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Detroit: Become Human (2018)
A take on "human" rights
It's indeed a take on human rights. In a later scene as Markus you can decide if you are trying to be modern day Martin Luther King Jr. Or a rioting shop destroying "human" rights leader. This game on the other hand is definitely good but somewhat manipulative. The saddest most dangerous scenes where you have to run for your life are for the female android and the child. I've read a study where it said people's empathy is more stronger in general for women and children than for men.
Connor and Markus are stereotypically male protagonists more so Connor. Fights with multiple other androids who are deviants, can kill at least two of them in a fight. When Kamski talks about if an android have a soul it's after you spare a blue eyed beautiful blonde female android as Connor. This situation has a problem though. I don't destroy phones for fun and my phone definitely doesn't have a soul. So why would I shoot an android just because a rich person tells me to. It's also that sparing the android is put on X button on PS4/5 and usually many people's thumb rests on that one. Requiring a conscious effort to put your finger on O which is destroy the android.
The game also greatly showcases but doesn't really have an opinion on modern societal problems that we already have. Dating and we're not having enough kids. Do you think that the option to choose an android partner that succumbs to your every whim does you any good or society any good.
Personality if I had an android (not a phone) I would treat it like a human eventhough it's not one and it's just a piece of plastic. How you treat even your phone or an android is a reflection of you. Why wouldn't I treat my phone properly. Lasts longer and it looks better and it also functions as long as it can. There's also one TV show where humans made these robots to service them and now humans are living on this one ship surviving fights against these robots. Battlestar Galactica. Technology is like fire, good servant but horrible master.
The Orville: Majority Rule (2017)
Earth 2023
Yeah, earth in 2023 and Seth MacFarlane just made a "Star Trek" episode with his humor and Black Mirror.
Dry hump a statue, say something offensive on TV about a minority, support Trump...oh wait this episode doesn't have Trump in it.
This is what would happen if Star Trek had a baby with Black Mirror added with a dash of humor ala Seth MacFarlane. Yeah, it's sometimes a bit over the top as you might know from Family Guy and American Dad. This is a bit more serious take because it has to be and he's parodying Star Trek:The Next Generation.
The irony of this episode is that his kind of humor would probably get a lot of down votes Black Mirror style. Then they would correct him.
Five Nights at Freddy's (2023)
Great watch
Great movie. Yes, it's a movie so it's not exactly like the movies obviously and it basically combined games 1 and 2. Parts of the third game. I really can't review this without mentioning the games because of references. The biggest problem is Vanessa. Mike was supposed to be William Afton's son Michael Afton. Instead we got Vanessa Afton. The moment Springtrap appeared I just gasped. Knowing Scott this is to stir the pot. Maybe Michael was in the whole game series just the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time. Yes, rules say not to refer to other content but this movie cannot be really reviewed without reference to the games. I bet the changes were done on purpose. Scott Cawthon likes to make us work to figure out the story details.
Oppenheimer (2023)
"I am become death the destroyer of worlds"
Indeed. A movie about a troubled man who later wrestels with his demons regarding his involvement in the Manhattan project and subsequent acts of violence in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I'm not the judge of that since I don't know how the war in the Pacific would have gone if not for H and N. I'm not the moral arbiter to judge this man and his involvement. Although I believe he was used by the US military.
You see much of what I described in Cillian Murphy's acting. He portays a man with some huge demons to live with. The start of the movie is a bit ambigous about why Oppenheimer did what he did in studying in Europe. The movie does say he needed to study quantum mechanics there and I can really see the movie depcts him as a genius who's plagued by what he wants to solve. The sleepless nights at university etc. Later he tries to fight against the system that wants to create more of his devices and more devastating devices. In my opinion Oppenheimer was not responsible for H and N. The generals and president were. The pilots dropping the devices were. I also think that he's pictured to be the one to understand what has happened after the war while others celebrate that the war was won. But at what cost.
Act two is basically politics and what the government did to a man who tried going against the tide. They tried to silence him. Rob him of credibility. He is protrayed as the father of the nuclear bomb. (please IMDB that Time magazine, not me)
The movie subtly studies the idea and consequences of the actions of these devices. Not for everyone definitely. Though a personal note is good to point out. I've played a few Fallout games and probably been somewhat sensitized. Nevertheles this movie should be 16+ mostly because of some sex scenes which aren't that bad. Basically actors dry humping because that wasn't real. Multiple minutes of needlesly showing boobs on screen. We would have gotten the idea of those two people having an affair with less boobs. It was basically just the actress sitting on his lap and in a chair but that chair thing. Why not put the dress back on? Though, breast aren't genitalia so that's why I said 16+.
The other thing that I did not like was cutting too often, in my opinion, back and forth from two hearings to the Los Alamos place. Annoying a bit. They were used as plot devices but still annoying.
The thing is, while Oppenheimer helped make the nuclear device, he also helped make nuclear power. If I had to decide I would take nuclear power over coal. Yes, nuclear waste but no greenhouse gasses.
A multifaceted movie that does a good job in depicting a troubled man wrestling with demons of his own and the problems of the era. The 1940s were really dark era of mankind.
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (2022)
Why's Mavis just biting Dracula?
There. I said what was on every adults mind watching this. Why's Mavis just biting Drac to make him vampire? Oh wait, cartoon logic and hijinks need to happen and all the other monsters that turn into vampires. Also if Johnny and Mavis want to live forever together and Johnny wants to be a monster it's the same logic. Mavis, bite the guy.
Funny movie though but again because this keeps bothering me the most. Mavis, bite. Just bite. After that the two could have gone for a trip. One thing I've also sometimes wondered about vampires. The moon is basically a mirror and sunlight kills vampires and it's a thing in this movie series. Why doesn't the moon hurt anyone? Moon is reflecting sunlight.
The Boys: You Found Me (2019)
Season review
My thoughts on this. Did the person who wrote and draw the original comic this show is based on want to make satire of the DC Comics characters? Queen Maeve is obviously Wonderwoman, Homelander is Superman, The Deep is Aquaman etc. This feels like satire of DC Comics. Homelander is actually more believable than Superman. I haven't read the comics and I really only know of Superman Dark but like really. If you only had one weakness that only a few knew and had the powers of Superman wouldn't you be corrupted. Would you really be the beacon of hope? As the saying goes "Power corrupts, ultimate power corrupts ultimately." No one has ever wronged you? Like really. Like the cartoon I've seen clips of. Joker decided to kill Louis Lane. Guess who's heart was ripped out of their chest. Yeah, I'm fully aware of my dark side you not aware of yours yet? Someone of us don't still want to actually do bad things even if we know something in us wants. Because killing is wrong but could you resist if you could just laser them? Just fly them to space? Superman can fly in space. Lex Luthot can't fly nor breath in space. There's Superman's first temptation. I know this is dark but I wanted to get a point accross. I know Homelander is disgusting but still. Could you be uncorrectable when you could just fly your nemesis to space and that's it?
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 (2011)
12 years later
And this movie hits completely different. I do remember watching this movie when I was 20 years old and I just didn't get some of the scenes back in the day. Good writing as a movie and now I'm glad they decided to do the last book as two movies. There's so much here and for me it's been even longer than 12 years since I read Deathly Hallows as book. It was shortly after the book was translated and released. Loved the book can't compare it because I simply don't remember it anymore.
I really loved the theme songs for this movie and Hedwig's Theme is the one that basically is my teenage years. Grew up with the books and movies. I have to say that the scene when Harry goes into the forest and now "I open at Close" means something completely different. Let's just say that there are people who would appear if I used the stone.
Also Snape's memories hit differently. As an adult I understand him much more. Yes, 20 is an adult legally but I wasn't an adult. I remember from the books how Snape was horrible to Harry but now I understand that Lily married James and Harry is their child. I'll just say that I understand Snape very well. I'm not a teacher though. "After all these years." Yes, Dumbledore.
You People (2023)
Painful to watch
Really painful. Netflix really thinks that any of the jokes are fun. The woman's father Eddie Murphy had a line like "There's no tar black people here." Me at screen knowing the actor. "Look who's talking." Just so you know, I know a handful of immigrants straight from South Sudan, first generation immigrants and any of them is more "tarblack" in any meaning of the word. First of all compared to them Eddie Murphy looks biracial with his skin color. Plus that Cafe the scene was in was nowhere near black culture. Bee pollen? I also highly doubt that families in the US are anywhere near this. This is what Netflix thinks comedy is. I'm wishing that Eddie Murphy's good old days come back. That African prince finding a mate in New York was fun.
Daniel Spellbound (2022)
I like it
To be honest I'm kind of a fantasy and adventure geek. Been since I first read the Harry Potter books. This show is fine in general and good entertainment. Didn't know that they still made shows for kids that were focused on creating story, adventure and action. Though personally I wouldn't mind some romance there. Potter had romance in them and I would let those things be in kid's books. When it's written story and romance. I'm the whole time here expecting something to happen between Daniel and Lucy. What? I was 10 when I was reading about that in books. Hermione and Ron.
Enough with that. The show has these little problems like in some situations magic seems to function, or more like not function, when the story requires it to do that. Like when Lucy is in the Primus ethereal plain thing. For Lucy it's off immediately. For the trio it seems to work like a broken battery. There's still that witching silver left but it seems to start to work like a malfunctioning battery as I just said. For Lucy the battery just runs out and bye. Kids probably don't pay attention to these details though.
Jung_E (2023)
Dystopian korean cyberpunk
In my opinion this is cyberpunk and feels like it. Dystopian future where people are mistreated by mega corpo and some even made corpo property. One thing about that I don't understand. If people know what type C brain copy means why would anyone do it. Seiing what happens to type C copy you're not even "alive" after type C copy. At that point I would rather die and let my life end. Each copy of the main character's mom doesn't know those things but that's the point. How does Kronoid get any type C copies if anyone knows type C copy policies.
This should have been a series. At least a short miniseries. There was so much potential for storytelling crammed into hour and 40 minutes. So much story that could have put into a miniseries. This is basically my only disappointment. Background story is in basically one scene with kind of meta jokes about fiction having the story told not shown etc. The generals "We already know all of this." hehe, yeah but the viewer doesn't.
Also just a personal opinion. I wouldn't choose any of the copy things regardless of how much money I had. Death seems better than being put into a machine even if the machine was like the thing here. I also don't understand how they would handle neural plasticity in this machine. The human brain relies on changing connections in the brain and our sentience is based on the fact that neural pathways in our brain can rewrite themselves.
The School for Good and Evil (2022)
"Now we're in the age of self centered perfektionism"
I wasn't expecting social commentary from this movie but if the school of good and evil is supposed to reflect traditional good and evil then the school of good is evil today. Andrew Tate would be a good teacher for the women at the school. Arthur's son "rescues" Agatha. By the way, if stories are true and that's King Arthur's son then why is Excalibur with him and with his father? The heir looks old enough to Arthur to be in his 50s or 60s. To get back what I said about Tate. Yes, he would be great teacher. The school is teaching women to smile look pretty and be basically all for the guys. The damsel in distress. "The most powerful emotion is empathy." I thought it was willpower. "In brightest day in darkest night no evil shall escape my sight let my power be the green lanterns light." Love, Willpower, Empathy, Wrath. Yes, the movie also studies kind of the relationship between good and evil. What's good and what's evil.
Dogs in Space (2021)
I know this is intended for kids
Yeah, another kids show I review. I just like watching kids shows from time to time because of the light-hearted humor and sillyness. There is some shows meant for older audiences with humor too. I would consider those be like Rick and Morty. The difference is that I consider R&M to be for older teenagers and up because Rick is often drinking and there's just some too adult themes for kids. Then there's Bojack Horseman and that show about that spy guy. Don't remember the name. All cartoons though.
My favorite characters have to be Chonies or Carbage. Never figured out what breed Chonies is. Chihuahua maybe because he/she is small. Carbage is a Corgi. He says it himself. Love how they kept all these silly names probably given by their owners before genetic manipulation. Lucky, Chonies, Carbage, Mimi. Carbage is a good boy at the end. Just assuming he's a good boy because he looks like it and the voice actor sounds like a guy. The season 2 ending though. Meow.
Oddballs (2022)
Adult reviews a kid's show
Let's address the elephant in the room first. Why do James' parents always wear clothes but James never has any. This is the same thing as Disney characters. Mickey didn't traditionally ever wear a shirt and Donald doesn't wear any pants ever. Kids won't notice this though. But it's hilarious. Yeah yeah, he's a bubble boy but his parents are bubble adults and they wear clothes so the logic still applies.
I don't know why this show has so low rating. At least it isn't overly liberal and it's basically slapstick comedy and funny. Each story is only that one episode like most kids shows and this show is pretty good. I basically sometimes watch kids' shows because of the lighthearted silly humor.
Horizon: Forbidden West (2022)
Amazing
This game is just amazing! I would leave it at that but I just want to tell you more. Even if I don't agree with the policies of the developer and I don't support fascism that wants to make people silent based on their political opinions just because someone's emotions are hurt, I have to say that Guerrilla Games knows how to make games and amazing storytelling.
Major spoiler ahead! What I most liked about this and why I decided to go with 10/10 is that they actually invoked really emotions in me towards the characters and towards the world they live in. Varl died and I actually cried. The part with Zo at the hillside with all the flowers. When a story creates in me actual feelings for the characters it deserves a 10/10.
Since nothing can be without politics these days I have to say that GG does an amazing job of making a character feminine but yet at the same time headstrong, determined and smart is great writing. They made a female character that is a strong female character in so many ways yet is a friend of many men and everyone accept each other as they are. Imagine if She-Hulk would let men be men and women be women. Like Aloy or Erend. Erend wants to smash some skulls. Isn't lectured by Aloy how he needs to stop being who he is. Disney has so much to learn in writing if they want to exist.
Spidey and His Amazing Friends: Spidey to the Power of Three/Panther Patience (2021)
Panther Patience
Could someone please explain me what's wrong with OTTO Octavius? You know, wasn't the original even in the comics a male Doc Oc? Because someone Oc's mannerisms look cringy on a woman. For some reason male aggression just seem to fit him more. Plus statistically men are more prone to violence and destruction. Most perpetrators and victims of violent crimes are men.
I get it. This shows creators probably explain it as "It's another universe like in Into the Spider verse." Alternative universes are just a just a bad writers crutch.
Spidey and His Amazing Friends (2021)
Imagine if everyone was kids
Don't listen to the haters. It's intended for kids, not for teens and nerds who like the kind of grittyness that comes with adult Peter and teen Miles. To be honest I remember 10 year old me reading the Spidey comics right after 9/11 and there was some tough stuff there. I kind of understood it as you know pre-teen but some things about death and stuff a child doesn't understand.
As a criticism I have to mention what this kind of teaches kids. Spidey is just a kid so he kind of puts himself and his friends in danger. Kids, don't get into fights. This is just Spidey, don't do what he does. Plus baby Rhino looked hilarious. Imagine that this gritty Russian named Alexei was stuck in that suit since childhood and was like that since baby. Like you know, in Marvel's Spider-Man on PS4. Can't wait to see see old man Adrian Tombs aka Vulture as a baby.
What If...?: What If... Thor Were an Only Child? (2021)
Odin never realised his son was a jerk
Yeah, seriously. Who didn't the all father not do the same as he did in the first Thor movie anyway. I don't see any difference caused by the childhood. Thor is still a freaking brat and even if Loki wasn't there Odin could have made the hammer do all the things it did in the first Thor movie. Why not?
What If...?: What If... Zombies?! (2021)
Umm...Iron Man as a zombie
Seriously, the one who didn't survive wore a suit of metal in the zombie apocalypse while zombies need to bite people and he's a genius. A genius, wearing a metal armor that human teeth can't penetrate? Who's brain fart was Zombie Iron Man? Wasp and Spider-Man survived? Well, Peter does have Spidey sense and Wasp can turn practically invisible to the naked eye.
Plus how are the zombies using Stranger's etc powers? You do know that they're not that smart. Their shampling corpses. Herp derp. Don't be upset, you made a comic book series about alternate universes and you know that some of us fans are nerds so we actually have the capability to nitpick at this. Weren't comics considered for nerds and kids. You know that stereotype from Big Bang Theory.
What If...?: What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord? (2021)
I'm not sure if Disney knows what possible means
No, it's highly unlikely that this would happen. The men knew how to operate a space ship. They probably know the difference between a white skinned human and a black skinned human since they themselves were different colors. No one is capable of piloting a space ship AND being that dumb. The Disney meeting was like "How can we black wash Star-Lord?" "We could make Yondu's crew illogically dumb."
What If...? (2021)
Infinite doesn't quite mean this
This is not quite what multiverse theory means and the writers sometimes seem to invent the possibility because of the story at hand demands it. It's not a possibility if it's predetermined. No, no one is stupid enough to confuse a black kid with a white kid if they know how to operate a space ship. So, no.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
If you have ever angered a woman...
...this is what it would look like if she had Wanda's powers. As a guy I know that I can stand up to a guy easily. I can fight a guy easily. Fight yes, but not win. Can I punch a woman? Nope. This movie is actually terrifying and Wanda is exactly like an angry woman. Most terrifying thing in the universe. Zombie Strange, those souls of the damned were both not even remotely scary. Wanda was terrifying. Every man is powerless before her. Female aggression is reputation destruction. Male aggression is physical fights. Men and women are not equal by any means. Women are more powerful in our society. Look at Johnny Depp. All a woman had to do was lie.
Now we got this overpowered superhero for the rainbow crowd. In the comics she punches so fast it creates holes in the fabric of reality just like she does here. She's from a universe where women can impregnate each other naturally without any need for a man. She has no weaknesses whatsoever in the comics. Just like early Superman didn't until someone came up with Kryptonite. Next up they're probably going to bring Safespace (yes, a hero was named Safespace, yup not lying Google it.) I'm not against diversity but when it is ridiculous or is put on a pedestal it's wrong and doesn't promote equality.
The idea of a multiverse isn't that crazy. It's a scientific theory which I understand. It's said that many of our actions cause a different timeline and a universe. I don't think that it's like choosing which socks to wear but some big decisions. Which school, occupation, job, did you choose to have kids or no kids etc. I guess some might have been caused by universal laws like gravity being different. But I would probably go insane if I actually saw another version of me. But still, something in my brain refuses to understand this. It's like my brain wasn't meant to be able to comprehend the possibility. This makes the movie both confusing and understandable.
Great story though. As others have mentioned, it's weird that you can get away with anything as long as you just regret doing something. Ever murdered a person? Me neither. But if you live on earth 616 you only need to regret and it's fine. Remember to apologise.
Someone should introduce Wanda to Spidey. "With great power comes great responsibility." Sam Raimi's Spidey movies by the way.
Lightyear (2022)
I'm kind of disappointed
I always thought that the Zurg were some villains. Did Disney come up with the story from the saying "You die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain?" The way I remember it from Toystory is that the Zurg boss was some robotic alien being since this new story is nowhere hinted at in Toy Story. Old Buzz was nowhere to be seen plus if this was from the 1990s Hawthorn would have been straight. Just saying that this is supposed to be a movie made in the 1990s. Even the most progressive show called Star Trek didn't have gay people. Plus seeing it was a kids movie this storyline is a bit complex but I guess Disney counted Lightyear fans be like me. Millenials. 1990s kids.
Leaving out my opinion that's there I think that the writing and story is otherwise good and I really like it but kid me probably would crasp all these ideas. To him it the world was black and white. Bad guys and good guys. Evil aliens attacking earth and Lightyear protecting the world. That's what I've been telling myself. To be honest I'm going to disregard this whole movie and go with the story I imagined in my head.
The Sandman: 24/7 (2022)
Did this show just brainwash people into thinking that truth is evil
And it would lead to terrible things? Seriously? Is scientific truth evil? Is biological truth evil? John makes those people to be honest. Yes, no one is truly honest in this world. Everyone tells lies from time to time, some of which have become normal in society. Has your depresses looking coworker told you that he's fine when you asked him how he was? He lied in order not to scare you. I know this personally. I would probably have scared my mother all those times I told her that I was fine when I was nowhere near fine. But honesty is not a good thing, not always. Those little white lies we tell all the time keeps us alive. It helps us to not make others worry about things. Lies are good things. Not all of them though. Some lies make you believe people like Adolf Hitler. Sometimes the truth shall set you free. It's a thin line between honesty and lies. Both end lead to terrible things.
Death Stranding (2019)
A masterpiece
Definitely. The story is great but no game is perfect. I'll like to get the complaints out first. Why do some of the preppers have to live in the middle of the ducking nowhere in the mountains. BTs aren't that scary once you get used to them. Why are some of them monster like when they are supposed to be from the land of the dead or something? Like that Kraken looking one of whale looking one. Dead whales and squids? What's the difference between a humans "Ka" and a BT? I guess I needed to read something in the game about that. How's an extinction entity created or how did it come into being? Who created it?
Yup. Those are the only questions and things I found problematic. The story is otherwise great and I would call Kojima the legend of video game directors. Touching story about him trying to get to his sister who and a revelation bout Sam's true identity. As the ending and the actual main villain says in the end. Our extinction is inevitable. Either evolution does its trick or we ourselves cause the extinction event or change humanity so much that we're not homo sapiens anymore. These things happened to other human species before us. Neanderthals, homo erectus etc. I write this as we're at the brink of another world war. Possibly. The epilogue had me actually crying "Lou! Lou! No!"
The gameplay is also great and really well done and the kind of online was great. Other people helped me but it wasn't like freaking GTA online because it's still single player only. The only time I noticed something near to real time update about other players was a truck having appeared at a location where there was none before. I had been there like 5 minutes before that. It made the world feel lived in and evolving.
Graphics are amazing! Don't know how and why you would even need to update then any better than this.
Cosmic Sin (2021)
What? Is what I said at the script.
Seriously, what's this script? Like what? The script. It's giving me a brain aneurysm. It's that bad. Random voice lines. Everywhere. Can't take it. Must live. Nooo. My brain.
If you are confused by that start of the review then you feel what I felt like watching this movie. Completely random script and someone saying something completely random at the wrong time. Also the armor things. Like low budget Spartans. Plus, why does everything look like 2022 when it's supposed to be 2521 or something. The set looks like some old house somewhere. Some parts in woods somewhere. This brings me back to the Stargate SG-1 era stuff. Like every planet was set somewhere in the USA. But tht show had much better script and the actors could actually act. Either Bruce Willis is handicapped by the awful script or he just gave up at some point because he knew this was going to be a piece of poop movie.