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Supernatural (2005)
Season 1 to 5 is some of the best TV of all time. After that.. what happened?
Supernatural is one of my all time best TV shows but where do I start with this? Well for a start the reason I have not given this show a 10 is because as the title suggests, Season 6 to 14 is just terrible. But let's back up to the first 5 seasons which was at the behest of the creator and show runner Eric Kripke.
Kripke's vision for the show was established from the very beginning. He knew how it would begin and how it would end. The original arc of the show was to take it till the end of season 5 and for that to be it's original ending. I must say during the first 5 seasons the writing and creativity cemented it's self as one of the greatest shows of the 21st century partly due the face it was so unique and the other part due to the storytelling. However, what really made this show work was the way the main characters Sam and Dean Winchester had this amazing way of pulling you right in to the story almost to the point where you could see yourself living in a world like this.
The show would not have worked either without the important side characters such as bobby Singer, John Winchester, Castiel, Satan and Carver Edlund just to name a few which give the show substance and believe-ability around the shows over riding story line. From the moment Dean finds Sam in the beginning to the moment Sam falls into hell at the end of season 5, the history, the lore, the hunting and the different Supernatural Entities they both faced were consistent and earlier seasons tied into the story later on.
The true relationship between two brothers who loved each other immensely and were thrust into a world and destiny they just could not control but when everything came to push and shove, they loved each other more than anything in that world which was seen time and time again. Hats off to Kripke for creating a show this imaginative and gripping, a show that that should of ended with it's original vision.
Now, off to season 6.
Because Kripke's idea for the show had been fulfilled. He had stepped down as show runner and no longer played any part in Supernatural anymore. As the network had demanded another season and with the cast and producers willing to continue, we bring you season 6. Sera Gamble, who already worked on the show as a co-producer and writer took over as show runner. Anybody taking the reigns from Kripke was always going to have an impossible job of topping what had already being created. Gamble had to start from scratch almost and had to introduce a new arc into the show which also had to be consistent of the rules already established. She failed, massively.
Season 6 was the beginning of what becomes a long list of contradictions to it's own story line. The thin weak plot and empty season finale was to be a tell tail sign of where this show was going over it's longevity. Then we get to season 7. Season 7 is bar none, the worst season supernatural has ever created. It were so bad it became boring and laughable at the same time. The leviathan story line was wholly Sera Gamble's idea and her attempt to cement herself as a storytelling show runner which was tragic and a huge fall from grace from just two seasons earlier. It was a wreck.
Because seasons 6 and 7 were just not good enough, another long time writer and producer of the show, Jeremy Carver, took over as show runner and for his season debut..well I'm not even going to mention season 8 cause they were no plot! By this point the show is well and truly in decline and though over the years, they have been the odd impressive episode such as the Scooby Doo episode in season 13. The show has just gotten tiresome and boring which is such a shame for a show I and many others who have seen it think as one of the best ever.
Supernatural has a big underground cult movement and has a lot of passionate (geeks) fans which the network see as $$$. Hence one the reasons for the shows longevity. But bringing back alternate universe Bobby who had died and Sam and Deans mother were just ridiculous ideas of threw all rules out the window and left nothing to the imagination. After season 5 they have been a lot of poor stories and more so poor characters. There depictions of angels and demons in later seasons were just embarrassing also because there power is useless all the time and they look like the men in black with there corny suits and bad acting. Power constantly fluctuates between entities, one minute Satans more powerful, then it's Michael, then it's death. The lore and history of the monsters in this show gets completely undone all the time and contradicts it's self to point of making no sense.
If they were going to go for another ending to season 5 which they will, it should of ended with the boys meeting god. But no, they can't do that now cause they brought him into it in season 11 with a story that started with promise but as usual got ridiculous. The men of letters bunker takes away part of what made the show, the life of hunting and living on the road. These little elements matter because its part of the reason we got to love the show in first place.
Long story short, I have invested a lot of time into this show like many people have because I am a big fan but like many others they also recognise the show is almost a different thing all together from seasons 1-5 because it is no way near the level of writing and quality it once was. People may disagree with parts of what I have written but the show really would have gone down in TV history with almost the aura of a show like breaking bad had it have ended with it's original premise.
Fair play to Kripke for creating a show that actually got rejected repeatedly by various networks before finally been picked up and writing such an immense story. By the way just thought I would throw in an Honorable mention to Jared and Jensens acting and for making the show. And also who could forget the beautiful sound of that 1967 Chevrolet Impala.
Game Night (2018)
7.1 for this?
This movie is pathetic. Everything about this movie is pathetic. It's riddled with typical hollywood cliches. The cast are these sad little suburaban wierdos who get together for game night. Long story short things go wrong and as usual the characters who have never even seen a gun before start doing all this heroic stuff and take down the bad guys at the end. This garbage actually angered me it were that bad. It's not funny, its cheap and predictable just like every single comedy that comes out of hollywood. Pathetic.
Friday Night Dinner (2011)
How did this get an 8?
The concept is basic, two guys go round to there parents for friday night dinner. The problem with show, is that it's to repetative. The characters in this are just pure irritating, Always saying or doing things that make little to no sense. If you like a show that has the same storyline every week then its for you.
Cloverfield (2008)
Just garbage
Only recently seen this movie despite the fact its been out for a decade but I after say, I didn't miss nothing.
Like many of these type of movies, it has so much potential but is never fulfilled and always ends up going in the wrong direction to the point where it becomes laughable. Anything to do with JJ Abrams is worth a watch but this is just ridiculous. Shocking camera work for one round the entire movie with that alone but the fact that the characters just get on your nerves, there is no real plot, no answers as to what the "thing" is or wants and the stupid things the characters constant do and say is just beyond a joke.
Not a memorable movie at ALL. I have seen worse but st his is still garbage.
Shameless (2004)
Could have been one of the greatest shows in british TV history
The first four seasons of shameless were unbelievably brilliant. A northern working class family living on a rough council estate in Manchester. After that it declines immensely. By time it gets to season 11, it is complete garbage. Shameless used to film on an actual estate in Gorton, Manchester up to about season 4/5 when they moved to a custom built set due to problems filming because of the shows popularity. The problem with this, is that it's clearly a set. It's so noticeable that the set doesn't even try to resemble the layout of the estate. The shop is clearly behind the Gallaghers house, where as before it was about a mile away. There is houses across from the Gallaghers that were not there before. It's ridiculous. The biggest problem with this show though is the mysterious disappearances of cast members without any real mention of where they have gone. Debbie, Ian, Liam, Carol, Jez just name a few. The cast becomes almost unrecognisable. The first few seasons is about the real nitty gritty of northern working class life. After that, stories become pathetic like an episode where Frank and Monica are talking to there newborn baby through telepathy. Bottom line is that this show had the potential to be one of the greatest shows British TV has ever seen but rather than end it about six seasons before they did. They prolonged the agony of a once great show.
House of Cards (2013)
Very good show but very bad at the same time
It's very difficult to describe House of cards. It draws you in but at the same time does your head right in. Kevin Spacey as usual is great but Robin Wright's character is just pure irritating. On one hand this show is something you really want to like but on the other over hand just makes you want smash your tele up with frustration.
The show starts off well, very cunning and so on but over time gets seriously unrealistic. The show starts to go round in circles. Everyone that could expose Frank and Claire Underwood just seems to bend at the knee and do whatever they please for no real reason and if on the rare occasion someone does decide to go against them, they conveniently have something on them which makes them think otherwise.
Characters just seem to come and go very easily. The election result story was just a pure joke, the whole thing were a drag and pretty pathetic. Frank and Claire ending up president and vice president. Just would not happen. Doug Stampers constant arse licking of Frank Underwood is just weird, even willing to go to prison for him. Though the general conception of politics is that a lot of people are corrupt is fairly accurate, It seems that in this world, everyone is corrupt and everyone can be bought.
After a while the show starts to get on your nerves to the point where you just want to stop watching it but because you have invested time in it, it's not that easy. I'm pretty sure now that it won't end with Frank and Claire being dragged off in handcuffs. Half decent show but should of wrapped this one up by now. Too liberal.