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Watchmen (2019)
No Watchmen here
Where are the Watchmen? Not in this show. In fact, the only thing in common with the original story line is the name, which seems deceptive at best. This is nothing but propaganda. Note that the advocates for this train wreck will give it undeserved high marks and will malign anyone who does not like this BS. The show should be canceled.
Harry's War (1981)
Good movie, hard to find
First, the IMDb rating for this movie (at the time of this writing) of only 5.7 is a sham. If one takes the actual rating average from the 193 voters, then the rating average is actually 7.16, and if you take the number of stars from those who wrote reviews (and included stars) it has a 9 star rating. So why the 5.7? Well, it appears that if IMDb disagrees with the vote, then they simply change it to whatever they think it should be, and they also clearly state that they will not tell you how they came to that decision. So, in summary, your vote does not count unless they (IMDb) agrees with it, thereby, rendering the movie average that they display as practically useless.
How appropriate a treatment for this very movie, where the governing who disagree simply change the rules to their satisfaction.
This movie is worth seeing for those who wish to see a film regarding an ever growing issue in the US. It is hard to find, but with diligence you can come across DVD copies on the internet. It is certainly better than 5.7.
The protagonist, Harry, attempts to remedy a situation where his friend is about to have her property confiscated for back taxes, taxes that she actually does not owe. He attempts to talk with the IRS director, to no avail. He goes to the kangaroo tax court, only to learn that he lost before ever entering the court room. He quickly finds out that the system is designed to squelch noncompliance, which also results in the death of his friend in the tax court. The property, having been willed to Harry, now becomes his fight, which he does with a method of last desperation with seemingly no other alternative.
Although the film is a bit lighthearted and meant to be a comedy, the subject matter is quite serious. The end scene is darkly prophetic of the tragic incident involving the US government in Waco, Texas, 12 years after the movie was made.
Warehouse 13 (2009)
poor imitation of Friday the 13th, the Series
After watching this show a few times, it occurred to me that this is nothing more than a rip-off of the television show "Friday the 13th, the Series" that aired approximately 20 years ago. There is nothing original about this show, and it demonstrates again how unimaginative the writers for the "Siffy" channel are.
In "Friday the 13th, the Series" the owners, a young woman and man (cousins), inherited an antique shop full of cursed objects, and sold a bunch of them. An older man who knew the previous shop owner stopped them, but not before hundreds of objects were sold. Each object had some kind of magic power that would activate when the person in possession killed someone. The trio went on missions to locate these cursed objects and bring them back to the store. A different cursed object was the subject of each show.
Let's see -
Friday the 13th : Warehouse 13
Both have three main people- 2 men and a woman
Both have magic objects causing trouble
Both have the team searching to collect the objects in order to bring them back into storage
Here's a difference. The scripts in Friday the 13th were actually good. The scripts in Warehouse 13 are so poor that I found myself channel surfing, or falling to sleep, during the show.
Those reading may check it out for yourself. If you should watch shows from the original "Friday the 13, the Series", then Warehouse 13 will most likely disappoint you.