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Star Trek: Picard (2020)
Oh Dear - Wrecked by the 'F Word'
This highly-anticipated series started so well. In fact, it was incredibly impressive both with the writing and visuals. BUT then came episode 2. What came from the seeds of a generally family-friendly show in the days of The Next Generation (admittedly with a few exceptions), has now mutated into yet another vehicle for the current agenda of bringing scenes of bedroom intimacy and obscene language to a family audience. We were shocked and turned the TV off rather quickly when the language turned blue (after having already skipped through a rather salacious scene!). Our family feel totally let down by the new series, as stooping to such base lows was completely unnecessary for a family-viewing show and rather than enhancing the plot, served instead to disgust and disappoint. A very sad turn for morally-minded STTNG fans.
A Midsummer Night's Dream (2016)
Unimpressed!
A Midsummer Night's Dream has been a firm favourite of mine for many years and I have seen many version both on screen and in theatre. However I do not remember, when we studied A Midsummer Night's Dream in school, that it was written to be a homosexual romp and certainly no lesbian kissing. Maybe I will be regarded a die-hard traditionalist, but this wondrous play has all the magical ingredients in its original form which already provides plenty of scope for a variety of interpretations; so this work need no updating or unexpected twists to bring it to a new audience. Something of the historic context becomes lost along the way. Suffice to say, this has been deleted on my set-top box and if I am around in years to come, I will not be watching it on repeat. This is say because I have enjoyed some of Russell T Davies' previous work.