Reviews

Thanks to cas anvar and his portrayal of alex - my favourite char in the show. 6 stars because of the special effects and the actors in this season portraying marcos, drummond and avasarala. Very odd that a char who is there from the beginning is written off like that while another char's pain is agonized for more than 2 episodes. Not only that but the reaction afterwards from others supposed to be buddies is lacking. Makes the actors lose crediblilty. Even if the char would somehow return in the next season (hell, this is fantasy fiction, anything can happen) it would be pointless and shallow. Generally speaking, the weak point for me in the writing is that the story of smaller supporting actors isn't told through but in best cases just mentioned by another char; at the same time too much focus and time is invested on other chars so that there's a gap like with the actor and actress appearing in episode 2 i believe shortly with alex and then suddenly re-appearing at the end of the last episode - i'm like "who are these people again?". The overall story away from the chars felt weak and actually non-existent.

i watched this movie about Jaco Pastorius at the European premiere in Munich/Germany this week and did like it. As a hobby bassist i'm heavily influenced by Jaco and there's footage in the movie previously unseen. There's funny moments in the movie and many interviews from the musicians Jaco collaborated with as well as Jaco's brother and you'll hear also from Jaco's first wife Tracy and others who were close to him. The film accomplishes to draw attention to Jaco and make him aware to other people. It never accuses anybody of anything and stays neutral and objective. While as someone who plays bass i wished that more footage was included from his earlier days like how he changed from drums to bass and how he developed his technique, i'm grateful for the people who made this happen and showed lots of footage and people's views on Jaco Pastorius along with his great music and him being a pioneer changing the e-bass and influencing future generations of players.