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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4159076/
Some people wake up with no memories, alone on board a ship. Blah blah mysteries and stuff.
It gets the basics right, but it ends up being shit in all the important places. The writing and tone of the show is terrible. I couldn’t get past two episodes before being disgusted. A show ought to hook me in the pilot, but this didn’t have one.. and it shows.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2654580/
was https://www.fox.com/almost-human/
A buddy cop show with an android, set in the near future.
It’s great all around, especially the acting from the lead characters. Once the initial interest wears off, it lacks the good writing to give it either an episodic groove or an overall story arc. It’s especially poor with an arc which could last it into another season, trivially-justifying its cancellation.
Recommended only for fans of “loose” science fiction who would be interested in the robot buddy cop angle. Watch one episode, then decide. Others can give it a pass, unless they like Karl Urban, who plays a cop played by Karl Urban.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1119644/
https://www.facebook.com/Fringe
When investigating unusual crimes, a United States Federal Bureau of Investigation agent is brought into a United States Department of Homeland Security task force that investigates such things.
It took a while to like it at all, but ultimately it was lacking an aggressively-pursued over-arching story arc. It was so damned episodic and boring. Also, the lead actor’s constant grimace is incredibly disturbing.
I gave this a good long shot, and by the half-way point of season two, I just had to abandon it.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3686998/
was theredpillmovie.com
A feminist’s documentary about men’s (human) rights.
A refreshing piece of work, with the intellectual morals to actually talk to the men’s rights advocates being talked about. The contrast between “the sides” is truly astonishing.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0201391/
home page (archived on archive.org)
Alien high school students struggle to keep their secret.
It’s okay.
Based on the book series Roswell High (1998-2000 books), by Melinda Metz
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4209256/
https://web.archive.org/web/20200911092658/https://www.usanetwork.com/colony
The Earth is invaded by aliens, and although civilization is cordoned off and human-managed, pockets of resistance remain.
A largely-boring drama. I don’t know why I don’t like this.. there’s something about its tone that grates on me. I did watch ten episodes, but it never “clicked”.
Set in Los Angeles United States
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3230854/
https://www.syfy.com/the-expanse
Tensions between the three factions in our solar system rise with an known party’s military science efforts.
Describing this one is pretty damned hard. Quite a good series, although the lead actor is just a little too young to be properly-believable. They all are, but I guess that was the target market.
Inspired by The Expanse – (2011+ books), by “James S. A. Corey“
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4378456/
was https://www.fox.com/second-chance/
An old retired cop is reborn into a younger, stronger, version of himself, and fights crime.
Seems fairly good, though I’d bet it would be bland without the pretty girl.
Cancelled 2016-05-12
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1399664/
https://web.archive.org/web/20210721174231/www.amc.com/shows/the-night-manager–108
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03g13rt
A dude begins his career as a night manager for some place somewhere but gets used by British intelligence to act against an arms dealer.
Fairly decent, but I suspect it’s only because this is another show with a British accent being thrown around carelessly.
Based on The Night Manager (1993 book), by John le Carré
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3489184/
https://www.nbc.com/constantine
A man attains mystical powers originally for selfish reasons, but they taint with a life fraught with danger and demons.
Not a bad show, but the lead character’s personality isn’t attracting, and there’s the old celestial stick-up-the-ass personality in another. The lead female is hot. Hotty hot hot.
This was cancelled after one season. Back in the 90s this show would have done well, but I’m guessing this genre has alternately been well-poisoned or saturated. This show has too much it has to be better than to catch enough attention to survive. I think that it’s magic-fantasy was competing with an extraordinarily-strong superhero-fantasy genre.
.. which in turn is based on the DC comic book series Hellblazer.
