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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)
Family drama with minimal ghost stuff
This is not a Ghostbusters movie. It is lacking the humor, the action and compelling characters. There was no tension or conflict. It was a wet flop.
Also the editing is super weird, why did Dr. Venkman do any testing on the firemaster? He had not appeared once before the half time of the movie. They repeated couple encounters from the first movie, that's it. The main monster had no weight on anything whatsoever.
I was kinda hoping to see the old folks more and not all the children I do not know, why were there so many kids in the team?
And last, but not least, firebending, really? REALLY?
3 stars but only because I like Bill Murray and the dragon was pretty. Nothing else made any sense.
The Pinkertons (2014)
The Pinkertosns, 19th century trappings, 2ist century morals
I really like this show, it is entertaining, feel-good, beautiful and somewhat authentic. What comes to the costumes and props, spot-on.
But this is meant to be 19th century America! It is Victorian era for *cks sake! Non-married men and women do NOT sleep in the same tent! I would have like at least the characters to discuss over this and resort to the 'bundling' codex. meaning something between them to prevent intimacy. That was a missionary's daughter even! And none of the people are prunes, even when it was common practice at that time period.
I do understand, that for the modern era viewer you must represent people of color different and with respect on television. It kinda little bothers me, that John gets so little hardship from the people, even though he seems the only black person in town. Do not understand me wrong, I do not WANT to see racism represented on television. But it just bothers me, for authenticity sake.
I would have assumed at least the three white guys he was imprisoned with would have remarked more on his race.
But I can look between my fingers for them to decide for more modern morals. I just wish the characters acted more prune XD it would have caused entertaining tension!
Edit: and then I saw the episode with the colonel, makes my point on the race moot