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I thought he was great in "Titanic," but even more impressive in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?" Playing someone who's mentally challenged is much harder than playing a cute, cocky young man when you're already a cute, cocky man, and he really pulled it off, IMO.
I find it so forced it was distracting.
I find plenty of flaws in this show, but on this issue, I might cut them some slack. This is mission #24 to Alpha Centauri, and they probably found from the first 23 missions that nothing went wrong and they were just on a cruise ship to a colony with no side adventures, so why bring along guns, unless you're planning on shooting at other passengers?
Ben Adler: I like your theory that his mind is somehow merged, partially or whole, with Scarecrow's. I keep thinking we haven't seen the last of either Ben or Scarecrow.
Why is that engine so important? No idea. Maybe 1) it is one-of-a-kind, or one-of-a-few, or 2) the robots or their owners believe other species have no rights to it, either because they're really possessive, or it's the "this technology is too powerful to fall into the wrong hands" attitude. Though clearly humans aren't abusing it. But they are abusing Scarecrow.
The logical point that really bothers me is that Will's robot was very concerned about helping Scarecrow while the latter was dying. However, he had ZERO INTEREST in helping all the robots that came to attack the Resolute, including Scarecrow. And he didn't do anything to mediate between the two sides, even if he'd fail. Made no sense at all.
And re: the robot crash on Earth. I think it was just an accident, and he was off on a mission of some kind. Maybe had a ship malfunction, or was shot down by an enemy we don't know about, or spilled his coffee on the keyboard--just an accident, IMO.
That sounds like a lot more satisfying story.
I have to think it's not where Dean Cain wants to be in his career. It must be grating to him to see up & coming youngsters like Chris Pratt nabbing lead roles in movies which he never got in his prime, and now he's doing infomercials.
Good one!
I guess I'm here to complain too because I wanted to like it, but it was a letdown. It wasn't terrible, and I will watch a season 2, but with low expectations. (I don't know the books or games.)
I read a critic's review that was so savage I decided to skip the show, then a friend persuaded me to give it a try. I'd give it a 5 or 6. Reading comments on Reddit from lovers of the books and/or video games, they seem a little dismayed by the many changes plus the poorly executed timeline juggling, so maybe they'd rate it 6-8. All that's to say I think that "9" is totally bogus. Wait until real people catch up with IMDB, and the number will drop.
Yenn is played by a Brit, according to Wikipedia: "Chalotra was born in a British-Indian family. Her father is of Indian descent while her mother is English. She grew up in Lower Penn village in South Staffordshire, UK"
The same stupid grandmother who insulted the heck out of Nilfgaard at the "let's get married" episode. She isn't someone I felt sorry for.
And yeah, they talked about destiny wayyyyy too much in this show before deciding to sorta fill it.
Agreed on the timeline--total mess.
And double agree on Witcher: he was a guy with big muscles and great fighting skills. Hardly ever used magic. Zzzzzzz.
Multi-task. I was playing other games on my computer while bingeing. Admittedly, I missed some details, but it made the boring stuff more palatable too. Not a bad show, not a good show, just meh. Apparently the books were better.
I did like how Yenn sent out a huge fire wave that spared Tissaia and wiped out all the bad guys. Well, she should have *led* with that, shouldn't she? But it's the usual "the hero doesn't know how strong they are until everyone else dies first" kinda thing.
But Geralt in a cart: yeah, way too much screen time of that and his visions. And him finding Ciri at the very end with that lame line about destiny bringing them together: pretty flat.
It does get better: more political scheming, and more dangerous fights. But, not by much. I binged the whole season, and I'm not sure it's worthy of bingeing.
Yes, just a grumpier version with worse hair.
"For me , being able to watch the next episode immediatley means all the events are fresh in my head.
no need to recap. A week later i'd have forgotton what was happening.
Also its nice to set your own pace , even if its somewhere in between "now" and "next week". "
--Exactly
I thought Arjun was wimpy, but that seemed credible to me: he married a woman with more strength and ambition than he had, and he was used to letting her doing all the driving. But even he had a breaking point. So, their relationship was believable to me. And yeah, I wish those writers had worked on other parts of the show.
And the good news--if there is another season--is that Bobby and Chrisjen will be working together again. I liked their chemistry in past seasons in an "opposites attract" kind of way. There were some good jokes between them too.
Bobby: "Should I pick her up and carry her?"
Chrisjen: "You try it!"
You're right, they did try to provide some buildup, especially with her speech to Lucia. But still, she told Holden about her son back in Season 3, I think, and she made it sound like he was permanently lost to her. If all it takes to find him is a phone call to Fred, then that should have happened long ago.
Then again, you may be right that she was so traumatized by the loss she couldn't pursue him, she just had blocked out the possibility of finding him as a sort of self-defense. But I'm still having trouble digesting it.
"One thing I think I like about this show is the emphasis on forgiveness, redemption and reconciliation."
>> Agreed! They only get to that point after much needless aggression and violence, but they do get there ultimately.
Amos and Murty: I liked how Amos called him out as a killer posing as a security man, but after that, it got kinda dumb. And then Amos, his gf Wei, and Murtry in a 3-way shootout just seemed too dumb for Amos to do.
Arjun: I read that they recast him with a new actor, but without explanation. I thought new Arjun was pretty good.
Mars: it was already undergoing change as it demilitarized, but the really big change was discovering new worlds they could claim as New Mars 1, New Mars 2, etc, so they no longer needed to terraform Mars, which was costly and was taking generations. And Martian society was built on the common goal to terraform the planet, so lose your goal, and you do become lost as a people until you can find a new goal.
Yeah, Ashford didn't need to die, and he assaulted the ship with what, 3 other soldiers!??!!? Dumb. (Plus, I thought it was awful of him to send his last soldier to shoot and kill so he'd be the survivor.)