sonnesun

There I've said it.

I like the original too as I'm a fan of classic sci-fi, my era, and upon hearing about this I too was skeptical at first. But I was pleasantly surprised.

One problem with the original was that it was always confined to the past, to the leap itself and just getting that week's story over with. You never really saw much else at all in the original timeline.

It would have been more interesting to see Al and other scientists actually work out plans to try get Sam home. The original show whilst being a little more comical was more limited in scope. It was pretty one dimensional and so became a little repetitive for it.

This sequel however rectifies this, and more. People say it lacks humour but there are some comical moments. It also doesn't take itself way too seriously like other modern reboots. It still keeps to the adventure without too much emotional soap drama, and still the same sense of fast paced action and fun which we used to see in sci-fi shows. I'm not sure what show the negative critics were watching.

There are also other new surprise twists & turns to expand on the whole story which I won't spoil but so far it works.

The characters themselves are diverse but the show doesn't feel woke, it's intention is to entertain like the original, it doesn't preach. It is very faithful and respectful to the original show and characters with leap stories just as interesting, or more so. They just expand on the legacy with some very original ideas.

It would really annoy me if this show gets cancelled. They always cancel the good ones, particularly on a cliffhanger. I feel people had already made their minds up before even watching it ignoring the fact that it isn't a reboot, but a continuation.

I really hope that this carries on for many seasons with a proper end. I expect that they will eventually find and rescue Sam Beckett which will be a very special episode, and hopefully a better finale than he orginally got. So this show should hopefully fix the original.

Give it a chance. It does improve as it goes along.

I'm not a huge fan of the franchise, but I really enjoyed Joker because it took a totally different take, in retro 70's/80's fashion exploring mental illness.

I always found most Batman movies after Adam West, particularly from Christian Bale onwards to be quite a chore to get through as I personally struggle with the slow burn gothic style with long whispery complicated dialogues. It often put me off Batman movies.

So this time I decided to be armed and ready by utilising the 'Sypnosis' page here on this site. So whenever I get a little lost on what's going on in a movie, I just pause my TV and read the synopsis up to that point, then I unpause and continue watching. It's an effective way to fully understand the movie the first time whilst watching. It helpa if you watch on your own. Without it I would have drifted off otherwise. So did I enjoy it?

Yes I did. It's detective Batman solving riddles again. It was a fair portrayal of the caped crusader and it wasn't all slow drama, he suppliea plenty of action too. But The Riddler really stood out for me. He's a scary man behind his creepy mask. Much more demonic than the clownish portrayals of previous Riddler's. Without the mask, not so much except for his manic laugh, but that's The Riddler.

The Riddler's backstory ties in great with Bruce Wayne's backstory too, and it was great to see so many classic villains, including an unseen one which suggests to me a sequel is maybe on the cards.

Catwoman was originally a villain in the original tv series, but she is definitely more of an antihero now like the dark knight himself. She's a better sidekick than Robin.

Yes it is a long movie, nearly 3 hours long but it gave us a lot and I enjoyed the conclusion. I could probably have easily watched the rumored 4 hour uncut version.

Now I need to watch the Christian Bale movies again, sypnosis at the ready of course.