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Originally Posted by flizzenflozz
When 90% of the characters are kids/teens and then you add that IDIOTIC Trillionaire fool into the mix, I have a hard time getting into this show.
The Boy Kavalier actor is horrible and he delivers lines like he's in a middle school play. I don't need an aged Dr Evil villain behind the curtain all the time but this construct is ice water down the back for me. Him flouncing around in his pajamas is a tough watch as is listening to the on- the- nose juvenile gibberish between the 2 kids in episode 3. We get it- they are kids in adult(ish) bodies but it was so over cooked with the 'dude' banter that I was half expecting to hear 'sus' and 'rizz' to really hammer the point home. 'But that's how kids talk' will be the rationale but trying to entertain adults means not having to go to cringeworthy lengths.
The 5 min guitar solo in Ep 3 as they went to the island was difficult to endure and the music overall has been terrible.
Wendy is great, as is Morrow and Kirsh but the rest can all GTFO.
C- for me.
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It's interesting that the characters seem so divisive. Someone earlier hated Wendy, and it sounds like she's one of the few you liked.
FWIW - I have an 11 year old boy, and when he plays with his buddies it sounds pretty much exactly like how they were talking. So it resonated with me. That moment where the one guy put his arm around the other guy to comfort him I found to be emotional and meaningful.
If you don't have kids of that age or temperament, I certainly could understand how it's not very interesting.
Aliens has already had a kid protagonist in Newt who was both traumatized but also well equipped and vital to help resist the aliens. This is sort of a "what if" exercise - what if her brain got plugged into a Bishop like android?
Damn. Maybe that's what Aliens 3 should have been...
The Kid Irritating is the corporate foil just like Carter Burke. Instead of a yuppie ladder climber of the 80's, he's the Silicon Valley geek who is 100% certain he's smarter than everyone else... but probably isn't.
I like that I keep thinking about the shows for a few days after the episodes air. Lots going on for fans of Alien and Aliens (who like to pretend there are no other movies).