On 2017-07-09 13:46:34 +0000, Obveeus said:
> I watched:
>
> LOGAN: A 2017 film that fits into the X-MEN series universe.
Where did you watch this? Is it on The Netflix?!...
Ditto "Life"?...
> What did you watch?
13 Reasons Why (The Netflix) - Episode #5 of this was quite good, I
thought - maybe the first really "good" episode they'd done. Episode
#6, not so much. By Episode #7, the main character is starting to crack
up, so that episode ended with a proverbial "bang", so I decided to
"pause" at this point, halfway through the series, with a pretty decent
"cliffhanger" ending, and pick this up latter in the week once my
summer job has concluded.
However, I will say ep's #6 & #7 are starting to get pretty dang
"heavy" and downbeat - I'm not sure how they can make the last 6
episodes of this series palatable, at this rate...
Killjoys (recorded) - "A Skinner, Darkly". Mercifully, this episode was
an improvement on the season premiere, as this episode at least had a
"regular" Killjoys case (or so it seemed...). In the latter, Dutch and
D'av take three tech nerds (one of whom is played by "Continuum's" Erik
Knudsen) on a mission to find out if they will work as the "tech-ie
replacement" for Johnny. Meanwhile, Johnny and the new girl, Ollie,
investigate further into what happened to Clara... The last storyline
took what could have been a "jump the shark" moment, but mercifully
instead used it to basically wrap up this storyline, and return Johnny
to the team. (You'd guess the 3 nerds would be S.O.o.L., but it looks
like they turn up in the very next episode. Not sure why...)
Anyway, something weird happened here - the show obviously lost
Stephanie Leonidas, somehow, perhaps to some other project, and then
had to do a CYA-retcon on her storyline, but I would have thought they
would have done a better job securing her services... Not impressed by
this turn of events in the least. But, like I said, luckily, it looks
to be over.
Ouija (OnDemand/FXM) - This was very lackluster. I mean, I have a bias
against "PG-13 horror" films anyway (with horror, if it's not "hard-R",
don't even bother, IMO...), but even for a "PG-13" horror flick, this
was pretty bad.
Vampire Academy (The Netflix) - I come down much more on Fred's side on
this than Arthur's. In fact, of the various "tween lit" adaptations, I
think this one might have been one of the better ones (even if the
source material they used looks to be rubbish!!).
Anyway, the Number One virtue of this flick is that it *moved*, and
kept the story *moving*. (Contrast this with what I still rate to be
probably the worst of the "tween lit" adaptations, after the "Twilight"
flicks (of course!), "Beautiful Creatures", which felt like it moved
slow as molassas...) After a ricketty start outside said Vampire
Academy, the flick really picks up once they return our two erstwhile
"heroes" (Zoey Deutch and ASG's Lucy Fry) to the Academy... Anyway,
even though I surmised the true identities of the "bad guys" early on,
I still thought this was a pretty fun ride.
The ending, with Claire Foy, obviously was setting this up for a
sequel, but it looks like this bombed at the box office, so I wouldn't
expect a sequel here... (Still, this isn't nearly as bad as the
crashing-and-burning of the "Divergent" movie series!!...)
Wrecker (Siffy) - This was also quite good, for micro-budget horror
flick. I mean, don't get me wrong - it is pretty much a *straight
ripoff* of "Duel", except in place of Dennis Weaver we have a plucky
city gal ("Sparticus'" Anna Hutchison) and her slutty best friend. But,
hey - if you're going to rip something off, rip off the best! Anyway,
this was a pretty good suspense thriller, that wratchets up the
suspense as the film progresses. The ending was slightly disappointing,
though. But, on balance: thumbs up.
Recorded for later: Still Star-Crossed.
--
"His compassion killed him." - Dr. Sabine Lommers, in
"A Kingdom Divided Against Itself" (ep. #9), "Containment" (06-21-2016)