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Reunion (2024)
Similar setting the The Afterparty TV show
If you enjoyed this you could give season 1 of 'The Afterparty' (2022-2023) a look, and vice-versa. If you have not seen either, please read another review (:
The setting and a lot of the characters are very similar, so is the comedy. I did not think about it a lot, but I think the crime is similar as well, as in it is theoretically possible to figure out, but not practically, it all hinges on a minute detail. The movie is concise, which suits the facility of the crime.
The main thing the TV show has that the movie does not is that in each episode you get a subjective point of view style recount of the murder, each of which are presented in a different movie genre. These are pretty good in my opinion, but they come at the cost of a much longer runtime.
Captain Fall (2023)
Unpleasant
I watched one (1) + two half episodes (7,12).
A show with a great animation style but awful humor. The gist of it is that the main character is a loser, and his family is awful to him. They do not love him deep down, they are just awful through and through.
Not sure why people would like the "humor" either. Main protagonists brother is a sex fiend, but in a way that is not charming or funny at all, he just says and does inappropriate things all the time. I have no problem with adult comedy, I liked Family Guy, but I did not find anything funny in this. It is often said that comedy is about the perversion of expectations, but I can't recall a single twist that was unexpected, jokes are telegraphed from miles away.
The Book of Boba Fett: Chapter 7: In the Name of Honor (2022)
Action figures
As a child, did you sometimes gather a bunch of action figures, then mash some of them together pretending they were fighting?
If today this still sounds appealing, then this episode is for you!
If not, then it is not for you, the dichotomy is very clear.
Foundation: Death and the Maiden (2021)
This was a better than average episode
Are you upset that the show is not an adaptation of the books? So was I, but if you still are, why are you still watching?
This episode further hints at the original idea behind the show: the genetic dynasty and elements of the galaxy revolting against it. This is a nice idea, worthy of its own show.
In my opinion the show would be better if they totally skipped the elements that vaguely refer to the Foundation books, as those simply do not fit. Personally I am also not a fan of the currently popular trend of having 3+ storylines in a single show, this is a cheap way to build suspense.
I also understand why fans of the book are upset: it is not just that the adaptation is imperfect, but the ideas espoused in the show are at times literally contradictory to the main ideas of the books.