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NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service: Reef Madness (2024)
I am with Nick
Am I missing the point of a show successfully running for 22 seasons with 22+ episodes per season with ease and all of a sudden we only get mini series? Am I old fashioned? It still baffles me the stark difference between the spin offs and this. Simple, down to earth cases here and global conspiracies and save the world against the clock on LA, family and petty local vendetta on NOLA, Hawai'i taking on the legacy of LA and Sydney...I do not even want to speak about Sydney.
I do not know where Jimmy got the balls from or why, but, boy, you need to calm down. Snapping and being an ass? That was Gibbs' thing. And like Nick, I am proud of him, right or wrong. Too bad he is wrong. If we had 22+ episodes we could dissect that, but we no longer do.
NCIS: Hawai'i: Divided We Conquer (2024)
Great way to end
Sadly, making spin offs of great shows sometimes does not work even if it does. Network execs have proven time and again that they do not care for audiences.
Regardless. It was a great episode showing why the world feels the way it does about US military presence, protesting it the wrong way and why the world cares about the presidential elections so much. But since the show is made for and by US Americans, it showed us also how the US reacts when trying to be rejected.
I know the show did not emphasise on much of the personal stories of the cast except for Lucy and Kate, for obvious reasons, but even they did not get a few good last episodes.
NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service: A Thousand Yards (2024)
Concluding NCIS?
The usual high stakes threat isolated to DC, reminiscent of a old cases, and the entire NCIS franchise. McGee finally having the chance to shine and he only put on a tie. Missed opportunities.
Are we being prepped for conclusion or are we being reminded of the "good" years and when we were excited about a thousand spin offs? Unlike Sydney. Cancel that thing already.
Including Gibbs, DiNozzo, Kate, Elly, Jack, but what about Ducky and Abby? I know we recently spent a whole episode on Ducky, but that was a farewell to an icon.
I know McG is working on an "untitled NCIS spin off" about Tony and Ziva, but that isn't what NCIS needs. It needs a little more this era characters, story lines and a little less explosives.
Home Again (2017)
I usually like Reese's movies
A reckless 20 odd something guy, a leader of a trio, with big dreams hits on a woman and ends up effing it up. What a surprise!
A push over 40yo woman going through mid-life crisis, with a manipulative ex, messy situationship, abusive boss, if we can call her that.
And two kids.
What could go wrong? Well, no character has a personality, except maybe the dead guy. Every cliché of a romantic comedy drama or whatever else genre they've tried to cover.
Reese's facial expressions are kindergarten level performance in contrast with her usually well put characters. I've seen better Hallmark movies.
Of course, it all turns out the way it was supposed to at the end. I can't remember any part that stood out to spoil it.
Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
Poirot knock off
Murder on the Orient Express is one of Christie's best books, capturing generatuons of audiences since it was first released, to be butchered by this on and off screen cast.
The obvious, the mustache. Who thought of this one? That specific style was not an actual style. Elements of it, but not that broom.
The athletism of Poirot? What is he, 20 and training for a warrior type of contest? Poirot is dandy, delicate, with very gentle energy and def not stepping in a pile of crap, twice and on purpose. He's dramatic, but not emotional. Definitely not about to cry.
And a little less obviously, he would never miss a chance to make a subtle or sarcastic comment, most people wouldn't get. He'd pepper his speech with French words and he'd never directly tell somebody to fix their tie. He would have never addressed his audience at the end with a dramatic speed with anything but a proud French "Mesdames et Messieurs"
Overal I've seen better made for TV films than this star studded Poirot knock off.
Drew (2016)
"Too female" for CBS
The network didn't pick up Drew, because the show was "too female" for their schedule in 2016 even after the pilot did very well with audiences. Imagine a book about a little girl detective, turned 30-something law enforcement agent, solving crime in the big city being too female. The network that gave us five NCIS series with one being sort of led by a female lead and Sydney, with the worst female co-led procedural ever, thought that girl detective, who has amassed an international fandom since it was first written, was "too female". Or was it because Nancy Drew was not going to be played by a blue eyed blond/readhead?
Knives Out (2019)
A fun little who done it, kind of.
A movie if I don't marked as watched, I will probably not remember I have. A fine airplane watch.
I absolutely find Craig's character to have been the worst Southern (?) accent ever. I am not sure where he's supposed to be from to have that "Kentucky drawl" but it's so stupid and annoying, I couldn't listen to what he was saying. His terrible accent didn't contribute to the story in any way and I don't understand why he couldn't just speak in his normal accent. His character didn't have any depth beyond being a "great detective" which was not proven either. Any G grade actor could've played that character. Maybe the point flew over my head.
NCIS: Sydney (2023)
Pushing it
I've watched the NCIS franchise since Gibbs started the first boat, but this is a bit of a stretch. We get it, US Navy is all over the world and they somehow made it to Sydney, too. Agent Mackey is made so unlikable, it spoils the whole show and even the likability of the other characters, though no personality, doesn't help. The interpersonal relationships are non existant, the weirdness of the team and constant "misunderstanding" of local culture are another testament of US Americans' ignorance of other cultures. Three episodes in and I give up. Not even interested to find out why Mackey is so unlikable. Kudos to Oliva Swann.