kryptonianwitcher's Reviews
Created: 05-27-2025
Created: 05-24-2025
thought they wouldn't, but they did
wholesome movie? sure. i guess. until you realize they somehow managed to turn the only female character with down syndrome into an unlikeable girlboss from the 1st dialogue itself. kudos. hollywood doing hollywood like only hollywood can.
sometimes i wonder whether other reviewers even understand the meaning of woke.
Created: 05-15-2025
Created: 05-06-2025
idk
as in "idk what to rate it"
on one hand, it's a well-directed show. that opening sequence was peak cinema.
on the other hand, oh boy...
3 things.
1) Fisk is Trump. everything about Fisk here is a shot at Trump. even the characters he meets and talks to or is involved with are counterparts of the likes of Melania, JD Vance, etc.
yes, it's subtle. very subtle. only people with sharp non-verbal communication skills and the ability to "read between the lines between the lines" will get what i'm saying. and that's fine. if you don't see it, that's not your fault.
but here's a fact you'll find interesting: Fisk's storyline here is in fact a direct adaptation of the 2017 comicbook storyline where Fisk becomes mayor... and that too was a blatant shot at Trump right after he became the Prez.
Go figure.;)
2) not a single likeable female character here apart from Karen. love Karen. she's the only woman in the show that feels "natural" (at least for the 30 mins that i managed to watch from episode 1). every other woman in the show is written like the fluttering tail of a still reverberating echo (pun not intended) of the DEI clusterfuck that was Marvel circa 2023-24.
[but yes... they picked some damn good writers this time, because they sure know how to hide these things under the mask of excellent filmmaking. to the point even i begin to question whether it's really that woke or not. and that's when i say to myself: "don't let the greatness fool you"]
3) now, i'm not a Christian. but Daredevil always has been. even the comicbook the show borrows its name from... was heavy on the Christian undertones. not as some religious propaganda (duh), but because it's who Daredevil is as a character. it's what sets him apart from the rest of the Marvel heroes. his struggles with "faith". facing his "demons". etc etc... it gave him that edge. that atmosphere. like a fever-dream of realistic superheroism.
BUT from what i'm hearing... this time around... it's been reported (rather joyously by left wing journalists) that there are NO Christian themes in the show whatsoever. lol.
again, i'm not Christian or any kind of religious snob in the traditional sense. but i recognize butchering of art when i see it. i recognize the desecration of a character's depth when i see it. i recognize woke when i see it.
over.
Created: 03-09-2025
I hate to type this being a long-time Jack Reacher fan
Season 1: Great start. Gritty. Captures the essence of the original book well. Except for that one moment with Neagley... and her amateurishly-handled "no means no" scene.
Season 2: The deviation from the source material is uncanny.
You see, one of the best scenes in the book is when Reacher deciphers a crime scene (Calvin Franz's apartment) with incredibly detailed, razor-sharp detective skills. In the book, the scene really succeeds in showing a unique angle of Reacher's prowess in a way that only Lee Child can.
But that same scene is shown in the series as a moment for (yep) Neagley to (very explicitly) shine as the "smarter version of Reacher".
Lee Child's explanation about this?
"Reacher thinks a lot, and [in the books] there are pages and pages of Reacher puzzling things out. You can’t write an eight-minute scene with Alan Ritchson sitting there, thinking. So we needed a secondary character to bolster the exposition."
Yeah. Sure you did, Lee. Just admit you had a box to check to appease the producers.
Season 3: So far, only 3 episodes out.
Here's the thing... "Persuader" is my favorite Reacher novel. And I can say with absolute certainty that they nailed every important aspect so far. From the locations to the characters (minus some creative differences).
Except the female cop.
In the book, Susan Duffy isn't even 1% of the insufferable hag she is on screen. In the book, she's actually believable.
Season 3 wanted something else, apparently.
Tough-sassy-woman-better-than-her-male-colleagues? Check. In fact, the 3 first episodes are infested with those. And these "boss-lady" scenes aren't subtly executed either. To the point you'd think a socially frustrated high-school sorority girl wrote them.
Horrendous fake accent? Also check. But this is more of a nitpick... because it isn't nearly as annoying as the previous problem.
EDIT (after watching about 5 minutes of episode 4):
Susan Duffy [to Reacher]: "you might be bigger than me, but you are not more important than me. so shut the fuck up and tell me what i need to know."
He IS more important than you, bitch. It's his show.
I'm done.
I could state more issues with the overall series. But I'll let viewers come to their own conclusions.
I don't watch a lot of shows or movies these days. You can't expect good from Hollywood all the time. But Jack Reacher was something I'd give a chance every so often, thanks to the legacy of the original books. IDK if I'll continue though. Got more important things in life to spend my energy on. Hence this'll probably be my last review.
Just that it's sad to see an incredible character like this get nerfed in his own live-action show.
Created: 02-24-2025
The OG Seasons are woke-free... The later ones on the other hand...
Supernatural had a really good chance to be the ONE show that celebrated traditional family values and masculinity in the best way possible. At least that tone was consistent up until seasons 8 and 9. After 10 it was a steady downward slope. On the 13th the propaganda became blatant. 14 and 15 are downright unwatchable.
So much for the Winchesters being men among men.
Created: 12-20-2023
