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If you liked Captain America: The Winter Soldier or Kingsman, then don't bother reading the rest of this and just watch Citadel, because you'll enjoy it. The series channels the spirit -- and many, many of the elements -- of both films quite well, but manages to combine them in different ways that keep it from feeling overly predictable. There are very definitely some "standard" shots that you've seen before -- the first sweeping view of a train rushing past a mountain is very familiar, for example -- but instead of feeling like it's just a retread with the serial numbers filed off, it instead feels like when you combine several LEGO sets into a new, but still oddly familiar, creation. Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Richard Madden give solid performances both in terms of character development and action sequences (I was pleased to learn that Chopra Jonas did many of her own stunts) -- and thank goodness that, for the most part, the series avoids the "you can only fight people of your own gender" trope. The plot has plenty of twists and turns, and more than that, it was fun to watch -- something that I cannot really say about the last several films in the Bond franchise. Citadel is not a deep thinking kind of series; it's very definitely in the "action popcorn" genre, but it is a good exemplar of the genre. You can watch Citadel streaming on Amazon. One small side note: The extensive marketing around the series is quite annoying. Amazon is very interested in getting people completely involved, with links to "shop the fashion" or music of the show, dozens of featurettes that the company pushes at you, and the like. If you're into that sort of thing, great. Otherwise, do like I did and just skip them entirely. Read the full article

FUBAR pretty clearly draws inspiration (or blatantly rips off -- lookin' at you, "Roo") from Archer and Peacemaker (the James Gunn spinoff from The Suicide Squad), but is a pale imitation of both. Let's get the easy things out of the way first. The acting -- especially from the "leads" -- is wooden and utterly without chemistry. The humor is frequently punching down and laughing at people being kind. And the characters' relationships are not simply toxic, but unrepentant about their toxicity throughout. The two decent male characters - Carter, played by Jay Baruchel, and Donnie, played by Andy Buckley - are constantly mocked and held up as gormless fools. The characters are supposed to be official (and high-ranking) CIA field agents... but they are incompetent. Just utterly, stupidly incompetent and deeply unprofessional throughout, having personal arguments out loud while supposedly undercover. If you're talking about a bunch of "spies" that clearly can't hack it in the big leagues (Archer) or the unprofessionalism of Vigilante and Peacemaker... we kind of don't expect them to be competent at being spies. And don't ignore the absolutely horrific abuses of power and absolutely sickening stalking and manipulation of common citizens these (fictional) CIA officers perpetuate. Whether it's the framing of two business owners, hacking the ex-wife's boyfriend's computer, kidnapping and (medically) torturing an jerk, the show basically blows off any ethical issues, because the only people who seem to matter at all are the protagonists. When Schwarzenegger's character says "I mean, I killed a lot of people. But they were all dicks!" it's sort of meant to be a joke... but the characters all act as if it is a self-evident truth that should be written in philosophy texts. In both Archer and Peacemaker, the characters violate norms (and decency) with far greater regularity and to much greater lengths... but at least there's a character nearby to at least say "what's wrong with you?" How valid that justification really is a central arc of character growth in Peacemaker, where they acknowledge exactly how "fluffed" up that idea is and face it head-on while still being entertaining. FUBAR, instead, treats those excesses as both routine and justified. Overall, FUBAR consistently celebrates and pushes its characters toward toxic culturally stereotypical relationships while excusing gross abuses of power. And it does that while still managing to not get more than a small chuckle. FUBAR is available on Netflix. Read the full article

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Consumers around the world want a hassle-free way to record free, over-the-air television and play it back on any Internet-connected device. But every time a company creates such a service, it gets sued by copyright holders. Last year we reported on ivi, an American firm that argued that it qualified for a compulsory licensing regime designed for cable companies. The courts didn't buy it. Another American company, Aereo, is still fighting in court about whether its "tiny antennas" service is legal. A similar fight has been happening in Australia. Optus, a major Australian telecom company, created a service called TV Now. Like ivi and Aereo, it acts as a virtual DVR, recording over-the-air television programs selected by individual customers and later streaming them to those same customers. Like its American counterparts, Optus quickly found itself in court facing charges of copyright infringement. On Friday, it suffered a major setback when an appeals court ruled the service was illegal. Read the comments on this post http://dlvr.it/1VYgmW