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Enterprise: Azati Prime (2004)
Stars Wars copy - nothing more
This episode is nothing more than nearly an exact copy of Star Wars. The "weapon" looks almost exactly like a Death Star and the idea of a catastrophic train reaction explosion from torpedoes is also almost the same - so is the idea of a suicide mission.
I would not be surprised if Disney or Lucas Films files a lawsuit for copyright infringement.
Enterprise: Similitude (2003)
Teaching abhorrent behavior
This episode teaches people to accept morally repugnant ideas. Ideas that are not far from being real today - perhaps they will be real by the time you read this review. Scientifically it already is possible.
As is often the case in movies and TV today, good acting, technical performance, and writing, is used to promote immorality. In this episode, viewers are taught that creating a human clone, but a human none-the-less, for use as an donor is morally and ethically acceptable.
In the end, the human clone agrees to die and allow his body to be used to save the life of the critically injured crewman as intended by the doctor, but the human clone is given little real choice due to his 12-day lifespan.
I am very very annoyed with the constant promotion of morally and ethically repugnant ideas by producers, writers and performers. Often they do so more subtly, but this time it is blatant.
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
From Hero to Bumbling Idiot
Spider-Man is supposed to be a slightly immature, but very skilled, and intelligent high-school student. This movie makes Iron Man into the very skilled and intelligent father figure that underestimates Spider-man. Spider-Man (who should be the one teaching Iron Man ALL the lessons), into the one learning from Iron Man, whom Spider-Man idolizes like some bimbo blond would idolize a rock star. The movie makes Spider-Man into a slightly nerdy teenager and a really incompetent hero.
The really incompetent hero spin is what totally ruined the movie - right up there with Ant-Man. Spider-Man was a great comic hero, but this movie makes Spider-Man into a Bumbling Idiot.
All they needed to do was use the Vulture villain vs. the mature Spider-Man created in previous movies. Continuity, high moral grounding, and life lessons, are what I want from heroes. When I feel like I am, and have always been smarter and had more integrity than a "hero", then the hero is not a hero at all.