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No Activity (2017)
Watch the original
I had no idea there was an original until I saw the trailer for the US version, so I debated which one to watch (or watch first). I picked the AUS version and assumed that I would watch the "better" version 2nd (assuming US meant higher production values and better scripts). Anyway, I began watching the AUS version and could not stop until I finished all of season-1, it was THAT funny. I then decided to check out the US version... I got a little over half way through episode-1 and gave up. It is terrible! The delivery is slow and the dialogue is bland and obvious. I am sorry that people will watch this version and then never want to see the original because they will assume it is as bad as this version. Such a shame :(
Front of House (2005)
Don't let them near your house
Have seen a few episodes of this show now, and I don't understand why people would enlist this crew to overhaul anything... unless you particularly disliked the people you were nominating.
I have seen more than one person reduced to tears by these makeovers.
Perhaps this is meant to be a comedy?
I honesty think that these makeovers would reduce the value of the homes, and they are not all that easy to reverse the damage.
Have given the show 1-star for quality of the makeovers, however maybe it deserves many stars as it can be quite compelling due to the audacity of the designers and the shock value
Frozen (2010)
SPOILERS - it ain't no Jaws
I am guessing they were trying to do the isolated suspense thing, and in the same vein as Jaws we have 3 people stranded and surrounded by predators.
Jaws worked so well because of the dynamic between the 3 actors. When they were not chasing/fleeing from the shark, the interactions/personalities were just as compelling. Not so with these 3.
moving right along... I realise they are trying to show "real" people, as opposed to someone like MacGyver or Bear Grylls, but even I have more sense than this, and I have only gone skiing twice in my life.
Cover your faces and cover your hands!! What is wrong with these writers? Nobody is this dumb. Even if you don't know the basics of how to survive, you would cover your face when cold wind hit it.
Where on earth did all these bloodthirsty wolves come from?? Are there marauding packs of wolves that just charge into ski fields once the lights are turned off?
Why did the 2nd guy have to get eaten by wolves? Why didn't he just climb back up the ladder?
Very much like a 1980's horror film when the victims just keep falling over while the killer strolls up at a leisurely pace to dispatch them to hell.
I hate watching shows or movies that cause this much frustration - where you are just shaking your head and shouting at the screen "why would you do that!". Even Andrea from the Walking Dead would be shaking her head at these characters
Siberia (2013)
Better than expected, lots of unexpected twists *some SPOILERS*
I am giving this 10/10 because I was not yelling abuse at the screen for people doing dumb stuff. I enjoyed this a lot (far more than the Walking Dead of late).
Yes, there were the obvious character cliché's, but the show moved past that. I really enjoy a show where you think to yourself "why don't they just do this logical thing" and then they do it!! This happens so rarely in shows these days. They also withheld enough info so that you couldn't know any better than the characters (SPOILER) e.g. Esther not really pressing helicopter button, which we didn't find out about til later, she was quite believable when she said was going to do it, and wanted to give up the show, and redeem herself, especially with someone being so seriously hurt.
More SPOILER theory stuff..... I firmly believe that the host was one of the soldiers at the research station - the camera men kept focusing on that one soldier. I am certain that the cameramen were involved. Why else would the soldiers not have pushed them around, and let one of them run alongside filming as they dragged the cast into a line up. Also the cameramen focusing camera on the soldier I believe was the host - like he was ready to capture some drama. Yes, they were out of contact with the production staff, so they didn't know what would happen next, but they assumed they should keep the camera on the host/soldier just in case. Also: The fact that a cameraman was left behind at the research station and was allowed to film the perspective of the soldier shooting Annie. The only time the cameramen helped was to pick up the radio and give the location - this was because they had been out of contact with the soldiers and needed to radio in (knowing that the signal was being jammed and the only possible radio contact was with the soldiers).
I don't think the host lived in the apartment at the end (the cast were looking at the owners photo's), but I think it belonged to a soldier. The host knew they were there because of the cameraman. This leads me to the one thing I did think was dumb... why on earth did they stay in the town??? They found the truck, and they were already at risk by losing time having to walk to the town. They should have grabbed supplies and got in the truck and left. Obviously Esther dumped the truck cause she ran into another option - e.g.a soldier she could manipulate, or... the cameraman/soldier who she had the liaison with back at the camp, or she got into trouble. The only reason to stay in that apartment in that town and be found by the host was to set up the drama for season-2 (which I am guessing will never happen). Lastly, I agree with someone else on the web.... how good would it have been if the falcon was the key to it all - the successful result of the experiments, and then they released it.