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matt_zimmerAlso a review for the latest episode of The Flash.
Star Trek: Picard "Imposters"
I loved it.
That confrontation between Ro and Picard was 30 years in the making. They played up the conflict to the hilt and explored every inch of their grief. And her sacrifice was amazing. I had always assumed Ro died when the Dominion committed genocide against the Maquis. This is much more fitting ending to her.
Star Trek is notorious for giving characters crappy deaths. This is literally the second good one after Hemmer on Strange New Worlds.
Worf's trick was great. A Vulcan gangster. I think his logic is flawed, but it was cool getting a Star Trek role for Kirk Acevedo. It would be illogical for them to kill him but Worf is bleeding out and his impatience might take over. This is all great stuff.
Him saying him and the Ferengi Sneed were brothers was a very interesting facet. I wish Star Trek did more stuff like that and it's why I love this specific iteration.
Jack Crusher is almost certainly a Changeling. Probably a sleeper agent. I don't think he knows.
Wonderful episode. ****1/2.
The Flash "The Good, The Bad, And The Lucky"
I was cursing the show and my lowered IQ as the episode was going on, and hating every inch of it. But the ending gives me pause in totally dismissing it. It was an empowering, positive ending. The show's entire problem is how dark and depressing it's gotten despite the fact that the premise does not support that tone. I can talk smack about the episode (and I'm gonna) but really, I can't be TOO hard on the show for setting an appropriate tone. It doesn't do that very often.
But there is MUCH to complain about. While we are on the subject of the show being unnecessarily depressing, did killing off Frost and Caitlin actually help the show any? As cute as Khione is, does she improve the show in any measurable way? No, she does not. Also, why was Caitlin never given a funeral? Was Cisco even given a head's up she died? The fact that Cisco hasn't even been MENTIONED first after Frost's death and then Caitlin's is outright disturbing.
I think the stupidest thing in the episode is it positing the idea that a guy in debt to the mob could choose his own inside blackjack dealer to constantly lose to him. Forget the fact there is literally no way for ANYONE to do that, how is it him getting so many blackjacks one right after another didn't raise red flags at the casino? I hate The Arrowverse because the writers are lazy, don't do even cursory research of a given subject they explore, and botch things even I as a layman know are not possible. I've never set foot inside a casino. And even I know this is utter b.s.. And I'm tired of this crap, and I won't miss Greg Berlanti when his tenure running DC stuff comes to an end. Him being involved in SO much stuff makes a LOT of stuff a lot worse than it would have been if there were a different production company involved. It's frustrating as hell how bad that producer is for all of television,, and considering Superman & Lois is my favorite DC show, it puts a knot in my stomach obsessing every week over when they'll finally wreck it (which they probably will). I'm totally sick of this crap.
The Luckiest Girl alive opening is cute, but a little of that chick's screechy voice goes a long way.
I will not miss this show. And I will not miss The Arrowverse. At all. **.
Star Trek: Picard "Imposters"
I loved it.
That confrontation between Ro and Picard was 30 years in the making. They played up the conflict to the hilt and explored every inch of their grief. And her sacrifice was amazing. I had always assumed Ro died when the Dominion committed genocide against the Maquis. This is much more fitting ending to her.
Star Trek is notorious for giving characters crappy deaths. This is literally the second good one after Hemmer on Strange New Worlds.
Worf's trick was great. A Vulcan gangster. I think his logic is flawed, but it was cool getting a Star Trek role for Kirk Acevedo. It would be illogical for them to kill him but Worf is bleeding out and his impatience might take over. This is all great stuff.
Him saying him and the Ferengi Sneed were brothers was a very interesting facet. I wish Star Trek did more stuff like that and it's why I love this specific iteration.
Jack Crusher is almost certainly a Changeling. Probably a sleeper agent. I don't think he knows.
Wonderful episode. ****1/2.
The Flash "The Good, The Bad, And The Lucky"
I was cursing the show and my lowered IQ as the episode was going on, and hating every inch of it. But the ending gives me pause in totally dismissing it. It was an empowering, positive ending. The show's entire problem is how dark and depressing it's gotten despite the fact that the premise does not support that tone. I can talk smack about the episode (and I'm gonna) but really, I can't be TOO hard on the show for setting an appropriate tone. It doesn't do that very often.
But there is MUCH to complain about. While we are on the subject of the show being unnecessarily depressing, did killing off Frost and Caitlin actually help the show any? As cute as Khione is, does she improve the show in any measurable way? No, she does not. Also, why was Caitlin never given a funeral? Was Cisco even given a head's up she died? The fact that Cisco hasn't even been MENTIONED first after Frost's death and then Caitlin's is outright disturbing.
I think the stupidest thing in the episode is it positing the idea that a guy in debt to the mob could choose his own inside blackjack dealer to constantly lose to him. Forget the fact there is literally no way for ANYONE to do that, how is it him getting so many blackjacks one right after another didn't raise red flags at the casino? I hate The Arrowverse because the writers are lazy, don't do even cursory research of a given subject they explore, and botch things even I as a layman know are not possible. I've never set foot inside a casino. And even I know this is utter b.s.. And I'm tired of this crap, and I won't miss Greg Berlanti when his tenure running DC stuff comes to an end. Him being involved in SO much stuff makes a LOT of stuff a lot worse than it would have been if there were a different production company involved. It's frustrating as hell how bad that producer is for all of television,, and considering Superman & Lois is my favorite DC show, it puts a knot in my stomach obsessing every week over when they'll finally wreck it (which they probably will). I'm totally sick of this crap.
The Luckiest Girl alive opening is cute, but a little of that chick's screechy voice goes a long way.
I will not miss this show. And I will not miss The Arrowverse. At all. **.
