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Ramy: We Gave It All Up for Hot Dogs (2022)
the ending hit hard
God I felt the ending deep within me - ramy's feeling of helplessness/anguish turning to acceptance and repentance of one's mistakes, the acting as well as a phenomenal score in this scene was excellent.
I must mention some of my fellow muslims seem to misunderstand the show, the character isn't supposed to represent islam, he is deeply flawed and the show expresses this through his extreme depression and misguided nature. He's not a good person and they never really paint him out to be.
I hope the next season is one of mental growth and happiness for the character, he seems to have finally understood his flaws. May Calamawy is great as always, I love the idea of her seeing her future with a humble and respectful individual rather than the frankly misguided path she seemed to be on.
The critiques - although the score is without a doubt incredible, it would be nice if it wasn't recycled as much. The characters of Maysa and Farouk are now unpleasant to watch, lovely actors albeit the characters are far too flawed and irrational now, and don't seem to have much positive character development or even basic maturity. It's difficult to believe that elderly parents of their age would act more immature than their own kids. The dad just seems like a bumbling buffon and the mother has near to no maternal characteristics - both of which differ greatly from the first season. Dave Mehreji was hilarious, I wish we saw more of him. Ramy should have been far far angrier with zainab over what she hid from him, it seemed like another side joke rather than an integral moment for the character, which is what it should have been - I hope it's touched upon next season. Regardless, great show, phenomenal score, looking forward to the next here from the UK!
Doctor Who: The Lie of the Land (2017)
Weird episode
Started off pretty well, like that episode when Martha was trying to save the world against the Master, but then it went a bit Pete tong didn't it?
As the episode progressed, it got weirder and weirder. For example the whole joke scene when the Doctor was tricking Bill into thinking he was with the Monks was just a bit unnecessary and forced. I didn't really feel like the Monks were really that much of a threat, and I didn't feel like the main characters were under threat. The way they just nonchalantly tossed aside Matt Lucas character's injury was a bit disappointing as well, really expected a solid sub plot with that. At the end when all was resolved there wasn't really a lot of emotion from the characters, more like they were 'content' if that makes sense. Finally, Pearl Mackie's overacting was quite cringy, e.g. Her shooting the gun scene. Tone it down a bit pls and stop over complicating the plots.
The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Curse of Clyde Langer: Part One (2011)
Best episode of SJA I've seen
Absolutely terrific episode, much better than most doctor who episodes even, almost felt like I was watching an episode of Black Mirror. In short, this episode makes you empathise with Clyde, really makes you feel his emotion and his despair. Amazing writing, amazing acting, I cannot emphasise this enough. The creature was borderline creepy, certainly not scary but creepy to an extent. Daniel Anthony was great, expressed his emotion not only through his words but his facial expressions, which added a sense of realism. Even the supporting cast were decent. Certainly a strong 9+/10 As I said before, the most original and best episode of Sarah Jane I've ever seen.
Class (2016)
It's just so bad
Before I start I should say that if you're expecting something similar to Torchwood/Doctor Who then this isn't the show for you. But on the other hand if you want to watch a shitty sci-fi Waterloo road then yes mate go for it. Now don't get me wrong, the acting is half decent, especially from Fady, but holy crap the acting as well as the special effects and prosthetic makeup are as good as it gets. Let's start it off with the writing which was atrocious, even cringeworthy at some points. For example, Ram's girlfriend just got killed. Now this isn't a stranger in one of the opening scenes of Doctor who where we as an audience aren't supposed to feel empathy for anyone killed - this is a student - an 17/18 year old, and it's just brushed underneath the carpet. Sure Ram grieves a bit but the others are just patting him on the back and saying it's OK? What the hell is that? And then a couple days later he's professing his love for another character! And don't get me started on that flipping weird alien sex scene with the shadow kin or whatever. If it was supposed to make us laugh... The characters - as previously mentioned, the acting isn't that bad, but damn the characters were written terribly. These aren't British teenagers - these are American teenage stereotypes and I sure as hell cant relate to them. The alien teacher/freedom fighter who isn't really a teacher (I can't remember her name) is supposed to be the Jack Harkness of this show, but just ends up being flipping annoying and she reminds me of that creepy lady of the Midnight episode in Doctor Who. What worked for Torchwood/Doctor who/Sarah Jane is that those characters had a sense of security around them, and that they were extremely likable - this lady sure as hell isn't likable. Now I can't go on about how this show is just a massive facepalm to me, and I'm pretty sure that I'm the target market (18 year old British teenager), but if you'd watch it you'll understand, but as I said at the beginning - this really isn't anything like Doctor Who.