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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022)
Ring A Ding Ding
I thought the effects for this show after watching two episodes are terrific. It is a visually stunning show in that regard, but like House of Dragons, the script and acting lets it down.
Maybe I've been spoilt by Jackson's version and the first rate acting in his Ring films but at this stage I care nothing for the characters or story.
Marvel could certainly do themselves a solid and watch the effects in this show...they are extremely well done. As is the cinematography.
Unfortunately, everything else is kind of passe.
I would highly recommend it for 8- to 14-year-old children, but any Tokien fans and lovers of his books should probably stay away.
Saying this. I'll give it another few episodes to see if the story and acting improve.
Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn (2020)
The side -kick is just that.
A crappy spiteful film..mean in it's attitude...empty in it's content and just plain stupid. Harly Quinn proves she's a side-kick for a reason.
To be avoided at all costs unless you want nothing from a film but colourful vomit.
The Irishman (2019)
58 Word Review Guy
Scorsese drags out this crime drama containing some good scenes but no tension or suspense and some very casual acting kills a movie which is a combination of movies you've seen before..Pacino is the only guy on his game here and the digital creations of the stars in their youth just look creepy..watch only if curious.
Ad Astra (2019)
20 word Review Guy
A combination of Apocalypse Now and 2001 with a father -son relationship played out...beautiful vision and sound...enjoy.
Rocketman (2019)
100 word review.....What a Mess.
We wanted trashy...insight ...and dramatic scenes to flesh out John's rise in the early seventies to rock stardom with his songs presented as we heard them.
Instead we get a badly structured half-ass musical with many of the songs falling flat.
It's a damn shame the story was mangled by this waste of time by all involved.
See it if you like school musicals....everybody else avoid this car crash.
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
Cold Hard Trash
Would it be fair to say that James Cameron couldn't see a movie in this and let it go. I think so.
This film is as cold as the apple it was made on...no character development...no arc...no story really...a movie for little girls and boys that fantasise about robots .
Avoid if you are older than 13.
Good Omens (2019)
Stupid is as stupid Does
Overrated..overblown adaptation of a silly book by Gaiman.....some nice gags throughout but falls apart like a cheap suit in the end.
For people that are easily pleased in biblical gags ...trendy story-telling and like children solving complex problems...other then that avoid like....the plague.
The Wild Wild West: The Night of the Sabatini Death (1969)
West's Island
This is not a bad 'West', but what it lacks in story it makes up with in atmosphere. What's really great about it is that it stars Alan Hale and Jim Backus from 'Gilligan's Island' on the show and even plays the 'Gilligan's' theme song briefly at the end of the episode. Dawn Wells had also starred on the show earlier in it's run. And why not,both shows were on CBS. Even though Hale is a good sidekick we again miss Arte and his disguises. The spooky sets are fine and remind me of a scooby doo episode but the plot we've seen a thousand times For that reason the show is a little dry but sit back and take a three hour tour of the Wild Wild West. It's a fun episode
The Wild Wild West: The Night of the Winged Terror: Part 1 (1969)
West...James West
This two part episode comes closest in my opinion to a 'Bond' film. We have at least three different villains including a diabolical big headed mastermind who is intent on destroying the good ol' U S of A with hypnosis and assassination who lives in a vast underground hide-out that is destroyed in the end. We have great guest actors like Harry Lauter who was in just about every TV show made including Robert Conrad's 'Hawaian Eye'.
We get Bernard Fox from Hogan's Heroes as one Dr Occularis who kills himself with a backward firing gun and Robert Ellenstein who was so memorable in North by North West as another Dr Occularis.
Jackie Coogan, the former child star, shows up as the mayor and William Schallert who had been in two previous Wests plays Jame's assistant Frank Harper
He's no Arte, who is still missing in action, but his performance is to be admired. This would be the only two part Wild and a good time is had by all. Most enjoyable.
The Wild Wild West: The Night of the Spanish Curse (1969)
West of Mexico
Even though Arte Gordon manages an appearance in this episode I found this show a little by-the-numbers for my liking.
The series falls into humdrum with this script and one has to wonder whether the injuries to Conrad and Martin and the changing co-stars were having a negative effect at this stage.
The story as it stands has a bunch of thugs dressing up as Conquistadors and threatening a village in Mexico with a fake volcano.
The normally excellent Thayer David plays the fake God Cortez and even he looks like he was going through the motions.
It's nice to see Arte back in action and the volcano machine looks fantastic but one hopes that this wouldn't begin a down hill run for the rest of the series.
The Wild Wild West: The Night of Miguelito's Revenge (1968)
A Loveless West !
Even though Pike had appeared before in ,'Night of the Camera', this looks to be his first episode as he is introduced by Col Richmond to West so my thinking is that this was the first show that was filmed with Pike after Martin's injury.
It's funny that Loveless makes his final appearance in Wild Wild West at the same time that Arte is missing in action.
It's always great to watch Dunn as Dr Loveless and is with some sadness that we enjoy his appearance knowing that he wouldn't return.
Of course he's up to his old tricks with a mechanical man threatening West and using the cover of a traveling circus to cage his victims is typical Loveless stuff. Loveless to West was the Joker to the Batman.
And it's a shame that after this show we would see him no more
The Wild Wild West: The Night of the Avaricious Actuary (1968)
West's Big Fork
A giant fork is destroying mansions and the boys become involved trying to figure out who's behind it. A great episode with Ross Martin shining as an uppity waiter carving tooth picks for an unsavory guest.
Harold Gould who would later go on to be the bad guy in Mel Brook's 'Silent Movie', is the guest villain and we also get a terrific appearance from Fritz Feld who gets to pop his mouth like in every other TV show he appeared in such as Lost in Space.
The action skips around and West and Arte get to go on a date at the end. Watch for the henchman rip his pants right up the backside as West punches him.
You can't miss it.
Unfortunately Gordon would injure himself in this episode and miss a few episodes
The Wild Wild West: The Night of the Camera (1968)
West misses Artemus Gordon
I'll start by saying that this is a great episode of Wild but Martin's non-appearance throws you off a little.
Aidman is introduced as Pike, a new assistant that seems to know his way around Arte's stuff so well that he must be using Arte's costumes since he's living on the train.
But the great character is the timid 'fed' Bosley Cranston played by Pat Paulsen who happens to have the 'camera' of the title...a photographic memory.
Watching the three way dynamics as they attempt to pull off a quasi-mission impossible type crime is great stuff with gadgets popping out everywhere and Barry Atwater..the Vampire from 'Night Stalker' as the pool-playing villain. Great episode but you are left with the feeling that Martin is part of the magic of the show and that magic is missing.
The Wild Wild West: The Night of the Kraken (1968)
Watery West
I've always loved the stories of this show when they take place in San Francisco down on the water front. Of course it's not really San Francisco but a Paramount set in LA but the atmosphere they achieved was wonderful.
Add to that a sea monster destroying ships, Arte in his sea man disguise, West using ancient diving equipment and Ted Knight from the Mary Tyler Moore Show lurking around as a doomsayer and you've got yourself a wildly entertaining show.
The show was also written by Stephen Kandel who wrote episodes for just about every TV show that ever existed from Batman to The Incredible Hulk.
Unfortunately this was his only Wild Wild West script but it's a good one.
The Wild Wild West: The Night of the Gruesome Games (1968)
Wild and Wilder
You have to love any television show that has the good sense to cast Sherry Jackson in it.
Fan favourite for being in so many genre shows on television she shines in this episode as Lola Cortez.
William Schallert, later of Hardy Boys fame plays the rotten old games master and as these supposed rich people all wander around in a room playing games and vying for gifts the boys have to find an explosive which will explode in a number of hours.
It really doesn't make any sense but the colors to the show are vibrant and everybody looks like they're having a great time making it.
Enjoyable.
The Wild Wild West: The Night of the Fugitives (1968)
Go West!
Well here we go with the running, jumping, episode. Never in any other episode will you see more of James West moving around as much as this show. There is much to like in this episode, what with Simon Oakland, who was terrific in The Night Stalker, as the heavy Diamond Dave, Arte in disguise as a con artist preacher, Norbit the creepy woman-loving book-keeper and a script by the wonderful Paul Playdon who wrote a lot of the better Mission Impossibles it is a good episode let down by a weak finale. This is also the episode where Conrad nearly died in a very bad fall and it's all on camera for you to see. And boy it looks nasty. Overall good stuff.
The Wild Wild West: The Night of the Doomsday Formula (1968)
Arabian Artemus
Two episodes in and the series is travelling along fine. There's a lot to admire in this show. West coming to the rescue of the maiden in distress by scooping her up out of the fire with a gadget that Batman would use in a similar fashion in Burton's classic years later.
Kevin Mc Carthy, a fan fave since the Invasion of the Body Snatchers sliming it up as the bad guy.
An explosive so powerful,'..it could destroy the world.'
Artie's hilarious playing of the musical instrument and the great comedy with the record skipping.
This is what the Wild wild west is all about.
The Wild Wild West: The Night of the Big Blackmail (1968)
All the President's Men
Conrad and Ross are back again for more weird western tales in this the forth season's opening episode and quite an entertaining one it is as well. We get to see the two federals protecting President Grant from harm when he is threatened by a pre Mel Brooks Harvey Korman.
Robert Conrad shows us that the fighting is going to be as intense as ever( this was before he was nearly injured and killed in a stunt gone wrong in the upcoming,'The Night of the Fugitives)
And Ross Martin shows us his brilliant comic touch, particularly in the climax to the show.
A wonderful start to what would be a troubled final season for The Wild Wild West.