others wont be.

The story itself is somewhat weak and has some weak writing, Whether a result of the strike, poor writers or the fact that the origin story for the first few acts is explained with zero verbal dialogue leaving the viewer to interpret what the heck is going on, To be honest I am not sure I absorbed the entire origin story understood correctly.

I tried to get into the show. There was a very weak Daredevil cameo for a few minutes that was not very good...again no talking from our protagonist but lots of sign language. Overall I just couldnt get into this one so I am giving it a 4/10 and cutting it off aftrer just this first episode.

This is certainly no Oscar worthy film. The acting is decent, the writing is somewhat lacking when it comes to character building which results in somewhat less result than I feel it could have been. The story however is still coherent enough and the visual effects are fantastic! One thing that I did notice is that most scenes had amazing cgi but there were a few scenes that looked poor in comparison to the rest of the film. After watching the entire film I could not feel as though we were missing some scenes that were cut out to reduce the film in length. I am told that the directors cut comes in at just over 3 hours in length and Snyder said its almost a completely different film! I am betting that the directors cut is far superior to the release we did get as it would likely fill in a lot of that backstory we feel is missing.

Beyond everything I mentioned above, the score is good, cinematography is top notch. The real detractor to this film is the missing back stories that were removed to shorten the run time. I feel if we were to watch the director cut it would fix all these problems.

Overall the film is still good. Very entertaining if you are in to science fiction films. I feel as though this film has been review bombed by many people for stupid reasons. I am going with an 8 out of 10 for this one based on the fact that I very specifically enjoy science fiction films. The entertainment value is there, you just have to go into this one with some reasonable expectations and if you enjoy this type genre then I feel you will agree with my score also. Watch this one if you like science fiction and Snyder films!

This show is extremely slow paced. I am seeing a lot of high reviews here and am wondering to myself if these people saw the same show that I just did? I would not give this show anything higher than a 6/10, but. 5 seems more fitting.

The protagonist a young woman with "modern" outlooks on things. Her bright pink hair and pixie cut is a unique look. The story and writing are disappointing to me as I don't like a super slow story drawn out with lots of exposition about activists, but thats what this is. I imagine this may appeal to a very small portion of the potential audience.

I gave it a shot with the first few episodes and have decided to bail after that. The pace was too slow, I feel like the plot hasn't much developed as I still don't know exactly where they are going with this story as there seems to be multiple threads. There are multiple points in the story where it takes a turn that made no sense to me. For example the protagonists boyfriend leaves her and the reason he did he left scrawled on the mirror in the bathroom? It said I am leaving because its too much while not being enough- what does that even mean? Why did he leave and how does this reason do anything except confuse the viewer? 5/10.

I see some of the reviews on here that are between 1-3 stars which is just extreme. Lets be real, this show is not a great show. Its not that funny, the story is not engaging and I couldn't relate, connect or care for any of the characters in this show. I gave it a shot and watched 2 episodes.

Its not a terrible show and does have some entertainment value. It certainly does not deserve some of the low ratings I am seeing on here. That being said I find myself giving this show a 5/10 as its watchable, has some level of story/plot but its just not a good one. The comedy managed to get a few 'half-smiles' from me but that's about it. Even if Matt Berry is doing the voice work, it doesn't really matter when the writing is not good. I mean you could have Brad Pit doing voice work on the show, but if the writing is not good it won't matter right?

I can't really relate this show to any current toons being produced. Its not clever, rude and funny like Rick and Morty. Its not dumb, funny and over the top like the Simpsons. I suppose its unique in the fact that it doesn't fit with anything out there, but when its a boring generic un-funny cartoon with poor writing I suppose it might match up with other shows that were cancelled.

My recommendation: If you are bored and have nothing else to watch this show is a good way to kill some time as it DOES have some entertainment value. Just go in with low expectations and you will be ok. 5/10.

Alright, I went in with a jaded outlook concerned that this would be yet another Hollywood style of anime in the same sort of themes that Disney has been so fond of recently creating. I am glad to say that while it does incorporate SOME of those themes into the show, they are low key enough that I consider them under the radar enough for me to ignore them and focus on the actual story.

Yes folks this show has an actual original story that isn't terrible or corrupted and driven by modern themes. The story in this show isn't copied from somewhere else that I know of and wasn't given a 'modern treatment' like so many others. This originality alone is bonus in my books.

The show has nudity, excessive violence and adult themes so it wasn't written for teenagers. We get a cold hard rough and tumble reality check from early Japan where Westerners are still not around at all, or if they are they are hidden because they are not even allowed in the country.

The story is about a female samural who has to dress and live as a man to be able to live the kind of life that she wants and be able to do the kind of things that she wants to do. Top of her list is REVENGE. In fact the entire show is a revenge story and our protagonist is an avenging samurai with hate in her heart and a kill list in her sites. With little regard for her own life she pursues the man at the top of her list with a laser focus. She wants him dead and she is willing to die getting what she wants, and what she wants is total retribution, revenge and avengement. Think the type of avenger that Sasuke from Naruto was in the beginning, mix that with Kill Bill and perhaps a bit of Samurai Champloo and we might have something similar.

The influences for this show are clear: Kill Bill, Samurai Champloo and maybe even a bit of the anime film Ninja Scroll. The scene from Kill Bill that takes place in the rock and roll restaurant's fight scene is definitely duplicated and you will notice that immediately. The excellent sword fight animation style from Samurai Champloo is employed and music ranges from old Japanese style traditional music to Hells Bells from Metallica. Needless to say we have a show that is not your normal anime.

The show watches like one long movie! You have to see it to believe it! We don't have 3-5 other character stories taking place at once we have one and the majority of the screentime is the protagonist and he dealings with the odd scene with her enemies taking place. This makes it more like a movie to watch and the entire binge of this show goes down very easy that way, much easier than most.

Overall I am giving this a 9/10 because I am fairly sure we are going to have a major hit here. A new legendary show that will be a massive hit and will go down as one of the great sword fight anime's of all time. I would consider going higher than 9/10 but I still have a couple of episodes left and anything could happen still, but I think 9/10 is deserved here and I will come back and edit this after I am done if needed.

SEE THIS SHOW!

This is the reason why noone cares about the writers on strike, The writing in many of todays films is terrible with all sorts of fashionable Hollywood tropes that I cant really talk about or this review will get flagged and pulled.

None of the actors are familiar in this one and the acting itself is not very good. The story is convoluted and disconnected but still manages to come across as the same generic super hero film as others that are not well done.

There is a love story that is stifled due to the protagonists immaturity and comedic attempts. The female in this love story and the supporting actress is absolutely stunning, so there is that positive note.. The superhero lives at home in a small house with a massive Mexican family all squeezed into the same place.

I could write more on how things are not good but I feel as though I have already had enough of this film and want to move on to something more engaging, Avoid this one.

This is definitely no Oscar winning film; however, it holds entertainment value for sure. Its a sit back and watch some meatheads kill each other kind of flick. The acting outside of Stephen Dorf, Frank Grillo and the protagonist is not professional.

If you are looking for an hour and a half of mindless gunslinging and martial arts this might be for you. The happy 'family' moments showing how happy the protagonist is before his family gets wrecked is predictable and skippable.

If you can look beyond all of that and are just here for the fights then you might be good with this one. They seem to have also set it up for a sequel, but don't hold your breath on that one. 6/10.

Love this show. In a world of bad tv shows and political movies this show beats them all. Somehow it manages to pull off an infinitely complex script that is intellectually fascinating yet mixes it with wonderful sci-fi imagery and action! Best show on TV at the moment. Lee Pace is a masterclass actor and so are the actors that play Harry Seldon and Gale Dornick.

Ultimately if you didn't see season one then you may have trouble engaging with season two so I would recommend watching that first for sure. The plot and story takes place over hundreds of years and it is amazing that they can pull this off while keeping things engaging.

This episode was bad. The child actor is not a good fit and the new all female cast is bad. I can't figure out how this show started out so well and over the years has completely lost all its main characters and everything that was good about FTWD. This season is a hard pass if this episode is a standard sampling.

AIf you go back and watch season one and two they hold literally no similarity to what is bein created now. I don't understand how AMC can produce such a smash hit like TWD but can't get it together for this series. I will stop griping now and try to focus on what was positive like writ.

Every single episode features a female protagonist that is overpowered or amazingly good at everything. Every single villain is a male of a certain persuasion. Kathleen has injected her brand of special taste into this entire season with a kick in the teeth on some episodes even.

For example, she 'retold' the Anakin story accept this time Ani is a female? Why? This is going a little too far I think. The only men in most of these episodes are evil and/or dumb and fumbling morons with little intelligence. This is the type of schlock being put forth by Lucasfilm these days and it has only gotten worse.

The episodes in themselves have some interesting animation technology behind them, but the story's are all the same....young female fighting against evil and she always has amazing characteristics that allow her to win or come out on top in every episode. No, the stories are not connected beyond this overarching annoying theme that has been inserted for the sole purpose of the CEO of Lucasfilm imposing her beliefs onto others. Its not good and I don't much like this second season.

There are a few good episodes but the rest is all the same.

After watching Episode 1 of season 3 I was disheartened because it appeared to be a poorly made episode with disjointed story and conflicting plot lines. I was worried that it would remain like that for the entirety of season 3.

Luckily I was wrong and the second episode was fantastic! I watched it 3 times already and I have no complaints! While episode one looked like something KK from Lucasfilm might have written (I gave it a 5/10 rating) the second episode was a 9/10 rating!

We dive deep into the mines of Mandalore in this episode and it is spooky with a General Grievous type of enemy and even some Morlock looking monsters! At the end is the real treat as we discover a creature that is supposed to be extinct!

Watch this episode!

What in the heck am I watching? I understand that all you folks giving it high numbers and praise completely follow the tv show because you completely followed the books.

Imagine someone like myself who did not read the books trying to wrap their head around this show. It's confusing and the plot isn't all that clear to me.

I THINK that a scientist discovered physics arent legit and that there is no binding theory for anything. This to me means as I understand it that it's pure chaos, with reality bound only by what one believes into existence. I have no idea if that is correct and I am only on episode three so that's where I am at.

How do aliens get into the mix? Does the countdown represent D Day for invasion, the end of Earth or something else? It's incredibly thought provoking and intellectual. The tv show itself isn't amazing so far. It's interesting so it gets a 6/10 from me after three episodes.