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B Positive (2020)
An OK show to watch - not as bad as reviews say
I watched this after reading some of the negative reviews. In response to those reviews the laugh track is not that noticeable and the show is at least a step above the typical fair that doesn't grab your attention or last long these days.
I found it very watchable for 20 minutes of light entertainment and I watched all of the first six episodes over a weekend. Not all the dialog consists of one-liners, there are some nice serious moments and the comedy is only occasionlly cheezy.
If something like 2 Broke Girls deserves a 6.7 and 138 episodes then this deserves at least an 8. I would actually give it a 6.5 and 2BG about a 3. 2BG was just a series of badly written, over sexualized one-liners with actors that couldn't help but advertise they were about to deliver a zinger each and every time. Enough about that show, but it is annoying that something higher quality can't get any traction in comparison.
The Invisible Man (2020)
Should be The Impossible Man
This film relies on the character being invisible plus being able to pull off action that have a very low possibility of succeeding. The other characters have to be almost marionettes with no resistance at all. I give it a 5 or 6 because I'd never watch it again, but I wasn't bored, just unimpressed at the end.
FBI: Safe Room (2020)
Makes no sense whatsoever
Along with the usual problems of magical surveilance cameras, pixel enhancers and trackable cars that solve critical portions of the crime in seconds, the plot in this episode makes absolutely no sense.
#1 - how can a father have a child and the police somehow believe he is delusional
#2 - how can the FBI actually believe the father will kill the girl when he gives every clue that he has no intention of doing that
#3 - the FBI lies to a man and creates his paranoia and increase the chance of harming the girl
#4 - when the full truth is finally available they continue to lie and risk everyone's life and end up killing him
That's it for this show.
God Friended Me (2018)
Repetitive and Predictable
God Friended Me hits you over and over with a hammer by having the characters repeat the terms "God Account" and "friend suggestion" in nearly every scene. This gets annoying very quickly.
A little effort in writing the dialog would go a long way to improving this show. Each episode is a cookie cutter formula and while some may appreciate the life lessons, they often feel like sugar being piled on syrup.
FBI (2018)
Jeremy Sisto Yells Alot
All the typical trappings of a by the numbers police drama are checked in this show. Overly agressive angry superior officer who gets three scenes per episode, young techno-nerds who supply key information out of nowhere just at the right moment. And lastly, lazy dialog that guides the viewer, explaining the plot rather than having the characters speak to each other like actual human beings. Although there is some actual conversation mxed in to be fair.
And a new wrinkle, Jeremy Sisto yells alot. Yes, they decided that each episode would feature 3 instances of JS yelling at a room full of people who I guess will negotiate amongst themselves as to who does what when he's finished yelling. The typical viewer wants to relax and watch a show, so how did they decide that having a character that yells is a good idea? I would give it a 5.5 but the yelling drops this show down to a solid 4.
Ten Days in the Valley (2017)
Nothing Interesting, No interesting characters, Don't Care about the Kid
4/10 episodes in we already know who took the child and why and one of them is dead and we are to believe it takes 240+ more minutes to tell the rest of the story? Not sure who thought this could be stretched beyond a 2 hour TV movie.
Chicago Fire: Down Is Better (2017)
Written at a preteen level
Felt like I was watching an after school special but not quite as well written. Hard to describe but all aspects felt like the only people that could appreciate this would be someone who has never seen a TV show before. Very repetitive. This would be more at home on Saturday morning's.
Wisdom of the Crowd (2017)
Painfully contrived
I see a couple 10 out of 10 reviews. Let's be realistic, the second episode uses the wisdom of the crowd of outdoors experts to decide where a young boy might wander while lost in the mountains. Only they get it wrong because they weren't shown the right map accounting for new vegetation growth. Huh? Did it not occur to the writers that the search and rescue people are also all outdoor experts plus they are there on the scene, so why should the "crowd" be an improvement?
Similar to other CBS crime shows, the technology is not even close to realistic, the plot is painfully contrived and you have to really try hard to ignore the gaping holes in the logic.
The Orville (2017)
Okay but bland
I thought it was a spoof like the Tim Allen movie which was fantastic, but this is just a lightweight dramedy set in space.
The main problem is Seth McFarlane and his sense of humour. There is no originality to the lines, you could cut and paste them from old TV shows. No much chemistry with the leading lady either. Too many moments just fall flat, basically the writing is freshman level.
I'm not sure how anyone expects a review of 8/10 or 1/10 to be taken seriously. If you like it you would have to admit that it only gets about 6/10 at best and it is well done enough from a technical perspective that you can't really go below 4/10. So I'll stay in the middle.
Criminal Minds (2005)
Why do people support shows like this?
The characters in this show rarely talk to each other in a realistic manner. You can divide the dialogue into categories: putting someone down, describing an "unsub", delivering plot points (narrative), cool sounding sound-bites and the occasional, extremely rare, actual human interaction.
Who ever heard of a team of 5 people giving a presentation to a local police detachment where each team member speaks one sentence in a choreographed verbal merry-go-round. But this happens in each and every episode.
Predictable per episode: - the black guy will tackle someone without any assistance just before everyone else arrives (I guess he drives in a different and faster car) - the local law enforcement are idiots and are berated as such multiple times - the word "unsub" will be repeated multiple times and other "technical" terms will be used to make the team sound extra smart and then the terms will be explained to the locals who are too stupid to understand - one character will walk into a room and ask another "whats up?" at which point the other character will explain some detail of the case as if the first person had no training whatsoever. In reality this is just talking directly to the audience and delivering plot points to move the story along according to the predictable fill in the blanks script pattern.
Horrible, yet typical crime drama.