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Siren (2018)
Season 2 is a bit odd
So spoilers but in season 2 they have a trio couple, it feels uncomfortable, like grooming vibes. She doesn't understand sex or the human world and they talk to her and treat her like she's a child. I don't know if I can continue getting into this show as it is starting to drag on. More dialogue than sci Fi and action now.
Tales by Light (2015)
Wonderful
A show that educates you about animals, culture, social issues, and travel through the lense of a camera. It's captivating.
To All the Boys I've Loved Before (2018)
Bland
I didn't even want to watch this but I caved, and it's exactly as I predicted... its cliche and formalic and eh...
The Princess Switch (2018)
So cheesy a mouse can smell it a mile away
Predictable, formalic, but I do like the subtle jokes where it seems be making fun of itself and how it is like a bad knock off of parent trap, with the handshake and all.
A Street Cat Named Bob (2016)
A story about the amazing healing effects of animals
Such a good movie; it touches on heavy human issues like homelessness, addiction, and family dysfunction, and the importance of having support, which comes in all shapes and sizes, and in this case, in a cat. It touches on the special healing quality of the unconditional love and support that comes with having a pet. Animals are there where people sometimes fail.
Iron Fist (2017)
Horrible casting
This isn't even about necessarily being "PC" the casting for the lead just doesn't make sense. It is so weird and unnatural seeing a white man portray someone who speaks Japanese and is practicing tai chi and other aspects of Japanese culture... when do we ever see that in real life? It does strike me as appropriation. There's times where it even comes across as comedic. And the actor doesn't even seem like he's feeling it... it feels forced. The white washing is so transparent, here he is, the only character who can fight "the hand" a Japanese drug trafficking fighting group, and... he's white... so the villains who understand martial arts are Japanese, but the hero who also understands martial arts.. is white... why is the only person that can save the city from the evil Japanese a white guy? Hmm... why couldn't they find someone Asian or Japanese to fit this role? Dominic/ D-trix from "so you think you can dance" would've been cool, or someone like him. It just seems rather transparent that the villains and the hero both have Japanese influence but the man to stop them is a white guy who speaks Japanese, mandarin, Chinese, and does martial arts who also happens to be white....
When the iron fist says "my mission is to fight *insert asian name I can't remember here* before falling off a balacany, it was cringe worthy. It looks like a parody... at times it looks like he's making fun of Japanese culture, or like a little boy playing a game. It feels so so very forced. Because again; it's not natural. The acting on the lead's part is poor when he is trying to imitate Japanese culture, and it feels uncomfortable watching.
And the fight scenes are anti climatic. There's nothing tactical or martial there honestly. It looks cheap.
I thought the concept of this show was silly to begin with; a glowing fist? Really? But when someone told me it "starts out slow and gets better" suggested I check it out, I watched the trailer, and genuinely thought it could be interesting due to the mix of Japanese culture, but.... I think I should've trusted the lack of interest I had in the beginning. I don't have the patience to wait and see if it "picks up the paste" I am rolling my eyes too much at the dialogue. It is just so bad in parts.
Parts of this show is intriguing and entertaining, like the relationships between the characters, the history, the tension, and aspects of the villains, but then parts of the dialogue are just too unbearable and cringe worthy.
I'm only on episode six and I'm ambivalent as to if I should continue watching or not... Netflix keeps recommended marvel and dark dramas so I have no idea what to watch. I wish it would give me just a smidge more variety. Please give me more Netflix! I thoroughly enjoyed dare devil and Jessica Jones, but this one falls flat in comparison. It lacks depth.