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Not even an hour since the show came to streaming and its a 6.2 out of 10...totally inaccurate. The pacing is good, the acting is good. The familiar faces enrich the story without feeling like obligatory fan service...great follow up to Hawkeye, highly recommend watching that first. Just finished the first episode and its very well written. The attention to detail is there, unlike recent installments of the MCU. I'm looking forward to seeing where its all headed. There's a moment in the show where Echo is fighting and she smiles at her adversary and that's when it really struck me as a well written show, a female protagonist that is relatable by facial expressions alone, you could understand exactly why she smiled, what she was thinking, it was hilarious and that was the moment I knew the writers took nuance and minor details into consideration, much like Loki did. I definitely recommend watching this, ignore the strangely low initial rating on this show, its absurd. Especially since its barely been an hour since the show started, no way people have a firm grasp enough to call it bad. Case in point, ask yourself how a show gets a 6.2 out of 10 but its initial episode gets an 8 out of 10. Its definitely more an 8 than a 6...give it a shot!

Everyone mad at this show "jumping the shark" must have read a different book than I did. The lowest rated episode this season also happens to be pretty much all derived from the books outside a few tweaks. I get people are upset Henry is leaving but the chief complaint is supposed to be the show isn't loyal to the source material...well I've read the books twice, I've played the games, this isn't disloyal at all. You don't like Radovid's arc? Or was it a visualization of Ciri's struggles with het powers and destiny that offended you guys? Like I said, 90% of this episode was in the books, same with the previous episode. I'm convinced at this point its not even about accuracy, its deference to Henry Cavill. They could be verbatim from the books next season and it'll still get review bombed by people who don't actually even watch the show.

I enjoyed this episode for what its worth, despite the fact that the premise was ripped off an old South Park episode - the story is different enough to be unique in its own way. And its funny at moments, which is good. But that's the thing isn't it? Black Mirror was at its greatest when it wasn't about the laughs, it was a show that was introspective and it was always delivered in a way that would get under your skin, whether making you deeply uncomfortable to the point of needing to go for a walk or watch a comedy sitcom after, to making you feel overwhelming sadness or joy depending on the episode, the point was to force you to look into the dark direction tech is taking us, the black mirror that is your television. Now its become more frequently a show of feel good moments and comedy, its cringe rather than disturbing - this opens the market up for a sect of people who like that stuff more, but the base of viewers they accumulated the first few seasons will feel like they've been left behind. Its all good and fun to watch, but the show was great once, back when it really was about making us all consider where we are headed in the advent of amazing technological achievement. Its kinda a bummer we've lost that aspect in this show. But I'll keep watching, because Joan is Awful, but Black Mirror is still alright.

This one has an 8.9 so far and its great, but it feels like it should be even higher - there is a great speech by Rebecca about halfway into the episode and from there onward, the episode really shines bright.

All the great feelings this show creates kinda just continue on for the remainder of the episode. Truly one of my favorites of the season, among the top favs of the series itself.

Also, I feel like there was an omission of specific details on Nate and Rupert's developments, and its deliberate, I sense a backstory is forthcoming in future episodes that will detail what unfolded off screen with them, answering the why's and what not...like why Rupert's assistant has changed, for instance...among other things I don't want to fully spoil for those who haven't seen it yet.

Honestly it hit the right notes but it was muted by its lack of longevity. As an 8 episode season this story would have been great.

And as far as Athelstan goes, turns out the depiction matches the books and the history, you know what i mean, yes, it was accurate, not a woke thing...beyond that, I don't think he was quite as easily fooled by his advisors in the books.

I also think a season would have allowed time to develop Aethelweard better for his fate at the hands of his brother. Mostly the books were improved by the show in terms of characters, but as a movie this didn't work out so much. Eadgifu and Edmund also lacked development. But it's okay I suppose...

Overall a fun story that should have had more time to flesh out the details...good but not great.

Let me just begin by saying I just finished perusing the bad reviews on here, the 1's out of 10 and my goodness, some people (like very very few) are really hopped up about this movie and in a bad way and I'll just say they could not be more wrong - its their opinion and they're entitled to it but no, just no.

The pros of this movie are all over the place, the nostalgia, the callbacks and easter eggs, the sendoff of the ending and where it leaves off in terms of future productions was all spot on. Without spoiling it I'll just say the movie was very enjoyable and emotional, all the things you'd want to see in a veritable conclusion years in the making.

The cons were noticeable but given the entertainment value of the production they can easily be overlooked in favor of the movie, unless you're one of the 1 out 10's people, in which case I just feel bad for you. I really do.

There were cons were very basic, obvious questions arose because the story uses a plot device that virtually every movie before it that employs this same device does - most of these issues are easily explainable in fictitious terms but if you get hung up on it, just remember its written by entertainers and not scientific gurus writing a book. Other con would be the length, this movie was fantastic but I can't see myself sitting in the theater for 3 hours again, even for this one.

Bring back intermissions!!

Overall a great movie though, loved it. Probably my favorite and a fantastic followup to Infinity War because it wasn't a regurgitation of last year's film. I'd definitely recommend you go see this in theaters at least once, just for the cinematic experience.

I wanted to enjoy this series, I really did. Daredevil gave it such promise, Jessica Jones was enjoyable in its own way. Luke Cage was highly entertaining. Iron Fist was a bore to watch but it set up the premise of the highly anticipated release of The Defenders.

But in the end, Defenders left a lot to be desired.

The show came off as a one spin wonder, as in I think I'm good watching it once and that is it. No subtext, no dimensionality, just a bunch of good guys fighting with a bunch of bad guys.

Decisions came off highly questionable in terms of believability. I found myself often shaking my head at the screen when events unfolded the way they did. Constantly I found myself asking "who'd actually do it that way?" or "Where's the believability?" For example, Danny Rand's discovery of being used by the hand to ultimately destroy NYC and he doesn't get it when they all tell him to hide. Typical of the character to be so stupid, but its not just him. While he insists he's the only one who can defeat the Hand, the rest of the group stands there not arguing with him while the headless corpse of a member of the Hand lies there, killed by someone other than Rand.

Jessica Jones in handcuffs after Stick is killed but the rest are placed on couches or with their loved ones.

Murdock's belief that dressing up in his suit will somehow make everyone forget Jones and Cage left the station with Matt in tow. Kidnapped or not, it was kind of dumb. If he "knew" he wasn't walking out of there, why dress up at all then? Just a few examples of crap were just expected to believe would happen.

It points to a larger function of the action and thriller genre in general with TV shows, where dimensional character development and believability goes out the way side in favor of shock value and twists for the sake of twists. Only there were no twists in this show, everything was predictable, right down to Murdock showing up to end the show.

Very disappointing. Watchable but nowhere near its potential.

So I'm writing my first review and its an episode of TV show that aired well over a year ago. We probably all can agree as viewers, Season 7 of TWD sort of lacked the subtle edge that the previous seasons had. Most people will point at the writers as the reason. However, after perusing some of the ratings for individual episodes, such as this one, I feel compelled to point something out to some of our avid IMDb fans and viewership. The show lost it because people complained about the very thing that makes the show awesome: its bleak violent landscape with enigmatic characters that exhibit stark contrasts to basic human principles.

Key word here is enigmatic, the Negan character defined this throughout the entirety of Season 6. The allure and mystery of Negan and his groupies captured us all as we waited to finally meet the infamous man from the comic. And when TWD finally delivers, in a manner befitting Negan's stature, everyone gets angry that a show that thrives on suspense leaves off on a cliffhanger.

My response to that? Get over yourself. Cliffhangers are a staple of the movie and TV industry. Shows end on cliffhangers all the time, as in almost always. Everyone was fuming over this episode and I simply don't understand it. Negan fulfilled every expectation I'd come to expect of him. That was what I was looking for, not whether it'd leave off with no cliffhanger or not.

Rating an episode based off its cliffhanger being too intense to have to wait for is completely losing the point of a show's suspense. In my opinion those who hated this episode for that are in the wrong.

What's worse is that coupled with that was the hate spewed vitriol for the big reveal in the premier of Season 7. The cries that the show was too dark and too violent was primarily because of who ultimately died and not how the show did it. A show where you see main characters get eaten alive and somehow a bat to the head is too much? Gimme a break.

These over-bloated reactions to the finale of Season 6 and the premier of Season 7 forced the writers to take on a different tact with the show and now its staled to the point where I'm fast losing interest in TWD.

Its disappointing how people complain their way into interfering with the creative abilities of the writers.

In my opinion this episode was perfectly executed, same goes for its follow up episode. What came later is more the fault of the viewership than the lack of writing ability by the show's writers.