Guardians of the Galaxy is awesome!

5 second plot: This is the origin story of the group from the title. We've got Star-Lord, an outlaw from Earth (partly); Gamora, the most dangerous woman in the universe; Drax, the destroyer; Rocket, a very smart raccoon and Groot, a talking tree. They gather up to save the universe from destruction by Ronan The Accuser.

5 second review: This is one hell of an awesome movie. Great characters, great weapons, great settings, great space ships, great mythology,... And everything feels very original. This movie is filled with amazing stuff you have never seen before. And man, I laughed my ass off. This is the funniest space movie since Spaceballs. And that's saying something!

IMDb score: 8,8/10
Our score: 10/10

The Lottery Season 1 Episode 1: Pilot

5 second plot: In 2025 women will have stopped having babies for 6 years. And in the last year 2019 only 6 kids were born. But now a scientist succeeds in fertilizing 100 eggs. The government decides to have a little lottery that will decide who gets the babies. And there is also a lot of government conspiracy and secrecy going on.

5 second review: The whole crazy future conspiracy government doesn't make any sense. It's ridiculously stupid. And so is everything else that is going on in this pilot. It's a good idea for a show, I'll give you that, but that's all this is. The 'good' part regrettably did not make it past the idea. This is very poorly made.

IMDb score: not yet scored on posting date
Our score: 1/10

True Blood Season 7 Episode 5: Return to Oz

5 second plot: The evil vamps are dead, so what's next? It seems that throwing a party for the entire town was on the top of the list. At this party there are mostly drunk people and some love triangle problems. Bill is flashing back a lot for who knows what reason. And Pam and Eric are on Sarah Newlin's trail. And so is the Yakuza. Apparently.

5 second review: This episode is a boring time filler. A party? Come on. It's not really the right time. Eric and Pam are a lot of fun. But the Yakuza? What? Why? I don't get it. The last seconds of the episode reveal another victim of hep-v. So I'm thinking that's the way this season is going to go: searching for an antidote.

IMDb score: 8,4/10
Our score: 6,5/10

The Leftovers Season 1 Episode 4: B.J. and the A.C.

5 second plot: The chief can not catch a break. He can't reach his son, his wife wants to divorce him, his daughter doesn't like him very much, the mayor is always bustin' his chops and baby Jesus is stolen from his crib. His son is still trying to protect the golden child. He runs into some crazy shit.

5 second review: These white fucks need to stop harassing people, because they are getting on my nerves. There are some mildly interesting things going on (the pile up of dead bodies for instance) but ... yawn... this is getting boring really quickly. There's too much interesting stuff on TV to be wasting my time with this.

IMDb score: 7,7/10
Our score: 5,5/10

The Strain Season 1 Episode 2: The Box

5 second plot: The dead people are alive again. Sort of. Together with the 4 survivors they are transforming into nasty blood suckers. The good doctor is thrown off the case. But of course that won't stop him from getting to the bottom of it all. The dying rich guy who sent for the creature finally gets to meet his guest of honor.

5 second review: The first episode was meant to get our attention, this second episode is all about finding out who is who and what everyone stands for. So there is a little bit less action but still a decent amount of creature nastyness. In other words: this show is still definitely going in the right direction.

IMDb sore: 8,5/10
Our score: 8,5/10

The Purge Anarchy is a roller coaster ride

5 second plot: A woman, her daughter and a young couple get stuck on the streets at the start of the annual purge. Lucky for them there's a good guy out there with mad fighting skills and a shitload of guns to help them out. The entire city seems to be hunting them down.

5 second review: The tension rises extremely high from time to time. Holy crackers! There are some annoyingly stupid elements in this movie as well (government conspiracy, rich people having a party, freedom fighters), but overall? Pretty neat. I especially liked the setting in the highly populated town. As opposed to the single house setting in the first movie.

IMDb score: 6,9/10
Our score: 6,5/10

The Half Hour Season 3 Episode 11: Mark Normand

5 second plot: A half hour (duh) of stand up comedy with Mark Normand talking about racism, pedophiles and sluts.

5 second review: He's a really nice guy so he can get away with saying anything. Only a pedophile joke goes a tad too far for the audience. He's a fast talker, I like that. And he makes a lot of smart interesting observations. The ones normal people don't pick up. That's always a nice to have for a comedian.

IMDb score: not yet scored on posting date
Our score: 8,5/10

I Origins is exciting

5 second plot: Ian and his lab partner are trying to create vision for an organism that doesn't have eyes (this is the simple version of the explanation). The idea is to prove that God doesn't exist. Because of the eye being the window to the soul and all.

5 second review: It took me some time to figure out where the story was heading. But it was worth the wait. It kinda took my breath away. Every aspect of this production (story, performances, camera movement,...) works perfectly together to come an incredibly beautiful conclusion. It's just one second. But a perfect one. If you are a spiritual soul, you will love this movie. If you are not, it might change your mind.

IMDb score: 7,2/10
Our score: 10/10

Extant Season 1 Episode 2: Extinct

5 second plot: Dad gets a new state of the art lab. Spared no expense. Mom tries to bond with robot-son. She meets her ghost ex-boyfriend again. And finds out that the previous guy in space experienced the same stuff she did (he's not pregnant though). He blew his dead mother out the air vent. She also gets a 100% confirmation of her pregnancy. It's a human baby. So no chest burst just yet.

5 second review: The big question remains: what the f*ck is going on? I like that mystery. And the small futuristic details. Like eggs that stand up instead of fall over. There are some things that are getting on my nerves. Like the dad being way too optimistic about the humanics (he must have seen The Terminator, right?). On a side note: is dad sleeping with his assistant?

IMDb score: 8,1/10
Our score: 8/10

Life After Beth is a bit of a disappointment

5 second plot: Beth dies due to a snake bite during a solo-hike. But a week later she's back. At first she seems to be normal, but her boyfriend soon figures out she's a zombie.

5 second review: What a shame. I thought this was going to be a lot more fun. There are some (a few) funny images, but most of the jokes seem to miss their mark. The story also takes forever to get going and when it finally does it tries to become absurdly humorous. But then gets corny... It's weird. Not in a good way.

IMDb score: 6/10
Our score: 4/10