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House of the Dragon: We Light the Way (2022)
First Half Conclusion
This was not the most action packed episode, despite deaths at start/end. Also what looked like the potential death of the king; as he was shown throughout the episode with a sickness and collapsed at the end. But the obvious deaths were from the hands of Dameon and Sir Christen. The ones who were murdered were dameon's arranged wife I presume who he killed due to the fact he already has an non highborn mistress. Sir christen kills the princess's to be husband's male mistress, out heated mockery throughout the arrangement party. Echos of the red wedding gave way to cunning backtalk and tension.
Star Trek: Voyager: Cold Fire (1995)
Tricks of the Mind
This has to be one of the most underrated episodes of the series. For it to be rated the same as the episode with the rock in the sixth season or closely situated episode resistance is laughable in my opinion. This is a deep dive into the character of Kess that only gets followed up on in her departure episode The Gift.
The episode explores deep philosophical questions such as how certain species deal/interact with "inferior" life, length of life not having an impact on destiny, as well as being who you truly are even if it's against common logic. As the title suggests; just as we see cold fire to be an oxymoron, Kess (and many people) understandably see advancements of genetics to be positive, when in fact it was something she (and us) do not need. She strives to be something more, and Tanis comes to the Voyager with what she wants, however they are at best tricks used to deceive Kess into thinking they are the people she should learn to become.
As said in spider man with great power comes great responsibility. This is evidently shown by Tanis and Suspiria and their eventual failure to capture Kess and Voyager. While Tanis was able to show his "tricks of the mind", his telepathic power is ultimately seen as inferior to the abilities of Kess. This may have been due to the motives of Tanis and Suspiria being egocentric, illogical and emotion driven while Kess and the crew's motives were rational.
Star Trek: Voyager: Drone (1998)
First class Voyager ep
This was a fantastic episode of voyager that really brought out 7of9s true character and humanity. A lot of intriguing aspects of the borg are brought forth that had not been touched on in previous trek. Such as their constant yearning to acquire new information (while at the same time being a self aware individual); a problem that would have struck One quickly and perhaps negatively had the events of the episode not transpired, as he would have run out of information to assimilate from the starship. Although perhaps not, if he instead focused on the crew and became a sort of super psychiatrist getting to the depths of each crewmates most intricate problems. The humanity shown by 7 in her maternal connection to the creature (and his connection to her) was unseen in any borg trek episode until now. I also liked how we see One looking as if he was contacting the borg when in fact it was them who sought him out, due to him having 29th century tech which nicely connected to "futures end". I found the beginning and ending with 7 looking in the mirror to be the icing on the cake. She was able to genuinely smile in anticipation of an important and positive (although tragic) event in her life, and then saw herself at the end and acknowledged the pain and growth she experienced.
Among the Stars (2021)
NASA power
A very good series from Disney. NASA in its contemporary state is interesting to watch. The cinematography is incredible as usual. My one critique would probably be what part the international space station; its members, and the space program as a whole has planned for the future other than what was described in the impressive series.
The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel (2020)
The unfortunately (un)necessary sequel
After watching the corporation (2003) before this sequel, I'm not sure how these two documentaries can be comparable to each other. One describes in depth what corporations are and how they have impacted the world, while this new film doesn't speak of corporations almost at all.
We all know from the first film what corporations have done, and other documentaries have informed us of the culmination of what happens in a society that is now corporate controlled. I'm talking about the financial crisis movies that have shown what corps can do with their power. As well as the social dilemma, and Edward Snowden docs which highlight what corporations are doing which is mining our information. Finally climate docs which highlight how unchecked stripping of resources destroys ecosystems.
This documentary however is basically an overview of what we know and what has been released previously, while also giving an overview of recent historical uprisings/protests.
Overall I really don't think this doc was as informative and crucial as the first. We all know by now that corps control the world, and that the gap between the haves and the have nots is widening. This doesn't give much insight as to the change that is suggested throughout. Intense capitalism and intense socialism are the current state of affairs, and will be until there is a state which doesn't value competition between anyone, at all.
Only a certain amount of $ and collectivism can do that. So all out socialism can only work through a manifestation of current capitalism to suit the collective. Those with the most power are the only ones that can do this, so siding against the corps (which seems to be the message here) isn't going to do any good, imho.
Ricky Meffe review. Twitter: Rickymeffe
The Greeks (2016)
Fantastic History Lesson
What a fantastic 2 and a half hours this was. Highly educational account of Greek culture and society from when it started, until it's relevance today. Extremely comprehendible for any audience; I'm not sure how it could receive any BAD reviews (bogus-bogus-one).
Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood (2019)
A love letter to Hollywood is right.
Tarrentino was right when he said this movie is a love letter to Hollywood. Except not 1969 Hollywood, but modern Hollywood. The Hollywood in which films; just by their name and actors within it, can generate multitudes of money despite the fact that they are not good. And Hollywood has also found a way to skew the ratings on the major sites to make you think it's good and see it , even if you don't for some crazy reason like the name or actors of the film you will see.
The Orville: A Happy Refrain (2019)
Go Watch "In Theory" ST: TNG
Cmon Seth, with all the creative story lines made in the first season that made this show like a trekkies black mirror, I cant believe you just completely ripped off a plot from STTNG. Please, although the ratings would differ, go watch the star trek episode depicting the same thing, in a much more academic and adult way. Cudos to ST:TNG, for showing just how ahead of its time even a mediocre episode can be.