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Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
Solo is apparently not simply a last name in a galaxy far far away...
There's a line dialogue that spells out pretty firmly what's wrong with this movie. When Han finds out Chewbacca's name and announces that he's not going to be saying that whole thing every time. Chewbacca has three syllables. It isn't exactly a tongue twisting nightmare. Did this really have to be said? Typical of the writing of this film. Spell it out, all of it. Leave no mystery as to every aspect of the Han Solo we already know. And everything follows this same pattern. Here's how he met Chewbacca. Here's how he got his name. Here's how he met Lando. Here's where he got his blaster. Here's how he got the Falcon. Here's why the Falcon has a superior navigation system. Here's the Kessel run. This is not a movie. It's a Wikipedia page, and the plot is pretty much a vehicle to get us to all these points. The books written in the 90s by AC Crispin were way better. Read those. Don't watch this "movie".
Some side notes:
1- The Corellian YT-1300 makes its first appearance (in universe) in Attack of the Clones, two of them actually. They look exactly like the Falcon we all know. The whole "escape pod" thing is BS.
Basically, they tried to sneak another "here's how" in there by pulling one directly out of their rectum.
2- The walls of the Falcon look far too new. I don't buy it. This is only like 10 years before A New Hope. Do Han and Chewbacca team up with Pig Pen at some point?
3 - In the press for this Wiki-film they made a special point in bragging that they were the first to feature a "female" droid. This is BS on many levels. In the first place what is a "female droid"? Droids are AI. They are machines. Is your toaster a dude? No. Secondly, the very first droid we hear speak in Episode 1 has a female voice! Did you not watch your own canon before virtue signaling? Not to mention the waitress droids in Ep 2, the droid that delivered the twins in Ep 3, and countless droids in the Clone Wars. Besides, aren't you assuming R2-D2's gender? That's not very woke of you.
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Robbed of an oscar
All the 1 Star reviews... wow. Should people this dumb be allowed to write reviews?
This is a masterpiece. Period.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Children of Time (1997)
Time travel flaws once again
I actually like this episode. It has an interesting dilemma. And it's important to the Odo/ Kira story.
The problem I have with it is the usual time travel logic of Star Trek. If they go back to the station at the end then the colony would never had existed at all, in any timeline.
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Suspicions (1993)
One of the worst written episodes
A Ferengi scientist, Dr. Reyga, invents a new shield that could allow a spacecraft to survive inside a star's corona and so instead of Starfleet giving a damn about this, the ship's DOCTOR invites this scientist and 4 others with no connection whatsoever onto the ship to start a murder mystery... er... I mean to... I'm not sure what. Why didn't Dr. Reyga come on the ship alone to prove his theory? Instead we have a bunch of unrelated, unrealistic characters on the ship(with many racist and stupid statements about Ferengi and/or Klingon scientists being unheard of... blah blah blah... How could a space faring technologically advanced society NOT have scientists????) The scenes where Dr. Crusher is "investigating", (I call it "harrassing"), the other scientists represent really bad writing. This happens a lot does it? The ship's doctor is the chief investigator? Really?? I think not.
Other problems i have with this episode: Why couldn't they have sent an unmanned probe, maybe with some kind of microbe or something else alive, equipped with that new shield into the star's corona? That would prove the shield worked, wouldn't it? No, it's more important to risk a sentient life for the sake of the story. I know he volunteered, doesn't matter, in the real world it wouldn't have even been brought up. Star Trek does this all the time, too.
Also, sorry but Dr. Crusher would still have been fired. She still performed that autopsy didn't she? That is all but forgotten at the end of the episode because the mystery is solved, but why would that make any difference to the Ferengi? She still disobeyed a direct order from her captain and nearly caused an interplanetary incident. I think that's at least worthy of a hearing or something. She stuck her nose where it didn't belong and it blew up in her face. She deserved a serious reprimand at least.
Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Host (1991)
The Host vs. DS9
This episode is decent. The following nitpicks are directed at Star Trek continuity in general.
Here are the differences I counted between the Trill in this episode and every single episode of Deep Space Nine:
1: Spots/ ridges - (Obviously) in this episode the Trill have ridges on their foreheads instead of their trademark spots, apparently because Terry Farrell was allergic to the prosthetics.
2: Transporter - In this episode Ambassador Odan said he couldn't use the transporter or he would "die". This is of course contradicted hundreds of times by DS9, every time Dax beams anywhere. Obviously this would have been a major hump to get over in writing DS9 episodes, so they hoped that everyone forgot about it.
3: Federation knowledge of the Trill - The Federation in "The Host" doesn't know anything about the Trill at all, yet Curzon Dax was a Federation Ambassador during the Khitomer Accords and Torias Dax (2 hosts back) was revealed to be a star fleet officer. Don't know why they had to change this one. Dax could have been the first Trill in Starfleet and it wouldn't have made much of an impact on the show.
4: Symbiont and host relationship - In the TNG episode, the symbiont, Odan, completely retains his personality when joined with each host (Riker's personality, for instance, is totally buried under Odan's, hence: his having no problem becoming romantically involved with Crusher). It is spelled out numerous times in DS9 that the host and symbiont meld personalities to create one. Again, why change this? I guess it was more interesting to have previous hosts with problems etc
5: Humans joining with the symbiont (TNG)/ host dies after symbiont is removed (DS9) - This is contradicted by the existence of Ezri Dax. She explains that she was the only trill on board (whatever ship it was) and that's why she wasn't properly prepared for the joining. But, if they followed the TNG episode's rule, it would have been no problem to use her as a carrier and then transport the Dax symbiont into someone more worthy when the opportunity arose. Was this writer's forgetfulness or laziness?
6: Taboo of rekindling past host's love affair absent - Every host Odan shows to inhabit in this episode wants little more than to get back with Doctor Beverly. This is of course contradicted by the DS9 episode "Rejoined", in which exile is the price for letting your past catch up with you. Though I suppose seeing Terry Farrell kiss Susanna Thomson was worth a complete disregard for continuity (sarcasm). It should be noted, I guess, that Odan could have been some kind of rebel, or his love of Dr. Crusher was so strong that he couldn't help himself, but I think that this episode's message (love the person underneath, etc
) would have actually been strengthened by the inclusion of this taboo. So in conclusion: the writers invented it for "Rejoined" ignoring "The Host" completely.
7: Symbiont Dies (TNG) if not joined almost immediately - This is of course contradicted by the episode "Equilibrium" in which we see several symbionts "taking a swim" in the caves on the Trill home world. (side note: despite what an earlier reviewer stated, it is a different prop.)
All this could have been avoided by DS9 by simply calling the race something else. It could have easily been another joined species. There are, after all, at least three shape shifting species (Metamorph, Comaloid, and of course, the Founders)
Tombstone (1993)
The worst western ever?
I hate this movie.
The makers of this dreck should be forced, like Alex in a Clockwork Orange, to watch "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" over and over and over again until they understand what a western should feel like. This is a Hollywood western, overacted, cliché, horse manure, the 90s equivalent of a Roy Rogers, all flair, with no depth or reality. Every line is this movie sounds like a catch phrase. Every shot in this movie looks like it belongs in a commercial or a music video.
I suppose if you just want to be entertained, with brain left at home, then this crap might be for you. As for me, I'll take a dirty, gritty, Sergio Leone Clint Eastwood western any day.
Star Trek: Spectre of the Gun (1968)
Third season
I don't understand the 3rd season criticism. I read a review of this episode the other day that called it "corny", "goofy", etc... Have these people ever seen the rest of the series? How is this episode cornier than "The Omega Glory", or "The Apple"? Every complaint about this episode I've seen can easily be said about any 1st or 2nd season episode. (Kinda sounds like Star Wars prequel hate to me.) I think the third season is actually better in places than the first two seasons. For one thing, the music is much better, a lot more subtle. The slow pace people complain about is actually a good thing because it allows for more character development as well as simply slowing down and presenting the environment a little bit. Yes, the episodes are corny, but THIS IS STAR TREK!!! That's par for the course here, friends.
I like the feel and look of this episode. Sure, the Sylvia character isn't really needed but one could easily say that about many Star Trek characters. I like this episode a lot better than the movie Tombstone. That's for sure.
Star Trek (1966)
The pros and cons of TOS
The Pros: 1 - Star Trek was ahead of its time, mainly in social commentary. 2 - The show itself is entertaining to this day. 3 - Kirk and Spock were very good and well written characters. The dialog between those two (and sometimes Dr McCoy) is usually very well done. 4 - The stories had a Twillight Zone-esc quality that I enjoy. 5 - The series version (as opposed to the movie version) of Kirk is still my favorite captain. Long live Shatner! (Sisko, a close second)
The Cons: 1 - The chivalry is very dated. ie: men cradling the women to protect them from fear etc... 2 - The blocking of the scenes, especially in early episodes was very corny, (see "Where No Man has Gone Before", and many others) 3 - Most of the other characters exist to either oppose Spock's logic, or to ask stupid questions for exposition's sake. 4 - The sound effects have a goofy nostalgic quality but are really quite stupid. 5 - Finally (and especially) the god awful score. This is a textbook example of how not to score a show (or film). The music never is subtle, and always plays up the "oh look, we're in space" feeling, rather than the emotions and drive of the characters.
The sets, of course are awful. Apparently every wall in the future is blue, and all planets have a huge amount of glitter. But this is mainly due to an extremely poor budget, as is the special and creature effects, so it's forgiven.