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Hazel (2934 KP) rated Prime Deception in Books

Jan 12, 2018  
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Prime Deception
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2.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
I really don’t know what to say about this book to be honest! I thought I was going to be reading a good thriller but instead, it turned out to be an in-depth exploration of grief and guilt with a bit of thriller thrown in.

The story was interesting but could have been so much more than that; I felt there was way too much emphasis on the feelings of the main characters, which got boring quite quickly, and not enough development of the crime/thriller aspect of the story. The first third of the story was good, the second third was boring and the last third was when the tension developed but this was over very quickly.

Full review - http://haziegaze.blogspot.co.uk/
  
Free Solo (2018)
Free Solo (2018)
2018 | Documentary
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8.3 (4 Ratings)
Movie Rating
The best view comes after the hardest climb. Free Solo (2019) Review
In a world of ever-increasing strip-mining of existing properties for prequels and spin-offs, never in my wildest dreams did I imagine someone would set out to make a whole movie about the opening sequence of “Star Trek V: The Final Frontier”.

Of course, that was fantasy and “Free Solo” is reality and although the climbing of El Capitan is the film’s crowning glory, the real hook of the documentary is in its exploration of what drives Alex Honnold to do what he does, proving that there’s so much more to the compulsion to climb a mountain than ‘because it’s there’...

FULL REVIEW: http://bit.ly/CraggusFreeSolo
  
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Artie Adams (1 KP) rated The Orville in TV

May 28, 2018 (Updated May 28, 2018)  
The Orville
The Orville
2017 | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Change the character names and every script would work as a TNG or VOY episode (0 more)
Illustrates just how much of a trainwreck CBS's crap factory is (0 more)
The best Star Trek on TV
When CBS announced that a new Star Trek series would be coming in 2017, they should have made it clear it wasn't anything THEY were making. But they didn't have Star Trek alumni like Brannon Braga or actual fans (or just people who've ever watched Star Trek) like Seth MacFarlane making their programs.

The Orville is a return to the optimistic exploration of the human condition that made Trek great, featuring social commentary (About a Girl, Krill, Majority Rule), hard sci-fi (Pria, New Dimensions), and a mixture of the both (Mad Idolatry).