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The Gilded Age (2022)
Disappointing Wannabe
I'm talking about the second season, so I have tried! This is no Downton Abbey. There is so little character development...or is it just that there are no characters worth our time? All the characters are either cartoonishly over the top or boring beyond belief. There is very little to care about with these people. Even the clothes seem "off". They are also cartoonishly over the top...garishly so. Is the idea (Fellowes, I'm looking at you!) that ALL Americans are so nouveau, even the old guard, that they can't help but dress that way? I figured that it might settle down and find its way in the second season but it's hard to watch still.
House of the Dragon (2022)
The mystery: Why the good reviews?
This is the whiners version of GoT. There are no standout characters, there are no standout bad guys or good guys. There is a cast of characters that are tedious, nondescript and just plain boring. Even the dragons are boring. How can you make a dragon boring? I could have taken it for 2 episodes, or even 3 episodes IF it had finally clicked and gotten going but it simply refuses to turn into a compelling drama. As exciting as Game of Thrones was this is its poor, boring little brother. That I made it through 6 episodes is a testament to just how great GoT was. If this were anywhere near that I'd have finished the season. I will not even bother to watch episode 7 or 8.
You (2018)
How can a series about a serial killer be so boring?
It's claimed that this is Dexter-ish. No, it's not. Dexter was well written with a varied group of different characters. You is pretty one-note, with pretty boring, self-absorbed characters...all of them. All of them simple and boring. I can't even get through the first season, which people seem to be enthralled with. ???
Invasion (2021)
Like watching paint dry
This is soooooo sloooooowwww. What is wrong with Apple? They've got the very best of everything except tv and movies. Ted Lasso is the only, and I mean the ONLY thing worthwhile on Apple TV. This show is a big fat nothing. I've just watched the first episode but, from other reviews here, it seems that it just doesn't pick up, it doesn't get any better. I'm not going to see episode 2.
Superhuman: The Invisible Made Visible (2020)
Don't listen to the low reviews if you have a curious mind
The ability to perceive the things that are discussed in this documentary come to people two ways: You are born with a stronger ability to perceive energy OR you gain the ability to understand and perceive energy through a life-challenge (trauma). I have had a moderate amount of awareness but after the death of my daughter those abilities grew exponentially, beginning in the hours before her death. I woke out of a sound sleep and KNEW that something horrible was happening or going to happen. I paced for hours in the middle of the night, then that intense feeling released and I was able to go back to sleep. That aligned with the exact time of my daughter's dying and death. In the years that followed I have experienced things that I would have absolutely discounted before. These things are very real.
The low reviews speak of this as "scientific nonsense" because they lack the ability to perceive what is being discussed, in the same way that fundamentalists cannot begin to wrap their minds around evolution. Just because someone has no knowledge or understanding of a concept or a truth doesn't make it untrue. Remember what Shakespeare said: There are more things in heaven and earth than are...dreamt of in your philosophy.
The scientists interviewed in the documentary all have serious credentials and, being of a scientific mind, they are endeavoring to understand *something* that they have experienced...frequently to their shock.
If you are experiencing these things or you have a desire to develop these abilities you will find this a solid and fascinating documentary.
The Midnight Sky (2020)
Shmaltzcreek
Slow. Pretentious. Aiieeee George, why? Why? This is NO Gravity. This is paying the mortgage on Como. A singular miss for George Clooney.
A California Christmas (2020)
A nice way to spend a couple of hours
This was a great way to spend a couple of hours. Sweet movie. There are so many movies that rate higher that are dogs. To those people that say this wasn't a Christmas movie...uh, it's California, we don't have snow but we do have Christmas. The leads were gorgeous. The sidekicks were funny. Watch it, it's worth it.
Departure (2019)
Peacock is the worst "premium" service.
This series has a pretty good cast and it is mindlessly entertaining. It is not a great series... a solid 6 out of 10 though. However, I'm taking it down two stars purely because of Peacock. It is the first time we have used it and it is pure network tv, with commercials, but you cannot FF or skip ahead in any way. So, the very worst of network tv without the blessed ability to FF through commercials. Someone should tell NBC that we are now 20 years into the 21st century and that network died, hard, at least 10 years ago. Who wants to stream shows with unavoidable commercials? And, this was Peacock Premium.
Disjointed (2017)
Laugh Track (really)
It's 2017. There is a LAUGH TRACK. Who chose that? I can't get past it to tell you if this has any promise. What we have seen is forced and rather hackneyed. Netflix no longer allows streaming customers to rate their shows. So, I've actually gone to the trouble of opening an IMDb account. Does that tell you how awful this show is? We turned it off at 9 minutes, couldn't take anymore.