Velma thoughts

Velma is the latest Scooby Doo series (this is a prequel, so there is no Scooby). So far, it seems kind of bad but there are 10 episodes in this season, so there is a chance the show could get better.  There is also a chance that a famous sports radio host will suddenly realize he's not that funny. (Fill in the sports radio host as you see fit. It can be a national host or a local host.)

Some of the jokes are bad. Some of the jokes might be trying too hard to be meta. Or maybe meta jokes need to be used wisely and too many back to back meta jokes is a bad thing. Or maybe the  show is trying too hard to be edgy. (I am not against edgy humor in theory.)

Is this as bad in its own way as the infamous comic book Ultimatum? Well, probably not but Ultimatum was the rare thing that might be worse than its bad reputation. (I might say Ultimatum is among the worst Marvel comics of the last 20 years.)

This review is good. 

I watched the Jason and the Argonauts mini-series

I re-watched the Jason and the Argonauts mini-series recently. It was fun. Maybe the effects would be a lot better if it was made today but I thought they were decent for the time. Also maybe since it was a made for TV project, I did not expect that much of the effects. 

Brian Thompson plays Hercules. That was fun. He was usually a villain in movies like Doctor Mordred and Fright Night 2 (the original). Thompson probably had the most fun of anyone in the cast. 

I think it holds up.

It is 3 hours but spread out over 2 episodes. Maybe it is better watched over 2 days.

 

Unconnected show

 I was a watching a show on a big streaming service, the name of the show is not important (for this posting).The show was unconnected to anything. It was not a sequel to an old series or remake of an old series or a spin-off from a film franchise. It was not a spin-off from another show. The premise was similar to a premise of a comedy movie from years ago but there are not a lot of original ideas. 

I liked the unconnected nature of the show. I did not to know an elaborate backstory. I did not have to watch, or haved watched, another show to know who a character was. The show explained what needed to be explained as it progressed.

It was nice. 

I am not against shows being connected to other shows or bing part of a larger franchise. However sometimes it seems like connections to other shows or being part of a larger franchise is more important to  shows than it should be. 

Thoughts on the Book of Boba Fett

I did not get into the book of Boba Fett. It was not terrible but I think I will not finish it. I watched three out of seven episodes, I was not invested and I gave up. (I was invested enough to watch the fourth season of Cobra Kai in two days.)There are so many shows on so many networks or streaming services,  I feel okay giving up on one if I am not invested.

The last episode is controversial on twitter because one character did a spin move. That sounds silly. One small moment takes people out of a show or makes them not like it. Maybe I am misreading the tweets but the reaction to a small moment seems strong.

Maybe I am not the audience for these Star Wars shows. I am not sure why that is. 

Maybe I am not interested in Boba Fett or never was. 

 

Cobra Kai season four thoughts

I have not done one of these in a while. I liked season four of Cobra Kai. It is not perfect but I look forward to season 5.

Here are three things I disliked

• Return of Stingray (I don’t care for the character and when he did not return in season 3, I was happy) 
• Johnny and Daniel being at odds for so long
• I thought there were too many flashbacks (I have become anti-flashback)

Three things I liked

• Eli/Hawk’s story
• Some of the new characters
• Robby (or Robbie) this season seemed more interesting

Is the valley really a smaller place than I think? Sometimes the characters run into each other in places or characters are related to other characters in a way that makes the valley seem small. Maybe that is just a storytelling feature of the show at this point.

the last season of Arrow was good

I haven't written much about TV lately, so maybe I should start up again.

The last season of Arrow was good. Maybe it helped that it was a short season but I really enjoyed it I had given up on Arrow and stopped watching at some point in season 6 or maybe early in season 7.

Arrow had its ups and downs, as most long running TV shows do. I don't know if the show really peaked in season 2 like a lot of critics claimed. I am not sure it really matters, I enjoyed the first five seasons and the eight season. I am glad that it went off on a relatively positive note.

The best thing in the last season of Arrow was probably Oliver interacting with his grown children. Thanks to time travel Oliver got to meet adult children, who had grown up without him. I am sucker for this kind of thing I guess.

I will miss Amell in the next crossover and I liked seeing him and Grant Gustin interact. The next cross-over is probably when I will really notice Oliver's absence the most next season of Flash and the other Arrowverse shows.

Amell might have said something about never coming back but he just finished filming the eighth season when he said that. In a few years he might change his mind. If he does, good. If not, that is okay too.

Charmed season 2 is off to a good start

The new Charmed is in its second season and it basically tossed the first season aside. The Charmed ones have a new role, live in a new city, and the supporting casts is gone. I think they are also presumed dead, so they might need to get fake identities.

That is kind of interesting. Now it seems like demons are gathering and declaring war on Witches. I am not sure what the demons have against the witches. This could be interesting.

It looks there could be new love interests for each of the sisters. I guess the love interests from last season won’t come back.

I think this might be worth checking out.