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Orange Is the New Black (2013)
Orange Rocks!
I watched all 13 episodes already...and the show launched less than 2 days ago. Yes it's THAT good! I was already interested in "Orange", as I assume most of you were, because of the magic Jenji Kohan has given us before...but this gem blew my expectations away! The way he lets the characters develop without feeling forced will make you care about these inmates and C.O.'s, and you won't even realize it until you try to take a break from watching. Fans of his work in "Weeds" will instantly feel at home with his direction style and camera work. The humor he writes into this series will bring back fond memories of The Botwins without feeling stale in the slightest. Much like the classic prison drama "OZ", this incredible cast holds it down in a small prison setting with ease. You will see names you know, but the ones you don't will steal the scene. The way Kohan weaves in flashbacks of how the inmates got there flow seamlessly in with the prison scenes. I was glued to the screen through all 13 episodes and already I'm excited for season 2.
This is an instant hit, don't pass it up!
American Horror Story (2011)
First season was good.
The first season was good, the third good, the fourth good, everything in between and after, literal utter crap, with the last season being the glaring wet bowel fluids to top this mound. I really did not think it was possible for the latest season to be any worse season 6, boy was I wrong. I get it that Ryan Murphy is the average liberal SJW but the fact that FX would allow him to project his mass triggering like this is unacceptable. The entire "Cult" season is nothing but 11 hrs of one giant Marxist psychological projecting train wreck. This season will be remembered in history as if only to show future generations what it was like for a network to allow someone to produce a show throwing a temper- tantrum over election results.
I've seen where defenders are claiming that Ryan Murphy makes fun of both sides, therefore it's OK, let me clear that up right now, no he does not. He makes fun of the independent voters who voted for Jill Stein thus not allowing his anointed queen Hillary Clinton to win the election. He then proceeds to essentially paint every one of Trump's supporters into a maniacal cult who use fear( like Trump ) to get their way. That might be OK entertainment if it wasn't so blatantly real and delusional as to which side of the political spectrum utilizes fear mongering, but Ryan Murphy is known for projecting the tactics used by the MSM and democrat party onto the right. I used to laugh when I heard the phrase "Trump derangement syndrome" because for one I thought it was an utterly ridiculous thing to say, but "Cult" has very much proved it to be a real thing.
Where you stand on politics is irrelevant. I put away my politics to try and find some enjoyment in the show, but frankly it was impossible once I realized I was watching a grown man's temper-tantrum masquerading as a television show. Take away the triggered snowflake elements of Cult and you are simply left with one persons very delusional sense of reality that can't even manage to write it all that well. Cult, and previous seasons, are such a discombobulated mess it makes you wonder if the episodes were being written as they were being filmed. It also seems as if Murphy( taking inspiration from the better show 'Blood Drive' ) wanted to push the limits of dropping 'F' bombs on TV as far as he could. It's literally like watching a mentally challenged kid with a new toy for as much as he had character dropping the word in every episode, so much to the point that I thought at least one episode's entire dialogue would be. The characters are flat and unbelievable, which to the actors defense considering what they had to work with it's not all that surprising.
Ellie Lumme (2014)
No Imagination, Zero Wit
Why do people even make shorts?
I wanted to like Ellie Lumme
This one is awful and it's 42 minutes I will never get back. Staring at a blank wall would be so much better.
The director, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, will probably never make a feature film. What investors will give him money? Let's hope not. Zero talent.
I feel bad for the investors, crew - anyone associated with this nonsensical, horrible little short.
1 out of 10 unfortunately.