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David McK (3770 KP) rated Loki - Season 1 in TV

Jul 25, 2021  
Loki - Season 1
Loki - Season 1
2021 | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
6
6.4 (10 Ratings)
TV Season Rating
The most recent (at the time of writing) of Marvels post-Endgame TV series (after both WandaVision and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) and, once again, this is a very different beast than any of those two previous.

In this one, Tom Hiddleston portrays Loki, as he was just after stealing the Tesseract during the time travel heist of Avengers: Endgame ie before this version of him had lived through those events that occurred after Avengers Assemble (eg Thor: Dark World, Ragnorak, Infinity War etc etc) and is almost immediately arrested by the Time Variance Authority (the TVA), an organisation whose sole purpose is to police the 'sacred timeline'.

Over the course of the series, things prove not always to be as they seem, with this series also (or so I've heard) leading directly into Marvels phase 4 of the MCU.
  
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Cori June (3033 KP) Jul 27, 2021

I'd say it's because it's slow. There's a lot of exposition and it can be draggy. That would be why I'd rate it lower. Worth watching, just be aware.
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Erika (17789 KP) Jul 28, 2021

I disliked the show completely, the only reason I rated it as high as a 5 is because when I averaged the ratings for each episode, the 2 good episodes outweighed the other trash episodes.
It was boring, it turned Loki into a vanilla-boring character, and the writing was terrible. The only reason I continued after the 3rd episode is because of Hiddleston, as I'm a huge fan, and he said that eps 4 and 5 were where it got more interesting. Episode 4 was an abomination. The plot was nonsensical and Hiddleston's acting was cringey. Seriously, the Ragnarok flashdance hair flip occurring multiple times was odd and annoying. I'm in the minority, I apparently watched a completely different show. It caused me to have zero interest in the MCU beyond Shang Chi.
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Erika Kehlet (21 KP) rated 15 Minutes (A Maizie Albright Star Detective Mystery, #1) in Books

Feb 21, 2018  
15 Minutes (A Maizie Albright Star Detective Mystery, #1)
15 Minutes (A Maizie Albright Star Detective Mystery, #1)
Larissa Reinhart | 2017 | Crime, Fiction & Poetry, Mystery
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Celebrity gossip fans, reality TV fans, and of course mystery fans are going to love Maizie Albright. She is determined, quirky, and lots of fun. A former child actor who played a detective on TV, Maisie returns home to Black Pine, Georgia seeking an apprenticeship with a real private investigator. Will Maisie be able to convince her unwilling mentor that she’s more than a hollywood has-been? Full of humor and romance, this is a great start to a new series.

Read more on <a href="https://booksthething.com/2017/01/26/15-minutes-by-larissa-reinhart-blog-tour-giveaway/">The Book's the Thing</a>

<i>I was provided with a free copy from Netgalley in exchange for my honest review.</i>
  
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Dean (6927 KP) rated The Sweeney (2012) in Movies

Feb 10, 2018  
The Sweeney (2012)
The Sweeney (2012)
2012 | Action, Drama, International
5
6.3 (4 Ratings)
Movie Rating
An ok English crime action film based on the old TV series. It looked very good from the trailer, but unfortunately that is quite misleading in the terms of the film as a whole. There are some good chase scenes and action set pieces, although not quite up to Heat (Which one scene is very similar to) but it does have the iconic London landmarks in there. Overall not bad but a bit more action would have been great.
  
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2536 KP) rated The Fix (Burn Notice, #1) in Books

Mar 9, 2018  
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The Fix (Burn Notice, #1)
Tod Goldberg | 2008
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
This tie in to the TV series BURN NOTICE finds former spy Michael Weston trying to track down a husband who stole his wife's fortune while figuring out a way to keep a former Russian spy from killing him. The book captures the characters and tone of the show perfectly, but the plot was a bit weak.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/04/book-review-burn-notice-fix-by-tod.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
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David McK (3770 KP) rated The Mating Season (Jeeves, #9) in Books

Jan 28, 2019  
The Mating Season (Jeeves, #9)
The Mating Season (Jeeves, #9)
P.G. Wodehouse | 2002 | Humor & Comedy
6
7.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
Even by PG Wodehouse standards, this one is pretty complicated - so much so, that Bertie Wooster even provides a list at the end of the novel (something liek 'Sundered Hearts'/'Reunited Hearts')!

Of course, while reading it, I was also (perhaps unavoidably) comparing it to the episodes of the old TV series that were clearly based on this particular novel, making it impossible to visualise any other than Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie as Jeeves and Wooster, respectively.
  
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Ross (3284 KP) rated Preacher: Book 1 in Books

Oct 29, 2019  
Preacher: Book 1
Preacher: Book 1
Steve Dillon, Garth Ennis | 2013 | Fiction & Poetry
10
9.2 (5 Ratings)
Book Rating
Twisted, dark humour
The first volume of Preacher sees Jesse Custer quickly on the run after receiving Genesis (and his church exploding) - in fact, most of the first series of the TV adaption takes place within the first few pages, with a much-expanded look at the life of jaded reverend Custer in the small Texas town of Annville.
The story from there on is mad, twisted, dark and funny and includes so many oddball characters.