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The Book of Boba Fett (2021)

Medium: TV (Disney)

Rating: 3 / 5 It's a slow, weird read

Reviewer: jericho

Reference(s): IMDB Listing || Trailer

To call this an odd series might be an understatement. As a friend points out, it "felt like the season got chopped into three parts and handed to different teams". You have Boba during flashbacks, present-day Boba, and 1+ episode Mandalorian interlude. Most of it has the planet Tatooine in common at least! While we get a better picture of the planet and its inhabitants, we also get weird continuity gaps and bouts of poor writing. For those who discriminate on TV but are fans of the Star Wars franchise, you may be forced to watch it for the bigger story. (Or at least, 1x05 and 1x06 for the Mando part!)


Peacemaker (2022)

Medium: TV (HBO Max)

Rating: 4.5 / 5 some delicious beefcake, anyone? ...Bueller?

Reviewer: jericho

Reference(s): IMDB Listing || Trailer

This series picks up after The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker returns home to find out he doesn't face more prison. Instead, he faces more time serving Amanda Waller which is arguably worse. He finds himself with some of his prior support team, a new costumed hero (The Vigilante), and his best friend Eagly, a pet eagle. The group is tasked to take out 'the butterflies', an alien race that inhabits human bodies but has their own designs on the planet. Plot twist.. they don't want to destory it like humans! The show is non-stop amusement through goofy and childish humor. Cena does a great job portraying this idiot of a hero and for the first time a TV series got a CGI animal right. And the good news, already renewed for a second season.


Reservation Dogs S1 (2021)

Medium: TV (Hulu)

Rating: 4.5 / 5 On the res, off the chain

Reviewer: jericho

Reference(s): IMDB Listing || Trailer

This is a dark comedy about Native American teen life on a reservation in Oklahoma. While most of the show centers around a boring life and the idea of escape to a better place. The four teens have to deal with a rival crew, making money to escape, and the death of one of their friends by suicide (trigger warning). The casting is phenomenal and the humor is fun.


Reacher (2022)

Medium: TV (Amazon)

Rating: 3.5 / 5 It's a reach to call this a good series

Reviewer: jericho

Reference(s): IMDB Listing || Trailer

Despite Alan Ritchson physically matching Reacher as written in the books, he somehow seems wrong after Tom Cruise in the movies. To me, the character Reacher seems like the kind that is smaller and more unassuming; Not a huge muscled guy. Ritchson's character in this series also seems to try to inject awkward humor at times that does not seem in keeping with the character overall. As for the series, the ending is too cliche and there are continuity gaps all over. The plot progresses with a lot of unknowns, then before the final episode, it seems like everything is figured out too neatly via a "Eureka" moment. Anti-climatic to say the least.


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