CMS of explosion.fun

Category: Review

  • Ranma 1/2 (2024)

    Ranma 1/2 (2024)

    Super cute anime that is really fun you watch.

    But this anime is built around one little quirk, and once you get used to that quirk, it’s a less engaging. The quirk is that the father-son duo can turn into a panda-girl duo if splashed with cold water.

    This quirk is really funny and leads to a bunch of funny interactions at the start. But you grow used to it quickly and then it’s not as funny.

    The story does progress though. It doesn’t feel like the show will be stretched out in order to make more money. If that were to happened, I might have trouble finishing the show.

  • Narivetta

    Narivetta

    Well I wish I could rate this a little higher but these are the ratings.

    The pacing was a bit uneven. While the overall flow wasn’t bad, certain scenes got a little too much time, detracting from the central narrative. A significant chunk of the film is spent on the protagonist’s romantic life and his struggle to find meaningful work, plot points that ultimately have little to no bearing on the main story once it kicks in. Similarly, scenes depicting hazing within the police force and elaborate chase sequences seemed more like filler than substance, adding to the runtime without enriching the plot. All of this felt like a missed opportunity to explore the far more compelling theme at the heart of the film: the violation of Adivasi rights.

    On a positive note, the character development, particularly of Varghese, played by Tovino Thomas, was done quite well. Tovino convincingly portrays an oppressive (dirt-bag) police officer who gradually transforms after realizing he is just as vulnerable to injustice as those he once oppressed. Some scenes are genuinely powerful in highlighting how dehumanizing and prejudiced his views of the Adivasis were early on. But there wasn’t enough background laid to show that Varghese, the character played by Tovino was a scummy person initially. So the belligerent nature on display by Tovino in later scenes often stood out and did not seem in character for Varghese.

  • Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines

    Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines

    Visually Stunning, But Lacking in Substance

    Makeine delivers shockingly high-quality animation for a series that hasn’t quite broken into mainstream popularity. Some shots are so incredibly beautiful, it’s hard to believe this much talent was dedicated to a show with such a simple premise.

    Early on, the series is packed with humor and creativity. Each episode felt fresh, with clever editing and use of music that made the viewing experience genuinely fun and engaging. But as we grow accustomed to the characters, the novelty begins to wear off, and so does the comedy.

    It almost feels like the creators started running out of ideas. Once the character introductions and basic development were done, the absence of a compelling overarching plot became impossible to ignore. The episodes became less engaging, and while the animation remained impressive, the team seemed less experimental and more reserved with their visuals as the series progressed, almost like they were losing interest in the show.

    It’s still a good show, but it could have been amazing with a better story. There’s still so much potential for deeper character development, a melancholic character development arc could add so much value to the show. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem like the show is headed in that direction.

    Often times, the show begins to introduce more characters with interesting personalities at this point, perhaps to keep engagement high, but it would be so much cooler to send the main character through an emotional arc now. His character is perfect for such an arc.

    Complaint

    I couldn’t tell which name belonged to which person, sometimes first name would be used and sometimes second name would be used. It is nice that the show doesn’t over-explain and lets the viewer figure things out as the story is progressing, but it was confusing.

  • Severance

    Severance

    Good show, very enjoyable.

    Not binge watch material, you might fall asleep if you try, and I mention that as a positive. It’s great to see a good show that doesn’t get you all riled up.

    You could watch an episode or two after work before bed, and successfully stop watching and actually go to sleep. This is quite unlike other shows, which would add cliffhangers and keep you wanting the rest of the story, keep you up all night.

    But I want to bring your attention to another aspect of this show and perhaps many others that I find rather concerning. While this show was popular and a while after as well, I noticed many references to this ‘Severance’ on News programs, podcasts and various other programs. The hosts would bring up the show or refer to it seemingly at random, as though it weren’t an ad that Apple had paid for. This could be manipulation of the public, the viewer, to artificially make the show more popular.

    Ayn Rand in her book ‘The Fountainhead’ describes a person ‘Ellsworth M Toohey’ and his gang of influential people who attempt to steer pubic opinion by manipulating that which gets printed in the news papers. In the book they together write false reviews and artificially improve the ratings of bad shows. The reader of column, an ordinary person, not wanting to sound stupid goes along with the reviewers and claims that the bad show is good, great even.

    Along with this, you ask your influential friends working in print media or news to add subtle references to your garbage show, so that people will come watch it and artificially raise demand. I guess this is called marketing now. Though you do have to declare when an ad is an ad.

    While Severance was a very good show, I did feel as though something similar was tried in this case. So many subtle references to the show every now and then, so that you feeling FOMO would want to watch the show, and maybe get an Apple TV subscription.

    Those are all just unproven hypotheses though.

    Should you give the show a watch?: Yes. It’s a very good show.

  • Dredd

    Dredd

    One of the coolest lesser known movies ever.

    I wish this movie scored more, but oh well.

  • Falimy

    Falimy

    Funny.

    Very funny.

    Give it a watch.

  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

    Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

  • Lazarus

    Lazarus

    An extremely well animated, well dubbed, well choreographed and well directed waste of my time.

    It didn’t matter how well every other piece was crafted, at the end of the day the story was mediocre and was told poorly told. Almost every episode felt like a filler episode, only slightly aiding to progress the story. More focus was instead paid to making cool looking action sequences.

    The series is still on-going. Maybe the next few episodes will make it all worth it. But presently I wouldn’t feel the need to recommend the series to anyone.

    I can’t really figure out what’s wrong though. Something similar was done in John Wick, it was a splendid success, and I really loved it too. Maybe it was the feeling that the main characters were in no real risk of death or serious injury. I never felt much excitement or fear during the fights.

    There was a sequence where a main character almost lost an arm, you would be shocked for a quick second, after which you would remember again that nothing serious would ever happen to the main characters. The crew would jump into dangerous situations left and right as if nothing could hurt them.

    It was quite well animated though. All the background characters had were pretty well written too. It’s just that most of the episodes felt unnecessary.

  • Berserk

    Berserk

  • Cromartie High School

    Cromartie High School