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As someone who has not watched the original movie, I was very interested to see whether or not this has as good as the infamy around the original. I was proven mostly correct. Whilst not perfect, this movie is drenched in atmosphere and attention-to-detail it's setting, music and narrative. The only major fault I could find is that some of the character arcs felt forced for the sake parallels and to reach that point in the plot. Some characters deserved way more screentime than what they were given and some were given too much screentime when they did not need it.

Overall, I would recommend this movie highly to anyone who enjoys musicals or good movies in general.

I absolutely love the worldbuilding in this series. But the fundamental ideas were done far better in the sequel comics, this is by far the worst portrayal of Rorschach's legacy compared to Doomsday Clock and Rorschach (comic by King). There's no dissection of his original beliefs, they took a minor fan theory then ran it into the ground so hard it made the 7th Kavalry generic after episode 2.

I think this show would have benefitted from adapting some of the material from the comics, such as the 2nd Rorschach or psychologist's son in Doomsday Clock who was on a similar level of complexity as the original character in terms of backstory and morality.

I am so fricking hyped. This arc as been a perfect adaptation of the manga and added stuff that has greatly improved the experience. The next few episodes are going to be insane!

Just watch this show and see for yourself. I don't think I've ever felt such strong emotions watching an anime before.

This episode is pretty skippable. I am not sure why Bones keeps wasting their budget on recap episodes like this, especially when they mandated another movie (the thing that made Season 4 have iffy animation at lot of the time.

Like seriously we had to wait 180 episodes for the canon content, and it completely destroys any other episodes.

All of the satire in this episode was funny but there was a couple of twists at the end that come completely out of nowhere. The character drama was far superior to anything in the last 3 seasons but they completely disregard Kenny's development for the sake of a unfunny relationship = bromance gag. I don't understand why they gutted all his agency despite the fact he's the most morally righteous and actively just of the 4.

Riding off the sort of emotional volume 7 finale, it appears we are entering another season of having too many characters and too many sideplots - most of which are rehashes of past character arcs with little to no added substance.

The last 5 seasons have been a prolonged rehash of season 2 and 3, and it really shows.

One of the best new episodes and a great satire of current events.

The Randy subplot that has been ongoing for TWO SEASONS has long outstayed it's welcome. Terry and Matt please god stop.

I should hate this movie more than I do. A great premise and setting wasted of a B-Tier buddy cop movie with some huge flaws. This movie has amazing up until Robin gets kidnapped, afterwards it tanked into a boring, pandering snoozefest.

It would have been way more interesting if they stuck with Robin and Franklin as the leads. Franklin - a disgraced cop who relies on Power and Robin have a far more interesting relationship as enabler/supplier than psychotic dad paternal figure. I cannot state of much I despise Fox's character. They need to fire the writer who thought excusing kidnapping and being held hostage for the "my daughter is jesus because military bad" subplot. For every other scene in the movie, he sees Robin as her daughter but conveniently not when he was holding her hostage - which is exactly what the generic bad guys did - then proceeds to bribe and exploit Robin's daddy issues. It all feels every pandering.

At least it looks pretty I guess?

This is what Rick and Morty should be. Good comedy. Good worldbuilding. Good Characters. Good Drama. Good Action. Not the showrunners fighting against the fanbase.

If it feels like it's own movie, you know it's great.

This series is great because of how it distinguishes itself and excel in it's chosen attributes. This series is foremost a Sci-fi parody comedy, however under the surface lies a rich and compelling lore that is the heart of the series. The best way to describe it is that it is a comedy with an anime-ske lore.

Really funny and chilled episode. The amount of incest humour was a bit disturbing but that's a nitpick. Quality episode.

This film finally broke the curse of teen movies, a film that does both straight and queer romance equally without trivialising one or the other. The main trio of the film are what really sell this movie for me, all of them are likeable and relatable in their own unique ways:

*Ellie is the textbook outsider. She represents how a minority can feel marginised and outcasted due to race, sexuality, temperament etc. without making her a Mary Sue. She has flaws that give her some great depth.

*Paul is a great subversion of the jock trope. He's far more likeable and they didn't need to resort to a tragic backstory to humble him.

*Astra is an interesting character but the least developed of the three. She can be a tad generic with the pretty-girl-who-hates-being-pretty trope, however it works well for the story to have emotional weight. Unlike how Ellie's sexuality is addressed, her implied? bisexuality is given no exploration in a story with otherwise great LGBT representation.

Everything else outside of these three (and their families because they are really good too) is how this film as a love-hate relationship with subtext. This film has too many core themes to reasonably handle with equal depth and care, worst of all being it's core selling point: homosexuality. On one hand, the struggle of being closeted is flawlessly explored addressing the pro's and con's of being out, however it's handling of religion was very problematic. "That's a sin" is the one explicit reference that is ever made about homophobia and Christianity then it is left as a gag subplot with no real consequence on the actual LGBT characters in the story. This is issue extends to how it handles racism, poverty and arranged marriages. They feel like they are not there for any reason than plot, not thematic or emotional purpose.

Besides that, it was a good if flawed film.

The episode is easily the most complex out of any of the series (more-so than 'Tales from the Citadel), probably because it dealt with such abstract ideas in comparison to the latter's socio-political commentary. Yet, I preferred that one far more to this one and I think I figured out why. 'Tales from the Citadel' managed to balance it's commentary with serialised story elements with relative ease and aided it's message. This episode for-goes any serialisation for pure, stone-cold commentary leading to a breakdown of the face/mask of the characters.

I give 9/10 purely out of how thoughtful the commentary is, however this episode lacks any emotional or meaningful stakes to push it to the best the show has to offer.

This episode is a joke where the punchline is the destuction of canon itself:

• Ruining Lore
• Rip-off better stories
• Destroying any likeability of the new characters

Cancel this show. Its far too gone at this point.

This movie is almost completely flawless. Perfect animation, characters, plot, references to source material music etc. You don't need me to tell you why this movie is fantastic. As a manga reader and die hard fan, I want to give some more light on my criticisms out of love for this series.

The singular flaw with this movie when it is set with the series. This movie takes places around the My Villain Academia arc, 2 arcs and an entire season after where we are currently. This means that a lot of plot points from these are "subtlety" implied, including but not limited to revealing 4 separate major plot twists from the upcoming arcs with no context or depth to them bar some inconsistent plot armour. Hawks is the biggest waste of potential here by being the most important character in the upcoming arcs.

There has always been a difficulty in writing sequels to teen rom-coms because what makes or breaks a franchise is the chemistry between the two romantic leads. The first film is one of the best ever written as both characters have fun and believable without falling into boring or problematic tropes.

The main problem with this movie is that it has a every mixed bag of explanations for things in the first movie that really did not need to be revisited. A good example is when Jen reveals that she confines in Peter because their parents were both separated - which is a good subversion. What most completely ruined this movie for me is how it seemed to forget how much of an b**** this character was in the origin and up to this point. Yet all the blame falls onto LJ for doubting Peter and assuming they were cheating. There is a strong balance between blame in the first movie between LJ and Peter, however all the blame is tipped onto LJ here because she 'overthought' everything.

The worst scene is when LJ learns that Peter asked Jen down to the hot tub, intially it seems like they were going to explore the idea of fate more with who he might have ended up with. Yet this is retconned later on when she apologises to Peter and Jen for blaming him then Peter has to wait whilst she re-evaluates and they get back together: sound familar? The last third of this movie is a rehash of the exact arc she when through in the last movie YET Peter does not learn anything. Instead of following through on the idea of her accepting responsibility for """over-reacting""", they backdown and have him stay with her out of love (beginning to feel like co-dependence). Not consquences. No depth.

This is not mentioning the worst part of this movie. John Ambrose. A generic and unnecessary point of conflict made retroactively worse by the improvement on Jen because we know they can write good romantic rivals.

Remember when I praised the first movie for not falling into problematic tropes? Either way you look at his it a) places all blame on the women or b) is a reversal of the they have to be together because they 'love' each other.

This movie did not need to exist.

This episode felt like two smashed into each other in a blazing, if wholesome car crash. Unlike the underwhelming Praxeus and insulting Orphan 55, the message here is integrated organically into the plot - even if the subplots feel like sloppy seconds from Vincent and the Doctor. The characterisation here is the star of the show.

The Sci-fi elements here are so tonally inappropriate its jarring. Without spoilers, imagine Vincent and the Doctor but Vincent's dreams were being used in the Children of Earth 456 sense. Sorry writers, but I thought the point of this episode was to rationalise fear, not add a confusing, supernatural dimension to it that feels like what would happen if the Rassilon showed up to an AA meeting.

Good message and specific scenes, but in context is very messy and confusing.

I don't know what to say. I think we stimultenously just got one of the best and worst plot twists in NewWu ever. We have gone from no sci-fi to galaxy brain 4D chess high concept bollocks.

Is this episode's value based solely on its twists? Yes. Do I care? Hell no.

This episode is the best marriage between historical and sci-fi elements in the Chibnall era so far. Episodes like Demons of the Punjab and Rosa had fantastic historical narratives however their sci-fi elements were very weak and easily replaceable with a non-sci-fi equivalent. Here, the writers have finally given a proper conflict and paradime between the aliens and historical figures to sustain a fun, if fairly average romp. There were some fantastic lines here as well and the music is the best of this era (especially the recurring theme from the ending of Spyfall pt 2). Tesla is such an interesting character and his actor did a fantastic job protraying his nuances.

There are still a few issues however. Whilst not as pronounced as Orphan 55, there are a few pieces of the Doctor's dialogue that feel unnatural and jarring. In the first half, the writer spents far too much time on villainising Edinson and doesn't give enough depth to the true antagonist, making them feel bald and forgettable. The Doctor's characterisation is still weak and the companions are little to nothing to do throughout the episode.

Overall, I give it a 7/10 for being average for NewWu but one of the best of Chibbs' tenure.

After the inconsistent but good Spyfall, I thought Chibbs had learn his lesson with padding an episode with too much overt political text. But no, we get a whooping 10 minutes worth of pro-environmentalist propaganda spiced with a dozen layers of cynicism and anti-capitalist. At the 25 minute mark, my relative turns to me and says 'Are you sure aren't watching a Green Party broadcast?'. I wish I turned off the episode then when the episode had some potential and nice character drama.

Do you remember Gwen's speech in Children of Earth on how the Doctor would look away in shame at the Earth? Good to see the writers nailing that as one of the key characteristics of this incarnation.

I'm just going to watch a highlight reel of any references to the Timeless Child for the season finale...

After the inconsistent but good Spyfall, I thought Chibbs had learn his lesson with padding an episode with too much overt political text. But no, we get a whooping 10 minutes worth of pro-environmentalist propaganda spiced with a dozen layers of cynicism and anti-capitalist. At the 25 minute mark, my relative turns to me and says 'Are you sure aren't watching a Green Party broadcast?'. I wish I turned off the episode then when the episode had some potential and nice character drama.

Do you remember Gwen's speech in Children of Earth on how the Doctor would look away in shame at the Earth? Good to see the writers nailing that as one of the key characteristics of this incarnation.

I'm just going to watch a highlight reel of any references to the Timeless Child for the season finale...

Everything here was on point. Animation. Story-telling. Music. Voice Acting. I love this episode to pieces.

My only nitpick is the lack of impact sound (across the season as a whole), it made some of the punches feel floatly but that is just my personal take.

Besides that, easily the best episode of the show.