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HBO's Game of Thrones

HBO's Game of Thrones took the world by storm by becoming the most popular TV show in the world. It seemed inevitable that the show would be destined to conclude as satisfyingly as the rest of the show had been to watch. How much more wrong could we have been? As the show ran out of source material, the writers were left to finish the story themselves, without any references from the books that are yet to be finished.

If the show were to be finished properly, first it would have needed to be longer than 8 seasons. The writers were given the option of having at least 10 full seasons, but they chose to finish after the 8th, and made the final two seasons shorter. The result was a rushed ending. Having 10 full seasons could have fixed that. For example, the 7th season could have had a few more episodes to build the relationship between Jon and Daenerys, as well as breaking the 6th episode up into 2 parts, to avoid the rushed feeling. Game of Thrones used to have a sense of scale and distance, where it would take time, sometimes several episodes, to travel from one part of the world to another. When everything is rushed in one episode, the world loses that sense of scale.

The 8th season should have been divided into 3 full separate seasons at least, instead of only 6 episodes. The entire 8th season could have been a full 10 episode saga of the Night King and his army of the dead entering the 7 Kingdoms and destroying everything he saw. I think the battle of Winterfell could have been only the first of at least 2 main battles, in which they lose in the first one and win in the second. That way the steaks would be far higher and the consequences far greater. We should have had more main character deaths, particularly from those who seemingly finished their character arcs. Instead, it felt like a rushed battle in which most of our main cast had plot armor, which takes away from the excitement.

The 9th season could have been entirely dedicated to regrouping whatever forces remain after defeating the Night King, and fighting against Cersei and the Golden Company. It would have been great if they actually were able to get elephants in that army because it would have been amazing to see. Having more seasons would also give a much better chance to show Daenerys slowly descend further into madness, unpredictability, and volatility. It would have made her snap much more believable. I like the idea of Daenerys snapping in the heat of battle and using her dragon to burn, murder, and destroy all of Kings Landing, but it needs to be set up properly, and needs to seem believable. In the show we got, it just felt like it was forced for the sake of the plot.

The final episode of Game of Thrones could have been stretched to fill the entire 10th season, with Daenerys going full mad queen and Jon knowing he needs to stop her. In the end, he should have taken the throne to fulfill the prophecy of the prince who was promised, but then he should have elected to step down, and for a council to rule the 7 Kingdoms from then on. Giving Jon the agency in that decision would have been far more satisfying than what we got.
ENGMO1C Assignment

Posted By, Trevor Santos

Spiderman 3 is well known movie throughout popular culture and has a nostalgic affect amongst our generation. Many people think that the Sam Ramy Spiderman movies are the best but the one thing that many can agree on is that Spiderman 3 is the worst of the trilogy.

The plot line and pacing of the movie is just absurd. It moves so fast with terrible context and the movie just seems all over the place. There's so many villains in the movie. There's Harry as the new Green Goblin, Venom, and Sandman. That's too many for one movie. With the pacing the movie doesn't take the proper time to let characters and conflicts develop. It just goes from Peter fighting Harry then Sandman the Venom then Sandman and so on. It's wild.

A simple solution to this is to get rid of Sandman completely in the movie. Another thing that would help is to not have Harry become the Green Goblin and in fact make him become Venom. This would be great because there is already tension between Harry and Peter in this point of the film and we wouldn't have to completely adjust to a new character. Another thing that could've worked is harry not at all being the Green Goblin and still have Eddy Brock become Venom while Venom attacks Harry and he loses his memory and ends up forgetting that Peter killed his father and Harry helps Peter defeat Venom. Any of these two would be much better than the original.
Movie: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Below is a synopsis and analysis of the movie *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, which is the third movie in the *Harry Potter* series.

**Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban**

The Harry Potter film series is absolutely a classic and one of my favorite movies of all time. The series follows young Harry Potter, a wizard in training, through countless adventures. In *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban* specifically, Harry Potter's third year at Hogwarts starts off badly when he learns deranged killer Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban prison and is bent on murdering him. While Hermione's cat torments Ron's sickly rat, causing a rift among the trio, a swarm of nasty Dementors is sent to protect the school from Black. Harry Potter’s escapades range from hair-raising to stomach-churning as a plot full of excitement unfolds around him. Overall, the storyline throughout the series stays fairly consistent and the plot remains comprehensible.

Unfortunately there is a particular plot hole in *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban* that catches my attention every time I watch the movie. Peter Pettigrew, a wizard that constantly masquerades as Ron’s pet rat, was never discovered until the plot had unfolded completely and there were unnecessary injuries. For some reason, Harry never noticed that the name "Peter Pettigrew" appeared on the Marauder's Map, right next to "Ronald Weasley." If nothing else, Ron's brothers, who had the map for years before giving it to Harry, should have noticed and wondered why their brother was sleeping with a person named Peter Pettigrew. If someone had caught the fact that Peter Pettigrew was showing up on the map, then the plot could have commenced without any mistakes and the characters in the movie could have had a much smoother storyline.
Avengers: End Game

The last Avenger movie was anticipated so much that it has been breaking the box office. However, in such anticipation, the movie lacks imagination. The conflict was to get all five infinity stones before Thanos took them. In order to solve all these issues to get the infinity stones, they travel back in time. This was the biggest thing that still is mind-blowing to me "time- machine" through Quantum Realm it is so unoriginal. When the idea of the time machine was introduced the whole plot of the movie went down. Meaning the ending was predictable since the time machine can a different time loop. It felt as if it was the same concept as back to the future or any other machine traveling movie in where they save the world by going back in time. I expected more imagination perhaps having captain marvel be more in the story than just a few scenes since she has extraordinary powers beyond thee other characters. Also, if they can travel back in time then why could they have not to save Tony Stark life? The death of Tony Stark was something that is not in any traditional superhero movie. Usually, the bad guys die and good ones live. Perhaps, he could have lived if he used the nanos the first time around without having to travel in a time machine and having another superhero like Hulk to obtain the stones. Imagination was needed to allow all characters to survive and allow for a new solution to take place other than a time machine.
Californication (TV Show)

The TV program Californication from the network Showtime is
about a novelist named Hank Moody. The show takes place in Venice, California
where he went to adapt a script based on a book he previously wrote called God
Hates Us All. He is faced with sudden fame that leads to alcoholism and
cheating on his daughter’s mother resulting in destruction of the relationships
with them. Throughout the show, Hank is trying to get his family back, since
his wife Karen is his muse and he can’t write without her. The biggest problem
though is that she will not take him back unless he is writing, which creates a
catch 22. So he struggles for seven seasons to get her back and never actually
does, even though he changes who he is. He starts to write again, but she then
changes her expectations. She just strings him along but never lets him go even
though she will never get back together. I would have liked to see Hank’s
effort actually realize into his dream of being with Karen. This could have
happened by having him be a little less of an alcoholic. That way his decisions
were slightly more thought through so that Karen wouldn’t have had any doubts
of getting back with him. Every time she gave him a chance he never fully
satisfied her hopes. The show’s writers should have written Karen’s character
to be more understanding of who Hank was. If she had truly loved him like she
led him to believe, she would have accepted him for who he is. That is what I
would have liked to have seen from Karen, because by the end of the show Hank
had done enough to deserve her back. That is all that I was missing from this
show. Besides the fact that Hank never gets his family back, I have no
complaints.
Fireshitre

**Fireshitre** is a dual-type Fire/Poison Pokémon. It evolves from Fireshitwi starting at level 48.

## Stats

 * Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and a hindering nature, if applicable.

* Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and a helpful nature, if applicable.

## Trivia

* Fireshitre, along with Ebolable has the highest base Special Attack stat of all Poison-type Pokémon.
* Fireshitre, along with Slugfugg has the highest base stat total of all non-legendary Poison-type Pokémon.
* One of the proposed names for it during development was Threefireshit.

### Design Origin

Literally three fire balls made of burning pieces of shit.

### Name Origin

It's a combination of "fire", "shit" ,"spectre" and "three".

* People who spell the name wrong call it by "Fireshrite", believing to be a reference to the 3DMark Firestrike benchmarking software.
Invisible Man

The last movie that I have seen in the movie theatres before
they had closed was the movie Invisible Man. It embodied the elements of a
perfect horror and mystery movie: it was suspenseful and kept you at the edge
of your seat. The movie however fell on its own face just like many movies on
this genre: it became predictable. Do not get me wrong, personally I thought
that the movie was outstanding. The filming strategies that were used to
instill suspense were applied accordingly.

The movie revolved around the main character Cecilia who
left her fiancé because of his psychopathic nature, he was manipulative of her.
The movie really goes in depth with emotional abuse effects individuals’ mental
health and it did great on breaking down the main characters motive but that
was also where the plot became predictable. A series of disturbing events
occur, leading Cecilia to the conclusion that Adrian faked his own death and
has somehow developed a means to torment her unseen, leading those around her,
including her sister and close friend James, to question her seemingly rapidly
deteriorating sanity. Moss skillfully navigates through most of the film,
accomplishing a praiseworthy performance in a series of scenes largely absent
of other actors. Narratively, the director uses the film’s premise to
compellingly capture the trauma inflicted through gaslighting and emotional and
physical abuse. Most of the tension comes through jump-scares, though there is
a steady thrill in attempting to spot subtle-shifts in the frame indicating the
presence of the antagonist. There was a scene where Cecilia was locked up in a
mental ward. It had become predictable that she was going to kill herself
because of the way she was scouting the situation. Majority of films that fall
under the same category face the same problem. It is in their formula. What is
suggested to make films unpredictable was to throw in plot twists, the movie
did a great job in this in the first half. On the second half however, the
action was very straightforward and became predictable. There should have been
more plot twists towards the development of the ending.
Breaking Bad Season 1

In Episode 1 it starts off this amazing show. I love everything about how the family ties with Walter and Hank make the plot very interesting. The only thing i would change is how Walter sees Jesse hiding by his house when he pulls up to bust him. Instead they should up made it more of a mystery making it more interesting to the viewer. This would also make it more interesting when he goes to meet him later it could have changed some of the outcome if Walter saw him but Jesse didn't see Walter.
Lost In Translation

Lost In Translation is one of Sofia Cappola's best films to date. It features an older actor and a young newlywed woman who meet in Tokyo and explore the city together. This film explores what it means to be in love and how it's okay to fall out of love, and how it's never to late to become who you want to be. In many ways, this film's true purpose is to start a conversation about why it's so important to get away, and all of the things a new environment can change your outlook.

However, the final scene contradicts this message in a way, as the film ends with Bob Harris leaving Charlotte in a street in Tokyo, kissing her goodbye before getting back into the car and driving off to the airport.

This scene destroys the potential happy ending that Bob and Charlotte could've had, referring back to the scene where Charlotte jokingly suggests that they should simply stay in Tokyo and start a jazz band. Charlotte's attempts to get close to Bob seemingly end with Bob overthinking the situation, like when they were talking on the bed about everything the future could hold and when they were singing karaoke at the house party. It is suggested throughout the entire film that Bob, who is older and more cautious, is trying very hard to keep Charlotte at an appropriate distance. Towards the end of Bob's trip, the two tearfully share their goodbyes before Bob sees Charlotte from across the way and jumps out of the car to chase her down. Instead of confessing that he would rather stay with Charlotte, which he clearly wants to do, they simply kiss and go about their separate lives. Bob abandons all hope for him to find happiness, even if it is unconventional compared to what he is going to go home to, just in order to go back to where he feels safe again.

As a solution, I would have ended the film with the hug that Bob and Charlotte share in the streets, two souls connecting in the middle of a busy road, allowing the world to disappear for one second. Cutting the film at this point would have allowed the audience to have an open mind about what their relationship could become, and in some ways, the lack of closure is more pleasing to an audience than knowing the ending and finding it unsatisfactory.
Avengers Endgame Needs Help

This movie was a great pause to an era of Marvel movies. I say pause because that's what it should have been and sadly for me it was the end. (SPOILER ALERT) The choice to kill off a main character to the movies and hint at the death of another caused an end to an era of movies and storylines. Being such a filled and popular series Marvel had a lot of people to please. This includes comic geeks and the film geeks. With their successes in single superhero movies I would expect more from the avengers movies. Killing two vital characters made other movies unable to continue the same. In another universe these characters should have stayed alive. Yes at some point they would need to die but this makes the franchise more capable of adding even more alternate universes and storylines, possibly adding more characters. In a very general this would create more for the audience rather than cutting them off from many other turns and twists. The decision for this plot choice leaves more room for interpretation of the movies and abilities to guess where then story will go next.
Akame Ga Kill by Anthony Bautista

In an anime where killing is the main theme of the show, you can only expect that most of the characters are going to die. And so this did happen. This is not a bad thing per se but killing off two of the character that had shown so much character development and grown to love each other really hurt to see.

Tatsumi and Mine (pronounced Me-ne) were two characters that you wouldn't expect ever to fall in love for each other because of how polar opposites they were to each other but the show somehow made it seem possible. This was something exciting that I was looking forward to until the show killed off Mine during her last battle. And then the show also decided to kill off Tatsumi by having him save some civilians that were about to be killed. This was an honorable way to die but still made me furious. The way that I would've ended this show would be like this.

Mine would've survived that battle that she had lost and go on to defeat a couple more enemies that would be essential to the show. This would also have prevented Tatsumi from dying an unnecessary death because the threat that was posed to the civilians wouldn't have happened with the help of Mine. After the final battle of Esdeath and Akame, the surviving members of Night Raid (Akame, Mine, and Tatsumi) would be celebrated instead of dishonored for causing so much change. Tatsumi would then tease Mine about her confessing her love for him earlier but instead of fighting him about it she leans in and kisses Tatsumi. Tatsumi at first shocked would then go on to hold Mine and be happy with her.

This ending that I made goes completely off the rails of the theme of the anime but sometimes a little something different could help out and make the show more pleasing than it already is.
Better call saul

I am a huge fan of tv shows. I binge watch shows regularly on Netflix and hulu, but no series was ever as good as breaking bad. The best part about the series was the character development of the main character Walter White. I’ve never seen such a bizarre personality change within the span if a 5 season series. There were many other aspects of the show which made it an excellent series to follow, but there were also a couple aspects that I really wished they wrote up differently. The one part I hated most about the series was how the writers made Walters wife despise him for what he was doing. Walt kept saying he was dealing meth to make money to provide for his family. The wife however, was not buying his excuse and for the entire series after she found out she tried to make Walts life hell. She wanted to take his kids away and kick him out of the house for everything he was doing. The way I would have written the script would have been completely different. Walt had the best formula for meth that anyone had ever seen. He was sitting on a gold mine and once he made the connections and learned the business he easily could have taken over. If only Walt didn't feel the need to sneak around his wifes back all day every day maybe things could have went a lot smoother. She promised him she would launder his money under the condition that he leave the family alone and move out. She clearly didn’t want to defend her husband at all. All she wanted to do was hurt him by keeping him from his family. In reality she should have kept the drugs a secret from their son and their family and supported Walt until they made enough money to disappear. When it was all said and done if Walt didn't have to deal with his nagging wife, things would have ended a lot differently and most likely in their favor.
Grey's anatomy: How Alex Karev Should have left the show.

The best way to describe the character Alex Karev would be 'enemies to lover'. When the show first aired in March of 2005, the character was shown to be this obnoxious intern who is careless however, throughout the seasons he begins experiencing major character development. in season 5 Alex falls in love with one of his colleague named Izzie Stevens. Planning for the future, Izzie was unsure if she would survive the cancer due to it spreading and creating more tumors. With that in mind, she took a choice on freezing her eggs in hopes of one day having children. During their Marriage Izzie had stage 4 Brain cancer, this caused major stress on Alex and of course Izzie. Due to the amount of stress, Izzie left Grey's Sloan Memorial Hospital without a notice to Kansas leaving her friends, job and husband in Seattle. Shortly after, Stevens returns to persuade Karev on joining her in Kansas where she found work for the both of them. Although Alex was Thrilled she was back, he understood that she was not staying for good. He expressed that he wanted a partner that was committed on staying with one another, even when things were rough. a couple months later Izzie Stevens and Alex Karevs love story ended by signing divorce papers. Fast forward to season 9, a character named Jo Willson stole our beloved Alex Karevs heart. Their love story was just as spontaneous as Derek and Meredith..... but that storyline is for another day. Jo Willson was a kind, smart, and insanely independent person who worked with Alex. Their love story came unexpected. Alex was honest with Jo about Izzie and She gave him that same honesty when It came to her ex little did we all know he was not so honest. In season 16 Alex expressed his feelings to us and Jo Willson through a letter. The letter explained how he has twins with his formal lover Izzie in Kansas. Some might argue that there was never a correct way for him to pick in this situation, I argue there is and this is what should have happened. We know Alex wanted kids and wanted to be a father, with that being said Alex must tell Izzie to come back to Seattle and continue raising the kids together. With those actions, Jo would've had the choice to be a stepmother or to ask for a divorce. After taking sometime to think Jo would become the twins stepmother. Although it is hard to find a job treys solan memorial hospital would've needed an extra hands and a brain as well. Therefore, Doctor Stevens would return working with her previous colleagues while coparenting with Jo and Alex raising the twins.
Breaking Bad Season 2

In season two episode four of Breaking Bad. I Loved everything about the entire episode other than the fact that he had to get naked inside of a super market just to get himself out of his crazy lies. this made me really think about how deep he really got himself into a bad situation. Instead he should of came up with another way to hide the real truth. He was only trying to make it look like he was on to many meds he could of just laid down in the middle of the street. Him getting naked in the middle of the store seemed unrealistic to me considering he is an old man and that is just not funny or okay.
Enola Holmes

Enola Holmes was one of the most beautiful movies that I have ever watch. This movie talks about feminism and when it comes about woman being in charge of things I admire the movie. I believe that the movie should've have some stuff better to add to the movie. In one part of the movie Enola is send to a academy for woman's to learn how to act like a lady. They should've done adding more action to this part of the movie I was expecting more action like she fighting with the principal of the school or some type of heavy jokes. The principal was mean so that's why I expected such thing. I liked that the movie give us advice like how to defend ourselves but in moments of action they should've done making things more aggressively since the movie was about action too. I believe in the fight scenes they could’ve done adding more dramatic scenes. What I also didn’t like is that her older brother gets to be abusive with her, adding a little more of argument in the movie would’ve made the scenes more dramatic. Enola also falls in love with a boy the guys didn’t have that much introduction in the movie even if it was a secondary character. I believe he should’ve done more interpretation in  the movie. It wouldn’t be bad adding him in the fight scenes like when Enola fights with the old man who try to kill her he would’ve done being a comedy character in that scene. I believe that these solutions would’ve made the movie more funny and interesting because I would say I am adding more drama, comedy, and action to the movie. The movie was a good movie because of the power that they give it to a little woman that is capable of doing anything without any men in their life.
Game Of Thrones

For those of you who have seen the show Game of Thrones, rest in peace, for those of you who have not, it was the biggest let down in the history of T.V shows. If you need proof, look at the reviews of each episode of season 8, they drastically take a dive.

Ultimately I was very impressed with the show. I followed it from the very beginning. The show in its entirety is impressive. It wasn’t until that last season that things were ruined. So how do we fix it? Really the good thing about this mistake is that there is a simple remedy, hire new writers.  Not only was season 8 rushed, but it was cut short, and just generally way too much thrown into the viewers face far too quickly. I am left dumb founded that they were kept to write this season because both David Benioff and DB Weiss had been hired to write the next Star Wars movie. Due to this, it gives us fans the impression that they just didn’t care to put any effort into the show. They just wanted to finish one and move onto the next. Even now if we look at the status of things, people are trying to petition David Benioff and DB Weiss out of writing the next Star Wars due to the horrible job they did on Game of Thrones. If we look back to where the show passed the books in content, that is where things started to go wrong. The show literally got ahead of itself. So It is too bad that George R Martin did not take a bigger part in the writing of the show. Who knows how much better the show would have turned out.

For the failure in the ending of one of the greatest shows I see a simple fix, get new Writers!
Jessica Jones - Netflix Series

Enjoyable. Tone is right. The season has a very tough line to walk and it does so pretty well. Any time the villain is so powerful that he can only be beaten by being tricked, you've got a challenge. How many tricks can be up the sleeve of one twenty-something girl? Ten episodes worth? Thirteen? That's where we get into rough waters.

Tennant plays a bad guy who will burn down the world to impress Jessica. Jessica likes playing with fire. Match made in heaven? Hold on.

His past with her makes them an impossible couple. So since there is no daylight in the future of that shadow, we need to just look in the hunt-down-and-kill plotline. They don't do this. They give her several chances to kill him and she instead wants to use him to bust out a girl that is in jail. There are thousands of ways to get someone out of jail. There are millions of people that the baddie can exploit. You get the shot. You take the shot. UNLESS. You need to use his powers to change something that only he can change. The show needed to establish a goal for Jessica. She needed to change one mind that she could never change on her own. She needed to save the world using the bad guy, not just get an imbalanced teen back on the streets. Maybe she has a target in mind at the NSA? The person who funded the research on all of the children can only be stopped by his own hand? Using influence over a shadow figure who has done much harm to her personally might even make her willing to join forces with her abuser. It might work. Work is a strong word. It would be better than what we got.

If she is playing the long con to exploit Tennant's powers, it would be understandable that she would allow the collateral damage and bodies to build up around their journey. Otherwise, Jessica is just being strung along again. Her motives are childish. She is right back at the place she began with the baddie. Immature and under his influence.
Batman V Superman

“Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” and its error in conflict resolution

Comic books, their stories, and heroes are all fantastic. Sometimes, they are depicted as real humans with emotions grounded in our reality. Like Batman’s pain when he lost his parents and how it motivated him to go above and beyond to protect the citizens as a vigilante. I could never imagine a world where we don’t have these fantastic fictional characters. That’s why I am delighted and excited to see their live adaptation to the big screen. Although I know I can’t speak for many of the viewers and audience, the movie “Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice” could have done a better ending if the story only focused on Batman and Superman’s story. The problem that I have with the ending was that it stopped focusing and telling the story of both Batman and Superman. They focused too much on the introduction of the “Justice League” that they forgot to further develop Superman and Batman’s story. They didn’t need the big monster at the end, Doomsday, to resolve the story and the conflict.  Wonder Woman should also be removed because story-wise, she didn’t add anything to Batman and Superman's conflict. She didn’t stop their battle or help resolve Batman’s problem with Superman. Instead, I would replace the ending by removing the big monster in the end and by putting Wonder Woman at the very end as a cameo to introduce the Justice League. The battle could just continue until Superman is pinned to the ground, and instead of continuing, he would show humility by accepting his death but pleading for Batman to save his mother, who was in peril. Batman could see the humanity, virtuousness, and self-sacrifice that Superman had inside and help save his mother. With this ending, the audience would still see Batman’s mercy and a resolution to their conflict.
Downton Abbey

I love the PBS series Downton Abbey. There is almost nothing about the show that I dislike, except the way everything was wrapped up all neat and tidy at the end of Season 6. It’s not that I dislike a happy ending. I would actually love it if my problems would suddenly come to such a fortunate end in the same way they did for the show’s characters. My problem is with the sudden transformation of Lady Mary’s character from a selfish, totally spoiled and horrible sister into someone who actually cares about the feelings of others. After five seasons of developing her character as an unfeeling and horrible sister, she has a miraculous change of heart before the final episode. Throughout the series she acts like a living heart donor. When she is supposed to be sad about something, she acts more like a robot than a human. She belittles and betrays Edith throughout the entire series, twice demolishing her marriage plans. Then just before the series ends, she suddenly experiences a complete change of heart and decides not to be such a jerk to her younger sister – and all it took were stern chastisements from Tom and Granny! In the end, Mary wins back the man she has refused and happily marries for the second time. We, the viewers, are supposed to believe she has learned her lesson about being so unfeeling and mean to others.

The solution is not a happy, cheerful one - at least not for Mary. I think Mary should have gotten her just desserts for being such a conniving and cruel person to those she should have cared about the most. Mary needed to get refused or dumped by the man she rejected because of her snobbishness. It would also have been a nice turn of play to see Edith watching Mary get jilted and ending up miserably alone. That may seem like a harsh solution, so for viewers who need the happy ending in order to feel closure, the writers could have taken more time to gradually transform Mary’s cold persona into one of care and concern.
Ford v. Ferrari: Without the Drama

Since the release of this movie, I have watched it more times than I can remember now. Overall the movie is great, and it delivers on every racing fan’s wish, a small glimpse into what made Carrol Shelby, Carrol Shelby. While the movie shines in its representation of the car scene, specifically road racing, as well as accurate depictions of famous and well known tracks, the movie unfortunately does not live up to the hype generated by its simple name. Instead, only certain aspects of the storyline follow the theme behind “Ford v. Ferrari”. Rather than putting the conflict and competition between the two car companies at the forefront of the movie, dramatic scenes like arguments between Shelby and his driver plague the film throughout. Rather than focus on altercations, the storyline should follow the development of the car that eventually ends up beating Ferrari at the end. The alternative scenes instead shift attention and help lead to a confusing storyline, not focused on racing or cars, but personal dilemmas. In addition, the film at times seemingly puts Ford against Ford in times where you would expect to see conflict elsewhere. Shift the attention from issues about Ford and focus on the competition with Ferrari and the title of the film would not seem so misleading. This film should be glorifying Ford as a company, as well as Carrol Shelby and his own history, unfortunately the shift of focus to the executive aspects and ownership of Ford, specifically when Ferrari became a competition, almost makes you want to root against Ford because of the way the company was depicted. These slight flaws are only apparent after a few views. After the ending of the film, you are left with some unanswered questions, as well as some intriguing thoughts due to the choppy storyline.
Dexter

Let me begin by outwardly stating how the Showtime series Dexter could very well have been my favorite television show of all time. This eight season drama thriller had me captivated from beginning to end. With everything from character development, plot, and resolution it was a captivating show each week. Granted I have nothing to saw but great things about the television show there are some aspects thought the seasons and concluding finale that mildly upset me and several other viewers.

If the ending of the Dexter series were to be left as is there should have been a bit more tie in and connection with Hannah. In truth, the writers did a great job on creating this tie and twisted love between her and Dexter. However, in reflection to the entire show this connection Dexter seemed to have with her ran borderline only as deep as the connections with other women in past seasons. In addition to the audience is aware Hannah is a killer and a wanted fugitive. What kind of better life does this make for his son and not just staying with his own father who is also a killer? These factors all make it hard to understand how Dexter could be satisfied with leaving his son to her care forever. A possible better alternative would be to have Dexter and Harrison escape and start a new life together. Or even change the overall impact and not have Dexter kill Debra and send Harrison away with her.

One last problem with he Dexter finale is how he lives on. In the finale Dexter fakes his own death by driving his boat directly into the hurricane approaching Miami. This leave the real question of how on earth was Dexter able to drive into the hurricane abandon his ship and make it back to shower safely to escape and start a new alias? Granted cinematically it is powerful and thrilling but it is several steps away from reality and being possible. The hurricane play and be acted upon but serious editing to the storyline on how his boat entered the hurricane must be altered. Even if he were to just drive it out towards the storm and abandon ship before it was sucked into the swirling vortex.
4th Man Out

It was great to see four long time friends accept their best friend Adam when he came out to them as gay. There were some awkward times in the beginning but everyone learned and started to understand how Adam was feeling. They all learned to accept Adam for who he was and still loved him like a brother. Adam and Chris were the closest of the best friends. Through out the move it was seen that Chris and Adam started bonding more and creating a different type of connection. They confessed their love for each other towards the end of the movie but decided that they were better off just friends and Chris ended up staying with his girlfriend and said that he was just confused and only loves him as a friend.

Chris and Adam should have stayed together because their bond was just so strong. They have been friends for over 10 years and knew everything about each other and always got along. Chris was the first person Adam told about him being gay and Chris was the first to accept it. They would have never kissed and said their feelings to each other if they didn’t think they would see a future together. Chris “claiming” her just wanted to be friends and that he was confused, is a lie and a cover up to show that Chris just isn’t comfortable with his true identity. He isn’t comfortable to call himself gay. Adam and Chris deserve to be happy and deserve to be with one another because that is what makes them happy. They can both continue to work their jobs as mechanics and live their lives. Just because they are both male and have feelings for each other does not mean that they should not be able to be together. One day Chris will realize he made a mistake and will finally be comfortable with his sexuality and return to Adam. Adam will accept him with open arms because he knows that is his true love.
How I Met Your Mother - Why Tracy?

The unfolding storyline of the sitcom How I Met Your Mother is not only brilliantly and hilariously written, it is captivating. The final episodes surrounding the marriage of Robin and Barney, the news that Lily is pregnant again (and she, Marshal and Marvin are in fact moving to Italy), and Ted's finding, loving, marrying and losing his "soulmate" was all brilliant, no doubt about it. I applaud the geniuses behind the storyline for their imaginations, creativity, and longevity with this story.

But seriously, Tracy had to die?

With all of the shockers the show throws at you throughout the ten seasons, their could have been any other reason for Tracy to be gone and Ted to end up back at Robin's doorstep with the sacred blue french horn. In a perfect world, Tracy gets bored of Ted's stories that he's told a thousand times, she is tired of hearing about Barney-this, Robin-that, and she decides to run off with, say, Ranjit, the gang's loyal driver? Or perhaps with Kevin, Robin's loving ex-therapist/ex-boyfriend? That would have been less shocking, less painful. Although I suppose that's why it had to go the way it went. The anticipation for Ted and Tracy to meet builds all the way to the end, and when it happens, it is everything that you as a loyal viewer waited for.
American Psycho

The film American Psycho could have been one of the best movies if not for the confusing ending that leaves the audience wondering if the murders were real or a figment of imagination. The main protagonist, Patrick Bateman is a psychopath who murders victims at night while working an everyday banking job on wall street in the mornings. Throughout the film, he goes off and kills various people. He murders people out of anger from the smallest things such as having a different font on his business card than his coworkers. The main murder was of his coworker Paul Allen, who was able to make reservations at a high-end restaurant and had a more expensive apartment. He murdered him over jealousy and staged it as if his coworker went to London. As the story continues, he murders more people until he gets investigated by a P.I. and get questioned over the disappearance of the man he killed. Although the story develops as it progresses, the reason it sucked was because the ending had people guessing if any of what just happened was real. After confessing to the murders over a phone recorded message to his lawyer, he meets with him the next morning being confused for someone else until mentioning the voicemail. Thinking it was a joke, his lawyer brushed it off before mentioning having dinner with Paul Allen in London and having the movie end. The audience is left wondering if the murders actually happened or if Bateman just made it all up. Also towards the end his secretary finds drawings of the murders, alluding to the idea of Bateman making it all up in his head. There’s never a clear answer to what actually happens, but for that I did not like the movie and think the ending could have been changed. Either he could have been caught for his crimes or we could’ve had some clearer message portraying his madness.
Aquaman

I was awfully disappointed with Aquaman. After watching Aquaman's scenes in Justice League I got really excited about his own movie. They displayed a character with attitude, and not the naive hero everybody makes Aquaman to be.

When the movie came out, I was expecting to see that same bad ass character from Justice League... Chugging hard alcohol and jumping into the angriest of oceans as if it was a lake. Turns out they displayed him as the character people make fun of. Lacked attitude and demeanor. I would change the whole character of the movie to show a much more hard core Aquaman. To balance the reputation this character has, I think they should've made him as mysterious/emotionless as possible but of course with the same morals a Super Hero should have. I think if they had kept his character from Justice League the movie would've been far more successful.

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Orange is the New Black Season 4- Poussey Washington’s Death

Orange is the New Black Season 4 ends with the very controversial, yet symbolic death of Poussey Washington, a fan favorite character. She is a smart, lighthearted, and free spirit who behaved well as an inmate and was a good friend to many on the show. In the last episode of season 4, Poussey’s attempt to speak up for a friend during a peaceful protest gets her killed. In the chaos and panic of the moment, a guard who is simply trying to hold Poussey back ends up smothering her to death. It is a result of negligence to train the guards, and the fact that the warden does not take the time to understand that the inmates have needs and are humans too. He is much too focused on his reputation, personal life, and saving money. The death is a symbolic comment on the recent police brutality incidents across America.

As her death was an act of true injustice, my fix would be to have Poussey get injured badly from this incident, but not to die. She did not need to die in order to make a statement or prove a point. It creates an extreme rift in the balance of the show and sets up season 5 (the most recent season) for utter chaos and an unrealistic situation when the inmates retaliate to defend Poussey’s honor. In addition the guard who killed her, Bayley, was a young and eager man who really did care about the inmates, unlike most of the other tyrannical and unfair guards. Bayley was the only one who cared about the women and about his job, but ends up being the murderer and having his entire life ruined. It was an accident and if Poussey did not die the consequences would’ve been less severe and the statement taken more seriously in the chaotic and controversial season 5.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Alfonso Cuarón decided to shake things up when he came on board as the director of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. I don't mind a different take on artistic elements of a story. The real problem is the key elements of the story were left out of the movie, specifically the story behind the Marauder’s Map. The lack of important details made this installment my least favorite in the series.

I realize that books usually contain much more detail than are usually put into a film, so story lines, details, and events often end up getting left out of the adaptations. It seems ridiculous, though, to omit significant elements out of a movie in the interest of keeping things short. The Marauder’s Map rightfully makes an appearance in the movie, but vital information about its beginnings – including details regarding key characters – was omitted. When Harry gets the map from the Weasley twins, he reads out loud the names of the map’s creators – Mooney, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs – but the audience never learns their true identities. How hard would it have been to include the story behind the origins of the map?!? The solution that could have easily corrected this egregious omission would be to add a few more minutes of dialog. Instead of having the map explanation rest solely with the twins’ account of finding it in Filch’s office, viewers should have been told about its true origin – the way it was done in the book. In a day when it seems that movie producers take the “spare no expense” attitude to draw in viewers or create a blockbuster, a few lines should have been written into the script to explain who the wizards were behind the map and why they adopted their curious aliases, and it could have been done with relatively little expense! That would have been an adequate fix to satiate die-hard book fans and make the plot more coherent for non-reading movie goers alike. It would also explain why Harry’s patronus was a stag.
Padithas (Godfrey Family)

**Padithas** is the Half-Wood Elf wanderer from an unknown land.

## Character Info

Padithas is from a faraway land. Padithas claims he is the prince of a city. He was sent with a man called Hawke as an ambassador but was captured by an unknown cult. Surprisingly he takes things calmly always looking out for an escape.

### Godfrey Family

Padithas first appeared in the Godfrey Family Short that happens one year before Hoard of the Dragon Queen. Padithas along with Daren, and "Carran" were imprisoned by an unknown cult for an unknown reason. After staying there for a short big Padithas already mapped out an escape in his head but now he needs some worthy allies. Padithas asked Daren and "Carran" to escape and with the help of Kreve they were successful. With the threat of this unknown cult going to look for them they left Anora and went to the Sword Coast.
Big Little Lies: Season 2 Episode 1

Season 2 Episode 1 of Big Little Lies. This episode mostly was a recap from the previous season. Five women attempt to keep a secret on how an abusive husband was murdered so they all gather together in hopes that no one will speak out about how the death truly occured. There was a scene where Mary Louise (Meryl Streep) insulted Madeline without even getting to know her. The entire scene was uncomfortable immediately Mary Louise started to attack Madeline’s character based off of her appearance. The show starts off by bringing in Mary Louise to help her daughter-in-law and two grandsons after her son passes away. Mary Louise is suspicious of someone killing her son and she’s a little too close for comfort when she is around her daughter-in-law. A better solution to show that Mary Louise isn’t fond of Madeline as a person is to maybe let Mary Louise and Madeline get to know each other over the course of 1 episode. Also it would have been more appropriate to introduce a new very important character after the first episode. You can already tell by Mary Louise’s mannerisms that she plays a role in the fact that her son was an abusive individual. If there was a change in how much interaction each of the women had with each other the first episode would have flowed a little smoother. Madeline is the main person trying to make sure that each woman is okay and making them come to terms that they are not responsible for the death of Mary Louise’s son. Mary Louise as a character doesn’t really seem to fit in but maybe that was the producers goal to make sure that the audience is very aware of her character and how she treats others.