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Star Trek TOS Season 1 Episode 7 - Mudd's Women

This was an....interesting episode.

I don't know how to feel about it honestly. The kinda siren quality of the women and the men's goo goo eyes were ridiculous and kinda cringe.

But I did think Mudd looked like the gay pirate from the gay pirate plate story which was fun.

Also the weight of colonisation and sending wives to colonies and the history of colonisation made it interesting but also a bit icky in places.

However! Eve got more and more interesting the more real she got. And I absolutely love her attitude towards the end where the miner guy is complaining and she's being sassy as fuck back.

Him: why you ugly :(

Her: you bored me so much I got ugly

Him: :⁠'⁠(

It's definitely a product of her time but I do like her finding confidence

Also points for Spock's sassy look

Scores:

Story: 8/10 - it grew on us

Acting: 7/10

Cheese: 6/10 - mostly for siren powers and goo goo eyes

Enjoyment: 7/10 - again grew on us. The second half was better

Effects: 5/10 - not much but what was there was fine

Charm: 4/10 - all of that towards that end

Cringe: -2/0

Aged Like Milk: -2/0 - it wasn't a terrible message about gender politics for the time but it was very much of the time this aired

Overqll Rating:

B Tier

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Star Trek TOS S1 Ep6 - The Enemy Within

I'm back! It's been missed for quite a few weeks due to poor physical and mental health but I'm back!

Too bad it was this episode

It's just not my favourite. It's not the worst thing I've seen but not the best either

The story isn't a horrible concept but Shatner's acting was....variable to be kind and shit to be unkind.

Frankly it only ranked as high it did in some categories because of unicorn dog.

The sexual assault scene was difficult to watch. I understand it's place in the story and I appreciate how they handled it and how they were not at all depicting it was a positive thing. Still fucking hated it though

So saying that, the scores:

Story: 7/10 - it's a Jekyll and Hyde inspired story and the added pressure of the crew on the planet needing to be saved was a decent story line

Acting: 5/10 - it's this high because mainly the other actors didn't deserve such a low score

Cheese: 8.5/10 - UNICORN DOG. Also the moment evil Kirk in intense eyeliner first turned to the camera with dramatic lining was really funny. Evil Kirk had a lot of funny moments

Enjoyment: 3/10 - not my fav episode at all

Effects: 3/10 - they couldn't get a double that at least looked a little like Shatner?

Charm: 4/10 - all of that is Unicorn Dog

Cringe: -8/0 - that one scene was awful. Also why do all evil entities in the galaxy hit on that one Yeoman?

Aged Like Milk: -1/0 - mostly the lighting, acting and directing choices

Overall ranking:

C grade

All credit to the unicorn dog

#retro watching #s1 ep6 #the enemy within #star trek tos

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Star Trek TOS S1 Ep4 The Naked Time

I was so excited for this episode!

Sulu did not disappoint and neither did Spock's breakdown as highlights though in very different directions

So many wonderful highlights!

This was just so fun and exciting!

Also Bones just ripping off Kirk's sleeve is fucking hilarious

The Teenager: they ripped his shirt two episodes in a row!

Me: yeah get used to that

But really I loved this episode even though some moments had me cringing hard

Ratings-

Story: 7.5/10 - nice to see a change from god like entities

Acting: 8/10 - earns this score from Spock's breakdown scene alone. It's really something special

Cheese: 5.5/10 - it seems low but outside of Sulu nothing was massively fun cheesy

Enjoyment: 7.5/10- it was a good time!

Effects: 5/10 - there weren't a lot to judge and what was there was fine. We're watching a streamed version that has added digital effects for space so we can't count those

Charm: 8/10 - Sulu chasing people with a sword and Spock being heartbreakingy vulnerable just endears this episode to me

Cringe: -3/0 - I'm sorry the nurse confessing to Spock had me hiding behind my shirt. Also some of the other moments had me cringing this hard. Love the episode but some hard cringing

Aged Like Milk: -1/0 - the Riley stuff made our teeth ache

Overall Ranking:

B Tier

But a high B score

#retro watching #star trek tos #s1 ep4 #the naked time

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Gary Mitchell's Eyeballs Aka more Star Trek History

Because I'm me, I needed to know how they did this in the 60s.

Turns out it's really interesting.

To begin with, for those of you youngins who don't know about old contact lenses, they were literally glass back in the day. That's why in some old movies/tv shows, when someone loses a lens and they're panicking looking for it you hear a crunch when they inevitably step on it.

They also had to soak in these crazy ass things:

That's to give you some context about old contact lenses.

In the show, they took two of these lenses and sandwiched foil with a pinhole in the center between them. And then just made the actors wear them.

Apparently they were VERY hot under the lights (I'd imagine so) and it explains why the actor for Gary is tilting his damn chin all the time, I bet the director was constantly on him about it to get the best reflection.

PS, hot damn, that man was fine.

#retro watching #star trek tos #where no man has gone before

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I haven't watched anything the last three days because I'm not doing great mentally?

I'm not super present and I'm really fatigued so it's been...challenging. I'm also supposed to be writing an essay that I have done very little on

But I have until the 18th to get that and a three minute voice presentation in *hysterical laughing*

Did I mention I do very badly with stress?

Anyway the idea is this project is supposed to be fun so if I'm not going to be able to do it that day that's okay

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seaQuest DSV S1 Ep2 The Devil's Window

Okay I have to start off by saying I have since learned that they never used a real dolphin on set. It's an animatronic and I am BLOWN AWAY by that. Like they have footage of real dolphins in the sea but Darwin that we see "talking" and swimming about the ship is an animatronic and that's clearly what all their effects budget was spent on (I joke. The effects were impressive at the time)

So the effects are never dropping below a 6 because of Darwin

Talking about this episode this plot is so predictable and silly.

Darwin gets poisoned with bacteria from a sample taken from a "black smoker" (a deep sea vent) as it's being taken up and of course gets sick. Which none of the many scientists and geniuses aboard the ship can figure out what happened even though they know he was swimming about when they were bringing the sample up.

Anyway we first learn he's sick because he swims up to the bridge and PSYCHIC BEAMS HIS DISTRESS AT BRIGERS AND JAXOR

Jaxor is a major character in this by the way. (I know its mean to call Ted Raimi Joxer but I say it with affection and also because they don't call his character by name in this ep. He's just Lieutenant)

Anyway yeah they got a Psychic dolphin as well who keeps saying "Light is Dark and One" which they eventually figure out is him being scared to die alone so they find his mom and let him go and everyone is very sad

Except for the scientist who is in charge of the Black Smoker research and is very upset that his project is being delayed because of a sick dolphin (Who also at the drop of the hat pontificates grandly about how they "entering the birth canal of the earth" and to "touch the bones of the world" He's great!)

Anyway Sad Bridgers is going to open a new sample container even though the doctor now knows it's what made Darwin sick and is frantically trying to call him but he can't hear her because it's loud. But it's okay! Because he's smacked in the face by an adult dolphin flying at him

Also Darwin's mom brought him seaweed which cured Darwin.

Lady Scientist: This has antibacterial properties and signs that it grew near a black smoker! Bridgers: But dolphin's can't swim down that deep Lady Scientist: Well if we knew everything we'd be gods not scientists

What.

It's a weird episode but Darwin is back and safe and Joxer is still Feeling Things from being psychic beamed by a dolphin and they gave the earth a suppository (and yeah they joke that that's exactly what it is)

What I was delightfully surprised by is that they end on a science fact! They tell you about when Black Smokers were discovered and some facts about it given by Bob Ballard an actual Marine scientist he has a wiki about him

Anyway the ratings:

Story: 5/10 -because I predicted most of the plot in the cold open

Acting: 6/10 - almost everyone is overacting just a little too much except for those who are overacting more

Cheese: 9/10 - psychic dolphin and also a man got hit in the face with rubber dolphin and that's not even getting to the earth suppository

Enjoyment: 8/10 - I am still happy to be here

Effects: 6/10 - Darwin is spectacular. Now I know I can see it but it's a very convincing animatronic. The lava was shit

Cringe: -2/0 - psychic dolphin, Darwin's mom bringing him medicine what the fuck

Aged Like Milk: -1/0 -but I feel mean about it just because our knowledge of deep sea vents has increased a lot so their info is a little out of date

Overall Ranking:

B Tier

#retro watching #s1 ep2 #seaquest dsv #the devil's window

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Star Trek TOS S1 Ep3 Where No Man Has Gone Before

This episode had highs and lows but the best part was Spock being all "One of my ancestors married a human female"

You mean your fucking Dad!? Is that who you mean???? What the fuck

Third episode out of four (if you include the originally unaired pilot) that include brings with unimaginable god like powers but it was still fun.

Liked Gary calling Kirk a "walking stack of books" at the academy.

Hated how fucking creepy Gary was around women

WHERE THE FUCK WAS BONES

I feel like this was shown out of filming order.

Also when I was cheering Kirk telling the psychiatrist to back the fuck up and leave Spock alone I had to pause to have this conversation with my Teenager

Me: only Bones is allowed to yell at Spock

The Teen: are they dating? Is that why he gets to?

Me: oh no, see Kirk and Spock was the ship to launch modern fandom. Bones is also there. He's not dating either of them but he's involved in their relationship. He's like their third but he's just there to be pissed off and yell at them sometimes*

The Teen: I love that!

*just in relationship stuff. In practical he's the one bandaging them back together

Anyway onto the actual plot guy gets god like powers and becomes an asshole

I do like the moral dilemma and the actual story I like the growing tension and the effects and sometimes the actor playing Gary could be extremely unsettling

Other times it was goofy as fuck

When they were fighting my kid called the energy blast from the gun a Gayzer

They weren't wrong

Anyway ratings!

Story: 7.5/10 - rehashing storylines a little it feels like but still different enough to be good

Acting: 6/10 - it was really good in places and poor in others. William Shatner did actually a really good job though

Cheese: 8.5/10

Enjoyment: 7/10 - it was fun but had low moments

Effects: 4/10 - the cup on what was clearly fishing line killed me

Charm: 7/10 - really did have a good time with it

Cringe: -3.5/0 - everything Gary was creepy as fuck with Elizabeth made me cringe so hard

Aged Like Milk: -2/0 - the "walking freezer" comments were not great

Overall rating:

B Tier

#retro watching #star trek tos #s1 ep3 #where no man has gone before

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Weekly Wrap Up 3

This is a day late but that's okay.

I didn't end up watching MHA or the Owl House this weekend due to chores and depresison but that's okay. We can try again next week.

I still did most of the watching and it was fun!

Shows Watched:

Star Trek TOS - Charlie 'X' - B

La Brea - The Hunt - D

seaQuest - To Be or Not To Be - B

Good Omens - Hard Times - our first S Tier episode

Doctor Who - The Ghost Monument - B

Twin Peaks - Traces to Nowhere - B

Overall Week Rating: ...not sure. I'm reworking the rating system a bit to be based on percentage which would give this a C ranking but I'm still experimenting.

Will get back to you on that

All in all it wasn't a bad week and I'm really enjoying watching Good Omens with my Husband and Star Trek TOS with both Husband and Teenager

#retro watching #weekly wrap up

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No MHA this week due to battling depression by organising. We got a lot done thanks to husband!

But no MHA today.

Might watch that and owl house tomorrow but we'll see

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Twin Peaks S1 Ep2 Traces of Nowhere

I was under the impression that Dale Cooper came to a weird town and yeah, Twin Peaks is weird but he's far weirder. And I know that's his 'tism rizz at work and I'm also autistic but wow. He's just an odd guy and I love him.

Ratings because a coherent review isn't happening today:

Story: 7/10 - The story of this episode was fine in that it felt like an extended dream of some kind

Acting: 7/10 - Again how do you rank the acting in this? In any other show it would be terrible but here it's excellent

WTF: 8/10 - Dale Cooper, the psychiatrist beach room (also he shares vibes with the teacher from Victorious in this episode), LOG LADY TELLING DALE TO ASK THE LOG WHAT IT SAW

Enjoyment: 6.5/10 - I'm not mad I'm here but I'm also struggling to focus at times

Charm: 7/10 - it's weirdness is its charm and it keeps me around

Cringe: -1/0 - Nadine talking about her drape runners and cotton balls. I almost sped past it

Aged Like Milk- -1/0 - I don't know why exactly but I'm feeling it needs it. Maybe somewhat in how Mrs. Packard is portrayed but maybe it's something else but something is making me give it a -1

Overall Ranking:

B Tier

#retro watching #twin peaks #s1 ep2 #traces of nowhere

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Doctor Who S11 Ep2 The Ghost Monument

This was fine.

I liked it well enough but I wasn't a huge fan of some of the camera work. There seemed to be a lot of weird close ups that felt strange and kinda annoying.

I like Thirteen a lot though. She's fun and she feels like the Doctor. She feels a lot like Ten tbh which, even though he's not my fav that's not a bad thing.

The companions I'm not sure on. I like Graham which is funny because my husband is too used to him as a presenter and it puts him off when he tries to watch.

The flying cloth enemies was kinda funny though I'm not going to lie and the idea of a race was cool but it fell a little flat in practice.

Anyway! Ratings!

Story: 6/10 - it was fine and engaging enough

Acting: 6/10 - some characters were more engaging than others

Scare/Cheese: 6/10 - I was briefly freaked out by the cloth but then it ended up being goofy as hell

Enjoyment: 6.5/10 - I didn't feel the urge to pick up my phone and look at it. I wanted to know what was going to happen next but it wasn't the best

Effects: 4/10 - So first the goofy flying scarves, but also for a planet with no life except microbes why are there plants in the background of shots?

Cringe: -1/0 - the call of the duty moment. Ugh.

Aged LIke Milk: 0/0

Overall ranking:

B Tier

#retro watching #s11 ep2 #doctor who #the ghost monument #I'm typing this review on my chromebook at an odd angle to avoid disturbing my cat

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Good Omens S1 Ep3 Hard Times

I love this episode

The first time we watched this and the credits hit halfway through after the catalogue of Gay Throughout The Ages we had to pause and have EmotionsTM

It hits even harder watching it after watching season 2 because all the extra details it gives us:

The change in Crowley from the Flood to Job.

The flirtatiousness of the French Revolution scene

The backstory from the Resurrectionists informing the fight about Holy Water

It hits so deliciously all of it.

Side note: Why was young Shadwell so hot? That was unnecessary

And then the rest of the episode is also so good! It flows well and the camera work in Heaven is so good at making you uncomfortable and nervous. And I always note how he goes out of his way to big up Crowley as this clever adversary who did this on purpose. He knows this will get back to hell and he's trying to make it seem like Crowley was tricking heaven, fooling them. Being clever.

And the bandstand fight is ugh. How many times is Neil Gaiman going to make me watch these two break up?

Because depending on how you look at it we get 4

The Holy Water Fight

The Bandstand

The Second Offer to Run Away and The Subsequent Rejection Outside the Bookshop (Debatable)

Season 2

After the episode I had an interesting discussion with the Husband about it as an adaption because they prefer Season 2. Which I find interesting, because this was our favourite ep of Season 1 and it had the most that wasn't in the original book added. And while this is in our top 3 adaptions of books to film it is interesting that while we think it's excellent, when it's staying close to the book it feels ever so slightly off because we have a vision or idea of how it should go and look in our heads that doesn't necessarily match up.

But once it's doing it's own thing with new material it feels more right.

It's not a bad adaption at all, we both still adore it but it's interesting. I think he notices it more than me because he's watched Season 2 more recently.

Anyway, I love this episode

Ratings:

Story: 9/10 - how could it be less after that opening sequence?

Acting: 10/10 - Mr. Sheen and Mr. Tennant decided to break my fucking heart after all

Gay: 10/10 - again how could it be less after that opening sequence?

Enjoyment: 9/10 - love this episode

Effects: 6.5/10 - a little be eh in places but!

Charm: 9/10 - now to be transparent if we hadn't watched the second season already it would be a 8 but because we had it made it all that more charming

Cringe: -1/0 - I'm sorry but Aziraphale being smug he got one over on the Nazi's always makes me physically cringe

Aged Like Milk: 0/0

Overall ranking:

S Tier

#retro watching #s1 ep3 #good omens #hard times #good omens 2 spoilers

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seaQuest DSV S1 Ep1 To Be or Not To Be

I don't normally do this but me wanting to watch this show again so very badly is what prompted this whole project (shout to @tesria for buying me the boxset because she is literally the best)

But anyway I'm going to live blog my watching of this first episode.

But I'm putting it under the cut so you can skip it if you want to

Shorter review and ratings here:

Short review:

It was silly, and fun, and seeing Jonathon Brandis as Lucas made me want to cry. (RIP Jonathon). Anyway I love this show

Ratings:

Story: 6/10 - it was a pilot episode and a lot had to be established but it was gripping enough and I was engaged the whole time

Acting: 6/10 - mostly it was pretty good but there were a few low moments. Mostly from secondary characters

Cheese: 8/10 - It has a talking dolphin named DARWIN

Enjoyment: 8/10 - I had so much fun with this

Effects: 4/10 - I should be more generous for the time but holy shit did it not age well

Charm: 8/10 - but holy shit was it charming and fun to watch

Cringe: -1/0 - there is a DOLPHIN who TALKS

Aged LIke Milk: -1/0 - I have to give it one for the opening credits and the effects cause holy shit

Overall ranking:

B Tier

Beginning:

Anyway I watched some of this episode on a very low quality pirate ages ago but nothing is better then seeing it proper picture.

The opening credits look like they were done in windows movie maker over stock images of sea life while John F. Kennedy talks about how we have salt in our blood and other bodily fluids because we came from the ocean and therefore belong to the ocean.

It's very weird.

Then we pan to some very questionable early cgi of an underwater settlement that's declared to be in: "The Near Future" and then we see a sign for an settlement that's declared to be established in the far distant future of 2016

This is going to be amazing.

Now we have a couple of cgi ships chasing a smaller cgi ship where Bobby barely makes it in the airlock but uh oh! It was scavenging in another confederation's territory and now the Military is being called in!

Now we seaQuest the biggest of the cgi ships. It is so unconvincing looking.

Oh Jaxor is the lieutenant! Hi Jaxor!

A blond woman is the captain and I know I already watched enough to know this but even before I watched part of the jacked copy months ago I knew she was going to be a villain on sight. She has the poise of "I'm evil but trying to be low key about it"

Oh her second in command fucking hates her

Also I love her.

She's giving her speech about how she can get peace by murdering people despite command saying "No don't do that."

Second in command is relieved her of command because he's great.

...Okay now it's 13 months later and apparently there is United Earths Oceans Organisation which clearly military as fuck.

Apparently they need someone not so military but military enough to command the ship and there is only one man good enough but he'll never take the job

Apparently to get this guy to take up the job the commander (second in command guy) has to pretend to be terrible at his job.

Okay we have eccentric beach man with a dolphin who is the person best for the job. Nathan Bridges (Or Roy Scheider)

Lots of scientific bullshit and also Nathan's old friend is the one recruiting him.

He is pretty good at playing the curmudgeon I'll give him that.

The dolphin is named Darwin

Hints of a tragic backstory and a dead wife. Why are dead wives always named Carol?

seaQuest is being refitted to be the Enterprise underwater

Dead son too and why are dead sons usually a Robert or Johnny?

Oh he shaved.

More terrible cgi. I think I found it really impressive as a kid but it's very silly now.

This wants to be Underwater Star Trek so bad

The bad guys are capitalists

Where is that accent from?

Also yeah the blond lady has joined as a minion

...Okay so there is a guy who deals with contraband and got a guy male pattern baldness meds.

...the dolphin talks.....it's so fucking funny you have no idea.

JONATHON BRANDIS! Our boy genius Lucas who made the system that lets Darwin speak! He's so cocky and I want to cry. When Jonathon Brandis was reported to have died I cried so much. He was so important to me growing up.

Lucas is such a little shit. I love him

Commander Jonathon is playing his part but he's so tense I want to hug him.

A computer shows a hologram on a stream of water to answer moral or ethical dilemmas. Also did I mention that Nathan Bridges helped design this ship?

Also they left port with him on board and against his will

Capitalist Bad Guys are stalking them.

The seaQuest is shaped like a sex toy from Bad Dragon.

Am I wrong?

Skeevy Contraband guy is great.

Ah he also says he knew Nathan Bridger's son and also he was apparently briefly married to the stern and upright lieutenant in the command.

Bad guys making their move

The Bad Guys plan is going to convince Nathan to take command

Every time Jonathan Brandis is on screen my heart hurts.

Commander Jonathan is doing his best job to force Nathan to take command but it hurts because he's great but also he's genuinely under pressure

Evil Blonde Lady is single minded and also sabotaged the ship

Ah Jonathan is revealing the plan he was told to follow.

Who plays Jonathan? I love him.

Oh Don Franklin. He's been in a lot of stuff! Anyway he's good.

Also the ship heals itself? What the fuck?

Also the Tough Lieutenant is now controlling an undersea mech with vr stuff

Ah no Jonathan is still pretending he's an asshole. But I love Jonathan

head scientist is a sassy older lady btw.

Lucas is going to save the day by fixing the computer virus

I already care about these characters. Even when it's cheesy the acting is emotional. Also Nathan has accepted his role as captain! Yay!

Maybe Jonathan can be a good guy again.

oohhhhhhhhh Nathan taught evil Blond Lady

MONTAGE TIME

I love a villain who knows who they are and don't give a shit

They are using the talking dolphin to mark the enemy ship. Also the Scientist Lady is like "This is kinda fucked up" I like her a lot

The bad guy pony tail minion is the only questionable actor other than the "Where Is My Accent From" Capitalist

Stark is sexy in her evilness. She has no motivation other than "Fuck everyone else" which is very very sexy of her.

The CGI dolphin is hilarious btw

Holy shit she started hitting a guy because he was trying to get her to leave the sinking sub! I love her! She's so unnecessarily evil.

Also pony tail guy was Evil Capitalist Of Unknown Accent's son apparently.

Sassy Scientist and Nathan will have a will they won't they relationship but the AI now looks like his dead wife.

Lucas is having bonding time with Nathan.

When I was like 9 I thought I had a crush on Lucas but looking back I think it was gender envy because I spent my teens really wanting to look like Lucas.

Ah we are back to stock footage of the ocean with dramatic music.

Anyway I loved this. This was great in every way

#retro watching #seaquest #s1 ep1 #to be or not to be

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La Brea S1 Ep3 The Hunt

This was shit

Lets see all the storylines they tried to cram in:

Food for survivors ran out so they need to get more

Doctor who fell down a hill in the last episode can't feel his legs and has to walk his daughter through draining fluid from his spine

Cop Lady and Son have Backstory and Fraught Relationship! (Spoiler: she killed his dad)

Trapped in a cave

Other people have ended up here and at least one didn't make it

Father in modern LA contacts Best Friend he fell out with to save his family from the sinkhole/10,000BCE. The flashback of the falling out had the most hackneyed "Don't you think I know that!" I have ever seen

Turns out Best Friend and Mom were fucking when the daughter got in an accident that meant she lost a leg and that's why Best Friend skipped town. When the Father confronted Best Friend about it it looked like the was disappointed he wasn't included in the fucking. Hard to tell though cause he can't act for shit

Rescue plane go boom

All the acting was wooden as hell the plotlines were predictable and boring. It was supposed to be a big emotional moment when the Best Friend crashed going through the portal light thingy but I do not care because none of these people can act at all except Ty the Psychologist. Who we also learned his tragic backstory which is that he is dying of a brain tumour. I don't care that I'm spoiling this because you should not watch this show.

It's shit.

Anyway Ratings:

Story: 2/10 - so much going on and none of it interesting

Acting: 2/10 - so wooden and boring and I just don't care about these actors who cannot convincingly portray emotion at all. I haven't even learned most of their names

Cheese: 6/10 - the "Don't you think I know that!" is doing a LOT of heavy lifting here

Enjoyment: 2/10 -so many predictable plot lines crammed into one episode and I don't give a shit about any of them. This show wants to be lost so badly istg

Effects: 3/10 - all the animals except the rabbit were so painfully obviously cgi

Charm: 1/10 -no charm

Cringe: -2/10 - the bad acting

Aged Like Milk: 0/0 - nothing egregious

Overall Ranking

D Tier

#retro watching #la brea #s1 ep3 #the hunt

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Star Trek TOS S1 Ep2 Charlie "X"

I really liked this episode!

Sure the kids face when using his mind powers was goofy as hell and some of the effects made me laugh but the actual story was excellent

The response to Charlie slapping Janine on the ass is "what the fuck is wrong with you! You don't DO that" by absolutely everyone which is excellent

Especially when followed by Kirk's speech of "When a woman says no she means no so back the fuck off and leave her alone" (I'm paraphrasing)

But also the autistics in the house really related to Charlie's rant about struggling to fit in.

I also like that there was no good ending or result. No clean answer to the question

Yes Charlie had to go back but that is also a tragedy

Anyway I really liked this episode

Also "You need me to run this ship and I need him" about Spock. Yeah you do Kirk ;)

Anyway ratings:

Story: 8/10

Acting: 5.5/10 - that face Charlie made brought it down a lot

Cheese: 8.5/10 - the face was doing a lot of work but so were the effects

Enjoyment: 8/10

Effects: 4/10 - the pantyhose over the face to make them a faceless person was very silly

Charm: 7.5/10

Cringe: -1/0 - all the work is the face

Aged Like Milk: 0/0

Overall Ranking:

B Tier

#retro watching #s1 ep2 #star trek tos #charlie x

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Weekly Wrap Up - Week 2

Only four shows watched this week due to Christmas and health

Still it wasn't terrible

Shows Watched:

I've Got You Under My Skin - Charmed - Tier C

The Man Trap - Star Trek TOS - Tier B

Day Two - La Brea -Tier C

The Book - Good Omens - Tier A

Week score is technically a D but that's because only half the shows were watched.

Still I enjoyed myself and had a good time.

Retro watching will be dark for the next week and Charmed will be dark for two because of my friend's schedule but that also works out well for me

#retro watching #weekly wrap up #week 2

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No twin peaks today either :( don't have the bandwidth

Will see about mha and owls house over the next two days but if nothing else all retro watching will pick up again on Jan 1st

Except charmed which will start the week after due to my friends schedule

But this is OK! Thats why I went to the trouble to make the actual watch calendar that auto updates based on the date watched

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