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First, a disclaimer: In case any other combat veteran sees this, warning: expect to be brought back to the urban warfare we became familiar with, but much, much more personal. It was actually difficult for me to watch at some points mostly because of the audio. I actually had to leave at a couple of points because they did such a good job with the sounds of war.

Review: The film is a great commentary on the state of America and the trajectory of our country as populism and political polarization continues to intensify. On the one hand, the lack of a fleshed out storyline of the "why," makes room for people's own interpretation. On the other hand, the lack of a fleshed out storyline is also frustrating. If you're a big "why" person, this will drive you nuts. I think having put in some information as to the motivation behind the various factions would have helped connect viewers more to the point of the film.

But regardless, my takeaway from their message is: there are no winners. War is ugly, full of desperation and wanton cruelty especially those who are caught in the middle.

I was so thrilled about this show when I first heard about it. As a life-long nerd and dinosaur lover, I thought I could finally have a show that launched in ways that old ones like Terra didn't. Whelp. It didn't succeed in the way I was hoping.

The overall concept is great, and there is some promising acting, but none of it can save the repetitive storyline plot points: crisis, run away screaming, try to discover some new time travel related mystery, internal drama, rinse and repeat. The other issue is the cheesy CGI. You can tell this has a lower production budget and I would be more forgiving of that if it wasn't for the tiring, worn-down, exhausting plot points.

It's a fun thing to watch if you don't want anything that requires thinking. Acting is pretty decent but there are some things that I simply find annoying. Particularly the very obvious messaging in the show. I'm a fairly liberal person and I appreciate wide range of diversity in casting but the fact that there always needs to be a small lesson on gender identity is super old and tiring and NOT an effective means of changing hearts and minds. There are other ways to send that those same messages without having the dialogue come across like it's for a kids show. Having such messaging so on the nose will instantly cause half the audience to check out and feel like an ideology is being "crammed down their throats," while a more subtle approach could allow those same viewers to be more receptive.