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Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
Worst Star Wars story ever
I say worst story ever because this is the worst story as a movie and makes some of the worst Star Wars books look better by comparison. This movie was poorly shot, poorly paced, and poorly written.
Rey is the most powerful character ever seen on screen. She is more powerful than any Star Wars character ever written in any book. In four days time she goes from not knowing the force exists to being the most powerful force user ever. I thought the midiclorian idea from The Phantom Menace was an absurd way to establish how powerful Anakin was and what his potential could be. With Rey she was able to become more powerful than anyone in a matter of days. She is a Mary Sue.
Kylo Ren/Ben Solo is the most useless and bipolar villain in the series. His mood swapping during the movie is tiring and unneeded. It makes him shallow and childish appearing.
Luke Skywalker was not in this movie. It was great seeing Mark Hamill give his all to a performance and I honestly think despite the writing he did an excellent job. But this was not Luke. Luke was the most positive and optimistic person in the galaxy. Rian Johnson turned him into a horrible version of a miserable human with nothing but negativity to guide him.
Leia should have died. Mary Poppins/Superman should have been her death. They could have then made Hodo take her place as the leader of the resistance. Instead we are left with Leia in a coma and are told that we need to listen to Hodo without question. I think Laura Dern is a brilliant actor who was written a poor story and given a meaningless death. She should have confided in Poe her plan instead of the strong trust me angle. Poe was one of the most trusted members of the resistance. There was no reason other than a political statement to be made in their interactions.
Finn became useless. I have no problem with the racial diversity that this movie provided. I though the original series was a bit lacking as Lando was the only black man in the galaxy. I appreciate strong characters. Rose is not that. What Rose does is kill the interaction between Poe and Finn. She diminishes Finn and he attempt to sacrifice himself but saving him for love. This after the whole movie she has preached that the resistance should come first. So she commits an act of saving Finn when she should have let him die to save the others. Her character is pointless and should have been left out of the story. Now does that mean the actor who portrayed her should have been cut? No. Write her a strong female character and let her have a role worthy of the talents of the actor.
A meaningless death suffered by the greatest tactical mind the rebellion ever had the privileged of following. Ackbar died by getting sucked into space. Seriously? What a death by the man who lead the attack on the second Death Star.
Why did Hodo not go ahead and jump a ship into the first order fleet when they first were being chased? It makes no sense to wait until the end of the movie to do this maneuver. Do it as soon as the first order gives chase and be done with it. And if you are going to do this idiotic scene make Ackbar the man to do it. He would be the one to have the tactical knowledge to have pulled it off. Instead we have Princess Leia light kill herself.
I cannot even begin to list all the problems of this movie. I cannot even begin to tell how much Rian Johnson has destroyed the series with one really bad film. I can honestly say Rian Johnson actually made the prequels look better for me. He is a horrible storyteller. The plot holes are ridiculous. The written is atrocious. His ability as a film maker is shown with this movie. I shall not watch another of his movies. I shall not see Episode IX.
Inhumans (2017)
Horrible
Where to even begin? The easy stuff I guess. The sets look recycled from some better low budget sci fi flicks from the seventies and eighties. The costumes are sub par. The CGI is cheap looking and no matter how many times people say but Lockjaw it doesn't change the fact he looks out of place. The Inhumans look really human compared to the comics. Gorgon amazingly enough looses his hoofs early on for a pair of boots in the jungle.
Scott Buck has once again failed to deliver a Marvel property. His inability to pace the show, to put together a cohesive plot line, or to be able to even make something worthy of being a Marvel/Disney production. He should be banned from every working with another Marvel or Disney property.
The acting is horrible even with some decent actors cast. The royal family is aloof. Maximus for the first few episodes seemed more like a hero than a villain. This is before he had a sudden descent into not even knowing what he was trying to accomplish. Medusa is bipolar in her wanting revenge and then like a light switch telling Black Bolt he cannot kill Maximus. Crystal is a spoiled brat. The other royal inhumans serve only as poor plot devices. Black Bolt is the poor deposed ruler that is nothing more than a tyrant trying to regain his throne.
Jack Kirby's obsession with royalty and a caste system do not translate well even in the comics. This should have been shelved. They may not have damaged the Marvel Cinematic Universe with this show but it has shown that they are slowly over reaching or their over sight of things has grown lax.
If you have not watched this show you do not need too. It adds nothing to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a whole. Avoid it. It is garbage.
Iron Fist (2017)
So much potential lost
It is sad. I was looking forward to this show after seeing Daredevil, Jessica Jones and Luke Cage. They took things slow and developed the characters well. This seems so rushed. They could have spread this story out over several years.
The speed at which they develop the characters of Joy, Ward, Harold and Colleen make them hard to relate too. Watching Ward go from uptight control freak to addict in 0.5 seconds is heartbreaking. He could have stood as a villain for this first season on his own just by the way he treated Danny the first few episodes.
Joy goes from sympathetic interest for Danny to cold hearted bitch so fast my head spun. And Harold was just ridiculous. Poor Colleen had so much potential for development and they just ushered her along at light speed. Is she control Bushido or raging ring fighter?
And what can be said of Danny Rand? We are meant to see hi!m as this innocent child who has wandered back into the world as this amazing Kung Fu master. He spends most of his time switching between the two personalities so fast you do not know if he is just that inept or that childish. He gets beaten in every fight only to win out at the last minute because he is the Immortal Iron Fist. A role he states he won while being trained but has no idea what it is or how to use it most of the time.
The appearance of Claire has lessened her worth that was built in the other series and takes a very well built and structured character and uses her as filler for Danny's moment when he needs medical help. The fact that she showed up at Colleen's dojo to take lessons on how to defend herself was hilarious. Why not just go back to Matt Murdock and ask him for lessons?
I don't necessarily blame the actors for their portrayal. The writing felt choppy and forced. The smooth steady feel and character development that worked so well in Daredevil, Jessica Jones and Luke Cage was lost on this series. The show runners really should have taken their time with this one. It is a mess.
Buckwild (2013)
Ridiculous
This is the most ridiculous, staged bunch of garbage that has been shown on television. The have scripted reality television trying to draw in the audience on the "Wild, Wonderful Whites" premise. It is sad to see this actually representing West Virginia. This state already has a horrible reputation for back woods, inbred, hillbilly stupidity without having this put a severely inaccurate picture on it. The fact that they paid people to appear in this show to "represent" locals is appalling. These kids that are starring in it are hoping for a spring board to reality fame such as happened with Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian, the whole of the teen mom group.
What amuses myself and my coworkers most is that everything is in Sissonville. I am not sure when Quaker Steak and Lube moved from Southridge in Charleston off of 119 to Sissonville, but I am sure it was the same time the Town and Country Lanes in Nitro also miraculously uprooted and went there as well.
If you want to enjoy the show for the sheer entertainment value about the degradation of society and see the future generations that will lead this country by all means enjoy. But please, do not think these idiots represent the majority of hard working West Virginians.