silver hedgehog

As an avid Psych fan, I've wanted to see this movie for years. And I was so excited to finally get my hands on it, but after viewing (and even during), I found I was very disappointed and not really interested in the sequels. The jokes, references, character comebacks, etc. were all spot-on, but everything else, like the plot, acting, and gags that went on far too long to be funny totally sucked. The overacting was especially terrible it was like they took their typical tomfoolery and shenanigans from an 8 and kicked it up to an 11 and Gus burst into Reese's pieces, it was too much, over the top and cringe. I didn't like it for the same reason I don't like the 100 Clues episode in the og series. I liked that it continued right where the series left off and I wanted to love it, I really did, but it just fell so short of what I was expecting. Spoilers below: The first chase scene with Shawn in the Hagrid costume was the first indicator that I was going to be disappointed. It went on way too long with too many "funny" not funny Shawn-falling-over gags. The sudden introduction of Iris Vick was interesting, but felt out of place. The complete shift in characterization for Henry was a terrible decision, it's like he was there, but he wasn't. It was great to see Woody, but he also felt different. Don't even talk to me about Shawn's dream. Selene. Oh, what can I say about her... No. Just no. Gus doesn't need a romantic storyline for his character to be complete (imo, neither did Shawn, but whatever). Anyway, she was extra, over-the-top and annoying. I found myself groaning everytime she was forced on-scene. I don't care that she was supposed to out-gus, Gus. It just didn't work for me. He had more chemistry with the waffle he slapped Shawn with. The climax was an awesome idea, bringing back the psychopath Allison Cowley was a master stroke, but the execution was atrocious. There was zero tension nor high stakes like there was in all three arcs to the Yin Yang episodes. It all felt like a silly, low stakes half-baked comedy session that they came up with on the fly. Was I scared? Was I quaking? No. I didn't fear for anyone's lives the same way I did for Maddy, Abigail, or Juliet when they were kidnapped in the og series. I just didn't care, because I knew they would all make it. Ugh and the cringe of Woody and Henry taking on the wrestler lady. Whatever. And there's a million loose ends left on the table. Juliet's new partner whose dead? Iris and Karen have a new dog, what happens with that? Does Allison go back to jail? Gus's jerky that gets left in the abandoned asylum? Hello? It just ends abruptly on one of the worst wedding scenes ever. Honestly nothing can top the Lassiter wedding, but you could at least try. Shawn is not psychic??? No hand to head, no awesome sleuthing. Nothing. There were maybe two scenes in which he used his "gift". Why call it Psych if he isn't even going to pretend to be psychic for half the movie? A better title would have been: The Former Cast of Psych Gets Together in San Francisco to Hang Out. I mean, there was barely a mystery to solve anyway, but come on, son! Overall it was forgettable. I was expecting a mix of Last Night Gus and An Evening with Mr. Yang, but I was given an hour long 100 clues/A Touch of Sweevil with a plot that couldn't be bothered to keep my attention.

I guess we doin' random Deeks' daughter and genetically enhanced superhumans now...

I've been seeing a few clips of this show on youtube and so far they've all been about the abuse of women, sa, brutal murders and way too much swearing (other reviews have brought up pointless nudity and I'm disappointed, but not surprised. For a show marketed as high fantasy, this is completely uncalled for. If I wanted to watch something like this, I'd watch a modern day show, not something that's supposed to be an escape from real life. I do not want hyperrealistic fantasy - and I've always felt that the two are mutually exclusive. It just feels like the director/writers were jealous of J.R.R. Tolkien's/Peter Jackson's successes and decided to make a hideous, twisted copy of Tolkien's rich and beautiful world that was once wonderfully realized in video format. Rather like orcs being twisted caricatures of the elves... very glad I never bought into the baseless hype and accidentally watched it with my family. This is nothing necessarily against the books, which I have not read. "I have claimed that Escape is one of the main functions of fairy-stories, and since I do not disapprove of them, it is plain that I do not accept the tone of scorn or pity with which 'Escape' is now so often used. Why should a man be scorned if, finding himself in prison, he tries to get out and go home? Or if he cannot do so, he thinks and talks about other topics than jailers and prison-walls?" -J.R.R. Tolkien

All of the new characters are completely insufferable. Early seasons weren't bad, but I swear the show is completely unwatchable now. Every old character (except McGee and Gibbs) have been replaced by badly written stand-ins who can't act their way out of a wet paper bag. Gibbs is especially terrible, all he does is run around to each character and bark orders, his catch phrase being "FiNd ThEm!" And he hardly ever does any work himself. I honestly feel like Harmon created the show so he could hang out with his nursing home buddies because WHAT is with the growing collection of old, white guys? He has the bald dude, the guy from two and a half men, the dude who actually has hair, add his hallucinated army buddy, and you have the world's worst boy band. Call it Midlife Crisis and the Wheelchairs. If you like a show by old white guys for old white guys, with a heavy dose of misogyny and boomer humor (however lacking in minions), this is it.

Acting is laughable, but it's actually so bad that I'm not laughing, just rolling my eyes. Nobody talks or acts the way these characters do. I get second hand embarrassment just watching. Super cringe. Don't watch unless you'd like to see Michael Weatherly's little "dumb blonde" mention in differing variations how red or green the false trial is every five seconds, while he responds with "I already know". So what is her job for exactly? Weatherly's character is yet another womanizing misogynistic SOB just like his old character in NCIS (something tells me it's not just the characters who are like that.) Not worth watching and as a female, I strongly disapprove. Absolutely hate the mask thing. This show needs to be cancelled.

So it's like if Magnum P.I. was for 5-year-olds?