Scholarship table
I'll stick with my opinion on Gold. He'll be in foul trouble within the first eight minutes.
Of the 9 episodes, I'd call at least a half-dozen "great."
Won't spoil anything, but season two will not just be "and they lived happily ever after". Based on some interviews I read they want to continue to be extremely faithful to the game as much as they can. If that is the case, season two will be even darker.
Interesting point, and I'm not sure I'd disagree. It kind of highlights the question for me...why am I reluctant to give it "great" overall. I don't have an answer.
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
Yeah, given that you and I are often quite aligned on our TV-related opinions, I was surprised you didn't!Hey, even you are allowed to be wrong occasionally.
I think my issue is that it felt more like a series of thematically-linked vignettes than a series. That made for some really memorable — and great episodes — but maybe not a great series. I think maybe it’s a result of converting a video game into a series. But, as I said, I thought it was very good. I’m excited for the next season.
That's a great synopsis. I'm personally comfortable calling this show great, but if you give a structural demerit for the vignette layout vs pure chronological plot development, that's valid. For me, the vignettes are sufficiently tied together (and the quality is objectively there). This is quickly rising on the list of my favorite shows. Episode 3 reminded me a lot of San Junipero from Black Mirror, which is about as high praise as I can give. This is just such a smart show. I'm not familiar with the game, but taking on the selfishness-wrapped-in-unselfishness of having children and making them your raison d'etre is approaching a societal/artistic third rail, and the way its been done so far and is being foreshadowed is ::chef's kiss::
Enjoyed the Letterman/U2 discussion on Disney+. Felt like it could have been more, but still an enjoyable hour and a half.
No mention of Ted Lasso S3 yet. I thought E1 was a fine, but not great. But, it was a typical E1 - setting the table for the season. I thought E2 was pretty good. My feelings about the season arc is that both decisions that were made in E2 against the wishes of the others will have disastrous consequences. I'm also guessing that Ted had a line that was foreshadowing the state of affairs when the series wraps.
Zava is clearly supposed to be a fairly on the nose homage to Zlatan, no?
Anyone watched Fauda? It's an Israeli show on Netflix. I've flown through the 4 seasons this winter. Really enjoyed it.
I found it interesting that Ted Lasso used Prisencolinensinainciusol as the backdrop of soccer montage. Famously, the song is gibberish, but it "sounds" like English. There's a reason for everything they put in shows like this...I wonder what the writers were getting at. Perhaps, "this looks like success, but things aren't always what they seem"?
I think they're definitely setting up some sort of fall.Also, the "pre-Madonna" scene killed me.
Surprised that it hasn't been brought up yet, but Shrinking on Apple+ is the funniest show of the last year and change. Its some of the wittiest, sharpest writing Ive seen in a LONG time.Jason Segal is very funny and does what he does best, but Harrison Ford absolutely STEALS nearly every scene he's in...comedically. Obviously he's an incredible actor and an icon, but he's not been in a good comedic movie in decades. Not exactly his wheelhouse, but he's unreal.Show was created by Segal, Bill Lawrence (created Scrubs, co-created Spin City and Ted Lasson) and ROY F*!%$!G KENT, so that alone gave it bona fides.Related, Harrison Ford with a very interesting year. In the past 8 years, he's made 5 non-animated movies (and 1 cameo). Of the 5, 1 was as Hans Solo in Force Awakens, 1 was reprising Rick Deckard in Blade Runner 2049, and the other was the 3rd in the Expendables franchise. So 2 new original movies, Age of Adaline and Call of the Wild. Now suddenly, at age 80, never acted in a TV series as a lead, he's a lead in 1923 and now in Shrinking, the latter a type of role he's never done. Its kind of awesome. Didn't make a ton of sense then I realized that his adopted son he has with Calista Flockhart recently entered his 20s. So a super successful and wealthy actor in his 60s stepped back to raise his young kid and enjoy semi-retirement. And now as a renewed empty-nester of sorts, might as well get back on the horse, no pun intended.
Catching up on this show this week.I really enjoy it