Rate The Last TV Show Episode You Watched

[AndyDursin]

I haven't bothered with it. Fans loved seeing all the cast back together again but it seemed a transparent play to muzzle in the rest of their agenda with "new Trek" sensibilities. Doomcock usually nails these things and he saw right through it along with some other comments that were made:

[Monterey Jack]

Reacher is back...

[jkholm]

I really enjoyed the first season of Reacher. Lots of over the top (and occasionally gory) fight scenes with a likable performance by Alan Ritchson in the lead and some good supporting characters too. Can't say the same about season 2. The fight scenes are less interesting, the stakes are low and the supporting cast very dull. I didn't believe for a second anyone on Reacher's team was credible as members of an elite ex-army unit. The budget on the show must have been cut as well with dull locations and dark camerawork. The final episode is particularly bad. I was hoping they'd saved the best for last. The setup is predictable but with potential as the good guys and bad guys are all together in a giant warehouse, a perfect opportunity for creative cat and mouse fight scenes, the use of found objects as weapons, etc. It was not good. The episode is only 43 minutes long and the action is over after the twenty minute mark leaving the rest of the time for a dull coda.

[BobaMike]

Haven't watched the finale yet, but I feel the same way about Reacher season 2. Too many bland fight scenes, people making terrible choices (why did the good cop just walk up to the guys shooting at him. He had cover behind the car?) . Also, did they film all of Robert Patrick scenes in one afternoon? All he does is walk around the same room on the phone. Boring.

As a big fan of the books, they changed waaaay too much. Reacher is better off by himself. And he talks too much this season.

[Paul MacLean]

Greatest Geek Year Ever: 1982 (8.5./10)

Written by Mark A. Altman, this first-rate documentary series explores what many consider (hence the title) the greatest single year for cinema ever, 1982. Whether one agrees with that assessment or not, '82 was without question a phenomenal epoch in movie history, and this production delves into its myriad of enduring classics.

Greatest Geek Year Ever: 1982 is divided into four segments:

1) Summer of Spielberg
2) Science Fiction
3) Fantasy and Action
4) Comedy and Horror

Many of the interviewees / commentators are people who were inspired by these pictures in their youth, and went on to make a mark in the profession themselves -- Dean Devlin, Zak Penn, Bea Grant, Mick Garris, etc. Additional comments are offered from a few of the people who worked on the actual films, like Buzz Feitshans, John Dyskstra, Adrienne Barbeau, Steven Lisberger, etc. Even Barry Bostick is on-hand to offer some hilarious (and frequently self-effacing) comments about Megaforce!

Some movies do get more attention than others -- E.T. and Poltergeist most obviously (which are allotted their own episode). Star Trek II is also given a generous amount of coverage, with Nicholas Meyer and Robert Sallin on hand to provide reminiscences. Blade Runner also a gets generous coverage -- though sadly no comments from Ridley Scott, but Sean Young offers a few interesting bits of trivia, as does Paul M Sammon (who probably knows more about Blade Runner than anyone).

In contrast The Road Warrior gets no more than two or three minutes of coverage, which is pretty unforgivable considering how influential it was -- and that it was a big hit despite being a sequel to a film almost no one in America saw. (The considerably less-significant Rocky III is, bafflingly, given far-more attention here.) However I appreciated this series did spend a good amount of time on The Thing and Conan The Barbarian, acknowledged the importance of The Dark Crystal, and also included coverage of 48 Hrs., Tron, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Creepshow, The Beastmster, First Blood and a number of other significant pictures from '82.

Greatest Geek Year Ever: 1982 really drives home the fact that these movies really were excellent -- at least within the confines of their aspirations (and many of them broke beyond those confines). The series also effectively points out that many 1982 films were also extremely innovative -- and managed the feat of pushing the envelope while remaining accessible and finding large audiences. Many also spawned sequels, and influence films and television to this very day.

All four segments can be view on CW's website...

https://www.cwtv.com/shows/greatest-gee ... d1cc44bb4e

[Monterey Jack]

In contrast The Road Warrior gets no more than two or three minutes of coverage, which is pretty unforgivable considering how influential it was -- and that it was a big hit despite being a sequel to a film almost no one in America saw.

The original Mad Max made $100 million!

https://screenrant.com/mad-max-1979-rec ... e-history/

[Paul MacLean]

The original Mad Max made $100 million!

https://screenrant.com/mad-max-1979-rec ... e-history/

But was not a success in the US. I said "it was a sequel to a film almost no one in America saw".

[AndyDursin]

Yeah exactly, the original Max was a dud in the US. It's why Warner had to retitle the sequel THE ROAD WARRIOR domestically, because nobody knew what MAD MAX was.