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Gateways to Faerie (2010)
Sweet, but Little Substance
Unfortunately, despite hundreds of years of folklore, this film presents fairies as small, saccharine, and communicative. They are described as small winged persons, and also as abstract and symbolic representations of the natural world.
The presenters also tell of some ancient incompatibility between fairies and humans, who came from the stars. Nevertheless, our creativity comes directly from appreciation of fairy/human interaction.
Additionally, brief instructions for building a fairy house are furnished.
Powerless (2016)
Awful, Just Awful
Very awkward and stilted. Jokes are forced. Of course we recognize the clichés of working for a big company, but simply to apply them to a comic book city is just not that funny or intelligent.
Alan Tudyk did his best with the material given, but it did not support his brilliant comedy talent. The lead actor (what's her name?) is a properly perky chipmunk, but it is all for nothing. Story? What story? It's merely a random thought stretched to try to fill twenty- two minutes. Also, a superhero story has to have mandatory special effects, but here the use of cgi is minimal and sad.
Nothing to see here, folks. Move along.
Pirate Treasure of the Knights Templar (2015)
"Unreality" TV
This show is even more stupid and contrived than most "reality TV" shows. Let's take some exciting buzzwords: "lost treasure", "pirates", "templars", "shipwreck", "Captain Kidd" and mash them up with legend and folktales and conjecture. Let's call it "scientific archaeological discovery".
The so-called recovered silver ingots presented to the President of Madagascar were later determined to be 95% lead fakes. UNESCO investigators stated that the sunken ship was not Kidd's. It was not even a ship, but a broken part of the harbor construction.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-33524216
This program is also a "lead fake".
Hissatsu shigotonin V (1985)
Surprising Feudal Samurai Series
This long-running TV drama focuses on a band of assassins (shigotonin) for hire in feudal Japan. I watched it years ago to help my study of Japanese language. I could not believe what I was seeing on the TV screen because the series was so skewed and offbeat.
The show was written to a formula, and each week the story line was similar. Downtrodden commoners needed revenge for injustice and the cruel misdeeds of various bureaucrats and the wealthy and powerful. I believe the hit team was sent on assignment by a Buddhist nun, but they often did pro bono work for a deserving person. One season the band of assassins were disguised as traveling entertainers.
Each episode ended the same way. Each team member was shown rushing to the designated location for the hit. Each one had a particular specialty weapon---a sword, a garrote, a sharpened hairpin. This was a set piece for each episode. Justice triumphs!