Michael Chen (夜典)

Spoiler alert. It's like season one all over again, same old apocalypse plus a few development here and there that can pretty much be summed up in a paragraph. There is almost no character development whatsoever. Everyone in the umbrella academy wields immense superpower but psychologically have the collective capabilities of and eight year old. It was hard to watch in season one and just as unbearable in season two. The last couple of episodes I pretty much just fast forward it to get the jist of it. Also, it's kind of silly that even though everyone in the umbrella academy have superpower, the antagonist still insist on sending ordinary human beings to take of the umbrella academy the way my mom sends a breakfast sandwich my way to "take care" of me. Honestly, it was silly that a bunch of normal people can go toe to toe with superhero in season one, it is still very silly notion in season two. And then the finale, they called up a bunch of random people, some with mask and some without mask for some reason to take care of the umbrella academy; hello writer, ever heard of the term line of fire? and all the agents charge at the same time which makes a grand finale scene but bumps up the silliness to 11. I dunno. There are just many aspect of this series that felt very poorly thought out. And the only thing that's holding the series together is the few intriguing element here and there; but it's all playout at this point. I don't wanna spoil the surprise too much. But TL;DR: A lot of setting makes zero sense to me. But a lot of people seems to enjoy the show so far. So if you enjoy season one, you'd probably enjoy season 2. I'll probably continue on to season 3, albeit fast forwarding a lot just to get the jist of it because a lot of the show just doesn't make sense to me.

tbh my first experience with Invincible was clips on Youtube. tbh, I think the clips on Youtubes were better. There were so many problems I don't even know where to begins. But here goes. Story: The story of the Invincible season 1 could best be described as a pilot episode that took 8 episodes to finish. They showed a surprise twist near the end of episodes one and explained the twist in episodes 8. So what did they did in between? A lot of flapping about as it happens. Some minor character development. Some plot lines were introduced but left unfinished. And all those unfinished story were kindly reminded at the end of episode 8. I suspect part of their intention were to keep audience interest high but there just isn't a lot of sustenance to go on for me to keep interest. The protagonist Invincible were pretty weak and uncertain of himself in episode one and it felt like he is more or less in the same spot by episode eight. At this rate, the main antagonist probably won't even show up for the party till we're at least 10 seasons in. graphics: normally the art is more or less a matter of taste and I tend not to criticize that aspect too much unless I can't help myself. And I really really can't for the likes of invincible. There are so many shot that felt like lazy patch work. copy and paste repeated object that were so lazily done it's hard to miss. motion animation that only cycle between maybe 2~3 static pose so that the motion felt worse than stock animation back in Mickey Mouse days. Over reliance of blood and gore is probably the biggest offense. science: this is probably a weird topic to discuss when talking about superheroes. But generally speaking, it's always to based your fictional work on some level of science. Otherwise, the logic of the story becomes hard to follow. And by god I can't help but wonder if the writers even graduated elementary school. There were so many scene that in reality makes little sense scientifically, physics law like gravity and orbital velocity, medical practice of operating within a clean room. It gets to the point that it's hard to understand the continuity of story and you kind of have to just be okay with everything random things they throws at you and just be okay with it. TL;DR: If I got the times for it I might keep following it, but for the rest of the story line I think I will just skim or read a summary of it to see where they take the story. Or maybe read summary of the comics since it's based on the comics, but if you're reading this then don't bother, it's not that great.

The Bourne Legacy was trying to capture the essence of a thrilling spy flick that has already evaporated. The movie suffers terribly from poor arc where the first half of the movie was spent establishing background and reusing shots from previous installment to connect the franchise. And the later half of the movie was spent adding in enough thrilling action scene to keep the moviegoer sated. If you came in just for the thrilling action scene you can skip at least half of the movie and just focus on the action scene, which imo is okay but not nearly as well choreographed as the original series. But personally, I think I'd rather rewatch the originals.

Comparing the 2008 to its original remake is like comparing sunday comic strip to Mona Lisa (a bit exaggerated but you get the picture). The 2008 version is basically the original with a lot of added special effect and violent conflict added to it because of hollywood rule. So TL;DR: if you're here because of the special effect in the film there's probably about 5 minutes worth of cool bit and you can just watch it on one of those pirate site. If you're here looking for something deep and meaningful, go watch the 1951 original.

To be honest, having this film as a prequel to Army of the dead makes zero sense in my head since the last film is a zombie/heist movie. In any case, I think there are a few good parts regarding the first vault and the last one, a round two good action scene, and that one bit where Dieter spilled his foamed milk made me loled a bit. But also a lot of backstory was just dump onto my lap while Dieter cracks the vault which I can't be bothered to watch carefully. In summary. I'm not sure if I'd recommend this movie to anyone. The heist is more or less straight forward compare to the complexity of ocean's series or The Italian Job. There is a significant amount of scene/budget devoted to the fancy inner mechanism of the imaginary vault that looks cool and fancy but serves zero purpose to the development of the story. And all except the main character was caught in the end. Kind of like disaster where almost everyone dies in the end (another practices that annoys me to no end when overused). If you're here thinking it's anything like Army of the Dead or it's a heist movie, look elsewhere.

It was awful. The third season basically takes a giant steamy pile on its predecessor. Nearly all the main and primary supporting character falls through a convenience trap door for no reason whatsoever. Then pops in occasionally just to reassure the original fans. Especially the protagonist, who was, in a bit of trouble somehow in a plot twist that was never fully explained. Nearly all of the antagonist/villain in the third installment can mask their psycho pass somehow (which was established to be impossible except in rare cases), and then on numerous occasion where they talk about psycho pass like it's some sort of virus and it's contagious, which basically undermines the foundation of the series. It baffles me the degree of which they change this anime and still considers it a sequel. And then I looked up the studio and found out that season 3 was written by completely different writers. TL;DR: Psycho-Pass 3 is the body snatcher that's wearing the skin of Psycho-Pass 2. If you like Psycho-Pass 1 and 2 then don't watch season 3 since it barely carries any resemblance to season 1 and 2.