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The Orville - Season 1
The Orville - Season 1
2017 | Sci-Fi
Reminded me of Star Trek: TNG (1 more)
interesting characters
Marketed as a straight up comedy (1 more)
Seth MacFarlane's acting
Not knowing what it wanted to be hurt the beginning
I had trouble accepting this show because I went in expecting a straight comedy, which is the takeaway I had from the commercials. But it wasn't funny enough to be a parody. And it wasn't serious enough to be a serious sci-fi show.

Slowly it grew on me though. I accepted it for what it is and started to get a Star Trek: The Next Generation feel.


The stories are interesting and the characters are great, especially the non-human characters.


Definitely worth a shot. If you find yourself unimpressed with the first couple eps, stick with it, it will grow on you.
  
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Awix (3310 KP) rated Peter Rabbit (2018) in Movies

Mar 19, 2018 (Updated Mar 23, 2018)  
Peter Rabbit (2018)
Peter Rabbit (2018)
2018 | Animation
Almost wholly ghastly bastardisation of Beatrix Potter's charming, gentle tales. Starts off with Peter Rabbit essentially killing Mr McGregor (not before contemplating sticking a carrot up his rectum) and goes on from there. 'Hilarious' jokes about Asbestos poisoning and anaphylactic shock ensue, plus a sight gag where Mrs Tiggy-Winkle walks into an electric fence.

Made all the more indefensible by a lovely fully-animated segment which completely captures the style of the original stories. Film-makers clearly not interested in that, though: not nearly 'contemporary' or 'irreverent' enough for them. Often resembles a mean-spirited parody of Beatrix Potter, twisted so it can make knowing jokes about rom-coms and so on. Very nearly completely horrible; scrapes one point for the animation sequence, another for Rose Byrne (what can I say, I'm sentimental).