LORD OF THE THRONES & GAME OF RINGS PREQUELS BURN BRAIN CELLS, PROVING HOLLYWOOD HAS LOST IT'S ORIGINALITY

Series Review -THRONES VS RINGS - [HBO Plus/Amazon Prime - [R] - Yes, I'm making fun of both the prequels already being presented; one is called House of Dragons and the other is called The Rings of Power. But I'm not going to lie, and this isn't about all of the new 'black characters' being brought into these two series, it's about the lack of originality and the evidence that shows that today's series or movie writer[s] try to hard to delve into political landscapes, telling stories through useless dialog which slows the momentum of the story arcs, leaving no room for the viewer to see that there is a huge difference between any two prequel series which could have had more to offer. There are signs in the current presentation that the writers don't know how to present a family filled with dubious friction or build likeable characters without having one of the other characters use dialog to sell it to the viewer.

Somehow, both of these new prequel show's present the important element of having a diverse culture, races intermingling and bringing in n assortment of actors to fill today's need of showing how history "should be portrayed" to make everyone happy. I know that there's a large belief that the two franchises were white washed on purpose, and that everyone's history will be damaged because of it. But I find it ridiculous that the producers claimed that these prequels would "be in line" with the original shows, but tell a story of what happened previously in their histories, blah-blah-blah...

In the THRONES prequel, why not just add a race of Zulu-type warriors that once governed a large area of their known world. This race could have become extinct over time, or perhaps driven off the land and now living elsewhere. That would seem a little more acceptable. The same could have been said for RINGS, as the land of Middle Earth was devastated with meg-wars that eliminated a ton of the human populace. I find this more fathomable to accept into the mythology of both fantasy worlds, solely because the prime shows currently in our history fail to show or hint that any such additions to race existed. It's a perfect endeavor to showcase and would probably be a little more acceptable to swallow by the main followers of the books that presented both of these worlds in the first place.

Lets get back to the THRONES prequel for a moment. Outside of presenting a political landscape for the King and his successor, the actress Milly Alcock, playing  Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen, is just now being replaced by an older actress - in a timejump event - for a reason to show the characters progression in age??? I'm not sure what decision brought that on as the Alcock is a 24 year old actress and she's been portraying a teen princess. I'm sure that when she was brought into the production, someone told the young actress that, "Hey, this IS a Game of Thrones Prequel, so expect to be seen naked in it!" I feel that Alcock has done a splendid job in her role, considering the scraps of dialog and character development the writers have tossed her way over the course of four episodes which have amounted to very little.

I'm certainly not trying to lead on to anything, but I am sure that the production team; including the directors, the writers and the on set crew probably didn't feel comfortable following the possibility of shooting another incestuous relationship in the series, like the one previewed in the first series between brother and sister in Game of Thrones. In my opinion, not allowing for Alcok to grow into the character of Rhaenyra over the course of several seasons is just a loss to the entire production just like Maisie Williams was allowed to grow as Araya Stark. The only reason for a timejump is to present a new character arc to help the more maturer viewers [who actually are the bread and butter of the series followers] to feel more comfortable seeing a mature looking actress to take it in the ass by the much older male actor in the series. And please don't forget that statues will be taken down in this series, to help appease those woke fans that changing history through sheer violence is the natural way to do course corrections in culture.

Outside of all that I've written above, there's nothing more to about these two series. The story arcs are bland, overly cryptic and it's definitely presenting the writing styles of two teams that have the same, useless writing talent of a bunch of Liberal's who are trying to show a medieval PC [politically correct] world, instead of a world of barbarism which would have existed in that time.

⭐️⭐️💫   [2.5 of 5 Stars] for both series 

SPACE 1999: A HIDDEN GEM ON VUDU

🎞 🎥 Series Review 🎥 🎞 - SPACE 1999 - Season's 1 & 2 on VUDU - 

In 1975, British TV unleashed the most expensive SciFi show of the time with SPACE 1999, starring Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, and Barry Morse, who were all veteran superstar actors at the time. The premise is that in the future,  nuclear waste from earth which was dumped on the moon for storage, ignites in nuclear explosions that force the moon to break earths orbit and heads out into deep space away from the solar system. The moon crosses paths with other planets and systems filled with alien life and out of world technologies.

Initially, there are references to magnetic exposure which causes "brain deterioration" and is misdiagnosed as a virus [which I thought was ingenious] but is no longer brought up after the first episode. The rest of the episodes are well written and performed by the veteran actors of the time and the use of simple special effects that might make it easy for a network to consider revising the old effects with better CGI[?]. The history of the show indicates that initial production began in 1973, when it was ready to launch, but was held back for reasons concerning copyright issues and the production of Arthur C. Clarkes, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY under Stanley Kubric's direction.

The series ran for several years and many episodes laid down the foundation for early SciFi television formats for SciFi shows that are being produced today. Many of the sets look familiar to the ones used in Star Trek: The Next Generation (STNG) and with good reason; the set layouts were perfect to use in studio construction for SciFi TV; i.e. STNG, Battlestar Galactica, Babylon 5, etc. You also might be surprised that the plots and alien contacts from several episodes of this series were also used in STNG and two of the Star Trek Original Series [STOS] movies. One episode in particular during the first season is entitled "Voyager's Return" was very similar to Star Treks first feature film concerning "V-Ger" - Something for you to compare when you watch each episode and look for familiar plots coinciding with STNG.

The series revolves around three cast members most of the time and develops characters through a myriad of episodes that have to be watched in sequence. Most of the actors in the series actually work in Hollywood today and I’m shocked to notice that many of the writers and directors worked for many years on network television. Some episodes come off with dry performances, almost like watching today’s soap operas, but was effective for the time. Landau’s performances are stellar and everything you see today in all SciFi shows. The series is a valuable part of ScFi TV and I recommend anyone who likes filmmaking ScFi to watch and learn from the masters of the time.

The low rating of the series is only due to the special effects of the time and some of the delivery of the guest stars; who were essential for the show's growth in the 70s, but the developments of the new species just weren't given time to "tell their tail" to their strongest presentation in screenplay.

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 💫 [3.5 of 5 Stars]