Reviews

Honestly, I can't handle most disaster/alien low-budget films, but this one was better than most. The action began right at the start of the movie and kept me awake and interested. The acting was believable and the characters likable. I know that other reviews were critical, but I honestly liked the story, too. Maybe I'm simple, but the story line was easy to follow. It wasn't so complicated that I was lost. I think that it's a great one for newbies. I did have issues with the vice-president taking charge when he thought that the president was dead. Did he get sworn in? Even when he found out that the president was alive, he still continued to push his own plans, instead of the president's. How is that legal? Basically, that is really the only problem that I had with the movie. Overall, I think that it was a pretty decent B-rated movie.

Honestly, I wanted to like this show. I watched all of the seasons over the past few months and was excited about this colorful, exciting Star Trek version, but I got tired and then sadly blown away. It started when I noticed that there seemed to be almost all women running most things. I'm an advocate for strong women, but this show is not realistic in this matter. Gender characteristics seemed to be in reverse and unnatural. I, also, noticed that the time setting is many centuries in the future, yet the humans looks distinctly different from each other. Today, there seems to be a push to have everyone meld and become the same. Mixed raced marriages are highly pushed everywhere in all times of media. So, why aren't the humans all one color? My final deciding factor to no longer watch was the last episode of season 4. They actually put a highly controversial political candidate as the President of United Earth. There is no doubt that there is an agenda here. I don't want to be a part of this project. So, goodbye.

I plan to write a review of the show as a whole, but I did want to say something about this particular episode. I know it is the writers' show, but honestly they don't know their audience very well. I really believe that putting an active campaigning politician in any part, much less the leader of the Earth, is shooting their own foot. Any politician is a bad choice, but to put Stacey Abrams in is the most stupid decision that they could have made. She is not only extremely controversial, but she is very divisive and has proven to be delusional. My feelings about her aside, by putting an active politician in your show you are simply losing many, if not, most of your current or would be fans.

As a former special ed teacher, I was very excited about this movie. I am currently watching it and I'm at 58 minutes. This could be a perfect movie, except for the bullies. I'm not saying that they are not relevant to the story, but every time there is an incident I am fuming inside! Bullying is not tolerated in our schools today, especially with special kids. They are usually celebrated or at the least, protected. The school staff in this movie were just as guilty as the young bullies. Tolerating and refusing to address those behaviors is hurting the bullied child. If I were the parent, I would have brought it to the attention of the Board of Education and, if need be, gotten an attorney. Every child deserves a great education without fear of abuse. I give this move an 8 because other than the bully issue, it's great.