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6 Reviews
Another Life
(2019–2021)
Finds its stride - please make more!
13 September 2019
Some characters are incredibly irritating and it takes a while to fall in love with any of them. And that is - I think the big problem with it at the beginning. I probably wouldn't have stuck with it if I hadn't been a massive Starbuck (Katee Sackhoff) fan.
But - good news! By the end you do. You really do and you really care. There are a lot of interesting ideas here (once you get past the quasi daft 'homage' episodes) and some clever plot devices that keep things interesting and unpredictable. Please give it a chance (and be prepared for a long 3-4 episode wait) before it hooks you.
But - good news! By the end you do. You really do and you really care. There are a lot of interesting ideas here (once you get past the quasi daft 'homage' episodes) and some clever plot devices that keep things interesting and unpredictable. Please give it a chance (and be prepared for a long 3-4 episode wait) before it hooks you.
Too many strange choices.
20 May 2019
Warning: Spoilers
SPOILERS!!
Positives: You can probably rewatch the series and this episode one day, it doesn't ruin everything the way that some other shows endings do.
George R.R. MARTIN will one day finish the books and do the last few seasons better justice.
The cinematography was fantastic. Dialogue was okay, acting was good. There are a few highlights (Tyrion's one liner about love; Drogon and Daenerys, the new council) Sansa's costume at the end; the mirroring of start and end with ghost and the wall).
Negatives:
Rushed. The last three episodes should have been at least one season. The moment between Drogon flying away and Tyrion opening his eyes should have been a series in itself. How all of those lord and ladies got to the meeting and what they each were to each other would have been fascinating to watch.
Gaping loose ends at best or horrible plot holes at worst. Here are just some of the questions. PLEASE! If you think you can answer them, do!
1) Hello Dothraki, I thought you all died in a suicidal charge which was dramatic, but incredibly poor tactics. You don't seem bothered about the battle with the Night King.
2) Unsullied! Where did you all come from? And where are the other armies? Greyworm seems to have become heartless too - yet strangely not, after Jon kills Dany.
3) So much fuss over who died in The Long Night and none at all here. No concern even. No time? Yet there is time for long, boring conversarions explaining the story rather than telling it.
4) I thought the wall was broken?
5) Are we still at King's Landing? It seems to have recovered remarkably quickly.
6) Who follows Sansa in the North? Didn't they all swear to follow Bran?!
7) If Bran sees all then doesn't that make him a pretty horrid conniving character? He doesn't lift a finger to save King's Landing - so no better that the others then.
8) Oh look! Everyone is miraculously sitting together. How?
9) Why didn't Danyrys, Greyworm or Drogon kill Jon?
Argh. So many more.
Better ways it could have ended?
1) The Night King could have won. Or he could have been defeated at the cost of Jon and Daenerys's lives.
2) Bran could have been going back in time during that battle to change the future/past.
3) Jon could have won over the Dragon with his Targaryon-ness and flown away/killed Dany with it.
4) Tyrion and Sansa could have married and ruled the kingdoms together.
5) Arya could have married Gendry and taken the throne.
6) The Golden Army could have done - anything! What was the point of them? Maybe a different love interest?
So many more.
Positives: You can probably rewatch the series and this episode one day, it doesn't ruin everything the way that some other shows endings do.
George R.R. MARTIN will one day finish the books and do the last few seasons better justice.
The cinematography was fantastic. Dialogue was okay, acting was good. There are a few highlights (Tyrion's one liner about love; Drogon and Daenerys, the new council) Sansa's costume at the end; the mirroring of start and end with ghost and the wall).
Negatives:
Rushed. The last three episodes should have been at least one season. The moment between Drogon flying away and Tyrion opening his eyes should have been a series in itself. How all of those lord and ladies got to the meeting and what they each were to each other would have been fascinating to watch.
Gaping loose ends at best or horrible plot holes at worst. Here are just some of the questions. PLEASE! If you think you can answer them, do!
1) Hello Dothraki, I thought you all died in a suicidal charge which was dramatic, but incredibly poor tactics. You don't seem bothered about the battle with the Night King.
2) Unsullied! Where did you all come from? And where are the other armies? Greyworm seems to have become heartless too - yet strangely not, after Jon kills Dany.
3) So much fuss over who died in The Long Night and none at all here. No concern even. No time? Yet there is time for long, boring conversarions explaining the story rather than telling it.
4) I thought the wall was broken?
5) Are we still at King's Landing? It seems to have recovered remarkably quickly.
6) Who follows Sansa in the North? Didn't they all swear to follow Bran?!
7) If Bran sees all then doesn't that make him a pretty horrid conniving character? He doesn't lift a finger to save King's Landing - so no better that the others then.
8) Oh look! Everyone is miraculously sitting together. How?
9) Why didn't Danyrys, Greyworm or Drogon kill Jon?
Argh. So many more.
Better ways it could have ended?
1) The Night King could have won. Or he could have been defeated at the cost of Jon and Daenerys's lives.
2) Bran could have been going back in time during that battle to change the future/past.
3) Jon could have won over the Dragon with his Targaryon-ness and flown away/killed Dany with it.
4) Tyrion and Sansa could have married and ruled the kingdoms together.
5) Arya could have married Gendry and taken the throne.
6) The Golden Army could have done - anything! What was the point of them? Maybe a different love interest?
So many more.
Dino Dana
(2017–2020)
Amazon gets it right!
8 July 2018
I recommend this show to all the mum's I know. All three of my children will watch it happily (5, 3 and 1) and I don't hate it either - in fact, I secretly love it!
The storylines are sweet and endearing, the main character is very engaging and I like the way that they focus on just a couple of dinosaurs at once. My sons talk about Dinosuchus and Plesiosaurs and know that they swim. Brilliant!
More like this please Amazon.
The storylines are sweet and endearing, the main character is very engaging and I like the way that they focus on just a couple of dinosaurs at once. My sons talk about Dinosuchus and Plesiosaurs and know that they swim. Brilliant!
More like this please Amazon.
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