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Thundercats (1985)
Why this is one of my all time favorite shows.
It's extremely flawed and corny. granted. The story lines are mostly weak, even to a point of in-coherency and complete absurdity, granted. There are no exceptional depths of characters, granted.
However, this is a masterpiece if you know how to experience it as such.
To me, I find it compelling, mostly in terms of the biblically epic soundtrack for the most part, and the animation.
If you try to not render too much meaning to this journey as a storytelling, but more as a thematic soundtrack experience that manifests itself in certain situations and scenarios that you can easily relate to, then this experience would leave its mark on you in the most profound way, as it has on me ever since I've first experienced it as a 6 year old, and still in awe to it now as I'm already in my early thirties. one can't simply deny the way it reflects the mood and general ambiance in such a remarkable way, and still for the most part include the lite motif of the theme song in it without diminishing the mental traits of every track respectively. Secondly - I loved the animation, and the characters, although quite depth-less were very memorable and had a lot of gravitas in the ways they expressed and handled themselves.
To conclude, the real mastermind behind the success of the Thundercats is no other than Bernard Hoffer, who granted us one of the best soundtracks in the history of film and television, and I want to thank him personally for this amazing and one of the most memorable experiences in my life.
The Walking Dead: Last Day on Earth (2016)
I already gave this episode a well deserved 1/10. However...
I agree with the grand majority of the negative reactions about the terrible idea of ending the Negan scene with a cliffhanger that may have just killed the show.. but the rest of the episode leading up to that point was really good, having shown Rick's self confidence being gradually torn to shreds by the terror of the Saviors, and Carl's complete fearlessness in contrast.
But the real shame is that this ending is going to prevent a blow-me-away spectacular very well emmy-deserved performance by Jefferey Dean Morgan as Negan from being rewarded for that. I was so overwhelmed by his portrayal of Negan, that regardless of the dumbest most idiotic cliffhanger in history, I just couldn't stop watching that scene over and over without being totally mesmerized and utterly shocked to my bones by all the brilliant nuances and the charismatically evil gestures he was pulling up his sleeve. That's got to be one of the best acting displays I have ever seen in TV shows and movies alike, and I am not exaggerating at all. Otherwise I would've quit watching the show, for all the reasons mentioned before by others (the stupid gimmicks, the greedy commercial spin the show is being degraded towards, and so on, and so on).
In my honest Opinion it's safe to say that JDM's performance saved the walking dead from a premature demise (for now), and I just can't wait for him to come back. :)
The Walking Dead: Welcome to the Tombs (2013)
This season would've been great if it had ended at episode 12.
Let me start by saying that after watching that last episode, it's only fair to assume that any huge fan of this show should really hate this episode, and not for being an anti climax, as others have mentioned before, but for destroying an appreciated character by dumbing her down to her grotesque death at the finale, and for the inconsistencies and improbabilities that were embedded in the main characters' decisions. Of course, I'm referring to Andrea and the Governor. Andrea was coming to her own at the end of season 2, as she saved Beth in her controversial way, and almost sacrificed her life to save Carol, ended up fighting desperately to save her own life in the woods, until she was ultimately saved by Michonne in the last minute. In the third season, one could accept that she might have issues killing a living person in cold blood, even if he/she were bad, but what you couldn't get is her stupidity and lack of responsibility for herself as she left the town to warn her friends without stealing a map, without taking supplies, and without trying to steal one of the many cars that were right at the side of the road where she was running away. in the final episode, she got even more reckless and stupid inconceivably as she was busy chatting with dying Milton instead of hurrying in her attempts to escape her death trap, that same stupidity which made her lose her own life. what's even more strange is that the governor himself, who had assembled a small army of his own town folks, who, if you recall was able to subdue a military unit at the start of the season, suddenly makes a remarkably stupid decision by getting his own men and women into the fortified death trap of the prison, without even deploying some of them outside its perimeters, just in case anything happens, or someone tries to escape. the worst part, was having them all killed without anyone of the very well armed folks trying to defend themselves by firing back. it felt as if a very unprofessional writer was trying to produce a very artificial shock value, that couldn't stand up to reality. This is by far one of the worst episodes, not just of TWD, but of any show I've ever seen, and I've seen plenty. Nevertheless, I think that overall the show's not totally destroyed, since it has great characters to have not yet fully developed, and a metaphorical background that needs to be exploited, if not better, then at least as good as in season 2. And if you read the credits, you can tell that Scott Gimple was responsible on writing some of the greatest episodes of the show. So the fact that he's the new showrunner is something to look forward to, hoping that season 4 will show a much needed improvement.