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  • I really appreciate how fully realized the characters are, but the gore and gross-out elements, the just generally stressful situations, the flippant attitude toward humiliation, and the dystopian attitude toward death make the show a tolerance watch for me. I’ll watch the next season, I think it will be worth watching as always, and I enjoy the commentary. I just don’t think that I could say I’ll enjoy watching it as I normally use that word.




  • I think you might have meant “epithet,” but since that is specifically about a word or phrase, “caricature” is probably the closest match.

    The original, unmodified trilogy was a pretty archetypal hero’s journey for Luke (or rather, a series of journeys within the larger character journey). It was well done, reasonably cohesive, and had strong themes, owing in no small part to Gary Kurtz (producer for the first two movies), Marcia Lucas (editor on the first and third movies and uncredited contributing editor on the second), and Irvin Kershner (director for the second movie).

    It began to fall off the rails a bit in the final movie when Lucas asserted more control, resulting in Kurtz’s departure, but ultimately in my judgment it stuck the thematic landing.

    The rest were… ehhh…

    We saw what happened with the prequel trilogy without those collaborators to rein him in and add actual human emotion. It’s not good, but it’s uncharitable to lump the original (again, unmodified) trilogy in with them.

    The sequels were just completely incoherent.

    Part of the problem is the unmodified originals have been effectively disappeared for an entire generation, so people who watch the “original trilogy” on disc or Disney+ are actually watching the atrocious CGI versions. It really does make a difference, in my opinion.








  • Severance is phenomenal (fantastic premise, extremely well-executed)

    Silo was great (interesting premise, very similar to Fallout but played seriously, without the bizarreness)

    Constellation is good (another parallel universe story, but well done with good acting)

    Monarch was meh (terribly-written characters and dialogue, but it ended in an interesting way)

    I have not yet watched Dark Matter, but I read the book years ago and enjoyed it quite a bit. That said, there are so many parallel world stories lately that I’m beginning to tire of them.

    I have not yet watched Foundation, For All Mankind, Dr. Brain, or the others which are reviewed less favorably.