Reviews

I was very intrigued by this, never read the book, but if the book was as weak as the movie, not sure why anyone decided, "Hey let's make a movie sure to flop!" It makes you wonder why it took so long to be released & why Paramount canceled original release in 2014/2015?

The costuming for the women was awful, considering the beautiful styles of the time period this is supposed to be (the clothes themself were okay, nothing to write home about, but they could've been spectacular). It might have been better with a fictional kingdom and king, but King Louis XIV & France, really? Maybe with a background explaining an alternate history, like in author Kim Harrison's "The Hollows" book series, but this wasn't well done, the historical mixed with fantasy. It's been done & done well, but this was meh at best.

I think as a series, or even as a one season mini series, there could've been more character & world building, so one didn't constantly feel like they were missing something. I'd look away at something for a few seconds, return my attention to the movie & feel like I missed minutes, rewind, only to discover it really was only seconds, and we'd changed scenes at least once.

The actress who played Emma was awful, a toddlers crocodile tears more convincing than her pitiful sobs. The rest of the cast was quite well done, but she came across as b i t c h y rather than naturally, and almost innocently, snobbish. If you want to see a well acted version by all characters, the 90's version with Gwyneth Paltrow (who I'm not a big fan of) is the one to watch.

Enjoyable enough movie, not as amusing as when I was a kid, because now I see that kind of disrespect & think, "My parents would have at least grounded me if I were that disrespectful, if not flat out whipped my butt!" It's sad to me that there are actually parents who not only tolerate, but encourage their children to be brats & then wonder why we have an entire generation that think it's okay to throw temper tantrums, rioting & looting every time they don't get their way or something happens they don't like.

It's murder, not kill. You can argue whether an execution is murder or not, but if you're going to quote scripture, make it the focus of an episode, get it right. Big difference between killing & murdering.

Good episode, but I cringe when they talk about "vicious" or "mean" breeds. There's no such thing, it's as ridiculous as racism and how do we expect to overcome prejudices against other humans when we can't even manage it with animals.

There are dogs who haven't been trained properly (or have been intentionally trained badly), dogs who haven't been properly socialized, dogs who are frightened or hurt or feel threatened or cornered, but there are no bad dogs.

The dog nipping & growling at me doesn't scare me nearly as much as the idiot it belongs to, but it'll be the dog who gets put down when it bites someone, not it's owner or series of people in it's life who mistreated it and or were cruel to it. The dog ends up being as much a victim as the person(s) it hurts.

I speak from experience, having been bitten by a couple of dogs with idiots for owners, and having been blessed with many different breeds of dog in my life, all good dogs, none who ever bit me except a 5 lb toy poodle who thought she was a timberwolf: I laughed at her, but she was the closest I ever came to knowing a "vicious" dog & her previous owner spoiled her & didn't socialize her.

I couldn't get through the first episode. I had issues with Julie & more with her 3 oldest children in the original series, watched it more for the other characters, but Ruby is an Australian Greta Thunberg, and I can't stand that kid, puppet though she may be.

It's amazing how one line can make an otherwise good episode leave a bad taste in your mouth.

Equating capitalism with terrorism and confusing greed with capitalism is asinine.

Money is not the root of all evil, love of money is and that's an important distinction. There's nothing wrong with capitalism, it's greed that corrupts any system or ideal, whether greed for money or power.

I think they were going for quirky, instead, frequently, they were just ridiculous & often inaccurate. To top it off they "tackled" heavy social issues, attempting to mold future SJWs who rely on feelings instead of facts, presenting opinions as science & truth, presenting worst case & far fetched scenarios & exaggerating reactions & fears.

Lauren Holly's performance was the worse, her character nauseating & unrealistic.

Really loved this show until this episode.

They were sticking pretty close to the truth, then decided to do a politically correct, many paths to God nonsense episode.