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A. (hulu+) Lunopolis.

1. Boring beyond belief.  Bad camera work, incoherent plot, non-actors.  It is billed as a documentary, as in documentary style, but this horrid fiasco had zero basis in facts.
2. The titles of the 'professors' were laughable as were the lies the unskilled actors told.  The long duration of voice added over hand-scribbled poster art was cheap and uninspiring.  The occasional music was ridiculously inappropriate.
3. Released in 2009, 98 minutes.  Hulu claimed it was delivering HD, but the wretched camera work checkmated that.  IMDB gave it 6.4/10.0 based on 552 user ratings.  Rotten Tomatoes gave it 72% (audience), or 3.7/5.0.  These are high numbers.  Perhaps almost all viewers were true believers before hand.  This was indeed a very bad film.
4. I gave it one star of five on Hulu+.
5. I would recommend this mess to no one.

B. (hulu+)  Primeval: New World

1. (continuing) Have watched episodes through number 7.
2. Still like it quite a bit, usually four stars of five.

C.  (hulu+) Trailer for 47 Ronin

1. Movies can survive bad trailers, I suppose.
2. Judging from this trailer, I will not watch the movie.  A rag-tag group of 47 taking on a huge army with supernatural elements does not have much of a chance; less than the Greek side in the film 300.  I saw no one to root for.  Without engaging characters, what is left?  The effects were not all that good, and the plot absurd.
3. For the trailer, one star of five.

D. (hulu+) Naked States.

1. 74 minutes, released in 2000; IMDB gave it 6.0/10.0 based on input from 408 users.  Rotten Tomatoes gave it 45%, 3.2 of 5.0 from audiences.  There was not enough critical input for the usual percentage; was given 'no score yet.'
2. The film consistently delivered poor photography in terms of technique, both in video and in stills.  All his work is either blurred or smudged or badly lit.  The star's assertion that only ugly backgrounds should be used was pretentious at best.  The stills and videos seldom have any interesting background.  The film did not seem to document much at all, save for the photographer's whining about his subjects, the press, and anything that went wrong recently.
3. Hulu+ claimed it was delivering HD, but the small screen size and graininess belied this.  The sometimes jarring background music did not help; neither did the star's high nasal voice and whiny attitude.
4. The main person interviewed was the photographer, who was shallow and boring.  His attempts to get good press were painfully childish.  Insulting the editor you are talking to in order to get visibility seems beyond stupid.  Some of the subjects of his nude photography were more interesting, but their interviews were much shorter, typically less than one minute.
5. My favorite moment was when it seemed like the star might get the crap beaten out of him by the bikers in South Dakota.  He was that irritating.  May I never see another still of 'apocalyptic formation' again.  His level of pretense was huge.
6. One star of five.  Wished I had not seen it, and would recommend it to no one.