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(09-27-2023, 09:35 PM)Drunk Monk Wrote:
Obliterated
First ep was set up. A crack black ops team captures a Russian villain who has a nuke with plans to blow up Vegas. They celebrate their victory with a booze & drug soaked party. Then they find out that the bomb was a fake and the real one is set to blow in the morning. So now they’re wasted and have to save the world. You surely gleaned that from the trailer.
The characters are cardboard quirky, caricatures of action movie roles, and the actors aren’t selling their roles well. There’s a lot of nudity, boobs, ass & dicks. Its humor fell flat on me but they just get to the point where they realize they must save Vegas again and that they’re all hammered. Maybe e2 will bring out the funny drunk & stoned bits. Maybe not. I anticipate a major psychedelic trip in the next ep and will withhold my judgement until that happens, but it does look promising. But who knows? It could turn around if this descends into dumb stoner film land. Maybe that’ll be funny but I’m ready to be disappointed.
8 ep, each about an hour. That’s like a whole work day.
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Crap. I was hoping this was a movie I could dispense with in ninety minutes.
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Likewise.
I feel like I’m jumping on another grenade for D00M here but I’ll give it one more ep.
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E2 was a tad better but not redemptive. It’s as of the Cobra Kai showrunners wanted to get all the puerile crass crap that they couldn’t do in Cobra Kai out of their system. More boobs, ass, and a huge dick. With whipped cream.
The major psychedelic trip just started and was disappointing. A crass gremlin puppet? Srsly? Such a lame depiction of a trip that I question the writers’ genuineness. The actor’s real name is Eugene so I am hoping for better.
The choreo is lame. The jokes are rude and not very funny although the Pringle can of pee was amusing.
I’m still watching tho, for lack of anything better to watch at the moment. Not D00M recommended.
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We made through most of episode one before turning it off. We got to the part where they are talking to their bosses at the CIA post party. Pretty puerile.
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I warned you.
It gets worse.
I almost tried another ep last night to see how much worse it might get, but reason took hold.
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