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The Stand (2020)
Loved the book...
As much as anyone can love a Stephen King book =0. I'll watch it because I want to see how they pull it all together. My question...no, actually I'm shouting at the screen is WHY MUST THERE ALWAYA BE TEEN ANGST. WHY? You're not gonna pull that demographic in with this worn out cliché of a plot line. Rant over, Enjoy the show, folks.
SEAL Team VI (2008)
Lazy and Disrespectful
The answers to this are a simple Google search away. You couldn't even take the time to look it up? SERIOUSLY. Twenty minutes into the show this is what I noticed
1. He's wearing Chief Petty Officer insignias on his collar, but the politician refers to him as Commander.
2. That's not a proper uniform shirt that's a work shirt.
3. Ribbons are aligned centered and cover the flap of his pocket.
4. The wings belong on the pocket flap BELOW the ribbons.
5. His belt wraps all the way around to his side!!!!
6. The planes are wrong for the time frame.
7. He's not wearing a name tag above his right pocket.
8. That shirt looks as if it was pulled out of the wrapping that morning. A Chief Petty Office working at the Whitehouse would be starched and their uniform in perfect order.
9. The Department of Homeland Security didn't exist yet.
and number 10: The Seals are wearing flight suites!! Flight suites devoid of any rank or military designation. Oh, and one of the guys is sporting a US Marines uniform cap, which is bad enough, but he's also wearing it on the flight line. Come on people. It doesn't matter if you hate the government and the military, these men and women are doing a dangerous and difficult job FOR YOU.
Orange Is the New Black: Who Knows Better Than I (2018)
Enough is Enough
Happy to tune into the new season of O. Happy to see Suzanne and the gang again. But it's gone to far. Last season we were handed plenty of sadomasochistic prison guards. Plenty. There was always a purpose and an end-game. At the conclusion of season 5 we got that payoff. The first scenes of the premier episode overload us with a parade of stupid, corrupt, inept, and cruel guards. When two guards handcuff two of the ladies (no spoilers from me) together, I found my hand moving to my mouse and paused the show. Enough. Not all guards are corrupt and cruel. Not all prison staff are stupid and child-like. Even a darkly humorous show like this must have a balance of good, bad, corrupt, and fair to keep the tension tight and move the story along.
Mission: Impossible II (2000)
I Made a List!
First of all, when she turned Ethan's gun on herself, I laughed out loud. And second, I will never forgive them for portraying Jim Phelps as a traitor in the first movie. Okay, here's my list:
1. A consummate professional, i.e. Ethan Hunt, is so easily distracted by a woman he has just met and who he knows is central to the mission.
2. One night of sex between two strangers, turns into: Screw the mission, you're my woman now - insert caveman grunting. James Bond would have "took pleasure in great beauty" and left the bimbo laying there until he needed her again.
3. Implausible and useless--even for an action adventure movie--plot lines. Contrived, obvious and cliched.
4. Endless fight scenes. Why are bad guys always such bad shots and how many bullets does the average automatic pistol clip hold anyway??? (I know the answer) And how many of those clips can reasonable fit in a jacket pocket. Viewers are not that stupid!
5. And finally, two words: TEAM WORK. The Impossible Mission Force. Remember? This movie was merely a vehicle for Tom Cruise. Who by the way STILL doesn't have any hair on his chest. The two IMF team members roles were reduced to almost comic relief status.
6. Professional, self directed, ambitious female thief turned into bra-less scantily clad damsel in distress. How insulting to the character. Thandia my dear, what were you thinking of, did you owe someone a favor?
Okay, I'm done. I'm going to see Shanghi Noon next. At least I'll know when to laugh.