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So you're like a -- we don't speak of it
SPOILERS -- SPOILERS -- SPOILERS
Well, not really. Jack is shown with pigeon wings on the jacket, and the scars show up in the first scene.
The script plays fast and loose with the cainite origin of -- we don't speak of it.
Rollins is somewhat convincing as Jack; the rest of the cast is on par.
The movie suffers from a slow start, where it does a lukewarm job of building its main character.
It then devolves into lazy and slow-paced Terminator-like action ending.
Its cardinal sin, in my eye, is the lack of lore-building. It awkwardly hints, sometimes, but never really sparks interest.
It stretches the 15-lines background of a game character into a 90 minutes movie. Just not enough butter for that much bread.
Well, Krawczyk (writer and director) apparently wrote a sequel with even less substance (She Never Died, I guess they'll need a dog to round up the trilogy).
So, as good as he gets.
Created: 12-27-2025
Hard sci-fi with fantasy elements, no forced political messaging.
First things first: the person writing this analysis has actually read the material people usually reference when they talk about DEI policies tied to the cultural movement called WOKE.That includes things like Executive Order 14035 (DEIA, 2021), Executive Order 13988 (gender identity and sexual orientation, 2021), EEOC guidance on Title VII, court decisions like Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (2023), and state-level laws such as Florida’s HB 7 (2022), along with similar measures elsewhere. These policies were widely criticized for encouraging identity-based hiring and training frameworks that, according to critics, created bureaucratic overhead, legal gray areas, creative constraints, and in some cases counterproductive results within the entertainment industry.
That said, those executive orders, laws, and court rulings did not create the WOKE movement. That movement has much broader cultural roots: academia, media, corporate culture, social platforms, and earlier activist currents. In short, legal and administrative actions helped institutionalize certain ideas, but they weren’t the sole drivers, or even necessarily the primary ones, behind what people now label as WOKE culture.
What’s being criticized here, specifically in audiovisual storytelling, is the WOKE approach itself, not the presence of a gay character, a trans man, a non-binary character, or a lesbian. In film and TV, “woke” usually means something else entirely: narrative choices that feel forced in order to push a political message, where an external agenda overrides story logic. Something becomes woke when it’s shoved into the narrative, poorly integrated, breaks internal consistency, feels out of place, or exists mainly to serve a message instead of the plot or the characters.
Quick but necessary clarification before moving on: if someone reading this can’t tell the difference between cultural criticism and political positioning, I genuinely don’t recommend continuing. This is about storytelling, industry context, and narrative decisions—not about telling anyone how to vote or what ideology to adopt.
Now, something you don’t usually see on this site: a very clear warning that heavy spoilers are coming.
⚠ SPOILER ALERT ⚠
In Episode 1, it’s established right away that the protagonist is a woman in a relationship with another woman. If that’s part of the setup from the start, that is not woke—it’s just the foundation of the story. I am not anti-homo; I am anti-woke (and if anyone reading this is anti-homo—meaning that seeing two people of the same sex being attracted to each other bothers you—that’s your issue. You always have the power in your hands: you can switch shows, change the channel, or just turn the damn thing off. No one is forcing you to watch this. And if you get worked up over it, you already lost).
Her partner dies very early on, but if the character is attracted to women and you’re presenting her as potentially the last human on Earth, then yes, you’re obviously going to show romantic moments between them. Expect that kind of content. It’s not subtle, and it shouldn’t surprise anyone.
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That said, the first episode itself is fairly weak. Like a lot of viewers worldwide, many people probably kept going mainly because Vince Gilligan is behind it—the same Vince Gilligan who created what a massive chunk of the planet still considers the greatest TV series ever made: Breaking Bad. Otherwise, I’m honestly not sure I would have kept watching, since the inciting incident leans a bit too hard into the fantastical and everything moves extremely fast. The episode feels more like a setup vehicle to establish the apocalypse so Carol’s story can start, which isn’t exactly Gilligan’s usual pacing or style.
From that point on, though, the show steadily improves. I won’t repeat what other comments have already covered about the plot, because I mostly agree with them: after Episode 2, everything becomes much tighter, well structured, and genuinely organic.
⚠ STRONG SPOILER ALERT ⚠ (important political reference)
Now, there’s one specific moment worth highlighting. In a later episode, she asks to speak with someone outside her house. A man steps forward—someone who, before becoming part of the hive mind, was the mayor of Albuquerque. Among several people present, he volunteers, and she flatly responds: “No. No politicians.” That line is doing more than it seems. It’s a clear example of narrative restraint: staying true to the world and the character without turning the scene into a political sermon. That choice matters.
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From an industry perspective, it’s also not random. If we’re watching a show of this scale now, completed and released in the final stretch of 2025, it’s because it spent years in production. When filming began—November 2023, in Albuquerque, New Mexico—the creators were working under the rules, expectations, and constraints of that specific moment in time.
Zooming back out, Apple TV’s official synopsis was always very clear: “The most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness.” With a premise like that, you shouldn’t expect a charming or heroic lead. Don’t expect warmth. She’s a selfish person—apathetic, stubborn, short-tempered. You might recognize pieces of yourself in her, sure, but this isn’t a story designed for easy identification or emotional comfort. You’re not meant to fully like her. In many ways, that’s the entire point.
Anyone who’s curious should just watch it chill. There’s no forced message here, SO FAR. The pacing is slow and, honestly, it can get annoying at times. It feels like it drags more than it needs to, but that’s just how the show is built. Still, it pulls you in because the core of the story works. The characters feel grounded, with real flaws and real attitudes, and the protagonist, more often than not, ends up being her own worst enemy.
Enjoy.
Created: 12-27-2025
A masterful action film
The show doesn't have any woke elements, besides the common token black character in the background or expendable kills for the T-800 unit, other than that, a masterclass in action movies from start to finish.
I would even argue that it has a pro-life subtext, see the movie to understand so I do not spoil the whole concept and story.
Created: 12-27-2025
The almost perfect action masterpiece
Other than the common token sub-saharan african man who invented an AI so smart that destroyed humanity, despite the fact that in average sub-saharan africans have an IQ of 76, below the level of mental retardation in Western countries, the movie excels in every single aspect.
The cinematography, the script, the pacing, the set pieces, the score, the acting, the concept makes up for a masterclass in action movies.
Created: 12-27-2025
A pet lover’s heartwarming movie to warm the heart for Christmas
Biblical lessons are abounded in this movie for Great American Family Channel, that truly keeps the promise of keeping things biblical with none of the wokeness. God brings us on paths we did not expect and James 1 speaks of how God will put us in trials to strengthen us. This is what happens when a veteran forced to retire after a career ending injury meets a pet adoption center owner and starts a partnership that blossoms.
Created: 12-26-2025
Excellent Christmas celebration movie special
An emotional and holy celebration of why Christmas is celebrated worldwide. It reorganizes scenes from The Chosen show to create a narrative that tells the birth of Jesus Christ as told in Luke 2.
Created: 12-26-2025
A new Christmas musical classic for Christmas concert lovers
Faith based and Biblically based magical film telling the story of Christ, the Nativity and Christmas through their live performance.
I first saw this with my church group at a theater and I highly recommend this for those who want a musical and Christmas based experience!
Created: 12-25-2025
Very funny – albeit too inuendo filled -Christmas classic
The movie is filled with too many innuendo moments, but is still a funny feature that my dad finds hilarious.
There is a clever joke derived from a biblical verse. When Clark Griswold unwittingly drives the car with his family underneath a logging truck, his wife Ellen prays to God asking for forgiveness on part for Clark’s stupidity paraphrasing Luke 23:34 “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”
Created: 12-25-2025
A hilarious Santa Claus road trip movie
Arthur Christmas mixes comedy, a road trip concept, a mission, and a Christmas themed movie into this watchful delight.
One sidenote about the motivation is how “worry can get you there.” Arthur, in particular, does the final act of the movie with his improvised team by “doing it with worry”. Worry is a joy-eater and never an excellent emotional state to motivate you to accomplish anything. Jesus Christ coming to relieve us of worry and freeing us from sin is the reason for Christmas, so having a message about doing things with worry counteracts the meaning of Christmas.
Created: 12-25-2025
A tiresome deconstruction of the Santa Claus idea
You will find it hard to empathize with the characters in the film, especially the titular character who is the estranged brother of Santa Claus. It is apparent that it doesn’t have the complete feel of a Christmas movie despite the theme being about what is defined as Naughty or Nice and how it affects people.
While there are no woke elements, I do have some criticisms about the messaging in the movie. The story centers around how people should not be labeled “Naughty” based on their actions and rather by why they act that way. A big flaw in this philosophy however is that everyone falls short of the good standard, even Santa Claus in this movie. Because, if even Santa Claus is a bad judge, who are we judge ourselves?
Another critique is the usage of the word “Saint” and the explanation of how the Claus managed to live long. It is a misuse of the word and is simply an artistic license.
Created: 12-25-2025
An imperfect but classic Holiday film
The scripting and writing are questionable, but it still provides plenty of laughs, a somewhat coherent Christmas message and an essence of escapism that provides a decent film. It also helps that it is one of Arnold Schwarzenegger's final comedy roles before he sadly went into politics. He plays a father named Howard who is struggling to be there for his family on Christmas and learns that time with them matters more than gifts; Howard even tries to go to great lengths to keep his wife safe from his next-door sleazy neighbor.
Recently, TV airings of the movie edit out some certain scenes, possibly out of DEI “removing objectionable material”. One is Howard attempting to get a Turbo-Man toy, the hotly coveted toy that the plot wraps around, from an old lady who had it on layaway. Another is a counterfeiter Santa, a small man, who was attacking Howard, only to be accidentally punched across the room by another counterfeiter Santa trying to attack Howard as well.
Created: 12-25-2025
Mostly for Markiplier, Dawko and FNAF fans only
It's not a terrible movie and there's zero woke aspects to the film, but the viewer has to be a FNAF fan to truly understand the movie. I know because my wife absolutely loves Five Nights at Freddy's. There's characters in this film that you just won't know or understand if you haven't played the games.
As a casual FNAF player who really hasn't played the 2nd game or others in the franchise, I was quite lost in this PG-13 film. There's not much violence or plot to keep a part-time player interested. However, if you're a fan, this movie is the bomb! Seems like they get the canon right and the characters are spot-on. I'd highly recommend this movie for fans of the game.
Created: 12-24-2025
