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Ghostbusters (2016)
Just awful. Who you gonna call? Someone funny.
This move is SO unfunny I watched it on a flight across the atlantic, and I STILL got up and walked out.
Only mildly redeemed by some good acting from Chris H, and the effects are pretty good. On par with what you'd expect these days. Nice litle jump scare near the start and then the scariest bit happens.......4 unfunny women hit the screen.
The Orville: Ja'loja (2018)
Weakest start to a new season you could imagine
SO you've been on your season break, your fans are avidly awaiting new material and you've been hyping it for a while. So you come out with all guns blazing, give them a season opener to remember and bolster your ratings for the rest of the season. Don't you??
Not according to Seth McFarlane you dont. Prepare yourself for the ride of a lifetime as Hot Blonde First officer gets a boyfriend and they row. Hot Brunette security officer has love life troubles. Cute but clumsy ginger navigator has women problems. Doctor Hardnose has kiddie issues and Bortas needs a Pee.
Really??? What the roddenberry are they searching for here??? Utter rubbish. It can only get better from here.
Star Trek: Discovery (2017)
This is NEW Star Trek. Not your Grandaddies. But its Awesome.
***SPOILER WARNINGS***
Where do I start? This is the trek that I've waited for, for 12 years now. Ever since Enterprise was unceremoniously cancelled I've waited for the next weekly trek fix to come along and in that time a lot has happened. The birth of Internet TV, streaming and PPV services. The growth of the core trek audience and yes, the gradual dissatisfaction with some of the elements of the JJ Movies. Trek fandom as a whole is now arguably more fragmented than it ever has been. Certainly some very dodgy Discovery CGI a year ago didn't help matters any.
I'm going to try and break this down into the Good the Bad and the Ugly but first let me preface by saying that this isn't your Fathers Star Trek, and really isn't your grandfathers Star Trek. This is Star Trek re-envisioned for the modern audience. Although it's a prequel to the original TOS series (set 10 years before Kirk and Spock took charge of the 1701) this series is free of any design ties, and sometimes technological ties too. If you're new to the show, go into it with an open mind and be prepared to perhaps compromise on any hard-core, Religious fundamentalist style adherence to Canon and Plastic scenery/monsters. This show has attracted a rabid, vehement group of Haters whose only purpose is life is to get this show cancelled, and maybe perhaps at some point in the future
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The Good. Jesus where do I start? This show has SO much good going for it. Essentially the first 3 episodes serve as Pilots 1 and 2 (Very "The Cage" and "WNMHGB"). By the time the mysterious and incredibly intriguing Captain Gabriel Lorca turns up on the Discovery you should be well adjusted and hooked to the show. Let me be very clear, the show runners KNOW what questions the fan base are asking and they're drip feeding it with each episode. "why does the saucer have gaps?", "Why is the captains room so dark?", "How come we've never heard that Spock has a sister"? All these questions and more will be answered, unlike tears in rain. The effects are amazing. The opening shot of Discovery is nothing short of breathtaking. The plots are detailed and dovetail together nicely. The arc driven story line works and drip feeds at a substantive rate. This is Fun. It feels new and Fresh yet familiar and comfortable. The Easter eggs for fans are a genuine treat with some real thought behind them.
The Bad. Now, this isn't so much as "bad" but more like "things that take a lot of getting used to". The Klingons are very different. Be prepared for that. The fact that you have to wait a week for each episode and not binge watch is truly painful.
The Ugly. Klingon ship designs aren't a patch on the classic.
Flight 7500 (2014)
Spare yourself the Agony and avoid!
Dear lord I'm not sure where to start with this. First the good - really appreciated the casting here. Good varied choice of actors and actresses and some good performances.
The bad - everything else. Its about as scary as a 2 year old with a lolly pop and a pink fluffy bunny. I swear to god I've pooped scarier things than this film. A terrible god awful "twist" and a WTF ending that just didn't make any contribution to the film in any shape whatsoever.
Thank the lord I didn't pay out to see this abomination in the cinema. It's 76 minutes of my life I'm never getting back.
Avoid.
Justice League: War (2014)
Not as good as you'd hope
Have to admit I was keen on seeing this as this marks the first real foray into NuDC's 52 universe. And its a massive disappointment. The storyline itself is good, but then it should be. It borrows heavily from some of the better writers in Comicdom and their opening Justice League arc.
Sadly though, the art is basic to say the least and lazy to be more negative. The voices are a half decent fit with some very mediocre voice acting but the characterisation...where do we start?? I'm unsure of whether to lay the blame at the film or whether the true fault lies in DC's reimagining of the heroes for this new 52-verse.
Batman is his usual aloof self, Superman comes off as a cold arrogant a$$, Captain Marvel is more of a dunderhead than usual, Hal is a schoolboy in a mans body and wonder woman comes off as a real Bee-you-know-what.
Only Barry and Vic get to resemble something of themselves.
One to miss I'm afraid.