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She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022)
Please, I beg you. No second season!
After painfully watching the whole first season, in hope of something good and entertaining, I have two conclusions.
One is, that this show missed to be a comedy series. Or a court drama series. Or a superhero series. And it missed to have a plot captivating and connecting each episode and coming to a great season finale. Or to be a socially critical series.
Second is, I am just too stupid to understand what that series wants to be.
Whatever it is, I am very disappointed. For me this one hit rock bottom. Another reason for my disappointment is the poor CGI.
So, I really do not need another season of that.
Being Human (2011)
"I am sorry"
... that would be a better title for the series. Not because it is so bad, but because that is a phrase you will hear a lot. And I mean ... A LOT.
The idea of some supernatural creatures who just want to be normal is interesting and promising. And some episodes are captivating.
It is a nice series to watch (or rather listen to) during some activities, like ironing and folding clothes or putting together a Lego set.
But other than that the overal storytelling is too bland and sometimes everything is getting too complicated.
The Wheel of Time (2021)
Unnecessary changes, fast pacing and weak acting
I have changed my rating for an awesome Nynaeve/Logain moment (at the end of episode 4). This alone was worth 2 more stars.
Still my previous opinion stands.
After watching the first three episodes ... I will rather stick to the books. For me this show does not work well. To be fair, there were some really good moments. Like Padan Fain during the attack, Shadar Logoth or modern builidings overgrown with vegetation.
I find it difficult connecting with the characters, so I would not care what might happen to them. The changes they made are ruining it, for me (Mat's character and family, Perrin's private life and accident or Thom's appearance and his instrument, especially). And I think all or most of the changes were not necessary to convert the books for a TV show (look at Game of Thrones adaption, especially of the first season).
I can't believe that Brandon Sanderson spoke so highly about the scripts, which he said that he has read.
From the way how The Children of the Light looked like, I got some mad elves vibe. Not like from a hardcore military faction which is fanatically religious. Still, the characters of Eamon Valda and Geofram Bornhald behaved more like I would imagining it (which is good).
The setup does't feel consistent for me, kind of Medieval Fantasy but also kind of Western. As if one person was creating some sceneries (Two Rivers, Shadar Logoth) and another person (completely not in sync) some other sceneries, like the mining town (I was really expecting a gun fight at any moment).
Some of the conversations did not feel natural. Somehow stiff and not in place. And what people said was not reflected by their expression (face and/or posture). This was not the case all the time but often enough that it becomes recognizable, for me.
The Trollocs are also a little bit of a dissapointment, but really just a little bit. In the show there is a lack of diversity of types of Trollocs. Still, I like how they remain having somehow human faces.
Oh dear, the Fade. It is depcited as a screaming creature (with some strong resemblance to a Nazgul). And perhaps it got his mouth full of sharp teeth from a Draghkar? But isn't the really scarying thing about a Fade, beside of his look, that it can very well speak?
Now the Dragon could be male or female. Why would a female Dragon be an issue? Women do not get mad by using the One Power and in the show they stated that this age's version of the Dragon will fix what that from the previous age has broken. So, why would a female Dragon Reborn be a danger or as dangerous as a male one?
In the show several things happen kind of conveniently, compared to the books where the characters had to go through a lot of misery. So, for me the pacing is a little bit to quick and things seem to happen because the writer said so and not because it make sense to happen. For instance how Perrin and Egwene met the Tuatha'an or how Lan found the other group of Aes Sedai.
And lastly, it felt to me like a "Women Power" advertising show. For instance, the way how the Women Cirlce was shown and that the Village Council was completely scratched (but in the books an important thing is the balance between those two). Or like only the women tried to fight at least one Trolloc but men not (I guess they were all hiding or ran away).
I am giving 4 stars (now 6, because of the before mentioned Nynaeve/Logain moment) because it is not the worst stuff I have seen.