Reviews

I'll start by saying I liked the episode quite a lot, it was a good first part for a finale and has an interesting cliffhanger that's got me excited for next week. However, the problem with Eric Wallace is that he SUCKS at characters... and today I'm specifically talking about Eobard Thawne. I absolutely love Matt Letscher as Thawne, and after years of him being off of The Flash, I was very happy to see him return. Unfortunately his return, in my opinion, was very lacklustre. In last weeks episode, it seemed like there could have been a set up for Letcher's Thawne to becoming the Reverse Flash, having memory loss, finding a way to find super speed, and having a loved one now making him more vulnerable than ever. But no, no no no we can't have that. Wallace just loves to make old returning villains good, and that's exactly what happened to Letscher's Thawne who died and was immediately replaced with Tom Cavanagh's Thawne. I'm genuinely broken, and yeah I'm probably over reacting, but he just does not have a grip on his characters. This was his chance to create the villain origin so many fans have been waiting for for years. Instead, he literally just wastes him for nothing. I love Tom Cavanagh, but I'm sick of seeing him as Thawne when I know there's no explained, canon reason as to why he's wearing that face still. It was the perfect opportunity to have a past Thawne who, instead of being humiliated by The flash in this timeline, has his loved one indirectly killed by him (which could have replaced Iris' death and lead to a big battle in the finale) and turned bad after realising that he will never be able to save people and blames the flash for all this after losing her AND being told by Flash that he's destined to be bad... and it could've literally tied in with what Letscher's Thawne has said before. In season 2 he states that he realised he was never gonna be the flash and that he was destined to be his greatest enemy... well damn, that would've been great to go off, having Eobard from another timeline's origin story in present day! But damn it seems I have better connective ideas than Eric Wallace, who continually writes what seems to be lazy and uncreative scripts for his seasons. I really hope we get to see Matt Letscher again next season, coz what a waste for such a great Eobard Thawne.

The one with Din Djarin. This show is good, but nothing special or very interesting. There isn't a whole lot of action and most of it so far is backstory mixed with some present day shenanigans. Like I said, the best episode so far has been the one with Din Djarin from The Mandalorian in it, which is such a shame because I want to be getting excited over Boba Fett rather than him.

It was fun to get back into Halo and play through the missions, explore the open world and find secrets and all that, but while the gameplay was great, the story was nothing special. It was good, but not as great as the original Halo trilogy. Very basic villain and not many interesting characters. Multiplayer has been very poorly handled. You can't choose which game mode you want to play, there aren't many game modes and customisation is mainly achieved through micro transactions. The game could have been better, but I'm still solidly happy with what we got.

I was hoping in this series finale we would have answers to the Doctor's past lives as it was heavily teased throughout the 6 episodes and especially in the penultimate episode. However, the Doctor literally threw away the answers at the end of the episode, with a little hint that she will (probably) find out later on, most likely in the third 2022 special. This is an entire year away, with barely any Doctor Who content. Anyways, the editing was poorer than usual, the pacing was as bad as always and the villains were defeated pretty easily to be honest.

While I understand this episode is meant to set up the rest of the season, it suffers from poor pacing and too many plot lines going on. However, it was still very interesting to watch and had me intrigued the whole way through. The Doctor and Yasmin's relationship is also quite good in this, showing them arguing and bickering while still getting along. Dan is a great new addition as well, however I hope his ignorance isn't a constant throughout the season. Altogether though it was a pretty solid start to a new season of Doctor Who.

Some spoilers ahead. I went into this movie thinking it would be pretty run of the mill, with many characters seen in the promos surviving... boy was I wrong! I was shocked with all those deaths at the start, but my god it was funny to really see just how unimportant they all were. It's a bit of a shame that some characters were cast really well, like The Thinker, Captain Boomerang and Savant, and seeing them die was saddening, but in a very hilarious way. This movie also proves that James Gunn can make you feel for characters, even minor ones (For example, Ratcatcher 1, who in my opinion was cast really well) while still keeping it light and humorous. Definitely recommend this movie to all. It had some great cinematography that shows just how inventive and unique James Gunn is!

The Flash's first three seasons were probably the peak of the show. These seasons had interesting villains, good characters, great writing and pacing, and most of all, The Flash! The next few seasons is where the show starts to get rocky. Season 4 had a great villain played by the fantastic Neil Sandilands, a great premise, but unfortunately began to gradually become more and more tiring as the season progressed. Season 5 also had a great premise, but the villain was terrible and extremely annoying. The last half of the season is where is starts to get really good... but everything else is pretty meh. Season 6 is a weird one... you can tell that the show runner has changed and all the characters seem... different. While this season improved on the previous one, and had some pretty cool villains and storyline's, it didn't feel like The Flash we all knew and loved. Season 7 has had a pretty weird beginning. A few episodes have been great, such as The Speed of Thought, which was brilliant paced, directed and acted. But so far this season just doesn't have the charm The Flash once did. The characters seem to all serve the same purpose, and with so many different people to focus on, some episodes barely have Barry Allen in it!

Altogether, this show has been an interesting one to watch, with many reveals, fan service and fun packed into it. Unfortunately though, the show seems like has become a shell of what it used to be.

Everyone seems to hate her... but I really liked Debbie. Wish we could've seen more of her honestly. The episode itself was enjoyable. I liked how most of it was outside of the precinct.