nexx-43314's reviews

I thought this season started with a lot of potential that just wasn't realized in this final episode. The plot cleverly branched out into different parts of the world of Westworld adding subplots and more players. At times it was hard to follow all the plots within plots and scrambled timelines but I kept watching expectantly to see all the plots connect by the end into one cleverly weaved story line. Unfortunately, for me that wasn't the case. Somewhere around the second half of the Season the story started watering down, some filler episodes were introduced and many characters got rolled back in a sense. I appreciate an intricate plot but this felt more deliberately over-complicated plot just to make it seem like it's complex. By the last episode I felt like I just wanted to get it over with. I had different expectations for the ending of the Season and I'll admit that the fact they didn't come true influenced my feelings about the Season. The Machiavellian tone of the ending lacked nuance and didn't really peek my interest for the next Season.

I've never read any books. I liked the first Season. It wasn't the best I've ever seen but I liked the actors and it reminded me of low budget fantasy series from the 90ties. The story was actually interesting, I loved the connection between modern world and fantasy world and it ended with suspense so I was really interested what was going to happen in Season2. Unfortunately Season2 obviously got passed to another network, it took 100 years to make and when it started it sucked. The plot was dragging all over the place, the acting got worse and had many copy-paste story elements from you're typical low budget series. Everything was so predictable and unbelievable. So yeah, Season1 is watchable, skip Season2.

This show is losing cohesion really fast. First, in the last episode, we find out that the show we watched a pilot for isn't really going to be the show we would be watching for the rest of the Season. I'm still on the fence about the Discovery crew. To this point, they have been all really annoying, moody, hostile and pouty. At some point, I felt like I was watching the "So Cosmo" reality. I guess on all the other Star Trek series they've been really lucky to find such a nice crew, especially Voyager. If I had to travel with these people through the whole galaxy to get home I would kill myself. But wait...I wouldn't have to because I'd have spore drive to get me home. That's one of the things that is starting to bother me more and more with this show, the lack of continuity. I am really friendly towards the idea of revamping the show and changing the style to fit current times, but why does it have to include changing the cannon and messing with the continuity. Star Trek movies did the same thing with introducing time traveling and ridiculous teleportation capabilities. If they wanted to do their own thing why didn't they just start a new franchise, why mess with the legacy of Star Trek? This episode also didn't shed light on the Klingon situation. I keep waiting for some more explanations because I really, up to this point, don't understand what these Klingons are on about. WHat is a Torchbearer? Why is he so important? Why is T'Kuvma so bent on war with the Federation? Did they do something to him? And why does he get to be the messiah? He is just a person who flashed all the Klingons and they met him for 5 seconds and now he has the status of Kahless. How did he pass his teachings, telepathically? Episode 4 and they keep talking about him like he died years ago. And what is with this purity??? Klingons disappear for 200 years and suddenly they return to wage war with Federation because they want to remain pure? And they speak about it in such a boring way with those stiff masks that don't allow them to make any facial expressions.

The only thing I enjoyed is set design. I like the concrete interiors and the little contemplation gardens.

Everything else sucked.

Acting is terrible. Everything is extremely stiff and artificial. Series has terrible problems with pacing and it makes scenes look tired and boring. Even action parts seem like those dreams in which you're trying to run but no matter how much you try you're always too slow. Interactions between characters are forced. Crystal is the worst I've seen in a really long time, like they picked her up from Nickelodeon or Disney Channel. The hooves, OMG THE HOOVES, what the hell was that? I feel soooo bad for the actor who plays Gorgon.

Well anyway, I'll stop wasting my time, and don't you waste your time either.

Sooooo....I'm giving this a 6-star rating because I think this show is halfway there. You have to be a fan of the show STar Trek to find this entertaining because it follows the exact cookbook that old S.T. shows had. I found references to familiar characters fun. The plot is delivered in a very Star-treky manner. It looked so familiar that it could easily be mistaken for a real Star Trek show but it wasn't. The shy and clumsy attempts at humor throw the show off balance and lower the quality in general. It puts the viewer in an awkward position, actually wondering if this comedy show could actually do better without the humor.

I felt that the creators of the show needed to commit to one or the other, either a comedy show or a real tribute to Star Trek. This way it's not really funny enough for someone who was expecting a comedy, but it's also not serious enough for someone watching it out of Star Trek nostalgia.

The 3rd episode is a proof of that. When it needs to get serious or clever the show turns to bad attempts of humor leaving the viewer embarrassed for the characters and kind of cheated out of a better solution to a nicely set up plot. Not to mention that it becomes downright insulting at points while still attempting to tackle and deliver a lesson on a serious subject.

The only good part of this movie was stolen from other movies like Inception and Warcraft(magic stuff). Benedict Cumberbatch is a great choice but since he's not really given great dialogue to play with he sucks. He becomes too powerful too fast and the humor is over baked and overcooked. Dormammu is so lame, isn't he suppose to be one of your most powerful villains, Marvel? The final defeat was just insulting to me as a viewer.

I felt they made this movie just to show us the green infinity stone so they can let us know there's an Infinity movie coming after they make a couple more of these brainwashed no good movies. I feel like Marvel is just throwing us crap so we can dig through it to see if there are some infinity stones inside while they make more money!

Btw. I'm not gonna watch Infinity Wars out of payback.

First few episodes the show really sucks you in, the acting is amazing, the visuals are breathtaking and of course there's the never ending question on the possible future of androids, artificial intelligence and in the end it all just turns out to be a subject of what it means to be human? Do our moral obligation stop at biological life? Is the future of androids really to become overpriced sex dolls and shooting targets? (I don't believe so, but it's definitively going to become one aspect of their use) In the end the biggest question of this show is: "Are you a good person if you enjoy harming something that looks like a human even though it isn't?" But this really cannot be credited to this show, it is a question explored by many shows, movies, books and etc. What THIS show is best for is the mystery that is revealing itself in the background. And that part of the show is really great, there are many revelations and plot twists along the way that really keep you crazy to know more and then comes a point in which you feel everything should start untangling but it doesn't and it just becomes inception. The ending is really unsatisfying, not really living up to what it was built up to be.

Over time some plot lines and character developments become unrealistic, even though it's masked well with the mystery aspect of the show. And there is also a very clear feminist/white-male-hatred undertone in the show and some of it is just overcooked and over-boiled.

I'll be short with this one, if you can connect a meaningful message with good storytelling you can't miss. This show did just that, it tells a story we've seen, read and heard many times before but I'm a new and fresh way that gives a new dimension to the whole issue.

I didn't "binge watch" it, I watched it day-by-day just like the main character and it made it feel even more real.

At the beginning of Season 1 everything in this show is really weird and artificial. The characters felt gimmicky and that got more pronounced when you'd realize they're suppose to be playing teenagers. The plot also feels rushed, you feel there is more content between the lines that you can't really read. Things get more interesting when the main antagonist shows up and from there things start to look a bit better. What really kept me with this show are the characters (despite the acting) because there are no good/bad guys. I mean, there are villans and heroes but even while they're doing good all the characters seem a bit bored, like they're doing it because they think it's proper, not because they feel it's right. In that way they seem more inline with modern culture that always wants excitement but can never get satisfaction out of anything. As this series is progressing through seasons it's getting better and better. The plots are craaaaazy, Alice in Wonderland level crazy, and characters keep growing with the story and changing which is surprising because I never would have guessed it from season 1. Highly recommend watching it if you like something different and out there

I've seen reviews online that rate this show badly solely because it's not Harry Potter. I am a fan of HP too but this is not that kind of magician story, so keep an open mind.

I wasn't expecting much from this but I was at least hoping the script would follow the book. I feel like the changes that were made weren't necessary and they just keep deviating from the original story in a way that is making this into a completely different story. I don't want to claim that the actors on this show don't know how to act but they just plainly suck. I don't feel any chemistry between them, they just keep walking around with a lot of determination making pouty faces or talking with too much sass. It's probably not their fault, the script probably doesn't leave much room for any characterization. Half of the time the scenes leave me saying to myself inwardly "What?" so with the beginning of S2 I just stopped watching. I think I'll just stick with the books and the movie (which I thought was a pretty decent cover of the book).

So I just watched the first season and I can't really decide how I feel about this show. Well obviously I feel 8/10 but I have mixed feelings because some things I really liked and some not so much.

The ending obviously didn't really bother me as much as other people, I'm waiting to see what happens in season 2 to have an opinion although I will admit it left me confused. The rest of the show I really found intriguing, the story was delivered in an interesting way that always left me wanting more. That's the main reason why I am willing to overlook some weird details, because in the end I can appreciate a well told story. In a way it reminds me of Breakfast club with seemingly random people meeting drawn together by a common cause. If you're the type of person who watches Star Trek and then complains that you don't really find warp drive plausible don't watch this. If you're the type of person who enjoys a good campfire story you might find this enjoyable.

The show starts a bit slow which bothered some people obviously but I really appreciated it. It gives you enough time to familiarize you with the setting of a solar system inhabited by humans. I also appreciate the attention to details and the whole science behind it (although that credit probably goes to the writer of the books). If you have patience to wait for the plot to build up I promise it's worth watching. The second season is amazing so far, really not what I was expecting it to be and I'm really hard to surprise.