02-16-2020, 04:30 PM
I saw a film!
Anon (2018)
This trailer takes lines out-of-context and puts them together in a sometimes cheesy way, but it gives a fair view of the impressive production design of this film! Underappreciated director Andrew Niccol came up with this, and while a few of the character actions seemed a little plot-convenient, I was so impressed with several of the ways they used tech that I went along. Easily better than any of the Black Mirror episodes I've seen. More details here: https://letterboxd.com/nottheacademy/film/anon/
Legion (2017-2019)
Ugh, this show. A phenomenal 1st season with an abrupt WTF ending left me craving more. There needs to be a fan-edit that just trims that last bit, because everyone should stop watching there. It goes into an extremely uneven Season 2 that starts down familiar LOST territory… adding in little story bits that are interesting and exciting but are ultimately not explained (or the explanations are half-ass and don’t make sense) and don’t matter anyway. There’s an abrupt turn at the end of S2 that makes no sense for the characters in the story and becomes a massive case of false equivalency and selective memory. This just leads to a mess of a Season 3, which continues the trend of phenomenal visual presentation and quirky, dark story sensibilities but ultimately character motivations that make no sense. It’s a complete clusterf**k with a cop out of a finale. Avoid at all costs.
That said, this clip is a great representation of what the show did well... 1 psychic is getting help from a scientist to scan for his nemesis. He finds them when they're in a club, and the ensuing psychic battle takes this form:
Prohibition (2011)
That trailer is awesome... not really representative of the style of the series, though, which is much slower. The first of the 3 parts was probably the most interesting to me, as it covered the religious and cultural stirrings that I knew the least about. Full review here: https://letterboxd.com/nottheacademy/film/prohibition/
Anon (2018)
This trailer takes lines out-of-context and puts them together in a sometimes cheesy way, but it gives a fair view of the impressive production design of this film! Underappreciated director Andrew Niccol came up with this, and while a few of the character actions seemed a little plot-convenient, I was so impressed with several of the ways they used tech that I went along. Easily better than any of the Black Mirror episodes I've seen. More details here: https://letterboxd.com/nottheacademy/film/anon/
Legion (2017-2019)
Ugh, this show. A phenomenal 1st season with an abrupt WTF ending left me craving more. There needs to be a fan-edit that just trims that last bit, because everyone should stop watching there. It goes into an extremely uneven Season 2 that starts down familiar LOST territory… adding in little story bits that are interesting and exciting but are ultimately not explained (or the explanations are half-ass and don’t make sense) and don’t matter anyway. There’s an abrupt turn at the end of S2 that makes no sense for the characters in the story and becomes a massive case of false equivalency and selective memory. This just leads to a mess of a Season 3, which continues the trend of phenomenal visual presentation and quirky, dark story sensibilities but ultimately character motivations that make no sense. It’s a complete clusterf**k with a cop out of a finale. Avoid at all costs.
That said, this clip is a great representation of what the show did well... 1 psychic is getting help from a scientist to scan for his nemesis. He finds them when they're in a club, and the ensuing psychic battle takes this form:
Prohibition (2011)
That trailer is awesome... not really representative of the style of the series, though, which is much slower. The first of the 3 parts was probably the most interesting to me, as it covered the religious and cultural stirrings that I knew the least about. Full review here: https://letterboxd.com/nottheacademy/film/prohibition/
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