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Disenchantment (2018)
Meh
I was so excited for this show. It's been years since I saw Futurama, so I've forgotten pretty much everything except how it made me feel. I was super excited for a show to bring that feeling back.
This ain't it.
The pacing is bizarre, the jokes are either completely flat, or beaten to death and searched for loose comedy, and the characters are so one-dimensional and BORING. Elfo and Sorcerio are the only two I could stand. Luci pops up suddenly and then he's just... there? That is literally never explained, but they tease at it so much. Frustrating. Derek isn't even mentioned until a few episodes in, even though he's always next to Oona. I thought he was another daughter and I spent far too long wondering "can't Guysbert/Merkimer marry her?" And Bean is the whiniest. She could have been super cool. Missed the mark.
My husband and I slogged through the whole thing, hoping it would get better, and it kinda did. The last 3 episodes were starting to find their footing, but were kinda wobbly about it.
And they MASSIVELY overestimated my ability to keep an interest in the cliffhangers from the final episode. By the time 2019 comes, I'm not gonna care to remember all the things I was waiting to find out. Not a well done cliffhanger.
Let It Shine (2012)
Is Disney Trying to Introduce Culture Into the Lives of Little Kids, or Are They Just Running Out of Ideas?
So while I was watching this with my brothers, I realized something: This movie had some very close similarities to the classic French play "Cyrano de Bergerac:" A not-so-attractive guy, who happens to be great with words falls in love with the beautiful girl he's known for years, but she's in love with the handsome, brainless guy who has no skills with words whatsoever. The brainless guy then enlists the help of the not-so-attractive guy to help him impress the pretty girl. Then I started noticing the names of the characters. In Cyrano de Bergerac, the main character is obviously named "Cyrano," the brainless guy is named "Christian," and the pretty girl is named "Roxanne." In "Let It Shine," the respective names are "Cyrus," "Kris," and (surprise, surprise) "Roxanne." Now I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that. People re-make movies all the time. It's really not that big of a deal... But for some reason it bugs me that they twisted the classic story of Cyrano de Bergerac into a story about rap music, but didn't give any mention to where it came from... But anyway, as far as the quality of the movie, it wasn't the WORST thing Disney has come out with. By Disney standards, it's not bad, but when you compare Disney movies with real movies, that's not really saying much...