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Mr. Robot – (2015 show)

2015-09-27

alternate present, computers, corporate jamming, crime entertainment, crime shows, dead, disliked, entertainment, fiction, glances, hackers, hacking, intelligence, reviews, shows, TV-MA rated

The show was cancelled after two seasons, at which time I stopped caring enough that when I learned it had been un-cancelled I continued to not care.

Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4158110/
https://www.usanetwork.com/mr-robot

A psychologically-disturbed young man’s fantasies spiral out of control as he pursues a lunatic’s dream for economic anarchy.

Fast and loose. This is one of those shows which tries to cash in on this generation’s theme of general discontent. It generally fails. More-or-less entertaining.

For everyday people this is somewhat recommended. For fans of psychological stuff, and anti-corporatism, this is somewhat recommended. For people who know enough about computers but don’t like psychological stuff or anti-corporatism, I do not recommend this.

Mr. Robot seems to be made as an homage-sequel to Fight Club – (1999 movie).

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Once Upon A Time – (2011 show)

2015-09-27

abandoned, dead, disliked, entertainment, fantasy fiction entertainment, fantasy fiction shows, fiction, glances, shows, TV-PG rated

Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1843230/
was https://abc.com/shows/once-upon-a-time

A disturbed child convinces a complete stranger that she’s his mother, embroiling her in a town-wide fantasy with his sociopathic mother as an adversary.

I guess this would be entertaining for little girls. This didn’t grab me in the first few episodes. It needs more explosions, or maybe a male role model.

Abandoned – ABC doesn’t list it any more.
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Guild Wars 2 – (2012 game)

2015-09-17

dead, entertainment, freeware, games, glances, loved, multiplayer games, online software, proprietary software, software, sword and sorcery entertainment, sword and sorcery games, Windows 10 software, Windows 8 software, Windows games, Windows software

Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/

A great MMORPG with spectacular mechanics but no endgame.

I had a lot of fun with it way back when, but my most recent visit had me wandering around in circles for an inexcusable length of time. An utter failure. Still highly recommended.

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Suits – (2011 show)

2015-09-15

dead, disliked, drama entertainment, drama shows, entertainment, fiction, glances, law, shows

Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.usanetwork.com/suits

A lawyer who shouldn’t be one does lawyering in a law firm.

I watched two seasons before getting bored, but it has its moments. All in all.. meh.

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Dominion – (2014 show)

2015-09-12

angels, Anthony Head, beliefs entertainment, dead, entertainment, fantasy fiction entertainment, fantasy fiction movies, fiction, glances, liked, ruined world entertainment, ruined world shows, shows, TV-MA rated

Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3079768/
was syfy.com/dominion

The surviving humans of a war against angels garrison themselves, and one of them is said to be their saviour.

Recommended. It’s got a lot of religion in it, but it’s generic.

I never did take notes for this. I probably should have. Maybe if I re-watch this series I will.

Cancelled

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Five Days to Midnight – (2004 miniseries)

2015-09-07

dead, disliked, entertainment, fiction, glances, liked, miniseries, science fiction entertainment, science fiction shows, shows, time travel entertainment, time travel shows, unrated

Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386907/

A man gets a package from the future, whose contents predict events.

An adequate miniseries that I didn’t get through.

aka 5ive Days to Midnight

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The 4400 – (2004 show)

2015-09-06

dead, disliked, entertainment, fiction, glances, Joel Gretsch, mystery entertainment, mystery movies, science fiction entertainment, science fiction shows, shows, TV-14 rated

Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0389564/
https://web.archive.org/web/20071225184752/usanetwork.com/series/the4400/

People at various times are abducted by aliens only to be returned in an extremely showy way, but with amnesia and superhuman abilities.

A series about as impressive as this sentence.

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The 100 – (2014 show)

2015-09-05

dead, disliked, entertainment, fiction, glances, science fiction entertainment, science fiction shows, shows, TV-14 rated

Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2661044/
https://www.cwtv.com/shows/the-100/

Global disaster survivors on a space station send 100 youths down who find an unfamiliar and dangerous world.

A mess of a Lord of the Flies meets teen-angst series.

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12 Monkeys – (2015 show)

2015-09-05

dead, disliked, dystopian-esque entertainment, dystopian-esque movies, entertainment, fiction, glances, my writing, ruined world entertainment, ruined world movies, ruined world shows, science fiction entertainment, science fiction shows, shows, time travel entertainment, time travel shows, TV-14 rated

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3148266/
https://www.syfy.com/12-monkeys

Survivors of a plague that wipes out most humans make a desperate bid to undo it all by sending a man back in time.

I suppose it’s inevitable that a television series based around time travel will get convoluted really quickly because they stretch things out. Still, this doesn’t feel very good to me.