Thursday, November 30, 2017

The Good Place S1 - 95%



Very funny. Many great moments and good setups.
Very sacrilegious. It was interesting to dissect every thought and consider/compare to Christianity.
The manage to push a concept of good/bad and right/wrong without mentioning Christianity.
I liked this because very much because it didn't come off as offensive to Christianity.

It also did a good job of illustrating the flaws in a non grace system. They claim that the way to the good place is earned by the sum total of all the good things we do out weighing the sum total of all the bad things we do. I am so thankful that this is not the case in reality.

The main offensive part to me was that the show claimed some things were good when they are not.

Ted Danson plays his role well.

Amazingly good set up for season 2.
Watched this together with my wife and we will be continuing to watch more.

Punisher - 85%



Very gory and a lot of unnecessary sex scenes.
Story was decent though it had a rocky start.
Mainly because there was not a clear antagonist for the first half of the series.
And even after the antagonist was revealed it wasn't compelling.
I felt somewhat lost in the plot sometimes. Like why was whoever doing whatever.

Jon Bernthal did a great job acting.
The relationship between Micro and Punisher and Micro's family made the series.
Gore went over the top but that was expected going in.
Pace was pretty good but the first 2 episodes felt like filler more than a setup.

I like how it didn't feel like a setup for another season.
Much better than Iron Fist and Defenders.

Overall, This was a bit better than I expected it to be.






Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Enterprise S1 - 95%



The first episode was blah but beyond that the series has been great.
True to the Trek franchise.
Likable characters and good development.
Good ratio of filler and story.

I liked the Dear Doctor episode a lot.

I will continue watching this at a slow pace. i.e. when I got nothing better to watch..

Factorio - 100%



Fantastic game.
Great mechanics, good for speed run.
Great replay ability.
So well thought out and intuitive.





Sunday, November 5, 2017

Stranger Things S2 - 90%



The first six episodes were great.
Poor Max couldn't catch a break...
3 Love triangles!? That is too much. Glad they killed off Bob.
Steve as a babysitter is dumb.

There were WAY TO MANY NOSE BLEEDS. Stop!!!! And then at the end! Double nose bleed!
The ending was uninspired. Just wrapped everything up.
I would be happy if the series ended here...

All in all it was fun and watched it all with my wife over a few nights. She liked it too.