Reviews

Wow, reviews all over the place here. People complaining that characters are not well-developed, while others complain that there's too much dialog. Some complaining that it's too complicated, that they can't follow and that they don't know what's going on, all the while professing their intelligence and that it's the show that's stupid.

Then there are reviews claiming the show is boring and irritated that it requires some semblance of an attention span. And of course there are people complaining about the politics of it all. E.g., the opening scene of Chloe Moretz being sexualized, or someone else is PO'd that global warming was even mentioned, and in the future no less.

I could go on and on. Wooden acting vs Great acting, or people complaining about ridiculous accents or bad language. I live in the south and yeah, we cuss like sailors here and the southern accents portrayed in this show ain't far off.

There are even complaints about the Roomba, as if it was meant to show the advanced technology of the future, without any understanding or context that the scene was shot in a much older house than the Roomba itself. Using the same logic, why is everyone not living in the clouds like George Jetson, or some kind of more advanced bubble than people are living in right now? The point was very well-made that necessities are expensive and in short supply, so just maybe, that's a very old Roomba. Looking at it, that's obviously what it is.

And of course, next I read the opposite, that there's no way technology could advance so much in such a short time as the show depicts...

So yeah, we are all living in such differing realities that maybe I should complain that the story doesn't accurately depict how screwed we really are. At least until we're all better able to imagine an idea or another point of view, and stop trying so hard to be convinced of what we think we already know.

The one that gets me most are the suggestions of rip-off anytime the future is imagined similarly to any other vision. As if we should ignore all prevailing wisdom for the sake of originality. I'm all for originality, but there is a logic to a common understanding pertaining to the evidence of current events and continuity. We are talking about a continuation of where we've been, where we are and where we're headed after all. The evidence I've seen suggest the future is a lot more static than visionary. Comparing in a comic book mentality, ugh, another hero with a superpower. Obvious rip-off.

If you want something unimaginable, then you're gonna need to look a lot further into the future than what most of us are currently capable of comprehending. Short of any doomsday/ascendance scenario, that is certainly far beyond the scope of this or any other show I've seen.

Golly gee, I'm just hanker'n for some quality sci-fi at a time when it's increasingly in short supply. So please, lighten up on the criticism and stop tearing it all down if you don't have at least a hint of an open mind. Something I would imagine is a prerequisite to be a science fiction fan.

8 out of 10.

I see this show getting a lot of hate, but through season 1 at least, the psychological trauma portrayed here rings very true to me.

The detachment, the selectively dishonest memories of her childhood and overcompensation that can come across as both needy and shallow, but is only just the disease of abuse passed on from parents to their children.

I find the comedic espionage and murder story a pretty enlightening metaphor to what it takes to overcome the emotional damage many are never forced to confront.

Here we have a character that would have surely continued her life in that fog had she not been forced to change and recognize her circumstances honestly.

It shouldn't work, but it does for me. I found it surprising and very entertaining.

Maybe season 2 is a different story. Hope not but, as of now, I'm looking forward.

Can we stop proving the point this movie makes fun of, and ultimately, helplessly concedes to? This satire is well enough deserved. Who should be ashamed? Maybe it should be hilarious how sadly unavoidable the reasons are that we all should be.

A comet is going to destroy a planet full of morons. Well, that makes sense. You can't throw a rock without hitting a cesspool in this s***show. Why take offense? It's not directed at any particular one of us. The stink is on us all. No one wants to own it? But it's undeniably true.

We are our own worst enemy. Tell me again who's fault it is? Oh, it's their fault. That thing everyone else should have seen while we were concerning ourselves with what? Has history taught us anything? We do still teach history, right? Can we still brainstorm here? Because apparently we're all imbeciles and only getting dumber by the second.

Can I please get a mirror? Anyone, anyone? Wait, what... no one has a mirror? But everyone has a rock to throw? Uhh... how does that happen? Who could have foreseen such a thing? I guess it is just so much bad luck from so many busted mirrors that we can no longer recognize ourselves, let alone each other, after all the s*** slinging. How thick does, let's say, "irony" have to get before it stinks to high heaven?

The people insulted by this movie are arguing with who? Oh, it's political! You don't say? Well then that makes it understandable, and what a great and dignified reason to not flush after taking a dump.

It's the labels that trigger the response, ultimately leading to no response, and how predictably triggered people do get. Pick a subject and wait for nothing but vitriol. Now, where's that Tool album? Ah, here it is... time for an Ænima.

The lack of conversation and self awareness in society is good for whom? Even more concerning is the lack of respect we have for ourselves or the respect and duty we once held for each other. This is what we call pride now? Is that what that smell is, or the gaseous odor of a society engorging itself on BS?. Duh... I don't know, but fear not my friends. Enlightenment is on the horizon.

This feel good story will ultimately come to an end when all our bubbles burst once and for all, and if one thing's for sure, if anything still matters, there will be a lot of dumbfounded people on all sides wondering WTH happened. How's that for salvation.

It's been real fun y'all and hallelujah! Lord help us and have a pleasant tomorrow.

I love this show. I understand why some never got its appeal. It's over the top absurd. This show was never meant to represent a reality. I view it as a comic book. A colorful graphic noir full of superhero posing and one-liners. Horatio Caine attempts to embody every flatfoot ever portrayed on TV and film, from Barney Fife to Philip Marlowe, all within a singular amalgam of personality. That's his superpower. Horatio is confidence supreme. It's hilarious, and for me, as fun as anything on TV. For reasons I completely understand, this show is viewed as bad for some. As for myself, those same reasons are what makes CSI: Miami all the more irresistible.

Writing the legendary Spock as ignorant, slow, weak and submissive? I can overlook the artistic castration of human males, but Vulcan males? Even with half human Vulcan males, that's going too far. I couldn't care less about political ideology. I watch to be entertained and escape the reality either side imagines and ignores in their messaging. Please, enough already. Imagined or not, there is no reality where continuity and history doesn't matter. At least have the cojones to remain true to the story.