phil-205-629777
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Watched the first episode and it showed promise, and with all the great reviews I wanted to love the second episode and the rest of the season. But aside from the ludicrous plot and weirdness of being half Norwegian/half English dialogue (at the same time), most of the jokes and set ups revolved around 'comic' violence and casually racist, homophobic and sexist dialogue. It's like it was made in 1980. It could work if this was done in a knowing or ironic way, but it's all delivered without so much as a shrug. As for the 25 year age gap between the romantic leads, again they don't show this for what it is and poke fun at the implausibility of it - instead they just pass it off as normal. I don't know if this was an issue with just one episode or the rest of the series, but I won't be finding out.
Ewan and Charlie make an entertaining double act and the old production gang comes back together for a new road trip. The most obvious question, though is, "why didn't anyone tell them batteries don't like the cold"?
It seems that it takes them about 2 weeks to work this out. Whoever did the logistics must have been evilly laughing as they seemed to be constantly 10 miles short of powe.
Anyway, I'm about half way in now and in it for the long haul. The scenery is great (the drone pilot was pretty busy and seems to have his/her own battery supply) and the miles soon disappear.
And at least the charging issue gives a bit of jeopardy for the show. Worth a watch.
It seems that it takes them about 2 weeks to work this out. Whoever did the logistics must have been evilly laughing as they seemed to be constantly 10 miles short of powe.
Anyway, I'm about half way in now and in it for the long haul. The scenery is great (the drone pilot was pretty busy and seems to have his/her own battery supply) and the miles soon disappear.
And at least the charging issue gives a bit of jeopardy for the show. Worth a watch.
I'm not a complete Trek-head but even I could tell all the Guinan stuff was off.
The plot, script and much of the acting is getting pretty bad - the Raffi material especially so - although I thought the opening episodes were promising.
End up scanning the episode reviews out of boredom. My God, I never realised Trekkies were so right wing - almost comically so.
Yes, the storytelling is a bit clumsy but complaining that the environment and immigration issues are "woke" and don't belong in entertainment is farcical.
Anyway, I hope the show gets better again. Patrick Stewart deserves it, and so do the viewers, whatever their politics.
The plot, script and much of the acting is getting pretty bad - the Raffi material especially so - although I thought the opening episodes were promising.
End up scanning the episode reviews out of boredom. My God, I never realised Trekkies were so right wing - almost comically so.
Yes, the storytelling is a bit clumsy but complaining that the environment and immigration issues are "woke" and don't belong in entertainment is farcical.
Anyway, I hope the show gets better again. Patrick Stewart deserves it, and so do the viewers, whatever their politics.