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I found this show to be unwatchable, the more I tried to watch the more I felt stupid for watching more. There is hardly any plot, because the story is so focused on race hatred throughout. Evil white cops who live to hunt and kill negros, and we cheer when they are killed. Stuff I couldn't even describe because why spoil it. When they did get to the fantasy plot it was rather convoluted. Why do these people care about missing pages from some evil magic book, and are willing to risk their lives. I didn't get it and I could not go on. Time wasted. Jordan Peel just feeds off of hate.

OMG, looking at the episode listing it's hard to believe this show lasted only two seasons of 14 episodes. That's not even one season of the American version that lasted 9 seasons. I think that shows the difference between the American and British ways of doing television. American writers, producers, and actors are hard working to a fault. The office was the show that would not die long after it should have, squeezing every dollar out of the ratings. While the British show was a bit lazy. How could Gervais have cut such a classic so short? One of the funniest sitcoms of all time David Brent is one of the great comedy characters. I don't think Gervais will ever match the heights of genius of this. Also a great supporting cast.

I think the biggest problem with After Earth is the message it tries to convey about fear, and how this message has no value to the story or to life. It's like the whole story is a way to get a point across about fear, about how fear is a delusion, how it is madness, how it isn't real and should be ignored. Strange advise. Fear is in our nature for very important reasons. Fear keeps us safe, as is often said, and our earliest ancestors had good reason to fear from attacks from wild animals, and had to rely on instinct of flight or fight to survive. It is only a sickness when there is no reason to fear, when a person is safe but becomes a danger to themselves because of hysteria. What you see in this movie is a character who has a perfectly good reason to fear, because he must survive on a wilderness while being hunted by a savage animal monster who wants to kill him.

After crash landing a boy's wounded father communicates to him that he must not be afraid, because this monster senses fear. If he is not afraid then the monster won't see him and he will be safe. So really, all he has to do is be nonchalant, see that the monster looks scary, but as long as he reminds himself that the monster isn't a true threat then he is safe. But if the monster doesn't represent a true threat then is it true courage to defeat that fear? It's kind of a mind warp to think about.

Most people would say that true courage is being afraid but not letting that stop you from doing what you must. This movie says we should feel no fear. But wouldn't that mean losing something that makes us human? This movie clearly has the intention of sending a message about the beliefs of Scientology. Why else would they make a whole movie about mental conditioning? The message just doesn't make a whole lot of sense. 3/10