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			<title><![CDATA[Re: What was the last TV show you watched?]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[[b]Stargirl[/b]
The pilot episode was great. Below is my review
[url]https://funmismoviereviews.blogspot.com/2020/05/stargirl-pilot.html[/url]

Gonna review it every week.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2020 22:06:09 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[[b]Harmon Quest[/b]
I love Dan Harmon's work, but this is so great. Definitely considering playing D&D after watching. The improvisation, the dark humor, and the animation to go with the storytelling is a blast to watch.

[b]Godless[/b]
Surprisingly, I watched this and didn't fall asleep, and it is one of those real talk shows. I usually can't stand westerns but I was impressed with this. The dialogue, the interesting characters, the set pieces, and the action. Netflix really trusts their creators.

[b]House of Cards[/b]
Just started watching it. I'll just leave it at that.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2017 18:56:33 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[[b]Iron Fist[/b]
I think I'm done looking at critic's reviews. They called this show uninteresting, slow, and boring. All lies. I really enjoyed this series and was engaged the whole thing. Definitely worth the watch. The "whitewashing" case with the show is ridiculous. You can't whitewash a character that has always been white. Some of the complaints happen to be some of the reasons they praised Jessica Jones a few years ago, which was a lot slower, and more often than not, quite boring. I hope there is a second season after The Defenders.

The hip hop soundtrack worked really well with the images. Hip Hop and Martial Arts are a great combo, and the fight scenes inventive. Some of it wasn't particularly filmed a significant way and the choreography helping it, but it doesn't best Daredevil's fight scenes. This was also the most "visual" of the 4 shows, with Danny's power unleashed, especially later in the season.

Overall, I'd give it a 6.5/10]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2017 03:31:03 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[I forgot about this thread.  I had a great viewing week, including: 

[b]1) The Goldbergs[/b]
I thought last week's "Karate Kid" episode was the best episode, with Adam Goldberg vs Adam Goldberg.  This week's "Jar Wars" episode even surpassed that, taking the place as the best episode this season.

Every episode of Goldbergs is broken down into three parts:
- 25 minutes of laughing
- 4 minutes of crying
- 1 minute of home movies

[b]2) 24: Legacy[/b]

Everyone's most hated terrorist in this episode is Amira.  This season is only 12 episode, but they don't call the show "12".  This was episode (hour) 6, the halfway point.  In the next episode we usually find those who are behind the terrorists, and the problem gets bigger.  The formula is to break down an day (season) into two parts evenly like that.  Next week, my favorite character, Tony Almeida, returns!  Everyone's excited in the community.

[b]3) Glenn Beck[/b]

Extremely heartwrenching episode, where they had a guest on from Operation Underground Railroad, with whom Glenn went with to Thailand.  Together they are part of a team of undercover agents trying to break up a child prostitution ring and free the 111 child slaves inside.  It staggers the mind what indescribable mistreatment of children exists.  We are so blessed.


[b]4) Designated Survivor[/b]

Great politcial thriller in the spirit of 24.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2017 21:04:33 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[[b]Riverdale[/b]
More of a guilty pleasure, if anything. The whole family's into it.]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (funmiproductions)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2017 20:44:13 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: What was the last TV show you watched?]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Got to entirely agree with you there, Mr Vertigo, sometimes I felt like they were writing a script for a completely different genre (I mean the whole 'Euros can hypnotise anyone easily' would be better suited to a fantasy theme, not crime and mystery). It's a shame, as I was really looking forward to it all this time :(]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (Dragon Brick Studios)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2017 20:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[[b]Sherlock Series 4[/b] (2017)

Oh boy.

I never thought I would actually be saying this... but this was cringeworthy.  It's just [i]bad[/i].

The writing is absolutely horrible, to the point where you legitimately wonder whether the screenwriters were taking the same stuff as Sherlock when coming up with this.  This series/season tries [i]way[/i] too hard to be too clever for its own good when the basic plot is so mind-numbingly stupid.  Granted, [i]Sherlock[/i] has always been self-aware in this regard, but at this point it crosses the line from being clever to being downright obnoxious.  The entire series of episodes clumsily tries manipulate your emotions in the worst possible way.

[spoiler]The death of Mary, in particular, felt like a pretty cheap shot (heh) to me.  I did however like how the characters develop from that--John becomes withdrawn and depressed, Sherlock shows genuine remorse and humility and really shows how far he's come since "A Study in Pink".[/spoiler]



The set-up for "The Lying Detective" is actually really great.  There's brilliant editing and cinematography (and the most imaginative visual depiction of thinking that I've ever seen).  Toby Jones puts in a delightfully odious performance as the slimy Culverton-Smith.  All of this has amazing potential--and in certain instances it really knocks it out of the park.  The "anyone" scene is breath-takingly well executed.

[spoiler]But no, the entire case is just a smokescreen for a gambit to SAVE WATSON because he's DEPRESSED!  And Sherlock getting perilously high and putting himself in mortal danger is somehow the only way that will accomplish this.  Culverton-Smith is caught and apprehended with an almost casual sense of ennui.  [i]What a let-down.[/i][/spoiler]



It gets worse.



[spoiler]I particularly hate how the entire plot revolves around what is basically a family squabble.  The return of Moriarty, the serial killers and criminals Sherlock fights, all is pushed aside in favour of a petty family argument.  (Granted, most family arguments don't involve murder, but still).  Making every conflict and event revolve around the protagonists' personal lives feels so... parochial.  It completely closes off wider possibilities in favour of what are pretty selfish motivations.  The "OMG THE VILLAIN IS A CLOSE RELATIVE!!!11!" card is a pretty forced way to add drama to a story as is, and here it's implemented in an extremely ham-fisted way.  Speaking of the villain...

Eurus somehow manages to incorporate three of most overused and obnoxious cliches: the child psychopath, the child genius, and the creepy child who speaks in a sing-song voice.  Even though she's an adult.  The out-of-nowhere reveal that there is a third Holmes sibling makes absolutely no sense and is extremely contrived.  (And no, "Redbeard" doesn't count as foreshadowing, as it was already established to be Sherlock's childhood dog, and there was no real indication that there is any significance beyond that.)  There's also no explanation or justification as to how she manages to break out of a solitary confinement cell in the most secure mental institution in the country, successfully impersonate a billionaire's daughter and a therapist, obtain military-grade weaponry, and somehow take over the entire facility and guards and compromise the structural integrity of the entire prison without anyone noticing... except she talked with Moriarty for 5 minutes and can hypnotise people?  At this point it would make more sense to give her literal magic powers.  Moriarty's presence also has no purpose and the only reason he's there is because he has to be.  It's not even clear how Eurus and Moriarty found out about each other's existence--is Mycroft really [i]that[/i] bad at keeping secrets?  For someone in such a high position of power he sure seems to be shockingly incompetent at doing his job.

Maybe I'm reading way too much into this, but it just seems ridiculous that a person locked in solitary confinement since childhood is somehow the smartest person in the entire show.  No matter how smart a person is, in solitary confinement with no human contact/stimuli, the brain begins to deteriorate.  And even if that was accounted for... how does she know so much about the outside world or how humans interact?  Why does she have normal speech and behaviour patterns?  How is she even able to pass for a normal human to the point where it fools Sherlock [i]and[/i] Watson... [i]twice[/i]?  It makes no sense.

And then she decides to turn the facilities into the Aperture Science labs and run "experiments" on Sherlock, Mycroft, and John... because Sherlock wouldn't play with her when she was a 5-year old?  [i]What?[/i]  That has got to be the lamest antagonist plan in... forever.[/spoiler]

The entire finale is a non-stop chain of ever more contrived situations in order to squeeze an emotional reaction out of the audience, and it's executed with such gracelessness and ineptitude that it's painful to sit through.

It's a shame, because there are so many brilliant individual moments, but it's so let down by the shoddy and awful writing.  I don't think I've ever seen a series jump the shark (or aquarium) this spectacularly.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2017 09:11:45 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[The last show I watched was duck dynasty season 10]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (brickorbrack)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2017 04:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[i just watched that too. amazing......]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (Cooked Cat)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2017 03:58:45 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[[b]Sherlock Season 4[/b] OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!!! YAZ YAZ YAZ!!!! [b]11/10[/b] HANDZ DOWN, NO QUESTIONS ASKED!!! BBC I LUV YOU :love: :love: :love:]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (If I Were A Minifig)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 17:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Christmas ISISicle

Parody of Hallmark movies by  Stu Berguire, who was behind the earlier parody, ''The Christmas Twist''.]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (HoldingOurOwn)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2016 04:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Greatest Hits.

First episode.  Focused on 1980 to 1985.  Recorded it.  Loved it.

next week skipping to 1995-2000.  I may pass until 1986-1990]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (HoldingOurOwn)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2016 23:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[These two came out awhile ago, but they are still really good.  Both are based on Elizabeth Gaskell's books.

[b]North & South[/b]2004

Really good. 10/10.


[b]Cranford[/b]

Another really good series. 10/10.]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (Jessica W.)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2016 00:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[I never heard of that show, but I love MacGyver!]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (HoldingOurOwn)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2016 23:20:48 +0000</pubDate>
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			<link>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/361242/#p361242</link>
			<description><![CDATA[[b]The Burn Notice[/b]

I didn't catch this show when it originally aired. About halfway through the first season now, it's just a fun show to just sit down and watch. Definitely has a 'MacGyver' feel to it with the narration, gadgets and random spy stuff.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2016 22:32:15 +0000</pubDate>
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