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Masters of Sex (2013)
as perfect as perfection can allow
As perfect as perfection can allow...it's perfect...LITERALLY!!...no flaws whatsoever...
it reminds me alot of MindHunter...it's quite literally almost the same vibe...i wouldn't be surprised to find out that some people who worked on it were somehow involved in this too...both share the same impeccable writing...i just hope sn 2 of this doesn't veer off like MindHunter did...
it's really hard to describe good things...coz good is just good...and that's it...but i will try...
the writing is just flawless...this is a story that is well told well structured...it's not melodramatic...it's a believable down to earth story...about some normal people that might as well be true for all i know...no TV shenanigans here...even the cliff hangers if there are any...don't feel like TV bait...it's just a well told story period...
the characters are believable...character development is done too well...and when a new character is introduced it's done so soo seamlessly...soo naturally...
this is perfection...truly one of the best television ever made...there's only a handful of these...so please let's enjoy this one...as much as we possibly can...
Bluestone 42 (2013)
no disappointments
It's funny it's very funny...it's a great comedy...
i feel like i repeat myself alot when reviewing comedies...because i usually say a comedy is one of the simplest things to judge...Just ask yourself a simple question...is it funny? If it is...it's great if it's not then it's not...the bar isn't really too high...
this here is definitely funny...it's funnier than MASH...MASH tries to be funny...MASH wants to be funny...MASH is desperate to get a laugh out of you...MASH veers into slapstick too many times for my liking...
but this show just IS funny...i didn't think war television could really be funny...maybe tolerable but not funny...this show gladly proved me wrong...
the jokes land very well...the writing is good...the comedy is solid...they balance it out with the emotional stuff and manage not to be corny or preachy...that's really hard to do...
it does have a few off episodes...but i guess that's to be expected...it doesn't lower the quality of the show...
i like the characters...i care about them...the lead is somewhat overfantasized...but it has to be that way for his character to work...
i like alot of things about this show...i can't recommend it enough...another British show unjustly rated if you ask me...
it's better than its rating...definitely better...
Fallout (2024)
soo painfully slow
FALLOUT
this thing is soooo daaaamn sloooow...it...is...soooo....slooooooooooow...i think i aged five years after watching one episode...
i couldn't get past one episode...and i hated everything about it...think of possibly any kind of flaw that could be possible wrong with a tv show....and i promise you it's here...these show has flaws in bucket loads...
apart from the sloowwness...and it is slow it's probably it's worst attribute...it's got next to no script...it's yet another show about how some apocalypse happened and people had to go live underground...how original!...silo already did this better....and silo itself is not a great show...but it's miles better than this...
it's basically copy and paste version of silo...just with some supernatural elements...there's nothing plausible about this show... i don't believe the characters i don't believe the plot i don't believe any of the motivations...
another flaw is the acting...and the writing of the characters...the actors probably do the best they can...the show tries sooo hard to be cool...every line of dialogue is the writer trying to make the characters as cool as they possibly can be...force the dialogue to be witty...it's fails...spectacularly...
This is an empty show...nothing to see here...
Red Oaks (2014)
almost...sooo close...
Almost...oh almost...sooo sooo daamn close...they almost made it over the hill...but it fell short...
from the very beginning...you could tell this wasn't the kind of show to blow your socks off...but it was still endearing enough to keep you watching...
the characters are decent enough...everyone's story is believable and somewhat interesting...more for some than others...
some characters are very poorly acted though...like both of the lead's girlfriends...the photographer guy...he doesn't appear real or believable...i get what they were going for...but it didn't work...the lead's best friend...horrible so is his love interest also...so i guess it wasn't a great acting showcase...
they actually did a freaky Friday...what a horrible idea...i want to that episode was the worst of the first season...but the episode before was waay worse...
it's the writing...lacklustre and uninspired...no real heart went into it...this could have been something...it felt fresh...it crumbles down into a soap opera...good premise...no stakes...decent story awful writing to back it up...
the visuals are good...the directing isn't bad...the music only falls flat a few times...there was alot going for this show...Just not enough...
Justified (2010)
soap opera with guns
Even i almost fell for it...but now i know the truth...i saw through the lie...that this is just a soap opera with guns...
it starts off just how a great tv show would...great acting great directing great writing great story...good premise...it promised to be more than some other police procedural...it gets on well after this...a few episodes in...
until it falls into a ditch...and now it's all about hilly billies...hilly billy tv that's what this is...
i really don't understand why they chose to go this route...the show had soo much to choose from...the writing could have taken literally any other course...instead it decided to focus on some family drama i don't get along with my dad i have an ex wife...
boyd as a character makes me want to stab my eyes with a fork...the actor that plays him...gets alot of praise...i don't see why...he's terrible...he can't act...was terrible in vice principals terrible in the gemstones thing...terrible in fall out...and he seems to be playing the same daamn role...pathetic...get this guy off our screens
after the story hits this bump...it never recovers...we keep circling around this...Boyd Winona the other chic...the ex the girl the nemesis...jesus it's soo bland it's soo stupid...
i don't see how people looked at this and decided it was good television...there's nothing here...
Primal (2019)
great...as a short film
This should have been like a short or something...
the cinematography is great...i mean it's Genndy Tartakovsky...everything about it visually is fantastic...it looks good...the colors the animation...everything is perfect...
but i don't think the whole no dialogue thing is sustainable...i mean it's fine for like an episode or two...but then beyond that it's like whaaat?!...what am i watching?!...if this show teaches us anything it's that dialogue is very important...it's the soul of any visual media...
it works for a while...i mean a cave man and a dragon or is it a dinosaur...they obviously can't speak a singular language...it's a great story for about 2 episodes...
and it's one genre approach is also very exhausting...it's just action action action...literally every episode...again...it works for like an episode...the cave man and dinosaur fight to bond...from enmity to a bond of codependence...grow out of it then...explore something more...
instead it just become an exploration of how the Dinosaur age was supposedly dangerous treacherous and violent...gets old pretty quick...
it's good...for only 2 episodes...
The A Word (2016)
sn 1
This is it!...this is the blueprint to all dramas of the universe...this is how a drama should be made...this is the prototype...
This show is perfect...it's superb...it's stupendous...it's fantastic...
the most surprising thing about this show...is the rating on iMdb...the rating is a joke...but then I've come to realize that all British tv shows aren't accurately rated...either too high or too low...this show's rating is waaay too low...criminally low...if it's not an American show...don't trust the rating...
This show balances plot story character...in a way that I've not seen done before...most shows don't get this balance at all...one has to suffer...not here though...
it handles the subplots soo masterfully...i am as interested in the subplots just as much as the main plot...in the world of cinema...this is known as a double miracle...it almost NEVER happens...it's a legend passed on for generations...
i am soo interested in the story...i care about all the characters...i swear...ALL the characters...in most dramas there's usually throwaway characters...not this show...i don't know how to stress this...
the writing is perfect...the pacing fantastic...the cinematography is subtle but pairs very well with the story...
it does have flaws though...for one it's only sn1 that's superb...the rest not so much...and this is a story with a very short span...I'm not going to want to keep seeing this for 12 episodes and beyond...it's impossible...
there's issues with dialogue some times...plausibility of character's actions...questionable motivations...but the shows rises above this...
great show...sn1 is a must watch for anyone and everyone...
Line of Duty (2012)
very weak writing
The writing on this show is completely horrendous...it is incredibly atrocious...
just off the top of my head...i can think of a dozen ways to improve this show...and all involve improving the writing...
the carcass of the show is good...the premise is great...the characters are good...it's just about improving the writing...Make it sharper...
character development is done haphazardly...there should be focused focus...for example...the first few episodes...Laverty gets soo much screentime and for what?!...we get to find out soo much unnecessary stuff about her that adds very little to the plot...
how to solve this in my opinion...show her once on a date with Gates...and then everything else about her is shown in dialogue...put more focus on Arnot's boss...he's the antagonist of some sorts...let's spend time with him...develop him into a real character...
the acting is mostly good...except the character of Laverty...the actor playing her is horrible...she's a shell of a person...very boring very uninspiring...when she died i was very happy...the story didn't need her...she was kept around longer than necessary...
the cinematography is also not impressive...the zoooms to indicate surprise shock or twists...it's soo juvinile....stop it...it lowers the show...and they're used soo repeatedly it makes no sense at all...
This is a show with soo much potential...but handled soo poorly it's just frustrating...
Shogun (2024)
flawed yet very good
It's a great show...there's no doubt about that...and all the hype is warranted...
usually I'm not a big fan of foreign shows coz I'm not that good with subtitles...but maybe there's a new kind of foreign shows...where there's a bit of English sprinkled in...
i watched Tehran and it was a lovely show...and the subtitle thing didn't bother me...coz they also did the sprinkling of English trick...it kinda tricks the mind i guess...but it works...coz i did hold off from seeing this show until i found this out...
while the show IS great...it does suffer alot of flaws...there's some plot elements that repeat a bit too much...like the whole Mariko trying to prove to Anjin that life is meaningless...Yabushige not being Trustworthy...the whole dynamic of the council...it just feels like the show is held back by them not elevated by the them...it doesn't use them as instruments but is limited by them...
i also don't really believe Anjin and Mariko's relationship...the whole concept of loyalty is not very well depicted...it's just mentioned alot and pushed in your face but there isn't any real showcase on screen...demonstrate just how much loyalty means to this culture...not just the results like people killing themselves and all...show the reasoning behind it...
Anjin isn't well portrayed too...poor acting...we don't get enough character development for Toronaga...by the end of the show we still only feel like he's just some smart mysterious guy...and also...there's a few things he logically would have told his allies...but he doesn't...possibly for plot development and all that...but it misses in my opinion...
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But as a whole the good overweighs the bad...and it is a good show...it has to be...for all those flaws and still be this good...i used to call Arcane the best most flawed show ever...this probably comes second...
The Pacific (2010)
not well done...sorry
It lacks direction...doesn't know what to be...suffers from bad writing...bad editing bad production...
starts off pretty good...pulls you in...it's interesting it's great...and then somewhere out of nowhere...it changes direction tone and there's a huge shift...
characters are shaved off...screentime is pushed onto some new characters we haven't formed any relationships with...and we're supposed to care about them?
The negatives began for me...during the Australian episode...the army arrives in Australia and are supposed to spend a bit of time there...not much fighting...and then the showrunners decide to sprinkle in some emotional juice by trying to showcase loss and attachment by showing the guys get hitched and have to leave...the emotional significance of that...
it doesn't work...maybe it's coz the tone already expressed in previous episodes is totally conflicting...or maybe it's the actual episode itself that is just weak...it's a terrible episode...i think it's the shift in tone that is top jarring...and just feels out of place...
i don't care at all about whatever is happening in the episode...I'm supposed to o know...but i completely don't...just show me some close up shooting and people dying...that's what you sold...deliver...
then the next immediate episode introduces some new characters...with different back stories with loose connections to the initial characters...the show instead of recovering from the previous episode continues to sink itself...again the tone is different...the pacing changes and it feels like it's a totally different show now...
i couldn't continue after this...poor poor decision...
Messi's World Cup: The Rise of a Legend (2024)
superb
Starts off kinda slow...but it gets back on track almost immediately...and as soon as it's on track...it's unstoppable...
the pacing is good...the one on one interviews were great well done engaging and just very well suited...
the choice to include journalists and reporters is quite frankly ingenious...it makes the show...their input feels more like commentary than interviews...it's fantastic...
i remember watching the Real Madrid champions league documentary...and thinking it probably came too soon...with this it didn't feel the same...i was glued to the screen the whole time...i enjoyed every bit of it...yes i can still remember every game every goal...so there's nothing novel really...but it's still a great watch...i don't know if the writing or production is superior...probably suggests so...
it really draws you in...not too preachy...it can be enjoyed by both Football fans and non fans also known as Americans...it's for everyone...
great watch.
The Century of the Self (2002)
peeeerfectionn!
Perfection...there's no other way to put it...
this is the best narration i have ever seen...this narrator is sooo good i had to go look for all his other works...there's a few on youtube by the way...no disappointments...
he woos you in...he breaks down the subject matter so expertly so methodically...apart from the one episode of sex explained...i think this narration has to go down as hands down the best...
the documentary has great structure...it builds on themes builds and builds...and documentaries probably shouldn't have cliff hangers but it does kinda set them up really well...
one episode connects seamlessly into the other...and each episode manages to be it's own somehow...it's not exhausting...it's only four episodes...so no time id wasted...it really is the perfect documentary...
it's compelling...it's interesting...it makes me see the world differently...what more could i ask for...
The Good Wife (2009)
smells like shonda
I hate it...i don't get the hype...to me it just feels like one of these many popular shows...that are just shells...no substance...
i still keep getting surprised at how popular shows are nonsense and just utter garbage...i mean isn't that why they're popular?...people like things that lull them...people don't like challenging complex stuff...they want things that confirm their biases and comfortable view of the world...
This is another story about good vs evil...the good guys vs the bad guys...that's it...that's all there is to it...unrealistic nonsensical drivel...
i watch legal dramas like these and i think about For The People...i mean was it perfect? No...but it was realistic...lawyers lost cases...good people lost cases...evil people won cases...bad things happened to innocent people...experience mattered...cheating was depicted...i don't get why it got such a bad rep...and this show gets all this undeserved applause...
don't watch it...unless you're braindead...
The Knick (2014)
absolutely no flaw
What really is there to say about this show...other than it's simply phenomenal...
once you start you just can't stop...it's everything you'd want in a story...it's interesting...well paced...well written...well acted...well shot...it's just fantastic...
I've heard people talking about how the cinematography is underrated...i quite frankly didn't even notice it...because i was too busy being blown away by the story...
my favourite part about this show...has to be the acting...the actors don't miss a beat!...not a single one...i definitely believe every single character on here...Dr Thalkary...i don't even know if that's how it's written...the actor who played him is just a gem...
usually the best acting is showcased in the supporting cast...but here...the lead just steals the show...probably the best lead or protagonist ever put to screen...yes i said it...
i can't think of a single flaw...it's just perfection from start to finish...
i actually despise hospital dramas...or any kind of show set in a hospital...and i actually put off watching this thinking it's one of them...i am soo glad i decided to give it a try...
The Night Agent (2023)
pacing pacing pacing...
Pacing pacing pacing...jesus Lord!!
This show rushes all the parts that should be methodical and slow...and focuses on all the useless things...
the first episode is schizophrenic...one thing happens and before it's even ended properly...another has begun!.
Give the audience some time to digest and take everything in!...i mean even the characters look dazed...there's only one episode...literally one episode...that actually takes the time to build up to something...
everything is shoved at you...it's like Tiktok...they're soo Terrified that you might be losing attention...so they shove some high octane nonsense your way...
there's some good elements here no doubt...but i probably wouldn't have seen the whole season if I wasn't watching it with someone else...
i guess this is just another...pile of nothing for the masses...
Domina (2021)
they didn't care enough
Immediately i saw two episodes of this...i knew immediately that it was one of those shows...the shows that weren't lucky enough to get good enough writers...didn't get producers that actually cared enough...
there's soo much to work with here...soo much...you have history...all you have to do is bend it to your will...it's soo easy...just take history...throw away the boring bits...and add color to what's left...it's the simplest writing job of all time...
but of course they couldn't do it...they just muddled it up it nothing...
the time jumps...jesus Christ!!...this is the worst part of the show...it kills the plot the flow of story...and makes it that much difficult to follow...you keep forgetting who is who...by the fifth episode you can't remember who is who from looking alone...you have to wait for another character to call them...it's ridiculous...
the most interesting bits happen off screen...so you guess what's left...
there's soo much that is dumbed down...i mean come on...this isn't just aimed at American audiences is it?
The Vietnam War (2017)
sublime
It's probably too long...i mean yes there's alot to unpack here...so it makes complete sense that you'd have ten episodes...but i believe this could have been told in about six...to make it more compact and stronger...
i am a sucker for documentaries...and this one right here...is top-tier...it has everything you'd want in a documentary...it's interesting informative impactful and actually has something to say...
i like absolutely everything about it...the interviews are well done...the narration is great...it's a nice emotional story...
i don't know if there's more to be said...or if more SHOULD be said... that's just it...straight and simple...it's perfect...
Reno 911! (2003)
too repetitive
RENO
is it funny? Yes...this show's biggest problem is that it's too repetitive...it's a one trick pony...once you've seen five episodes.
.that's it...you've seen it all...
and that's really all there is to say about this show...it should only have had five episodes...
the running gag where they have the same version of a cold open where they run into something and the airbag pops out...yes...it's funny...very funny actually...but it gets old pretty quick...t
that's not how to do s running gag...as soon as it starts you already know how it ends...you just want to skip it...a running gag should be shorter...that whole thing runs for too long...
the choice of graphics...makes sense...it suits the type of story...but it does nothing for novelty...nothing looks attractive...it's just depressing...and it's been on for like 8 and more seasons...
the characters are caricatures...unless the writer wants them to do something they do...and then it's back to their normal shallow one dimensional selves...
not impressive at all...
DuckTales (2017)
a rare fantastic cartoon
Not very bad actually...but then again it's hardly the kind of show for me...so not speaking as an adult who has overgrown the jokes...speaking objectively...it's actually very good show!
It's reminiscent of late 90s early 2000s cartoons...creative exhilarating and fun with actual plot and story...
i like the structure...it's almost half serialised half stand alone...it's a great mixture of both...
the pacing is great...the jokes are good...visually it's very stunning...it's not a new concept...but it feels very original...it really is a perfect cartoon.
Kids nowadays don't really have quality...cartoons have been watered down...they're empty soulless and cheap...it's really good to see a gem like this come around once in a while...
great show...great watch...
Borgia (2011)
too big for their writers
BORGIA
i feel like the perfect way to describe this show...is it took on too much...the story was waay too big too grandiose for them...
the source material...which might be history itself or some book...was fantastic...actualizing it therefore meant it was always going to be a big ask...
they did try though...the writing isn't too bad...but i feel like they're feeding the audience a bit too much at a time...it feels almost like the first 30 minutes of Game of thrones...where too much was happening too fast...
the biggest flaw in my opinion is the acting...these actors failed to portray these characters...they failed miserably...i don't believe any character here...maybe Borgia himself...but his two sons...nope...the cast wasn't talented enough for me...
the pacing is also off...feels like there's too much lingering on insignificant stuff...it feels slow...
the dialogue is also not exactly bad...but it's just not good enough...i guess this too is to be blamed on the acting...
The Borgias (2011)
falls apart
It started off soo well...it had soo much promise...halfway through...you could already tell it was doomed...
it's hard not to talk about the other show BORGIA that is more or less telling the same story...it's hard not to compare these two...
many people agree that the other show was better and i go agree yes...but where the other show tried to tell the story of the borgia family in totality taking account the full context and history...this show picked and chose only what served their story...and i controversially support that decision...
it ensured that they could tell the story their own way on their own terms...and it was going great...until it wasn't...somewhere it started to feel like something was missing...
characters. Decisions didn't add up...choices did make sense...so the show's best quality came to bite it's own head...
the pacing isn't great...they also do linger on insignificant stuff...just like the other show...
the dialogue here though is pretty good...it's well written...the handling of plot though isn't...there's repetition of story beats...dialogue about sabotage instead of being wholesome will be divided into two parts making the second feel like a repetition...
not very well actualized...
Motherland (2016)
not a single flaw
I keep saying this...comedies are the most simple things to rate or critique...it's just as simple as figuring out...is it funny or not...and this show...is DEFINITELY funny...
i guess other people's perspectives are really a mystery...i don't really understand how iMDb ratings work...but i can NOT believe that as many people that saw this show and rated it didn't think it was the best comedy they'd ever seen!
So what it's got a few clichés on motherhood and how hard it is to be a mum...this story has been told a million times before...but watching this i didn't feel like i was tired...i enjoyed it just the same...
i like the characters...a few are a little unbelievable yes...but they're good well written...the pacing is great the tone is fantastic...
the running gags...like Julia always running back to her mum are hilarious...Cunk or whatever her real name is...she's gold!!...her lines always land...she's the cheat code...
i like that it has something more to say about life...it's not just a show about running around trying not to kill your kids...it exposes human interaction dynamics and how to find balance in life...
Julia actually has some character growth...that's a fine detail for a comedy...o absolutely love this show...i don't get why everyone else isn't going crazy about it...
you will find very few comedies funnier than this one...relatable believable and just very well thought out well presented well produced well executed...
this is usually the type of shows where you keep thinking what a great idea but executed poorly...but it got everything right...the writing is just to die for...
it's funny!!...that's all a comedy has to be!
The lead is really hard put down though...i really can't place her...i keep thinking she's this thing and the next episode she'll turn around and become another thing...you would think this is a bad thing...but it's soo well executed it's not...it's almost a writing miracle...
the only reason i don't give it a 10...is coz some episodes don't really land...this happens occasionally...but not enough to ruin your watching of it...
the tone is fantastic for the type of story...this should quite literally be a cliché for the ages...a story about motherhood...but wow...they just put in a new spin and works soo well that it's not even supposed to be possible!
British television I've realized is actually not very accurately rated on iMDb...i don't know why...I've seen a few shows rated low and when i get to it I'm like daaamn this is gold...ironically though...British shows with ridiculously high ratings...are more times than not horrible...how is this show have a rating lower than 8 while line of duty isn't rated a 5
great watch though...fantastic television...
Horace and Pete (2016)
beautiful beautiful exploration of existence
This is a show about the awkward and uncomfortable moments in the beats in between what we call life...it's a show without any excitement whatsoever...
it's got nothing interesting at all...it's raw visceral and it hurts to watch...every scene resonates with every moment you ever felt sad stupid ignored or useless...it's beautiful...it's like peeking into someone's real thoughts and feelings...not what they present...
it's a show about those moments that Instagram will never see...you'll post videos of your wedding your happiest day it's fantastic...but this show is about what you're thinking...what if she becomes fat...what if he dies too soon...what if i rushed into this...what if he becomes an alcoholic...what if we have blind kids...
yes! I know!...and yet it's a comedy!...how wonderful is that...it's about laughing at how messed up existence is...
the brainchild of Louis C. K...who would have guessed?!...i don't really like his comedy I'm not too sure about him as a comedian...but after this show...I'm pretty sure I've been missing something this whole time...I'm going to rewatch every special every show of his...starting with Louie...a family comedy...uuurghh!...it better be worth it...
the writing is good...the tone is fantastic...the pacing is fittingly slow...the cinematography is good...
Uncle Pete was my favourite character...i was livid when they killed him off...but it had to happen...it was all part of the theme of the show...
the last episode was painful to watch though...it nearly made me change my rating...it was terrible almost unwatchable...it was full of clichés and felt rushed...it was not the ending this show deserved...
that's literally the only flaw with this show...
We Are Lady Parts (2021)
get better writers...soo much potential
This show is very exciting...and i will never get tired of mentioning just how refreshing it is when something different comes along...something fresh that actually makes you look at things different...or gives you new information to ponder...
it's a break from what we're used to...to experience a different culture...i like that they went with rock not some rnb mellow stuff...
but then just after that you can't help but be very mad at how badly the whole thing was handled...the writing is extremely weak...
soo sooo much potential here...if they'd gotten better writers...like the Bill Hader or whoever wrote Tehran...then we'd have had a gem on our hands...
but everything feels half done half baked half hearted...character development is shaky shallow and unconvincing...the plot always feels like it's missing something...
some things happen that are cliché others too convenient...like the reunion towards the end of the first season...it's all too quick...no authentic emotion is put into it...it's like an essays...something bad happens band breaks up they're sad they get together everyone's happy...but it doesn't translate...we don't see the raw emotion of all these events...
Amina realising that she wants to do music...is handled soo cheaply...this is supposed to be an existential crisis...Saira getting her grip on her psyche and opening up...this should have weight...there was even a heartbreak and we didn't feel sad...
wasted potential...too rushed...get better writers...but watchable...disappointing though...
Pantheon (2022)
wasted potential
This show joins a long list of shows with immense potential...but fails in the execution...
but still its very painful and sad to see...such great story be desecrated disrespected mishandled...it's just annoying and frustrating...
the hardest part about creating a tv show...is finding the initial idea...the actual story...what story will you tell...so when you find stories like these...rich stories...it's really sad to see them go to waste...
the hard part is already done for you...just actualize it...find good writers who can pen down a decent script...it's not that hard surely!
The most annoying thing about this show...is how it just goes round in circles...it's never going anywhere...it takes three steps forward in plot...and the next 20 scenes is just it taking another 5 steps backward...
it's also guilty of trying to shoe in cliffhanger every episode...this trope is soooo annoying!!...we're soo past this as a civilisation jesus!!...the audience is tired of this!...just tell the story let it flow naturally...don't set anything up...you tend to write yourself into a corner that way...
wasted potential...