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The Simpsons: The Great Money Caper (2000)
One of the best
I have over three decades experience with simpsons. In resent years i have watched every episode onwards season 2 to season 35 twice, so take my word of it: this really is one of the best simpson episode, or least one of the better ones. It really make me laugh for instance when homer and bart encrust the pillow, marge suprised them and ask what they doing, and Homer immediately responds"i could ask you for very same question" very spesific way and tone. That's classic simpsons joke right there and whole episode was a full of them. Theres subtleness in those jokes, and thats the beauty of classic simpsons. You really need pay attention or you miss those jokes.
And plot overall was very clever.
I don't understand bad reviews or episode rating. Imbd really Drop the Ball here.
Fallout: The Beginning (2024)
NON GAMER opinion
I don't play games. Mostly i played Nintendo( 8bit ) and commodore 64, back in the day, but I believe, that adults should spend their time something more productive than playing games.
Show itself was beyond my expectations:
I liked the atmosphere, although it took me few episodes(at beginning i have bit a trouble with music choises)to get sucked in. What a world, very good script and almost 20mil/episode budget is very well used.
This is an emmybait series. Walton Goggings should be one of them: hes characters are mix of the shields and the justifieds role characters. This guy is a legend, give him some recognition.
Interesting and riveting all over. Thank you! Cheers from finland, and sorry my bad english.
Masters of the Air: Part Nine (2024)
And the Emmy goes to:
This episode was the best in the series and saved the series, maintaining quality that must be refined to the end of a quarter billion budget: description, directing, manuscript, visuality, narrative and narrator was topnotch. And one thing what makes this series great is the perpectives: it is rare to see so many different point of views.
Episode itself felt like short movie. Very very good, I don't really understand why people is giving 1 star reviews: that is so childlish.
It's a pity that most series don't have a recap function: I already have to forget who is who and therefore I will look at this again, and then give my final review. The current series scoring is 7.8, although it should be closer to 9: I don't like that people criticize the series before all episodes have come.
This is not at the Band of Brothers level, but at least as good as Pasific? Maybe even classic material. The only flaw was that no interviews with old veterans were shown, it would have crowned everything. All in all, after Ted Lasso, this is by far the best series on Apple TV. Sorry for poor English.
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live: Gone (2024)
It's okay, but only okay
I haven't watched Walking Dead more than seven seasons because IMDB scores are so bad in the last seasons: I may look at the whole series again and give the rest of the seasons a chance. I have also read the first book of the Governor Series, so I am pretty familiar with the Walking Dead universe.
I started watching this Spinoff series because IMDB scores are so high - based on the first episode - even though I don't fully understand why. The first episode was good, of course, but not the masterpiece I expected. I will definitely look again before the final review. This episode was visually stunning, acting was of top -notch and staging, costumes, directing and effects was first class.
But in a plot wise, this seems quite mediocre to me, and if you compare it to the first seasons of Walking Dead, this does not seem as exciting and interesting, and even the characters (even old and familiar one) seem a bit bland. Still, I don't mean this is bad, this is quite good for entertainment, but I'm still not sure if I look at this to the end.
My rate is seven.
Shôgun: Servants of Two Masters (2024)
Do your self a favor: read the book first
At the current moment I read James Clavell's Shogun book, and now, after reading about 700 pages, I have started to think that Shogun is one of the best books ever written (my claim is also supported by Goodreads' scoring). It is educational, riveting, surprising, funny, beautiful, sad. The plot is cunning, clever and carefully built: I have studied history between 900 and 1600 for about five years and have read hundreds of fictional historical novels and the same type of fantasy and this book goes beyond them(exept asoiaf witch is simply the best series ever, but in historical fiction shogun is it's own class): no one else has succeeded in harnessing history and fiction such as Clavell did. It's a good idea to read the book before watching the series because I believe it is a greater experience. For those who complain about this is a got copy: Shogun is written before song of ice and fire so how can it be a copy? And why people vote in the series before all its episodes have come? It ruins the actual score of the series: how anyone can vote for the series based on one or two episodes?
As for this TV series, it is perhaps the most anticipated series this year among with masters of air and boys s04. Does it live up to expectations? First of all, the Actors are well chosen, most of the rather unknown to me, but it (acting) is flawless across the line. Like directing, shooting, staging, costuming and its truly stunning visually: The series seems to do justice for its budget. The story begins quite faithful to the book(altough story seems built maybe too fast and it's hard to relate with characters but i believe we all love them when the story goes on. They also leave some important stuff out but i also believe artistic liberties if done right)and it's riveting from the beginning. The first two episodes set the stage on larger story lines and leave the viewer to want more.
The first episode was quite intense and, as I said, I already had a bit of a difficulty of relating, but on the other hand, building such a great story takes time: the second episode was more plot -driven and managed to create a little depth for the characters and presented a few more: hopefully future episodes do justice for these characters. The story is progressing and hopefully it will achieve its epic scale and its aspects such as vengeance, love, friendship: it's intriguing and riveting: plotting, amazing characters and stunning battles: all that is required for a great story. By the end of the week I have read the end of the book and then I know if it will reach my top 10 list, maybe even the top five. Together rating of two episodes: 8.5
Sorry for my english im non native speaker.
True Detective: Night Country: Part 3 (2024)
Untrue detective
This is starting to feel like a waste of time. If you want to see a good detective series with a damaged strong woman, check out Mare of easttown. Or if you want to see maybe a best detective shows out there, watch Sherlock.
If you want to see a good cop series watch Line of duty, unforgotten or Bosch. The reason why Liz and Evangeline have no longer worked together seems superficial, tedious and implausible. Nothing superintriguing back story there. Atmosphere feels very forced. Even acting sucks. Don't get me wrong, Jodie Foster is a good actress, but I don't think this role suits her, like she's pretending all the time and holding something back. There is a complete lack of depth and humor witch are vital elements of True detective standards.
It seems so freaking forced! I get it: this is a small and disturbed village, but it fails to credibility create that frightening atmosphe what this series trying to do.
I think I'll stop there. My rate is six and that's mercyfull estimate.
Masters of the Air: Part One (2024)
More than solid start
Very good first episode. Directing, writing, acting are as good as you can expect to quality TV shows. Not to mention CGI, effects and breathtaking visuals.
Masters of the Air offers perspectives on war that has not been seen in any other series or movie. I read that the budget was about quarter of a billion and it shows. Hopefully the quality will remain the same in rest of the episodes. I have watched Band of Brothers and Pacific many times and have read(studied) a lot of warhistory, so i really look forward to this. Hopefully here is the future timeless classic for future generations too.
This was thrilling edge of seat stuff: characters are great, but there are so many of them that i don't root no one particular per say, but i expect to get to know them in following episodes.
Hopefully they use some old footage on war veterans: those interviews create an elements such as depth and realism: I was hoping to see those vets at some point.
True Detective: Night Country: Part 1 (2024)
It's ok
I haven't written reviews for many reasons: Firstly i'm non native speaker, so sorry my english.
Now, however, I try to write my first review on this account. True Detective's first season set a bar very high, that no one has been able to cross(expect british shows are pretty close that bar especially Sherlock).
The previous season was downright shameful: the old geezer drifting on the road and he is assumed to solve crimes in that state ... The second season I didn't even finish.
Then came the information from the fourth season and when the actor's choices were announced, I immediately thought that the upcoming season would fall into a pitfall where traumatized and damaged strong women will solve crimes: a stereotype that offers nothing new in all its predictability. Such a character is extremely difficult to build, and the first feeling is that the creators of the series have created hollow characters that viewers are not able to identify at any level. The character drive is almost completely missing: it remained a mystery who these people are and the season is only 6 episodes long, five to go: can the creators of the series in such a short time to create the characters and the story? I doubt this but I hope to be wrong. This is not a miserable opening, but this is not up to True Detective's first season standards. Nothing significant seems to happen: a few flashbacks and the first minutes of the episode and the end of the episode are the only significant events. Still, the arrangement is not bad: this can make a great story, and hopefully the characters will also get depth. Also, the philosophy and humor of the first season have been missing from all seasons: I think black humor, depth and personal chemistry (which do not seem to be in this episode at all) are important elements, but they have been completely forgotten. Why? The acting is mediocre, at some points great, so it's a plus. Intro is also one of the best I've seen in any series. In general, visuality is absolutely amazing: it has not been spared on the budget.
My rate is seven. Greetings from Finland and sorry my bad english.