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MUScoop => The Superbar => Topic started by: 🏀 on March 29, 2022, 11:09:25 PM
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New season of Atlanta has been interesting and developmental.
Nightmare Alley was a fun watch. Wish they would’ve went younger with the Bradley Cooper role.
The Last Duel, very underrated. One of the better movies post-pandemic.
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New season of Atlanta has been interesting and developmental.
Nightmare Alley was a fun watch. Wish they would’ve went younger with the Bradley Cooper role.
The Last Duel, very underrated. One of the better movies post-pandemic.
Atlanta is great. Brilliant show. Glad its finally back.
Saw the Outfit recently. Really strong movie.
Not watching a ton of tv currently. But A LOT is coming soon. Most of it being big time shows that have been gone a while.
Ozark finale, Better Call Saul, Stranger Things, The boys. Barry. All will be back very soon soon.
Really looking forward to We Own This City too. David Simon miniseries.
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Ozark finale, Better Call Saul, Stranger Things, The boys. Barry. All will be back very soon soon.
Love all those shows. Seems like forever for Better Call Saul. Season 5 was so, so strong - one of the best seasons for any series in a while. Do we know when it's coming back?
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Winning Time has been a great watch so far. Long episodes but highly worth it.
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Love all those shows. Seems like forever for Better Call Saul. Season 5 was so, so strong - one of the best seasons for any series in a while. Do we know when it's coming back?
Very soon.
Monday April 18th. 2 hour premeire. LIke all shows these days they are splitting the final season up though(but not majorly).
I believe the first 7 epsiodes will air through May. THen itll be off for June and return for the final 6 like a week after the 4th holidays.
Edit. Just looked it up
04/18-05/23 for the first 7
07/11-08/15 for the final 6.
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Pretty sure I've already mentioned it, but Station Eleven on HBO Max is really good.
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Nightmare Alley was a fun watch. Wish they would’ve went younger with the Bradley Cooper role.
The Last Duel, very underrated. One of the better movies post-pandemic.
I've been in the minority on these two among people I've discussed them with, but I wasn't a fan of either.
Both are beautifully filmed, but the storylines were plodding and at times simply dull, and the acting was, er, excessive. In Nightmare Alley in particularly, I found myself more than an hour in wondering what this movie was about.
Anyhow, I know people who love both, so I'm sure my take is an outlier.
This may be better said in the F1 thread, but season 4 of "Drive to Survive" was fantastic.
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New season of Atlanta has been interesting and developmental.
Nightmare Alley was a fun watch. Wish they would’ve went younger with the Bradley Cooper role.
The Last Duel, very underrated. One of the better movies post-pandemic.
Leo was the original choice until he dropped out. So Del Toro definitely always intended to go older with the role.
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I've been in the minority on these two among people I've discussed them with, but I wasn't a fan of either.
Both are beautifully filmed, but the storylines were plodding and at times simply dull, and the acting was, er, excessive. In Nightmare Alley in particularly, I found myself more than an hour in wondering what this movie was about.
Anyhow, I know people who love both, so I'm sure my take is an outlier.
I don't disagree, at least about The Last Duel. Maybe I was expecting too much, but Ridley Scott, a HUGE cast, an intriguing story...and it was just kind of dull. I agree. I thought it tried a bit too hard to be dramatic.
As for current shows...
Halfway through Mrs. Maisel Season 4 and IMO, its been by far the weakest season. Some hilarious moments to be sure and Tony Shahloub is on FIRE, but its just been kind of bizarre and dragging at points. My wife and I BLEW through the previous 3 seasons and we're not in any hurry with this one.
2 episodes into the newest season of Killing Eve. Love the bizarre quirkiness of the show. Been kind of WTF in these episodes, but the show has earned so much leash. Jodie Comer is just fantastic, which is necessary cause I can't stand Sandra Oh in general.
Blew through Bridgerton Season 2. Such a love hate show. Its so ridiculous, so inconsistent at times, but its beautifully shot, the soundtrack is brilliant, and its just easy and fun when its on. I will give them complete credit for completely and utterly pivoting away from the core character/plots of Season 1 (obviously aside from the Lady Whistledown reveal) and doing so seamlessly.
Couple episodes into WeCrashed. Entertaining. Leto is such a good character actor and honestly nails all the absurdity of Adam Neumann that I had read about for years.
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Agree on drive to survive being entertaining.
Last kingdom final season has been pretty good
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Agree on drive to survive being entertaining.
Last kingdom final season has been pretty good
Last Kingdom was strong through its entire run.
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Somewhat related ... Bruce Willis stepping away from acting as he battles aphasia.
https://variety.com/2022/film/news/bruce-willis-retiring-acting-apashia-1235219017/
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Winning Time has been a great watch so far. Long episodes but highly worth it.
I second this, Adam McKay is an executive producer so if you enjoyed The Big Short, Vice, or Don't Look Up you'll probably enjoy Winning Time. Be advised, very R-rated. But Magic Johnson is a main character so... that shouldn't come as a surprise.
All the actors are great but Jason Clark's role as Jerry West is hilarious.
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Last Kingdom was strong through its entire run.
I'm struggling with season 5. First 4 were great and I loved the books. Wryd bio ful aræd.
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I concur with others, Winning Time is a very enjoyable watch. It’s very well acted, it does take a lot of liberties with actual events/people, but I love it through 4 episodes.
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Very soon.
Monday April 18th. 2 hour premeire. LIke all shows these days they are splitting the final season up though(but not majorly).
I believe the first 7 epsiodes will air through May. THen itll be off for June and return for the final 6 like a week after the 4th holidays.
Edit. Just looked it up
04/18-05/23 for the first 7
07/11-08/15 for the final 6.
Thanks a ton for all that info!
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The new Scream movie on Paramount+ is a solid reboot, fun to see the gang back together.
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Pretty sure I've already mentioned it, but Station Eleven on HBO Max is really good.
We just watched the first episode tonight. Very engrossing. Looking forward to more.
Winning Time has been a great watch so far. Long episodes but highly worth it.
I've only watched a couple of episodes so far and it's been pretty good IMHO. But it's kind of weird watching guys we as fans know very well from seeing them on TV for years being portrayed by actors who look nothing like them. It's also strange the way Jerry West is being portrayed.
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We just watched the first episode tonight. Very engrossing. Looking forward to more.
Approach the show carefully. It'll feel jumpy at first... because it is. But it is so wonderfully acted.
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I'm struggling with season 5. First 4 were great and I loved the books. Wryd bio ful aræd.
Just finished last night.
It moves REALLY quickly, trying to wrap up all stories/conflicts/characters in 1 season/10 episodes. Could easily have been stretched over multiple seasons. Sometimes, it feels like it's "too perfect" an ending for each while other feels abruptly ended.
The ending is fine. It's pretty clear where the movie is gonna go.
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Watched the first 2 episodes of Halo on Paramount+. If you liked the Mandalorian you'll probably like this show.
https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/halo/
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Watched the first 2 episodes of Halo on Paramount+. If you liked the Mandalorian you'll probably like this show.
https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/halo/
People have paid for paramount+?
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People have paid for paramount+?
I love star trek; what can I say?
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People have paid for paramount+?
Yea…Love me some Real World/Road Rules Challenge rewatches
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People have paid for paramount+?
If they don't have my streaming fixed by today, I'm cancelling. I paid mainly for USMNT matches, but despite premium membership it won't allow me to stream Halo, Evil, or any other programs. Every time I ask their support why, they send me a list of "other devices" I can stream on, but on the list of "other devices" is the very TV that I'm trying to use.
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People have paid for paramount+?
Champions & Europa League plus Paw Patrol. Gets used in our house more than most streaming services.
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Stranger things S4 trailer out
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Severance
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Almost done re-watching S5 of Better Call Saul in advance of S6 premier Monday.
What a show.
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Anyone watch Suspicion on Apple+? My wife and I enjoyed it. I thought the ending was a bit weak, but it was pretty engaging for the majority. My BIL usually has great taste in TV and he dragged it, said he couldn't get through 2 episodes, so YMMV.
Unrelated, I loved Breaking Bad. Watched it twice. But yet I never was able to get into BCS.
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Anyone watch Suspicion on Apple+? My wife and I enjoyed it. I thought the ending was a bit weak, but it was pretty engaging for the majority. My BIL usually has great taste in TV and he dragged it, said he couldn't get through 2 episodes, so YMMV.
Unrelated, I loved Breaking Bad. Watched it twice. But yet I never was able to get into BCS.
Better Call Saul really grew on me over time. I definitely didn't love it at first, but I think each succeeding season got better, and I enjoyed S5 as much as any season of any series in awhile. The last two episodes we've watched, 7 and 8, were some great television IMHO.
My wife really doesn't like BCS nearly as much as I do. That's why there's a bazillion shows - something for everybody. But she had to admit that these last 2 episodes were terrific, and I think she's now looking forward to S6.
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Almost done re-watching S5 of Better Call Saul in advance of S6 premier Monday.
What a show.
I cranked out my S5 rewatch in like 3 days last week.
That is a show that fully holds up on the rewatch. Hell of a refresher for next week too.
Cannot wait.
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Also, the actress who plays Kim in BCS better get some damn Emmy recognition finally.
Christ is she good.
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Severance
Severance is the best show I've seen in quite some time. Unique premise and executed flawlessly.
Only drawback is it's on Apple TV+, which nobody has. I am desperately trying to find people to talk to about this show.
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Severance is the best show I've seen in quite some time. Unique premise and executed flawlessly.
Only drawback is it's on Apple TV+, which nobody has. I am desperately trying to find people to talk to about this show.
Seriously? I know tons of people who have it. Ted Lasso, The Morning Show, Trying, Mythic Quest, Mr Corman, etc... Its not like its a one off show. Plus a bunch of movies.
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Seriously? I know tons of people who have it. Ted Lasso, The Morning Show, Trying, Mythic Quest, Mr Corman, etc... Its not like its a one off show. Plus a bunch of movies.
I suppose I forgot about Ted Lasso. Maybe I am friends with the wrong people but Apple TV+ seems to be the least widely used streaming service out of the major ones out there.
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I suppose I forgot about Ted Lasso. Maybe I am friends with the wrong people but Apple TV+ seems to be the least widely used streaming service out of the major ones out there.
I guess it all depends. I feel like Netflix and HBOMax are most common. Then it depends. I feel like people who watch a lot of network TV or love rewatching syndicated shows tend towards Hulu. Otherwise, Apple+ and others are used.
Speaking of Netflix, everyone knows Money Heist, but Netflix's Spanish production (Spain the country specifically) and library has been STELLAR. They've used the HBO approach where they have a stable of actors/actresses who pop up in various shows. Ive watched Elite, Minions of Midas, and Sky High. They also distribute Toy Boy and Unauthorized Living which are really good as well.
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I guess it all depends. I feel like Netflix and HBOMax are most common. Then it depends. I feel like people who watch a lot of network TV or love rewatching syndicated shows tend towards Hulu. Otherwise, Apple+ and others are used.
Per eMarketer, share of total time spent streaming in Q3 2021 by app:
21% - Netflix
17% - YouTube
14% - Hulu
5.4% - Amazon Prime
4.6% - Sling
4.5% - Disney+
3.7% - HBO Max
0.7% - Apple TV (19th out of Top 20)
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Per eMarketer, share of total time spent streaming in Q3 2021 by app:
21% - Netflix
17% - YouTube
14% - Hulu
5.4% - Amazon Prime
4.6% - Sling
4.5% - Disney+
3.7% - HBO Max
0.7% - Apple TV (19th out of Top 20)
I would have figured Disney+ to be higher. Everyone I know uses it. Maybe I need new friends.
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Definitely pumped for BCS next week.
Finally getting around to watching Ozark as well.
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Per eMarketer, share of total time spent streaming in Q3 2021 by app:
21% - Netflix
17% - YouTube
14% - Hulu
5.4% - Amazon Prime
4.6% - Sling
4.5% - Disney+
3.7% - HBO Max
0.7% - Apple TV (19th out of Top 20)
I know more people who have illegally streamed Ted Lasso than I know people who have AppleTV
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Per eMarketer, share of total time spent streaming in Q3 2021 by app:
21% - Netflix
17% - YouTube
14% - Hulu
5.4% - Amazon Prime
4.6% - Sling
4.5% - Disney+
3.7% - HBO Max
0.7% - Apple TV (19th out of Top 20)
Time streaming is a bit deceiving though. HBO Max and Apple+ dont have syndicated series with hundreds of episodes, that alone will boost other numbers. 5 subscribers watching a 10 episode season of Ted Lasso amounts to the same amount of time as a user watching a network drama on Hulu. Same with HBOMax (though the library is a bit more robust)
I'm not at all saying Apple+ is close to the others (roughly 20-25MM subscribers Ive seen, though that may be a bit generous), but I think its a diff kind of platform.
I know substantially more Apple+ subscribers in my 25-39 demo than I do in my parents 50+ demo, which is very Netflix/Hulu heavy
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We just re-subscribed to Apple+ a couple weeks ago to introduce my 85-year-old mother (who is visiting) to Ted Lasso. She loved it. We'll likely cancel at the end of the month and will re-subscribe when the release the next season.
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Also, the actress who plays Kim in BCS better get some damn Emmy recognition finally.
Christ is she good.
Rhea Seehorn. Yes, excellent.
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I know substantially more Apple+ subscribers in my 25-39 demo than I do in my parents 50+ demo, which is very Netflix/Hulu heavy
This sounds accurate, probably because a lot of people in that age range still pay for cable. My parents think having streaming accounts beyond Netflix and Hulu is excessive, yet they are currently paying for two separate cable contracts.
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So I began watching Severence. 3 episodes in. The premise is intriguing. The cast is brilliant...but the show is just unsettling. Like I enjoy it, but it just makes me very uneasy to the point that its not a fun watch. Its...odd.
In a different vein, not since Nip/Tuck has a show I enjoyed completely lost the plot and become terrible like Billions had. I knew it would be a bit different without Damien Lewis, but holy hell its just become AWFUL. I used to look forward to it every week, and now after this season, I may be out completely.
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So I began watching Severence. 3 episodes in. The premise is intriguing. The cast is brilliant...but the show is just unsettling. Like I enjoy it, but it just makes me very uneasy to the point that its not a fun watch. Its...odd.
In a different vein, not since Nip/Tuck has a show I enjoyed completely lost the plot and become terrible like Billions had. I knew it would be a bit different without Damien Lewis, but holy hell its just become AWFUL. I used to look forward to it every week, and now after this season, I may be out completely.
I agree on Billions. Unrealistic story lines and character turns, plus some bad acting really changed the tone of the show.
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I agree on Billions. Unrealistic story lines and character turns, plus some bad acting really changed the tone of the show.
Chuck Rhoades went from an interesting, flawed but dynamic character, to an obnoxious caricature who is beyond unlikeable.
And totally agree about the acting. Asia Kate Dillon is very talented, but they went from being exceptional to chewing the scenery every episode and being overly brooding or whatever.
And the dialogue? It went from fast but clever and punchy to overly heavy handed and corny. Every conversation with Chuck or Mike Pence and Scooter has way too many obscure references or metaphors that sound like the person at the party who is referencing niche anecdotes to seem enlightened. There used to be a couple a show that were great, but now its 10 per 15 min. Its awful
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Chuck Rhoades went from an interesting, flawed but dynamic character, to an obnoxious caricature who is beyond unlikeable.
And totally agree about the acting. Asia Kate Dillon is very talented, but they went from being exceptional to chewing the scenery every episode and being overly brooding or whatever.
And the dialogue? It went from fast but clever and punchy to overly heavy handed and corny. Every conversation with Chuck or Mike Pence and Scooter has way too many obscure references or metaphors that sound like the person at the party who is referencing niche anecdotes to seem enlightened. There used to be a couple a show that were great, but now its 10 per 15 min. Its awful
Tried to be way too clever.
Part of the allure of watching a show for 5 years or more is getting to know the characters; becoming keenly aware of what they would be expected to do in any situation that comes up. Billions did that for the first 5 years. This year it was just random.
A great example would be Sacker. Went directly from being a do-gooder who was appalled at things her dad had done, to openly defending and working for bad purposes. No gradual change driven by events - just a 180 over an episode or two.
The greatness of succession is that the characters are who they are. They don't change from episode to episode. Change is slow. When Kendall broke down at the end of last season, it was completely what we would expect the character he created to do. That no longer applies to any character on Billions.
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Chuck Rhoades went from an interesting, flawed but dynamic character, to an obnoxious caricature who is beyond unlikeable.
And totally agree about the acting. Asia Kate Dillon is very talented, but they went from being exceptional to chewing the scenery every episode and being overly brooding or whatever.
And the dialogue? It went from fast but clever and punchy to overly heavy handed and corny. Every conversation with Chuck or Mike Pence and Scooter has way too many obscure references or metaphors that sound like the person at the party who is referencing niche anecdotes to seem enlightened. There used to be a couple a show that were great, but now its 10 per 15 min. Its awful
Odd review coming from "Wags." Sort of like Mort Sahl playing Carnegie and then complaining that the audience was full of New Yorkers. Or something.
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Odd review coming from "Wags." Sort of like Mort Sahl playing Carnegie and then complaining that the audience was full of New Yorkers. Or something.
At least my namesake is consistent
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Started the rewatch of S5 Better Call Saul as well. Such an outstanding show.
And for any Breaking Bad fans that gave up on it too early, I strongly suggest giving it another go as it has really has ramped up the tension and intensity in a similar way.
Also, I’m way late on this but finally started What We Do In The Shadows. Brilliant stuff.
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Didn't know the S6 opener actually was gonna be a 2 1/2-hour long double episode (w/commercials, because I watched it live on the AMC app). That was a marathon ... but I'm still glad as hell that I watched it!
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Started the rewatch of S5 Better Call Saul as well. Such an outstanding show.
And for any Breaking Bad fans that gave up on it too early, I strongly suggest giving it another go as it has really has ramped up the tension and intensity in a similar way.
Also, I’m way late on this but finally started What We Do In The Shadows. Brilliant stuff.
WWDITS is fantastic. If you haven't seen it, check out the 2014 movie that inspired the show. It was my introduction to Taika Waititi and is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. My wife and I both laughed breathlessly throughout. Just hysterical.
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Anyone not watching BCS should just kick their own ass for missing out on greatness.
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Does boardwalk empire get better? I'm 4 episodes in, and it's not catching my interest at all.
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Does boardwalk empire get better? I'm 4 episodes in, and it's not catching my interest at all.
Yes, at its peak its in that second tier of great HBO shows just behind The Wire and Sopranos. The middle of the series is far better than the first season or two, IMO.
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Yes, at its peak its in that second tier of great HBO shows just behind The Wire and Sopranos. The middle of the series is far better than the first season or two, IMO.
Endorse. It's a shame they had to cut the series short.
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2 episodes into both "They Call Me Magic" on AppleTV+ and "Winning Time" on HBO. Had heard good things about "Winning Time," I think it's just okay. I think "They Call Me Magic" is awesome.
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Just finished Season 5 of Snowfall. It was even better than the first 4 seasons.
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Just finished Season 5 of Snowfall. It was even better than the first 4 seasons.
Great season! Such a good show.
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Great season! Such a good show.
1st four seasons were really, really good. Season 5 was great.
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Halfway through Mrs. Maisel Season 4 and IMO, its been by far the weakest season. Some hilarious moments to be sure and Tony Shahloub is on FIRE, but its just been kind of bizarre and dragging at points. My wife and I BLEW through the previous 3 seasons and we're not in any hurry with this one.
Just finished .. I thought the same thing for the first few episodes. But .. I found the final ~3 episodes to be .. funny and relatively riveting. Just finished.
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Curious about what and why people subscribe to streaming platforms. After all the Netflix hubbub this week, thinking about cutting some subscriptions out of my life. So what do you pay for and why? Here's mine:
Disney+: Marvel, Star Wars Universe, PJ Masks, Disney movies, Pixar
Amazon Prime: The Boys, Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Invincible, Wheel of Time, upcoming Lord of the Rings
Apple TV: Ted Lasso
Netflix: Cobra Kai, Stranger Things, Cocomelon
HBOMax: DC Movies, Peacemaker, Game of Thrones content, Sesame Street
Recently cancelled:
Paramount+: USA Soccer, Halo
Peacock: Nothing interested me much, hence cancelled.
So before I cancel Apple and Netflix (maybe after Stranger Things next season) are there other reasons to keep these?
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Curious about what and why people subscribe to streaming platforms. After all the Netflix hubbub this week, thinking about cutting some subscriptions out of my life. So what do you pay for and why? Here's mine:
Disney+: Marvel, Star Wars Universe, PJ Masks, Disney movies, Pixar
Amazon Prime: The Boys, Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Invincible, Wheel of Time, upcoming Lord of the Rings
Apple TV: Ted Lasso
Netflix: Cobra Kai, Stranger Things, Cocomelon
HBOMax: DC Movies, Peacemaker, Game of Thrones content, Sesame Street
Recently cancelled:
Paramount+: USA Soccer, Halo
Peacock: Nothing interested me much, hence cancelled.
So before I cancel Apple and Netflix (maybe after Stranger Things next season) are there other reasons to keep these?
Good discussion.
Apple TV: Ted Lasso and They Call Me Magic (just a 4 part series, so no need to keep it just for that, but worth the price of one month just to watch it)
Also watched and will continue to watch The Morning Show, but wouldn't keep it just for that
Netflix: I watch Ozarks but kind of hate watch it honestly. Otherwise watch some random murder mystery docu series as they pop up.
HBOMax: Friends, The Wire
Also watch Succession, but wouldn't keep it just for that.
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Curious about what and why people subscribe to streaming platforms. After all the Netflix hubbub this week, thinking about cutting some subscriptions out of my life. So what do you pay for and why? Here's mine:
Disney+: Marvel, Star Wars Universe, PJ Masks, Disney movies, Pixar
Amazon Prime: The Boys, Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Invincible, Wheel of Time, upcoming Lord of the Rings
Apple TV: Ted Lasso
Netflix: Cobra Kai, Stranger Things, Cocomelon
HBOMax: DC Movies, Peacemaker, Game of Thrones content, Sesame Street
Recently cancelled:
Paramount+: USA Soccer, Halo
Peacock: Nothing interested me much, hence cancelled.
So before I cancel Apple and Netflix (maybe after Stranger Things next season) are there other reasons to keep these?
I'll go to bat for Apple TV. Think the service is better than people recognize.
For All Mankind is the best show on the platform (season two was outrageously good). Severance is a close second. I'm enjoying Ptolemy Grey and Pachinko right now. Also, for lighter fare, Mythic Quest, Trying, and Acapulco were good. Dr. Brain is from Korea and not for everyone but some wild moral questioning in that show.
Lincoln's Dilemma was a good four part docuseries. And the nature shows, Tiny World and Earth at Night, were ridiculously beautiful. Plus it has the Peanuts gang so that is handy October to December.
Wolfwalkers and Coda are both dynamite movies.
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I'll go to bat for Apple TV. Think the service is better than people recognize.
For All Mankind is the best show on the platform (season two was outrageously good). Severance is a close second. I'm enjoying Ptolemy Grey and Pachinko right now. Also, for lighter fare, Mythic Quest, Trying, and Acapulco were good. Dr. Brain is from Korea and not for everyone but some wild moral questioning in that show.
Lincoln's Dilemma was a good four part docuseries. And the nature shows, Tiny World and Earth at Night, were ridiculously beautiful. Plus it has the Peanuts gang so that is handy October to December.
Wolfwalkers and Coda are both dynamite movies.
Co-sign. Its a lot more than Ted Lasso, and I adore Ted Lasso.
In addition to what you said, Suspicion was good. The Morning Show is good to great depending on the episode. WeCrashed is excellent. I just started Slow Horses (Gary Oldman, Jack Lowden, Kristin Scott Thomas, and others...loaded cast) and its FANTASTIC.
As for movies, beyond CODA which was sublime, The Banker, Tragedy of Macbeth, and Swan Song are all quite good.
They've got tons of great programming.
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Curious about what and why people subscribe to streaming platforms. After all the Netflix hubbub this week, thinking about cutting some subscriptions out of my life. So what do you pay for and why? Here's mine:
Disney+: Marvel, Star Wars Universe, PJ Masks, Disney movies, Pixar
Amazon Prime: The Boys, Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Invincible, Wheel of Time, upcoming Lord of the Rings
Apple TV: Ted Lasso
Netflix: Cobra Kai, Stranger Things, Cocomelon
HBOMax: DC Movies, Peacemaker, Game of Thrones content, Sesame Street
Recently cancelled:
Paramount+: USA Soccer, Halo
Peacock: Nothing interested me much, hence cancelled.
So before I cancel Apple and Netflix (maybe after Stranger Things next season) are there other reasons to keep these?
Ive got some sort of access to like all platforms. Some is password sharing, most are due to packages bulking things together(Hulu/Disney/Espn+ for example and Peacock coming free with some cable or internet services).
Obviously most of the platforms have old movies that can be watched at any time. Id say HBO max is the best with their deals. Prime/Netflix/Hulu seem to rotate the same movies(ex. The Departed is on Hulu and leaves at the end of February, most likely pops up on prime in March)
HBO Max(quickly becoming the crown jewel imo): All the old HBO shows which is peak TV(wire, sopranos, GOT etc). Stuff like Barry, Gemstones, Peacemaker, Succession now. Great movie deals through WB
Prime: The boys and invincible are worth it alone. Those are the main shows I watch. But other fun shows like Jack Reacher and Jack Ryan. Solid prime prime orginals.
Hulu: Only murders in the building for TV really. Otherwise utilize it for next day viewing of cable shows. Have it cause its packaged.
Netflix. Ozark and Stranger things. Fading fast without those two. Lot of netflix original movies makes it worth it still. But lack of a studio deal like Max and Prime have will have netflix cancelled post ST and OZark if they crackdown on pricing/PW sharing.
Peacock. Nothing. Have cuase its free and watch a movie on there if i happen to see its on peacock and its been a while or never seen it and no other service has it.
Apple. Getting some Tv traction. Ted Lasso for me. Severance sounds good. But not worth it. Some big time oscar type studio releases(looking forward to Leo/Scorscese team up) but Apple has an awful movie selection cause they dont have deals to watch old movies like the other servcies.
Disney. Marvel or bust.
Paramount. Mostly Survivor. Movie selection is limited but different from the rest so not bad. Starting to create original shows but nothing worth it yet
For me. HBO and Prime are the must have. Cream of the crop in terms of being well rounded. Netflix is still a must have, but has the potential to fall completely apart. Rest expendable and have them due to access.
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Honestly, the biggest barrier to me getting rid of Netflix is Cocomelon. It might just be mindless songs, but if I need an hour where the toddler doesn't bother me, putting on Cocomelon is a guarantee that I can make dinner or get some laundry done or whatever. It's like toddler heroin without the withdrawal symptoms. Put it on, they zone out.
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Arby's is featured on food that built America this week.
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Honestly, the biggest barrier to me getting rid of Netflix is Cocomelon. It might just be mindless songs, but if I need an hour where the toddler doesn't bother me, putting on Cocomelon is a guarantee that I can make dinner or get some laundry done or whatever. It's like toddler heroin without the withdrawal symptoms. Put it on, they zone out.
Yes, my grandkids are addicted to Cocomelon. Maybe ask a set of grandparents that they make a year of NFLX part of their next BD or Xmas present to their adorable grandkids!
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Hulu/Peacock free with cell/cable.
Pay for and share Amazon (but really just for the Prime shipping), Netflix, ESPN+
Share and sometimes chip in for HBO, Paramount, Disney, and sometimes Apple with family.
Kids-
Disney gets used the most for just about everything.
Paramount for Paw Patrol.
HBO for Sesame Street.
A little here and there on Netflix.
Adults-
Paramount, Peacock, and a little ESPN+ for soccer.
We eventually catch most of the Marvel and some of the Star Wars stuff on Disney.
Whatever shows and movies we're watching usually switches between HBO, Netflix, and Hulu.
Almost never watch something on Amazon or Apple.
We've been using Netflix less, and with prices going up regularly, I may ditch that once we're not actively watching something there.
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Honestly, the biggest barrier to me getting rid of Netflix is Cocomelon. It might just be mindless songs, but if I need an hour where the toddler doesn't bother me, putting on Cocomelon is a guarantee that I can make dinner or get some laundry done or whatever. It's like toddler heroin without the withdrawal symptoms. Put it on, they zone out.
The one show I just could not stand. I've hidden it from our Kids profile.
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The one show I just could not stand. I've hidden it from our Kids profile.
I was right there with you until Grandma let her watch it a couple times and I realized how much I could get done when it's on. Pop in an ear bud and a podcast and productivity can commence.
But I do not blame you at all...especially because it recycles the same songs over and over. It's a combination of awful and yet gloriously effective.
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Arby's is featured on food that built America this week.
Ha! The Scoop sponsored episode?
I'm like 3 episodes behind. They've had quite a number of Connecticut stories this season.
The Schlitz vs. Pabst episode was fascinating and how Milwaukee beer came to be the major beer player.
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The one show I just could not stand. I've hidden it from our Kids profile.
I have no sympathy.
I had to sit through Teletubbies.
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Disney+/Hulu/ESPN+ - We bought the bundle for Marvel & Star Wars shows. Hulu is good for watching shows that run the day after running on regular TV like Abbot Elementary.
Netflix - We've had forever, so.......
Prime - My wife got ages ago for the free shipping and we do watch some shows.
HBO Max - We don't pay for, as it comes with my AT&T phone subscription.
Apple+ - We don't pay for, my wife got somehow included with some other Apple subscription.
Discovery+ - It's the cheapest subscription. We got it to watch Josh Gates, my older daughter and wife always watch Gold Rush, and Expedition Bigfoot before it runs on air.
I'm curious how HBO max & Discovery+ will be blended together in one app and will I still get free from AT&T after the sale to Warner is complete. (Was it completed last week, maybe?)
We don't subscribe to anything else.
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Honestly, the biggest barrier to me getting rid of Netflix is Cocomelon. It might just be mindless songs, but if I need an hour where the toddler doesn't bother me, putting on Cocomelon is a guarantee that I can make dinner or get some laundry done or whatever. It's like toddler heroin without the withdrawal symptoms. Put it on, they zone out.
You must have a miracle kid then because we allowed Cocomelon once on accident and we got epic meltdowns for the next few months demanding Cocomelon. It is baby crack and at least for our kid there are major withdrawal symptoms
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Netflix, Hulu, and HBO Max are the only necessities. I have Prime, but wouldn’t keep it if not for the free shipping.
Occasionally will get Showtime, Paramount, or Apple for a month or two to catch up on a few shows.
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Netflix, Hulu, and HBO Max are the only necessities. I have Prime, but wouldn’t keep it if not for the free shipping.
Same, except add on Peacock for the EPL. Balance that out by using our friends' Netflix login.
Prime does have some decent shows that makes it worth it beyond the free shipping.
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I just grab whatever shows everyone is talking about from bt sites.
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Same, except add on Peacock for the EPL. Balance that out by using our friends' Netflix login.
Prime does have some decent shows that makes it worth it beyond the free shipping.
Yeah. They have several decent originals. Would just get it for 2-3 months a year and binge them if it wasn't for the free shipping.
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In light of plummeting stock prices, Netflix's CEO recently announced that in-program ads are on the way for lower-priced subscriptions.
Netflix users, is this a deal-breaker? Would you pay more to not have ads? Would you take a cheaper plan and tolerate receiving ads?
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In light of plummeting stock prices, Netflix's CEO recently announced that in-program ads are on the way for lower-priced subscriptions.
Netflix users, is this a deal-breaker? Would you pay more to not have ads? Would you take a cheaper plan and tolerate receiving ads?
I'll be honest, my problem with Netflix is the lack of content that interests me. When they were pumping out House of Cards, Orange is the New Black, Mindhunter, GLOW, Daredevil, Punisher, and the other Marvel street-level stuff, while also having a rich library of movies, it was must-have. Now they have less original content I care about, their movie collection sucks, and they want us to pay more? Not only that, but I'm sure they'll charge me more to be able to use my single-customer account when I'm at work due to the sharing crackdown.
Just not sure once we get past Stranger Things that Cobra Kai and Ozark are worth keeping it for (neither of which I've caught up on yet).
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I watch a lot of tv. Theres a lot of really good stuff out there. Definitely some trash as well.
But in terms of the best
Its Better Call Saul and then everything else.
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I'll be honest, my problem with Netflix is the lack of content that interests me. When they were pumping out House of Cards, Orange is the New Black, Mindhunter, GLOW, Daredevil, Punisher, and the other Marvel street-level stuff, while also having a rich library of movies, it was must-have. Now they have less original content I care about, their movie collection sucks, and they want us to pay more? Not only that, but I'm sure they'll charge me more to be able to use my single-customer account when I'm at work due to the sharing crackdown.
Just not sure once we get past Stranger Things that Cobra Kai and Ozark are worth keeping it for (neither of which I've caught up on yet).
Ozarks final eps release on Friday. So if youre caught up on that by the time ST final season airs(at their slow release rate wont be hard) then thats another thing to not have to worry about
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So, that ending on Better Call Saul
****SPOILER WARNING****
That was sad
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So, that ending on Better Call Saul
****SPOILER WARNING****
That was sad
Hell of a way to go out though.
So well done.
Fantastic acting too.
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Incredible episode from beginning to end.
SPOILER ALERT
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Breaking Bad, and for some reason I convinced myself that Varga had been in it…. So I was really surprised by what transpired in this episode.
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Incredible episode from beginning to end.
SPOILER ALERT
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Breaking Bad, and for some reason I convinced myself that Varga had been in it…. So I was really surprised by what transpired in this episode.
He's mentioned
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWYQN4E4qr0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWYQN4E4qr0)
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Incredible episode from beginning to end.
SPOILER ALERT
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Breaking Bad, and for some reason I convinced myself that Varga had been in it…. So I was really surprised by what transpired in this episode.
Agreed, I’m really enjoying the show. The only thing that takes away some of the suspense for me is that you know the fate of certain characters from Breaking Bad. It’s been so long though so it does slip my mind also.
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He's mentioned
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWYQN4E4qr0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWYQN4E4qr0)
Thanks for that.
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Watched Andy Warhol Diaries on Netflix, more of a look into his personal life and how it affected his art, NYC at the time, the emergence of gay culture, AIDS, celebrity, etc. I highly recommend it, candidly, I’m a big fan of his, Basquiat is my favorite artist, the whole pop art movement, and NYC in the 70s and 80s.
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Too lazy to scroll back but has there been a discussion of Anatomy of a Scandal on Netflix yet?
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I have no sympathy.
I had to sit through Teletubbies.
I had Barney. :-\
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Ozark Ep 1 of the final 7 wasted no time creating the tension
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I had to sit through Teletubbies.
I had Barney. :-\
The Wiggles.
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Ozark Ep 1 of the final 7 wasted no time creating the tension
I'm way behind in watching Ozark (S2E3), but it's starting to feel like Uncut Gems to me. Even if they can sustain the ratcheted up tension for hours upon hours, I'm not sure I can. There's a limit to how much of that I can take and Uncut Gems taught me that my max is about two hours. I like Ozark, but I'm not sure it's ever going to be a show that I can sit down and watch back-to-back-to-back episodes.
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I'm way behind in watching Ozark (S2E3), but it's starting to feel like Uncut Gems to me. Even if they can sustain the ratcheted up tension for hours upon hours, I'm not sure I can. There's a limit to how much of that I can take and Uncut Gems taught me that my max is about two hours. I like Ozark, but I'm not sure it's ever going to be a show that I can sit down and watch back-to-back-to-back episodes.
Agreed. I watch it because I started it so I might as well finish it, but I think every season has been worse than the previous season. Ruth is awesome. Everyone else is just fine.
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Agreed. I watch it because I started it so I might as well finish it, but I think every season has been worse than the previous season. Ruth is awesome. Everyone else is just fine.
I think Marty's character development has been incredible. Its a contrast to Breaking Bad for me. Walter White lost himself and became Heisenberg. Marty is still Marty and his focus and priorities are the same, he's just gotten better and better at living outside the lines and self preservation.
There are A LOT of truly unlikable and "get these mofos off my screen" characters though. I'll give you that.
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Agreed. I watch it because I started it so I might as well finish it, but I think every season has been worse than the previous season. Ruth is awesome. Everyone else is just fine.
I pretty much agree with all this. When I watched the first episode and saw Ruth, my initial thought was, "I hope that kid is a regular on this show." From her very first appearance there was something about her; the actress is very compelling. I'll probably keep going with it...but I'm not completely sure.
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Agreed. I watch it because I started it so I might as well finish it, but I think every season has been worse than the previous season. Ruth is awesome. Everyone else is just fine.
For me I think its actually gotten stronger
Still nowhere near a show like BB.
But I thought s3 was better than 2 and 2 better than 1.
4 obviously, still have to see. Id say first half of 4 was weaker than 3 for me.
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I'm way behind in watching Ozark (S2E3), but it's starting to feel like Uncut Gems to me. Even if they can sustain the ratcheted up tension for hours upon hours, I'm not sure I can. There's a limit to how much of that I can take and Uncut Gems taught me that my max is about two hours. I like Ozark, but I'm not sure it's ever going to be a show that I can sit down and watch back-to-back-to-back episodes.
Uncut gems made me so anxious
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Personally prefer Ozark to BB though I realize that I'm in the super minority on that one.
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The Wiggles.
I can't believe that Paw Patrol is behind the paramount pay wall. One of my favorite kids shows of my kids' childhood.
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Ozark ending was pretty lame but nothing to completely tarnish the series. It was fine. Kept the series as a really good but not great one for me.
BCS continues to impress. The way the show can balance going from crazy ass cartel stuff right into pure comedy Saul Scheming is impressive as heck.
We Own This City through 2 episodes has me way intrigued. Simon knows his sh it. Bernthal is stellar as always.
Barry still the epitomy of dark comedy.
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Barry still the epitomy of dark comedy.
I watched the first 2 seasons at a blistering pace during COVID when I was essentially not working for a few weeks and my wife was still at full bore.
Now that Season 3 is out, we were looking for something comedic to watch so I suggested she watch it. I decided to rewatch with her. Through Season 1, its even better on a rewatch. The facial acting of Bill Hader is so damn good.
Speaking of new seasons on HBO, if anyone likes historical dramas, Gentleman Jack is back for a second season. The first was unexpectedly great and I recommend watching both.
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I'm on season 3 of Boardwalk Empire. Glad I stuck with it. It's gotten a lot better.
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I watched the first 2 seasons at a blistering pace during COVID when I was essentially not working for a few weeks and my wife was still at full bore.
Now that Season 3 is out, we were looking for something comedic to watch so I suggested she watch it. I decided to rewatch with her. Through Season 1, its even better on a rewatch. The facial acting of Bill Hader is so damn good.
Speaking of new seasons on HBO, if anyone likes historical dramas, Gentleman Jack is back for a second season. The first was unexpectedly great and I recommend watching both.
I recently rewatched Barry as well to get ready for S3 since it really is a quick show to put down with limited eps and runtimes.
100% held up for me as well. S1 was probably better thn I remembered as you said. And S2 was truly elite tv.
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Last night I had trouble sleeping and for some reason started watching this Netflix movie Nightcrawler with Jake Gyllenhaal. I think it's like 2014? Anyway, I never thought much of the guy as an actor. Not that he's bad but he certainly didn't stand out to me. I have to say he was superb in this film. And seriously creepy. I would say it's worth watching despite a few insane sequences.
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Last night I had trouble sleeping and for some reason started watching this Netflix movie Nightcrawler with Jake Gyllenhaal. I think it's like 2014? Anyway, I never thought much of the guy as an actor. Not that he's bad but he certainly didn't stand out to me. I have to say he was superb in this film. And seriously creepy. I would say it's worth watching despite a few insane sequences.
Nightcrawler is a great movie and one of Gyllenhaals best.
But hes an amazing actor. Its rare that he has a bad performance in a film.
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Last night I had trouble sleeping and for some reason started watching this Netflix movie Nightcrawler with Jake Gyllenhaal. I think it's like 2014? Anyway, I never thought much of the guy as an actor. Not that he's bad but he certainly didn't stand out to me. I have to say he was superb in this film. And seriously creepy. I would say it's worth watching despite a few insane sequences.
As someone with such a low opinion of the media, I'm quite surprised that you hadn't seen this yet.
Glad you liked it. Great flick.
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Nightcrawler is a great movie and one of Gyllenhaals best.
But hes an amazing actor. Its rare that he has a bad performance in a film.
Maybe I haven't seen enough of him. I thought it was an outstanding performance.
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Maybe I haven't seen enough of him. I thought it was an outstanding performance.
Yeah hes not allows in great movies but his performances are almost always great.
Just recently he did the movie The Guilty which was basically just him as a call center operator all movie. Decent thriller, stellar performance.
Ambulance is a classic Michael Bay movie. But Jake committed to the full ham of the role and was a total treat
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Yeah hes not allows in great movies but his performances are almost always great.
Just recently he did the movie The Guilty which was basically just him as a call center operator all movie. Decent thriller, stellar performance.
I actually thought it was a much tricker role than a lot of psycho-villans. He had a ton of dialogue and was very good with these little whacko expressions and gestures. What made him so compelling is that he could have gone over the top but somehow made this character believable.
Ambulance is a classic Michael Bay movie. But Jake committed to the full ham of the role and was a total treat
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Maybe I haven't seen enough of him. I thought it was an outstanding performance.
I'd guess this is it, because he's pretty much always brilliant. One of the few actors that when he has something coming out we pretty much always make a point to see it. Either that, or my wife just has a crush on him.
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We just concluded watching the three seasons of Succession over the past month or so and I loved it. Finally jumping on the Ted Lasso and Ozark bandwagon and enjoying TL quite a bit. I have to admit, I am already missing spending my evenings with the Logan and family, but I think my wife is happy with a break from the twisted Roy family.
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We just concluded watching the three seasons of Succession over the past month or so and I loved it. Finally jumping on the Ted Lasso and Ozark bandwagon and enjoying TL quite a bit. I have to admit, I am already missing spending my evenings with the Logan and family, but I think my wife is happy with a break from the twisted Roy family.
Rank your top 3 Succession characters.
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wades
It is episode to episode. Roman has a special spot in my heart and he is in my top three and I guess I would add Connor and Logan. Other than Shiv, I love them all for different reasons. Ironically, at this very moment my wife just received an email from a headhunter and asked if she could channel her inner Logan and the tell the person "to fxxk off"? Since that has become a common phrase around the house, I advised her to go for it.
How about your list?
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wades
It is episode to episode. Roman has a special spot in my heart and he is in my top three and I guess I would add Connor and Logan. Other than Shiv, I love them all for different reasons. Ironically, at this very moment my wife just received an email from a headhunter and asked if she could channel her inner Logan and the tell the person "to fxxk off"? Since that has become a common phrase around the house, I advised her to go for it.
How about your list?
Roman is my favorite as well. I like Greg and then Stewy.
In Ted Lasso Coach Beard is definitely my favorite. But they’re all great.
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Roman
Stewy
Tom
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We just concluded watching the three seasons of Succession over the past month or so and I loved it. Finally jumping on the Ted Lasso and Ozark bandwagon and enjoying TL quite a bit. I have to admit, I am already missing spending my evenings with the Logan and family, but I think my wife is happy with a break from the twisted Roy family.
I have argued in this thread that it is the best show currently on television. 1-2 more years at a similar level will put it in my top 5 all-time.
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Roman
Stewy
Tom
Bingo.
Greg an honorable mention if they flesh out his character a bit more than comedic relief.
While nowhere near the others, I kind of love Frank. His constant exasperation and being the redhead step child of the company is amusing.
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Wags
Other than Roman, I can argue a case for virtually every character being in my top three. I have to throw out some love to Geri for helping make Roman be Roman. Their “relationship” provided one of my all time favorite TV lines and she gets props for that.
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Good conversation about Succession. Agree with Jockey about its growing place in history. Already a top-6 all-time HBO drama for me, along with Sopranos, The Wire, Six Feet Under, Deadwood and Game of Thrones. That's some pretty good company, and I'd probably place it higher than a few of those if I thought about it.
First two seasons, I really liked Shiv but I don't think they did her character arc any favors in S3. Conversely, Tom's arc really improved, right to the last moments of the season - loved it! Acting doesn't get much better than Jeremy Strong in S3, though it's impossible to "like" Kendall. Roman is always fun; who knew Kieran Culkin could act? Logan is great, and superbly acted. Connor ... perfectly pathetic. Greg had a good season, really showed some onions. A lot of the more minor characters are wonderful - Willa, Geri, Frank, Stewy, Lawrence, etc.
As for Ozark ...
We finished S4 last night. I really liked the series. It's not an all-timer for me by any means, but we always looked forward to the next episode. Julia Garner is one of the best performers in the world -- loved her ever since she was teenage Kimmie infatuated with Philip on The Americans -- and she had another incredible season as Ruth.
Agree with Wags about Marty; Bateman was at his best in S4. And while pretty much hating Wendy -- as we were supposed to -- I appreciated Linney's portrayal of her more as the series went on. I thought the actor who played Omar Navarro was very good. Again, some of the not-quite-major characters were great, especially Darlene, but also Sam and Helen (not in S4, obviously). I never loved or really bought into the kids' role in the whole thing, and didn't think they were especially gifted actors. And I'm not a big fan of John-boy Walton.
I also agree with those who say it's tough to watch more than 1 or 2 episodes in a row. We're not big binge-watchers anyway, but an hour of Ozark was usually plenty!
And because we had to watch an episode of it every night, now we're 1 week behind on both BCS and Barry. We'll solve that "problem" tonight!
Psyched for the returns of Stranger Things, Hacks and especially The Boys (my favorite show right now, along with Succession). And I'm looking forward to Obi-wan Kenobi, too; I hope Disney gets it right.
Damn, we all watch too much TV ... but at least it's good TV!
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I don't like Kendall, but I can certainly empathize with what he has gone through, and what it has made him into as a result.
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Good conversation about Succession. Agree with Jockey about its growing place in history. Already a top-6 all-time HBO drama for me, along with Sopranos, The Wire, Six Feet Under, Deadwood and Game of Thrones. That's some pretty good company, and I'd probably place it higher than a few of those if I thought about it.
You seen Oz?!?
Because not including Succession and Barry which are still airing. I think its a very clear top 3 HBO show thanks to GOT's complete meltdown at the finishline.
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My Dad would have loved Succession. He would be 101 if alive today and he loved Dallas, Dynasty and Fox News. There is no doubt that it would be very high on his all time favorite shows. Plus, I have zero doubt that he would have been a big fan of Shiv. I think he loved the shows/Fox that he did based off of the female leads. He changed his love of female leads several times during Dynasty and watching Fox News. So, though I dislike Shiv, I probably have a soft spot in my heart for her knowing my Dad would loved her.
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You seen Oz?!?
Because not including Succession and Barry which are still airing. I think its a very clear top 3 HBO show thanks to GOT's complete meltdown at the finishline.
Uhhh ... Sopranos? The Wire?
Anyhow, the answer is
1. Greg
2. Willa
3. Karl
I think the whole point of Succession is that none of the main characters are remotely likeable.
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Uhhh ... Sopranos?
Anyhow, the answer is
1. Greg
2. Willa
3. Karl
I think the whole point of Succession is that none of the main characters are remotely likeable.
I don't watch the show, but when Kiernan Caulkin hosted SNL earlier this year, in his monologue he used something along the lines of of "my character being the least hate-able".
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My favorite Succession characters are Roman, Greg, and Tom. Kendall is definitely not on my list of favorites, but I honestly think Jeremy Strong's performance in that role is one of the finest performances I can recall on television. As a non-Succession aside, Julia Garner's performance as Ruth is also at that level.
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1. The Wire
2. The Sopranos
3. Chernobyl
4. BAND OF BROTHERS (This one is often forgotten)
5. The Leftovers
6. Boardwalk Empire (criminally underrated)
7. GoT (D&D, may they rot)
8. Westworld
9. Silicon Valley
10. Mr. Show or Flight of the Conchords
Succession is easily a top 10 show, but I only count the shows that have finished up the series... I also really enjoy The Watchmen, but I'm disappointed that it is probably done... or at least that Lindelof would not be doing it.
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Uhhh ... Sopranos? The Wire?
Anyhow, the answer is
1. Greg
2. Willa
3. Karl
I think the whole point of Succession is that none of the main characters are remotely likeable.
Correct...
The Wire
Sopranos
OZ
Barry and Succession not yet included.
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Connor ... perfectly pathetic.
Almost as pathetic as Cameron.
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1. The Wire
2. The Sopranos
3. Chernobyl
4. BAND OF BROTHERS (This one is often forgotten)
5. The Leftovers
6. Boardwalk Empire (criminally underrated)
7. GoT (D&D, may they rot)
8. Westworld
9. Silicon Valley
10. Mr. Show or Flight of the Conchords
Succession is easily a top 10 show, but I only count the shows that have finished up the series... I also really enjoy The Watchmen, but I'm disappointed that it is probably done... or at least that Lindelof would not be doing it.
Loved Band of Brothers, and recently re-watched The Pacifiic and found it much better the second time around. But both were miniseries, so I won't include them.
Also, this Arliss slander should not stand!
1. Sopranos
2. Curb Your Enthusiasm
3. The Wire
4. GoT (the weak ending has too many people forgetting just how good it was for a long, long time)
5. Succession
6. Carnivale (I'm convinced that had this come along five years later, it's a hit)
7. Silicon Valley
8. Boardwalk Empire
9. Barry
10. Oz
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Loved Band of Brothers, and recently re-watched The Pacifiic and found it much better the second time around. But both were miniseries, so I won't include them.
Also, this Arliss slander should not stand!
1. Sopranos
2. Curb Your Enthusiasm
3. The Wire
4. GoT (the weak ending has too many people forgetting just how good it was for a long, long time)
5. Succession
6. Carnivale (I'm convinced that had this come along five years later, it's a hit)
7. Silicon Valley
8. Boardwalk Empire
9. Barry
10. Oz
Larry Sanders Show?
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Loved Band of Brothers, and recently re-watched The Pacifiic and found it much better the second time around. But both were miniseries, so I won't include them.
Also, this Arliss slander should not stand!
1. Sopranos
2. Curb Your Enthusiasm
3. The Wire
4. GoT (the weak ending has too many people forgetting just how good it was for a long, long time)
5. Succession
6. Carnivale (I'm convinced that had this come along five years later, it's a hit)
7. Silicon Valley
8. Boardwalk Empire
9. Barry
10. Oz
Curb is great, but I struggled to keep my list to 10. I never watched Carnivale, Deadwood, or Oz, so I can't comment on them. Barry is great though.
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Loved Band of Brothers, and recently re-watched The Pacifiic and found it much better the second time around. But both were miniseries, so I won't include them.
Also, this Arliss slander should not stand!
1. Sopranos
2. Curb Your Enthusiasm
3. The Wire
4. GoT (the weak ending has too many people forgetting just how good it was for a long, long time)
5. Succession
6. Carnivale (I'm convinced that had this come along five years later, it's a hit)
7. Silicon Valley
8. Boardwalk Empire
9. Barry
10. Oz
Good list, one show that I thought was excellent that many have forgotten was Dream On.
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Larry Sanders Show?
Never could get into it. Likewise, I didn't watch Veep or Deadwood beyond season 1, but I know people love those shows.
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I'm not sure where I'd rank them, but some of the HBO one-off seasons were also excellent. I really enjoyed The Night Of, Watchmen, and True Detective 1 & 3 (that doesn't feel like a "series" in the traditional sense). The first True Detective, especially, was one of the best seasons of television I've ever seen.
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John from Cincinnati
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I specifically said HBO dramas when I named my top programs.
Despite its comedic moments, I classify Succession as a drama. Same could be said of Deadwood and Six Feet Under.
Chernobyl is one of the best things I've watched in recent years, but it was a limited series. Band of Brothers was awesome, but it was a miniseries. Few shows have entertained me as much as Veep did, but it obviously is not a drama. Same with Curb, Barry and Larry Sanders.
I've seen a few episodes of Oz and remember liking them, but we only had HBO off and on back then and I missed most of it. I wonder if it would still be worth watching or if it would be too dated. Anybody have an opinion on that?
Based on series folks are mentioning, Six Feet Under is being extremely underrated IMHO. That was a hell of a show, with very rich characters, great acting and one of the best finales I've ever seen.
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Any "Freaks and Geeks" fans here?
I loved it when it first aired, I bought the complete series on disc to give to my kids, and they fell in love with it as well. Rewatching it right now on Hulu.
I don't think any other show on TV has perfectly captured what it's like to be a teenager, both the angst and the humor.
And it's so cool to see the works of so many talented people before they became famous -James Franco, Seth Rogen, Judd Apatow, Linda Cardellini, Jason Segel, Martin Starr, Paul Feig, Busy Phillips, Lizzy Caplan and Mike White, among others. Even a significant number of the single-episode appearance are future stars.
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Any "Freaks and Geeks" fans here?
I loved it when it first aired, I bought the complete series on disc to give to my kids, and they fell in love with it as well. Rewatching it right now on Hulu.
I don't think any show on TV has perfectly captured what it's like to be a teenager both the angst and the humor.
And it's so cool to see the works of so many talented people before they became famous -James Franco, Seth Rogen, Judd Apatow, Linda Cardellini, Jason Segel, Martin Starr, Paul Feig, Busy Phillips, Lizzy Caplan and Mike White, among others. Even a significant number of the single-episode appearance are future stars.
Great show, shame it's so short.
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Based on series folks are mentioning, Six Feet Under is being extremely underrated IMHO. That was a hell of a show, with very rich characters, great acting and one of the best finales I've ever seen.
FIFY. And excellent call on Six Feet Under.
Any "Freaks and Geeks" fans here?
I loved it when it first aired, I bought the complete series on disc to give to my kids, and they fell in love with it as well. Rewatching it right now on Hulu.
I don't think any show on TV has perfectly captured what it's like to be a teenager both the angst and the humor.
And it's so cool to see the works of so many talented people before they became famous -James Franco, Seth Rogen, Judd Apatow, Linda Cardellini, Jason Segel, Martin Starr, Paul Feig, Busy Phillips, Lizzy Caplan and Mike White, among others. Even a significant number of the single-episode appearance are future stars.
Really good show. One of those shows, like Firefly and Sports Night, that were brilliant but unfortunately cut short.
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I specifically said HBO dramas when I named my top programs.
Despite its comedic moments, I classify Succession as a drama. Same could be said of Deadwood and Six Feet Under.
Chernobyl is one of the best things I've watched in recent years, but it was a limited series. Band of Brothers was awesome, but it was a miniseries. Few shows have entertained me as much as Veep did, but it obviously is not a drama. Same with Curb, Barry and Larry Sanders.
I've seen a few episodes of Oz and remember liking them, but we only had HBO off and on back then and I missed most of it. I wonder if it would still be worth watching or if it would be too dated. Anybody have an opinion on that?
Based on series folks are mentioning, Six Feet Under is being extremely underrated IMHO. That was a hell of a show, with very rich characters, great acting and one of the best finales I've ever seen.
I really enjoyed the first few seasons of Six Feet Under, but it kind of went off the rails for me the last couple.
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I really enjoyed the first few seasons of Six Feet Under, but it kind of went off the rails for me the last couple.
Following the Sopranos was a tough bill for 6FU to overcome.
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Great show, shame it's so short.
I guess the bright side is that it wasn't on long enough to jump the shark. And the star actors, writers, and producers got the opportunity to go on to great movie careers.
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That 70s show is having a spinoff on Netflix. Original cast except for the alleged rapist is back.
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That 70s show is having a spinoff on Netflix. Original cast except for the alleged rapist is back.
But why.
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But why.
What are they doing, That 90s Show? (Because That 80s Show went so well...)
EDIT: Oh, they really are doing That 90s Show (https://www.pennlive.com/life/2022/05/that-70s-show-spinoff-that-90s-show-is-heading-to-netflix-and-unveils-first-look.html). And I did not realize until just looking it up now that Tuesday from That 80s Show was also Alex Danvers from Supergirl.
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But why.
Maybe Only Netflix Eases Yearly need for more Ashton Kutcher shows?
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That 70s show is having a spinoff on Netflix. Original cast except for the alleged rapist is back.
Who is the rapist?
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Who is the rapist?
Danny Masterson
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Who is the rapist?
Hyde. It's pretty well documented stuff.
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Speaking of GoT, the full trailer for "House of the Dragon" dropped today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wg86eQkdudI
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Hyde. It's pretty well documented stuff.
Eh, don't really care about hollyweird. Think I remember hearing something about this, but dgaf.
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Speaking of GoT, the full trailer for "House of the Dragon" dropped today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wg86eQkdudI
Finish the books you fat fúck.
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Speaking of GoT, the full trailer for "House of the Dragon" dropped today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wg86eQkdudI
I'm in.
I'm really conflicted about GoT because I want to watch it again. But I simply cannot justify that. Re-watching a 2.5 hours movie...yeah, that's acceptable. Re-watching a 70-hour series...just doesn't feel right.
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Finish the books you fat fúck.
For real. In the meantime just read the yearly installment that Sanderson puts out in any of his series.
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Any "Freaks and Geeks" fans here?
I loved it when it first aired, I bought the complete series on disc to give to my kids, and they fell in love with it as well. Rewatching it right now on Hulu.
I don't think any other show on TV has perfectly captured what it's like to be a teenager, both the angst and the humor.
And it's so cool to see the works of so many talented people before they became famous -James Franco, Seth Rogen, Judd Apatow, Linda Cardellini, Jason Segel, Martin Starr, Paul Feig, Busy Phillips, Lizzy Caplan and Mike White, among others. Even a significant number of the single-episode appearance are future stars.
I watched it when it was on, and I liked it, but I don't think I really appreciated it.
On a flight a couple months ago, I watched the first 2 episodes. I laughed out loud about a half-dozen times, and my wife kept shushing me.
I think watching it knowing how successful many of those actors became added to it, but it was genuinely a great show, felt very real.
The dad cracked me up -- everything the kids did wrong was going to kill them.
I'm surprised that the kid who played Sam didn't go on to become a star. He was really, really good in F&G.
Also a little surprised that they haven't re-made it given that they re-make everything!
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I watched it when it was on, and I liked it, but I don't think I really appreciated it.
On a flight a couple months ago, I watched the first 2 episodes. I laughed out loud about a half-dozen times, and my wife kept shushing me.
I think watching it knowing how successful many of those actors became added to it, but it was genuinely a great show, felt very real.
The dad cracked me up -- everything the kids did wrong was going to kill them.
I'm surprised that the kid who played Sam didn't go on to become a star. He was really, really good in F&G.
Also a little surprised that they haven't re-made it given that they re-make everything!
"Sam" has had minor success as a character in the show "Bones".
But yeah - the show is jam packed with future stars. In one episode, the school mascot takes off his costume head and it's a 14-year-old Shia LeBeouf. Check out Casting Director Alison Jones' CV on IMDB. She can pick 'em.
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This current young Jeopardy champion is incredible. She looks like she's 20. and is freaking shredding her competitors. Extremely impressive and she has great swag.
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This current young Jeopardy champion is incredible. She looks like she's 20. and is freaking shredding her competitors. Extremely impressive and she has great swag.
I’ve actually started recording it. She is 23, and she has an endearing, quirky personality.
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I’ve actually started recording it. She is 23, and she has an endearing, quirky personality.
Yes she does. And she's obliterating these people like a D.Wade crossover. They look terrified, defeated, and have similar reactions to those burned off the dribble. I hope she continues her streak and I am also recording her relentless domination. 23? That's impressive.
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This current young Jeopardy champion is incredible. She looks like she's 20. and is freaking shredding her competitors. Extremely impressive and she has great swag.
Too bad she doesn’t understand gambling or she would be looking at a huge amount of money.
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Too bad she doesn’t understand gambling or she would be looking at a huge amount of money.
I just watched a few episodes but I did see she was conservative on her Final J's.
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I just watched a few episodes but I did see she was conservative on her Final J's.
Not just that. Most contestants play as though it’s a game show. But as the big winners have shown, it is primarily a gambling show.
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Not just that. Most contestants play as though it’s a game show. But as the big winners have shown, it is primarily a gambling show.
So true. My wife said, she seems different than the other big winners, she appears to be having fun. 500 large and having a good time is not too shabby.
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After winning her 1st game she announced she could pay of he student loans. She can do much more than that now.
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I think she's great. She got real lucky early when she got Final Jeopardy wrong, as did the runner-up, but the third place person didn't bet enough to beat her. (I would never go down in that way, unless the Final Jeopardy category is something like "Opera.") But she clearly knows her stuff.
But I think the fact that she is the third long-term winner this season (Matt Amodio and Amy Schneider being the others), and the fact that Jeopardy is really pushing how easy it is to take their test now, I think shows they are having trouble getting quality contestants. Some of the people they have had, like the guy yesterday ("Andromeda Galaxy"...wtf???) are BAD players.
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If you ever want to be stupified and impressed at the same time watch the celebrity Jeopardy with Wolf Blitzer and Andy Richter.
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If you ever want to be stupified and impressed at the same time watch the celebrity Jeopardy with Wolf Blitzer and Andy Richter.
I have seen a lot of celebrity Jeopardy episodes, and the contestant that really blew my mind with his knowledge was Poison guitarist C.C. DeVille.
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If you ever want to be stupified and impressed at the same time watch the celebrity Jeopardy with Wolf Blitzer and Andy Richter.
Comedians are usually the smartest people in the room. Being quick witted usually goes hand in hand with knowing a lot of trivia.
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I have seen a lot of celebrity Jeopardy episodes, and the contestant that really blew my mind with his knowledge was Poison guitarist C.C. DeVille.
Pretty sure Deville studied at both Julliard and NYU before joining Poison. So he's clearly a pretty smart guy in addition to having ridiculous hair.
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Comedians are usually the smartest people in the room. Being quick witted usually goes hand in hand with knowing a lot of trivia.
And newscasters may be the dumbest? I'm gonna go with Richter being smarter than most comedians and Blitzer struggling at Jeopardy vs a bag of rocks. :)
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And newscasters may be the dumbest? I'm gonna go with Richter being smarter than most comedians and Blitzer struggling in Jeopardy vs a bag of rocks. :)
Yes. Ron Burgundy is an accurate portrait of a newsguy. Print journalist too (just kidding MU82)
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Blew through Anatomy of a Scandal on Netflix.
Superbly acted, exquisitely shot. I mean, multiple times I said out loud "that was an unreal camera shot"...but man, a compelling story line absolutely fell to pieces in the last 1.5 episodes and the ending was a resounding MEH. Both lame/cliche, and entirely not plausible.
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Too bad she doesn’t understand gambling or she would be looking at a huge amount of money.
She agree!
https://www.vulture.com/article/jeopardy-champion-mattea-roach-interview.html
"Looking back at it, my strategy was bad. I think I probably should’ve played a lot more strategically. If Matt was cautious, then I was overly, overly cautious. I would describe my strategy as loss minimization rather than gain maximization. I was never somebody who would buzz in on clues and then think of the answer. Every time I buzzed in, with only one exception that comes to mind, I always had a primed response. My Daily Double wagers were really small. My Final Jeopardy wagers were generally not that large. Risk aversion was the way I played it."
(This was an endearing interview by the way.)
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I remember talking to a guy who appeared on the show. He said most contestants know most of the answers. It’s all about quick reaction both reading clues and buzzing in.
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She agree!
https://www.vulture.com/article/jeopardy-champion-mattea-roach-interview.html
"Looking back at it, my strategy was bad. I think I probably should’ve played a lot more strategically. If Matt was cautious, then I was overly, overly cautious. I would describe my strategy as loss minimization rather than gain maximization. I was never somebody who would buzz in on clues and then think of the answer. Every time I buzzed in, with only one exception that comes to mind, I always had a primed response. My Daily Double wagers were really small. My Final Jeopardy wagers were generally not that large. Risk aversion was the way I played it."
(This was an endearing interview by the way.)
Thanks for posting this. It was a great article. Very honest and refreshing.
It is why my wife loves working with people this age. She was just asked to lead a weekly Buddhist meditation at a local college. She can’t get enough of the interaction with these kids.
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Thanks for posting this. It was a great article. Very honest and refreshing.
It is why my wife loves working with people this age. She was just asked to lead a weekly Buddhist meditation at a local college. She can’t get enough of the interaction with these kids.
I am blown away by how with it most people are at this age these days. WAY more with it than I was.
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Really enjoyed reading that interview. Sounds like a great kid.
My favorite line was this:
It’s funny, a friend gave me a long lecture before I started my run about the reason Tom Brady is so good at football: He’s able to make very few errors. I was like, Great, I don’t care about Tom Brady.
Made me laugh ... and realize that was the one thing I had in common with her!
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Finished first season of Wining Time.
On that championship team, 3 UCLA and 2 Marquette players. At the time, two of the blue bloods.
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Barry is such a good show.
The balance of comedy and dark drama is crazy.
The customer service for the bomb detonation app was hilarious.
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Just got around to watching SNL from May 7. Kate McKinnon was a hilarious Amy Coney Barrett on Weekend Update.
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The only way to watch SNL is after it's been fully saved on your DVR so you can fast forward through 80% of it because it's awful.
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The only way to watch SNL is after it's been fully saved on your DVR so you can fast forward through 80% of it because it's awful.
We watch on Hulu. No commercials, can fast-forward at will. We usually watch through Weekend Update, skipping past skits that are too stupid. Even when SNL had some of its best casts, the last half-hour or more were often bad.
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I realize I'm probably super late to the party, but the first 3 episodes of peaky blinders have been fun
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I realize I'm probably super late to the party, but the first 3 episodes of peaky blinders have been fun
You ain't seen nothing yet. Just wait until you meet Alfie.
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You ain't seen nothing yet. Just wait until you meet Alfie.
In an incredible show, with incredible plots and incredible performances by a bevy of great actors, the way Hardy absolutely steals the scene everytime he appears as Alfie is just remarkable. Beyond brilliant.
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Yeah, We Own This City keeps getting better.
Bernthal just absolutely owns the role.
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The end of Ozark on Netflix was a real bummer.
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Just got around to watching SNL from May 7. Kate McKinnon was a hilarious Amy Coney Barrett on Weekend Update.
It's been very hit or miss. The end of the season is where the cast is clearly out of ideas and need the summer to brain storm things without as much pressure.
Having said that, I think 75% of the political stuff is whiffing at this point. Elections and Trump are a bonanza for the show. The only good political jokes are the ones that end up on WU.
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Yeah, We Own This City keeps getting better.
Bernthal just absolutely owns the role.
His Baltimore accent is awesome. Subtle and noticeable without being over the top. Also liked seeing Rob Brown getting some shine, shout out Finding Forrester
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His Baltimore accent is awesome. Subtle and noticeable without being over the top. Also liked seeing Rob Brown getting some shine, shout out Finding Forrester
Probably cuz he grew up in Maryland just outside Baltimore.
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Probably cuz he grew up in Maryland just outside Baltimore.
He's the son of a prominent lawyer and went to a prestigious school in DC for grade through HS. I don't think he was picking up his accent from his day to day life. Thats like saying an actor from Greenwich who went to NYU Film school doing a great Queens or Staten Island accent makes sense cause where they grew up.
He's doing a great accent cause he's a great actor
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It's before my time but I guess there is a new Kids in the Hal with the entire original cast on Amazon Prime. The first episode was hilarious.
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It's been very hit or miss. The end of the season is where the cast is clearly out of ideas and need the summer to brain storm things without as much pressure.
Having said that, I think 75% of the political stuff is whiffing at this point. Elections and Trump are a bonanza for the show. The only good political jokes are the ones that end up on WU.
Agree with all that. Some good individual performers and skits still, but you have to sit through lots of crapola to get to them.
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We watch on Hulu. No commercials, can fast-forward at will. We usually watch through Weekend Update, skipping past skits that are too stupid. Even when SNL had some of its best casts, the last half-hour or more were often bad.
The opener and the monologue are usually the worst because they force an unfunny skit to hit on current events. When it gets weird, it gets better. For the last several years, that was usually the final half hour when they'd have a random Beck Bennett/Kyle Mooney skit. This year, really enjoying the Please Don't Destroy guys and Sarah Sherman. Strong season overall.
Edit: The Lizzo episode had a 3 skit run that was fantastic. The game show where she became the host, the Black Eyed Peas, and the TikTok montage. Stood out to me because I'm not usually laughing at 3 in a row.
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The opener and the monologue are usually the worst because they force an unfunny skit to hit on current events. When it gets weird, it gets better. For the last several years, that was usually the final half hour when they'd have a random Beck Bennett/Kyle Mooney skit. This year, really enjoying the Please Don't Destroy guys and Sarah Sherman. Strong season overall.
Edit: The Lizzo episode had a 3 skit run that was fantastic. The game show where she became the host, the Black Eyed Peas, and the TikTok montage. Stood out to me because I'm not usually laughing at 3 in a row.
I liked much of the Lizzo episode. She kept cracking up, and that was part of the charm. Even though I like her music, her numbers this time weren't very good IMHO.
Some of the current events skits are funny, some certainly aren't. The guy who imitates both Biden and Trump is pretty darn good. The countdown thing he does is usually hilarious. But we all have different tastes, so I get where you're coming from.
Meanwhile ...
Just got caught up on both Barry and Better Call Saul. The 5 minutes or so on Barry where he was on the phone with the customer service rep for the bomb app was incredibly funny. BCS stayed mostly with Jimmy and Kim this episode, and I really liked it.
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I am going to watch the Big Short tonight.
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I am going to watch the Big Short tonight.
Solid movie.
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George Carlin documentary on HBO is an interesting watch. I’m guessing he had a very high IQ.
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George Carlin documentary on HBO is an interesting watch. I’m guessing he had a very high IQ.
I would say that most successful comedians are pretty smart.
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Just watched the new Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers movie on Disney+. Awesome late-80s/early-90s nostalgia. So many easter eggs and fan service moments from so many different sources of material. It's got something for everyone that has been a child in the last 50 years.
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I would say that most successful comedians are pretty smart.
Or their writers.
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Or their writers.
Which successful comedians have only performed using other people's jokes?
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Just watched the new Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers movie on Disney+. Awesome late-80s/early-90s nostalgia. So many easter eggs and fan service moments from so many different sources of material. It's got something for everyone that has been a child in the last 50 years.
I remember like 15 years ago my kids were watching reruns on the Disney Channel. They were laughing because Chip was smoking in one episode and one of them wore an Indiana Jones jacket with no pants.
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I remember like 15 years ago my kids were watching reruns on the Disney Channel. They were laughing because Chip was smoking in one episode and one of them wore an Indiana Jones jacket with no pants.
Is that wrong?
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Just watched the new Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers movie on Disney+. Awesome late-80s/early-90s nostalgia. So many easter eggs and fan service moments from so many different sources of material. It's got something for everyone that has been a child in the last 50 years.
I don’t think a month goes by that I don’t somehow sing or say “CH CH CH CHIP AND DALE” sometimes adding the Rescue Rangers after, sometimes not…
WHEN THERE’S DANGER
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Which successful comedians have only performed using other people's jokes?
I guess it depends on the definition of comedian. Carson, Fallon, Steve Martin (just off the top of my pea brain) have writers.
Was Bob Hope a comedian? He had a script.
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I guess it depends on the definition of comedian. Carson, Fallon, Steve Martin (just off the top of my pea brain) have writers.
Was Bob Hope a comedian? He had a script.
Reminds me .. I liked HBO's series called "Hacks" .. which was about a woman comedian hiring a writer.
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I guess it depends on the definition of comedian. Carson, Fallon, Steve Martin (just off the top of my pea brain) have writers.
Was Bob Hope a comedian? He had a script.
Carson wasn't a comedian, but he was a funny guy. Jimmy Fallon and Steve Martin have written plenty of funny stuff on their own.
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Reminds me .. I liked HBO's series called "Hacks" .. which was about a woman comedian hiring a writer.
It's back on, 4 episodes into season 2. Still very good.
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It's back on, 4 episodes into season 2. Still very good.
Good show. Obviously inspired by Joan Rivers, right down to the QVC hawking, the file cabinets full of jokes, and the needy daughter.
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Just watched the new Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers movie on Disney+. Awesome late-80s/early-90s nostalgia. So many easter eggs and fan service moments from so many different sources of material. It's got something for everyone that has been a child in the last 50 years.
Other than the big downgrade from Bob Hoskins to the sidekick this time around (both in writing and acting), I thought it holds up well as a new Roger Rabbit. Very pleasantly surprised.
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Good show. Obviously inspired by Joan Rivers, right down to the QVC hawking, the file cabinets full of jokes, and the needy daughter.
Especially given that she's a novice actor, Hannah Einbinder is outstanding as Ava. I would think she'd be a natural to host SNL, as she's Laraine Newman's daughter. Could even bring back Laraine to be in a skit or two!
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Just finished Ozark. What a very Soprano-esque ending. I'm kinda glad it's over.
Going to move on to Hacks next though I'm pushing for the George Carlin documentary first though.
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BCS, gonna be a tough wait for 6 weeks.
Saw something like that coming. But still, wow.
Definitely did not deserve that outcome.
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Love on the Spectrum. Not the best season, but the show is so great.
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BCS, gonna be a tough wait for 6 weeks.
Saw something like that coming. But still, wow.
Definitely did not deserve that outcome.
Odenkirk and Seehorn nailed that scene
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BCS, gonna be a tough wait for 6 weeks.
Saw something like that coming. But still, wow.
Definitely did not deserve that outcome.
Gonna tell you ... I did not see that coming.
Best episode of the season IMHO, and I'm very much looking forward to seeing how Gilligan, Odenkirk and the rest wrap things up.
Odenkirk and Seehorn nailed that scene
Agree totally. Seehorn's been great for several seasons now; maybe she'll finally get that very overdue Emmy.
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Gonna tell you ... I did not see that coming.
Best episode of the season IMHO, and I'm very much looking forward to seeing how Gilligan, Odenkirk and the rest wrap things up.
Agree totally. Seehorn's been great for several seasons now; maybe she'll finally get that very overdue Emmy.
Ha I should clarify.
What I saw coming with certainty was the prank completely backfiring. And I had a strong feeling it would roll over into the cartel plot. That had been my theories for weeks.
But I did not see it coming the way the full episode played out. Incredible stuff.
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Ha I should clarify.
What I saw coming with certainty was the prank completely backfiring. And I had a strong feeling it would roll over into the cartel plot. That had been my theories for weeks.
But I did not see it coming the way the full episode played out. Incredible stuff.
I thought the whole Howard scam was terrible. Then the pay off came and it worked.
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I thought the whole Howard scam was terrible. Then the pay off came and it worked.
Exactly. As the season unfolded, there were 3 or 4 times that my wife and I looked at each other and said some version of, "This is still a great show, but this Howard stuff is so stupid." And then ...
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Love on the Spectrum. Not the best season, but the show is so great.
Maybe my favorite show right now. I absolutely love it, including the new US season. So good.
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Getting a sneak peak tomorrow, of a movie my friend is involved in.
https://nofallenheroes.com/
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I watched S4E1 of Stranger Things with my daughter last night. They seem to have decided to really lean into the horror genre. We enjoyed it.
The most annoying thing is that the cast really aged during the break between seasons. It’s a little off-putting how old they all look and how they’re trying to make them look young. You’ve really got to work fast making a show with a young cast over multiple seasons.* COVID screwed that up.
*Has any series ever handled that as well as the Harry Potter movies?
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Essentially film non stop for a decade.
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ST S4E2 does not get less freaky.
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ST S4E2 does not get less freaky.
No, it doesn’t.
E3 takes a bit of a break and lays some foundation for what’s coming.
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ST S4E2 does not get less freaky.
S4E4 was an outstanding episode.
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Top gun was fun.
Seeing it in true IMAX was awesome
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Time to get that 7 day trial on Paramount+ and binge.
https://consequence.net/2022/06/beavis-butt-head-music-videos-paramount-plus/
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We saw Top Gun: Maverick yesterday. I thought it was good...better than I expected. My wife and daughters also really enjoyed it.
We also finished the first half of Season 4 of Stranger Things this weekend. Also very good.
And, I've now finished S3 of Ozark. Unfortunately, the end of S3E10 had been spoiled for me...damn. I don't recall what I googled, but I saw something that just blurted out the "shocking" turn of events at the end of that episode. On to the final season.
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My wife and I really enjoyed Top Gun. We saw last Friday night and it was a great way to kick off a weekend. I had high expectations and did not come away disappointed.
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Not as many laughs, mainly because Hank isn't stealing as many scenes, but this season of Barry has been exceptionally good.
The way the last two episodes were written and shot... wow.
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Finally finished off Ozark. I was lukewarm about the ending until the last 5 seconds. That last 5 seconds moved it from lukewarm to satisfying for me. Still a bit disappointed because the show started off so strong that I had high expectations for the ending but overall a very worthwhile 4 seasons.
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Not as many laughs, mainly because Hank isn't stealing as many scenes, but this season of Barry has been exceptionally good.
The way the last two episodes were written and shot... wow.
Hader is a damn good director.
Setting up for a really good finale.
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Lincoln Lawyer on Netflix is pretty good.
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Lincoln Lawyer on Netflix is pretty good.
Agree, Zig. Pretty good, worth a watch.
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Lincoln Lawyer on Netflix is pretty good.
Have you read any of the books? Are the episodes based on the books, or is it new material?
There is also a Lincoln Lawyer movie (based on the first book) with Matthew McConaughy in the title role, if you haven't seen it.
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Have you read any of the books? Are the episodes based on the books, or is it new material?
There is also a Lincoln Lawyer movie (based on the first book) with Matthew McConaughy in the title role, if you haven't seen it.
I think I read one of the books years ago, but don't remember it.
Same author, Michael Connelly, as Bosch. I like Bosch the show better but will watch future seasons of LL.
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Lincoln Lawyer on Netflix is pretty good.
I second this. I have an episode and a half to go in the season.
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First three episodes of The Boys S3 have been absolutely bonkers. Incredible work by Antony Starr, who plays Homelander. It's also been Butcher's best season so far IMHO.
They found ways to make it even more absurdly gory. Blood and guts and goo everywhere! But it's often so over the top that it's done for laughs or satire.
The concept of the show -- most superheroes are effen a-holes -- is still one of the best ever!
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Lincoln Lawyer on Netflix is pretty good.
I lasted less than 15 minutes of the 1st episode. I thought it was unwatchable. One of my biggest pet peeves with shows is when the stars try so hard to be too cool for school.
I had the same reaction to Jack Reacher. The leads are basically one dimensional cartoon characters.
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I lasted less than 15 minutes of the 1st episode. I thought it was unwatchable. One of my biggest pet peeves with shows is when the stars try so hard to be too cool for school.
I had the same reaction to Jack Reacher. The leads are basically one dimensional cartoon characters.
Tom and Jerry reruns would be good for you.
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All caught up on The Boys, including todays ep.
What a episode. Cannot wait for the back of the season.
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Have you read any of the books? Are the episodes based on the books, or is it new material?
There is also a Lincoln Lawyer movie (based on the first book) with Matthew McConaughy in the title role, if you haven't seen it.
It's based on "The Brass Verdict," which is the second Lincoln Lawyer novel.
The show is decent. Pretty much what you'd expect from a David E. Kelley production.
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It's based on "The Brass Verdict," which is the second Lincoln Lawyer novel.
The show is decent. Pretty much what you'd expect from a David E. Kelley production.
On a 5-point scale, the movie was probably a 3.5 - 4.
The TV show maybe a 2 - 2.5.
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Well,
That Barry ending.
Season 4 gonna be quite different.
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All caught up on The Boys, including todays ep.
What a episode. Cannot wait for the back of the season.
It already was one of the best shows on TV. Trying real hard to be No. 1!
I continue to be amazed by the work of Antony Starr as Homelander. Plus, that character is SO well-written. As are most of the others; I just think Homelander is really standing out this season.
Also ...
Loved Season 2 of Hacks. The two leads are so good.
And finished what's available so far of Stranger Things. It's been fine. Definitely not enjoying it as much as earlier seasons.
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It already was one of the best shows on TV. Trying real hard to be No. 1!
I continue to be amazed by the work of Antony Starr as Homelander. Plus, that character is SO well-written. As are most of the others; I just think Homelander is really standing out this season.
Also ...
Loved Season 2 of Hacks. The two leads are so good.
And finished what's available so far of Stranger Things. It's been fine. Definitely not enjoying it as much as earlier seasons.
Yeah hes sensational as Homelander.
What I am loving most about this season is through four eps all of the character development that is really starting to show over the course of the seasons. Its making for a really interesting dynamic especially within team Boys.
Show really has not let up
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Finally finished Yellowstone S4.
Eh
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RIP to fantastic character actor Philip Baker Hall.
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RIP to fantastic character actor Philip Baker Hall.
Oh wow. I just watched one of his Modern Family episodes. RIP.
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S4E4 was an outstanding episode.
Just got here. Very good
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It's based on "The Brass Verdict," which is the second Lincoln Lawyer novel.
The show is decent. Pretty much what you'd expect from a David E. Kelley production.
We're about 5 eps in. Its gotten better as its went along. My main issues are inconsistent acting. Some of it is good, others, like Cisco, couldn't be more wooden.
My main issue, honestly, is that it just looks and feels like a major network legal drama with a couple more swear words. Obviously, its David E. Kelley, so of course thats what it would be. But I hope and expect for Netflix dramas to be more like HBO/Showtime, or at least AMC...not NBC prime time.
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We're about 5 eps in. Its gotten better as its went along. My main issues are inconsistent acting. Some of it is good, others, like Cisco, couldn't be more wooden.
My main issue, honestly, is that it just looks and feels like a major network legal drama with a couple more swear words. Obviously, its David E. Kelley, so of course thats what it would be. But I hope and expect for Netflix dramas to be more like HBO/Showtime, or at least AMC...not NBC prime time.
I couldn't have said it better.
And actually, I didn't.
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Well,
That Barry ending.
Season 4 gonna be quite different.
I didn’t love this season as much as the first 2, but I thought that was a great episode.
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I didn’t love this season as much as the first 2, but I thought that was a great episode.
I really liked this season.
I get why a lot of people thought it was a step down for a lot of it due to really going full dark with minor moments of comedy.
But I really liked the progressions for the characters and how in deep they all are. And still some good comedy moments.
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Jurassic World was really awful.
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Jurassic World was really awful.
I was a pretty young kid when the original JP came out, so the series is right in the nostalgia wheelhouse for me. I look upon the Lost World fondly enough and even have a bit of appreciation for JP3 in its own dumb way. But this last run has been such trash. Bummed that Sam Neill, Laura Dern, and Goldblum are in it if its total crap.
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I really liked this season.
I get why a lot of people thought it was a step down for a lot of it due to really going full dark with minor moments of comedy.
But I really liked the progressions for the characters and how in deep they all are. And still some good comedy moments.
I guess I wanted it to be funnier. I didn't hate it by any means ... just, as I said, I didn't love it as much.
Looking forward to what they do with S4.
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Jurassic World was really awful.
This was a genuinely horrendous movie. Its not often I find myself miserable in the theater. Basically it was unoriginal and blatant lie.
The last movie(which sucked at the manison) ended in a way that set up a super interesting concept. Dinos living amongst people and presumably terrorizing us. Sounded really cool for anyone wanting a dino fix.
What we got instead.
Only "tame" dinos live amongst us. The first half of the movie was some god awful James Bond/Indiana Jones cross over. Basically no dinos.
Second half then went back to every Jurassic Park movie ever. Some sort of "park" or "facility" hosting dinos and things go wrong with the exact same type of "bad guy".
What the fu ck was the point in destroying the island if they were going to just have the same thing but in the US. LIterally, that containment with the carivore dinosaurs was the Exact. Same. Thing. As both of the islands in all the movies.
And the trailers. Smart marketing? Sure(but the fanbase already existed anyways). Blatant lies? Yes. The clips of the T Rex wrecking havoc on the drive in theater/camp ground(awesome concept) didnt happen. The huge ass Monosaur or w/e it is coming from under the big wave to eat surfers......didnt happen.
Rant over. Its wild that a damn Jurassic Park movie got to me so much. But thats the most a movie has angered me in a while. It sucked and was basically a lie.
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Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey.
A fascinating 4 part documentary on Warren Jeffs and the fundamentalist Mormons. Just a basic pedophile who used his nutjob religion as a cover.
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This was a genuinely horrendous movie. Its not often I find myself miserable in the theater. Basically it was unoriginal and blatant lie.
The last movie(which sucked at the manison) ended in a way that set up a super interesting concept. Dinos living amongst people and presumably terrorizing us. Sounded really cool for anyone wanting a dino fix.
What we got instead.
Only "tame" dinos live amongst us. The first half of the movie was some god awful James Bond/Indiana Jones cross over. Basically no dinos.
Second half then went back to every Jurassic Park movie ever. Some sort of "park" or "facility" hosting dinos and things go wrong with the exact same type of "bad guy".
What the fu ck was the point in destroying the island if they were going to just have the same thing but in the US. LIterally, that containment with the carivore dinosaurs was the Exact. Same. Thing. As both of the islands in all the movies.
And the trailers. Smart marketing? Sure(but the fanbase already existed anyways). Blatant lies? Yes. The clips of the T Rex wrecking havoc on the drive in theater/camp ground(awesome concept) didnt happen. The huge ass Monosaur or w/e it is coming from under the big wave to eat surfers......didnt happen.
Rant over. Its wild that a damn Jurassic Park movie got to me so much. But thats the most a movie has angered me in a while. It sucked and was basically a lie.
So ... not 4 stars then, right?
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So ... not 4 stars then, right?
If the grading scale is out of 100 maybe!
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Hustle, the new Adam Sandler movie (where he is an international scout for the 76ers), is a solid B/B+ on Netflix. Don’t go in with huge expectations, but the hoop is well shot, lots of great cameos (Anthony Edwards is fantastic).
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Hustle, the new Adam Sandler movie (where he is an international scout for the 76ers), is a solid B/B+ on Netflix. Don’t go in with huge expectations, but the hoop is well shot, lots of great cameos (Anthony Edwards is fantastic).
Thanks for that. I was wondering if it was worth my time, sounds like it might be!
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Hustle, the new Adam Sandler movie (where he is an international scout for the 76ers), is a solid B/B+ on Netflix. Don’t go in with huge expectations, but the hoop is well shot, lots of great cameos (Anthony Edwards is fantastic).
I expected to hate it and was really pleasantly surprised. It was a fun watch. Juancho was really good!
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Thanks for that. I was wondering if it was worth my time, sounds like it might be!
Definitely worth the watch.
Sandler again proves hes really good when he wants to be.
Juancho was great. Edwards was a scene stealer. Lot of basketball cameos and great bball scenes.
Very by the numbers sports movie. But well done. And thats really all you need in a movie like this.
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Definitely worth the watch.
Sandler again proves hes really good when he wants to be.
Juancho was great. Edwards was a scene stealer. Lot of basketball cameos and great bball scenes.
Very by the numbers sports movie. But well done. And thats really all you need in a movie like this.
Need to watch it still, but Ive heard good things. Also read that its further showing that its better to train a basketball player/athlete to be a passable actor than use an actor in sports scenes which often look really forced and awkward.
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Definitely worth the watch.
Sandler again proves hes really good when he wants to be.
Juancho was great. Edwards was a scene stealer. Lot of basketball cameos and great bball scenes.
Very by the numbers sports movie. But well done. And thats really all you need in a movie like this.
The trailer looked pretty contrived to me. Are you sure this is worth watching?
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The trailer looked pretty contrived to me. Are you sure this is worth watching?
No, he lied
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The trailer looked pretty contrived to me. Are you sure this is worth watching?
What response are you expecting to this question?
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What response are you expecting to this question?
I'm just curious if it's too contrived.
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I've been watching The Offer on paramount. Im through 7 out of 10 eps. Its fu cking awesome.
Very interesting look into the making of the godfather. Paced really well. Excellent casting.
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I'm just curious if it's too contrived.
And you think your curiosity will cause him to change his opinion that it’s definitely worth watching?
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And you think your curiosity will cause him to change his opinion that it’s definitely worth watching?
I dunno....maybe.
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I've been watching The Offer on paramount. Im through 7 out of 10 eps. Its fu cking awesome.
Very interesting look into the making of the godfather. Paced really well. Excellent casting.
Its INCREDIBLE. I found the premise interesting, I didn't expect it to be this good.
Matthew Goode is fantastic as Robert Evans. Miles Teller is very good. Acting everywhere is excellent.
You watch an interview with Evans or Al Ruddy and it makes the performances even better.
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Its INCREDIBLE. I found the premise interesting, I didn't expect it to be this good.
Matthew Goode is fantastic as Robert Evans. Miles Teller is very good. Acting everywhere is excellent.
You watch an interview with Evans or Al Ruddy and it makes the performances even better.
I immediatly started youtubing Evans clips because of this performance already. Goode is incredible.
As you said Teller and the rest of the cast are awesome as well. Was not expecting to be this engaged. Just finished the finale now.
Teller is really underrated by most imo. Hes a good actor with quality range that also has natural charisma
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Its INCREDIBLE. I found the premise interesting, I didn't expect it to be this good.
Matthew Goode is fantastic as Robert Evans. Miles Teller is very good. Acting everywhere is excellent.
You watch an interview with Evans or Al Ruddy and it makes the performances even better.
I’ve watched the first 3 episodes and I’d just say it is in the OK - good range. Good enough that I’ll keep watching, but nowhere near some of the other great shows.
And yes, there are some pretty good performances.
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Finished stranger things volume 1.
Oooo boy.
Everything coming full circle. I thought the writing tying everything together was brilliant. Though the whole Hopper storyline feels like an afterthought
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GoT sequel continuing the story of Jon Snow is in the works. Kit Harrington attached to reprise his role.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/game-of-thrones-jon-snow-spinoff-1235167415/
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GoT sequel continuing the story of Jon Snow is in the works. Kit Harrington attached to reprise his role.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/game-of-thrones-jon-snow-spinoff-1235167415/
Finish the books you fat fūck.
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GoT sequel continuing the story of Jon Snow is in the works. Kit Harrington attached to reprise his role.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/game-of-thrones-jon-snow-spinoff-1235167415/
Sounds like a terrible idea, and that Kit is going for the cash grab.
Wonder if roles have dried up for him.
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Sounds like a terrible idea, and that Kit is going for the cash grab.
Wonder if roles have dried up for him.
He’s going to be the Black Knight in the Marvel universe
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I'm just curious if it's too contrived.
He may not change his opinion, but yes, it’s very contrived. We enjoyed it, but if you’re particularly put off by contrived plots this probably isn’t the movie for you.
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"Rise" has a Dwight Buycks reference in it, and I just think that's pretty cool.
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I never see any discussion on this board regarding the NHL, which I believe is the best in person sport to attend, especially during the Stanley Cup playoffs. That being said, ESPN is showing a documentary detailing the hatred between the Detroit Redwings and the Colorado Avalanche in the 1990's. It is entitled "Unrivaled".
The trailer is outstanding and ESPN will show it on Sunday, 6/26/22, 1:00pm ET. set your DVR NHL fans.
https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2022/06/unrivaled-espn-e60-relives-examines-fierce-avalanche-red-wings-rivalry-born-25-years-ago/
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Greatest hockey fight ever.
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Finished watching Ozark last night. I understand that the ending "fits" with the general tone of the show, but I was disappointed. Overall, it was a pretty good show, but I'd rank it below most of the top shows I've binged/watched in the last several years.
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Finished watching Ozark last night. I understand that the ending "fits" with the general tone of the show, but I was disappointed. Overall, it was a pretty good show, but I'd rank it below most of the top shows I've binged/watched in the last several years.
Agreed. Loved Ruth. Beyond that, think it was just solid.
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Finished watching Ozark last night. I understand that the ending "fits" with the general tone of the show, but I was disappointed. Overall, it was a pretty good show, but I'd rank it below most of the top shows I've binged/watched in the last several years.
About mid-way through it became clear that it's just a modern tragedy where in the end everyone dies.
Still worth watching though.
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About mid-way through it became clear that it's just a modern tragedy where in the end everyone dies.
Still worth watching though.
I don't want to get into too many spoilers here because sometimes I watch shows years later (e.g., finished Sopranos earlier this year), but that's what I expected too. But their definition of "everyone" apparently was pretty different than mine.
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Finished watching Ozark last night. I understand that the ending "fits" with the general tone of the show, but I was disappointed. Overall, it was a pretty good show, but I'd rank it below most of the top shows I've binged/watched in the last several years.
Totally agree. I'd put it in the good to very good category. Well worth watching, but well behind anything I consider an all-time great series.
I did think it was Jason Bateman's best season FWIW. The story arc of the kids was unrealistic bordering on ridiculous, and we've all seen far better young actors than the ones who played Charlotte and Jonah.
The first season was different than anything else on TV and refreshing. Same was true of Netflix other huge series, Stranger Things. But after awhile, most series either become repetitive or have to go way out there, and they become lesser.
That hasn't happened yet with Succession and The Boys, my current two favorite series, but it certainly could.
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Ozark Season 1 was one of my favorite TV seasons ever. Season 3 was very good as well though not an all timer. Seasons 2 and 4 were just good. The ending was a meh until the last 5 seconds and it went from meh to good but not great. I'm sad it didn't end an a high note.
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Totally agree. I'd put it in the good to very good category. Well worth watching, but well behind anything I consider an all-time great series.
I did think it was Jason Bateman's best season FWIW. The story arc of the kids was unrealistic bordering on ridiculous, and we've all seen far better young actors than the ones who played Charlotte and Jonah.
The first season was different than anything else on TV and refreshing. Same was true of Netflix other huge series, Stranger Things. But after awhile, most series either become repetitive or have to go way out there, and they become lesser.
That hasn't happened yet with Succession and The Boys, my current two favorite series, but it certainly could.
Succession isn’t repetitive?
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Succession isn’t repetitive?
Fair enough.
I'd say it's "good repetitive," and that both the story line and the personalities of the main characters continue to develop significantly. But others obviously can disagree.
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Was that a Dwight Buycks reference in the Giannis disney plus movie?!?!
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I watched Whiplash last night. It was very good and worth watching. Both JK Simmons (who won an Oscar) and Miles Teller were great. Amazing to read that a young Miles Teller reportedly earned only $8,000 for this role.
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I watched Whiplash last night. It was very good and worth watching. Both JK Simmons (who won an Oscar) and Miles Teller were great. Amazing to read that a young Miles Teller reportedly earned only $8,000 for this role.
I'm pretty sure the film's entire budget was like $3MM. It was very much an indie. I believe all the other music students were actual students/musicians and not actors playing at such.
Finally watched Hustle, that was just a lot of fun. Kenny Smith somehow looked a decade older than he does on TNT, but did a great job.
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I watched Whiplash last night. It was very good and worth watching. Both JK Simmons (who won an Oscar) and Miles Teller were great. Amazing to read that a young Miles Teller reportedly earned only $8,000 for this role.
He's doing okay now. He played Goose's son in "Top Gun Maverick".
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Episode 6 of the boys is a LOT
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Episode 6 of the boys is a LOT
By regular TV standard or by The Boys' standard?
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By regular TV standard or by The Boys' standard?
Both!
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I watched Whiplash last night. It was very good and worth watching. Both JK Simmons (who won an Oscar) and Miles Teller were great. Amazing to read that a young Miles Teller reportedly earned only $8,000 for this role.
Love Whiplash. Rewatched Spotlight recently, outstanding movie. Tough to watch, especially with a personal connection.
Started watching the new Iron Chef, nowhere near the original Japanese dubbed version. And, started watching Ugly Delicious. I’m a big Dave Chang fan, both as a chef and a thinker.
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Just powered through The Bear on Hulu due to the reviews.
Really good. Extremely unique show. Once you get used the the frenetic pace it really gets good.
Episode 7 was a masterclass
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I enjoyed the start of Season 2 of Only Murders in the Building. Not the biggest fan of Amy Schumer or Rapaport so hopefully they will have small parts.
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Watched the first 4 episodes of "The Bear" on Hulu.
It's a dark and gritty comedy about a James Beard Award-winning chef that returns to his hometown of Chicago to run his deceased brother's sandwich shop. It's filmed at the Mr. Beef at Huron and Orleans.
Lots of great Chicago shoutouts, including a lot of restaurant mentions.
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Watched the first 4 episodes of "The Bear" on Hulu.
It's a dark and gritty comedy about a James Beard Award-winning chef that returns to his hometown of Chicago to run his deceased brother's sandwich shop. It's filmed at the Mr. Beef at Huron and Orleans.
Lots of great Chicago shoutouts, including a lot of restaurant mentions.
I just watched the 1st episode yesterday. A different kind of show - don't know if I will like it or not - but I will watch a couple more to find out.
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Watched the first 4 episodes of "The Bear" on Hulu.
It's a dark and gritty comedy about a James Beard Award-winning chef that returns to his hometown of Chicago to run his deceased brother's sandwich shop. It's filmed at the Mr. Beef at Huron and Orleans.
Lots of great Chicago shoutouts, including a lot of restaurant mentions.
Jeremy Allen White, Abby Elliott, and Oliver Platt are enough to make me watch. Then add in Matty Matheson? Totally down.
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Jeremy Allen White, Abby Elliott, and Oliver Platt are enough to make me watch. Then add in Matty Matheson? Totally down.
Platt is more of a guest spot. But still great.
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Platt is more of a guest spot. But still great.
Also liking the random surprise cameos. I didn't even recognize the celebrity that led the Al - Anon meeting - I guess it's been a few years since I have seen her in something.
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Was that a Dwight Buycks reference in the Giannis disney plus movie?!?!
https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/college/marquette/2022/06/28/giannis-disney-movie-rise-mentions-milwaukee-born-ex-nba-players-dwight-buycks-and-diante-garrett/7751930001/
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Also liking the random surprise cameos. I didn't even recognize the celebrity that led the Al - Anon meeting - I guess it's been a few years since I have seen her in something.
Would love if S2 finds a way to incorporate some more flashbacks featuring Mikey.
That was quite the casting surprise even if for just a moment.
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Definitely going to need a season 5 of Stranger Things.
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Just finished watching S3 of The Boys. Truly a great series. Not too much on the TVs more fun than that.
Good little surprise near season's end, too!
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Just finished watching S3 of The Boys. Truly a great series. Not too much on the TVs more fun than that.
Good little surprise near season's end, too!
I hated the last 20 minutes. I don't want to post spoilers
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anyone watching The Old Man on Hulu with Jeff Bridges and Lithgow?
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There is an independent film that got a lot of buzz at the film festivals called "Small Town Wisconsin". It's filmed entirely in America's Dairyland. It was filmed in 2020, but its distribution was delayed by Covid. It's about a guy living in the Northwoods who has made a series of bad life choices and lost custody of his son. He decides to take him on a trip of a lifetime to Milwaukee that includes a Brewers game and the Wisconsin State Fair.
It's playing on all the streaming services. I highly recommend it.
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Hustle. Just a good, entertaining sports movie.
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There is an independent film that got a lot of buzz at the film festivals called "Small Town Wisconsin". It's filmed entirely in America's Dairyland. It was filmed in 2020, but its distribution was delayed by Covid. It's about a guy living in the Northwoods who has made a series of bad life choices and lost custody of his son. He decides to take him on a trip of a lifetime to Milwaukee that includes a Brewers game and the Wisconsin State Fair.
It's playing on all the streaming services. I highly recommend it.
Must have been some really, really bad life choices if the 'trip of a lifetime' is to Milwaukee. :-\
I like Milwaukee and go often, but...
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I hated the last 20 minutes. I don't want to post spoilers
I didn't hate the ending at all. I won't post spoilers, either, but there were a couple moments in there I actually loved. But it's OK to disagree.
anyone watching The Old Man on Hulu with Jeff Bridges and Lithgow?
Yep. We're one episode behind now, but we've really liked it. The two leads are excellent, which shouldn't surprise anybody, and the story line is interesting. It does take a few leaps of faith -- for instance, Bridges is about 1,000 years old but he keeps beating up young'uns. Lots of programs have that kind of stuff, though, so I just chuckle and move on.
Hustle. Just a good, entertaining sports movie.
We just watched it tonight and totally agree. Lots of laughs, a bazillion cameos, and some nice performances. Adam Sandler went quite awhile without doing anything worth watching but Hustle and Uncut Gems were both winners.
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I've been watching Severance with my daughter. That's a weird freaking show. We're enjoying it.
One question (no spoilers, please): is there any meaningful resolution at the end of S1? Six episodes in I don't see how there will be, but then again shows aren't guaranteed a second season so I don't think they'd leave it completely unresolved.
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I've been watching Severance with my daughter. That's a weird freaking show. We're enjoying it.
One question (no spoilers, please): is there any meaningful resolution at the end of S1? Six episodes in I don't see how there will be, but then again shows aren't guaranteed a second season so I don't think they'd leave it completely unresolved.
Not sure what your standard for resolution would be but there are a couple of things that drop that will surprise.
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Not sure what your standard for resolution would be but there are a couple of things that drop that will surprise.
Yea just wait. The last 2 episodes have a couple huge "oh wow" bits
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Must have been some really, really bad life choices if the 'trip of a lifetime' is to Milwaukee. :-\
I like Milwaukee and go often, but...
You must not hang around too much with people of limited means.
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About halfway through The Boys, hard to find time these days. Hoping to get to Stranger Things S4 after that.
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Hoping to get to Stranger Things S4 after that.
No need to hurry. Apparently, they will begin writing in August, with a release date some time in 2024.
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Must have been some really, really bad life choices if the 'trip of a lifetime' is to Milwaukee. :-\
I like Milwaukee and go often, but...
That was a thought I had initially. But then I figured it might not have been a "dream trip" but the only time he was gonna do something kind of cool?
You must not hang around too much with people of limited means.
This made me think of my friend who talks about his 2nd cousins on the South Side of Chicago. He grew up in Raveswood but they were in Englewood/Auburn Gresham area. They came to visit him in Old Town in their mid 20s and it was the second time in their lives they had been downtown. The other was a school field trip. They'd also never been served by a waitress at a table before.
So yea, I guess I can sort of understand it, as bleak as it seems.
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That was a thought I had initially. But then I figured it might not have been a "dream trip" but the only time he was gonna do something kind of cool?
This made me think of my friend who talks about his 2nd cousins on the South Side of Chicago. He grew up in Raveswood but they were in Englewood/Auburn Gresham area. They came to visit him in Old Town in their mid 20s and it was the second time in their lives they had been downtown. The other was a school field trip. They'd also never been served by a waitress at a table before.
So yea, I guess I can sort of understand it, as bleak as it seems.
My wife's family all live within 20 minutes of each other in the middle of Long Island. Three sets of aunts and uncles, a single aunt, and a dozen or so cousins. Besides one of her uncles serving in Vietnam, one of her cousins whose taken a few trips, her aunt going to Atlanta for the world series once (won the tickets on the radio), and one other uncle/aunt going on one trip to Vegas, the whole lot of them have never left Long Island. I'm not entirely sure that they have gone beyond the 30 minute radius of their homes.
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I have a high school classmate who posted on FB about her and her husband's first ever plane trip...two months ago to Florida. Before that trip, she had never been to a state that didn't border Wisconsin, and even then only a handful of times.
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I have a high school classmate who posted on FB about her and her husband's first ever plane trip...two months ago to Florida. Before that trip, she had never been to a state that didn't border Wisconsin, and even then only a handful of times.
Googled this, but I don't get the math here:
https://www.marthastewart.com/8178528/new-survey-16-percent-americans-never-leave-home-state-2021 (https://www.marthastewart.com/8178528/new-survey-16-percent-americans-never-leave-home-state-2021)
A new survey conducted by OnePoll on behalf of Little Passports reveals that 14 percent of United States residents have never traveled outside of the country and 16 percent have never left their home state at all.
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I have a high school classmate who posted on FB about her and her husband's first ever plane trip...two months ago to Florida. Before that trip, she had never been to a state that didn't border Wisconsin, and even then only a handful of times.
This is normally associated with lack of means, understandably, but not always. Which is always extra fascinating to me.
One of my college buddies was from Orange County. Met one of his friends when I went to visit him in LA a few years ago. Said friend drove a Porsche Cayman his dad bought him after college. His dad owned a couple machining businesses and drove a Bentley. Family had a pair of side by side Vegas condos in a gorgeous new building. He and his parents both lived in 7 figure houses near Irvine. I was talking to him one time about 3 years ago and he mentioned he was going to stay with a buddy of his that moved to Florida...and it would be his first time on a plane...as a fairly spoiled 28 year old. I was stunned.
But then again, one of my sister's good friends. Parents are very affluent. She's an only child. They have 3-4 homes around the US. Ohio, Vermont, Florida, and Colorado I believe. They travel between them fairly regularly as they are retired. Said friend got married in Italy and her parents had to get their FIRST PASSPORTS OF THEIR LIFE. Cause they only time they had left the country previously was cruises where they hadn't needed one. Never to Canada, never to Cancun, never to an island. Wild
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We traveled a little bit when I was a kid, but I do still find it kind of funny that every day I go to an office that is farther from my house than I ever went probably 99%+ of my life until I was about 18. And I don't live very far from work...just 11 miles. But if you draw a circle around my childhood home with a radius of 11 miles, I would go months and months at a time without ever leaving that circle. I walked to school pretty much my entire life (never more than about .75 mile) but my kids went to HS 13 miles from our house. Living in a small town really was different. I'm amazed by people who live in or near cities (like TAMU's in-laws) and never leave their neighborhood. I still meet people who have lived in Cleveland their entire lives who rarely cross the Cuyahoga River -- West-siders and East-siders who stay on their side.
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Googled this, but I don't get the math here:
https://www.marthastewart.com/8178528/new-survey-16-percent-americans-never-leave-home-state-2021 (https://www.marthastewart.com/8178528/new-survey-16-percent-americans-never-leave-home-state-2021)
A new survey conducted by OnePoll on behalf of Little Passports reveals that 14 percent of United States residents have never traveled outside of the country and 16 percent have never left their home state at all.
38% of Americans have never had a passport.
https://today.yougov.com/topics/travel/articles-reports/2021/04/21/only-one-third-americans-have-valid-us-passport
Now that doesn't mean they haven't left the country, but yeah I think that 14% figure is a little too low.
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But then again, one of my sister's good friends. Parents are very affluent. She's an only child. They have 3-4 homes around the US. Ohio, Vermont, Florida, and Colorado I believe. They travel between them fairly regularly as they are retired. Said friend got married in Italy and her parents had to get their FIRST PASSPORTS OF THEIR LIFE. Cause they only time they had left the country previously was cruises where they hadn't needed one. Never to Canada, never to Cancun, never to an island. Wild
For most of their lives, they didn't need a passport for Canada or Mexico. I only had a passport because I did a lot of foreign travel for work. There are so many things to do and places to see in this country that I never had a desire for world travel.
But I start to go nuts if I even go 6 months without taking a long trip. Very few people that I worked with ever took vacations. They used their time off to work around the house or to visit family - never just to hop in the car and go for a couple weeks.
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I worked in a St. Paul suburb in the late 80's. We had a case going to court in Mnpls. and our boss thought we should attend. My co-worker that lived in St. Paul since returning from Vietnam let me drive because he "hadn't been to Mnpls. in at least 10 years" while I visited almost weekly.
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I never leave the suburbs
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38% of Americans have never had a passport.
https://today.yougov.com/topics/travel/articles-reports/2021/04/21/only-one-third-americans-have-valid-us-passport
Now that doesn't mean they haven't left the country, but yeah I think that 14% figure is a little too low.
Yeah that quote has to be off. 14% haven't left the country, 16% haven't left their state. More people have left the country than their state, but don't you have to leave your state in order to leave the country?
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There is an independent film that got a lot of buzz at the film festivals called "Small Town Wisconsin". It's filmed entirely in America's Dairyland. It was filmed in 2020, but its distribution was delayed by Covid. It's about a guy living in the Northwoods who has made a series of bad life choices and lost custody of his son. He decides to take him on a trip of a lifetime to Milwaukee that includes a Brewers game and the Wisconsin State Fair.
It's playing on all the streaming services. I highly recommend it.
I think many dismiss the wonder of our own back yards. You see my wife had never seen any of the great lakes so when I brought my wife to Marquette for a reunion she was just awe struck at the size of Lake Michigan. When The Marquette Choir visited New York they were all quit excited to see the Statue of Liberty but for me as I have lost count going to Liberty Island so many times it was no big deal. Visiting the City is no big deal for me, however I am not a tourist, but maybe just once I should take the Circle Line around Manhattan which I have never done and maybe I just might appreciate what is under my nose just a little more.
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Yeah that quote has to be off. 14% haven't left the country, 16% haven't left their state. More people have left the country than their state, but don't you have to leave your state in order to leave the country?
The difference is the people who live in New Mexico.
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I think many dismiss the wonder of our own back yards. You see my wife had never seen any of the great lakes so when I brought my wife to Marquette for a reunion she was just awe struck at the size of Lake Michigan. When The Marquette Choir visited New York they were all quit excited to see the Statue of Liberty but for me as I have lost count going to Liberty Island so many times it was no big deal. Visiting the City is no big deal for me, however I am not a tourist, but maybe just once I should take the Circle Line around Manhattan which I have never done and maybe I just might appreciate what is under my nose just a little more.
I went to high school in the Twin Cities. The Mall of America was just the local mall to me. It was always funny to me when I ran into people who had planned vacations just to see it.
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I never leave the suburbs
Aren’t you worried about goin’ blind from all that bright, white skin?
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Aren’t you worried about goin’ blind from all that bright, white skin?
I have an Applebees just a few blocks away. That’s all the culture I need
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I have an Applebees just a few blocks away. That’s all the culture I need
I think most Applebees allow minorities now, so at least you get exposure to different cultures.
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I think most Applebees allow minorities now, so at least you get exposure to different cultures.
And I can watch sports there, so it ties in with this thread.
As for The Boys, Homelander is really a bit on the nose at this point, isn’t he?
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As for The Boys, Homelander is really a bit on the nose at this point, isn’t he?
Yessir. Excellent writing, and an Emmy-worthy season for Antony Starr IMHO.
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Yessir. Excellent writing, and an Emmy-worthy season for Antony Starr IMHO.
His plot armor is becoming too thick
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Yea just wait. The last 2 episodes have a couple huge "oh wow" bits
Just watched the last two episodes. Yeah. Wow. Honestly, that last episode was one of the most enjoyable - and tense - episodes of TV I’ve seen in a long, long time.
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Better Call Saul is a masterclass
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His plot armor is becoming too thick
Say what?
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Better Call Saul is a masterclass
Just an incredible episode even though we know the end for certain character(s). Johnathan Banks and Rhea Seehorn were incredible. Tony Dalton can probably pick any villain role he wants moving forward
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Just an incredible episode even though we know the end for certain character(s). Johnathan Banks and Rhea Seehorn were incredible. Tony Dalton can probably pick any villain role he wants moving forward
She better finally get that emmy nom when they are announced in like two hours
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Better Call Saul is a masterclass
I didn't realize the home stretch was starting again. I know what I'll be watching tonight.
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Just watched the last two episodes. Yeah. Wow. Honestly, that last episode was one of the most enjoyable - and tense - episodes of TV I’ve seen in a long, long time.
It's nice to feel this way after watching a show. They did a good job with this one.
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Say what?
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PlotArmor
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https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PlotArmor
Uh … OK.
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https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1547190197879709696
Pretty big casting news. Hopefully it gets back to some of the older quality.
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Really not getting the Emmy-nom love for White Lotus.
It would be too strong to say it sucked, but it simply wasn't that good IMHO. Way more stupid than funny or clever, and I really didn't care about the characters. Almost stopped watching but decided we wanted to see how it ended; the ending was disappointing, too.
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Really not getting the Emmy-nom love for White Lotus.
It would be too strong to say it sucked, but it simply wasn't that good IMHO. Way more stupid than funny or clever, and I really didn't care about the characters. Almost stopped watching but decided we wanted to see how it ended; the ending was disappointing, too.
Knowing Mike White's repertoire I think this is the point.
He makes it painfully obvious in his work that the average American thinks their life to be much more significant and impactful than it ever is and he exposes the narcissistic ride people take as they travel down the road of this fruitless pursuit of importance.
Not liking or not caring about the characters is his calling card.
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Really not getting the Emmy-nom love for White Lotus.
It would be too strong to say it sucked, but it simply wasn't that good IMHO. Way more stupid than funny or clever, and I really didn't care about the characters. Almost stopped watching but decided we wanted to see how it ended; the ending was disappointing, too.
THats the emmys for you.
They pick a few shows and just go wild. The fact that whole cast got nommed is wild.
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Knowing Mike White's repertoire I think this is the point.
He makes it painfully obvious in his work that the average American thinks their life to be much more significant and impactful than it ever is and he exposes the narcissistic ride people take as they travel down the road of this fruitless pursuit of importance.
Not liking or not caring about the characters is his calling card.
I guess. But I liked some characters in School of Rock, and I saw he also had some writing credits on Freaks and Geeks, and I liked pretty much everybody in that.
Plus, one of my favorite series of recent years, Succession, is filled with unlikable characters ... and yet I love it.
So I don't think that's it with White Lotus. I just don't think it was very good. Others, including the Emmy committee, obviously disagree.
THats the emmys for you.
They pick a few shows and just go wild. The fact that whole cast got nommed is wild.
Good point. That's ridiculous.
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Knowing Mike White's repertoire I think this is the point.
He makes it painfully obvious in his work that the average American thinks their life to be much more significant and impactful than it ever is and he exposes the narcissistic ride people take as they travel down the road of this fruitless pursuit of importance.
Not liking or not caring about the characters is his calling card.
The problem isn't that the characters are terribly unlikable. The problem is that they're all boring cliches. Except for maybe Armond, there wasn't a primary character on that show I haven't seen many times before.
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The problem isn't that the characters are terribly unlikable. The problem is that they're all boring cliches. Except for maybe Armond, there wasn't a primary character on that show I haven't seen many times before.
That's reasonable.
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The White Lotus was John from Cincinnati.
An inane show that I wasted numerous hours of my life on. There was nothing even remotely interesting about either the story or the characters. Not even one actor should have even been considered for an award unless it was a razzie. Boring people doing boring things all while making boring conversation.
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The fact that whole cast got nommed is wild.
Not everyone. Jon Gries (also known as Uncle Rico) as Jennifer Coolidge's fling was totally snubbed.
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The White Lotus was John from Cincinnati.
An inane show that I wasted numerous hours of my life on. There was nothing even remotely interesting about either the story or the characters. Not even one actor should have even been considered for an award unless it was a razzie. Boring people doing boring things all while making boring conversation.
I think you and I were the only two people in America who actually sat through all of John From Cincinnati. For me, it's become a punchline the same way some use Ishtar or Waterworld as a punchline.
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I guess. But I liked some characters in School of Rock, and I saw he also had some writing credits on Freaks and Geeks, and I liked pretty much everybody in that.
Plus, one of my favorite series of recent years, Succession, is filled with unlikable characters ... and yet I love it.
So I don't think that's it with White Lotus. I just don't think it was very good. Others, including the Emmy committee, obviously disagree.
The ones you mentioned are staff writes. Orange County, Chuck and Buck, Enlightened are White-driven projects.
I get that people were bored by it or unimpressed or uninterested but as I wrote White's entire point is that you are a boring cliche, you are unimpressive, you are uninteresting.
The inanity is the point because that is life. Season two on its way.
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Season two on its way.
Can wait!
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The ones you mentioned are staff writes. Orange County, Chuck and Buck, Enlightened are White-driven projects.
I get that people were bored by it or unimpressed or uninterested but as I wrote White's entire point is that you are a boring cliche, you are unimpressive, you are uninteresting.
The inanity is the point because that is life. Season two on its way.
So his point is that since we are all boring, we want boring entertainment on TV? OK.
To see how it should be done, watch Somebody Somewhere on HBO. Other than Succession, it is as good as it gets on HBO this year.
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I've been watching Sunderland 'Til I Die on Netflix and am really enjoying it. While I'm generally -- albeit vaguely -- familiar with Premier League, I really don't follow it it so the game/season results in the show are all new to me. And I certainly don't follow The Championship. As S1 was coming to a close, I was really much more invested in Sunderland that I expected to be when I started. Not knowing how it would turn out really added to the experience. I'm looking forward to S2.
I also can't help but think that my enjoyment of this show was enhanced by watching two seasons of Ted Lasso.
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Has anybody started season two of Only Murders in the Building? That’s high on my to do list when I get back from Canada.
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Has anybody started season two of Only Murders in the Building? That’s high on my to do list when I get back from Canada.
I’ve enjoyed it so far. Not a huge fan of the newer characters, but enjoying the story. I really enjoy the humor of the trio and the story has been good in my opinion.
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Has anybody started season two of Only Murders in the Building? That’s high on my to do list when I get back from Canada.
Love it. Episode four of the second season was the best one yet. It's been picked up for a third season too. There has been a spate of shows that did better than anticipated in their initial planned run that got extended that really fell out in the additional season (Flight Attendant's second season was bad, the final season of Who Killed Sara was dreadful). Only Murders has bucked that trend.
Just finished the first season of Barry last night. Man, did it get dark at the end.
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BCS...
The ending we all saw coming but brutal none the less.
Was not expecting the jump, but very well done and has me pumped for the final 4
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BCS...
The ending we all saw coming but brutal none the less.
Was not expecting the jump, but very well done and has me pumped for the final 4
That scene with Jimmy and Kim was so well done. You could feel the pain.
Like you, I'm really looking forward to seeing how they wrap this up.
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https://ftw.usatoday.com/2022/07/jamie-allen-love-island-uk-halifax-town-jamie-tartt-ted-lasso
Ted Lasso continues to inspire.
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Just watched Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes. If you watched the HBO miniseries check this out. You get to see actual footage from life in Pripyat before the explosion, the events surrounding the disaster and the actual people portrayed in the HBO series. Absolutely fascinating
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https://ftw.usatoday.com/2022/07/jamie-allen-love-island-uk-halifax-town-jamie-tartt-ted-lasso
Ted Lasso continues to inspire.
The only British centric show I love more than Ted Lasso may be Love Island.
But to be fair, Halifax Town is in the National League. That's basically semi-pro. You're making $1000 a week if you're fortunate.
Alternativly, a dude left Castleford Tigers, which is a Super League, premier level rugby club, making 6 figures, to be on Love Island this year
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The only British centric show I love more than Ted Lasso may be Love Island.
Don’t know if you are serious or not, but my wife and I have been watching for a while now - season 6 I think.
Actually the only reason we watch is because my granddaughter is a huge fan. Once a week she’ll come over for a 3 episode marathon. We Americans think we are the only ones who have to deal with vain shallow people, but this shows that is not the case.
What makes it interesting is that my granddaughter is more knowledgeable and more tuned in to the social media generation than anyone I know. Lots of fun conversations.
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Don’t know if you are serious or not, but my wife and I have been watching for a while now - season 6 I think.
Actually the only reason we watch is because my granddaughter is a huge fan. Once a week she’ll come over for a 3 episode marathon. We Americans think we are the only ones who have to deal with vain shallow people, but this shows that is not the case.
What makes it interesting is that my granddaughter is more knowledgeable and more tuned in to the social media generation than anyone I know. Lots of fun conversations.
Thats unexpected and hilarious. And no, I actually love it. My wife and I started season 1 during the pandemic and were HOOKED. For me, the differentiator, is the lack of camera crews and producer influence. The mounted cams make it a lot more organic. Its incredible and so bingeable.
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We Americans think we are the only ones who have to deal with vain shallow people, but this shows that is not the case.
I'm intrigued by this comment because I've never thought that. Do Americans really think that we've got a monopoly on vain shallow people? I'd have always thought that those were fairly universal traits.
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I'm intrigued by this comment because I've never thought that. Do Americans really think that we've got a monopoly on vain shallow people? I'd have always thought that those were fairly universal traits.
Oh, they definitely are universal.
My wife and I have seen quite a number of BBC produced shows on PBS. The Brit shows offer actors with a wide range of personalities and who range from butt ugly to beautiful/handsome and everything in between. They cover a very wide age range and also all social levels. In other words, they are much truer to real life rather vs the young and beautiful obsession of many American shows featuring narrowly cast characters. Lastly, the characters are usually not talking incessantly and loudly. The shows are crafted rather than just thrown together.
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I'm intrigued by this comment because I've never thought that. Do Americans really think that we've got a monopoly on vain shallow people? I'd have always thought that those were fairly universal traits.
Consider your source here. :P
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I'm intrigued by this comment because I've never thought that. Do Americans really think that we've got a monopoly on vain shallow people? I'd have always thought that those were fairly universal traits.
Tongue-in-cheek.
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Did anyone really enjoy or were enthralled by Power of the Dog? Obviously Cumberbatch was excellent, but I had decent expectations from stuff that I read and I was thoroughly underwhelmed/bored. It was just exceedingly blah.
Meanwhile, while doing Netflix movies, I also watched Gray Man which has been thoroughly panned. It was a gratuitous explosion Michael Bay-esque spectacle, cheesy and formulaic, but it was entertaining and Ryan Gosling does dry comedy hero so damn well.
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Finally got around to Stranger Things 4. It was a tad predictable but a fun ride. The most metal concert ever was a fun touch. Eddie was an excellent addition to the cast. I've heard a few theories about what his role might be next season and I hope they are true.
Oh and while I loved the Eddie addition, Argyle was an equally bad addition. I wouldn't cry if he became demodog chow in the last season.
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Did anyone really enjoy or were enthralled by Power of the Dog? Obviously Cumberbatch was excellent, but I had decent expectations from stuff that I read and I was thoroughly underwhelmed/bored. It was just exceedingly blah.
I agree. It was a typical Campion movie. Pacing was very similar to The Piano.
Part of the reason, I think, is that so much time passes in the movie and she does a terrible job of showing that.
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Finally got around to Stranger Things 4. It was a tad predictable but a fun ride. The most metal concert ever was a fun touch. Eddie was an excellent addition to the cast. I've heard a few theories about what his role might be next season and I hope they are true.
Oh and while I loved the Eddie addition, Argyle was an equally bad addition. I wouldn't cry if he became demodog chow in the last season.
Argyle is brutal. That whole plot was brutal. ST thrives in Hawkins. Good that S5 should be all Hawkins.
Very predicatble show though. They were so clearly building to a Eddie or Steve death and since the show does not have the balls to kill the mains, Steve was safe(not complaining here).
Dont think they expected how popular Eddie would be though. Shoulda wacked any of the like 5 useless mains and kept Eddie around. Best actor the bunch too. Funny cause the other best is Max and they nearly killed her too. Cant wait how they explain her surviving being clearly brain dead and having every limb snapped in positions limbs cant go.
I liked season as a whole. But the last two eps were cheesy as hell. Some brutal dialogue and reactions(Hoppers goofy smiles, the slow motion hop outof the van and driveway run).
But the worst part was how unecessary the Eddie death was, sure they built to the "Not running anymore" but two major problems
1. He ran from a girl being levitated and having all her limbs broken and eyes gouged before being stapled to a ceiling. Then ran when the town came after him for doing it and another guy got the same treatment. Yeah, not cowardly.
2. He had absolutely zero reason to not follow Dustin out of the hole. Mission was accomplished. They didnt need more time. Actually, him staying coulda only hurt things cause they were told to "stick to the plan".
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Stranger Things shoulda hired Henry Winkler for the cast because it's jumped the shark.
Most of Season 4 was pretty bad. The writing and acting was terrible. I agree about Eddie and Max; the rest of the kids were borderline unwatchable, and the adults were no great shakes either. I'll probably watch Season 5 because I've dedicated this much time to it and want to see how it ends, but I hope it's not as painful as most of this season was.
Hard to believe that just a few years ago I was telling everybody they HAD to watch Stranger Things, that it was the best new show on TV. Oh well ... they're still making money on it, so I don't blame them for letting it drone on.
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Stranger Things shoulda hired Henry Winkler for the cast because it's jumped the shark.
Most of Season 4 was pretty bad. The writing and acting was terrible. I agree about Eddie and Max; the rest of the kids were borderline unwatchable, and the adults were no great shakes either. I'll probably watch Season 5 because I've dedicated this much time to it and want to see how it ends, but I hope it's not as painful as most of this season was.
Hard to believe that just a few years ago I was telling everybody they HAD to watch Stranger Things, that it was the best new show on TV. Oh well ... they're still making money on it, so I don't blame them for letting it drone on.
I'm in the middle of it and couldn't disagree more. Season 1 was brilliant, but I felt it was deteriorating in 2 and 3. Through 4 episodes and change, this is the best the series has been since the beginning. I'll have to see how it ends, but I've been enjoying it a ton.
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Dont think they expected how popular Eddie would be though. Shoulda wacked any of the like 5 useless mains and kept Eddie around. Best actor the bunch too. Funny cause the other best is Max and they nearly killed her too.
As I watched S4 it occurred to me how fortunate the people that made the first Harry Potter movies were that the child actors they cast turned out to be pretty good as they got older. As Stranger Things has demonstrated, that's not always the case. At all.
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Curious what people thought of the new Better Call Saul? Given what we had seen of Gene up to this time, felt like this was a swerve but makes sense that Slippin’ Jimmy is always there
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As I watched S4 it occurred to me how fortunate the people that made the first Harry Potter movies were that the child actors they cast turned out to be pretty good as they got older. As Stranger Things has demonstrated, that's not always the case. At all.
Thats the difficulty with casting kids in things forsure. Sometimes they are just really good as a kid.
No coincidence that the really good actors are the ones they are bringing in after the start. Max(she was still young but a little older and established) and then Eddie and Billy are both fantastic and they were full blown adults at the time.
THe kid who plays Mike kinda blew up right when the show first aired and gets movie roles. But he does absolutely nothing for me. Eleven is overrated as crap, basically just does the same monotone talking and telekenetic stare. People keep praising Lucas acting this season, I dont fully blame the actor cause he got a lot of cringe.....but he was brutal imo. Kid who plays WIll is actually pretty good when you watch S2, but boy do they do him dirty. Absolutely nothing to do.
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I'm in the middle of it and couldn't disagree more. Season 1 was brilliant, but I felt it was deteriorating in 2 and 3. Through 4 episodes and change, this is the best the series has been since the beginning. I'll have to see how it ends, but I've been enjoying it a ton.
My feelings exactly. I thought season 4 brought the show back from the disaster that was S3- until the middle of the season. Then, as 82 said, Winkler should have been brought in.
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Thats the difficulty with casting kids in things forsure. Sometimes they are just really good as a kid.
No coincidence that the really good actors are the ones they are bringing in after the start. Max(she was still young but a little older and established) and then Eddie and Billy are both fantastic and they were full blown adults at the time.
THe kid who plays Mike kinda blew up right when the show first aired and gets movie roles. But he does absolutely nothing for me. Eleven is overrated as crap, basically just does the same monotone talking and telekenetic stare. People keep praising Lucas acting this season, I dont fully blame the actor cause he got a lot of cringe.....but he was brutal imo. Kid who plays WIll is actually pretty good when you watch S2, but boy do they do him dirty. Absolutely nothing to do.
Yea, I actually agree, Will is the best of the bunch. Finn Wolfhard is so flat.
I actually liked Season 4 a lot in many ways. Some of the plot was horrible. The stereotypical jock was awful.
Enzo bothered me cause his Russian accent was horrible. Nobody is buying that Jaqen H'ghar is actually Russian.
I do find it amusing, for a show based in middle of nowhere Indiana, the Duffer Brothers fill the cast with so many foreigners playing Americans. And relatively unknown foreigners at that. Millie Bobby Brown, Quinn as Eddie, Dacre Montgomery as Billy, Robin's love interest Vicky is Irish, etc...
Also, speaking of Robin, I think Maya Hawke is probably the best actress of the main cast. She's got serious chops. Fun fact, before the string of Disney live action remakes, Universal was making a live action version of The Little Mermaid. Sofia Coppola was directing and really wanted Maya Hawke as the lead. The studio overruled her, Coppola left the project, and the movie imploded.
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Yea, I actually agree, Will is the best of the bunch. Finn Wolfhard is so flat.
I actually liked Season 4 a lot in many ways. Some of the plot was horrible. The stereotypical jock was awful.
Enzo bothered me cause his Russian accent was horrible. Nobody is buying that Jaqen H'ghar is actually Russian.
I do find it amusing, for a show based in middle of nowhere Indiana, the Duffer Brothers fill the cast with so many foreigners playing Americans. And relatively unknown foreigners at that. Millie Bobby Brown, Quinn as Eddie, Dacre Montgomery as Billy, Robin's love interest Vicky is Irish, etc...
Also, speaking of Robin, I think Maya Hawke is probably the best actress of the main cast. She's got serious chops. Fun fact, before the string of Disney live action remakes, Universal was making a live action version of The Little Mermaid. Sofia Coppola was directing and really wanted Maya Hawke as the lead. The studio overruled her, Coppola left the project, and the movie imploded.
Yeah Hawke seems like shes a really good actress as well, the Robin role doesnt give her a lot of range. I cannot put her on the level of Quinn and Montgomery tho. Those two destroyed their roles.
I read that originally Steve was supposed to basically be the Billy role. But they changed that and then created the real Billy in S2. Hell of a move because it would not have worked the other way at all. And Steve is awesome as is.
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Finished S6 of Peaky Blinders.
I wish the show would go on, but I understand why shows need to end. Looking forward to the finale movie in the works. Hopefully it ties everything together.
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Finished S6 of Peaky Blinders.
I wish the show would go on, but I understand why shows need to end. Looking forward to the finale movie in the works. Hopefully it ties everything together.
Beginning of the season was INCREDIBLE. Middle was a bit eh, final 2 episodes were tremendous. High hopes for the movie to put a bow on it all. That final episode was amazing.
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My wife grew up 90 miles from Indianapolis and was class of 1987. She said she knew 3 guys exactly like the jock and that they nailed it.
Ad a kid who got bullied badly in high school from time to time, the first couple of episodes had scenes that made me get up and. leave the room, dredging up bad memories.
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Beginning of the season was INCREDIBLE. Middle was a bit eh, final 2 episodes were tremendous. High hopes for the movie to put a bow on it all. That final episode was amazing.
As a crime drama, how does Peaky stack up against a show like The Sopranos?
My wife has watched PB and raves about it. For some reason, I never watched it - probably because I hate turning on subtitles which is necessary with the Irish accents. But she wants to watch it from the start again, so I am gonna start with her.
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As a crime drama, how does Peaky stack up against a show like The Sopranos?
My wife has watched PB and raves about it. For some reason, I never watched it - probably because I hate turning on subtitles which is necessary with the Irish accents. But she wants to watch it from the start again, so I am gonna start with her.
Its a quality show and with it only being 6 episode season a pretty quick watch.
It is not even remotely in the same ballpark as the the peak HBO shows though.
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I'm in the middle of it and couldn't disagree more. Season 1 was brilliant, but I felt it was deteriorating in 2 and 3. Through 4 episodes and change, this is the best the series has been since the beginning. I'll have to see how it ends, but I've been enjoying it a ton.
We'll agree to disagree. That's why there are a bazillion series, and a bazillion seasons of those series - something for everyone.
Curious what people thought of the new Better Call Saul? Given what we had seen of Gene up to this time, felt like this was a swerve but makes sense that Slippin’ Jimmy is always there
I liked it in and of itself - especially liked Carol Burnett and the very well-cast Jim O'Heir -- though it really didn't "do" much for me as a BCS fan. Looking forward to them getting back to the plot for the final 3 episodes.
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I never see any discussion on this board regarding the NHL, which I believe is the best in person sport to attend, especially during the Stanley Cup playoffs. That being said, ESPN is showing a documentary detailing the hatred between the Detroit Redwings and the Colorado Avalanche in the 1990's. It is entitled "Unrivaled".
The trailer is outstanding and ESPN will show it on Sunday, 6/26/22, 1:00pm ET. set your DVR NHL fans.
https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2022/06/unrivaled-espn-e60-relives-examines-fierce-avalanche-red-wings-rivalry-born-25-years-ago/
I watch, follow, attend, NHL hockey and some other levels of hockey too. Haven’t seen this documentary yet but at some point I’m sure I will.
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As a crime drama, how does Peaky stack up against a show like The Sopranos?
My wife has watched PB and raves about it. For some reason, I never watched it - probably because I hate turning on subtitles which is necessary with the Irish accents. But she wants to watch it from the start again, so I am gonna start with her.
Apples to oranges in my opinion. Given the season length and the network, its always had a different aim than Sopranos. I don't agree with it being in a different ballpark cause Peaky's peak, no pun intended, was incredibly high and its stocked with MEGA talent from Cillian Murphy, to Tom Hardy, to Helen McCrory, to Aiden Gillen, to Adrian Brody, and on and on. It felt more like assorted mini series than a TV show like HBO canon.
Also, they are Brummie and assorted British accents, the show doesnt take place in Ireland 8-) If you can watch a British or BBC show, you're fine.
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As a crime drama, how does Peaky stack up against a show like The Sopranos?
My wife has watched PB and raves about it. For some reason, I never watched it - probably because I hate turning on subtitles which is necessary with the Irish accents. But she wants to watch it from the start again, so I am gonna start with her.
Uh, its a great show. Very distinct aesthetic. Different from Sopranos.
They're English, not Irish.
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Stranger Things shoulda hired Henry Winkler for the cast because it's jumped the shark.
Most of Season 4 was pretty bad. The writing and acting was terrible. I agree about Eddie and Max; the rest of the kids were borderline unwatchable, and the adults were no great shakes either. I'll probably watch Season 5 because I've dedicated this much time to it and want to see how it ends, but I hope it's not as painful as most of this season was.
Hard to believe that just a few years ago I was telling everybody they HAD to watch Stranger Things, that it was the best new show on TV. Oh well ... they're still making money on it, so I don't blame them for letting it drone on.
So interesting, MU82.
We have almost completely different views on ST and The Boys.
Glad we have options to choose from!
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So interesting, MU82.
We have almost completely different views on ST and The Boys.
Glad we have options to choose from!
You dislike The Boys? If so, you seriously are the first person I know of who says that. Which is ok, just a little surprising.
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So interesting, MU82.
We have almost completely different views on ST and The Boys.
Glad we have options to choose from!
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You dislike The Boys? If so, you seriously are the first person I know of who says that. Which is ok, just a little surprising.
I guess I'm the 2nd.
I tried twice. Couldn't keep going.
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You dislike The Boys? If so, you seriously are the first person I know of who says that. Which is ok, just a little surprising.
As I said earlier, I like it. But it's becoming obvious they're protecting characters because of their popularity and not what would make sense with the plot/narrative.
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As I said earlier, I like it. But it's becoming obvious they're protecting characters because of their popularity and not what would make sense with the plot/narrative.
Oh, OK. A couple examples?
I guess I'm the 2nd.
I tried twice. Couldn't keep going.
Nope, you're the first, as jesmu clarified. Your loss.
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Nope, you're the first, as jesmu clarified. Your loss.
I tried, Mike.
The 2nd time I actually got to the 2nd season - but I just couldn't keep going. I'm not putting it in the John From Cincinnati category, but it just didn't hold my interest.
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Oh, OK. A couple examples?
Nope, you're the first, as jesmu clarified. Your loss.
Homelander
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Homelander
It's kind of wild that in a show where non-powered people like Hughie, MM, and Butcher have dedicated their lives to taking down near-invincible superheroes, you find it implausible that the most powerful superhero is the one evading death.
Every episode that ends with The Boys going up against supes and surviving would seem to stretch reality more than Homelander living.
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Has anyone watched The Rehearsal on HBO? It’s the funniest thing I’ve seen in years. Charlie Kaufman-esque premise with a bunch of absurdly dumb humor baked in. Nathan Fielder is the best.
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Has anyone watched The Rehearsal on HBO? It’s the funniest thing I’ve seen in years. Charlie Kaufman-esque premise with a bunch of absurdly dumb humor baked in. Nathan Fielder is the best.
One episode. Won’t watch any more.
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“Tehran” on Apple+ (2 seasons so far)
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Has anyone watched The Rehearsal on HBO? It’s the funniest thing I’ve seen in years. Charlie Kaufman-esque premise with a bunch of absurdly dumb humor baked in. Nathan Fielder is the best.
Nathan for You is just incredible TV. Easy watch and laugh out loud funny.
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“Tehran” on Apple+ (2 seasons so far)
Worth a watch
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Nathan for You is just incredible TV. Easy watch and laugh out loud funny.
+1. Very funny.
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I'm a few weeks/few pages behind the Scoop chatter on this, but I adored The Bear. Was indifferent about watching it but my wife was interested, and I got hooked fast. Performances were outstanding, especially Carmen.
And because I know folks are dying to hear my other opinions:
Stranger Things - Fine. Better than the previous season. Eddie was great. It was annoying to have the characters in 4 different locations throughout the season. I wish they had wrapped it up, but I'm sure watch the last season when it comes out to see how it ends.
Peaky Blinders - Good. A dip from the early season quality but still better than most shows. Obviously Tommy drives the show, but Arthur, Ada, and Lizzie are fascinating characters as well. The more of them the better.
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Worth a watch
Yep. It's very good.
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I just finished watching Bosch:Legacy on Amazon Freevue. Still the same old Bosch from the original series. The Ads on Freevue are only a minute long, though an occasional one my be two; but that's it so they really don't interfere with the flow of the show. So if your a fan check it out you won't be disappointed. You can binge the entire ten episodes and another season just started filming so the cliffhanger at the end won't leave you hanging.
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Season 1 of Tehran was pretty good. Not quite sold on season 3 of For all Mankind.
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Its almost a year old now, but I've just about finished Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror on Netflix. Its definitely worth your time, though I can't help but think that it suffers a little bit from not knowing what it wants to be. The value of the series is 95% in the interviews with US and Afghan officials. Those are incredible. But I generally think it could have left out a lot of the interviews with regular folks that are designed to provide context of public attitudes. But I get that it also wants to set a bit of historical record and context on that front.
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Finally was able to see Top Gun: Maverick over the weekend. The wife and I loved it. A fun movie and I thought the script was very good. Great way to work Val Kilmer in.
Even like the Tom Cruise introduction thanking fans for waiting so long for the sequel and was positive they would be happy with the results.
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Finally was able to see Top Gun: Maverick over the weekend. The wife and I loved it. A fun movie and I thought the script was very good. Great way to work Val Kilmer in.
Even like the Tom Cruise introduction thanking fans for waiting so long for the sequel and was positive they would be happy with the results.
If you play his intro backwards, its actually an ad for Scientology's aggressive expansion into the UK
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One episode left in the BB universe.
Saul in big big trouble.
What a ride its been.
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Finally was able to see Top Gun: Maverick over the weekend. The wife and I loved it. A fun movie and I thought the script was very good. Great way to work Val Kilmer in.
Saw it yesterday, very good. I can see watching it again some day.
I was also pleased .. the movie has been out for 2 months but the theater was 90% full.
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Saw it yesterday, very good. I can see watching it again some day.
I was also pleased .. the movie has been out for 2 months but the theater was 90% full.
Ditto for my theater, 90% full.
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Even like the Tom Cruise introduction thanking fans for waiting so long for the sequel and was positive they would be happy with the results.
That didn't happen when I went to see the movie. Maybe because it was in Imax?
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The new Predator prequel, Prey on Hulu lives up to the hype. Balls awesome
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That didn't happen when I went to see the movie. Maybe because it was in Imax?
I saw on a regular screen so maybe?
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The new Predator prequel, Prey on Hulu lives up to the hype. Balls awesome
Yeah, I enjoyed it. For some reason I decided to watch Predator 2 after. That movie was just awful and did not hold up at all.
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One episode left in the BB universe.
Saul in big big trouble.
What a ride its been.
Hard to believe there’s only one left. An unbelievable show. Hope they do it as well as BB with the finale.
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BCS chat:
The first Gene episode, I was like, "Huh?" Then I watched a couple of episode-recap shows on YouTube and they helped frame it within the context of the entire series. That also helped me a lot with the second Gene episode, which was very good. And last night's was just freakin' outstanding. Loved Jesse's longish cameo.
Again, Rhea Seehorn was awesome, Carol Burnett was wonderful ... and while we're handing out plaudits, some really great work by the guy who attended Marquette for a year. That episode covered a lot of ground, and did so perfectly.
Great series, bittersweetly looking forward to the finale.
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Even like the Tom Cruise introduction thanking fans for waiting so long for the sequel and was positive they would be happy with the results.
One thing from that intro .. Cruise looked surprisingly old, wrinkly.
Not surprised he filmed it, but surprised he'd be OK with footage of him looking every bit of his 60 years.
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Yeah, I enjoyed it. For some reason I decided to watch Predator 2 after. That movie was just awful and did not hold up at all.
I could not possibly agree more with these comments. The wife and I really enjoyed Prey. Amber Midthunder was excellent and I would probably rate it second to only the original. We went back and watched Predator, enjoyed it, then watched Predator 2 for the pistol connection and it was terrible. We tried to get through Predator 2 three times before giving up. Not good at all.
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BCS chat:
The first Gene episode, I was like, "Huh?" Then I watched a couple of episode-recap shows on YouTube and they helped frame it within the context of the entire series. That also helped me a lot with the second Gene episode, which was very good. And last night's was just freakin' outstanding. Loved Jesse's longish cameo.
Again, Rhea Seehorn was awesome, Carol Burnett was wonderful ... and while we're handing out plaudits, some really great work by the guy who attended Marquette for a year. That episode covered a lot of ground, and did so perfectly.
Great series, bittersweetly looking forward to the finale.
Rhea Seehorn does more with her face than most actresses. You can feel the characters emotions through the looks on her face. The writers deserve credit for putting her in those moments but she nails it every time. The scene on the bus was incredible.
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I could not possibly agree more with these comments. The wife and I really enjoyed Prey. Amber Midthunder was excellent and I would probably rate it second to only the original. We went back and watched Predator, enjoyed it, then watched Predator 2 for the pistol connection and it was terrible. We tried to get through Predator 2 three times before giving up. Not good at all.
Did you watch Predators with Adrien Brody? I think a solid 3rd in the Predator universe, with the rest being pretty garbage (The Predator, Predator 2 and any of Alien/Predator movies).
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Rhea Seehorn does more with her face than most actresses. You can feel the characters emotions through the looks on her face. The writers deserve credit for putting her in those moments but she nails it every time. The scene on the bus was incredible.
Immediately after that scene, I turned to my wife and said: "Emmy. Period."
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Immediately after that scene, I turned to my wife and said: "Emmy. Period."
I haven't seen the most recent episode yet, so I can't comment on that. But like everyone else, I've wanted Seehorn to win an Emmy for a long time -- she's been outstanding in the role. I hope she wins.
The complicating factor for me is that Julia Garner was so damn good in Ozark. But she already has a couple wins. Seehorn absolutely should get it based upon the body of work in BCS. It's unbelievable that this is her first nomination and it will be a shame if she wraps this role without ever winning. They can give Garner one for Inventing Anna and everyone can be happy.
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Did you watch Predators with Adrien Brody? I think a solid 3rd in the Predator universe, with the rest being pretty garbage (The Predator, Predator 2 and any of Alien/Predator movies).
I didn't, we might have to check it out. Looked like a good cast, but it wasn't on my radar when it came out.
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I haven't seen the most recent episode yet, so I can't comment on that. But like everyone else, I've wanted Seehorn to win an Emmy for a long time -- she's been outstanding in the role. I hope she wins.
The complicating factor for me is that Julia Garner was so damn good in Ozark. But she already has a couple wins. Seehorn absolutely should get it based upon the body of work in BCS. It's unbelievable that this is her first nomination and it will be a shame if she wraps this role without ever winning. They can give Garner one for Inventing Anna and everyone can be happy.
Works for me! (And Rhea.)
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The first several seasons, Rhea’s work was not great. The last two seasons she really found the character.
Big gripe with BCS is their set designer suuuucks at getting the time period correct.
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Reservation Dogs on FX / HULU is fantastic.
First season was great. 1st 3 episodes is S2 have been even better.
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Reservation Dogs on FX / HULU is fantastic.
First season was great. 1st 3 episodes is S2 have been even better.
Oh damn ... forgot it was back! Thanks for the reminder. Looking forward to watching it.
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Bodies Bodies Bodies was definitely a fun, funny and well paced take on the slasher type genre.
A24 is always worth the watch.
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I burned through the three seasons of Future Man on Hulu. It's .. fun. Lots of damn funny lines. Probably more of a guy show.
Only 24 minute episodes, so they go quick.
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One more episode of Alba on Netflix to go (unfortunately, it isn't about Jessica...). A dubbed Spanish show, it's pretty riveting and dark. After watching it, my wife and I are planning a vacation to Alicante, where it takes place. Absolutely beautiful.
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Black Bird on Apple+ is excellent. Stand out perfomances all around. Taron Edgerton and Paul Walter Hauser put on a dueling master class. Both are just unreal, talented actors really starting to hit their stride in their mid 30s.
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Not a surprise but BCS stuck the landing.
Very fitting end. Lot of theories about Sauls potential demise leading up to it, going down Walt style was never really realistic for the character.
Kim was always the key to him
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Not a surprise but BCS stuck the landing.
Very fitting end. Lot of theories about Sauls potential demise leading up to it, going down Walt style was never really realistic for the character.
Kim was always the key to him
True. It was much easier for him to spend the rest of his life free of conflict with Kim than be free in other ways and have issues with Kim imprison him.
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Recently began re-watching Homocide: Life on the Street. This was a really good show with a great cast including many of the guest stars.
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Not a surprise but BCS stuck the landing.
Very fitting end. Lot of theories about Sauls potential demise leading up to it, going down Walt style was never really realistic for the character.
Kim was always the key to him
Kim was his governor and he was her vice. It was such a wild relationship in that regard. His descent into Saul occurs not after the murder of Howard Hamlin but after she leaves and he doesn’t have to “protect” her anymore like she tells him after he finds out she knew Lalo was still alive. This season was brilliant and so was the writing.
Jimmy McGill could never make it as Gene Takovic. Without Kim, he became full blown Saul. Without Saul and the knowledge Kim wasn’t impressed he got away with it, Gene was a walking time bomb. In a show that was ultimately about relationships, there’s was the only one with what we could possibly call a happy ending
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Watching The Anarchists (HBO), about two episodes in. I’m intrigued by fringe thought, cults, and human psychology, so it ticks those boxes so far. Not sure it will hold up, it sort of oozes the Amway meeting of old.
Supreme Team (SHO), I’m intrigued by 1980s NYC, gangs, societies treatment of Black people, war on drugs, music, and community, so it ticks those boxes.
About to start NYC Point Gods (SHO), well, because I wanted to be Kenny Anderson growing up. Never quite panned out for me.
Also, Roadrunner, the film about Anthony Bourdain is excellent. But, I am an admitted fan, met him at a Harry W Schwartz bookshop back in the day, worked in kitchens most of my life, so it resonated with me.
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Black Bird on Apple+ is excellent. Stand out perfomances all around. Taryn Edgerton and Paul Walter Hauser put on a dueling master class. Both are just unreal, talented actors really starting to hit their stride in their mid 30s.
I saw your post and thought, I recently saw something with Taron Edgerton in it. Then I remembered it was "Sing 2". Sigh, life with a toddler
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I saw your post and thought, I recently saw something with Taron Edgerton in it. Then I remembered it was "Sing 2". Sigh, life with a toddler
Funny enough, I was raving about his performance and my wife was like "what else has he been in". I rattled off a few things and then was like "...he was the Gorilla in Sing 2" and she goes "OHHHH I recognized his voice from somewhere!!!" ;D ;D You're not alone and we're childless (at least for another month or so anyways).
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About to start NYC Point Gods (SHO), well, because I wanted to be Kenny Anderson growing up. Never quite panned out for me.
I really liked that one. The crazy handles some of them display is incredible, it even brought back memories of these shoes(https://u-mercari-images.mercdn.net/photos/m60319802506_1.jpg?width=1024&height=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&fit=crop&_=1660421190)
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Not a surprise but BCS stuck the landing.
Very fitting end. Lot of theories about Sauls potential demise leading up to it, going down Walt style was never really realistic for the character.
Kim was always the key to him
Agree 100%. Jimmy/Saul was a world class rationalizer but the one regret he couldn’t/wouldn’t live with was being a failure in Kim’s eyes.
Amazing show, perfect ending.
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BCS was solid. Only regret is not colorizing Marie’s purple in the black and white. That would’ve been hilarious.
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PGs & Rico - excellent takes on BCS overall and on Jimmy/Kim in particular.
Thoroughly enjoyable series, though I will say that I did prefer S5 to S6. I thought S5 was one of the best seasons of TV, any series, I've seen. I liked S6, too, just not quite as much.
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I really liked that one. The crazy handles some of them display is incredible, it even brought back memories of these shoes(https://u-mercari-images.mercdn.net/photos/m60319802506_1.jpg?width=1024&height=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&fit=crop&_=1660421190)
These were awesome
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I know that a lot of people on here hate all things related to Notre Dame, but I thought the new documentary on Netflix about Manti Te’o was pretty good.
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I know that a lot of people on here hate all things related to Notre Dame, but I thought the new documentary on Netflix about Manti Te’o was pretty good.
Am just finishing this up and was going to post the same thing.
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PGs & Rico - excellent takes on BCS overall and on Jimmy/Kim in particular.
Thoroughly enjoyable series, though I will say that I did prefer S5 to S6. I thought S5 was one of the best seasons of TV, any series, I've seen. I liked S6, too, just not quite as much.
S5 was a masterpiece and still loved 6.
The Jimmy/Kim thing was huge and a great way to end it.
If youve seen the Shield(one of the best finales of all time). The finale started off having very similar vibes to how that show ended. Lots of comparisons. Then ended up completely different. A really cool compare/contrast to two finales that worked so damn well.
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S5 was a masterpiece and still loved 6.
The Jimmy/Kim thing was huge and a great way to end it.
If youve seen the Shield(one of the best finales of all time). The finale started off having very similar vibes to how that show ended. Lots of comparisons. Then ended up completely different. A really cool compare/contrast to two finales that worked so damn well.
Good call on The Shield, another great show with a great ending. My all-time favorite series finale was Six Feet Under's. Mary Tyler Moore's was a classic, too. I'm sure I'm forgetting numerous others.
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I know that a lot of people on here hate all things related to Notre Dame, but I thought the new documentary on Netflix about Manti Te’o was pretty good.
I watched the first episode last night. I still have no idea how he allowed himself to get sucked into a scam like that.
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Recently began re-watching Homocide: Life on the Street. This was a really good show with a great cast including many of the guest stars.
Yes it is. An all time great show that many didn't see before "The Wire,"
Where are you watching it? (streaming has been difficult to get)
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Yes it is. An all time great show that many didn't see before "The Wire,"
Where are you watching it? (streaming has been difficult to get)
HBO Max for sure and I’m pretty sure it’s free on Amazon.
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Good call on The Shield, another great show with a great ending. My all-time favorite series finale was Six Feet Under's. Mary Tyler Moore's was a classic, too. I'm sure I'm forgetting numerous others.
Best finale ever (imo) was Breaking Bad.
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Best finale ever (imo) was Breaking Bad.
Another great one.
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Best finale ever (imo) was Breaking Bad.
Nope, Alf.
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Newhart is the best finale
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St. Elsewhere.
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Newhart is the best finale
"You should wear more sweaters."
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"You should wear more sweaters."
You can find interviews with Bob Newhart and Suzanne Pleshette on YouTube about it. It’s pretty awesome
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Nope, Alf.
I don’t remember the Alf finale, but this can only be true if he went berserk and ate everybody.
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Friday Night Lights, and Cheers.
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I thought Parks and Rec finished pretty strongly.
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I don’t remember the Alf finale, but this can only be true if he went berserk and ate everybody.
Haha its worth a google when you have 10 minutes and a beer. Its waaayyy darker than you would think (or than it was even originally intended to be).
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I watched the Manti T"eo doc on Netflix. It essentially just recounts the story although T'eo and the cstfisher are featured.
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I watched the Manti T"eo doc on Netflix. It essentially just recounts the story although T'eo and the cstfisher are featured.
Very interesting angle of journalistic approach from the deadspin guys to “expose espn” while making the story as much about T’eo as possible.
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Very interesting angle of journalistic approach from the deadspin guys to “expose espn” while making the story as much about T’eo as possible.
I totally agree. I think the length of time (wasn't it 3 years?) that T'eo was "dating" this fictitious person is still absolutely dumbfounding.
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I totally agree. I think the length of time (wasn't it 3 years?) that T'eo was "dating" this fictitious person is still absolutely dumbfounding.
It is - but “she” did just enough to keep the mystery alive. Still just such a crazy wild story
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It is - but “she” did just enough to keep the mystery alive. Still just such a crazy wild story
I suppose "she" did but why exactly did T'eo strongly state that this whacko was his "girlfriend"? How can you literally never meet someone (for years) and insist they are your girlfriend? Why not just call her a friend? Not to mention this was 2009-2012. It's not like the internet didn't exist. At some point, if you are "dating" someone, and you've literally never seen them face to face, wouldn't you try to get some information?
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I suppose "she" did but why exactly did T'eo strongly state that this whacko was his "girlfriend"? How can you literally never meet someone (for years) and insist they are your girlfriend? Why not just call her a friend? Not to mention this was 2009-2012. It's not like the internet didn't exist. At some point, if you are "dating" someone, and you've literally never seen them face to face, wouldn't you try to get some information?
There's a reason internet scams still exist. Enough people still fall for them for them to be viable.
My office gets about 1 to 2 reports a week of students who were tricked into sending a video of themselves naked to a person they've never met who are now being blackmailed into sending money. And if we're getting 1 to 2 a week, that probably means 5 to 6 are falling for it and not reporting it
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House of Dragon's premiers tomorrow on HBO/HBO Max. I'll check it out.
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There's a reason internet scams still exist. Enough people still fall for them for them to be viable.
My office gets about 1 to 2 reports a week of students who were tricked into sending a video of themselves naked to a person they've never met who are now being blackmailed into sending money. And if we're getting 1 to 2 a week, that probably means 5 to 6 are falling for it and not reporting it
Wow … some crazy stuff goin’ on there at Titillation & Masturbation U!
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Newhart is the best finale
Clever gimmick, enjoyable. But compared to all the loose ends that were tied up in BB? NFW.
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Beginning of the season was INCREDIBLE. Middle was a bit eh, final 2 episodes were tremendous. High hopes for the movie to put a bow on it all. That final episode was amazing.
Finished the last season today. Probably my least season. Agree with your assessment of the first and last episode being the best of the season with a lot of middling in the middle. I've also liked the Romani background of the Shelbys, it's interesting context, but it can't be used to drive the story IMHO like it did in the middle few episodes. I also thought the war with Michael was anti-climatic. They introduced it as the main conflict of the season and then Michael is basically not in episodes 2-5. I did love Alfie's speech in the last episode. "Put out your unnatural carnal knowledgeing cigarette!"
The last 10 minutes of the season though, excellent. Didn't see it coming. Looking forward to the movie.
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Wow … some crazy stuff goin’ on there at Titillation & Masturbation U!
Jeffrey Toobin’s alma mater.
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I suppose "she" did but why exactly did T'eo strongly state that this whacko was his "girlfriend"? How can you literally never meet someone (for years) and insist they are your girlfriend? Why not just call her a friend? Not to mention this was 2009-2012. It's not like the internet didn't exist. At some point, if you are "dating" someone, and you've literally never seen them face to face, wouldn't you try to get some information?
In addition to what TAMU said, I also think that in this particular instance its not irrelevant that Teo was an 18 year old mormon kid from the Hawaiian islands who chose to attend the preeminent Catholic university in the country located in Indiana. That's a heck of a sociocultural stew for a naive 18-year old kid, and I think helps inform why in-person meetings would be less of a prerequisite to a romantic relationship than it would be for most.
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I suppose "she" did but why exactly did T'eo strongly state that this whacko was his "girlfriend"? How can you literally never meet someone (for years) and insist they are your girlfriend? Why not just call her a friend? Not to mention this was 2009-2012. It's not like the internet didn't exist. At some point, if you are "dating" someone, and you've literally never seen them face to face, wouldn't you try to get some information?
Several points that help (a bit) to make sense of it:
- People meet and develop relationships on the internet all the time.
- People Teo knew - including his own brother - vouched for her.
- They we’re only “boyfriend/girlfriend” for about a year. That doesn’t completely explain it, but she wasn’t his girlfriend “for years.”
But yes, he was surprisingly naive. I think MUBorrow’s post gives some fair insight into that.
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Several points that help (a bit) to make sense of it:
- People meet and develop relationships on the internet all the time.
- People Teo knew - including his own brother - vouched for her.
- They we’re only “boyfriend/girlfriend” for about a year. That doesn’t completely explain it, but she wasn’t his girlfriend “for years.”
But yes, he was surprisingly naive. I think MUBorrow’s post gives some fair insight into that.
I think these are fair points. When you're talking three years I have sone incredulity but Teo may very well have been that naive. The idea that T'eo created this narrative clearly looks implausible.
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House of the Dragon is going to be wild.
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House of the Dragon is going to be wild.
I thought it was a really solid first ep. Hoping the show really delivers.
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I thought it was a really solid first ep. Hoping the show really delivers.
Agree. As usual, the sets and cinematography were outstanding.
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I thought it was a really solid first ep. Hoping the show really delivers.
Yep, definitely solid. I'm really looking forward to it. I came to GoT late so I never had to wait a week to watch a new episode (or months or years for the next season), so this will be a bit of a different experience. But it will be fun to be involved in the social aspect of the show instead of just watching it solo years after the fact.
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I thought it was a really solid first ep. Hoping the show really delivers.
Yeah I loved it. Kicked the sourness of the final season right out of my mouth.
Speaking of which, all episodes of GOT have been re-released in 4k. Going to have to go back and watch some old favorites.
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House of the Dragon was a really solid start. Looking forward to the story, as well as how they go forward. Listening to the HBO podcasts, it sounds like this main conflict will play out over the course of one season. Will they dig into other Targaryean stories in other seasons so they are all related but self-contained like True Detective was, or will this just be a shorter duration show, or will we go from House of the Dragon to maybe House of the Wolf focusing on a season of old Starks, then House of the Lion looking at historical Lannisters, and so on? Curious what the long term plan is for Westeros.
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House of the Dragon was a really solid start. Looking forward to the story, as well as how they go forward. Listening to the HBO podcasts, it sounds like this main conflict will play out over the course of one season. Will they dig into other Targaryean stories in other seasons so they are all related but self-contained like True Detective was, or will this just be a shorter duration show, or will we go from House of the Dragon to maybe House of the Wolf focusing on a season of old Starks, then House of the Lion looking at historical Lannisters, and so on? Curious what the long term plan is for Westeros.
I'd be surprised if the Targaryean realm was only a season and then other houses got similar treatment, only given how vaunted and larger than life the Targaryeans and their legacy were.
First episode was really good. CGI on the aerial shots of Westeros kind of sucked, surprisingly, but otherwise it was a great jolt of excitement back into the franchise.
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I'd be surprised if the Targaryean realm was only a season and then other houses got similar treatment, only given how vaunted and larger than life the Targaryeans and their legacy were.
First episode was really good. CGI on the aerial shots of Westeros kind of sucked, surprisingly, but otherwise it was a great jolt of excitement back into the franchise.
My favorite theory from the podcast...the miniature cityscape Viserys is working on when Alicent comes into his room is the models used in the intro for the original Game of Thrones series. Cool throwback, if so.
As far as the Targaryeans, it sounds like this season will span 29 years. That's why two different actresses are playing Rhaenyra (Milly Alcock and Emma D'Arcy) in this season. Unless they're changing the plans as they go, it sounds like this will be the only season with these characters. While they might go to other Targaryean storylines (Aegon the Conqueror, Dunk and Egg, the Mad King, etc) it seems like they will mix it up as they go.
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I went in with some trepidation because I really wanted it to not suck … and it definitely exceeded my expectations. Really enjoyed it and looking forward to more.
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HotD ep. 1 was fine. I've read the source material, so I know what to expect. It'll probably be fine.
Honest opinion is that people will be disappointed with the show because it only focuses on the Targs. Sure, they're the most exciting because of dragons... but there will be far less intrigue than in GOT... which is what made the show great.
The world is already built so there needs to be excellent story telling... and with GRRM having a major role I am hopeful.
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HotD ep. 1 was fine. I've read the source material, so I know what to expect. It'll probably be fine.
Honest opinion is that people will be disappointed with the show because it only focuses on the Targs. Sure, they're the most exciting because of dragons... but there will be far less intrigue than in GOT... which is what made the show great.
The world is already built so there needs to be excellent story telling... and with GRRM having a major role I am hopeful.
Finish the books, you fat fůck.
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For those with a NYT subscription, this piece serves as both a review of House of the Dragon episode 1 and a useful primer/reminder of who's who and how they all relate:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/21/arts/television/house-of-the-dragon-premiere-recap.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20220827&instance_id=70441&nl=the-morning®i_id=108420427&segment_id=102561&te=1&user_id=d36dcf821462fdd16ec3636710a855fa
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Love it. Episode four of the second season was the best one yet. It's been picked up for a third season too. There has been a spate of shows that did better than anticipated in their initial planned run that got extended that really fell out in the additional season (Flight Attendant's second season was bad, the final season of Who Killed Sara was dreadful). Only Murders has bucked that trend.
Just finished the first season of Barry last night. Man, did it get dark at the end.
Curious what you and Wades thought of Only Murders in the Building now that the second season ended. I thought the second half was good. I don’t think it hit the high bar the first season set, but was still really good overall.
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Curious what you and Wades thought of Only Murders in the Building now that the second season ended. I thought the second half was good. I don’t think it hit the high bar the first season set, but was still really good overall.
I thought it was really good overall. I didn’t love the end of the season, but we’ll see how they turn it into season 3. That’ll really determine how good that ending was.
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Just finished Season 2 of Tehran. Incredible final episode after the plot kind of sputtered around mid season. Don't get me wrong, it was always an entertaining and well done show, but there was a lot of "are you f-ing kidding me with that decision" from characters on a personal level.
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Curious what you and Wades thought of Only Murders in the Building now that the second season ended. I thought the second half was good. I don’t think it hit the high bar the first season set, but was still really good overall.
Finished it as well. I thought it was still a ton of fun, as entertaining as the first season. I didn't mind the ending though I didn't like the final clue that allowed them to figure it out. Felt a little too much deus ex machina for me.
I really appreciate that they do a good job of sprinkling in a bunch of fake clues that the characters never notice but I think the audience is meant to notice. There were a couple of times I thought I had figured something out to only have it be a red herring.
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I just finished S3E1 of The Boys. I'd love to see a behind the scenes look at the writers room on that show: "We haven't drenched Hughie in blood and guts for a while...anybody got any creative ideas for a new way to explode a body?"
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I just finished S3E1 of The Boys. I'd love to see a behind the scenes look at the writers room on that show: "We haven't drenched Hughie in blood and guts for a while...anybody got any creative ideas for a new way to explode a body?"
I bet everybody in that series, from the director to the writers to the cast, has a blast making the episodes. My favorite current show.
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I bet everybody in that series, from the director to the writers to the cast, has a blast making the episodes. My favorite current show.
Have you seen The Boys Presents: Diabolical? I stumbled across it by accident. It's a series of short animated episodes all written by different writers and done in different styles. It's also on Prime. I've watched the first two and laughed out loud several times.
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Have you seen The Boys Presents: Diabolical? I stumbled across it by accident. It's a series of short animated episodes all written by different writers and done in different styles. It's also on Prime. I've watched the first two and laughed out loud several times.
I haven't. I saw it existed but I was skeptical of the "maybe trying to wring too much out of a great thing" deal. With your recommendation, I'll give it a try.
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The Rehearsal. It's bananas. I was dumbfounded over and over.
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I haven't. I saw it existed but I was skeptical of the "maybe trying to wring too much out of a great thing" deal. With your recommendation, I'll give it a try.
Saw a couple more. The first two are still may favorite, so maybe take the recommendation with a grain of salt. But the others are interesting too. I am always fascinated by related stories being told in wildly differing styles.
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The Rehearsal. It's bananas. I was dumbfounded over and over.
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The Rehearsal. It's bananas. I was dumbfounded over and over.
Ok, I just watched the trailer (https://youtu.be/2fjPFt8cpic) for that and I have absolutely no idea what in the hell it is. None. Intriguing.
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Curious what you and Wades thought of Only Murders in the Building now that the second season ended. I thought the second half was good. I don’t think it hit the high bar the first season set, but was still really good overall.
Loved it, and the last episode was excellent (the slow-motion scene was hilarious). However, it seems like the Paul Ruud character/storyline was a late addition once a third season was greenlit.
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Saw a couple more. The first two are still may favorite, so maybe take the recommendation with a grain of salt. But the others are interesting too. I am always fascinated by related stories being told in wildly differing styles.
You want some syrup on that waffle? Only kidding ... thanks for the update.
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I’ve been watching a number of baking shows on Netflix. Obviously Great British Bake Show is great. School of Chocolate was cool, what they can create is insane.
Just started watching Bake Squad. Cool concept. My problem is that it SEEMS the people they chose to make the desserts for SEEM like they’d have no problem paying for nice/expensive desserts for their parties. I thought it was a HUGE missed opportunities to choose people who couldn’t otherwise afford high quality desserts.
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Ok, I just watched the trailer (https://youtu.be/2fjPFt8cpic) for that and I have absolutely no idea what in the hell it is. None. Intriguing.
You may want to ease into it by watching a couple of episodes of his earlier show "Nathan for You". Make sure one of them is the episode about Dumb Starbucks.
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Very interesting angle of journalistic approach from the deadspin guys to “expose espn” while making the story as much about T’eo as possible.
Yeah, I just watched this last night and this is what stuck out to me. How on earth did they think that this was going to be about the media and not Te'o? Here is the original article titled "Manti Te'o's Dead Girlfriend, The Most Heartbreaking And Inspirational Story Of The College Football Season, Is A Hoax."
https://deadspin.com/manti-teos-dead-girlfriend-the-most-heartbreaking-an-5976517
Sure they mention that ESPN and CBS did stories on this, but there isn't a lot of criticism in this article about the media coverage. The Deadspin reporters seem to be trying to cover their ass more than anything else.
Anyway, I agree with the other comments here about Te'o. Incredibly sympathetic figure who was just naiive - and completely lost control of the narrative as the story was developing and couldn't put the genie back in the bottle.
That being said, I don't really agree with his view that this impacted his professional career. The big knock on him coming out of college was that he lacked athleticism and was playing in a system that really played to his strengths. (Running downhill to take on runners while the DL occupied the blockers.) That style of MLB, in the mold of Mike Singletary, isn't really what NFL LBs do any longer. They need to be better in pass coverage, and Te'o wasn't great at that.
When it was all said and done, he was on a roster for six full seasons - missing most of his fourth due to injury. Then was on a practice squad and/or played partials seasons for two more. Not a great career by any means, but hardly a complete bust.
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That being said, I don't really agree with his view that this impacted his professional career. The big knock on him coming out of college was that he lacked athleticism and was playing in a system that really played to his strengths. (Running downhill to take on runners while the DL occupied the blockers.) That style of MLB, in the mold of Mike Singletary, isn't really what NFL LBs do any longer. They need to be better in pass coverage, and Te'o wasn't great at that.
When it was all said and done, he was on a roster for six full seasons - missing most of his fourth due to injury. Then was on a practice squad and/or played partials seasons for two more. Not a great career by any means, but hardly a complete bust.
Yea, I mean he was still a high second round pick. I feel like LB is a notorious position where great college players don't always translate cause the speed and athleticism needed in the NFL isn't as necessary to be a stud college player.
And once he was in the league, if he was an above average LB, no NFL team would care if he got catfished in college.
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Yea, I mean he was still a high second round pick. I feel like LB is a notorious position where great college players don't always translate cause the speed and athleticism needed in the NFL isn't as necessary to be a stud college player.
And once he was in the league, if he was an above average LB, no NFL team would care if he got catfished in college.
AJ Hawk seems to be a good example of this. He wasn’t really a game changer in the NFL despite being a top 5 pick. I would say he got the brunt of fan criticism due to his game not translating as well to the NFL as the fans hoped.
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I was so excited when the Packer drafted three time All Big Ten LB Abdul Hodge in the third round way back when....
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Finally started watching the new season of Stranger Things. The episodes are longer than I remember past seasons, but I don't notice the length as the seem to fly by.
And welcome back Kate Bush & Freddy Kruger!
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AJ Hawk seems to be a good example of this. He wasn’t really a game changer in the NFL despite being a top 5 pick. I would say he got the brunt of fan criticism due to his game not translating as well to the NFL as the fans hoped.
All those big OSU linebackers. Bobby Carpenter was a top 20 pick that same year and was just meh in the NFL. James Laurinaitis was 3x First team All B10, 2 time 1st Team AA and was just a guy in the NFL.
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Got through the first four episodes of "Welcome to Wrexham" on FX and have enjoyed it thus far. Not the hardest hitting docuseries by any stretch, but entertaining.
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Saw a couple more. The first two are still may favorite, so maybe take the recommendation with a grain of salt. But the others are interesting too. I am always fascinated by related stories being told in wildly differing styles.
Watched the first two. It’s ok, one of those things I might flip on if I’m just looking to kill 15 mins. Not bad, but obviously not The Boys (nor did you say it was).
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I don’t know what to make of Nine Perfect Strangers. Sometimes it seems like it wants to be a comedy, other times a drama. Pretty weird show.
The Bear was good but not great. Too fast paced. Not sure if a second season was picked up or not but I’d give it a go.
Going to probably give The Patient a try.
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I don’t know what to make of Nine Perfect Strangers. Sometimes it seems like it wants to be a comedy, other times a drama. Pretty weird show.
The Bear was good but not great. Too fast paced. Not sure if a second season was picked up or not but I’d give it a go.
Going to probably give The Patient a try.
Was renewed almost immediately
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Caught the first two episodes of Rings of Power on Prime. I believe Prime plans on at least 5 seasons; so far not bad and they spared no money on production values. Worth a look if you have Prime and enjoyed the Lord of the Rings.
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You may want to ease into it by watching a couple of episodes of his earlier show "Nathan for You". Make sure one of them is the episode about Dumb Starbucks.
Co-sign on this. Going right to the Rehearsal without seeing Nathan For You first might make it a tough adjustment. It's such a weird vibe.
The Dumb Starbucks episode was brilliant. Start with episode 1 though, the one about poop flavored yogurt. That will give you a sense of what the show was all about. Then go to Dumb Starbucks, you'll appreciate it more.
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The Bear was good but not great. Too fast paced. Not sure if a second season was picked up or not but I’d give it a go.
That's one of the things that I liked about it. They captured the frenetic pace of working in a professional kitchen.
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Got through the first four episodes of "Welcome to Wrexham" on FX and have enjoyed it thus far. Not the hardest hitting docuseries by any stretch, but entertaining.
Its well done and entertaining. The only slightly disappointing thing for me, and I guess I shouldn't be surprised, is that its clear the whole thing was a set up for the show/documentary. And I wouldn't be surprised if FX/Disney put up the money for the club's purchase.
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I really wish The Bear wasn't Chicago-based, I think I would have liked it a lot more. I'll watch season 2, but didn't grasp the hype.
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That's one of the things that I liked about it. They captured the frenetic pace of working in a professional kitchen.
Absolutely. And, it captures the frenetic pace of multiple high pressure decisions that mentally seem like it takes hours and hours only to see the clock tick off one hour. Was in the business thirty years, and a lot of the show triggers the anxiety and emotion of those three decades. A favorite podcaster of mine describes The Bear and a real restaurant as, “The never ending cascade of f@#%.” Spot on.
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Absolutely. And, it captures the frenetic pace of multiple high pressure decisions that mentally seem like it takes hours and hours only to see the clock tick off one hour. Was in the business thirty years, and a lot of the show triggers the anxiety and emotion of those three decades. A favorite podcaster of mine describes The Bear and a real restaurant as, “The never ending cascade of f@#%.” Spot on.
I didn't work in professional kitchens nearly as long as you, but I do have that experience in my background so I know how it looks and feels. With The Bear, I really appreciate that they made the effort to get the language, technique, and a lot of other little things right. But I think that was the bare minimum that they needed to do to make a show that was believable in that industry. The fact that they also had the artistic vision to actually use their film-making techniques to create that frenetic (and, yes, anxiety inducing) pace is what put it over the top for me.
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I really enjoyed The Bear, but some of those episodes were stressful to watch. The pilot and the penultimate episodes in particular were ones that left me feeling anxious after, even though I was just sitting on the couch.
Rings of Power looks very good so far. In terms of production value, I'm not sure anything has come close to this level. Simply beautiful and the world feels very lived in. Though people griping about a black elf (or Corlys Valeryon being the wealthiest man in Westeros) in worlds where magic and dragons exist are really stretching their personal grievance front.
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Been watching For All Mankind. Very high quality .. interesting storylines, etc.
Part space travel, part history, part drama.
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I really enjoyed The Bear, but some of those episodes were stressful to watch. The pilot and the penultimate episodes in particular were ones that left me feeling anxious after, even though I was just sitting on the couch.
My son watched it before I did, and when I asked him for an instant review, he said:
"It's Lip from Shameless ... some pretty interesting food-prep scenes ... and a lot of screaming."
He went on to say that he liked it more than he thought he would, and he said he thought I'd also like it. And I'll agree ... I liked it more than I thought I would, too.
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Really interesting article on how streaming is changing, and not for the better:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/09/07/streaming-tv-changes-crisis/?campaign_id=4&emc=edit_dk_20220908&instance_id=71369&nl=dealbook®i_id=108420427&segment_id=105698&te=1&user_id=d36dcf821462fdd16ec3636710a855fa
The gist, for those without a WaPo subscription: There's a ton of content available, but too little of it is good. Streaming services are starting to cut their budgets, especially hitting their creative departments. Streaming services are starting to sanitize their offerings to make them "safer" -- more like traditional TV, which they once decried. They are all raising prices, making it just about as expensive to have several streaming services as it used to be for cable or satellite. Different devices work better with different channels, so many viewers feel they have to deal with multiple devices.
From the article:
Streaming television is going through an existential crisis, involving the people who make it and the viewers who watch it. Its revolutionary zeal has naturally faded, as that initial wave of near limitless expansion, boundless creative opportunities and vast archival choices crashes ashore, after a spate of megamergers and a drop in new subscribers.
Just when streaming has finally attracted more viewers than cable or broadcast TV, its major players are engaged in a long-predicted war for subscribers, who are becoming all too aware of rising subscription prices and, both subtly and directly, a change in what programs get made and how long they stick around. Commercials could soon become more common, and services may be bundled (for one low monthly price!), already triggering visions of a future that recalls the dark days of cable.
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Looking forward to Undercover Underage season 2
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Looking forward to Undercover Underage season 2
No one here doubts that.
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My wife and I have started rotating streaming services each month. We watch all that we are interested in one month, then move on to next service and cancel the previous. Saves a bit of coin.
We only always have Amazon because of our prime membership
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We only always have Amazon because of our prime membership
I was with a friend and talking up The Boys and discovered he didn't have Amazon Prime.
I was astounded, how does a human being exist without Amazon Prime?
He was like, "meh, I can wait a few days for shipping."
I didn't know that was possible and now I'm doubting my life's path.
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I was with a friend and talking up The Boys and discovered he didn't have Amazon Prime.
I was astounded, how does a human being exist without Amazon Prime?
He was like, "meh, I can wait a few days for shipping."
I didn't know that was possible and now I'm doubting my life's path.
I've always lived with people with Prime, but I'm not sure I've ever used Prime personally honestly. I don't really buy anything on Amazon unless I get a gift card for it.
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I've always lived with people with Prime, but I'm not sure I've ever used Prime personally honestly. I don't really buy anything on Amazon unless I get a gift card for it.
Because I live 40 minutes from any retail (with the exception of Piggly Wiggly and Walmart), I am forever grateful for Amazon. I don't watch a lot of the streaming service.
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My wife and I have started rotating streaming services each month. We watch all that we are interested in one month, then move on to next service and cancel the previous. Saves a bit of coin.
We only always have Amazon because of our prime membership
I keep a couple - HBO, Netflix, Hulu - and rotate other services as needed.
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Because I live 40 minutes from any retail (with the exception of Piggly Wiggly and Walmart), I am forever grateful for Amazon. I don't watch a lot of the streaming service.
There is a lot of stuff you can't find at a nearby retailer as well. I can't tell you how many times my wife can't find the items for our grand daughter at the store and says I should have just ordered it online. We're kind of old fashion as we like to see and feel the stuff we buy, especially clothes and shoes, but that is getting harder to do and trying to return an item purchased online is not always that easy.
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Don't have prime
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Netflix and Disney+ being in a race to add advertisers is only going to diminish the experience. Still waiting to see who figures out how to bundle Paramount, Peacock, and a half-dozen other services together to give us a streaming equivalent of cable. It's coming, just a matter of when.
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Chico could tell us.
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...and trying to return an item purchased online is not always that easy.
Amazon's arrangement with Whole Foods made returns a breeze for me since there's a WF near my office.
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He was like, "meh, I can wait a few days for shipping."
What a sociopath.
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We probably order 250x a year via Prime. For the first two months after moving, 2-3 orders a day wasn’t rare. Often times I shop based on what is free sane day or overnight delivery. Flippin rules. Can’t imagine living life without it, even though I have tons of retail within 1-2.5 mile. Drop it at my door, take a pic, and send me a notification!!!
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The Rehearsal is fantastic.
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Amazon's arrangement with Whole Foods made returns a breeze for me since there's a WF near my office.
Same with Kohl's. And Kohl's will give you a nice coupon along with your return receipt. Sometimes its $X off anything in the store - with no minimum purchase. Free money that I usually use before I leave the store.
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Same with Kohl's. And Kohl's will give you a nice coupon along with your return receipt. Sometimes its $X off anything in the store - with no minimum purchase. Free money that I usually use before I leave the store.
It's odd though .. I don't do many returns per year, but at least half of them, Amazon does NOT give you the option of returning at Kohl's. Irksome.
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Chico could tell us.
Who?
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I didn't see Squid Game, so I'll ask those who did. Was the star of that series really more deserving of the Emmy than Succession's Jeremy Strong, who IMHO was absolutely phenomenal? For that matter, was he better than Bateman or Odenkirk?
My only other real disappointment was seeing White Lotus win its category over at least 3 far better series: Dopesick, Inventing Anna and The Dropout. (I didn't see Pam & Tommy.) White Lotus was really, really overrated IMHO.
Not that the Emmys really matter in the grand scheme of anything, of course. Just a conversation starter.
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I didn't see Squid Game, so I'll ask those who did. Was the star of that series really more deserving of the Emmy than Succession's Jeremy Strong, who IMHO was absolutely phenomenal? For that matter, was he better than Bateman or Odenkirk?
My only other real disappointment was seeing White Lotus win its category over at least 3 far better series: Dopesick, Inventing Anna and The Dropout. (I didn't see Pam & Tommy.) White Lotus was really, really overrated IMHO.
Not that the Emmys really matter in the grand scheme of anything, of course. Just a conversation starter.
Emmy's are always a sham and I think most everyone agrees. I mean the entire best supporting actrees mini series category was White Lotus and Dopsick. THey just hand noms out like candy to a cast.
That Sidney Sweeny girl whose blowing up a bit. Had such a blahhhhhhh role in WL the fact that was nommed is insanity.
Anyways to your actual question, no not a chance in hell should any objective acting evaluation have the Squid game dude over Cox/Strong in succession or Odenkirk in Saul.
Honestly, imo its kinda a joke to even have him nominated along side them
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I didn't see Squid Game, so I'll ask those who did. Was the star of that series really more deserving of the Emmy than Succession's Jeremy Strong, who IMHO was absolutely phenomenal? For that matter, was he better than Bateman or Odenkirk?
My only other real disappointment was seeing White Lotus win its category over at least 3 far better series: Dopesick, Inventing Anna and The Dropout. (I didn't see Pam & Tommy.) White Lotus was really, really overrated IMHO.
Not that the Emmys really matter in the grand scheme of anything, of course. Just a conversation starter.
Squid Game was such an unexpected sensation that I feel like it was just a way of recognizing that, and making him the first Asian winner in the category. Not that equal representation is bad, but the Emmys are such joke that it all kind of makes sense that its nonsensical.
My issue with White Lotus is the mangling of that category. Its really meant for miniseries/limited series like the other nominees were. Or like Watchmen or Chernobyl have been in the past. But now they've opened it up to "short season" series. So even though White Lotus season 2 is coming out next month, its winning against one time format shows. Its dumb, beyond it being overrated.
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I didn't see Squid Game, so I'll ask those who did. Was the star of that series really more deserving of the Emmy than Succession's Jeremy Strong, who IMHO was absolutely phenomenal? For that matter, was he better than Bateman or Odenkirk?
He was good, but nobody deserved it over Jeremy Strong. I'd slot him after Odenkirk but ahead of Bateman.*
I really would have like to see Rhea Seahorn win for supporting actress, but honestly I view Julia Garner's performance in the same light as Jeremy Strong's -- nobody deserved the Emmy over Garner.
*I see Bateman wasn't nominated. Makes sense (to me, at least). In light of the actual nominees, I would put Lee Jung-jae dead last.
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Good convo. Thanks.
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I can't believe I haven't mentioned it yet, but my favorite show currently on TV right now may be Industry on HBOMax.
Season 1 was entertaining, but I think a portion of that was just a factor of my Anglophile/London loving personality enjoying another slickly shot show in London, combined with my interest in financial markets. Add a sprinkle of debauchery and substance abuse and a phenomenal soundtrack, and it was a fun little watch.
Well Season 2 stripped away a lot of the surface fun and became an absolutely new animal in terms of writing, emotion, and much heavier subject matter. Jay Duplass' character is fantastically written and compelling and I find myself eagerly anticipating each week's episode like I did with Succession. I don't think its as good as Succession, but its marvelous. There are some excellent performances by otherwise unknown young British actors/actresses.
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I've been watching Bad Sister, an Irish dark comedy. Very enjoyable. Unfortunately, it's one of one of those shows where episodes comes out weekly.
I'm through the first five episodes of Cobra Kai too. This season is getting positive reviews.
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He was good, but nobody deserved it over Jeremy Strong. I'd slot him after Odenkirk but ahead of Bateman.*
I really would have like to see Rhea Seahorn win for supporting actress, but honestly I view Julia Garner's performance in the same light as Jeremy Strong's -- nobody deserved the Emmy over Garner.
*I see Bateman wasn't nominated. Makes sense (to me, at least). In light of the actual nominees, I would put Lee Jung-jae dead last.
Bateman was a nominee in actor for best drama category. He and Laura Linney have been nominated for many years and each has not won. Bateman has won previously for best directing an Ozark episode. I was hoping either would win for their last season, but the Emmys have turned truly political/social over past years. Has to be a first_______ and a first_____, otherwise the protests start.
No first_____ was going to beat Julia Garner though. I will miss the Ozark show.
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Bateman is always good and I thought he had his best season. But I still expected Strong to win.
Julia Garner is marvelous but I was rooting for Seahorn.
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Bateman was a nominee in actor for best drama category. He and Laura Linney have been nominated for many years and each has not won. Bateman has won previously for best directing an Ozark episode. I was hoping either would win for their last season, but the Emmys have turned truly political/social over past years. Has to be a first_______ and a first_____, otherwise the protests start.
No first_____ was going to beat Julia Garner though. I will miss the Ozark show.
So what you're saying is that it's political unless someone is more deserving?
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I can't believe I haven't mentioned it yet, but my favorite show currently on TV right now may be Industry on HBOMax.
Season 1 was entertaining, but I think a portion of that was just a factor of my Anglophile/London loving personality enjoying another slickly shot show in London, combined with my interest in financial markets. Add a sprinkle of debauchery and substance abuse and a phenomenal soundtrack, and it was a fun little watch.
Well Season 2 stripped away a lot of the surface fun and became an absolutely new animal in terms of writing, emotion, and much heavier subject matter. Jay Duplass' character is fantastically written and compelling and I find myself eagerly anticipating each week's episode like I did with Succession. I don't think its as good as Succession, but its marvelous. There are some excellent performances by otherwise unknown young British actors/actresses.
I'll check it out next - just finishing Peaky Blinders.
An outstanding show (as you said when you recommended it). A couple quick comments:
1. Best Soundtrack ever for a TV show. And it's not even close.
2. The acting was outstanding across the board, but Murphy and McCrory were especially outstanding. Even as you could see the physical effects of McCrory's cancer, her acting chops never diminished.
3. The show brought to mind two other shows that I liked a lot. Deadwood, in feel and tone - and Sons of Anarchy (another great soundtrack) in the story line and the inevitability of disaster ahead.
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So what you're saying is that it's political unless someone is more deserving?
*Unless someone I wanted to win actually wins
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Too lazy to scroll back but has anyone seen “City on a Hill” on SHO? Kevin Bacon plays an ethically challenged FBI agent in the 1990s Boston. Kind of stumbled on it but find it very enjoyable.
Also, I’ve mentioned this before but Laura Linney is married to a guy (Marc Schauer) who lived about 5 doors down from me in McCormick freshman year. They have a place in Litchfield County, Connecticut and I was able to reconnect with him through Facebook about 10-15 years ago. I think she is an extremely talented performer.
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It’s all personal preference so I never complain about award shows. That said, watched 4 of the series nominated for best drama and my ranking of them was as follows:
1. Better Call Saul - best series since Breaking Bad
2. Ozark - compelling but getting a little tired - we’ll crafted ending.
3 (Tie) Succession - well written and acted, but (to me) too repetitive. And there was nobody to root for - every character is goofy, evil or both).
Stranger Things - unbelievable, kids got way too old - but they were fun to cheer on.
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Too lazy to scroll back but has anyone seen “City on a Hill” on SHO? Kevin Bacon plays an ethically challenged FBI agent in the 1990s Boston. Kind of stumbled on it but find it very enjoyable.
Mrs. 82 and I really like City on a Hill. Bacon is not only really good in that role, but he looks like he's having a blast playing a total dirtball. Most of the other acting is quite good, too.
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I agree with City on a Hill. Bacon has been outstanding. I'm waiting for this season to finish airing (same as the Chi) before viewing it so my thoughts are based on the previous seasons.
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Oscars, Emmys, Tonys, Grammys.
They're not important.
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Oscars, Emmys, Tonys, Grammys.
They're not important.
To us. And to society as a whole.
Extremely important to those in the industry.
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Oscars, Emmys, Tonys, Grammys.
They're not important.
I totally agree, and said so. They are a diversion, a conversation piece. They are like college football and basketball polls ... and some might argue like college football and basketball themselves.
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I'll check it out next - just finishing Peaky Blinders.
An outstanding show (as you said when you recommended it). A couple quick comments:
1. Best Soundtrack ever for a TV show. And it's not even close.
2. The acting was outstanding across the board, but Murphy and McCrory were especially outstanding. Even as you could see the physical effects of McCrory's cancer, her acting chops never diminished.
3. The show brought to mind two other shows that I liked a lot. Deadwood, in feel and tone - and Sons of Anarchy (another great soundtrack) in the story line and the inevitability of disaster ahead.
Really amazing it has taken folks so long to get into Peaky. It had me hooked during the opening scene of episode 1 when Tommy rode the thoroughbred into Chinatown. Worth watching just to listen to Nick Cave.
Cillian Murphy will be staring as Robert Oppenheimer in a flick by Christopher Nolan coming out next year.
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A show worth checking out on Starz is The Girlfriend Experience -at least season 1. Lots of sex but it works. The star, Riley Keough, is really something. After watching several episodes I decided to check out what else she has been in and discovered -she's Elvis' grand daughter!
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To us. And to society as a whole.
Extremely important to those in the industry.
Used to be.
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Got Apple TV free for two months. I'm obviously starting with Ted Lasso. Besides that, what shows should I hit in the next two months?
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Got Apple TV free for two months. I'm obviously starting with Ted Lasso. Besides that, what shows should I hit in the next two months?
Oh man, buckle up
Shows I really enjoyed...
British drama:
Suspicion
Slow Horses
Drama:
Severence
Black Bird
Morning Show
WeCrashed
Comedy:
Mythic Quest
Bad Sisters
Oh and Tehran
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Got Apple TV free for two months. I'm obviously starting with Ted Lasso. Besides that, what shows should I hit in the next two months?
Severance for sure.
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Got Apple TV free for two months. I'm obviously starting with Ted Lasso. Besides that, what shows should I hit in the next two months?
Be sure to watch the film Coda.
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Doing a Sopranos rewatch for the first since it aired originally.
It truly is the greatest show ever, with apologies to The Wire.
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Doing a Sopranos rewatch for the first since it aired originally.
It truly is the greatest show ever, with apologies to The Wire.
Your thoghts on HotD so far?
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Doing a Sopranos rewatch for the first since it aired originally.
It truly is the greatest show ever, with apologies to The Wire.
Mikey Palmice is an underrated character in that first season.
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Your thoghts on HotD so far?
Waiting until whole season is avanegote starting
Same with LOTR
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Waiting until whole season is avanegote starting
Same with LOTR
gesundheit
I like both so far, but I do not like waiting between episodes.
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I had actually have never seen the LoTR movies, so I'm holding off on watching the new series. I watched the first LoTR movie the weekend before last. I'll work through the movies in the next couple weeks or so, then I'm going to start the series.
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I'm liking LOTR so far also.
How many episodes is there going to be in Season 1?
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I had actually have never seen the LoTR movies, so I'm holding off on watching the new series. I watched the first LoTR movie the weekend before last. I'll work through the movies in the next couple weeks or so, then I'm going to start the series.
How is this possible.
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Waiting until whole season is avanegote starting
Same with LOTR
Same here Ziggy. I've been spoiled by streaming, can't wait for episodes anymore.
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Doing a Sopranos rewatch for the first since it aired originally.
It truly is the greatest show ever, with apologies to The Wire.
Wild that the Sopranos holds up so much better than The Wire.
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Wild that the Sopranos holds up so much better than The Wire.
1. No.
2. I have friends that won't watch shows in 480p. And I can't blame them, its super annoying.
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Wild that the Sopranos holds up so much better than The Wire.
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
no
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Blackbird on Appletv.
Two powerhouse performances.
And holy sh it forget to risk of being in supermax with deranged monsters. The worst part would be the conversations that Jimmy has to have with Larry to gain his trust. So effed up.
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Got Apple TV free for two months. I'm obviously starting with Ted Lasso. Besides that, what shows should I hit in the next two months?
Tehran (2 seasons so far)
Suspicion (limited series)
Slow Horses (1 season but there will be 4 seasons)
Black Bird (limited series)
Defending Jacob (limited series)
Surface (1 season so far)
Truth be Told (2 seasons)
Home Before Dark (multiple seasons)
Palmer (it’s a movie)
The Nighy Of ….originally an HBO limited series. It’s extra $ I think but it’s good, and it’s on there.
There are several other choices too.
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House of the Dragon time jump was handled well.
The new actresses were vital for the upcoming cival war and both killing it right away.
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Got Apple TV free for two months. I'm obviously starting with Ted Lasso. Besides that, what shows should I hit in the next two months?
Wife and I finished Ted Lasso last night. What an awesome show. I think this is the only time that I have watched a show with this much hype that I ended up thinking it lived up to or even exceeded its reputation. Really well done. My only critiques are that I wish there was just a scootch more football in the show and I could use a little more exploration of some of the character's backstories. Keeley and Roy are two of my favorite characters on right now and I've really enjoyed how they've handled Nate the Great's development.
Started Severance on my own a few days ago. Really enjoying it through three episodes. I can't recall a time that a TV show has made me just genuinely uncomfortable (in an exciting/engaging way) for the entirety of every episode. Would have never guessed that Ben Stiller had this level of darkness inside him. Also, I never cared for Adam Scott's style of comedy, but he's golden in this role.
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Dahmer
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Wild that the Sopranos holds up so much better than The Wire.
Spartacus has more sex than The Sopranos. It has more violence than the Sopranos. It invents a whole new language. Lucy Lawless is almost as good as Edie Falco and John Hanna is as good as Vincent Curatola.
Granted Gandolfini is in a class by himself.
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Dahmer
I watched a couple of the episodes; not sure if I will continue.
I don't think it is particularly well done. For example, the actor playing Jeffrey Dahmer is trying really hard to affect a Milwaukee accent, but it switches between sounding like Bill Swerski and Bob/Doug McKenzie.
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I watched a couple of the episodes; not sure if I will continue.
I don't think it is particularly well done. For example, the actor playing Jeffrey Dahmer is trying really hard to affect a Milwaukee accent, but it switches between sounding like Bill Swerski and Bob/Doug McKenzie.
I'm not sure if thats what he was going for. Dahmer was born in MKE, but spent the majority of his life until his early 20s in Ohio. Ive read Evan Peters, who plays Dahmer, studied him obsessively to try to get into character. So he'd be more trying to mimic Dahmer himself than a generic Milwaukee accent.
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I'm not sure if thats what he was going for. Dahmer was born in MKE, but spent the majority of his life until his early 20s in Ohio. Ive read Evan Peters, who plays Dahmer, studied him obsessively to try to get into character. So he'd be more trying to mimic Dahmer himself than a generic Milwaukee accent.
The only time I have heard Jeffrey Dahmer speak, I don't recall him having a real accent of anykind; more of a generic midwestern accent.
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I've heard The Patient on Hulu is good and Domnhall Gleeson is outstanding.
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Just finished season one of Sneaky Pete.
I liked it.
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The only time I have heard Jeffrey Dahmer speak, I don't recall him having a real accent of anykind; more of a generic midwestern accent.
I randomly had this pop up today. Listening to it makes Peters accident seem even more plausible. No doubt it was part of his background accent work for the role.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWjYsxaBjBI
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I watched the first episode of Dahmer and think that is going to be it for me. I watch a lot of crime and bad guy programs, but the show creeped me more than I would have expected it to. I have enough stress in my life at the moment and getting creeped out by Dahmer 31 years after he first creeped me out is not high on my list.
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I watched the first episode of Dahmer and think that is going to be it for me. I watch a lot of crime and bad guy programs, but the show creeped me more than I would have expected it to. I have enough stress in my life at the moment and getting creeped out by Dahmer 31 years after he first creeped me out is not high on my list.
I felt the same way. Thought it was horrible. My girlfriend kept watching so I heard enough to know what was going on. I have no interest in paying attention to it.
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Same here with Dahmer .. watched the first episode, didn't care to continue.
If I need a serial killer fix, I'll watch some Dexter.
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Now some people want to put up a memorial to his victims at the site. It is not the families of his victims, must be people that watched the Netflix series.
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Now some people want to put up a memorial to his victims at the site. It is not the families of his victims, must be people that watched the Netflix series.
Those people need to get a life.
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Every Ryan Murphy show is terrible.
This is just American Horror Story - Dahmer.
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The only time I have heard Jeffrey Dahmer speak, I don't recall him having a real accent of anykind; more of a generic midwestern accent.
Born in Milwaukee but raised in Ohio at age 6. His dad was a MU grad in Chemistry. Wikipedia is vague if he was also a researcher for MU or somewhere else.
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I think a lot of younger guys should be watching The Big Short.
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The Australian comedy series RAKE starring Richard Roxburgh as a degenerate but brilliant high-profile criminal defense attorney in Sydney. By far the funniest and raunchiest series Porky has seen in the last 10 years at least. Seasons 1-4 are currently available on Amazon Prime. Season 5 is also accessible but unfortunately behind a pay wall so those additional eight episodes will run you an extra $19.99. It's a bit of a commitment with 5x eight episode seasons but well worth the time. BINGE IT BABY! Porky is highly confident those that do and stick with it will love it, and gladly part with the extra $20 for season 5. Just be warned.....It's extremely twisted.....but in a hilarious way!
Any other Scoopers familiar with RAKE?
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What was it like at MU when the world found out about Dahmer? It must have been crazy since he lived pretty close.
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Born in Milwaukee but raised in Ohio at age 6. His dad was a MU grad in Chemistry. Wikipedia is vague if he was also a researcher for MU or somewhere else.
I think he was a Becky undergrad. MU for masters, and for doctorate, Marquette West
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"Reboot" on Hulu is pretty good.
Eclectic cast: Keegan Michael Key, Johnny Knoxville, Judy Greer, Rachel Bloom, Paul Reiser.
Reminds me a lot of "Extras".
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"Reboot" on Hulu is pretty good.
Eclectic cast: Keegan Michael Key, Johnny Knoxville, Judy Greer, Rachel Bloom, Paul Reiser.
Reminds me a lot of "Extras".
Pretty decent. But try Reservation Dogs on Hulu. Best half-hour comedy show since Veep.
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What was it like at MU when the world found out about Dahmer? It must have been crazy since he lived pretty close.
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"Reboot" on Hulu is pretty good.
I went into it thinking, nope, I will not like this. Changed. I agree, seems good.
Hate that only 1 episode to watch to date.
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I went into it thinking, nope, I will not like this. Changed. I agree, seems good.
Hate that only 1 episode to watch to date.
There's at least 3 now.
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I think a lot of younger guys should be watching The Big Short.
Great movie. Too bad real life Michael Burry is up his own arse.
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Pretty decent. But try Reservation Dogs on Hulu. Best half-hour comedy show since Veep.
That's good, too, but they are two entire different types of shows.
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Pretty decent. But try Reservation Dogs on Hulu. Best half-hour comedy show since Veep.
We've already discussed this, and I also love Reservation Dogs. Very unique, smart, funny show. I will say that I think we laugh more when we watch Hacks on HBO, so I'd probably put that just a step above. But yes, it's very difficult to make truly funny comedies, so when you get Veep or Hacks or Reservation Dogs or Curb, it's really a gift.
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How do you guys find time to watch all these shows?? I guess I could, but don’t want to give up my 30 hours of gaming per week
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How do you guys find time to watch all these shows?? I guess I could, but don’t want to give up my 30 hours of gaming per week
Hopefully, you've moved on from Fortnite?
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How do you guys find time to watch all these shows?? I guess I could, but don’t want to give up my 30 hours of gaming per week
What's gaming?
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How do you guys find time to watch all these shows?? I guess I could, but don’t want to give up my 30 hours of gaming per week
What games? I bought the PS5 early on and it's just sat on the TV stand collecting dust. I was going to sell it for a profit until they announced NCAA Football would be back. I'm hoping that means NCAA 2K makes a comeback at some point, but even if not I'll hang onto it until I can give NCAA Football a shot.
The Show was the only game I played at all on it, and that's just when it's the heat of baseball season and no other sports are on to watch.
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I bet all sports games (well, not all, but mlb, Madden, nba, nhl… sometimes fifa)… gonna get the pga 2k3 game this month… and yes, still a little Fortnite here and there.
90% of my time (more like 2-3 hours a week) has been on MLB the past few months
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What games? I bought the PS5 early on and it's just sat on the TV stand collecting dust. I was going to sell it for a profit until they announced NCAA Football would be back. I'm hoping that means NCAA 2K makes a comeback at some point, but even if not I'll hang onto it until I can give NCAA Football a shot.
The Show was the only game I played at all on it, and that's just when it's the heat of baseball season and no other sports are on to watch.
PS5 doesn't have a ton of great exclusives yet. But there are lots of games out there that are really good. I haven't gone more than a week without playing my PS5 since I got it a year ago.
Elden Ring, The Last of Us Part 1 and 2, God of War, and Returnal are all really good, though some are not for everyone. Then there are several free to play games that are good for killing time, Rocket League is particularly great. Given, I'm not much of a sports video game person.
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Now some people want to put up a memorial to his victims at the site. It is not the families of his victims, must be people that watched the Netflix series.
MU owns the plot, and when the City bought some of MU's Campus Circle plots, they passed on that one.
Of course, random people want to put up a memorial. ::)
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MU owns the plot, and when the City bought some of MU's Campus Circle plots, they passed on that one.
Of course, random people want to put up a memorial. ::)
It should stay an empty lot, just like where John Wayne Gacy's house used to be.
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Yes.
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Gacy's lot has had a new house on it for many years now.
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Gacy's lot has had a new house on it for many years now.
How many years? I went past what I thought was the lot about 13 years ago and it was still empty.
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How many years? I went past what I thought was the lot about 13 years ago and it was still empty.
12 or less. ;)
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How many years? I went past what I thought was the lot about 13 years ago and it was still empty.
That house has been there for at least 15 years. My grandma lived a couple blocks away.
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Just watched season 2 finale of Reservation Dogs. Excellent episode, great job wrapping up the prevailing story arc. It will be interesting to see where they go for season 3.
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I watched The Redeem Team on Netflix. They discussed Wade but I thought he should have been highlighted more frankly. He was the clearly the best player on that team, coming off the bench, after returning from a serious injury.
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I watched The Redeem Team on Netflix. They discussed Wade but I thought he should have been highlighted more frankly. He was the clearly the best player on that team, coming off the bench, after returning from a serious injury.
James did a lot of the dirty work but Wade was the best player on that team.
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James did a lot of the dirty work but Wade was the best player on that team.
Did Wades hijack your account? Wade was not a better player than James.
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I haven’t been able to get into this season of the Great British Baking Show. I think this is one of their better season’s as far as competitor personalities, but the bakes haven’t been that exciting.
Mexican Week was basically, “Paul Hollywood went to Mexico recently,” but he didn’t seem to understand the intricacies. Tacos as a technical was kind of lame and tiering Tres Leches cakes.
The show stopper in the previous episode wasn’t very good either.
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Season 5 of Cobra Kai snuck up on me. Didn't know it was out till I heard about it today. Will have to start watching one of my guilty pleasures.
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Did Wades hijack your account? Wade was not a better player than James.
I submit that from 2005-2008 Wade was the best all around player in the NBA. Would have won 2 rings but for the 2005 injury.
Best player on the Olympic team and top scorer despite Coach K's refusal to start him.
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I submit that from 2005-2008 Wade was the best all around player in the NBA. Would have won 2 rings but for the 2005 injury.
Best player on the Olympic team and top scorer despite Coach K's refusal to start him.
I love Wade, but not even close. James, Duncan, Bryant all clearly better.
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I love Wade, but not even close. James, Duncan, Bryant all clearly better.
Watch the replays of some of those Olympic games and tell me that at that time Bryant was better than Wade. Wade would come into the game with the team behind and 5 minutes later they would be up by 10 points. Defensively -absolutely no comparison.
Look at the stats:
https://www.basketball-reference.com/international/teams/united-states/2008.html
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Watch the replays of some of those Olympic games and tell me that at that time Bryant was better than Wade. Wade would come into the game with the team behind and 5 minutes later they would be up by 10 points. Defensively -absolutely no comparison.
Look at the stats:
https://www.basketball-reference.com/international/teams/united-states/2008.html
Wade was clearly the best player on that 2008 team. They would have lost by 15+ if they didn't have him vs Spain.
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Wade only had three healthy seasons. He would have won in 2005 if not for his injury and Lebron didn't show up in 2011.
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Watch the replays of some of those Olympic games and tell me that at that time Bryant was better than Wade. Wade would come into the game with the team behind and 5 minutes later they would be up by 10 points. Defensively -absolutely no comparison.
Look at the stats:
https://www.basketball-reference.com/international/teams/united-states/2008.html
My reply was to your statement that Wade was the best player in the League from 2005-2008.
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Wade only had three healthy seasons. He would would have won in 2005 if not for his injury and Lebron didn't show up in 2011.
Miami was up three games to two on a good Piston team with game six at home when Wade got hurt. Pistons went on to lose the championship in seven to the Spurs. The following year Riley took over as coach and the Heat were still 10-1 to win the championship- that might’ve been the easiest money ever made in the history of sports betting
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My reply was to your statement that Wade was the best player in the League from 2005-2008.
Kobe was much less efficient than Wade in the prime of their careers.
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Handmaid's Tale. Though it's even darker than ever this season.
Oh wait ... sorry ... I thought this was the "What are you watching" thread. Never mind.
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Handmaid's Tale. Though it's even darker than ever this season.
Oh wait ... sorry ... I thought this was the "What are you watching" thread. Never mind.
My apologies.
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My apologies.
Absolutely not. You tipped me off to a show I wasn't aware of that sounds interesting. Kudo's to you.
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My apologies.
I've been involved with a thread-jacking conversation or two during my time as a Scooper, too. No biggie. Was just having some fun.
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Absolutely not. You tipped me off to a show I wasn't aware of that sounds interesting. Kudo's to you.
Okay. It's absolutely worth watching and I hope you enjoy it. But let me just say this: Durability and longevity are components of how great a player is/was. I am not arguing Wade was better than Kobe or Lebron. Nevertheless, your point that Dwyane was the best player from 2005-2008 shouldn't be brushed aside. I think it would behoove people to watch Wade during this period and come to their own conclusions. I will admit I'm crazy biased but I don't think the stats or video is lying.
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I also loved the reactions of the Spanish coach at the end of their bench when Wade was annihilating that team. As the doc does point out, Lebron and Kobe got 2 fouls very early in the game. Had it not been for Dwyane the USA team likely gets blown out and I'm not bring hyperbolic. Wade couldn't be guarded when he was 90% healthy. Too much quickness, change of speed, power, and unflappability. He was 6'4 225 but moved like a 6'0 burner.
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Durability and longevity are components of how great a player is/was.
Agreed-big time.
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I watched The Redeem Team on Netflix. They discussed Wade but I thought he should have been highlighted more frankly. He was the clearly the best player on that team, coming off the bench, after returning from a serious injury.
I just watched the show. They did more than just discuss Wade, he had as much interview airtime as Lebron and Kobe, AND he was an Executive Producer of the show along with Lebron.
Thought it was a pretty good show, especially how Kobe was thought of prior to joining the Olympic squad and his turn around after joining. Coach K did a nice job bringing the team together. They have not lost since.
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Just watched the Jeremy Lin documentary on HBO. Highly recommend.
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Everyone catch season 3 and tge final one of Derry Girls?
Leaving on a very high hopeful note.
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Great House of the Dragon tonight. One of the best episodes IMHO.
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Great House of the Dragon tonight. One of the best episodes IMHO.
Ha, I thought it was one of the worst.
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The Watcher was pretty half-baked compared to what it had the potential to be. Caught halfway between two things, couldn't pull either off.
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Ha, I thought it was one of the worst.
As my uncle used to say: Each of us is allowed his opinion, no matter how wrong yours might be!
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The Watcher was pretty half-baked compared to what it had the potential to be. Caught halfway between two things, couldn't pull either off.
I've started the Watcher. Now I see all of the backlash at the supposedly Sh!tty ending. Is it worth my time?
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I've started the Watcher. Now I see all of the backlash at the supposedly Sh!tty ending. Is it worth my time?
It just gets a little to convoluted for it's own good. Probably worth the time as it's not that long, but it just kinda starts tripping over itself and fails to stick the landing, which was disappointing because the premise is solid.
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The Watcher was pretty half-baked compared to what it had the potential to be. Caught halfway between two things, couldn't pull either off.
A Ryan Murphy ‘masterpiece’. Every show of his is awful.
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Great House of the Dragon tonight. One of the best episodes IMHO.
I agree.
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According to Nielsen, the #1 streaming show the past week was Cobra Kai, followed by Rings of Power and House of the Dragon.
https://www.nielsen.com/top-ten/
I like Cobra Kai (although I haven't started the new season yet), but I wouldn't have guessed it would be more popular than the other two.
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According to Nielsen, the #1 streaming show the past week was Cobra Kai, followed by Rings of Power and House of the Dragon.
https://www.nielsen.com/top-ten/
I like Cobra Kai (although I haven't started the new season yet), but I wouldn't have guessed it would be more popular than the other two.
I suspect this is influenced by the other 2 not dropping the whole season at once. I've watched all of RoP but never more than 1 episode in a week. CK had 10 times the content drop (in episodes... probably 5-7 times the minutes) in the days leading up to the week reported here. I would be surprised if the same trend holds for the period of say the first episode release until a month after the last episode of a season releases.
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I suspect this is influenced by the other 2 not dropping the whole season at once. I've watched all of RoP but never more than 1 episode in a week. CK had 10 times the content drop (in episodes... probably 5-7 times the minutes) in the days leading up to the week reported here. I would be surprised if the same trend holds for the period of say the first episode release until a month after the last episode of a season releases.
Makes sense.
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A Ryan Murphy ‘masterpiece’. Every show of his is awful.
Nip/Tuck was great before it fell off a cliff. Halston wasn’t bad, but everything else recent from him is hot garbage. I made the mistake of watching Hollywood and the last episode could have been some of the worst Netflix content I’ve ever seen
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What was it like at MU when the world found out about Dahmer? It must have been crazy since he lived pretty close.
One of the victims, Errol Lindsey, is shown to have had a MU ID. We know no MU students were victims, was he an employee or was this revisionist history (like a few things in the show)?
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Going to be a looooong wait until season 2 of HOTD but really enjoyed. Was great to get back into that universe with showrunners who wanted to make it.
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Going to be a looooong wait until season 2 of HOTD but really enjoyed. Was great to get back into that universe with showrunners who wanted to make it.
Agree.
The Queen is pissed. Sh!t’s gonna get ugly next season!!
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Everyone catch season 3 and tge final one of Derry Girls?
Leaving on a very high hopeful note.
Just finished it. Loved that final episode so much (although the very last scene of the series felt forced and gimmicky and didn't add much; would have preferred it ended with the monologue + Cranberries). Overall I thought the season was bookended with perfection (ep 1 and 7) but the rest were just OK. I was thinking Orla or the Sister need a spinoff but I don't think it works if either are the core vs. complementary characters.
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Agree.
The Queen is pissed. Sh!t’s gonna get ugly next season!!
She had her war face on in the final scene.
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She had her war face on in the final scene.
Yeah. It's hard to forget the last time we saw a Targaryen woman with that look on her face.
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I guess this is the best place for it.
Matthew Perry released a book and immediately gets tone deaf moron of the year.
His comment about Phoenix and Farleys death was gonna be bad regardless of who he used as a comp. But going with Keanu Reeves was quite the choice.
Not one person edited it before and thought "yeah maybe you should leave that part out"??? At least choose like Spacey or some sh it not the most well like actor out there.
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I guess this is the best place for it.
Matthew Perry released a book and immediately gets tone deaf moron of the year.
His comment about Phoenix and Farleys death was gonna be bad regardless of who he used as a comp. But going with Keanu Reeves was quite the choice.
Not one person edited it before and thought "yeah maybe you should leave that part out"??? At least choose like Spacey or some sh it not the most well like actor out there.
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All press is good press. I doubt people were lining up for a Matthew Perry book (or even knew it existed) before the controversy.
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All press is good press. I doubt people were lining up for a Matthew Perry book (or even knew it existed) before the controversy.
I don't think theres a market for autobiographies anyways.
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Just finished The Patient (Hulu) .. that was quality.
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Here's something that bugs me about House of the Dragon (and, in hindsight, GoT) (spoilers ahead): It's odd that the Targaryen genes are only dominant when it serves the plot. Targaryen + Hightower results in flowing blond locks. Targaryen + Strong results in curly brown hair. And, of course, Targaryen + Stark results in dark brown hair too.
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Here's something that bugs me about House of the Dragon (and, in hindsight, GoT) (spoilers ahead): It's odd that the Targaryen genes are only dominant when it serves the plot. Targaryen + Hightower results in flowing blond locks. Targaryen + Strong results in curly brown hair. And, of course, Targaryen + Stark results in dark brown hair too.
A common complaint of the book readers
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Here's something that bugs me about House of the Dragon (and, in hindsight, GoT) (spoilers ahead): It's odd that the Targaryen genes are only dominant when it serves the plot. Targaryen + Hightower results in flowing blond locks. Targaryen + StrongTargaryen + Strong results in curly brown hair. And, of course, Targaryen + Stark results in dark brown hair too.
You mean Targaryen + Velaryon
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You mean Targaryen + Velaryon
Nope.
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Nope.
You calling Rhaenyra a liar??
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You calling Rhaenyra a liar??
I'm saying her boys look handsome, wise, and Strong.
And that words are wind.
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I'm saying her boys look handsome, wise, and Strong.
And that words are wind.
Absolutely hilarious when (SPOILER) Corlys gets riled up when he finds out Daemon killed his brother but when Rhaenys tells him why he basically like “yeah, that makes sense”.
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Netflix launched new subscription tiers.
IIRC, before, the cheapest tier was 480p, no thank you. I think the next tier up was 1080p, for $16/month.
Now there's a $10/month tier for 720p. I just downgraded and saved $72/year.
Seven hundred and twenty P's are plenty for me.
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I watched the documentary Netflix has out on the 2015 Nepal earthquake. I thought it was really well done. Insane the level of devastation it caused.
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Netflix launched new subscription tiers.
IIRC, before, the cheapest tier was 480p, no thank you. I think the next tier up was 1080p, for $16/month.
Now there's a $10/month tier for 720p. I just downgraded and saved $72/year.
Seven hundred and twenty P's are plenty for me.
Are there ads with that?
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The final season of the entertaining Dead To Me airs on Netflix on Nov. 17. It was delayed 5 months after Christina Applegate was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
From the NYT:
When Christina Applegate looks back, she can recognize the signs. Filming a dance sequence during the first season of the Netflix wine-mom dramedy “Dead to Me,” she found herself off balance. Later, her tennis game began to falter. At the time, Applegate, an actress with an aversion to special pleading, didn’t make excuses. She had to work harder, she told herself. She had to try again.
“I wish I had paid attention,” she said during a recent video call from her home in Los Angeles. “But who was I to know?”
Over several years, the tingling and numbness in her extremities grew worse. And in the summer of 2021, on set for the third and final season of “Dead to Me,” she received a diagnosis. She had multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune disease that disrupts communication between the brain and body. Production shut down for about five months as she began treatment.
“There was the sense of, ‘Well, let’s get her some medicine so she can get better,’” Applegate, 50, recalled. “And there is no better. But it was good for me. I needed to process my loss of my life, my loss of that part of me. So I needed that time.”
“Although it’s not like I came on the other side of it, like, ‘Woohoo, I’m totally fine,’” she added. “Acceptance? No. I’m never going to accept this. I’m pissed.”
This was on a recent morning. Applegate was sitting up in bed — her happy place, where she watches reality television. (“That’s my meditation,” she said.) She had pulled her hair into a scrappy bun. Black glasses sat astride her nose. And her resting face did have a certain indignant quality.
But she wanted to do this interview, because the last season of “Dead to Me” arrives on Netflix later this month, on Nov. 17.
“This is the first time anyone’s going to see me the way I am,” she said. “I put on 40 pounds; I can’t walk without a cane. I want people to know that I am very aware of all of that.”
In truth, her illness is nearly invisible onscreen — a feat of savvy blocking and Applegate’s talent and resolve.
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Are there ads with that?
Netflix:
$7 for 720p with ads, no downloads, not all content, 1 stream
$10 for 720p and no ads, 1 stream
$15.50, 1080p no ads, 2 streams
$20, 4k no ads, 4 streams
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Netflix:
$7 for 720p with ads, no downloads, not all content, 1 stream
$10 for 720p and no ads, 1 stream
$15.50, 1080p no ads, 2 streams
$20, 4k no ads, 4 streams
Thanks for this, just downgraded my 20/month to $10. Just not a lot of content I’ve been on watching Netflix lately, and for the shows I, the kiddo and wife do watch, 720 is fine
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The Banshees of Inisherin has gotten pretty good reviews. You can't beat those film locations if nothing else.
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Just finished Derry Girls. Good ending. Actually wished it was a longer episode considering the subject matter.
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We're 3 episodes into The Patient on Hulu, with Steve Carell again showing his chops as a serious actor.
It's super weird ... but weirdly engrossing.
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We're 3 episodes into The Patient on Hulu, with Steve Carell again showing his chops as a serious actor.
It's super weird ... but weirdly engrossing.
The Patient is quite good, beginning to end.
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I've heard The Patient is off the charts creepy but with excellent acting.
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I watched the documentary Netflix has out on the 2015 Nepal earthquake. I thought it was really well done. Insane the level of devastation it caused.
That was really cool. I especially liked the 3-D maps and drone shots that give a great sense of scale. Was really interesting where Everest is compared to Kathmandu, and where Everest basecamp is compared to the path up the mountain.
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I've heard The Patient is off the charts creepy but with excellent acting.
It's not creepy like a horror movie, though. It's about a troubled but somewhat normal guy who kills people who are mean to him.
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It's not creepy like a horror movie, though. It's about a troubled but somewhat normal guy who kills people who are mean to him.
Great show.
But that's the first time I ever heard a serial killer described as a fairly normal guy.
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That was really cool. I especially liked the 3-D maps and drone shots that give a great sense of scale. Was really interesting where Everest is compared to Kathmandu, and where Everest basecamp is compared to the path up the mountain.
Agreed. It was very cool to see how widespread the destruction was.
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The Inside Man on Netflix is good. I briefly glanced at the plot but I'd watch a remake of Gigli if it had Stanley Tucci in a starring role, so it was a no brainer. He's excellent and David Tennent is great as well. Kind of a trite concept but its well written and acted enough to make it interesting.
Pennyworth on HBOMax is so good. I watched the first episode during COVID, totally forgot about it, restarted it with my wife a bit ago as the 3rd season was released in early October on HBOMax (first 2 seasons were on EPIX which nobody has). Cool alternative universe in 60s London. Great character performances despite no star power in the billing. Paloma Faith steals most of her scenes. Ive always loved her as a musical artist, but she's absolutely brilliant in an acting role.
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I just saw that Brad Dourif is still doing the Chucky voice? What an amazing career this guy has had. Phenomenal actor even though he sorta moved mostly to the horror genre.
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I just saw that Brad Dourif is still doing the Chucky voice? What an amazing career this guy has had. Phenomenal actor even though he sorta moved mostly to the horror genre.
Hyperbole. lol
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Hyperbole. lol
Golden Globe, BAFTA, Oscar nomination. Parts in possibly both greatest movie AND greatest TV show ever.
Pretty amazing career.
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Hyperbole. lol
It's not hyperbole. Superb actor and great in every role I've ever seen him perform.
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Mythic Quest is back for a 3rd season on Apple TV. A. It quirky, but we love it.
FYI: Apple TV doesn’t go deep, but focuses on quality, not quantity. I end up watching more on that platform than the others. Just finished a couple of Tom Hanks movies and Severance.
But I don’t watch a lot. I’m kind of tired of NetFlix and the lack of quality. I don’t have a lot of time to test the waters and watch some garbage that gets thrown out there because it was cheap to produce.
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It's not hyperbole. Superb actor and great in every role I've ever seen him perform.
He was outstanding as Worm Creature in Gingerclown. lol
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He was outstanding as Worm Creature in Gingerclown. lol
The guy has been a working actor since 1975. He went an odd genre route but that doesn't mean he isn't a great actor. And not all horror films are awful. Exorcist III was great. The Chucky early films are fun.
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The guy has been a working actor since 1975. He went an odd genre route but that doesn't mean he isn't a great actor. And not all horror films are awful. Exorcist III was great. The Chucky early films are fun.
I’m with you. He was great in his one episode of Criminal Minds. And his episode of Psych. And SVU.
Look, I have nothing against the guy. Didn’t know who he was until I saw this thread. He’s done a couple really good things. But 50 years of making mostly bad stuff doesn’t make him a phenomenal actor. It was hyperbole.
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I’m with you. He was great in his one episode of Criminal Minds. And his episode of Psych. And SVU.
Look, I have nothing against the guy. Didn’t know who he was until I saw this thread. He’s done a couple really good things. But 50 years of making mostly bad stuff doesn’t make him a phenomenal actor. It was hyperbole.
He's done more than a couple of good things. His early work was very strong across the board in drama films. He happens to be really good at playing psychotic whackos and went that direction. If you just watch One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, or Mississippi Burning, and can't recognize his talent, I have no idea what to say. Incredible facial expressions and he steals ever scene with two of the best actors of all-time.
I guess Nurse Ratched died this year. What a superb film.
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The Patient is quite good, beginning to end.
Just finished and I agree.
I like reading recaps on shows I watch, and I pulled up Vulture's after the first episode. I mistakenly pulled up the finale recap instead, so I accidentally found out how it ended. Gaaah!
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Just finished and I agree.
I like reading recaps on shows I watch, and I pulled up Vulture's after the first episode. I mistakenly pulled up the finale recap instead, so I accidentally found out how it ended. Gaaah!
It's such an odd series but pretty entertaining. The mother really creeps me out and the primary character is a serious whacko but unlike most whackos portrayed on screen.
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We finished The Patient tonight. Highly recommend for those who haven't seen it. The episodes are short, especially the first 6-7, and you'll want to binge it.
Carell was impressive, and the actors who played both Sam and Sam's mom were awesome.
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Netflix:
$7 for 720p with ads, no downloads, not all content, 1 stream
$10 for 720p and no ads, 1 stream
$15.50, 1080p no ads, 2 streams
$20, 4k no ads, 4 streams
Unless you have a 75" or greater screen I doubt you'll notice the difference between 720 and 1080.
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It's not creepy like a horror movie, though. It's about a troubled but somewhat normal guy who kills people who are mean to him.
Doesn't sound normal to me, even somewhat.
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For any horror fans, the movie Barbarian was fantastic…if you can, go in blind without reading anything about it.
I rented it, but think it’s on HBOMax too.
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Come from Away was a really fun theater production.
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Watched 'Pepsi, Where's My Jet" on Netflix yesterday morning. Pretty interesting and was only 4 shorter episodes.
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I saw the Banshees of Inisherin last night. I have to say I was a bit disappointed despite wonderful acting. Especially Kerry Condon who was excellent in a supporting role. The cinematography is spectacular and the movie was worth seeing, but I think the overall storyline wasn't really there.
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Two shows that I recommend.
1. Willie Mays doc on HBO. Easily the greatest player of my lifetime and the doc was very well done.
2. The English on Amazon Prime. Outstanding western. Definitely a Top 10 show for me this year.
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There's a few Black Friday Week deals for streamers.
Paramount+ .. $10 for a year. Need to set up a SportsLine account with the code ANNUAL (the code FRIDAY is not working.)
https://slickdeals.net/f/16218220-12-months-sportsline-paramount-premium-subscription-plan-10
Hulu : $24 for a year with ads. If you have a Hulu account and the $2/month isn't showing up, create a new account with a different email. (Tip: johnsmith@gmail.com is the same as john.smith@gmail.com or j.ohn.smi.th@gmail.com .. but Hulu treats them all as different accounts.)
https://www.hulu.com/GMA?cmp=18230
Peacock: $12 for a year. Try this link:
https://www.peacocktv.com/checkout?voucher%5B%5D=SAVEBIG&irclickid=28rwF23O2xyNUCmRSXxxhSnMUkA0Q10ZMTW5wk0&irgwc=1&utm_source=pk_vrs_imra&utm_medium=pd_aff_acq_psdlnk&utm_term=Slickdeals_LLC&utm_content=851557&cid=2201affiliateevgnpkpdaff4393&utm_campaign=2201affiliateevgn
Obviously, after a year, all of these renew at their regular prices. The usual trick is to create a 2nd account, and every Black Friday, switch to the other account.
Also .. if your credit card doesn't have a "one time use" card generator .. I can recommend Privacy.com .. you attach it to your bank, and can generate a card with a spending limit, so if you forget after a year of subscribing, the card denies.
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For any horror fans, the movie Barbarian was fantastic…if you can, go in blind without reading anything about it.
I rented it, but think it’s on HBOMax too.
Seconded. Some of the best scary jumps I've had in awhile. Very unexpectedly great.
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This may sound a bit crazy but The Menu was pretty entertaining. The premise is beyond absurd but it has some great scenes and moments.
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White Lotus was really, really overrated IMHO.
Bump for White Lotus 2 discussion. I like it but it certainly isn't good enough to be monopolizing the Emmys.
::Stephen A:: ON THE OTHER HAND, what I really came here to say is that the White Lotus 2 opening credits absolutely slap.
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Bump for White Lotus 2 discussion. I like it but it certainly isn't good enough to be monopolizing the Emmys.
::Stephen A:: ON THE OTHER HAND, what I really came here to say is that the White Lotus 2 opening credits absolutely slap.
An absolute jam. We always watch the opening credits of any series or any new season once through just for this reason. Bout 30 seconds in where the high pitched guttural fluttering vocals come in, I literally said "HOLY SH**" outloud. And now we watch the intro every week. Still waiting for a remix with some bass
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I think we've watched three episodes of White Lotus, I'm assuming it picks up?
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I think we've watched three episodes of White Lotus, I'm assuming it picks up?
If you are on the 1st season, no it doesn't.
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If you are on the 1st season, no it doesn't.
Okay, interesting. I must be missing something.
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We just started a re-watch of the old series, The Shield. 1st episode was epic right out of the gate.
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I have no idea if anyone on here watches Survivor, but this season has been fun. Last night's episode was one of my favorites in the shows entire run.
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We just started a re-watch of the old series, The Shield. 1st episode was epic right out of the gate.
Top 10 all-time show.
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We just finished Dead To Me.
Season 3 considerably less funny and interesting than the first 2 (especially the first) IMHO, but still a decent watch.
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We just finished Dead To Me.
Season 3 considerably less funny and interesting than the first 2 (especially the first) IMHO, but still a decent watch.
I believe it's the final season. I'm halfway through and waiting for daughter #2 to come home from Christmas to finish.
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We just started a re-watch of the old series, The Shield. 1st episode was epic right out of the gate.
Chilkis has a new show on Fox starting in January, Accused. Lots of other good actors, looks good.
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I believe it's the final season. I'm halfway through and waiting for daughter #2 to come home from Christmas to finish.
MS will probably keep Applegate from further acting roles. She looked like she was probably on steroid treatment for the disease.
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I believe it's the final season. I'm halfway through and waiting for daughter #2 to come home from Christmas to finish.
Definitely the final season. Enjoy the rest of it!
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Enjoyed Avatar. Story was fine but visuals were next to none.
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Enjoyed Avatar. Story was fine but visuals were next to none.
Avatar 2 was Avatar 1 with water dragons instead of sky dragons. But like you said, it was visually perfect and the action was fun. I hope they get a new storyline for the remaining movies.
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Slow Horses on Apple+ is good. Starts a bit slow. Really have to pay attention, like a good book. Subtle bread crumps at times to catch.
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I will never not watch Talladega Nights.
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The special forces with celebrities on fox is hilarious.
That cŭnt Kate goesslin wanted to go home in the first 5 minutes. 10 years later, she still sucks.
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The special forces with celebrities on fox is hilarious.
That cŭnt Kate goesslin wanted to go home in the first 5 minutes. 10 years later, she still sucks.
Keep it classy.
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Bad Sisters on Apple TV is a real fun watch.
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Slow Horses on Apple+ is good. Starts a bit slow. Really have to pay attention, like a good book. Subtle bread crumps at times to catch.
Gary Oldman is absolutely fantastic in it. Amusing to see him fully leaning into being a complete slob. Season 2 his dialogue elevates to an even more incredible level
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“Slow Horses” is very good, a lot of fun. (I believe there will be 4 short seasons)
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The Menu on HBOMax is a fantastic
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The Menu on HBOMax is a fantastic
A fantastic what?
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A fantastic what?
I’m Italian
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I have no idea if anyone on here watches Survivor, but this season has been fun. Last night's episode was one of my favorites in the shows entire run.
The only way you could get me to watch Survivor is if each team had their own dog sled team and they had to race 700 miles across Alaska and the Yukon in subzero temperatures and blizzard conditions. Of course they would have to be in their mandatory bikinis and swim wear.
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The Menu on HBOMax is a fantastic
Really liked The Menu, especially having spent 30 years of my life in the biz. Definitely resonated when Tyler was made to cook. Especially the shallots.
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Really liked The Menu, especially having spent 30 years of my life in the biz. Definitely resonated when Tyler was made to cook. Especially the shallots.
Oh gosh, “is this a new chopping technique I’m not yet aware of, come around everyone, watch Tyler closely he can teach us all something” 😬
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Oh gosh, “is this a new chopping technique I’m not yet aware of, come around everyone, watch Tyler closely he can teach us all something” 😬
So good.
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The Offer on Paramount+ about the making of The Godfather is very entertaining. Matthew Goode as Robert Evans is something.
Pretty amazing how close this movie came to not being made or at least not being made with Coppola, Brando, and Pachino.
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Completely psyched for the premiere of The Last of Us tonight. Reviews have been outstanding, as well.
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Completely psyched for the premiere of The Last of Us tonight. Reviews have been outstanding, as well.
Thought the first episode was excellent. Pretty much a shot for shot adaptation of the game with a few additions that worked well. Shows succes will depend on Paschal and Ramseys chemistry. Characters just met so understandably they are wary but I saw some of that trademark banter in Joel's apartment. Excited for more
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Thought the first episode was excellent. Pretty much a shot for shot adaptation of the game with a few additions that worked well. Shows succes will depend on Paschal and Ramseys chemistry. Characters just met so understandably they are wary but I saw some of that trademark banter in Joel's apartment. Excited for more
Agreed. Very excited to watch the rest of this. I’ve read that episode 3, which focuses on Nick Offerman’s survivalist character, is outstanding.
And to your point, Pascal and Ramsey seem to be great choices for the characters.
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Thought the first episode was excellent. Pretty much a shot for shot adaptation of the game with a few additions that worked well. Shows succes will depend on Paschal and Ramseys chemistry. Characters just met so understandably they are wary but I saw some of that trademark banter in Joel's apartment. Excited for more
They built it perfectly. And Nico Parker was arguably the best of episode one, which was necessary to serve as the foundation for all of it.
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Thought the first episode was excellent. Pretty much a shot for shot adaptation of the game with a few additions that worked well. Shows succes will depend on Paschal and Ramseys chemistry. Characters just met so understandably they are wary but I saw some of that trademark banter in Joel's apartment. Excited for more
Agreed. As a huge fan of the games, I love how faithful the show is to the source material. It'll be interesting to see how they handle the pacing. Will season 1 go all the way to the end of the first game?
I also have to wonder if they'll be able to get people hooked who are not familiar with the games. Do non-fans have a reason to pick this up?
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Agreed. As a huge fan of the games, I love how faithful the show is to the source material. It'll be interesting to see how they handle the pacing. Will season 1 go all the way to the end of the first game?
I also have to wonder if they'll be able to get people hooked who are not familiar with the games. Do non-fans have a reason to pick this up?
My understanding is that season 1 will cover the entirety of the first game and will introduce elements of the second game. The rumor is that a second season will cover the entire second game and that will be the show. I'm hoping they stretch the second game into two seasons, I think they have a ton to work with there.
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My understanding is that season 1 will cover the entirety of the first game and will introduce elements of the second game. The rumor is that a second season will cover the entire second game and that will be the show. I'm hoping they stretch the second game into two seasons, I think they have a ton to work with there.
That's a great call - Part II should definitely be split into two seasons. They could really expand on the first act of the game if they wanted to. Regardless, it'll be interesting how they approach the structure and pacing, lots of ways to go with it.
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That's a great call - Part II should definitely be split into two seasons. They could really expand on the first act of the game if they wanted to. Regardless, it'll be interesting how they approach the structure and pacing, lots of ways to go with it.
Not just the first act, but the time period between the ***prologue*** and the first act. It's just a couple of cut scenes in the game but there's a lot of opportunity for more depth there.
***Intentionally vague to avoid spoilers.***
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Not just the first act, but the time period between the ***prologue*** and the first act. It's just a couple of cut scenes in the game but there's a lot of opportunity for more depth there.
***Intentionally vague to avoid spoilers.***
And the time period between the ***epilogue*** and the second act as well.
When I finished the second game I thought about the possibility of a TLOU movie trilogy. I thought it would be cool to do the first movie through the perspective of Ellie (the first game), the second through the perspective of Abby (new material that shows her life before the second game) and the the third as the collision course between the two (the second game with hopefully more balanced sympathies between the two). While I think it would have been a cool idea, an HBO show is such a better outcome.
There are also pretty solid signs that there there will be a third game but it's likely far in the future. My hope is they don't Game of Thrones it by releasing a season about the third game before the game comes out. Given that the creator is more directly involved with this project than Martin was with GOT it would probably be better, but I still don't see that being successful.
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Not just the first act, but the time period between the ***prologue*** and the first act. It's just a couple of cut scenes in the game but there's a lot of opportunity for more depth there.
***Intentionally vague to avoid spoilers.***
Yeah I guess that's what I meant by first act - but we're on the same page. I would love for the show to expand on that part of the story more, and fill in the gaps between what we already know.
I think a third season would focus on the events after the prologue.
There are also pretty solid signs that there will be a third game but it's likely far in the future.
Do you mean signs like you've heard that Naughty Dog is working on Part III?
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Yeah I guess that's what I meant by first act - but we're on the same page. I would love for the show to expand on that part of the story more, and fill in the gaps between what we already know.
I think a third season would focus on the events after the prologue.
Do you mean signs like you've heard that Naughty Dog is working on Part III?
I believe that Druckmann said he believes there is more story to tell after the 2nd game but he didn't get more specific than that in regards to if anything is actually in development now.
This is going to be a big hit so it feels like a 2nd season is a forgone conclusion. I like the idea of splitting that into two seasons because it was such a massive game with multiple points of view. Would be interesting how they approach because each perspective lends itself to who the real "villain" is, if there is one at all.
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Yeah I guess that's what I meant by first act - but we're on the same page. I would love for the show to expand on that part of the story more, and fill in the gaps between what we already know.
I think a third season would focus on the events after the prologue.
Do you mean signs like you've heard that Naughty Dog is working on Part III?
Druckmann has said that he's already got an outline and script, but the game is not officially in development yet. Part II was announced in 2016 and didn't drop until 2020. Especially with games taking longer to develop than ever before, the late 2020's would be the earliest you should expect the third. That being said, the story has made and is continuing to make too much money not to have a third installment.
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Druckmann has said that he's already got an outline and script, but the game is not officially in development yet. Part II was announced in 2016 and didn't drop until 2020. Especially with games taking longer to develop than ever before, the late 2020's would be the earliest you should expect the third. That being said, the story has made and is continuing to make too much money not to have a third installment.
I think the third will be the last. Game 1 showed Joel's downfall and redemption. Game 2 was Ellie's downfall. I think Game 3 covers Ellie's redemption to complete the cycle.
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I think the third will be the last. Game 1 showed Joel's downfall and redemption. Game 2 was Ellie's downfall. I think Game 3 covers Ellie's redemption to complete the cycle.
Agreed, I think they'll wrap it up as a trilogy. Timeline wise it will be a bit interesting though. Naughty Dog is currently developing Factions, which takes place in TLOU universe, but is just online (more info supposed to come this calendar year but no release date as of yet). Then it will be interesting to see what they do next, whether it be P3 or the sci-fi game they're rumored to be developing. They got TLOU up and running before they finished Uncharted, so it would fit that they would want to get their new IP started before wrapping TLOU, so it could be quite a while before we see the conclusion.
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MU gear sighting on Oak Island.
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Agreed. As a huge fan of the games, I love how faithful the show is to the source material. It'll be interesting to see how they handle the pacing. Will season 1 go all the way to the end of the first game?
I also have to wonder if they'll be able to get people hooked who are not familiar with the games. Do non-fans have a reason to pick this up?
I didn’t even know it had anything to do with a game until a few days ago. My wife and I just watched Ep1 and it was the best thing I’ve seen on TV in quite some time. Thrilling and engrossing.
I guess I need to try hard to avoid spoilers, though. Kind of like with all the people I knew who had read GoT.
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MU gear sighting on Oak Island.
Was just going to mention it took Peter Fornetti a few months to break out.
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I didn’t even know it had anything to do with a game until a few days ago. My wife and I just watched Ep1 and it was the best thing I’ve seen on TV in quite some time. Thrilling and engrossing.
I've never heard of the game or the show until seeing this thread. I watched the trailer yesterday and it looks good -- although another show that I would be watching alone. The trailer reminded me of McCarthy's The Road.
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Really liked The Menu, especially having spent 30 years of my life in the biz. Definitely resonated when Tyler was made to cook. Especially the shallots.
Finally watched it. There was a ton of dark humor, but my god this scene was incredible. From the crudely drawn "nametag" to the snarky response by Chef to everything Tyler requested or prepared, incredible.
Really didn't expect that kind of movie, and really didn't see a lot of the directions it took. But really enjoyed it.
Anna Taylor-Joy does a really interesting job of picking out roles, credit to her. She has a uniqueness about her look and her facial acting and really seems to gravitate to material that highlights that.
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Anna Taylor-Joy does a really interesting job of picking out roles, credit to her. She has a uniqueness about her look and her facial acting and really seems to gravitate to material that highlights that.
Agree that she does a great job aligning her roles with her strengths. Probably partly the roles and partly what she brings to them. One exception, I thought, was her role in The Northman. I was pretty let down by her character, though that was more the writing than her fault. I'm a huge Eggers-stan, though, and given the brilliance of The Witch (don't @ me) and its importance in launching her career, I can't fault her for jumping at the part.
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TLOU gets second largest debut audience in HBO Max history behind only House of the Dragon (which blows it and everyone else away).
If this show ends up being successful as it seems like it's going to be, I think it could end up causing some paradigm shifts in hollywood. TV and movie adaptations always seem to take the approach of "new but familiar story", tweaking the source material to make it "better for television". TLOU seems to be bucking that trend and just delivering a straight adaptation with only very minor and well thought out tweaks. It may be a little sad, but audiences seem to not want new, they just want what they know, just in a new format.
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TLOU gets second largest debut audience in HBO Max history behind only House of the Dragon (which blows it and everyone else away).
If this show ends up being successful as it seems like it's going to be, I think it could end up causing some paradigm shifts in hollywood. TV and movie adaptations always seem to take the approach of "new but familiar story", tweaking the source material to make it "better for television". TLOU seems to be bucking that trend and just delivering a straight adaptation with only very minor and well thought out tweaks. It may be a little sad, but audiences seem to not want new, they just want what they know, just in a new format.
I don't think it's necessarily "anti-new", but more "new isn't as good as the source material". Keeping with Naughty Dog, the Uncharted Movie completely re-wrote major story elements (Nate and Sully origin, Nate and Sam origin, completely eliminated Elena, etc.), yet I still thought it was extremely well done. Sampling from the source material with Nate and Chloe's flirtatious relationship, the falling out of a plane scene, the treasure in a pirate ship element, getting Nolan North to make a cameo etc. You could still very much tell that it was an "Uncharted" story, but it was an Uncharted story that hadn't been told yet.
I think TLOU can do this as well, putting in additional material in areas that were just addressed with a simple cut scene in the games (travelling from cities to cities for example).
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I don't think it's necessarily "anti-new", but more "new isn't as good as the source material". Keeping with Naughty Dog, the Uncharted Movie completely re-wrote major story elements (Nate and Sully origin, Nate and Sam origin, completely eliminated Elena, etc.), yet I still thought it was extremely well done. Sampling from the source material with Nate and Chloe's flirtatious relationship, the falling out of a plane scene, the treasure in a pirate ship element, getting Nolan North to make a cameo etc. You could still very much tell that it was an "Uncharted" story, but it was an Uncharted story that hadn't been told yet.
I think TLOU can do this as well, putting in additional material in areas that were just addressed with a simple cut scene in the games (travelling from cities to cities for example).
You are literally the first person I have heard compliment the Uncharted movie (I haven't seen it so I can't comment either way)
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You are literally the first person I have heard compliment the Uncharted movie (I haven't seen it so I can't comment either way)
Really? I thought it was good, not at the level of TLOU, but seeing at it was designed to be a history meets action Indiana Jones-esque movie, I think it has a lower ceiling by default. As it connected to the games, I had no problems with the tweaks they made. Certainly nothing compared to the Tomb Raider/Assassins Creed/Need for Speed's of the cinematic adaptations of video games world.
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Really? I thought it was good, not at the level of TLOU, but seeing at it was designed to be a history meets action Indiana Jones-esque movie, I think it has a lower ceiling by default. As it connected to the games, I had no problems with the tweaks they made. Certainly nothing compared to the Tomb Raider/Assassins Creed/Need for Speed's of the cinematic adaptations of video games world.
41% on Rotten Tomatoes. I've also seen a lot of memes surrounding the TLOU premiere along the lines of, "TLOU fans get this masterpiece, Uncharted fans got Marky Mark"
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It may be a little sad, but audiences seem to not want new, they just want what they know, just in a new format.
I don't think it's necessarily "anti-new", but more "new isn't as good as the source material".
Yup. Rings of Power comes to mind as does this JRRT quote: "the canons of narrative in any medium cannot be wholly different; and the failure of poor films is often precisely in exaggeration, and in the intrusion of unwarranted matter owing to not perceiving where the core of the original lies."
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41% on Rotten Tomatoes. I've also seen a lot of memes surrounding the TLOU premiere along the lines of, "TLOU fans get this masterpiece, Uncharted fans got Marky Mark"
To each their own. I thought it was good and actually think that a truly faithful adaptation to any of the games would be pretty disappointing. They just don't tell a story the way TLOU does and so "new" material is necessary IMO.
I still think you can introduce new material and still have a quality and successful adaptation. The 2018 live action short with Nathan Fillion was excellent, and wasn't based on anything canon from the games.
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I thought Uncharted was a fun popcorn movie and I had no idea it was affiliated to a video game until my kids informed me.
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Finally watched it. There was a ton of dark humor, but my god this scene was incredible. From the crudely drawn "nametag" to the snarky response by Chef to everything Tyler requested or prepared, incredible.
Really didn't expect that kind of movie, and really didn't see a lot of the directions it took. But really enjoyed it.
Anna Taylor-Joy does a really interesting job of picking out roles, credit to her. She has a uniqueness about her look and her facial acting and really seems to gravitate to material that highlights that.
I watched the movie ONLY because of the recommendation on Scoop and I agree with every point you make, Wags.
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I thought Uncharted was a fun popcorn movie and I had no idea it was affiliated to a video game until my kids informed me.
This! Sometimes people read too much into movies (which they have every right to, of course).
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I thought Uncharted was a fun popcorn movie and I had no idea it was affiliated to a video game until my kids informed me.
Ive only briefly played the video game, but otherwise I agree. It wasn't an intense thriller, but it was fun, great action sequences, couple pretty humorous pieces of dialogue. I know Wahlberg is polarizing, but he's really great in that sort of role. It was a perfect plane movie
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Avatar 2 was Avatar 1 with water dragons instead of sky dragons. But like you said, it was visually perfect and the action was fun. I hope they get a new storyline for the remaining movies.
It'll be interesting when the family visits the earth tribe then fire tribe before the ultimate showdown in the finale
James Cameron stole the whole thing from Nickelodeon
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TLOU episode 2 was another great one. Nailed the clickers great camera work to build tension. Loved the added flashback at the beginning. Last line of the flashback was so unnerving. That kiss....was uncomfortable but I think I liked it and it made sense. Paschal continues to exude Joel, doing very well. I'm enjoying Ramsey but not as much as Paschal.
Excited for epispde 3. Multiple reviews have said its their favorite
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TLOU episode 2 was another great one. Nailed the clickers great camera work to build tension. Loved the added flashback at the beginning. Last line of the flashback was so unnerving. That kiss....was uncomfortable but I think I liked it and it made sense. Paschal continues to exude Joel, doing very well. I'm enjoying Ramsey but not as much as Paschal.
Excited for epispde 3. Multiple reviews have said its their favorite
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Excited for epispde 3. Multiple reviews have said its their favorite
If you've seen the preview for episode 3, we get to see some backstory unfold that wasn't part of the game. I'm excited to see how they handle it.
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If you've seen the preview for episode 3, we get to see some backstory unfold that wasn't part of the game. I'm excited to see how they handle it.
I have. On paper, Nick Offerman seems like the living embodiment of Bill, a no brainer casting decision. Very excited for his debut.
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Not a TV show or anything, but ison had me look at Ryan George's Funny Movie pitches on Youtube. For me they are quite funny and addictive. Link is for the first one I saw, pretty representative of what they are. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Inf5du8u7OE
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Stalone's Tulsa King on paramount+ is pretty entertaining.
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Stalone's Tulsa King on paramount+ is pretty entertaining.
I was very surprised it was only 30 minute episodes. But otherwise its definitely entertaining and has a strong cast,
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In completely un-shocking but great news The Last of Us has been renewed for another season.
The 2nd game is so big it probably needs to span 2 seasons, IMO.
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In completely un-shocking but great news The Last of Us has been renewed for another season.
The 2nd game is so big it probably needs to span 2 seasons, IMO.
I really hope so. Can't see the second game being reasonably done in 10 episodes
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Honestly felt like TLOU ep 3 was a bit to much of a filler episode. I get that they wanted to dive more into Frank than the game did, and wanted to "de-neck-beard" Bill a little, but at the end of the day the story is about Joel and Ellie. Come the end of the season, I think ep 3 will just end up being "that episode where Joel and Ellie got a car". All that being said, I thought Offerman and Bartlett were excellent.
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Honestly felt like TLOU ep 3 was a bit to much of a filler episode. I get that they wanted to dive more into Frank than the game did, and wanted to "de-neck-beard" Bill a little, but at the end of the day the story is about Joel and Ellie. Come the end of the season, I think ep 3 will just end up being "that episode where Joel and Ellie got a car". All that being said, I thought Offerman and Bartlett were excellent.
Not quite sure what to say if that’s what you took out of it.
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Not quite sure what to say if that’s what you took out of it.
It's a fine story, but it doesn't move the main story at all.
The Joel Ellie dynamic is unique because when they meet Joel has seen the worst that the world has to offer and Ellie has been relatively sheltered in the QZ. The effect of having the "short-term" companions that they do (Tess, Bill, others later), is that Ellie experiences the wide variety of how different people coped/reacted to the pandemic. Bill is obviously on one of the extreme ends of that spectrum, so removing their direct interactions is a missed opportunity IMO.
Again, the Bill/Frank story is fine, and on it's own is well done, but it has zero effect on the Joel/Ellie dynamic that drives the show. I would be shocked if any episode the remainder of the season has less Joel/Ellie, and that's the relationship that pushes everything.
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It's a fine story, but it doesn't move the main story at all.
The Joel Ellie dynamic is unique because when they meet Joel has seen the worst that the world has to offer and Ellie has been relatively sheltered in the QZ. The effect of having the "short-term" companions that they do (Tess, Bill, others later), is that Ellie experiences the wide variety of how different people coped/reacted to the pandemic. Bill is obviously on one of the extreme ends of that spectrum, so removing their direct interactions is a missed opportunity IMO.
Again, the Bill/Frank story is fine, and on it's own is well done, but it has zero effect on the Joel/Ellie dynamic that drives the show. I would be shocked if any episode the remainder of the season has less Joel/Ellie, and that's the relationship that pushes everything.
The ending of the episode made very clear the impact that Bill will have on Joel and Ellie based on the letter that was left.
"I used to hate the world and I was happy when everyone died. But I was wrong. Because there was one person worth saving. That's what I did: I saved him. And I protected him. That's why men like you and me are here: We have a job to do. And God help any motherf**kers who stand in our way."
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The ending of the episode made very clear the impact that Bill will have on Joel and Ellie based on the letter that was left.
"I used to hate the world and I was happy when everyone died. But I was wrong. Because there was one person worth saving. That's what I did: I saved him. And I protected him. That's why men like you and me are here: We have a job to do. And God help any motherf**kers who stand in our way."
Disagree, the letter won't have any effect on Ellie at all because she had no relationship with Bill.
And it hasn't really changed the way Joel feels about Ellie. It's clear that (at least right now), Joel is bringing Ellie along because Tess wanted him to. The flashback made it clear that even though Joel and Bill were willing to trade, Tess and Frank were the ones pushing that partnership, if it were up to Bill they wouldn't have had any relationship with the outside world because they were self sufficient. Joel hadn't even seen Bill in years (evidence by him being unable to immediately find his stash at the way station). The Joel/Bill relationship was always more of a mutual respect at each others ability to survive, whereas the Joel Tess relationship was much deeper.
Bill telling Joel to protect Tess (because he had never even met Ellie), has much less of an effect that Tess telling Joel to protect Ellie IMO.
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Disagree, the letter won't have any effect on Ellie at all because she had no relationship with Bill.
And it hasn't really changed the way Joel feels about Ellie. It's clear that (at least right now), Joel is bringing Ellie along because Tess wanted him to. The flashback made it clear that even though Joel and Bill were willing to trade, Tess and Frank were the ones pushing that partnership, if it were up to Bill they wouldn't have had any relationship with the outside world because they were self sufficient. Joel hadn't even seen Bill in years (evidence by him being unable to immediately find his stash at the way station). The Joel/Bill relationship was always more of a mutual respect at each others ability to survive, whereas the Joel Tess relationship was much deeper.
Bill telling Joel to protect Tess (because he had never even met Ellie), has much less of an effect that Tess telling Joel to protect Ellie IMO.
Disagree. While that letter doesn't carry weight for Joel in terms of his relationship with Ellie at that specific point it absolutely has that impact as their relationship grows. It impacts Ellie through Joel and the connection they build.
They didn't just throw in a bottle episode without it having a significant emotional impact on the larger story and focus of Joel and Ellie.
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Disagree. While that letter doesn't carry weight for Joel in terms of his relationship with Ellie at that specific point it absolutely has that impact as their relationship grows. It impacts Ellie through Joel and the connection they build.
They didn't just throw in a bottle episode without it having a significant emotional impact on the larger story and focus of Joel and Ellie.
Maybe, but I think it will be extremely minimal compared to the actual shared trauma that they have/will undergo together (watching someone you actually met and fought clickers with sacrifice themselves to save you vs reading a letter from a guy you never met/was a business partner). If they had spent 15-20 minutes building the Bill/Frank backstory and actually had it develop the way it did in the game, it would have a much larger impact on Joel and Ellie both individually, as well as their relationship together. The Bill/Frank dynamic wouldn't have been as strong, but it would have been worth it IMO to add another strong layer to the Joel/Ellie dynamic.
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I thought the episode was fantastic. It doesn't move the story much but not every episode has to. I think VBMG is correct that the letter is significant and it foreshadows things to come. The purpose of the episode is to help the audience with understanding Joel's motivation. Sure Tess is what got him to agree to take Ellie, but what's alluded to in that letter is what will drive him moving forward.
The episode was about different kinds of love. Frank represented affectionate love and Bill was protective love. Those themes are present through both games and will drive the main characters.
This was also the best Joel/Ellie episode. The characters are getting more comfortable with each other and the banter is being more authentic. How those actors portray that relationship is what will make or break the show and this episode was promising.
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It was one of my favorite episodes of anything I’ve seen on TV in months.
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Loved the episode. I do wish I got to see a little bit more - maybe Joel helping out Bill and Frank and during/after the attack and earning the "favor" that Bill owes him. Or Bill interacting with Joel and Ellie in present day.
Interesting that Bill from the game basically gives Joel the opposite message as he does in the show. In the game, his message is that in this world, opening yourself up to others and caring for people other than yourself only gets you killed. "You are not gonna make it" is the last thing he tells Joel. To his credit, he seemed to be doing just fine on his own, or at least that is all that he would let other's see - his emotional side was as impenetrable as his town. You only get a glimpse of it when the group finds Frank.
Maybe the show's writers felt that they needed to hammer home Joel's guilt for not being able to protect the people around him, which I understand. But I appreciated the different perspectives on this that Joel encounters throughout the game. I felt like gave him more to think about when he's making decisions later on.
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Don't mean to sidetrack the Last of Us discussion, but "You People" on Netflix is hysterical. Nails absurdities and tropes, Eddie Murphy is understated but hilarious, Julia Louis-Dreyfus is fantastic, and Jonah Hill does a great grown up version of his awkward fish out of water humor.
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Don't mean to sidetrack the Last of Us discussion, but "You People" on Netflix is hysterical. Nails absurdities and tropes, Eddie Murphy is understated but hilarious, Julia Louis-Dreyfus is fantastic, and Jonah Hill does a great grown up version of his awkward fish out of water humor.
Thanks for the recommendation. JLD is the best comedic actress of the last couple generations, so anything with her piques my interest. And I like what you're saying about Murphy and Hill. I'll check it out!
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Don't mean to sidetrack the Last of Us discussion, but "You People" on Netflix is hysterical. Nails absurdities and tropes, Eddie Murphy is understated but hilarious, Julia Louis-Dreyfus is fantastic, and Jonah Hill does a great grown up version of his awkward fish out of water humor.
Usually these kind of movies turn into parodies, but I agree completely with you on You People.
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I havent seen it yet for my own opinion.
But everywhere I look You People is basically being called an abomination to comedy.
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I havent seen it yet for my own opinion.
But everywhere I look You People is basically being called an abomination to comedy.
Yea I'm not sure why. The same people that are crapping all over it loved Dont Look Up which I thought was atrocious.
The ending was corny and a bit too predictable, so I can see people hating that, but I laughed more than I expected to.
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Yea I'm not sure why. The same people that are crapping all over it loved Dont Look Up which I thought was atrocious.
Well, I liked (didn't love, but liked) Don't Look Up ... so now I'm not sure if I should watch your show or not!
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In The Dark hey
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Don't mean to sidetrack the Last of Us discussion, but "You People" on Netflix is hysterical.
Disagree. Some funny bits, but mostly a painful watch.
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Finally finished Ozark.
Meh
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Finally finished Ozark.
Meh
Agreed. Ozark was one of those series that I finished largely because I'd already invested so much time that it seemed silly not to. That said, Julia Garner's performance as Ruth was outstanding throughout -- one of my favorites for any show I've watched. And the visual images and costuming in her final scene were striking.
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I've started watching The Good Place. Again. I still love that show.
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Wow ... hatin' on Ozark. I thought Jason Bateman was Emmy-worthy in the final season, and Julia Garner is fantastic. Also liked most of the "bad guys," even though some ended up being slightly-less-bad guys. But sure, some of the plotlines dragged on and there were many things that were impossible to believe. In other words ... a TV show.
Just goes to show that every series, even highly acclaimed ones, aren't for everyone. For example, I got nothing out of the first season of White Lotus so didn't even bother watching S2.
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I really hope so. Can't see the second game being reasonably done in 10 episodes
Marzin did an interview recently where he essentially said that the second game was too big and too complicated to do in one season. Hopefully this means they are planning on doing three season total.
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Agreed. Ozark was one of those series that I finished largely because I'd already invested so much time that it seemed silly not to. That said, Julia Garner's performance as Ruth was outstanding throughout -- one of my favorites for any show I've watched. And the visual images and costuming in her final scene were striking.
Yup and yup.
It's crazy to hear her in interviews and realize she doesn't have an accent. Same with Idris Elba in The Wire, and even Dominic West in The Wire.
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Yup and yup.
It's crazy to hear her in interviews and realize she doesn't have an accent. Same with Idris Elba in The Wire, and even Dominic West in The Wire.
Not even just that she doesn't have an accent, but that she's from Riverdale and went to school in Greenwich.
The Wire is kind of hilarious in that its a gritty tale about police and crime in Baltimore had 3-4 Brits in the main cast, plus another Irishman once Carcetti came around. And the Baltimore born and bred actor who played Lt Daniels was a Yale grad and Bunk is Julliard trained.
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Yup and yup.
It's crazy to hear her in interviews and realize she doesn't have an accent. Same with Idris Elba in The Wire, and even Dominic West in The Wire.
Yup, yup and yup.
Ozark writing fell off after season 2. It became a chore to watch sadly because of the performances.
Laura Linney isn’t good.
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I also started watching TLOU last week. It’s good. Well done and really good performances. I know absolutely nothing about the game, so for me it’s really just going to need to stand in its own as a post-apocalyptic zombie show. Unless, of course, it’s more than that. Which brings me to E3 which I watched last night and…we’ll…it was “more than that.” Good episode of television. Since I know nothing of the game, I’m just getting to know these characters which is why I need to ask, “Are we not going to talk about what Ellie did in that basement space?! WTF?!”
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I also started watching TLOU last week. It’s good. Well done and really good performances. I know absolutely nothing about the game, so for me it’s really just going to need to stand in its own as a post-apocalyptic zombie show. Unless, of course, it’s more than that. Which brings me to E3 which I watched last night and…we’ll…it was “more than that.” Good episode of television. Since I know nothing of the game, I’m just getting to know these characters which is why I need to ask, “Are we not going to talk about what Ellie did in that basement space?! WTF?!”
Like you, I'm just enjoying the series for what it is. I hope I don't accidentally run across too many spoilers from those who are well-versed in the video game. It's kind of like GoT, as I knew a lot of people who read the books and constantly wanted to talk about what was gonna happen. I liked that I was effen stunned when lead characters got whacked; I wouldn't have wanted to know in advance.
Yeah, that was quite a scene. She did it with such detachment. Bella Ramsey is a really talented young actress -- loved her in her more limited role as Lady Mormont, and she's outstanding with more to do here. The writers give her a lot to work with, too -- she gets some of the best lines.
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Chilkis has a new show on Fox starting in January, Accused. Lots of other good actors, looks good.
Wow, this series is terrible.
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Wow, this series is terrible.
That's usually the case nowadays for Fox, NBC, ABC and CBS, IMO
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That's usually the case nowadays for Fox, NBC, ABC and CBS, IMO
I honestly have ZERO interest in network dramas anymore. Once premium cable started excelling, and even furthermore once streaming services took hold, I lost most of my interest. Beyond the lack of original ideas (crazy to think you can make a show thats not about lawyers, law enforcement, or medical professionals!), I much prefer a show that has swearing. As funny as it sounds, its just far more authentic. Watch any good show on HBO, Netflix, or even AMC/FX, and then watch a show on NBC or Fox and it feels like watching an edited movie on a plane at best.
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I honestly have ZERO interest in network dramas anymore. Once premium cable started excelling, and even furthermore once streaming services took hold, I lost most of my interest. Beyond the lack of original ideas (crazy to think you can make a show thats not about lawyers, law enforcement, or medical professionals!), I much prefer a show that has swearing. As funny as it sounds, its just far more authentic. Watch any good show on HBO, Netflix, or even AMC/FX, and then watch a show on NBC or Fox and it feels like watching an edited movie on a plane at best.
Outside of thr Blacklist (which has strongly dropped in quality), I completely agree with you.
Accused has some great actors, and thought it would be an exception, but alas.
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Knocked off a couple of episode of Tulsa King last night. Good entertainment.
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Knocked off a couple of episode of Tulsa King last night. Good entertainment.
I think so as well. Dame Lawrence, however, cannot get past her dislike of Sylvester Stallone.
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Really liked TLOU episode 4. My only real concern at this point is that they're done with 4/9 episodes and there's still A LOT that has to happen. Sincerely hope that nothing gets scrapped/no corners cut. Think there's a real possibility that the last 1-2 are both 90 min+. Also, I know that it won't resonate the same with all viewers, but I loved that Jeffrey Pierce is in it, and that both Ashley Johnson and Troy Baker will be in later episodes.
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Anybody watching "Poker Face" on Peacock?
Natasha Lyonne is a treasure, but two episodes in everything else about it is fairly run-of-the-mill.
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Anybody watching "Poker Face" on Peacock?
Natasha Lyonne is a treasure, but two episodes in everything else about it is fairly run-of-the-mill.
Ive not yet, but even though I agree with you about Lyonne, everything from the premise to the trailer seemed pretty been there done that. Didn't draw me in much at all.
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Ive not yet, but even though I agree with you about Lyonne, everything from the premise to the trailer seemed pretty been there done that. Didn't draw me in much at all.
Wait until Zombies of Yellowstone comes out
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Really liked TLOU episode 4. My only real concern at this point is that they're done with 4/9 episodes and there's still A LOT that has to happen. Sincerely hope that nothing gets scrapped/no corners cut. Think there's a real possibility that the last 1-2 are both 90 min+. Also, I know that it won't resonate the same with all viewers, but I loved that Jeffrey Pierce is in it, and that both Ashley Johnson and Troy Baker will be in later episodes.
Yeah I've been wondering how they are going to fit the rest in. When episode 1 premiered I thought it was going to be a 10 episode season. My guess for final episodes:
Ep. 5: KC part 2
Ep. 6: Outskirts of KC/Wyoming
Ep. 7. University/Mall
Ep. 8. Winter/Compound
Ep. 9. Finale
Somewhere they have to work in Ellie's backstory into flashbacks. I'm also hoping that Abby will get introduced in episode 9. I think this is all doable but episodes 6-9 will legit all need to be 90 minutes to fit everything in. If anything gets cut, I think it will be the mall but I hope not because that was one of my favorite playthroughs.
I'm also happy with the Jeffrey Pierce cameo and excited for the future cameos.
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Not reading about all the expectations re The Last of Us. I know it's fun for all y'all to talk about and I'm not saying you shouldn't. It's just a challenge for us non-gamers to not find out too much!
Anyhoo, I really enjoyed episode 4. It was basically a two-person show and it played like a very good (and very unique) buddy movie. Bella Ramsey is so talented, really makes Ellie believable.
Unrelated: Just watched Ep 1 of Shrinking on Apple+ and we liked it. It's always good to find a half-hour(ish) show to watch between the longer ones. The entire cast seems to really enjoy being in it, and I'm digging the premise.
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Really liked TLOU episode 4. My only real concern at this point is that they're done with 4/9 episodes and there's still A LOT that has to happen. Sincerely hope that nothing gets scrapped/no corners cut. Think there's a real possibility that the last 1-2 are both 90 min+. Also, I know that it won't resonate the same with all viewers, but I loved that Jeffrey Pierce is in it, and that both Ashley Johnson and Troy Baker will be in later episodes.
The runtime of the remaining episodes has been released. They are all an hour or less. Also judging by the title of one of the episodes they are going to do an entire episode on Ellies backstory. A little apprehensive of how they can fit in so much story into 4 hours and 20 minutes
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Episode 5 was outstanding.
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Episode 5 was outstanding.
Yes it was.
But I don't think there have been any weak episodes so far.
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Yes it was.
But I don't think there have been any weak episodes so far.
True. I think it’s competing for the top spot so far, for me.
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We're kinda new to these "streaming" or whatever you call these things like AppleTV+, etc.... We tried the free Apple tV+ AND NOW ARE TRYING THE Paramount +, seeing that we discovered we already have Paramount included in our UVerse Pkg... We are gonna DVR the Yellowstone Series on Paramount. We heard about 1833,So any other suggestions on what to watch on Paramount+.. Any other suggestions would be appreciated! ! ! 8-)
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We're kinda new to these "streaming" or whatever you call these things like AppleTV+, etc.... We tried the free Apple tV+ AND NOW ARE TRYING THE Paramount +, seeing that we discovered we already have Paramount included in our UVerse Pkg... We are gonna DVR the Yellowstone Series on Paramount. We heard about 1833,So any other suggestions on what to watch on Paramount+.. Any other suggestions would be appreciated! ! ! 8-)
The guy who in part wrote Yellowstone, also has “Tulsa King” and “Mayor of Kingstown” on Paramount plus. A friend recently recommended these to me. I have seen none of the three yet. However, I can recommend a movie from the same writer. “Wind River” a dark but good murder mystery based in Wyoming on Netflix.
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Unrelated: Just watched Ep 1 of Shrinking on Apple+ and we liked it. It's always good to find a half-hour(ish) show to watch between the longer ones. The entire cast seems to really enjoy being in it, and I'm digging the premise.
+ 1 Enjoyable.
Unrelated: Watched “Your Place or Mine” Horrible.
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Unrelated: Watched “Your Place or Mine” Horrible.
Agree! Terrible. Amazing those two actors didn't realize the steaming pile that was.
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We're kinda new to these "streaming" or whatever you call these things like AppleTV+, etc.... We tried the free Apple tV+ AND NOW ARE TRYING THE Paramount +, seeing that we discovered we already have Paramount included in our UVerse Pkg... We are gonna DVR the Yellowstone Series on Paramount. We heard about 1833,So any other suggestions on what to watch on Paramount+.. Any other suggestions would be appreciated! ! ! 8-)
The guy who in part wrote Yellowstone, also has “Tulsa King” and “Mayor of Kingstown” on Paramount plus. A friend recently recommended these to me. I have seen none of the three yet.
I watch Kingstown. I think Renner is absolutely fantastic in it (and takes on a new light given his recent accident). It should be written I also think it's quite.........bleak. Basically every character, including the ones who are typically "the good guys", is awful. But I believe that's the point of the show, it's a tale about how terrible the system is and everyone plays their part in that terribleness even when they think they're doing the "right" thing.
"The Offer" is also good entertainment. I suppose having watched The Godfather movie helps color the background but even on its own I think it would be enjoyed by most.
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I watch Kingstown. I think Renner is absolutely fantastic in it (and takes on a new light given his recent accident). It should be written I also think it's quite.........bleak. Basically every character, including the ones who are typically "the good guys", is awful. But I believe that's the point of the show, it's a tale about how terrible the system is and everyone plays their part in that terribleness even when they think they're doing the "right" thing.
"The Offer" is also good entertainment. I suppose having watched The Godfather movie helps color the background but even on its own I think it would be enjoyed by most.
Renner is also one of the main characters in the movie I mentioned.
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I watch Kingstown. I think Renner is absolutely fantastic in it (and takes on a new light given his recent accident). It should be written I also think it's quite.........bleak. Basically every character, including the ones who are typically "the good guys", is awful. But I believe that's the point of the show, it's a tale about how terrible the system is and everyone plays their part in that terribleness even when they think they're doing the "right" thing.
Yea it’s very bleak. Almost every episode of the show has something that’s just awful. Not that it’s not a great show or worth a watch, it totally is and it’s incredibly acted. It’s just rough subject matter and Renner is a total anti-hero
Renner is also one of the main characters in the movie I mentioned.
That’s a Taylor Sheridan hallmark. Watch his shows and you see a lot of overlaps in supporting characters, much like mid 2000s HBO. I can think of 2-3 actors who have all been in each of Yellowstone, 1883, and Kingstown. He often makes appearances as well, though not yet in Kingstown that I can recall.
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The interlocking MU logo makes another appearance on Oak Island this week
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Full Swing is fine. Only 1 episode in
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I just got around to watching Club de Cuervos. It was Netflix's first Spanish Language production 6-7 years ago. Its fantastic. Its about a fictional Liga MX club whose owner dies and his children inherit it. Tons of actual Mexican clubs and players appear.
The male lead is Luis Gerardo Méndez who was great as Balthazar in The Resort on Peacock and also in Narcos Mexico.
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We're kinda new to these "streaming" or whatever you call these things like AppleTV+, etc.... We tried the free Apple tV+ AND NOW ARE TRYING THE Paramount +, seeing that we discovered we already have Paramount included in our UVerse Pkg... We are gonna DVR the Yellowstone Series on Paramount. We heard about 1833,So any other suggestions on what to watch on Paramount+.. Any other suggestions would be appreciated! ! ! 8-)
1883 is very good and I like 1923 so far. I am a Star Trek Junkie and find Discovery and Strange New Worlds enjoyable.
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Full Swing is fine. Only 1 episode in
Just watching this. Solid but not spectacular. Makes Fineau easy to root for.
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Just watching this. Solid but not spectacular. Makes Fineau easy to root for.
I think that’s a good summation. I used to really like Koepka, but him going to LIV soured that a bit. I just kind of feel bad for him. Especially compared to someone like Finau or Dahmen.
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This coming season of Succession will be the final season.
Boo.
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The guy who in part wrote Yellowstone, also has “Tulsa King” and “Mayor of Kingstown” on Paramount plus. A friend recently recommended these to me. I have seen none of the three yet. However, I can recommend a movie from the same writer. “Wind River” a dark but good murder mystery based in Wyoming on Netflix.
Sheridan also wrote Hell Or High Water which is just an outstanding flick.
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I think that’s a good summation. I used to really like Koepka, but him going to LIV soured that a bit. I just kind of feel bad for him. Especially compared to someone like Finau or Dahmen.
Koepka comes across as a broken professional. Easy to see why he bailed and took the easy way out. Doesn't possess the fortitude to respond to adversity when you lose your game.
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Koepka comes across as a broken professional. Easy to see why he bailed and took the easy way out. Doesn't possess the fortitude to respond to adversity when you lose your game.
Agreed.
Which is really interesting cause he had to seemingly grind so much to get where he was. You'd think he'd have significant fortitude.
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Sheridan also wrote Hell Or High Water which is just an outstanding flick.
And Sircario
While writing/directing Wind River
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And Sircario
While writing/directing Wind River
Hell or High Water is an interesting film. It’s well done and well acted.
However, the plot is wildly absurd.
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Agreed.
Which is really interesting cause he had to seemingly grind so much to get where he was. You'd think he'd have significant fortitude.
Yep.
And it puts into a good light guys who had similar period of success, drifted a bit, and then revived their game to win again. Seems to help prove the theory that the elite level guys are truly built differently then the very good guys.
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However, the plot is wildly absurd.
You're the first person I've ever heard say that.
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Just finished the first season of The OA / Netflix.
Whoa. No doubt, I was captivated. And the season finale really .. whoa. Hard to explain why it was so gripping.
Super don't want to be disappointed for S2.
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You're the first person I've ever heard say that.
Read Kevin Williamson’s review. I understand the plot ideas but they’re ludicrous
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The WSJ did not like Coacaine Bear. Apparently the director was trying to emulate the Coen Brothers and failed miserably.
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The WSJ did not like Coacaine Bear. Apparently the director was trying to emulate the Coen Brothers and failed miserably.
I think the WSJ and I have different senses of humor. I haven’t seen the movie, but it seems like comedy movies that lack in quality can still make me laugh quite a bit.
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The WSJ did not like Coacaine Bear. Apparently the director was trying to emulate the Coen Brothers and failed miserably.
When I think about reading a movie review, my first instinct is to read the WSJ.
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The Whale was better than we expected.
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When I think about reading a movie review, my first instinct is to read the WSJ.
I'm not sure why they would be better or worse than anyone else. They and the NYT do a good job with book and theater reviews.
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Read Kevin Williamson’s review. I understand the plot ideas but they’re ludicrous
"First, a gun-nerd objection."
That's the first thing you want to say about the movie?
"One other weird thing: Every third person in this movie is Comanche"
??????
National Review ? Guess Armond White was busy.
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"First, a gun-nerd objection."
That's the first thing you want to say about the movie?
"One other weird thing: Every third person in this movie is Comanche"
??????
National Review ? Guess Armond White was busy.
I’m hardly a National Review fan but Williamson has always been pretty good read.
He’s right about the ludicrous nature of the movie.
I enjoyed the hell out of the movie and would recommend. Most movie plots are ridiculous if we think about it.
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Most movie plots are ridiculous if we think about it.
Fair enough. The music is also just terrific.
Nick Cave (of course)
Towns Van Zandt
Ray Wylie Hubbard
Waylon
Chris Stapleton
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woops
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1883 is very good and I like 1923 so far. I am a Star Trek Junkie and find Discovery and Strange New Worlds enjoyable.
Have you watched, "The Expanse" or "Firefly"?
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Just finished the first season of The OA / Netflix.
Whoa. No doubt, I was captivated. And the season finale really .. whoa. Hard to explain why it was so gripping.
Super don't want to be disappointed for S2.
I stopped after S1, my wife continued and enjoyed.
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Damn, that was one intense mothereffen episode. What a show.
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Damn, that was one intense mothereffen episode. What a show.
That was something. They added a little more context from the game that helped explain something that never made sense to me. Without giving anything away, they are doing a fantastic job foreshadowing season 2. Lots of little things that I only know to pick up on because I know what's coming.
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Bummed there’s only one more episode and a likely long wait until S2. Part of me wishes I had never played the games but it doesn’t take away from how good the show is.
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That was something. They added a little more context from the game that helped explain something that never made sense to me. Without giving anything away, they are doing a fantastic job foreshadowing season 2. Lots of little things that I only know to pick up on because I know what's coming.
Thanks for not giving anything away, TAMU. I had never even heard of the game until 2 months ago, have never see it, and am not likely to ever see it. I don't want to know what's coming, just as I didn't want to know what was coming in GoT.
Like VBMG, I'm bummed that this incredible first season is almost over and we'll have to wait a year or two for S2!
Meanwhile ...
Bella Ramsey has gone from "fine young performer" to effen superstar IMHO. Her performances in these last 2 episodes -- totally carrying them while Pedro Pascal had relatively little screen time -- I mean, I don't know what goes into Emmy nominations, but come on!
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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.
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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*!%$!G KENT, so that alone gave it bona fides.
Related, Harrison Ford with a very interesting year. In the past 8 years, he's made 5 non-animated movies (and 1 cameo). Of the 5, 1 was as Hans Solo in Force Awakens, 1 was reprising Rick Deckard in Blade Runner 2049, and the other was the 3rd in the Expendables franchise. So 2 new original movies, Age of Adaline and Call of the Wild. Now suddenly, at age 80, never acted in a TV series as a lead, he's a lead in 1923 and now in Shrinking, the latter a type of role he's never done. Its kind of awesome.
Didn't make a ton of sense then I realized that his adopted son he has with Calista Flockhart recently entered his 20s. So a super successful and wealthy actor in his 60s stepped back to raise his young kid and enjoy semi-retirement. And now as a renewed empty-nester of sorts, might as well get back on the horse, no pun intended.
And everyone loved his hug of "Short Round" at the Oscars as he got to the present the Oscar to Key Huy Quan.
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Surprised that it hasn't been brought up yet, but Shrinking on Apple+ is the funniest show of the last year and change. Its some of the wittiest, sharpest writing Ive seen in a LONG time.
Jason Segal is very funny and does what he does best, but Harrison Ford absolutely STEALS nearly every scene he's in...comedically. Obviously he's an incredible actor and an icon, but he's not been in a good comedic movie in decades. Not exactly his wheelhouse, but he's unreal.
Show was created by Segal, Bill Lawrence (created Scrubs, co-created Spin City and Ted Lasson) and ROY F*!%$!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.
Shrinking is excellent. The "Can we play that song I like?" scene with Ford in the 3rd or 4th episode is brilliant and apparently he was the one who picked the song.
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Shrinking is fun. Not as funny IMHO as, say, Ted Lasso or Hacks, to name a couple other current comedies, but we find ourselves chuckling several times every episode.
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I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the season finale of The Last of Us.
I looked back at my initial post about the show:
I also started watching TLOU last week. It’s good. Well done and really good performances. I know absolutely nothing about the game, so for me it’s really just going to need to stand in its own as a post-apocalyptic zombie show. Unless, of course, it’s more than that. Which brings me to E3 which I watched last night and…well…it was “more than that.” Good episode of television. Since I know nothing of the game, I’m just getting to know these characters which is why I need to ask, “Are we not going to talk about what Ellie did in that basement space?! WTF?!”
I thought it was a very good show. Perhaps not great, but very good. I watched every episode and will, no doubt, watch the next season. Pascal and Ramsey are extremely good and definitely deserve nominations for their work -- and likely should win.
The show is definitely more than just a "post-apocalyptic zombie show." I was actually surprised by how little they showed or focused on the "zombies" (yes, I know, they're not zombies). One challenge with the show -- at least for me -- is that it is so unrelenting in its sadness. TSeeing some interviews with the creators of the show, they really lean into that. Clearly in their mind, that's a feature, not a bug.
But, it was really, really good. I think that the structure of the show which mimics levels of the video game makes for some extremely memorable episodes because they stand alone so well and don't blend into each other in my memory. The Bill and Frank episode was a brilliant piece of compact and efficient story telling -- that really served the overarching theme of the show. The shopping mall episode was a masterclass in building tension -- of various types (trying to avoid spoilers here) -- again in service of the show's theme.
And the ending...what an amazing and morally ambiguous ending. Lots to think and talk about. But again, wholly consistent with the theme of the show that was so carefully established in the preceding episodes.
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The development of Ellie's character was spectacular -- well written and superbly acted. Loved Pascal and several of the supporting actors too. Of the 9 episodes, I'd call at least a half-dozen "great."
"Tension" is a great word, SAW. Most every episode was dripping with tension. Such an intense show. Definitely my favorite series in a while, and I wish we didn't have to wait however long to see what happens next. (Gamers who think they know what happens next: No spoilers, please!!)
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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.
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Of the 9 episodes, I'd call at least a half-dozen "great."
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.
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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.
As someone who knows nothing of the game, I think it's technically impossible for me to say any spoilers for S2. I feel confident saying that there will have to be some sort of reckoning for what was done and said at the end of the finale. I'm reminded of Maria's words to Ellie.
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Couldn't they have waited to release Ted Lasso for 3 more weeks?
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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.
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. 8-)
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TLOU finale did a a great job with Ellie and the impact recent events have taken on her. I also like how the handled the tension between her and Joel. They also handled Joel's decision very well. It's easy not feel the weight of that decision in the game but I think they made you feel it in the show.
I do think the finale was rushed. I don't like that they only gave it 42 minutes which included the bonus scene at the beginning. I think the main part of the finale needed 10 more minutes to establish itself before the decision. In general I think the show could have done a better job explaining the Fireflies and spent more time on them.
Unsolicited advice for those who are planning to watch season 2 but haven't played the game. Avoid spoilers to the best of your ability (unless you are going to spoil it by playing the game). You may or may not have heard that the second game is controversial or divisive. My personal opinion is that it is neither but the reason that people think that is because there were some leaks before the game premiered and people reacted to the leaks without knowing the proper context. I purposefully avoided the leaks and experiencing the story in the game without advanced knowledge is what made me love it. If I had known the leaks, I don't know if the experience would have been the same.
The second game is probably my favorite game of all time. Fantastic emotional storytelling with powerful messages wrapped in a beautifully crafted world. As good as the first game was, the second game is that much better IMHO.
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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. 8-)
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.
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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::
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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::
I want to be clear -- in case I haven't been -- those episodes that were out of chronological order were outstanding. Both the Bill/Frank episode and the Ellie/Riley episodes were two of the best episodes of TV I've seen in a long while. Honestly, I think what I would have liked in this series that would have put it over the top for me was about another two episodes. I would have liked to see more of Joel and Ellie's journey -- both literally and figuratively. How did they get from Bill's house (wherever the hell that was) to KC? How did they get from KC to WY to CO to SLC? And more relationship development along the way. But you're absolutely right -- "the quality is objectively there."
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Thought The Last of Us was outstanding. Part of me wished I hadn’t played the game because I think some of the episodes would have absolutely hit harder than they did if I didn’t know what was coming.
Pascal and Ramsey were obviously great as were most of the supporting characters.
Very minor criticism in that I think it could have been a couple of episodes longer and I wouldn’t have minded another big set piece or two that involved the infected.
The 2nd game will be split into at least two more seasons. Having played the 2nd game as well I’ll be very interested in hoe they adapt that narrative for television as it’s much more complex than the first game.
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Some serious run time of the interlocking MU logo on Oak Island last night.
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Enjoyed the Letterman/U2 discussion on Disney+. Felt like it could have been more, but still an enjoyable hour and a half.
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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.
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John Wick 4 delivers exactly what youd expect and then some.
The last 45 minutes is a 30 minute non stop action sequence and then the quick wrap up.
The first 2 hours is about 1.5 hours of action as well.
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Enjoyed the Letterman/U2 discussion on Disney+. Felt like it could have been more, but still an enjoyable hour and a half.
On my viewing list.
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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?
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Zava is clearly supposed to be a fairly on the nose homage to Zlatan, no?
For sure. Guessing we'll get some meteoric team rise fueled by his play coupled with a ton of dissension in the ranks and collapse as the season goes on.
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Anyone watched Fauda? It's an Israeli show on Netflix. I've flown through the 4 seasons this winter. Really enjoyed it.
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Took a few minutes to really sink into Succession last night -- and sometimes the characters seemed like caricatures of themselves, with their halting styles and pet phrases -- but S4 E1 did leave looking forward to more. I thought Brian Cox and Matthew Macfadyen had particularly strong episodes.
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Anyone watched Fauda? It's an Israeli show on Netflix. I've flown through the 4 seasons this winter. Really enjoyed it.
On my list I’ll get to it x soon.
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I found it interesting that Ted Lasso used Prisencolinensinainciusol (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VsmF9m_Nt8) 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"?
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I found it interesting that Ted Lasso used Prisencolinensinainciusol (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VsmF9m_Nt8) 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.
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I think they're definitely setting up some sort of fall.
Also, the "pre-Madonna" scene killed me.
Absolutely I think they are setting up a fall. Or two. As I mentioned in a previous post, I think both decisions that were made in the premier against the advice of others will have disastrous consequences. Brew has already predicted how Rebecca's decision to sign Zava will play out -- and the beginning of that is already well underway. I think the closing moments last night may have set the stage for how Ted's decision to let Crimm embed with the team will lead to challenges.
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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
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Catching up on this show this week.
I really enjoy it
I just put it down the last couple days
Really enjoyed it. More my style than Lasso actually.
Segal is always a treat. Him and Ford are awesome whenever together.
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Just finished binging Severance.
Wow
Really hope they know what they're doing and it doesn't end up like Lost
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Just finished binging Severance.
Wow
I know, right? That finale was the best “edge of my seat” hour of television I can recall. I can’t wait for S2.
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Anyone watched Fauda? It's an Israeli show on Netflix. I've flown through the 4 seasons this winter. Really enjoyed it.
We binged on it. Couldn’t stop watching
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Wow, that was some episode of Succession.
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Yeah, Dish … I totally admit I didn’t see that coming.
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Insane episode
Absolute masterclass in acting all across the board.
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One thing Succession does so well, the shot of Colin the security guard on the tarmac after the plane landed, absolutely slayed me.
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One thing Succession does so well, the shot of Colin the security guard on the tarmac after the plane landed, absolutely slayed me.
Beef - on Netflix - is outstanding.
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Absolute masterclass in acting all across the board.
Yeah, this. The acting is just incredible. Give them all an award.
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Insane episode
Absolute masterclass in acting all across the board.
Apparently much of the heart of that episode was filmed in one 27-minute take (https://www.thewrap.com/succession-season-4-episode-3-filming/). It really was very well done.
I'm not sure everyone watches the "inside the episode" features after the credits on the HBO shows, but they are really outstanding.
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As we were sitting there getting ready to watch the episode, I turned to my wife and said: "He's always good, but Brian Cox has been especially incredible so far this season."
And then ...
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Finally watching Severance. 4 episodes in. Very intriguing. Great acting.
Bit of a slow burn on the plot but I hear it really pays off as the season goes on so thats encouraging that I am already into it.
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Finally watching Severance. 4 episodes in. Very intriguing. Great acting.
Bit of a slow burn on the plot but I hear it really pays off as the season goes on so thats encouraging that I am already into it.
They do a great job with pacing. They give you enough each episode so that every episode is satisfying but also leaves you wanting more
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They do a great job with pacing. They give you enough each episode so that every episode is satisfying but also leaves you wanting more
Yup its also nice that while theres mystery as to what is fully going on, its not some complete mind fu ck of a show that is impossible to follow.
Also appears the episodes get a little shorter after the first 3. More consistently in the 45 min range.
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Yup its also nice that while theres mystery as to what is fully going on, its not some complete mind fu ck of a show that is impossible to follow.
Also appears the episodes get a little shorter after the first 3. More consistently in the 45 min range.
It's definitely not a show you can watch while looking at your phone.
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Just finished the latest Ted Lasso episode.
This season has had moments but I gotta admit I'm underwhelmed. Still time to turn it around, but it just feels kinda lazy.
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Thought yesterday's Ted Lasso episode was the first good episode of this season.
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Thought yesterday's Ted Lasso episode was the first good episode of this season.
I'm not sure this would be a spoiler since it's opinion/speculation, but I'm curious what others think about Rebecca's phone conversation with the doctor. My daughter and I had completely opposite views on what happened there. She felt that what they showed was completely unambiguous. I thought it was very ambiguous and a classic example of misdirection by the show (somewhat akin to, "if you don't see the dead body...the person is not actually dead.")
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Where can I view Severance?? 8-)
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Where can I view Severance?? 8-)
AppleTV+
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Air was solid. Not sure they had the right actors to play realistic rolls (did not look or sound anything like Sonny Vacarro, Jason Bateman acted exactly how he did when he was playing Marty Byrde, etc.) but it was good.
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Air was solid. Not sure they had the right actors to play realistic rolls (did not look or sound anything like Sonny Vacarro, Jason Bateman acted exactly how he did when he was playing Marty Byrde, etc.) but it was good.
Looks fun, one of the main things I heard was that it has an awesome soundtrack if you like 80s/90s music.
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Looks fun, one of the main things I heard was that it has an awesome soundtrack if you like 80s/90s music.
Haha yes that was a comment I made at the movie.
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I’m an 80s kid and loved the music and all the references. I quite liked the movie, but I also thought it could have been a little more meaty. The characters were good but a little surface level play on some looks/mannerisms type of acting. Viola Davis is a gem. I would recommend Air.
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Barry is back. And as good as ever.
Hader is an incredible director along with his acting.
May 28th will be a massive day in TV when both this and Succession air their series finales.
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Underage Undercover is back for another season May 1st!!
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Sounds like it is right in the beefeater’s wheelhouse.
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Damn. Snowfall. Great series. One of the best endings of all time. Leon is one of the best characters of all time.
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Damn. Snowfall. Great series. One of the best endings of all time. Leon is one of the best characters of all time.
One of the great ‘under the radar’ shows of recent years. 6 high quality seasons and as you said, the ending did not disappoint. The show was filled with interesting, well-written characters.
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Finally got HBO to watch the Last of Us. Finally got a chance to watch the Wire. Just finished season 1. Holy crap that was a great season of television. I was worried that it would fall short after all of the hype. It didn't disappoint and from what I've read, this wasn't even the best season. Excited for the rest.
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Finally got HBO to watch the Last of Us. Finally got a chance to watch the Wire. Just finished season 1. Holy crap that was a great season of television. I was worried that it would fall short after all of the hype. It didn't disappoint and from what I've read, this wasn't even the best season. Excited for the rest.
I'd rank them (best to worst): Season 4, Season 3, Season 1, Season 2, Season 5.
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I'd rank them (best to worst): Season 4, Season 3, Season 1, Season 2, Season 5.
This is correct.
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I'd rank them (best to worst): Season 4, Season 3, Season 1, Season 2, Season 5.
Yep.
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Damn. Snowfall. Great series. One of the best endings of all time. Leon is one of the best characters of all time.
One of the great ‘under the radar’ shows of recent years. 6 high quality seasons and as you said, the ending did not disappoint. The show was filled with interesting, well-written characters.
I thought this season wasn't the best, but it really had a high bar to jump over because overall this series was just a joy to watch.
That being said, the finale just blew me away. Having Franklin turn into Alton was not the ending I expected at all. And the only guys who got out were two of my favorite characters - Leon and Oso.
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Finally got HBO to watch the Last of Us. Finally got a chance to watch the Wire. Just finished season 1. Holy crap that was a great season of television. I was worried that it would fall short after all of the hype. It didn't disappoint and from what I've read, this wasn't even the best season. Excited for the rest.
Yeah you are in for a treat. 4 is the best season of all time in my opinion and that is not really a minority take. Its truly incredible. 3 is fantastic as well.
S2 takes an open mind because it drastically shifts things from S1 that gets everyone hooked. But on a rewatch its really pretty brilliant and I appreciate it.
5 weakest season plot by far but does a great job wrapping up the show so in the end its still great.
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I'd rank them (best to worst): Season 4, Season 3, Season 1, Season 2, Season 5.
I understand why Season 2 is rated this low by a lot of people, but I loved it. It was almost like a series within a series as it went to a whole different universe.
And to TAMU, as someone in the education field, you will love Season 4. It deserves its lofty place in the pantheon of greatest seasons ever.
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And when you're done with the Wire watch We Own This City.... it also takes place in Baltimore and is made by David Simon.
Just one short season.
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Season 5 while not as strong as other seasons does wrap the show well and creates two of the most powerful scenes in television history IMO. Both brought me to tears. You definitely get invested in the characters because you know that they represent real people living those lives.
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And when you're done with the Wire watch We Own This City.... it also takes place in Baltimore and is made by David Simon.
Just one short season.
Jon Bernthal's Baltimore accent is awesome.
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Jon Bernthal's Baltimore accent is awesome.
He's a great actor overall. Looks like a meat head but has a ton of range and takes his job very seriously.
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I .. very much liked The Diplomat. Season 1, Netflix. Will look forward to S2.
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We Own This City is a good recommendation.
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I .. very much liked The Diplomat. Season 1, Netflix. Will look forward to S2.
Co-sign.
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I’m way behind in Succession, can you believe that awkwardness of the dinner party between Roy’s and the Pierce’s in season 2?!?!
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Now that was a good episode.
https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/ted-lasso-season-3-easter-eggs
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He's a great actor overall. Looks like a meat head but has a ton of range and takes his job very seriously.
He's honestly fascinating in his story and journey. From an affluent, very intelligent and well connected DC family (his brother is married to Sheryl Sandberg). Was a prep school kid, went to Skidmore, but dropped out and studying acting....IN MOSCOW. Then gets discovered and moves back and becomes a traditional theater actor. Doesn't get a tv/movie break until his early 30s, as a meathead cause of his appearance, and then steadily becomes this method actor Jack of All Trades and now is crushing it.
Oh, and his wife's uncle is f-ing Kurt Angle ;D
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He's honestly fascinating in his story and journey. From an affluent, very intelligent and well connected DC family (his brother is married to Sheryl Sandberg). Was a prep school kid, went to Skidmore, but dropped out and studying acting....IN MOSCOW. Then gets discovered and moves back and becomes a traditional theater actor. Doesn't get a tv/movie break until his early 30s, as a meathead cause of his appearance, and then steadily becomes this method actor Jack of All Trades and now is crushing it.
Oh, and his wife's uncle is f-ing Kurt Angle ;D
Skidmore!
Saratoga is the August place to be.
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He's honestly fascinating in his story and journey. From an affluent, very intelligent and well connected DC family (his brother is married to Sheryl Sandberg). Was a prep school kid, went to Skidmore, but dropped out and studying acting....IN MOSCOW. Then gets discovered and moves back and becomes a traditional theater actor. Doesn't get a tv/movie break until his early 30s, as a meathead cause of his appearance, and then steadily becomes this method actor Jack of All Trades and now is crushing it.
Oh, and his wife's uncle is f-ing Kurt Angle ;D
If you havent already you should watch the movie Small Engine Repair. Hes stellar in that. Also has She Whigham who is another actor that is almost always amazing as a side character.
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Air was solid. Not sure they had the right actors to play realistic rolls (did not look or sound anything like Sonny Vacarro, Jason Bateman acted exactly how he did when he was playing Marty Byrde, etc.) but it was good.
Going in I was like, “Ben Affleck as Phil Knight? Yeah, ok. Right.” Have to say he was phenomenal. I think Damon captured the authenticity and heart of Sonny Vaccaro, but you’re right, sounded and looked mostly like Matt Damon 😂.
If you also had told me going in that MJ’s character would have about five words to say, and that there would be few highlights of him, other than Vaccaro playing his game winning shot vs Georgetown to win a title on a VHS continuous loop (great scene btw)….. well, I would’ve taken a pass on this film. Surprisingly, I exited the theater thinking this is in my top 10 films all-time.
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That was probably the best Ted Lasso episode of the entire series.
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That was probably the best Ted Lasso episode of the entire series.
Shut up and dribble, aina?
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The wife and I ended up binge watching Shrinking on Apple+ over the weekend. Loved it. More feel good watching similar to Ted Lasso.
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Anybody else getting kind of bored by Succession?
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Anybody else getting kind of bored by Succession?
Wife and I started watching it. We made it about halfway through Season 2. We took a break a few weeks ago and neither of us have felt the need to go back to it. We'll finish it at some point but so far I do not understand the hype.
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Anybody else getting kind of bored by Succession?
Yep. I finished S02 and was tired of it. It was .. repetitive about things that I stopped caring about .. who is going to get control of the company, amongst many preposterous choices. Yaaaaay.
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Yep. I finished S02 and was tired of it. It was .. repetitive about things that I stopped caring about .. who is going to get control of the company, amongst many preposterous choices. Yaaaaay.
Yup, pretty much. Which new decision will they ultimately end up not really making a decision about?
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I think final season of Succession has been great. Interested to see how the final 3 finish up.
I think Barry has been even better though.
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Agree, but I didn't love this weeks Barry episode.
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Agree, but I didn't love this weeks Barry episode.
I get why people didnt with the slower pace and total change up.
But based off the ending of the ep I think the pay off with the final 3 will make it worth it. So ep 5 kinda gets a incomplete for me.
Intrigued how Hader and co wrap it up.
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Yep. I finished S02 and was tired of it. It was .. repetitive about things that I stopped caring about .. who is going to get control of the company, amongst many preposterous choices. Yaaaaay.
Its first year B-School Entourage.
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Finished Mando S3.
It was fine.
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Anybody else getting kind of bored by Succession?
I think the season has been very good -- perhaps not as good as the first two, but still very good.
And the most recent episode was the best of the season IMHO. Incredible interaction between Tom and Shiv, both of whom have been outstanding all season (thanks to the acting of Matthew Macfadyen and Sarah Snook, and great writing).
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I think the season has been very good -- perhaps not as good as the first two, but still very good.
And the most recent episode was the best of the season IMHO. Incredible interaction between Tom and Shiv, both of whom have been outstanding all season (thanks to the acting of Matthew Macfadyen and Sarah Snook, and great writing).
Yeah last episode had a lot of really good interactions with Tom/Shiv being the highlight as you said. I enjoyed Greg having to fire hundreds and his trying to fit in with Matsson. Kendall and Roman interactions are always great.
Skarsgaard is so damn good in the sleazeball role as well.
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Yeah last episode had a lot of really good interactions with Tom/Shiv being the highlight as you said. I enjoyed Greg having to fire hundreds and his trying to fit in with Matsson. Kendall and Roman interactions are always great.
Skarsgaard is so damn good in the sleazeball role as well.
Agree with all of that. I had been getting a little sick of Greg, but that was a good episode for him.
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Ted Lasso was really strong last night. Several good true-to-character LOL moments and also they deftly handled Colin's storyline in the locker room. The press conference after the match was absolutely fantastic - probably locking up another Emmy for Goldstein.
I haven't enjoyed the show as much this season as past seasons, but this episode felt like a return to form.
And I say that as a fan of that garbage-ass team that won back-to-back Superbowls.
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Junior Bake Off was good. Lola was the absolute best.
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Ted Lasso was really strong last night. Several good true-to-character LOL moments and also they deftly handled Colin's storyline in the locker room. The press conference after the match was absolutely fantastic - probably locking up another Emmy for Goldstein.
I haven't enjoyed the show as much this season as past seasons, but this episode felt like a return to form.
And I say that as a fan of that garbage-ass team that won back-to-back Superbowls.
I thought it was the best episode of the series so far. And I agree that the season on the whole hasn't been as strong as past seasons, but they absolutely hit every aspect out of the park. Colin's storyline was the obvious throughline, but how they handled Roy, Rebecca, Isaac, and all the other characters surrounding it were advanced so, so well.
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Agree. Ted Lasso needed an episode like that, as this season had been meh. Hopefully it's a prelude to a great finish.
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Hopefully it's a prelude to a great finish.
Pawz
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Agree. Ted Lasso needed an episode like that, as this season had been meh. Hopefully it's a prelude to a great finish.
I got started late with TL after reading some posts here that this season was not so hot. I've been pleasantly surprised by the whole season. This last episode was another good one. Going to miss TL when it's done.
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Started watching Angel City (HBO), I’m a soccer junkie so I dig it. I like hearing from the players, past and present. and about their journeys. I would totally go to an ACFC game.
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8 episodes in to Aquarius on Netflix. Enjoyable. Snappy, clever, occasionally gritty, good characters.
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I got started late with TL after reading some posts here that this season was not so hot. I've been pleasantly surprised by the whole season. This last episode was another good one. Going to miss TL when it's done.
I'll be very interested to see if they spin it off into something else. They could very easily continue the series around the central non-Ted cast and call it AFC Richmond, or Greyhounds, or something similar and keep it going. While Ted is central, there's enough interest in Roy, Jamie, Keeley, Nathan, Rebecca, Sam, Colin, and the rest of the cast to keep the club running with or without the current manager.
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Can’t wait for the next VPR Reunion Show, aina!!!
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Can’t wait for the next VPR Reunion Show, aina!!!
Hah, just finished watching it. What a train wreck, a beautiful beautiful train wreck. Guilty pleasure
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Hah, just finished watching it. What a train wreck, a beautiful beautiful train wreck. Guilty pleasure
I suppose her acting up isn’t a surprise, but the sass Lala gave Lisa caught my attention.
Should only get better next week!!
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I suppose her acting up isn’t a surprise, but the sass Lala gave Lisa caught my attention.
Should only get better next week!!
She was spittin fire, next week’s continuation can’t come soon enough!
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I thought Succession and Barry both stuck the ending.
Both a little divisive.
But honestly not really sure what people were expecting with Succession if they hated that ending.
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Spoilers if you haven’t seen it…
The end of Succession made sense, no one “won” (even Tom didn’t really win). I didn’t love how they ultimately got there though.
Shiv in 24 hours gets told by Tom he doesn’t want to make it work, gets backstabbed by Mattson, finds out Tom is the mf’er that Mattson backstabbed her for, and then the sight of Kendall’s feet on Logan’s desk is what turns her? I kept waiting for the Kendall killed someone card to be played, and for Succession, it seemed way too convenient for that to be the moment.
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Spoilers if you haven’t seen it…
The end of Succession made sense, no one “won” (even Tom didn’t really win). I didn’t love how they ultimately got there though.
Shiv in 24 hours gets told by Tom he doesn’t want to make it work, gets backstabbed by Mattson, finds out Tom is the mf’er that Mattson backstabbed her for, and then the sight of Kendall’s feet on Logan’s desk is what turns her? I kept waiting for the Kendall killed someone card to be played, and for Succession, it seemed way too convenient for that to be the moment.
There are always convenient plot situations and logical leaps in any series. And I agree with you about Shiv. I mean, why didn't she use the considerable leverage she had to broker power for herself?
In general, though, I loved the show and I'm satisfied with the final episode. I loved the development of the Tom/Shiv dynamic in Season 4, and the actors who played those characters were incredible. Just a superbly acted series throughout, really. I'd rate it the best HBO series since Game of Thrones for sure and a top dozen all-time IMHO.
Oh ... sorry ... not HBO ... MAX.
What a stupid decision to take one of the great brand names in the history of entertainment and change it to something meh, but that's another subject entirely.
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There are always convenient plot situations and logical leaps in any series. And I agree with you about Shiv. I mean, why didn't she use the considerable leverage she had to broker power for herself?
In general, though, I loved the show and I'm satisfied with the final episode. I loved the development of the Tom/Shiv dynamic in Season 4, and the actors who played those characters were incredible. Just a superbly acted series throughout, really. I'd rate it the best HBO series since Game of Thrones for sure and a top dozen all-time IMHO.
Oh ... sorry ... not HBO ... MAX.
What a stupid decision to take one of the great brand names in the history of entertainment and change it to something meh, but that's another subject entirely.
This resonates with some around here.
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There are always convenient plot situations and logical leaps in any series. And I agree with you about Shiv. I mean, why didn't she use the considerable leverage she had to broker power for herself?
Honestly, I think one of the unspoken undercurrents in the show/plot was that Shiv was nowhere near as clever and savvy as she thought herself to be. She had some angles and some plays, but I struggle to remember a clear WIN that Shiv orchestrated herself that didn't actually end up someone outmaneuvering her.
Tom's BIGGEST strength was a complete honesty and self-awareness about who he was. He was a pawn (though developing into a more valuable one over time), was willing to eat sh** on his climb, and align himself in who he needed to be. He was a perfect counter to Shiv who was the total opposite.
Great final episode for the Tom and Greg dynamic. I saw an interview with Matthew Macfadyen where he said he believes Tom respected and was proud of Greg for using what little leverage he had to try and make a play, which is why he made sure to take care of him.
Say what you will about the plot or the finish, but another superbly acted final few episodes. Kieran Culkin in particular hit some highs. Speaking of, I think Roman also showed more self awareness than his character was previously given credit for and finally saw the forest for the trees.
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I loved the last few episodes of Succession and enjoyed watching the drama unfold. That said, I am exhausted, and the show came to a proper ending, IMO. The Roy's wore me out, but I enjoyed the run.
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Honestly, I think one of the unspoken undercurrents in the show/plot was that Shiv was nowhere near as clever and savvy as she thought herself to be. She had some angles and some plays, but I struggle to remember a clear WIN that Shiv orchestrated herself that didn't actually end up someone outmaneuvering her.
Tom's BIGGEST strength was a complete honesty and self-awareness about who he was. He was a pawn (though developing into a more valuable one over time), was willing to eat sh** on his climb, and align himself in who he needed to be. He was a perfect counter to Shiv who was the total opposite.
Great final episode for the Tom and Greg dynamic. I saw an interview with Matthew Macfadyen where he said he believes Tom respected and was proud of Greg for using what little leverage he had to try and make a play, which is why he made sure to take care of him.
Say what you will about the plot or the finish, but another superbly acted final few episodes. Kieran Culkin in particular hit some highs. Speaking of, I think Roman also showed more self awareness than his character was previously given credit for and finally saw the forest for the trees.
I think he 100% respected him. And knew that keeping Greg on was the right move. Tom has always been a punching bag kiss ass to those above him. And Greg was the guy under him that he could do the same to.
Both Tom and Greg understood the game and thats why they ended up well off in the end. Greg is still under Tom and Tom is still under someone like Matsson but both got the job title and pay boost they desired.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6KEgWSFfaE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6KEgWSFfaE)
Welcome back Raylan
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Honestly, I think one of the unspoken undercurrents in the show/plot was that Shiv was nowhere near as clever and savvy as she thought herself to be. She had some angles and some plays, but I struggle to remember a clear WIN that Shiv orchestrated herself that didn't actually end up someone outmaneuvering her.
Tom's BIGGEST strength was a complete honesty and self-awareness about who he was. He was a pawn (though developing into a more valuable one over time), was willing to eat sh** on his climb, and align himself in who he needed to be. He was a perfect counter to Shiv who was the total opposite.
Great final episode for the Tom and Greg dynamic. I saw an interview with Matthew Macfadyen where he said he believes Tom respected and was proud of Greg for using what little leverage he had to try and make a play, which is why he made sure to take care of him.
Say what you will about the plot or the finish, but another superbly acted final few episodes. Kieran Culkin in particular hit some highs. Speaking of, I think Roman also showed more self awareness than his character was previously given credit for and finally saw the forest for the trees.
Agree with all of this. Bravo to Culkin for overcoming considerable doubt about his acting chops.
I loved the last few episodes of Succession and enjoyed watching the drama unfold. That said, I am exhausted, and the show came to a proper ending, IMO. The Roy's wore me out, but I enjoyed the run.
I agree with this, too. It was an exhausting series, and several episodes really challenged the viewer.
This resonates with some around here.
Ha - good one.
But really, I've yet to read a single good explanation why MAX is better than the brand name that has pretty much meant "great entertainment" for decades.
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Peacock next to shorten up their name?
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There are always convenient plot situations and logical leaps in any series. And I agree with you about Shiv. I mean, why didn't she use the considerable leverage she had to broker power for herself?
In general, though, I loved the show and I'm satisfied with the final episode. I loved the development of the Tom/Shiv dynamic in Season 4, and the actors who played those characters were incredible. Just a superbly acted series throughout, really. I'd rate it the best HBO series since Game of Thrones for sure and a top dozen all-time IMHO.
Oh ... sorry ... not HBO ... MAX.
What a stupid decision to take one of the great brand names in the history of entertainment and change it to something meh, but that's another subject entirely.
Considering the term Home Box Office has been quite the thing the past 5 years, it’s dumbfounding.
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But really, I've yet to read a single good explanation why MAX is better than the brand name that has pretty much meant "great entertainment" for decades.
I always thought Skin-a-MAX, excuse me - Cinemax, was the "great entertainment" brand.
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I finished Aquarius (Netflix) .. very solid series, both s01 and s02 were quite good, 26 episodes total.
I didn't know until now that the series ended in 2016.
So the new question is: What were you watching 3-5-8 years ago that was good?
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I thought the Ted Lasso finale was fantastic.
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Yup, pretty much. Which new decision will they ultimately end up not really making a decision about?
100% agree with this take. The show was well acted and I enjoyed it early on but there was no character development whatsoever and the plot was repetitious beyond belief. Everybody was despicable, predictable and (while at times clever) not very smart. No one worth rooting for, I gave up late in season 2.
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100% agree with this take. The show was well acted and I enjoyed it early on but there was no character development whatsoever and the plot was repetitious beyond belief. Everybody was despicable, predictable and (while at times clever) not very smart. No one worth rooting for, I gave up late in season 2.
Yeah. The finish was stronger than the rest of the series, but it was just an okay show in my opinion.
Greg and Roman were by far the best characters to me.
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I thought the Ted Lasso finale was fantastic.
Thought it was good, not great. Wish they would have spent a little more time wrapping up the lesser characters arcs, but no major complaints. Applaud Sudeikis for realizing that the show really only had a shelf life of three seasons, as he probably could have milked a few more season if he wanted to/wanted the money.
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I thought the Ted Lasso finale was fantastic.
Thought it was good, not great. Wish they would have spent a little more time wrapping up the lesser characters arcs, but no major complaints.
I enjoyed it as well. My wife felt similarly to DJ.
Whether it is real foreshadowing or wishful thinking, I'm intrigued by the theory out there that Ted's message to Trent ("One small suggestion...I'd change the title. It's not about me. It never was.") is a nod to a planned spinoff.
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I .. very much liked The Diplomat. Season 1, Netflix. Will look forward to S2.
Indeed. Just finished. I figured out both of the twists about 30 seconds in advance. And I think I know rhe how/why/who of the second.
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Keri Russell is a national treasure.
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Made it thorough Season 2 of the Wire. Was maybe a half step down from Season 1 but still akazing television. The scene with Omar testifying was the best of the series so far. I think the whole season could have done without Ziggy. He was an obnoxious add with very little narrative payoff
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Made it thorough Season 2 of the Wire. Was maybe a half step down from Season 1 but still akazing television. The scene with Omar testifying was the best of the series so far. I think the whole season could have done without Ziggy. He was an obnoxious add with very little narrative payoff
That's rude.
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That's rude.
Great defense Ziggy. I teed that one up beautifully and you just flew in there and broke up the pass
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Anyone else watching Jury Duty? It's hysterical.
It's a "reality" show about a guy who has been chosen for jury duty. The twist is that he is the only real person. Everyone else - judge, lawyers, jury members, etc., are all actors, including the real James Marsden playing himself as a celebrity that is pissed that he got chosen. It's filmed at an actual California courthouse.
The guy (the only person who is not in on the joke) is super sincere and takes his duties very seriously, even when crazy stuff is going on in the courtroom. The other characters are very well developed.
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Anyone else watching Jury Duty? It's hysterical.
We started it. Three episodes in we thought it a bit too gimmicky. Kids recommended it, so they are in your camp.
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Anyone else watching Jury Duty? It's hysterical.
It's a "reality" show about a guy who has been chosen for jury duty. The twist is that he is the only real person. Everyone else - judge, lawyers, jury members, etc., are all actors, including the real James Marsden playing himself as a celebrity that is pissed that he got chosen. It's filmed at an actual California courthouse.
The guy (the only person who is not in on the joke) is super sincere and takes his duties very seriously, even when crazy stuff is going on in the courtroom. The other characters are very well developed.
It’s a great cringe watch for sure, not sure on the hysterical end.
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We started it. Three episodes in we thought it a bit too gimmicky. Kids recommended it, so they are in your camp.
I was the same way but watched through. The last 3 episodes were really funny.
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The new Spider Man movie is awesome! And, I have not watched the first movie of this series and cannot wait. The pace was fast and furious, the emotions deep, the action intense, the humor fantastic. What a great movie.
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Beef - on Netflix - is outstanding.
Porky Concurs having just finished the last episode less than a half hour ago. Super Dark, Super Funny but with very serious undertones.
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Thought it was good, not great. Wish they would have spent a little more time wrapping up the lesser characters arcs, but no major complaints. Applaud Sudeikis for realizing that the show really only had a shelf life of three seasons, as he probably could have milked a few more season if he wanted to/wanted the money.
Finally got to the finale, and agree. It was pretty solid all around. Even the conclusions that seemed telegraphed were still satisfying.
Literally my only significant gripe with the final season? The actor who played Ted's son was so incredibly bad it was distracting. Like it had to have been an exec's kid, right? The other kid actors on the show were great and he was just beyond bad.
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Watched the first episode of Silo. Pretty good. It's definitely right in my wheel-house thematically though. Sci Fi isn't for everyone
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Watched Lockwood & Co. with my teenage daughter has a good rotten tomatoes score, pretty good show and Then I read there would be no season 2, Not cool.
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Anyone else watching Jury Duty? It's hysterical.
It's a "reality" show about a guy who has been chosen for jury duty. The twist is that he is the only real person. Everyone else - judge, lawyers, jury members, etc., are all actors, including the real James Marsden playing himself as a celebrity that is pissed that he got chosen. It's filmed at an actual California courthouse.
The guy (the only person who is not in on the joke) is super sincere and takes his duties very seriously, even when crazy stuff is going on in the courtroom. The other characters are very well developed.
I agree. Jury Duty is a riot. Not to give anything away but the older woman juror, the "chants", the celebrity, the "couple" and many more... a riot. Also, the "real" guy is such a good guy you gotta love him.
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The Tour De France documentary on Netflix is pretty interesting. Insane how intense that sport is.
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The Tour De France documentary on Netflix is pretty interesting. Insane how intense that sport is.
Yes. The whole thing is pretty dope
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The Tour De France documentary on Netflix is pretty interesting. Insane how intense that sport is.
One of my favorite sports events of the year. The doc was very well done.
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The Tour De France documentary on Netflix is pretty interesting. Insane how intense that sport is.
Its one of those sports that you don't realize how fanatical it is cause its pockets of popularity are so niche. For example, Belgium, where I spend a lot of time, is NUTS for cycling. I remember the first time I went to a backyard party at my colleague's place there ready to chat soccer with people. The first 3-4 neighbors of theirs I talked to weren't really into soccer, outside of the World Cup, but were SUPER SUPER into cycling. Like their kids had cycling posters and trading cards. It was wild.
Ive never been able to get into it, but I have a ton of respect for how grueling and challenging it is.
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Yes. The whole thing is pretty dope
Well played.
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We started watching Bad Sisters several days ago and I’m really enjoying it. My wife…not so much (she doesn’t like dark humor). As an aside, that’s gotta be one of the greatest title sequences ever.
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Keri Russell is a national treasure.
Started watching her new show, I do dig KR. Wasn’t sure about the show as it has this sort of serious vibe with a strong comedic undertone. Gotta say, I’m about 4 episodes in, and it keeps getting better. I do laugh at all the assertive walking, though. Solid show to watch with the wife.
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We started watching Bad Sisters several days ago and I’m really enjoying it. My wife…not so much (she doesn’t like dark humor). As an aside, that’s gotta be one of the greatest title sequences ever.
Wife and I loved Bad Sisters. Pretty good payoff at the end imho. I think you'll enjoy the rest
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Started watching her new show, I do dig KR. Wasn’t sure about the show as it has this sort of serious vibe with a strong comedic undertone. Gotta say, I’m about 4 episodes in, and it keeps getting better. I do laugh at all the assertive walking, though. Solid show to watch with the wife.
The diplomat? I liked season 1. She's not as good as she was in the Americans, but that would be near impossible to beat.
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The diplomat? I liked season 1. She's not as good as she was in the Americans, but that would be near impossible to beat.
Yep, The Diplomat. I loved the Americans, and I loved her in that, loved the entire cast really. I think I had that standard in mind when starting the new show seeing the theme might have been similar enough, and I agree it would be very difficult to outdo The Americans.
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Yep, The Diplomat. I loved the Americans, and I loved her in that, loved the entire cast really. I think I had that standard in mind when starting the new show seeing the theme might have been similar enough, and I agree it would be very difficult to outdo The Americans.
The A's just got their first sweep of the season, so I decided to watch Money Ball. Not a bad film.
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The A's just got their first sweep of the season, so I decided to watch Money Ball. Not a bad film.
Big fan of that movie
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Big fan of that movie
Too much math.
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Extraction 2 is just fun as hell. Fast and Furious level of absurd but visually gorgeous action sequence filmmaking. Hemsworth is fantastic and Sam Hargrave is a true talent behind the camera with this stuff, natural given his stuntman background. Its not gonna win an Academy Award, but I'll watch a movie like this any day.
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The A's just got their first sweep of the season, so I decided to watch Money Ball. Not a bad film.
I loved the book (right up there with The Big Short as Michael Lewis’s best) but I didn’t see a movie there. I was very wrong, the movie was excellent.
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Extraction 2 is just fun as hell. Fast and Furious level of absurd but visually gorgeous action sequence filmmaking. Hemsworth is fantastic and Sam Hargrave is a true talent behind the camera with this stuff, natural given his stuntman background. Its not gonna win an Academy Award, but I'll watch a movie like this any day.
Really good for what it is. Action movies are really making their mark these days. The choreography and fight scenes were nuts.
Its not John Wick but still very good. And Im intrigued by Elbas character and potential in a 3rd film
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Really good for what it is. Action movies are really making their mark these days. The choreography and fight scenes were nuts.
Its not John Wick but still very good. And Im intrigued by Elbas character and potential in a 3rd film
Agreed. John Wick is also directed by a former stuntman, so it tracks. Stahelski who did the Wick films had a lot more experience, so it makes me excited for what Hargrave has up his sleeve. The 360 shots and the choreography were absolutely incredible.
The third installment is already in development, can't wait. And totally agree that Idris Elba was a great addition. I loved how Hemsworth goes with a guy who doesn't have much to live for and doesn't care if he dies in the first movie, to a guy who has seen everything and is shaken by nothing in the second film. His non-reactions to stuff whizzing by his head or exploding nearby is believable and kind of hilarious, instead of corny.
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Wife and I recently finished The Diplomat. Outstanding performance by Russell, who is great in everything, and many of the supporting cast. Loved the actor who played the PM as a total dirtbag. Some great twists, although a couple were predictable, and I liked the regular injections of humor.
We really liked Bad Sisters. Sharon Horgan is very talented, not only acting but also as a creator. The other sisters also excel, and the plot is fun.
Ted Lasso was fine this season. Good, not great overall, with a couple of real meh episodes but also some very good ones. Reasonably satisfying conclusion.
On the flight home from Chicago yesterday I re-watched E1 of The Last of Us. I'm not one who really likes to re-watch stuff, especially so soon after the original air date, but now I think I've gotta keep watching ... again! What a great freakin' series!!
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It’s not John Wick but still very good. And Im intrigued by Elbas character and potential in a 3rd film
Pre Covid my wife and I went to the movies regularly - 3 or 4 times a month. Based on a solid IMDB score we went to see one of the John Wick movies. The review warned that there was violence but c’mon - that’s literally all there was to it. Worst movie I’ve seen in as long as I can remember.
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Pre Covid my wife and I went to the movies regularly - 3 or 4 times a month. Based on a solid IMDB score we went to see one of the John Wick movies. The review warned that there was violence but c’mon - that’s literally all there was to it. Worst movie I’ve seen in as long as I can remember.
The near universal love that franchise get is beyond me
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Wife and I recently finished The Diplomat. Outstanding performance by Russell, who is great in everything, and many of the supporting cast. Loved the actor who played the PM as a total dirtbag. Some great twists, although a couple were predictable, and I liked the regular injections of humor.
We really liked Bad Sisters. Sharon Horgan is very talented, not only acting but also as a creator. The other sisters also excel, and the plot is fun.
Ted Lasso was fine this season. Good, not great overall, with a couple of real meh episodes but also some very good ones. Reasonably satisfying conclusion.
On the flight home from Chicago yesterday I re-watched E1 of The Last of Us. I'm not one who really likes to re-watch stuff, especially so soon after the original air date, but now I think I've gotta keep watching ... again! What a great freakin' series!!
Agree w all of this.
Been watching Class of 2009. Mediocre, including the acting of a couple of touted but in this case not well used actors: Kate Mara and Brian Tyree Henry.
Also, Citadel. Man, a lot going on here. As much as I enjoy the over-exposed Stanley Tucci being tortured, this show has so many silly twists. Wanted to like it, but not nearly as enjoyable as, say, The Diplomat.
After watching The Diplomat, and having also loved The Americans (top 5 all timer for me), I decided to watch the first couple of episodes of Felicity. Russell is good, but watching it made me feel dirty. Prefer the more recent Russell performances. :)
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Agree w all of this.
Been watching Class of 2009. Mediocre, including the acting of a couple of touted but in this case not well used actors: Kate Mara and Brian Tyree Henry.
Also, Citadel. Man, a lot going on here. As much as I enjoy the over-exposed Stanley Tucci being tortured, this show has so many silly twists. Wanted to like it, but not nearly as enjoyable as, say, The Diplomat.
After watching The Diplomat, and having also loved The Americans (top 5 all timer for me), I decided to watch the first couple of episodes of Felicity. Russell is good, but watching it made me feel dirty. Prefer the more recent Russell performances. :)
The Americans is a top-5er for you, eh? That's some high praise. I loved it but I haven't thought to rank my faves in any kind of order.
Not easy to do such rankings, in part because of the passage of time. For example, I like to think that given what's gone on (and is still going on) in America, "All in the Family" would still be a relevant and important series, but at the very least the language would have to change.
Rankings would be an interesting exercise, though, and I'm sure The Americans would be pretty high on my list.
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The near universal love that franchise get is beyond me
Ditto.
Keanu has a rep for being one of the good guys in Hollywood, but his acting range is about as narrow as John Wayne’s was.
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Ditto.
Keanu has a rep for being one of the good guys in Hollywood, but his acting range is about as narrow as John Wayne’s was.
The older I get, the less enthused about gratuitous violence I get as a hook for a movie or TV show.
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Ditto.
Keanu has a rep for being one of the good guys in Hollywood, but his acting range is about as narrow as John Wayne’s was.
Compared to Keanu Reeves, John Wayne is De Niro or Danzell.
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The older I get, the less enthused about gratuitous violence I get as a hook for a movie or TV show.
I remember turning 17 too.
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The Americans is a top-5er for you, eh? That's some high praise. I loved it but I haven't thought to rank my faves in any kind of order.
Not easy to do such rankings, in part because of the passage of time. For example, I like to think that given what's gone on (and is still going on) in America, "All in the Family" would still be a relevant and important series, but at the very least the language would have to change.
Rankings would be an interesting exercise, though, and I'm sure The Americans would be pretty high on my list.
Great point on All in the Family. I have prestige tv recency bias. In no particular order...
"Prestige": The Wire, The Americans, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Deadwood, GoT
Second Tier: The Sopranos, Mad Men, The Bureau, Justified, Ozarks, Succession
Third Tier: Halt & Catch Fire, Leftovers, Billions
Comedies: Fleabag, Seinfeld, Parks & Rec, All in the Family, Arrested Dev, Curb, Dick van Dyke show, MTM, The Office, The Odd Couple, Newhart, Good Place, Atlanta, Barry, Cheers
"Old" Drama: West Wing, ER, NYPD Blue, Hill Street Blues (MU days group watch)
Always laughed at but never got into the cartoons- South Park, Simpsons
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Not easy to do such rankings, in part because of the passage of time. For example, I like to think that given what's gone on (and is still going on) in America, "All in the Family" would still be a relevant and important series, but at the very least the language would have to change.
I often agree with your TV/movie critiques but not this time. IMO “All in the Family” was very overrated in its time and would be totally out of date today.
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Lots and lots of great names in there, LL.
Possible adds (off the top my head and in no particular order):
MASH, Six Feet Under, Veep, Larry Sanders, Bob Newhart (original), Friday Night Lights, Barney Miller, Homeland, 24, Carol Burnett, SNL, Simpsons, The Shield, Frasier, House of Cards, Star Trek, Friends, I Love Lucy, Happy Days, Dexter (first 4 seasons).
If counting miniseries, stuff
like Band of Brothers, Chernobyl and Queen’s Gambit would figure in.
Then there are the likes of The Last of Us and Hacks, which probably haven’t been around long enough to rank.
And does one include a series like Dallas, which started a late-night soap trend and had one cliffhanger storyline that literally captivated the world … but actually mostly sucked as art?
Fun discussion.
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I often agree with your TV/movie critiques but not this time. IMO “All in the Family” was very overrated in its time and would be totally out of date today.
There is no way they would put that show on network television today.
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There is no way they would put that show on network television today.
Not in its ‘70s form, that’s for sure.
I often agree with your TV/movie critiques but not this time. IMO “All in the Family” was very overrated in its time and would be totally out of date today.
We’ll agree to disagree about All in the Family being overrated in its time. Many tv critics also would disagree with you, not that they’re necessarily “right,” either. This stuff’s all subjective.
IMHO it was a groundbreaking, important show. It also was tremendous television until the Michael Stivic character left; without Meathead to counter Archie, the show did get meh.
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Not in its ‘70s form, that’s for sure.
We’ll agree to disagree about All in the Family being overrated in its time. Many tv critics also would disagree with you, not that they’re necessarily “right,” either. This stuff’s all subjective.
IMHO it was a groundbreaking, important show. It also was tremendous television until the Michael Stivic character left; without Meathead to counter Archie, the show did get meh.
I thought all of the “family” were so simplistic and one dimensional that they were caricatures rather than characters. I thought the movie “Joe” with Peter Boyle and Susan Sarandon did a far better job of capturing the generation gap of that era than “All in the Family” which (again, my opinion) was as predictable as it was repetitious.
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I thought all of the “family” were so simplistic and one dimensional that they were caricatures rather than characters. I thought the movie “Joe” with Peter Boyle and Susan Sarandon did a far better job of capturing the generation gap of that era than “All in the Family” which (again, my opinion) was as predictable as it was repetitious.
OK. Have a good one.
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Lots and lots of great names in there, LL.
Possible adds (off the top my head and in no particular order):
MASH, Six Feet Under, Veep, Larry Sanders, Bob Newhart (original), Friday Night Lights, Barney Miller, Homeland, 24, Carol Burnett, SNL, Simpsons, The Shield, Frasier, House of Cards, Star Trek, Friends, I Love Lucy, Happy Days, Dexter (first 4 seasons).
If counting miniseries, stuff
like Band of Brothers, Chernobyl and Queen’s Gambit would figure in.
Then there are the likes of The Last of Us and Hacks, which probably haven’t been around long enough to rank.
And does one include a series like Dallas, which started a late-night soap trend and had one cliffhanger storyline that literally captivated the world … but actually mostly sucked as art?
Fun discussion.
Agreed with many of these, though it all of course is personal opinion. Forgot The Bear - loved first season.
Chernobyl and Queen’s Gambit. Parts of 24 and Homeland. YES to Carol Burnett of all the variety shows. Yes to House of Cards (not the last season / I love the canceled Kevin Spacey). Hacks!
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Yes to House of Cards (not the last season / I love the canceled Kevin Spacey). Hacks!
I don’t love sexual assaulters.
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Extraction 2 is just fun as hell. Fast and Furious level of absurd but visually gorgeous action sequence filmmaking. Hemsworth is fantastic and Sam Hargrave is a true talent behind the camera with this stuff, natural given his stuntman background. Its not gonna win an Academy Award, but I'll watch a movie like this any day.
For me it was about 45 minutes too long.
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I don’t love sexual assaulters.
Yes, you’re right about my flippant comment.
Love his role in that show and others. Art vs the artist. I apply my thoughts on that conundrum fairly inconsistently.
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Yes, you’re right about my flippant comment.
Love his role in that show and others. Art vs the artist. I apply my thoughts on that conundrum fairly inconsistently.
Agreed. I usually try to disassociate the actor in real life and what is seen onscreen.
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Agreed. I usually try to disassociate the actor in real life and what is seen onscreen.
I am the same for actors' personal lives (political views, etc.), but once they become sexual predators, that's where I draw the line.
So yeah, no Kevin Spacey, Michael Jackson, Bill Cosby, or R Kelly for me.
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I am the same for actors' personal lives (political views, etc.), but once they become sexual predators, that's where I draw the line.
So yeah, no Kevin Spacey, Michael Jackson, Bill Cosby, or R Kelly for me.
A reasonable take.
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I am the same for actors' personal lives (political views, etc.), but once they become sexual predators, that's where I draw the line.
So yeah, no Kevin Spacey, Michael Jackson, Bill Cosby, or R Kelly for me.
How about cannibalism?
https://www.nydailynews.com/snyde/ny-armie-hammer-cannibalism-allegations-explainer-20220901-66fooo7mnnehjksjxrlecf67ea-story.html (https://www.nydailynews.com/snyde/ny-armie-hammer-cannibalism-allegations-explainer-20220901-66fooo7mnnehjksjxrlecf67ea-story.html)
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Yeah, that, too.
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Tonight is the season finale of Undercover Underage. Roo said they don’t know if another season will be picked up. Hope so. Go get ‘em, SOSA!!
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New season of "The Bear" is amazing.
Season six of "Black Mirror" is interesting. The focus on technology is dialed way back.
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s2 ep 6 of The Bear is a masterclass
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s2 ep 6 of The Bear is a masterclass
It is excellent. And you don't even have to watch a second of the the rest of the series to appreciate it.
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Finished The Bear. Highly entertaining, with some outstanding acting and writing. The approach they took was so different from S1, but still turned out wonderfully.
I agree with chick and others about E6 -- incredible stuff. Jamie Lee Curtis has to get nominated for a guest-acting Emmy, no? One thing, though: I do think there was more screaming and shouting in that episode than in anything I've ever seen on TV!
I also really liked the following episode, in which Carmy sends Richie to "the best restaurant in the world" to learn what it means to be part of an establishment that aspires to be great. Great brief guest turn by the wonderful Olivia Colman. And as one who absolutely loves Pequod's Pizza, I was thrilled to see the best deep-dish joint in Chicago get a starring role, too!
Frankly, I didn't love the season's final scene, as the optimist in me would have preferred something a little less dark. But I will say it fit Carmy, so who am I to complain?
Just a really, really good show, and I look forward to S3.
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Finished The Bear.
I bet you did!
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Gonna watch the Jerry Jones Netflix docuseries, or at least the episode that critically inspects his cameo at Brown v..Board
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As a big fan of Justified, I was glad to hear a new-twist version of the series called Justified: City Primeval will be on FX starting July 18. The twist: Raylan (still played by the great Timothy Olyphant) will be doing his U.S. Marshaling in Detroit.
Here's Vulture's plot synopsis:
Justified: City Primeval begins ten years after the original series ended. After a spell in Miami raising his 15-year-old daughter (played by Olyphant’s real-life daughter) and continuing his work as a U.S. Marshal, Givens ends up in Detroit to take down sociopathic criminal Clement Mansell (Boyd Holbrook) and his attorney. “This story’s kind of a three-hander: It’s about Raylan, Clement Mansell, and the third character is this woman defense attorney, Carolyn Wilder, who in some ways is kind of locked at the wrists and ankles, not by her doing, to Clement Mansell,” showrunner Michael Dinner said in an interview with EW. “But then there’s a fourth character, which is the city of Detroit. Raylan’s a little bit of a fish out of water in a place that he doesn’t understand as well as he understood where he grew up in Kentucky — or Miami, where he lives.”
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New season of Tacoma FD.
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As a big fan of Justified, I was glad to hear a new-twist version of the series called Justified: City Primeval will be on FX starting July 18. The twist: Raylan (still played by the great Timothy Olyphant) will be doing his U.S. Marshaling in Detroit.
Here's Vulture's plot synopsis:
Justified: City Primeval begins ten years after the original series ended. After a spell in Miami raising his 15-year-old daughter (played by Olyphant’s real-life daughter) and continuing his work as a U.S. Marshal, Givens ends up in Detroit to take down sociopathic criminal Clement Mansell (Boyd Holbrook) and his attorney. “This story’s kind of a three-hander: It’s about Raylan, Clement Mansell, and the third character is this woman defense attorney, Carolyn Wilder, who in some ways is kind of locked at the wrists and ankles, not by her doing, to Clement Mansell,” showrunner Michael Dinner said in an interview with EW. “But then there’s a fourth character, which is the city of Detroit. Raylan’s a little bit of a fish out of water in a place that he doesn’t understand as well as he understood where he grew up in Kentucky — or Miami, where he lives.”
Yeah they basically swapped Raylan into a different Leonard novel and apparently it went seamless.
Only a few reviews public so far but very very positive.
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My only real quibble with the Emmy nominations was that Jamie Lee Curtis wasn't nominated for the "guest actress in a comedy series" category. But someone told me that, for some reason, the most recent season of The Bear wasn't the one considered for nominations, so Curtis wasn't a candidate.
I was mildly surprised to see Brian Cox listed in the lead actor category, given how little he appeared on the last season of Succession. That's a loaded category with Culkin, Strong, Pascal and Odenkirk. Matthew Macfadyen has to be a shoo-in for supporting actor, I'd think.
I'll be rooting for Bella Ramsey, who was absolutely phenomenal in The Last of Us -- every scene she was in, she "won." It would be great if both Offerman and Bartlett could win guest actor in a drama but I know they can't; I'm guessing it goes to Offerman. It sure won't go to the guy who played Stewy! All 3 of candidates in guest actress from The Last of Us are very deserving IMHO.
My wife and I didn't really like S1 of White Lotus but I think we've decided to watch S2 to see what all the hullabaloo is about. We stopped watching Abbott Elementary because we thought it was more sweet than funny, but we did happen to watch an episode recently and had quite a few chuckles. Still, the Bear is such a superior series (albeit often not a comedy).
Edit: Just realized that the marvelous Reservation Dogs, a better comedy than most nominated, got spurned. Boo!
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I binged watched Ted Lasso s03 while on planes and trains this past week.
I thought it was excellent.
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The Night Agent, on Netflix, is a lot of fun if you like thrillers
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My only real quibble with the Emmy nominations was that Jamie Lee Curtis wasn't nominated for the "guest actress in a comedy series" category. But someone told me that, for some reason, the most recent season of The Bear wasn't the one considered for nominations, so Curtis wasn't a candidate.
I was mildly surprised to see Brian Cox listed in the lead actor category, given how little he appeared on the last season of Succession. That's a loaded category with Culkin, Strong, Pascal and Odenkirk. Matthew Macfadyen has to be a shoo-in for supporting actor, I'd think.
I'll be rooting for Bella Ramsey, who was absolutely phenomenal in The Last of Us -- every scene she was in, she "won." It would be great if both Offerman and Bartlett could win guest actor in a drama but I know they can't; I'm guessing it goes to Offerman. It sure won't go to the guy who played Stewy! All 3 of candidates in guest actress from The Last of Us are very deserving IMHO.
My wife and I didn't really like S1 of White Lotus but I think we've decided to watch S2 to see what all the hullabaloo is about. We stopped watching Abbott Elementary because we thought it was more sweet than funny, but we did happen to watch an episode recently and had quite a few chuckles. Still, the Bear is such a superior series (albeit often not a comedy).
Edit: Just realized that the marvelous Reservation Dogs, a better comedy than most nominated, got spurned. Boo!
Correct. The Bear always airs past the cut off which is starting your season by beginning of May I believe. So they basically wait a full year for noms.
This year I read the Bear dropped during voting and likely that Xmas ep in S2 helped Bernthal get a S1 nom for his very brief appearance. Next year, the guest category will basically be the Bear.
The only true snub was Ford for Shrinking. That was egregious.
Also Obi wan and ike 3 other shows over Black bird was hilariously bad
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The Night Agent, on Netflix, is a lot of fun if you like thrillers
Finished it a few weeks ago
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Also Obi wan and ike 3 other shows over Black bird was hilariously bad
Haven't seen Black Bird yet but plan to. I did see Obi-Wan and couldn't believe it was nominated for anything. I was glad to see Andor get a nom though.
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The Night Agent, on Netflix, is a lot of fun if you like thrillers
Agree. I finished a few weeks ago. The wife and rifled through it fairly quickly.
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My only real quibble with the Emmy nominations was that Jamie Lee Curtis wasn't nominated for the "guest actress in a comedy series" category. But someone told me that, for some reason, the most recent season of The Bear wasn't the one considered for nominations, so Curtis wasn't a candidate.
The idea that The Bear is a "comedy series" is positively ridiculous. Just because the average episode is 30 minutes long doesn't make it a comedy.
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Just finished season four of The Wire. Holy f*ck. That might have been the perfect season of television, an absolute masterclass. So many stories perfectly weaved together, all of them heartbreaking.
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Just finished season four of The Wire. Holy f*ck. That might have been the perfect season of television, an absolute masterclass. So many stories perfectly weaved together, all of them heartbreaking.
Yup its truly no exaggeration when vast majority of people say its the best season of tv ever. Just incredible on all accounts. The inclusion of the schools is amazing.
I wouldnt say all stories are heartbreaking though, at least in the end. Namely the one kid who got out. Thats also what I loved the 4 main kids all end up on different paths then how youd think going in.
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S2E7 of The Bear might be one of the best episodes of a show I’ve ever seen. As a recovering restauranteur, I did what I did for so long to “surprise a table with Pequod’s pizza.” I poured myself into books (I own Unreasonable Hospitality that Richie was reading). I prided myself on perfection. It’s also why I couldn’t sleep for years, couldn’t shut off my mind, and why it took my body six months before it relaxed after I sold my long time pride and joy of a restaurant. I love The Bear, it is spot on for someone like me. I wish more people served in restaurants (or bartended like Al said), I think it would immediately up the level of respect we should share for each other.
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S2E7 of The Bear might be one of the best episodes of a show I’ve ever seen. As a recovering restauranteur, I did what I did for so long to “surprise a table with Pequod’s pizza.” I poured myself into books (I own Unreasonable Hospitality that Richie was reading). I prided myself on perfection. It’s also why I couldn’t sleep for years, couldn’t shut off my mind, and why it took my body six months before it relaxed after I sold my long time pride and joy of a restaurant. I love The Bear, it is spot on for someone like me. I wish more people served in restaurants (or bartended like Al said), I think it would immediately up the level of respect we should share for each other.
That was my favorite episode of the series by far.
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I wouldnt say all stories are heartbreaking though, at least in the end. Namely the one kid who got out. Thats also what I loved the 4 main kids all end up on different paths then how youd think going in.
I mean, yeah that one kid got out, but there was plenty of heartbreak to his story along the way. It's also heartbreaking that the only way he got out is because a single individual decided to do an extraordinary thing for him. That's not a solution that can be generalized which is I where I think the heartbreak comes in.
So many people in that season with good intentions and none of it makes a lick of difference and oftentimes ends up making things worse.
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Just finished the second season of Perry Mason. Interesting looks at racism in the 1930s, and filled with moral/ethical issues.
Two main characters are gay, which of course has led to some pearl-clutching, but I thought they dealt with interestingly.
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Just finished the second season of Perry Mason. Interesting looks at racism in the 1930s, and filled with moral/ethical issues.
Two main characters are gay, which of course has led to some pearl-clutching, but I thought they dealt with interestingly.
It's too bad HBO cancelled the show.
Matthew Rhys/Juliet Rylance great lead duo. Robert Downey, Jr. involved. Show runners from The Knick handled an improved second season. Alas, none of that cachet matters in the days of streaming.
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It's too bad HBO cancelled the show.
Matthew Rhys/Juliet Rylance great lead duo. Robert Downey, Jr. involved. Show runners from The Knick handled an improved second season. Alas, none of that cachet matters in the days of streaming.
Agree with all.
We also just finished the finale of Jack Ryan. It had the same kind of thrills that 24 used to, but with better acting. The torture scenes were painful to watch, but we did get a kick out of how quickly Jack recovered.
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S2E7 of The Bear might be one of the best episodes of a show I’ve ever seen. As a recovering restauranteur, I did what I did for so long to “surprise a table with Pequod’s pizza.” I poured myself into books (I own Unreasonable Hospitality that Richie was reading). I prided myself on perfection. It’s also why I couldn’t sleep for years, couldn’t shut off my mind, and why it took my body six months before it relaxed after I sold my long time pride and joy of a restaurant. I love The Bear, it is spot on for someone like me. I wish more people served in restaurants (or bartended like Al said), I think it would immediately up the level of respect we should share for each other.
At the beginning of that episode, my wife and I both groaned. FFS, do we need any more focus on Richie? He's terrible, just get rid of him. By the end of that episode (and for the rest of the season) he was our favorite character. Incredibly well done. The next day I called Sanford to see if my pre-pandemic "Day in the Kitchen" gift card was still good.
Thankfully, it is.
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At the beginning of that episode, my wife and I both groaned. FFS, do we need any more focus on Richie? He's terrible, just get rid of him. By the end of that episode (and for the rest of the season) he was our favorite character. Incredibly well done. The next day I called Sanford to see if my pre-pandemic "Day in the Kitchen" gift card was still good.
Thankfully, it is.
I woke up early this morning feeling some of the same emotions I haven’t felt in five years. Even my wife said she got it. She was the Claire early on in our relationship, but we made it.
Great story, Brew, and thankfully indeed. We take great pride in what we do, and we love when people want to see what it’s all about. I think you’ll have one heck of an experience. Sandy was a long time customer of mine, and I never could understand why such an accomplished chef would spend his hard earned money in my place. I saved money for awhile just so I could bring a few friends to Sanford back in the day, it sure was an experience.
I love Richie, we are all a little bit Richie.
Side note: just started watching Shrinking on Apple TV, about three episodes in, what a great show. Outstanding really.
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I woke up early this morning feeling some of the same emotions I haven’t felt in five years. Even my wife said she got it. She was the Claire early on in our relationship, but we made it.
Great story, Brew, and thankfully indeed. We take great pride in what we do, and we love when people want to see what it’s all about. I think you’ll have one heck of an experience. Sandy was a long time customer of mine, and I never could understand why such an accomplished chef would spend his hard earned money in my place. I saved money for awhile just so I could bring a few friends to Sanford back in the day, it sure was an experience.
I love Richie, we are all a little bit Richie.
Side note: just started watching Shrinking on Apple TV, about three episodes in, what a great show. Outstanding really.
Loved it. As I said earlier in the week. Ford was the biggest emmy snub by far(not that I really care). Hes incredible.
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Side note: just started watching Shrinking on Apple TV, about three episodes in, what a great show. Outstanding really.
One of the recent very enjoyable shows. Has Ted Lasso vibes as it's the same creator
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I woke up early this morning feeling some of the same emotions I haven’t felt in five years. Even my wife said she got it. She was the Claire early on in our relationship, but we made it.
Great story, Brew, and thankfully indeed. We take great pride in what we do, and we love when people want to see what it’s all about. I think you’ll have one heck of an experience. Sandy was a long time customer of mine, and I never could understand why such an accomplished chef would spend his hard earned money in my place. I saved money for awhile just so I could bring a few friends to Sanford back in the day, it sure was an experience.
I love Richie, we are all a little bit Richie.
NYT columnist David French (not a TV critic but an op-ed writer) just published an outstanding column about Richie. He touched on the sentiment you expressed in your last sentence.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/16/opinion/the-bear-fx.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20230717&instance_id=97711&nl=the-morning®i_id=108420427&segment_id=139507&te=1&user_id=d36dcf821462fdd16ec3636710a855fa
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NYT columnist David French (not a TV critic but an op-ed writer) just published an outstanding column about Richie. He touched on the sentiment you expressed in your last sentence.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/16/opinion/the-bear-fx.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20230717&instance_id=97711&nl=the-morning®i_id=108420427&segment_id=139507&te=1&user_id=d36dcf821462fdd16ec3636710a855fa
Outstanding piece, thank you so much for sharing. We all want to be seen, be loved, contribute, have a purpose, see, and love.
It reminds me that we just don’t know what others are dealing with, so why not give them the benefit of the doubt first. Let them yell, just listen. Let them cry, just offer a shoulder. Let them grow, support them from the back, or wherever they ask.
Here is probably my favorite paragraph of the article:
“I’ve seen this with my own eyes. I’ve seen how we’ve become a nation of bruised reeds, busy breaking one another. We see the rage but we miss the pain. We exclude the very people we most need to include. We lash back to inflict even greater wounds. We forget to seek the virtues hidden under a shell of vice.“
God damn I love The Bear. I love Richie. I feel seen.
EDIT: Who woulda thunk a TV show and MUScoop would end up being my therapy…for the better! You all may never know the effect you have on me (or the world) but know there is an effect. It reminds me of one of my favorite quotes:
Be aware of the place where you are brought to tears. That’s where I am, and that’s where your treasure is.
—The Alchemist
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Who woulda thunk ... MUScoop would end up being my therapy
Uh-oh!
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Uh-oh!
Hey now, no pull quoting! But yeah, uh oh for sure 😂
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I watched Jackie Brown the other night. I hadn't seen it it like 15 yrs. I'm not saying it's in Tarantino's top 4 but it's still an excellent film. Whatever happened to Bridget Fonda? She was fantastic in this flick.
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I watched Jackie Brown the other night. I hadn't seen it it like 15 yrs. I'm not saying it's in Tarantino's top 4 but it's still an excellent film. Whatever happened to Bridget Fonda? She was fantastic in this flick.
VERY good movie.
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God damn I love The Bear. I love Richie. I feel seen.
Just finished binge watching it. Wow, just wow. Great music, great shots of Chicago. More honest, raw emotion than in any series I’ve ever seen. Can wait for season 3.
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Just finished the Bear and want to echo all the positive comments on the series so far. Episode 6 was incredibly difficult to watch but at the same time enthralling. Episode 7 went and topped it. Our favorite episode so far. I also agree with 82 about the ending of this season but I guess they have to set up Season 3.
When I was 16 I was a line chef at Henrici's Steak and Lobster. I'm 65 now and no job was as stressful as that one. Would get home around midnight after cleaning up the kitchen. It was not unusual for me to wake up a couple of hours later and find myself standing in my bedroom sweating, trying to fill orders on time. The system was once a ticket was given to us we had 9 minutes to fill it. Something was always going wrong to stymie that. This show has brought back a lot of the memories of working that kitchen.
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VERY good movie.
QT is only making one more film. :(
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Quarterback on Netflix was so good, each guy had a unique story, and the access given was ridiculously great. I hope they bring Cousins back for season 2.
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Quarterback on Netflix was so good, each guy had a unique story, and the access given was ridiculously great. I hope they bring Cousins back for season 2.
I enjoyed it too.
I’d prefer three new QBs. Maybe Allen, Hurts, and Herbert. But I’m guessing there’ll be one stretch in there like Mariota.
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I watched Jackie Brown the other night. I hadn't seen it it like 15 yrs. I'm not saying it's in Tarantino's top 4 but it's still an excellent film. Whatever happened to Bridget Fonda? She was fantastic in this flick.
VERY good movie.
Hadn't seen this since I watched it in the theater 20-some years ago but your posts made me want to check it out again. Watched it over the weekend and loved it again. Everybody in the cast was great. I had forgotten Michael Keaton had such a big role. And you know what, Muggs ... you're right about Bridget Fonda. Outstanding in her role.
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Hadn't seen this since I watched it in the theater 20-some years ago but your posts made me want to check it out again. Watched it over the weekend and loved it again. Everybody in the cast was great. I had forgotten Michael Keaton had such a big role. And you know what, Muggs ... you're right about Bridget Fonda. Outstanding in her role.
IMO, his second best film outside OUATIH.
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IMO, his second best film outside OUATIH.
I'm a big fan, and it wouldn't be easy for me to rank them.
I think I'd put Inglorious Basterds #1 and then, I don't know, Pulp Fiction?
But I also loved Once Upon a Time, both Kill Bills, Django, Jackie and Reservoir Dogs. I liked Hateful Eight better than a lot of critics did, I think. Didn't really dig Natural Born Killers.
Just looking at a list right now, I've never seen From Dusk Till Dawn, Grindhouse or Death Proof. Should I be seeking out any or all of those?
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Hadn't seen this since I watched it in the theater 20-some years ago but your posts made me want to check it out again. Watched it over the weekend and loved it again. Everybody in the cast was great. I had forgotten Michael Keaton had such a big role. And you know what, Muggs ... you're right about Bridget Fonda. Outstanding in her role.
That scene after they leave the department store and "search" for where the car is parked is absolute gold. "Is it this row Louis? Louisssssssssssssssss....... " LOL.
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I'm a big fan, and it wouldn't be easy for me to rank them.
I think I'd put Inglorious Basterds #1 and then, I don't know, Pulp Fiction?
But I also loved Once Upon a Time, both Kill Bills, Django, Jackie and Reservoir Dogs. I liked Hateful Eight better than a lot of critics did, I think. Didn't really dig Natural Born Killers.
Just looking at a list right now, I've never seen From Dusk Till Dawn, Grindhouse or Death Proof. Should I be seeking out any or all of those?
Eh, maybe. From Dusk Till Dawn is fine.
I like Django the best of the rest. I like Jackie Brown and OUATIH the best because they don’t dwell on the violence per se. Like both movies have plenty of it, but it feels almost ancillary to the story.
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1.Pulp Fiction
2. Reservoir Dogs
3. Jackie Brown
4.Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
5. Django Unchained
6. Inglorious Bastards
7-? All the rest
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I'm a big fan, and it wouldn't be easy for me to rank them.
I think I'd put Inglorious Basterds #1 and then, I don't know, Pulp Fiction?
But I also loved Once Upon a Time, both Kill Bills, Django, Jackie and Reservoir Dogs. I liked Hateful Eight better than a lot of critics did, I think. Didn't really dig Natural Born Killers.
Just looking at a list right now, I've never seen From Dusk Till Dawn, Grindhouse or Death Proof. Should I be seeking out any or all of those?
Dusk till Dawn is top 3. Even if for some reason you don’t like the movie, Selma Hayek is worth the price of emission.
Greatest movie dance scene ever.
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Dusk till Dawn is top 3. Even if for some reason you don’t like the movie, Selma Hayek is worth the price of emission.
Greatest movie dance scene ever.
There's no argument against Salma Hayek. She still looks amazing btw. That said my Top 4 are:
Pulp Fiction
Inglorious Basterds
Django
Dogs
QT is going to be sorely missed.
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There's no argument against Salma Hayek. She still looks amazing btw. That said my Top 4 are:
Pulp Fiction
Inglorious Basterds
Django
Dogs
QT is going to be sorely missed.
My top 4 too. Different order. OUATIH is knocking on the door as the 5th and one that gets better and better on repeat viewings.
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My top 4 too. Different order. OUATIH is knocking on the door as the 5th and one that gets better and better on repeat viewings.
I need to have a 2nd viewing of OUATIH.
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I've also watched Sling Blade recently and have a greater appreciation for that film. It's not just Billy Bob, that's a tremendous cast. I may have gone more medieval to close the show but it's still a very good film.
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There's no argument against Salma Hayek. She still looks amazing btw. That said my Top 4 are:
Pulp Fiction
Inglorious Basterds
Django
Dogs
QT is going to be sorely missed.
Also my top 4 though in a different order
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Wife and I loved Bad Sisters. Pretty good payoff at the end imho. I think you'll enjoy the rest
Finally finished it last night. I anticipated the "payoff" pretty early in the season. Good show. I can't imagine what they're going to do for S2. It really seems like a one season show to me. While I liked the sisters and their chemistry together, the show really hinged on their common goal and wrapped up neatly at the end.
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Finally finished it last night. I anticipated the "payoff" pretty early in the season. Good show. I can't imagine what they're going to do for S2. It really seems like a one season show to me. While I liked the sisters and their chemistry together, the show really hinged on their common goal and wrapped up neatly at the end.
I anticipated the who pretty early on but not the how. But i also enjoyed how they wrapped all the other plotlines and conflicts. I can't imagine how they could possibly do a season 2
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Jack Ryan season 4 was fine
Foundation season 2 is solid (through 4 episodes)
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Lincoln lawyer season 2 was good.
Same author as Bosch, Michale Connelly.
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I watched Jackie Brown the other night. I hadn't seen it it like 15 yrs. I'm not saying it's in Tarantino's top 4 but it's still an excellent film. Whatever happened to Bridget Fonda? She was fantastic in this flick.
https://pagesix.com/2023/04/15/bridget-fonda-looks-unrecognizable-during-rare-outing/
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I’ve enjoyed the first two episodes of Ahsoka. Sounds like it relies on characters from the Star Wars Rebels show, which I’ve seen none of, but I don’t really feel lost or confused.
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60 Minutes. FDNY talks 9/11
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I guess I'm super late to the party but Fargo the series is excellent.
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Foundation continues to be very good
Ahsoka has been fun
Wheel of time is a slog
Looking forward to the final season of Sex Education
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Wow.....Billy Bob is amazing in Fargo. He's like a funnier Anton Chigurh.
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Welcome to Wrexham continues to be great. Just so well done. Like a documentary Ted Lasso, it's all built around the football, but ultimately the football is secondary to the story they are telling. Very good stuff.
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Welcome to Wrexham continues to be great. Just so well done. Like a documentary Ted Lasso, it's all built around the football, but ultimately the football is secondary to the story they are telling. Very good stuff.
I didn’t realize that a new season had started; I’ll have to watch. I felt the same way about Sunderland ‘til I Die. I really liked that show.
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Did anyone watch "Convicting a Murderer?" Wondering if it's worth paying for a subscription to something I'd never heard of before.
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Did anyone watch "Convicting a Murderer?" Wondering if it's worth paying for a subscription to something I'd never heard of before.
JayBee is a fan
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After kind of being all over the place for several episodes, Reservation Dogs finished with three strong episodes, including a satisfying series finale this week.
The first season it was one of the best programs on TV, and S2 also was very good.
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After kind of being all over the place for several episodes, Reservation Dogs finished with three strong episodes, including a satisfying series finale this week.
The first season it was one of the best programs on TV, and S2 also was very good.
Even though it was only 3 seasons, it is probably a Top 10 for me.
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Even though it was only 3 seasons, it is probably a Top 10 for me.
Can't believe S1 didn't get nominated for an Emmy. At least those who opine about such things for publication were properly outraged, too.
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I didn’t realize that a new season had started; I’ll have to watch. I felt the same way about Sunderland ‘til I Die. I really liked that show.
I heard they get promoted
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I wanted Dumb Money to be good.
It was not.
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Wife and I are Survivor fans but it’s up in the air whether or not we’ll get through this season if it’s anything like the first episode.
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I watched Facing Nolan on Netflix. I was a big Nolan Ryan fan, so I really enjoyed it.
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The Jason (and sometimes Travis) Kelce documentary on Amazon Prime was decent. Certainly not a top documentary I've seen even this year, but there are some kind of cool behind the scenes things.
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Just binged TLOU in 5 days.
Whoa
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“The Saint of Second Chances”, a documentary on the life and career of Mike Veeck (Bill’s son) is outstanding. Interesting, fun and finally heartwarming - I recommend it to baseball and non baseball fans alike.
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Taylor Swift movie is a must see
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“The Saint of Second Chances”, a documentary on the life and career of Mike Veeck (Bill’s son) is outstanding. Interesting, fun and finally heartwarming - I recommend it to baseball and non baseball fans alike.
It was outstanding. I bet you were a Sox fan when Veeck owned the team.
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Taylor Swift movie is a must see
Can’t wait. Can’t believe I’m going to spend money on a seat and popcorn, and can’t wait.
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Taylor Swift movie is a must see
Isn’t it just her concert on screen?
The fiancé had big FOMO after having to work when she played in KC, so the solution was to get tickets to see her in…Milan in July 2024.
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Isn’t it just her concert on screen?
The fiancé had big FOMO after having to work when she played in KC, so the solution was to get tickets to see her in…Milan in July 2024.
Yeah full disclosure I did actually go to the movie, wife is a big fan and I love going to movies so it was an easy decision. It is just the concert.
We saw her in KC, I was converted.
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Yeah full disclosure I did actually go to the movie, wife is a big fan and I love going to movies so it was an easy decision. It is just the concert.
We saw her in KC, I was converted.
Radicalization is one of the most dire challenges the world faces in 2023
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Beckham on Netflix is outstanding
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It was outstanding. I bet you were a Sox fan when Veeck owned the team.
Both times. I became a Sox fan ate age 6 (1954). Minnie Minoso was my favorite player.
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Both times. I became a Sox fan ate age 6 (1954). Minnie Minoso was my favorite player.
Dick (don’t call me Richie) Allen was mine.
In Philly and Chicago.
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Dick (don’t call me Richie) Allen was mine.
In Philly and Chicago.
When Allen came to Chicago he also became mine.
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Chimp Empire
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Beckham on Netflix is outstanding
2 episodes in. Enjoying it. Does a great job capturing the insane hype around the most overrated soccer player of all time. No disrespect to Beckham, but he was never even the best English player at any given time (Shearer, Gerrard, and Rooney all topped him in his prime). But he’s probably one of the 3 most marketable athletes of all time. Hence why it’s a remarkable documentary.
Also would never in a million years expected Fisher Stevens to be the director/narrator. But Ben Jabituya did a great job
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The Fall of the House of Usher on Netflix is a ton of fun, latest spooky installment from Mike Flanagan who did Midnight Mass, and Haunting of Bly Manor.
Great watch if you are into that sort of thing around Halloween.
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^ I loved the updated Masque of the Red Death in Episode 2 and how it weaves so much other Poe into the story.
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The Fall of the House of Usher on Netflix is a ton of fun, latest spooky installment from Mike Flanagan who did Midnight Mass, and Haunting of Bly Manor.
Great watch if you are into that sort of thing around Halloween.
I enjoyed Midnight Mass and will watch Usher in a month when I get home. (I like the big screen rather than watching on my laptop.)
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I enjoyed Midnight Mass and will watch Usher in a month when I get home. (I like the big screen rather than watching on my laptop.)
Good call, and you will want more than laptop speakers for the audio too.
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Seeing in the daily almanac that today is the anniversary of Ali's epic "rope-a-dope" fight with Foreman reminds me of one of the best sports movies ever: When We Were Kings. Highly recommended.
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With Halloween around the corner, watched Knock at the Cabin, Smile, and A Quiet Place 2 this week. Of the three, Smile was the creepiest and best for jumps, IMO. Knock was pretty good but I have a bit higher expectations for Shyamalan. QP2 was fine but didn't have the novelty of the original. Also looking to finish up Wednesday tonight, which is fun but definitely targeted for a teen/twenty-something audience.
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Good call, and you will want more than laptop speakers for the audio too.
Got home from my 30 day pilgrimage last Friday and watched the show over the weekend.
I thought it started a bit slow - with each subsequent episode getting better. All-in-all, it was quite a commentary on money, power, trump, and the Sacklers.
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Curse of Oak Island....
Bunch of middle aged and older guys excited about getting wood.
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Curse of Oak Island....
Bunch of middle aged and older guys excited about getting wood.
I just want those Yoopers to find whatever is buried there.
Episode 1 and they are already turning up Roman coins.....in Canada.
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Anyone who watches The Boys will like Gen V. Just as entertaining and dark, but really great use of the twist about the supes they revealed later in Season 3 to develop a great parallel plot.
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I just want those Yoopers to find whatever is buried there.
Episode 1 and they are already turning up Roman coins.....in Canada.
Is this like Storage Wars, where the producers place things (or bury them in this instance) to drum up interest?
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Is this like Storage Wars, where the producers place things (or bury them in this instance) to drum up interest?
No, they are finding real treasures ::)
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Is this like Storage Wars, where the producers place things (or bury them in this instance) to drum up interest?
Storage Wars brings back bad memories. My parents rented a storage unit in the Phoenix area. Among other things, they used it to store all of their Christmas decorations -- the large majority of which were hand made by my mother and by us when we were kids. Very sentimental stuff - 50+ years worth of memories. The storage company screwed up and sold the unit. It would be an understatement to say that my mother was devastated. There was a statute that made it pretty easy to get a limited recovery, but it wasn't much because it was limited to the value of the items -- which were basically worthless from a financial standpoint. It really sucked.
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Watched the first episode of the new season of Fargo last night. It was pretty good ... though it was difficult getting past Juno Temple's very fake Minnesota accent.
We had just finished Lessons In Chemistry on Apple+. Worth watching.
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Watched the first episode of the new season of Fargo last night. It was pretty good ... though it was difficult getting past Juno Temple's very fake Minnesota accent.
Yeah I watched the first two the other day. I hope its good. The first two seasons were just fantastic - the third and fourth were less so.
I think the accent is clearly over-the-top just like in the original movie.
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Yeah I watched the first two the other day. I hope its good. The first two seasons were just fantastic - the third and fourth were less so.
I think the accent is clearly over-the-top just like in the original movie.
Yeah, I SO associate her with Keeley … and it’s SUCH a fake accent. Bad combo.
I agree with your take on the series, and hope this season is good.
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We had just finished Lessons In Chemistry on Apple+. Worth watching.
Kind of an up and down show, wasn't really sure of its direction for awhile and the twist was out of NOWHERE.
That being said, Episode 7 was beautiful and moving, an A+++ episode for a series that was about a B for me.
I really don't like Brie Larson, but she did well in the role. I also think Louis Pullman is gonna be a big deal in the next 5-10 years.
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Kind of an up and down show, wasn't really sure of its direction for awhile and the twist was out of NOWHERE.
That being said, Episode 7 was beautiful and moving, an A+++ episode for a series that was about a B for me.
I really don't like Brie Larson, but she did well in the role. I also think Louis Pullman is gonna be a big deal in the next 5-10 years.
The show got sappy at times, but it also could be very moving.
Agree about the leads, although I thought Brie Larson was very good in Room.
The daughter was something else. I've known a few precocious kids, but not quite THAT precocious!
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Must see TV, Marquette basketball.
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I loved the first two episodes of the new Fargo. Seems to be back to the quality of the first 2 seasons. I think the acting across the board is excellent so far.
Also, watched the first 5 episodes of the reality show squid game. Started really slow imo but picked up a lot. I kinda like we such a huge prize pot and so many people player theres a lot of randomness to it. Probably sucks for the players missing out on winning to sometimes no fault of your own, but as a viewer its entertaining never really having an idea whats gonna happen.
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I guess I am the only one who liked season 3 of Fargo. The quality of the show has regressed with each season, but I thought season 3 was still well above the enjoyable to watch line (while season 1 especially and season 2 were fantastic.) Didn't care for season 4. Am waiting until the wife is ready to binge season 5.
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I guess I am the only one who liked season 3 of Fargo. The quality of the show has regressed with each season, but I thought season 3 was still well above the enjoyable to watch line (while season 1 especially and season 2 were fantastic.) Didn't care for season 4. Am waiting until the wife is ready to binge season 5.
I agree with you.
Coon, Thewlis, Wigham, Winstead, Stuhlberg are all very good in that season.
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I have liked all four of them. I would rank them: 2,1,3,4.
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I guess I am the only one who liked season 3 of Fargo. The quality of the show has regressed with each season, but I thought season 3 was still well above the enjoyable to watch line (while season 1 especially and season 2 were fantastic.) Didn't care for season 4. Am waiting until the wife is ready to binge season 5.
S3 is still very solid. Its just definitely a step down from the 1st two. I know a lot of people personally who have watched Fargo and the only debate is 1 or 2. Everyone I know has them in the top 2.
Even 4 I think was decent enough. Fun cast. Just tried to throw way too much sh it in there with all the crime families.
2,1, 3, 4 is my personal ranking. So far through 3 eps on 5 I feel like it will comfortably fall in 3rd place. Long way to go though. But love the cast and plot.
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I agree with you.
Coon, Thewlis, Wigham, Winstead, Stuhlberg are all very good in that season.
You didnt like McGregor?
Agreed on all of those you mentioned being great though. Whigham and stuhlbarg make everything they join better.
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You didnt like McGregor?
Agreed on all of those you mentioned being great though. Whigham and stuhlbarg make everything they join better.
He was good, especially with two parts. Suppose it’s more that at the time that season was on the others stood out more since I knew them less then McGregor.
The series is so often an embarrassment of riches it’s easy to overlook some performances. For instance, Ted Danson was pretty good in season two but he doesn’t pop up first.
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RIP Norman Lear, dead at 101.
With "All in the Family," he basically invented a different kind of television-watching experience that is still benefiting viewers today, more than 50 years later.
Gone was the laugh track and the schmaltzy Brady Bunch kind of family sit-com. Enter the topical, satirical, political, sometimes profane, thought-provoking realm.
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RIP Norman Lear, dead at 101.
With "All in the Family," he basically invented a different kind of television-watching experience that is still benefiting viewers today, more than 50 years later.
Gone was the laugh track and the schmaltzy Brady Bunch kind of family sit-com. Enter the topical, satirical, political, sometimes profane, thought-provoking realm.
A New Haven kid.
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Archie Bunker ... best TV character ever?
If not, he's sure as shyte in the team picture.
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Archie Bunker ... best TV character ever?
If not, he's sure as shyte in the team picture.
Not really a character imo - more a caricature. So was Edith, Meathead, George Jefferson, etc.. no nuance whatsoever, everything each of the cast ever said was totally predictable.
I nearly always agree with your entertainment reviews, Mike…I’m sure I’m very much in the minority, but not this time.
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Correct. You are in the minority on this one!
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Not really a character imo - more a caricature. So was Edith, Meathead, George Jefferson, etc.. no nuance whatsoever, everything each of the cast ever said was totally predictable.
I nearly always agree with your entertainment reviews, Mike…I’m sure I’m very much in the minority, but not this time.
L-o-effing-l
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I recently watched a few episodes of "All in the Family", and there is no effing way that show would be aired today.
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Not really a character imo - more a caricature. So was Edith, Meathead, George Jefferson, etc.. no nuance whatsoever, everything each of the cast ever said was totally predictable.
I nearly always agree with your entertainment reviews, Mike…I’m sure I’m very much in the minority, but not this time.
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I recently watched a few episodes of "All in the Family", and there is no effing way that show would be aired today.
Not with the exact same language, but the same themes certainly. Especially on something other than the networks.
The show pilloried racists, and that would play - and has played - in these times.
Flip it around, and there is no effing way that 95% (or more) of what is aired today on Max, Netflix, Amazon Prime, etc, would have been aired in 1972 on CBS, ABC or NBC.
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Anyone watching The Curse on Showtime? 3 episodes in, I love it and I hate it. If you’re not into Nathan Fielder’s comedy, it’s not for you.
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Scrooge.
Carol Kane had the best 10 minutes in two movies in the same year as any actor ever.
Scrooged and Princess Bride.
Shoot, not the same year. Never mind.
Tony Steedman had a couple great scene stealing roles, with Scrooged and Bill & Ted.
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Scrooge.
Carol Kane had the best 10 minutes in two movies in the same year as any actor ever.
Scrooged and Princess Bride.
Shoot, not the same year. Never mind.
Tony Steedman had a couple great scene stealing roles, with Scrooged and Bill & Ted.
Been curious, does the quote button not work on your device?
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Been curious, does the quote button not work on your device?
"Yes"
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"Yes"
Lets goooooooooooo
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Anyone watching season 5 of Fargo? In the beginning of each episode it says it’s a true story. Is it really? I find that very hard to believe. Great season so far but I feel like the story would’ve made national news cuz it’s so wild
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Anyone watching season 5 of Fargo? In the beginning of each episode it says it’s a true story. Is it really? I find that very hard to believe. Great season so far but I feel like the story would’ve made national news cuz it’s so wild
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Anyone watching season 5 of Fargo? In the beginning of each episode it says it’s a true story. Is it really? I find that very hard to believe. Great season so far but I feel like the story would’ve made national news cuz it’s so wild
It’s “based on a true story”. ::)
That truth is that the state of Minnesota does, in fact, exist.
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Saltburn on Amazon is a hell of a watch. Some Talented Mr Ripley vibes, dark and twisting, but some very well acted work. Barry Keoghan is about to become a mega star IMO. He's been well regarded but I think he's about to become a household name. He just has such a commanding presence and diversity to his roles.
Alternatively, halfway through the final season of the Crown. Well done and uniquely accurate as always. Elizabeth Debicki was a FANTASTIC casting for Diana and continues to be stellar. Granted I was only a teen when she passed, but she really seems to have nailed the aesthetic, cadence, and presence from everything I remember seeing. But that being said, for as precise and historically focused that the show is, its fairly distracting seeing her tower over EVERYONE. I know she's 6'3 but the industry has been using tricks to even up heights forever, Tom Cruise has a career because of it. Khalid Abdalla was a tremendous casting for Dodi as well tho
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Black Bird on Apple+ is outstanding.
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Saltburn on Amazon is a hell of a watch. Some Talented Mr Ripley vibes, dark and twisting, but some very well acted work. Barry Keoghan is about to become a mega star IMO. He's been well regarded but I think he's about to become a household name. He just has such a commanding presence and diversity to his roles.
I’ll agree with you re Barry Keoghan’s performance but I didn’t like the movie. Everyone in it was disturbing, perverted, vapid, vile or some combination thereof. I like my protagonists to be complex but there was nobody in this movie even a little bit worth rooting for. Stylish, yes. Believable, real, moving or even interesting? Not to me.
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I recently watched a few episodes of "All in the Family", and there is no effing way that show would be aired today.
I have dvds of the Amos n Andy show.
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I just finished all 3 seasons of Slow Horses on Apple
Really good spy show. Each season is based off 1 book. IMO all seasons have been better than the previous so far.
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I just finished all 3 seasons of Slow Horses on Apple
Really good spy show. Each season is based off 1 book. IMO all seasons have been better than the previous so far.
Good show. I just finished Season 2 last night.
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I just finished all 3 seasons of Slow Horses on Apple
Really good spy show. Each season is based off 1 book. IMO all seasons have been better than the previous so far.
Love it. Really well done. Oldman does an awesome job (per usual) and Lamb is an absolutely hilarious character for a non-comedy.
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Love it. Really well done. Oldman does an awesome job (per usual) and Lamb is an absolutely hilarious character for a non-comedy.
Really loved first two seasons. A+ work.
Season 3 I’d give an A- or B+. Why? It became too much of an action movie, all the shooting and unrealistic elements of an action flick, at least the last two episodes. That’s. not what this show has been. Its tension was based on great writing, nuance. Nuance that you’d have to watch twice to catch the little hints. Not blunt force and unrealistic gun battles. There is already too much of that on streaming.
That being said. Probably the best thing I’ve seen on TV in a long time. It goes to its own drummer. Writing is great with many layers.
Gary Oldeman as Jackson Lamb is off the charts. I have a habit of watching actors act when I’m watching movies and tv. This guy literally embodies, lives and inhabits the character. He is the guy, I can’t tell the actor from the character. He simply is the character in all his disgusting glory. Worth watching if only for his acting job.
And in general the acting is good. You can tell it isn’t one of these streaming shows that are one or two takes and move on - and that seems to be the norm now. They are spending money and taking their time.
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Thanks for the recommendation of Slow Horses. I'm gonna check it out.
We just finished The Crown. Great final episode, a fitting end to a truly wonderful series. And I say this as a person who has never cared one iota about the royals.
I recently discovered For All Mankind on Apple+ and just finished the first season. Fun, interesting concept, well acted.
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Thanks for the recommendation of Slow Horses. I'm gonna check it out.
We just finished The Crown. Great final episode, a fitting end to a truly wonderful series. And I say this as a person who has never cared one iota about the royals.
I recently discovered For All Mankind on Apple+ and just finished the first season. Fun, interesting concept, well acted.
A subject I never cared about -the royal family.
Yet, it is one of the top Netflix series for me. Great writing and acting.
Definitely check out slow horses. It takes an episode or two to get into it, but is well worth it. Refreshing that the characters look like real people rather than recruits from a modeling agency. That always gets me to flip to another series.
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Saw Maestro last night. I’ve always liked Bradley Cooper but he’s taken it to a whole other level. Amazing.
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Rewatching Across the Spiderverse on Netflix with my daughter, hot damn is that movie a roller coaster just amazing.
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Gonna watch Natalia Speaks tonight
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Gonna watch Natalia Speaks tonight
What could be more fun than watching real life pain & agony?
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What could be more fun than watching real life pain & agony?
Amen. The millions who watch this are all awful people. Thankful 4 u
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Saw Maestro last night. I’ve always liked Bradley Cooper but he’s taken it to a whole other level. Amazing.
Its a terrific movie.
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Saw Maestro last night. I’ve always liked Bradley Cooper but he’s taken it to a whole other level. Amazing.
A lot of write up on this movie locally as a portion was filmed in Leonard Bernstein's actual house here in Connecticut.
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There will be a “Slow Horses” Season 5. It was originally to be 4 seasons.
“Tehran” will return late 2024 or early 2025.
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Anyone watching season 5 of Fargo?
So honestly after a good start, this season has fallen into the same trap as the last couple. There really is no subtlety to the story line. Seasons one and two had complex characters that you were rooting for in one episode, but then would do something that would make them turn on you instantly. (Or vice versa.) With two episodes left, there doesn't seem to be any of that here. Its very black and white - good versus evil with the "evil" character having little redeeming qualities.
Lorne Malvo and Hanzee Dent were at least interesting. Ed and Peggy Blumquist were goofy nutjobs, but you were kind of rooting for them anyway.
If they can't do better they just need to put this series to bed.
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My wife and I are enjoying this season of Fargo.
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Jack Reacher Season 2 - One episode a week works for me.
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
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Jack Reacher Season 2 - One episode a week works for me.
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
Is Monarch good? Trailer looked awesome but I figured the show still had to be bad.
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Is Monarch good? Trailer looked awesome but I figured the show still had to be bad.
Didn’t ask me but I’ll chime in.
It’s ok. Was hoping for more monsters and less character development.
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Id never heard of Harlan Coben until his contract with Netflix had series based on his books making him so ubiquitous that it almost gaslit me into wondering why I didn't know this writer that had adaptions into series in multiple countries/languages.
Well, not to be too Herman here, but I remember randomly watching a few episodes of Coronation Street when I was in London in the early 2010s. One of the lead actresses at the time, Michelle Keegan, stopped me dead and had me entranced. Unfortunately, she really hasn't done much other than a few UK-centric things. But she's the lead in the newest Coben series, Fool Me Once, so naturally I binged it through. Really well done, very slick, in the UK Netflix production vein. Definitely worth a watch.
Also, finally got around to watching Drops of God on Apple+ between Xmas and New Years. Absolutely great series. A bit predictable at times, but still fascinating and well done.
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So honestly after a good start, this season has fallen into the same trap as the last couple. There really is no subtlety to the story line. Seasons one and two had complex characters that you were rooting for in one episode, but then would do something that would make them turn on you instantly. (Or vice versa.) With two episodes left, there doesn't seem to be any of that here. Its very black and white - good versus evil with the "evil" character having little redeeming qualities.
Lorne Malvo and Hanzee Dent were at least interesting. Ed and Peggy Blumquist were goofy nutjobs, but you were kind of rooting for them anyway.
If they can't do better they just need to put this series to bed.
Agree with like everything you said, but disagree with putting it to bed.
Show is still very good even if its not as "fargo" as S1 and 2. Im pumped for the last 2 eps
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Is Monarch good? Trailer looked awesome but I figured the show still had to be bad.
Meh. Im slowly getting through it. Ive seen 5/8 so far.
Starts with promise but is dragging mostly because its focusing on the "current day" plot way too much.
Way too many eps without Russell the younger(nod to Muggs), workaholics and the asian chick. They are by far the best part/story.
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OK, y'all aren't making me want to watch TV Godzilla, and that's OK. We're almost done with S1 of Slow Horses, are really enjoying it, and still have a lot more catching up to do!
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Is Monarch good? Trailer looked awesome but I figured the show still had to be bad.
I'm through the first 4 episodes. It's entertaining and it fills in the gaps between Godzilla and Kong movies. John Goodman seems to only appear in Episode 1 so far
Enjoying both Russell's.
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Id never heard of Harlan Coben until his contract with Netflix had series based on his books making him so ubiquitous that it almost gaslit me into wondering why I didn't know this writer that had adaptions into series in multiple countries/languages.
Well, not to be too Herman here, but I remember randomly watching a few episodes of Coronation Street when I was in London in the early 2010s. One of the lead actresses at the time, Michelle Keegan, stopped me dead and had me entranced. Unfortunately, she really hasn't done much other than a few UK-centric things. But she's the lead in the newest Coben series, Fool Me Once, so naturally I binged it through. Really well done, very slick, in the UK Netflix production vein. Definitely worth a watch.
Also, finally got around to watching Drops of God on Apple+ between Xmas and New Years. Absolutely great series. A bit predictable at times, but still fascinating and well done.
Younger daughter is home on break, so the wife and started watching this with her at her request. Intriguing.
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Just catching up on When They See Us.
My god.
Edit: Wanted to read about things as I'm watching:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Fairstein
During that time, she oversaw the prosecution of the Central Park Five case, wherein five teenagers, four African-American and one Hispanic, were wrongfully convicted for the 1989 rape and assault in Central Park of a white female jogger. All five convictions were vacated in 2002 after Matias Reyes, a convicted serial rapist and murderer, confessed to having been the sole perpetrator of the crime, and DNA testing showed he was the sole contributor of the DNA of the semen on the victim. After Reyes' confession in 2002, Fairstein still maintained that the wrongfully convicted teenage boys were guilty and she lauded the police investigation as "brilliant".[2] In 2018, she insisted that the teenagers' confessions had not been coerced.[3]
Wow
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Finally getting around to Yellowstone, first 3 eps have me hooked.
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Finally getting around to Yellowstone, first 3 eps have me hooked.
I want to tell you to save yourself hours of your life and stop watching after season 1 or 2.
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I want to tell you to save yourself hours of your life and stop watching after season 1 or 2.
Consigned
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Finally getting around to Yellowstone, first 3 eps have me hooked.
The amount of rural crime is alarming and why I never leave the city
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I want to tell you to save yourself hours of your life and stop watching after season 1 or 2.
Noted, thank you!
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I’m on Season 5 of Yellowstone. So I didn’t stop watching after Season 1 or 2. It’s a good show. I can recommend it with a few reservations.
An interesting thing about the show is that they film on the land of its Showrunner, Taylor Sheridan, in Texas. Paramount pays him weekly to film on the 600 acre ranch. (He apparently has an additional massive ranch) And they pay him per head of cattle and per horse shown, for “Cowboy Camp” for the actors and more. It adds up to $$$. Sheridan plays a small role on the show, notably seen when Jimmy went away to Cowboy Camp.
Apparently Sheridan and Costner don’t get along and Sheridan sued “Rip” for coming out with a line of coffee very similar in design to his coffee. I’ve seen it and it looks pretty similar. So they have a lot going on there.
I believe it was recently announced that the next season will be late 2024. I’d have to check that.
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Kaitlyn Dever cast as Abby for season 2 of TLOU. Incredibly talented actress, but her build makes me think they're going for more of an mirror image/anti Bella Ramsey rather than staying more true to the source content, a decision that I'm okay with. Hope she is prepared for the incredible amounts of backlash she is going to get online regardless of the quality of her performance.
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Kaitlyn Dever cast as Abby for season 2 of TLOU. Incredibly talented actress, but her build makes me think they're going for more of an mirror image/anti Bella Ramsey rather than staying more true to the source content, a decision that I'm okay with. Hope she is prepared for the incredible amounts of backlash she is going to get online regardless of the quality of her performance.
She was great in Dopesick
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Kaitlyn Dever cast as Abby for season 2 of TLOU. Incredibly talented actress, but her build makes me think they're going for more of an mirror image/anti Bella Ramsey rather than staying more true to the source content, a decision that I'm okay with. Hope she is prepared for the incredible amounts of backlash she is going to get online regardless of the quality of her performance.
100% agree. Mazin and Druckmann have definitely earned the benefit of the doubt. But anytime you're adapting source material people feel passionate about, every deviation is going to subject the performers to intense scrutiny/extremely online criticism.
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I’m on Season 5 of Yellowstone. So I didn’t stop watching after Season 1 or 2. It’s a good show. I can recommend it with a few reservations.
An interesting thing about the show is that they film on the land of its Showrunner, Taylor Sheridan, in Texas. Paramount pays him weekly to film on the 600 acre ranch. (He apparently has an additional massive ranch) And they pay him per head of cattle and per horse shown, for “Cowboy Camp” for the actors and more. It adds up to $$$. Sheridan plays a small role on the show, notably seen when Jimmy went away to Cowboy Camp.
Apparently Sheridan and Costner don’t get along and Sheridan sued “Rip” for coming out with a line of coffee very similar in design to his coffee. I’ve seen it and it looks pretty similar. So they have a lot going on there.
I believe it was recently announced that the next season will be late 2024. I’d have to check that.
Sheridan, along with others in a group, also owns the legendary 6666 ranch shown on the show. That is also going to be the focus on a spinoff show.
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Sheridan, along with others in a group, also owns the legendary 6666 ranch shown on the show. That is also going to be the focus on a spinoff show.
He’s using (the ranches I mentioned) above for several additional projects.
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The amount of rural crime is alarming and why I never leave the city
The most violent soap opera on the teevee.
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I may have to DVR the Lions game so I can watch True Detective.
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Kaitlyn Dever cast as Abby for season 2 of TLOU. Incredibly talented actress, but her build makes me think they're going for more of an mirror image/anti Bella Ramsey rather than staying more true to the source content, a decision that I'm okay with. Hope she is prepared for the incredible amounts of backlash she is going to get online regardless of the quality of her performance.
The casting is funny because Dever was the single most pitched name by fans for Ellie before Ramsay was announced. Dever is incredibly talented but was definitely too old to play Ellie.
She was great in Dopesick
Wife and I are watching this now. I had a general idea of the origins of OxyContin and the legal fallout but holy crap there was a lot I did not know. Really well done show. Dever was fantastic...and because of that role, I wouldn't dismiss her ability to play a larger more physical character.
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Shes a crazy good actress. Liked her ever since Justified when she was able to spar with Olyphant as Raylan.
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The Beekeeper. Loved it for what it is.
Its no John Wick but still great
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Saw a really good little movie tonight called “The Holdovers”. Paul Giamatti (as usual) was terrific.
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Saw a really good little movie tonight called “The Holdovers”. Paul Giamatti (as usual) was terrific.
Big fan, great soundtrack.
I really like Paul Giamatti, American Splendor is a really good movie.
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Big fan, great soundtrack.
I really like Paul Giamatti, American Splendor is a really good movie.
He’s fine. His dad was better
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He’s fine. His dad was better
I do love baseball
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Kaitlyn Dever cast as Abby for season 2 of TLOU. Incredibly talented actress, but her build makes me think they're going for more of an mirror image/anti Bella Ramsey rather than staying more true to the source content, a decision that I'm okay with. Hope she is prepared for the incredible amounts of backlash she is going to get online regardless of the quality of her performance.
Incredibly talented actress, and I'm looking even more forward to S2 than I had been.
I know a lot of people who are hooked on the series, and of that group a grand total of zero of them have ever played the video game. Like me, a lot of them didn't even know it was based on a game until reading about it or hearing about it well into watching S1.
So yes, there will be gaming fanatics who act like dopes, but I think (or maybe I just hope) they'll be in the vast minority of those watching TLOU because it's one of the best programs to air in the last many years.
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Rewatching season 1 of True Detective in preparation for season 4. I had forgotten just how good Matt and Woody were.
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Rewatching season 1 of True Detective in preparation for season 4. I had forgotten just how good Matt and Woody were.
I watched s1 - good.
I watched s2 - not good.
Never watched 3. Worth my time?
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Better than 2.
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I watched s1 - good.
I watched s2 - not good.
Never watched 3. Worth my time?
I enjoyed 3. Much closer to 1 than it is to 2. I'd recommend it. Generally, the more time they give to develop those properties, the better. 2 was rushed and it showed.
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2 was rushed and it showed.
Which was disappointing cause Colin Farrell is fantastic and could have done award winning work if blessed with material like Woody and McConaughy got
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Rewatching season 1 of True Detective in preparation for season 4. I had forgotten just how good Matt and Woody were.
Are all the seasons independent?
I keep seeing the previews for S4 and it looks fantastic. I've never seen any of the the first 3 seasons.
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They are all independent. There is no history to know.
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Are all the seasons independent?
I keep seeing the previews for S4 and it looks fantastic. I've never seen any of the the first 3 seasons.
Watch season one, arguably the one of the greatest season 1’s of any TV show.
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Watch season one, arguably the one of the greatest season 1’s of any TV show.
It was no John From Cincinnati, pal!
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They are all independent. There is no history to know.
Thanks!
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They are all independent. There is no history to know.
They are told as independent stories, but I do think it's better to have watched the previous ones. The stories definitely reference or look back at past seasons. It isn't enough that I'd say you can't watch future seasons without having viewed past seasons, but I do think there is a benefit to watching it all.
Or at least 1 and 3. 2 had promise, but never delivered and I can see skipping it.
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They are told as independent stories, but I do think it's better to have watched the previous ones. The stories definitely reference or look back at past seasons. It isn't enough that I'd say you can't watch future seasons without having viewed past seasons, but I do think there is a benefit to watching it all.
Or at least 1 and 3. 2 had promise, but never delivered and I can see skipping it.
2 wasn't as good. But it had Kelly Reilly.
4/1 featured Lone Star beer and a flat circle, so nice callbacks.
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Succession, white lotus, the bear, beef
Those seem to be the shows dominating golden globes and Emmy noms/wins
Abbott elementary, ted lasso, better call Saul, Barry
Less so
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Succession, white lotus, the bear, beef
Those seem to be the shows dominating golden globes and Emmy noms/wins
Abbott elementary, ted lasso, better call Saul, Barry
Less so
I was disappointed to see The Last of Us get shut out of all the big awards. Especially to see Bella Ramsey not win her category; Sarah Snook won, and was fine, but Ramsey was incredible in a very challenging role. But the voters obviously wanted to give Succession everything in its last season.
I loved Succession, which truly was one of the great shows in the history of a network that put out lots of them, but winning every freakin' award ... please.
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I was shocked that Ted Lasso didn't take home a single award. Their final season was absolute magic.
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I was disappointed to see The Last of Us get shut out of all the big awards. Especially to see Bella Ramsey not win her category; Sarah Snook won, and was fine, but Ramsey was incredible in a very challenging role. But the voters obviously wanted to give Succession everything in its last season.
I loved Succession, which truly was one of the great shows in the history of a network that put out lots of them, but winning every freakin' award ... please.
Finishing succession was a labor of...not love, something akin to hate. I really don't understand the love for the show, especially the acting. None of the roles are challenging. They all played charcitures of different kinds of rich people and showed no growth from episode one to the finale. I'll give it points for creative dialouge but even that was often just putting "unnatural carnal knowledge" in unique places in sentences.
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I was shocked that Ted Lasso didn't take home a single award. Their final season was absolute magic.
Agree.
The Bear is great, but it's even a stretch calling it a comedy.
Finishing succession was a labor of...not love, something akin to hate. I really don't understand the love for the show, especially the acting. None of the roles are challenging. They all played charcitures of different kinds of rich people and showed no growth from episode one to the finale. I'll give it points for creative dialouge but even that was often just putting "unnatural carnal knowledge" in unique places in sentences.
I thought Matthew Macfadyen deserved the Emmy; his role as Tom grew and he played it perfectly. And I'd certainly put Culkin at or near the top.
My main disagreement was with Snook over Ramsey. I really don't think it should have been even close.
It sounds like you didn't like Succession at all, though. Which is obviously your prerogative. I loved it - maybe a glutton for punishment?
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I was disappointed to see The Last of Us get shut out of all the big awards. Especially to see Bella Ramsey not win her category; Sarah Snook won, and was fine, but Ramsey was incredible in a very challenging role. But the voters obviously wanted to give Succession everything in its last season.
I loved Succession, which truly was one of the great shows in the history of a network that put out lots of them, but winning every freakin' award ... please.
Snook deserved that role hands down
The only real travesty was BCS expectedly being blanked again. Seahorn acts circles around stiflers mom
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Finishing succession was a labor of...not love, something akin to hate. I really don't understand the love for the show, especially the acting. None of the roles are challenging. They all played charcitures of different kinds of rich people and showed no growth from episode one to the finale. I'll give it points for creative dialouge but even that was often just putting "unnatural carnal knowledge" in unique places in sentences.
+1. Awful, one dimensional characters. Nothing ever really happened, just repetition of the same theme - bad people doing bad things.
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2 wasn't as good. But it had Kelly Reilly.
4/1 featured Lone Star beer and a flat circle, so nice callbacks.
Also had the same symbol that was tattooed on Dora Lange's back.
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While you guys were watching the Emmys and Golden Globe awards, I was watching professional wrestling.
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+1. Awful, one dimensional characters. Nothing ever really happened, just repetition of the same theme - bad people doing bad things.
+2. I watched the first season and a half of Succession and gave up. I found it odd people enjoyed the same crap every episode.
Oh noes, who is going to control the company? It's sooooooo important.
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Succession, white lotus, the bear, beef
Those seem to be the shows dominating golden globes and Emmy noms/wins
Abbott elementary, ted lasso, better call Saul, Barry
Less so
I don’t have much interest in awards and awards shows, whether that is sports, music, tv/movies etc….not my thing.
With that said, “Abbott Elementary” is a good show. They won best Actress and they have won best Supporting Actress, Best Writing, etc…it isn’t going to win for sound mixing type of stuff, and, as a female driven show it isn’t going to win some of the make awards like actor or supporting actor.
Again, I don’t pay much attention to it but it seems certain shows clean up in the awards some years and some other shows do the same a different year.
I’m all for people promoting their projects to improve their success and future opportunities.
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+2. I watched the first season and a half of Succession and gave up. I found it odd people enjoyed the same crap every episode.
Oh noes, who is going to control the company? It's sooooooo important.
I called it B-School Entourage earlier in the thread - it was a guilty pleasure, but it was just the same "let's see what the crazy Roy kids (Entourage gang) get up to today - will they get the company (big movie role)?" It ended at the right time because I think viewership attrition would have hit hard in a fourth season.
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I called it B-School Entourage earlier in the thread - it was a guilty pleasure, but it was just the same "let's see what the crazy Roy kids (Entourage gang) get up to today - will they get the company (big movie role)?" It ended at the right time because I think viewership attrition would have hit hard in a fourth season.
Good comparison. The difference? I liked the crazy kids in Entourage - I could root for them while they “grew up”. The Roy kids? Not so much.
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S4 E1 of True Detective was really, really weird.
Not so-weird-I-won't-watch-E2 weird, but weird. Curious to see where they go from here.
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I called it B-School Entourage earlier in the thread - it was a guilty pleasure, but it was just the same "let's see what the crazy Roy kids (Entourage gang) get up to today - will they get the company (big movie role)?" It ended at the right time because I think viewership attrition would have hit hard in a fourth season.
Except Entourage was junk food TV. There was no depth of acting outside of Piven. I loved Entourage at the time, but it was HORRIBLY acted compared to Succession.
I don't agree with some of the hate for Succession here, but I can see how/why people didn't necessarily enjoy it. But I don't agree with any acting criticism. As 82 said, Tom showed a ton of change and growth throughout the series and Macfadyen is an accomplished actor who crushed it. Roman changed/developed a ton throughout the series and Culkin really grew into it.
I think Kendall kind of plateaued as a character midway, but Jeremy Strong added a ton of depth to what was just a delusional rich kid. There was no reason to actually feel bad for Ken, but Strong added enough that you found yourself sympathizing with him from time to time.
There were no "good" characters. Anyone was an anti-hero, circumstantially, at best. Some people don't like that. (I think Lenny specifically mentioned it about Saltburn) But that definitely didn't take anything away from the show for me. Great dialogue, dark humor, some absurdity. I wasn't crushed when it ended cause it had ran its course, in a good and satisfying way.
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S4 E1 of True Detective was really, really weird.
Not so-weird-I-won't-watch-E2 weird, but weird. Curious to see where they go from here.
Yes. Felt some early Twin Peaks vibe, too. There are going to have to be some forays into the supernatural.
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Except Entourage was junk food TV. There was no depth of acting outside of Piven. I loved Entourage at the time, but it was HORRIBLY acted compared to Succession.
I don't agree with some of the hate for Succession here, but I can see how/why people didn't necessarily enjoy it. But I don't agree with any acting criticism. As 82 said, Tom showed a ton of change and growth throughout the series and Macfadyen is an accomplished actor who crushed it. Roman changed/developed a ton throughout the series and Culkin really grew into it.
I think Kendall kind of plateaued as a character midway, but Jeremy Strong added a ton of depth to what was just a delusional rich kid. There was no reason to actually feel bad for Ken, but Strong added enough that you found yourself sympathizing with him from time to time.
There were no "good" characters. Anyone was an anti-hero, circumstantially, at best. Some people don't like that. (I think Lenny specifically mentioned it about Saltburn) But that definitely didn't take anything away from the show for me. Great dialogue, dark humor, some absurdity. I wasn't crushed when it ended cause it had ran its course, in a good and satisfying way.
Agreed on all of this. Compariing Succession to Entourage is insulting. And I found entourage very enjoyable back in the day.
And I can totally get people not loving succession, heck I liked it a lot and imo I find it laughable when people say its as good or better than shows like Wire, Sopranos, BB/BCS.
One thing I cant really understand is some of the flack/lack of credit for the acting. As you said they all showed plenty and consistently.
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I didn't think Succession was all that great, and maybe it's because of all the hype around it. I did like Greg and Roman.
Entourage was good. Then again, maybe if I watched it again now it wouldn't be.
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Except Entourage was junk food TV. There was no depth of acting outside of Piven. I loved Entourage at the time, but it was HORRIBLY acted compared to Succession.
I don't agree with some of the hate for Succession here, but I can see how/why people didn't necessarily enjoy it. But I don't agree with any acting criticism. As 82 said, Tom showed a ton of change and growth throughout the series and Macfadyen is an accomplished actor who crushed it. Roman changed/developed a ton throughout the series and Culkin really grew into it.
I think Kendall kind of plateaued as a character midway, but Jeremy Strong added a ton of depth to what was just a delusional rich kid. There was no reason to actually feel bad for Ken, but Strong added enough that you found yourself sympathizing with him from time to time.
There were no "good" characters. Anyone was an anti-hero, circumstantially, at best. Some people don't like that. (I think Lenny specifically mentioned it about Saltburn) But that definitely didn't take anything away from the show for me. Great dialogue, dark humor, some absurdity. I wasn't crushed when it ended cause it had ran its course, in a good and satisfying way.
Billy Walsh was a great character!!! But my god if you watch Entourage today it is so damn cheesy, but that is part of why I enjoy it every once in a while.
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I totally agree with Wags' post, especially about the acting.
As for Entourage - a show I watched and mostly enjoyed ... comparing it to Succession is like comparing The Monkees to Hill Street Blues.
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Except Entourage was junk food TV. There was no depth of acting outside of Piven. I loved Entourage at the time, but it was HORRIBLY acted compared to Succession.
I don't agree with some of the hate for Succession here, but I can see how/why people didn't necessarily enjoy it. But I don't agree with any acting criticism. As 82 said, Tom showed a ton of change and growth throughout the series and Macfadyen is an accomplished actor who crushed it. Roman changed/developed a ton throughout the series and Culkin really grew into it.
I think Kendall kind of plateaued as a character midway, but Jeremy Strong added a ton of depth to what was just a delusional rich kid. There was no reason to actually feel bad for Ken, but Strong added enough that you found yourself sympathizing with him from time to time.
Honestly, what change and growth did Tom show? He was a manipulative suckup in the pilot and he was a manipulative suckup in the finale, the only difference I saw is that at the end he was a successful suckup. I don't think Tom changed at all, I think his situation did.
As for the acting, I think it depends on what makes a good acting performance to you, a very subjective topic. Culkin acted the crap out of Roman. He became the character and was the creepiest, most spineless nepobaby with daddy issues that ever did exist. My issue with his performance, and the rest of the show, is that he never made Roman into a human being. There wasn't a single human being on that show. None of them acted, reacted, or behaved like an actual human being. For me, the mark of a truly great acting performance is taking a character that is larger than life, but still making them feel real, like their character could actually exist in the real world. I don't think anyone on Succession was able to accomplish that. Technically, their performances were fantastic, they're all clearly talented actors, but (and this may be the fault of the director/writers) every single one of them was a caricature. not a person.
I'll be honest, I never sympathized with adult Kendall once. He was too over the top awful for me to feel anything other than disdain for him. Only time I sympathized with any of them was for their childhood selves.
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We mostly enjoyed Fargo S5, although the finale could have been about 10 minutes long. Or better yet, add 10 minutes to the previous episode and call it a season. Moonk's musings didn't do much for us.
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Good comparison. The difference? I liked the crazy kids in Entourage - I could root for them while they “grew up”. The Roy kids? Not so much.
That's the entire point of the show. They're all just spoiled rich kids who have been abused by their father their entire life and have too much pressure to be him.
The relationships and how they all screw each other for an unattainable goal of being daddy or pleasing daddy who really doesn't give a rip about any of them. His child is the company, and they never see it. Even when he's gone. He's played them against each other just like he does with everything his entire life. It worked for him in business so why wouldn't it work
It's a great insight as to why rich people aren't smarter or more immune to abuse, stress, and how no matter how great things may seem from the outside, their world may be crumbling.
The kids all wanted to be their dad, but eventually realized that they could never. Each was a part of him but they were each slices of the orange instead of the orange itself.
I never cared WHO got the company, but rather how it happened.
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Saw American Fiction this week and I highly recommend it.
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That's the entire point of the show. They're all just spoiled rich kids who have been abused by their father their entire life and have too much pressure to be him.
The relationships and how they all screw each other for an unattainable goal of being daddy or pleasing daddy who really doesn't give a rip about any of them. His child is the company, and they never see it. Even when he's gone. He's played them against each other just like he does with everything his entire life. It worked for him in business so why wouldn't it work
It's a great insight as to why rich people aren't smarter or more immune to abuse, stress, and how no matter how great things may seem from the outside, their world may be crumbling.
The kids all wanted to be their dad, but eventually realized that they could never. Each was a part of him but they were each slices of the orange instead of the orange itself.
I never cared WHO got the company, but rather how it happened.
I agree with you regarding what the show was “about”. I disagree that there was any “great insight” involved. The characters are one dimensional, shallow and totally lacking in self awareness. I can take that in a 90 minute movie - sometimes. But 5 seasons of an obvious, repetitious slow moving train wreck didn’t do it for me.
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I agree with you regarding what the show was “about”. I disagree that there was any “great insight” involved. The characters are one dimensional, shallow and totally lacking in self awareness. I can take that in a 90 minute movie - sometimes. But 5 seasons of an obvious, repetitious slow moving train wreck didn’t do it for me.
I understand it certainly wasn't for everyone. I merely found the show entertaining, not ground breaking. And I agree with some folks here that said there was a lot of sameness to the story season to season. I enjoyed the character development and the social snafus the most I think.
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I understand it certainly wasn't for everyone. I merely found the show entertaining, not ground breaking. And I agree with some folks here that said there was a lot of sameness to the story season to season. I enjoyed the character development and the social snafus the most I think.
It made rich people look silly. It’s a preposterous proposition
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This is why there are a bazillion shows. Everything isn't for everybody.
Most critics agree with those of us who liked Succession. Now, critics aren't always "right," either. But it's not as if those of us who liked Succession are a few minority opinions coming out of left field.
I thought it was one of HBOs better dramas, a level down from The Wire and Sopranos but right there with anything else. This list ranks Succession 4th - https://www.indiewire.com/features/best-of/best-hbo-series-all-time-ranked-shows-1201859391/ - and this one ranks it 10th - https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/g26293745/best-hbo-series/ - but they include everything -- comedies like Curb and Veep, limited series like Chernobyl, etc.
It was a very good show IMHO and in the opinion of millions of others. I understand and respect those who feel otherwise.
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Putting Leftovers anywhere except 3rd feels criminal.
I think a lot of lists like these have recency bias issues.
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TD S4 with a good start
Seems like it might lean heavily supernatural though which is a total no for me usually so will have to see how it unfolds.
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TD S4 with a good start
Seems like it might lean heavily supernatural though which is a total no for me usually so will have to see how it unfolds.
Agree. I won't be a big fan if it goes strongly in that direction. I like detective work, logic and believability. Dramatic effect is fine, but if it turns out some kind of ghosts or demons are committing crimes ... meh.
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TD S4 with a good start
Seems like it might lean heavily supernatural though which is a total no for me usually so will have to see how it unfolds.
Haven't watched s4. But I recall a decent amount of supernatural in s1
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I rewatched season 1. Supernatural was implied, but not actually found, other than Rust's visions and near death experience.
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I honestly didn't remember that about S1.
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Neither did I, until I rewatched it last week.
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Haven't watched s4. But I recall a decent amount of supernatural in s1
As Tower said it was slightly implied but ultimately no part in the crime/murders
Which is a current fear of S4 for me based off the first ep. But not a certainty.
Im with M82 I draw the line at ghosts and supernaturals doing the killings
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This is why there are a bazillion shows. Everything isn't for everybody.
Most critics agree with those of us who liked Succession. Now, critics aren't always "right," either. But it's not as if those of us who liked Succession are a few minority opinions coming out of left field.
I thought it was one of HBOs better dramas, a level down from The Wire and Sopranos but right there with anything else. This list ranks Succession 4th - https://www.indiewire.com/features/best-of/best-hbo-series-all-time-ranked-shows-1201859391/ - and this one ranks it 10th - https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/g26293745/best-hbo-series/ - but they include everything -- comedies like Curb and Veep, limited series like Chernobyl, etc.
It was a very good show IMHO and in the opinion of millions of others. I understand and respect those who feel otherwise.
This list has Band of Brothers way too low IMO
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I thought it was one of HBOs better dramas, a level down from The Wire and Sopranos but right there with anything else. This list ranks Succession 4th - https://www.indiewire.com/features/best-of/best-hbo-series-all-time-ranked-shows-1201859391/ - and this one ranks it 10th - https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/g26293745/best-hbo-series/ - but they include everything -- comedies like Curb and Veep, limited series like Chernobyl, etc.
Wow...those two lists have wildly differing opinions of several shows.
My takeaway...but I knew this already...is that I really need to watch The Wire. It's an inexcusable, gaping hole in my "prestige" television consumption. I didn't have HBO for years so missed a lot of really good TV. Over the last several years I've picked up Game of Thrones and The Sopranos, but haven't gotten to The Wire yet.
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I understand it certainly wasn't for everyone. I merely found the show entertaining, not ground breaking. And I agree with some folks here that said there was a lot of sameness to the story season to season. I enjoyed the character development and the social snafus the most I think.
Agree with everything except character development- I didn’t see much of that. Dialogue was good, so was the acting.
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Agree with everything except character development- I didn’t see much of that. Dialogue was good, so was the acting.
For me, they seemed like they want to develop and change, but then were always pulled back to their old personalities that their father have instilled in them from their childhoods. He was a mean manipulative bastard and the kids could never get past it. Tom stayed the same but learned because he CHOSE that path whereas the kids were raised into it and knew nothing else.
I think the show was about people trying to change but their trauma prevented that. Or said otherwise, some people never change.
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Any Reacher fans on Prime? It’s hard to describe, but it’s kinda dumb, and it doesn’t take itself too seriously and Alan Ritchson who plays the lead is pretty damn good in it. Not too much fat, moves at a good pace.
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Any Reacher fans on Prime? It’s hard to describe, but it’s kinda dumb, and it doesn’t take itself too seriously and Alan Ritchson who plays the lead is pretty damn good in it. Not too much fat, moves at a good pace.
Love cheesy action. Highly entertaining "turn your brain off" show
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This list has Band of Brothers way too low IMO
I loved Band of Brothers. Those kinds of lists are like any number of sports-ranking lists or greatest rock song lists. Just one person's opinion and conversation starters. I was just using them as examples of how many "experts" - as if they're any more expert than any of us are - had high regard for Succession.
For me, they seemed like they want to develop and change, but then were always pulled back to their old personalities that their father have instilled in them from their childhoods. He was a mean manipulative bastard and the kids could never get past it. Tom stayed the same but learned because he CHOSE that path whereas the kids were raised into it and knew nothing else.
I think the show was about people trying to change but their trauma prevented that. Or said otherwise, some people never change.
Excellent post.
My takeaway...but I knew this already...is that I really need to watch The Wire. It's an inexcusable, gaping hole in my "prestige" television consumption. I didn't have HBO for years so missed a lot of really good TV. Over the last several years I've picked up Game of Thrones and The Sopranos, but haven't gotten to The Wire yet.
Yeah, you really have to. One note going in: Season 1, which sets everything up and introduces a gazillion characters, isn't an "easy" watch. It's good, but complex. Stick with it. Each succeeding season gets better through S4.
Season 4 of The Wire is simply one of the great achievements in television history.
As happens sometimes, the final season has a drop-off quality-wise, but it's still very watchable.
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Any Reacher fans on Prime? It’s hard to describe, but it’s kinda dumb, and it doesn’t take itself too seriously and Alan Ritchson who plays the lead is pretty damn good in it. Not too much fat, moves at a good pace.
I love Reacher(for what it is). Its absolute nonsense in logic(ep 3 epecially of the new season) but its hard not to like. Keeps it simple and entertains with good action/fight sequences.
Im half way through S2. My one issue with it and I might have said it on here is the fact that S2 moved to weekly eps after S1 was a mass drop.
This is simply not a week to week show. People dont need Scoop or reddit to discuss each ep. Its the perfect "Im hungover or tired from a busy weekend, need a sunday binge" type of show.
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My takeaway...but I knew this already...is that I really need to watch The Wire. It's an inexcusable, gaping hole in my "prestige" television consumption. I didn't have HBO for years so missed a lot of really good TV. Over the last several years I've picked up Game of Thrones and The Sopranos, but haven't gotten to The Wire yet.
You won't regret it. I was you about a year ago. I had never had HBO (I always went to friends' houses to watch GoT episodes as they came out). Had spent my entire adulthood hearing about how amazing The Wire is. Got HBO for The Last of Us (huge fan of the games). Went into the Wire thinking that there was no way it could be as good as people said it was. It delivered and then some. As 82 said, season 4 is probably the best season of television ever produced. Not hyperbole. Season 1 and 3 are among the greatest seasons of televisions of all time. Seasons 2 and 5 aren't at that level but both are better than most shows' good seasons.
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Key with the Wire too is once ineveitably hooked on S1
Go into S2 knowing its different and they switch focus for the main plot and once you accept that its actually really good. Seasons 1,3 and especially 4 are nearly impossible to beat. But 2 is still a really good season that really excels on a rewatch with the knowledge of change from S1
5 mostly nails all the show long sub plots and ends fantastic. Like most would say its just blah for the season main plot that wasnt really needed.
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Any Reacher fans on Prime? It’s hard to describe, but it’s kinda dumb, and it doesn’t take itself too seriously and Alan Ritchson who plays the lead is pretty damn good in it. Not too much fat, moves at a good pace.
Yes, been watching S2. Next episode drops today.
Moves fast and fun.
Love lines like "But he tell you, you were going to die tonight?"
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Which book is S2 of Reacher based on? I remember S1 was based on the first book, haven't watched any S2 yet and from the trailers it doesn't seem like it's book 2. I've only read 5 or so, so if it's based on B6 I'll probably just read that quick before I watch the show but if its like B12 or something then there'd be no point.
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Which book is S2 of Reacher based on? I remember S1 was based on the first book, haven't watched any S2 yet and from the trailers it doesn't seem like it's book 2. I've only read 5 or so, so if it's based on B6 I'll probably just read that quick before I watch the show but if its like B12 or something then there'd be no point.
It is like book 11 or 12 called Bad luck and Trouble
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It is like book 11 or 12 called Bad luck and Trouble
Thanks, probably just jump into S2 then.
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Wow...those two lists have wildly differing opinions of several shows.
My takeaway...but I knew this already...is that I really need to watch The Wire. It's an inexcusable, gaping hole in my "prestige" television consumption. I didn't have HBO for years so missed a lot of really good TV. Over the last several years I've picked up Game of Thrones and The Sopranos, but haven't gotten to The Wire yet.
I am similar to you as I haven’t always had HBO as often as others. I will get it for a time and watch something. Then I will not have it for a while.
“The Wire” is worth your time. It’s one of my favorite shows.
A guy named David Simon worked for the Baltimore Sun newspaper in the 80’s and 90’s. And he wrote or co-wrote a few books:
1) “Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets.”
2) “The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood.”
The first book was made into the television series: “Homicide: Life on the Streets”
It is excellent and hard to find due to music copyright stuff. However there has been a new development and hope for future streaming of it.
The 2nd book was made into a miniseries called “The Corner.”
He also created, wrote, produced, “The Wire.” with others.
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I am similar to you as I haven’t always had HBO as often as others. I will get it for a time and watch something. Then I will not have it for a while.
“The Wire” is worth your time. It’s one of my favorite shows.
A guy named David Simon worked for the Baltimore Sun newspaper in the 80’s and 90’s. And he wrote or co-wrote a few books:
1) “Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets.”
2) “The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood.”
The first book was made into the television series: “Homicide: Life on the Streets”
It is excellent and hard to find due to music copyright stuff. However there has been a new development and hope for future streaming of it.
The 2nd book was made into a miniseries called “The Corner.”
He also created, wrote, produced, “The Wire.” with others.
Wow. Never knew about David Simon
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Wow. Never knew about David Simon
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Tough! You WILL know more!!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Simon
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Jim Yoshimora, Tom Fontana, etc…plenty of others too.
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Billions of Windows. It was awesome. And Stephen Wiltshire is awesome.
https://youtu.be/TO0GokjEri8?si=af4RIc_ORqfQOPjB
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There is a new season of "Love on the Spectrum" on Netflix.
Hoping to get the entire season in before my Netflix cancellation kicks in.
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There is a new season of "Love on the Spectrum" on Netflix.
Hoping to get the entire season in before my Netflix cancellation kicks in.
Far and away one of my most favorite shows
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True Detective 4-2.
A number of season 1 throwbacks. Learned who Rust's mom is. The spiral. The lab funded by Tuttle.
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There is a new season of "Love on the Spectrum" on Netflix.
Hoping to get the entire season in before my Netflix cancellation kicks in.
We haven't finished it -- not even sure how many episodes there are -- but we watched several episodes this weekend. There are some really nice moments in this season.
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We haven't finished it -- not even sure how many episodes there are -- but we watched several episodes this weekend. There are some really nice moments in this season.
Just finishing it up as I type this. The sweetness in these relationships really gives me the feels.
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I am similar to you as I haven’t always had HBO as often as others. I will get it for a time and watch something. Then I will not have it for a while.
“The Wire” is worth your time. It’s one of my favorite shows.
A guy named David Simon worked for the Baltimore Sun newspaper in the 80’s and 90’s. And he wrote or co-wrote a few books:
1) “Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets.”
2) “The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood.”
The first book was made into the television series: “Homicide: Life on the Streets”
It is excellent and hard to find due to music copyright stuff. However there has been a new development and hope for future streaming of it.
The 2nd book was made into a miniseries called “The Corner.”
He also created, wrote, produced, “The Wire.” with others.
Didn’t ever get much attention to my knowledge, but Simon’s Show Me a Hero was a really interesting miniseries about the mayor of Yonkers dealing with race and housing in the late 80s. Oscar Isaac as the lead. Winona Ryder in it, too. Quality show, and it’s only about a half dozen episodes if memory serves.
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Now that the season is over, I ended up watching the rest of Monarch. Back half got much more engaging. With the last couple and set up for S2 very solid.
As I stated when people were looking for a rec. The middle draaaaaaags. Mostly due to the 1950s storyline being absent which is the best part. And way too much focus on the present day 2015 family soap opera.
The timelines came together much better after that and the cliff hanger leaves a lot of fun optimism for a future season. Only downside is not sure how they can get Russell the younger and Holm into a S2 they were great.
Also hilarious the timeline. Kong Skull Island is 1973, Holm is last seen as a 40 year old in 1962 in this show. Meaning in 11 years he aged to be John Goodman. Its also hilarious if youve seen that movie knowing how random Goodmans death is in it and how prominent and awesome the character is in this show. IMO they shouldnt have made the movie canon just did their own version of it where he goes to Skull and lives.
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Now that the season is over, I ended up watching the rest of Monarch. Back half got much more engaging. With the last couple and set up for S2 very solid.
As I stated when people were looking for a rec. The middle draaaaaaags. Mostly due to the 1950s storyline being absent which is the best part. And way too much focus on the present day 2015 family soap opera.
The timelines came together much better after that and the cliff hanger leaves a lot of fun optimism for a future season. Only downside is not sure how they can get Russell the younger and Holm into a S2 they were great.
Also hilarious the timeline. Kong Skull Island is 1973, Holm is last seen as a 40 year old in 1962 in this show. Meaning in 11 years he aged to be John Goodman. Its also hilarious if youve seen that movie knowing how random Goodmans death is in it and how prominent and awesome the character is in this show. IMO they shouldnt have made the movie canon just did their own version of it where he goes to Skull and lives.
I finished also. They did find a way to weave and tie all the films together.
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+2. I watched the first season and a half of Succession and gave up. I found it odd people enjoyed the same crap every episode.
Oh noes, who is going to control the company? It's sooooooo important.
I thought I was the only one
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New Iron Chef of Netflix is pretty great if you liked Iron Chef: America. Alton Brown is good as always and Kristin Kish does a really nice job as well. Leaves me pretty optimistic about her as the new host for Top Chef.
One of the first episodes has Curtis Duffy from Ever in Chicago (the restaurant Richie interns at in the Bear) and he’s just an absolute marvel to watch.
The Chairman is also even more absurd than the first time around, if that’s even possible, but he’s perfect.
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American Nightmare
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New Iron Chef of Netflix is pretty great if you liked Iron Chef: America. Alton Brown is good as always and Kristin Kish does a really nice job as well. Leaves me pretty optimistic about her as the new host for Top Chef.
One of the first episodes has Curtis Duffy from Ever in Chicago (the restaurant Richie interns at in the Bear) and he’s just an absolute marvel to watch.
The Chairman is also even more absurd than the first time around, if that’s even possible, but he’s perfect.
The original Japanese version of Iron Chef is tv gold. One of my favorite shows back in the day. I like the newer versions and Alton Brown is great, but it lacks the charm of the original. I mean, who would you rather see as a judge, a know it all food critic or a fortune teller…who I guess is also a know it all
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The original Japanese version of Iron Chef is tv gold. One of my favorite shows back in the day. I like the newer versions and Alton Brown is great, but it lacks the charm of the original. I mean, who would you rather see as a judge, a know it all food critic or a fortune teller…who I guess is also a know it all
I don't disagree. To be honest, despite being the "same" show, its honestly apples to oranges for me. The original Iron Chef is almost like a variety/game show revolving around cooking. Whereas the American version is a much slicker cooking show with a competition element, the new version even more so, its almost like a sports broadcast.
I love them both, but for different reasons.
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Finally watched Everything Everywhere All at once.
That was.... Different
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I don't disagree. To be honest, despite being the "same" show, its honestly apples to oranges for me. The original Iron Chef is almost like a variety/game show revolving around cooking. Whereas the American version is a much slicker cooking show with a competition element, the new version even more so, its almost like a sports broadcast.
I love them both, but for different reasons.
I totally agree. In fact, I almost wrote slicker and more like a sporting event when describing the newer/est versions. They are all great.
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I had never seen Blood Simple before by the Coen Brothers. I believe it's their first film and Frances McDormand's first film. Uhhhhh....that is one messed up flick....but kind of in a good way. There are some memorable scenes for lack of a better word. It occurred to me that some of our great directors and screenwriters may in fact be completely insane.
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We finally got to see Killers of the Flower Moon.
A must-see, really.
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We finally got to see Killers of the Flower Moon.
A must-see, really.
Lol, nah that was easily the most boring movie Scorsese has made. Was it visually striking and well acted? Sure, but holy moly the story was a snooze fest. Also, in no way did that need to be three hours long.
ymmv but I think if this film is made by a no name director it doesn't get a single Oscar nod outside of acting.
American Fiction, on the other hand, was amazing.
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Lol, nah that was easily the most boring movie Scorsese has made. Was it visually striking and well acted? Sure, but holy moly the story was a snooze fest. Also, in no way did that need to be three hours long.
ymmv but I think if this film is made by a no name director it doesn't get a single Oscar nod outside of acting.
American Fiction, on the other hand, was amazing.
We waited until it came out on Apple+ and watched it over 3 nights. So we could get up, stretch, grab a bite, watch other stuff in between, etc, and I'd guess it made the slower moments less snooze-inducing for us.
I wouldn't have wanted to sit in a theater 4 hours for that or any other movie. And sure, a half-hour could have been edited out of it easily. That's the case with most long movies. The last episode of this season's Fargo could've been 10 minutes long!
We enjoyed the movie more than you did, obviously. I got a lot out of it.
Thanks for the tip on American Fiction. Will try to check it out.
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Went to see The Good The Bad and The Ugly in a real movie theater on a big screen. With a relatively young enthusiastic crowd. Damn! They just don't make them like that anymore.
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We waited until it came out on Apple+ and watched it over 3 nights. So we could get up, stretch, grab a bite, watch other stuff in between, etc, and I'd guess it made the slower moments less snooze-inducing for us.
I wouldn't have wanted to sit in a theater 4 hours for that or any other movie. And sure, a half-hour could have been edited out of it easily. That's the case with most long movies. The last episode of this season's Fargo could've been 10 minutes long!
We enjoyed the movie more than you did, obviously. I got a lot out of it.
Thanks for the tip on American Fiction. Will try to check it out.
Kinda unrelated: I watched The Irishman across 6 viewings. I'm glad I did. 1 uninterrupted attempt would have resulted in a much more negative impression of the film.
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Kinda unrelated: I watched The Irishman across 6 viewings. I'm glad I did. 1 uninterrupted attempt would have resulted in a much more negative impression of the film.
The best thing about The Irishman was how much it mocked the viewers without the majority of them knowing they were being mocked
It’s the movie version of The Sopranos ending. They’re all dead, Frank
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We waited until it came out on Apple+ and watched it over 3 nights. So we could get up, stretch, grab a bite, watch other stuff in between, etc, and I'd guess it made the slower moments less snooze-inducing for us.
I wouldn't have wanted to sit in a theater 4 hours for that or any other movie. And sure, a half-hour could have been edited out of it easily. That's the case with most long movies. The last episode of this season's Fargo could've been 10 minutes long!
We enjoyed the movie more than you did, obviously. I got a lot out of it.
Thanks for the tip on American Fiction. Will try to check it out.
*thats the case with most movies
Almost every movie now days is way longer than they need to be
I am far from a expert film maker and most movie I go to I can walk out and immediately pinpoint 15-20 minutes that was not needed.
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TD 4-3. Definitely going R-Rated X files
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Lol, nah that was easily the most boring movie Scorsese has made. Was it visually striking and well acted? Sure, but holy moly the story was a snooze fest. Also, in no way did that need to be three hours long.
ymmv but I think if this film is made by a no name director it doesn't get a single Oscar nod outside of acting.
American Fiction, on the other hand, was amazing.
I read the book over the weekend and it was quite good. I am hesitant to see the movie based on a few reviews.
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Through 3 eps theres nothing really wrong with tD4
But its just kinda blahhh. Not very interesting so far.
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Vander pump back 2night lfg!!!
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Vander pump back 2night lfg!!!
You loved the scandoval didn't you???
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People have paid for paramount+?
My parents have it. Great for soccer, their original programming is actually pretty solid, and there are a bunch of other things they have from a variety of networks. Wouldn't be the highest priority, but I see a ton of value in it.
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Through 3 eps theres nothing really wrong with tD4
But its just kinda blahhh. Not very interesting so far.
Agree. More weird than interesting.
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You loved the scandoval didn't you???
Yeah but I love all of it. Just wish Stassi was back
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Speaking of paramount+ - I'm usually not a big series guy becauase I don't keep up with the commitment. Only couple I've done soup to nuts the past few years are GoT and the Crown*. But I had some time to truly burn Friday and did a few eps of Halo. For turning your brain off, I don't hate it at all. Its not 'good' by any means but its sticks close enough to the source material and is fun enough to work for me. Like I don't really care about any of the characters but I still look forward to watching another ep. I'll probably finish the season and maybe even see what S2 brings.
*Almost through the final season. Its a bit of a labor of love at this point. I thought it was the best show on TV during some of the earlier seasons, but this ain't that.
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I read the book over the weekend and it was quite good. I am hesitant to see the movie based on a few reviews.
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It's nominated for a bunch of Oscars as well as best adapted screen play.
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It's nominated for a bunch of Oscars as well as best adapted screen play.
It’s woke
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Finished S03 of Slow Horses.
I continue to love Oldman and many of the characters, but dear god, the plot was preposterously stupid, particularly the last two episodes.
TLDR: 4 misfit MI5 "agents" kill off 20+ mercenaries with assault weapons and grenades who wear body armor (which apparently came from Walmart, as it doesn't stop a single bullet.)
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Finished S03 of Slow Horses.
I continue to love Oldman and many of the characters, but dear god, the plot was preposterously stupid, particularly the last two episodes.
TLDR: 4 misfit MI5 "agents" kill off 20+ mercenaries with assault weapons and grenades who wear body armor (which apparently came from Walmart, as it doesn't stop a single bullet.)
I don’t disagree that it was a bit far fetched but I don’t think misfits is totally fair. The whole point of the crew at Slough House is they are all talented but flawed.
River was a hot shot agent from a prestigious MI5 lineage but had a public FUBAR.
Louisa messed up a tail.
Marcus was recruited to be a Dog but had gambling issues.
Part of the underlying theme is how talented agents make a moderate mistake and are black balled indefinitely. But there are tons of inferior MI5 agents still at the Park who have played the political game better despite being less skilled or talented, like Spider.
I don’t agree that the fire fight result was a bit far fetched. But other than Duffy, most of the “mercenaries” were just faceless storm troopers and the agents, as mentioned, weren’t hacks or clueless, despite what the Park middle
management deemed them. It’s not like Standish and Ho gunned down 20 Duffys
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Watched the first episode of Arctic Ascent on Hulu. So sick.
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Finished S03 of Slow Horses.
I continue to love Oldman and many of the characters, but dear god, the plot was preposterously stupid, particularly the last two episodes.
TLDR: 4 misfit MI5 "agents" kill off 20+ mercenaries with assault weapons and grenades who wear body armor (which apparently came from Walmart, as it doesn't stop a single bullet.)
Agree. Great show. But, went away from what makes it great and those scenes were just action flick like.
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Thanks for the collective Scoop rec of Slow Horses. The wife and I just finished the first season. We were looking for this genre of show and Gary Goldman is as great as always.
"Hold on. It's the Proclaimers..."
And the Mick Jagger theme song will be stuck in my head for weeks.
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Thanks for the collective Scoop rec of Slow Horses. The wife and I just finished the first season. We were looking for this genre of show and Gary Goldman is as great as always.
"Hold on. It's the Proclaimers..."
And the Mick Jagger theme song will be stuck in my head for weeks.
+1 Just finished S2, imo even better than 1. Oldman is brilliant
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TD 4-5. Oh, my.
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The Greatest Night in Pop - a documentary about the making of We Are the World - is worth a watch on Netflix. Especially for those of us of a certain vintage (although my 22 year old enjoyed it too).
It’s a puff piece, so there is no mention at all of what I assume fueled that mid-80s all-night recording session.
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It’s a puff piece, so there is no mention at all of what I assume fueled that mid-80s all-night recording session.
Noble intentions, altruism, and pride in doing something for others.
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Noble intentions, altruism, and pride in doing something for others.
Exactly. More than anything, the 80s are known for the prevalent selflessness.
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Exactly. More than anything, the 80s are known for the prevalent selflessness.
As well as minimalism and practical fashion choices.
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Exactly. More than anything, the 80s are known for the prevalent selflessness.
The title (WE Are the World) says it all.
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Ep 5 of TD was def the best. Not sure how it all wraps up in a overall satisfying way with 1 ep left tho.
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If you like(d) Slow Horses, check out Criminal Record on Apple+. The six episodes released so far are excellent IMHO.
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American Fiction, on the other hand, was amazing.
+1. After The Holdovers my favorite movie this year.
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Ep 5 of TD was def the best. Not sure how it all wraps up in a overall satisfying way with 1 ep left tho.
The season wasn't horrible, but I can't call it great. Mostly weird.
+1. After The Holdovers my favorite movie this year.
Best we've seen so far this year, too.
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The season wasn't horrible, but I can't call it great. Mostly weird.
Yup. Pretty much just blah. Only 6 eps so not a total waste of time.
But they basically went with the most simple resolution and nothing really mattered except some lesson about mother nature.
And the s1 quote in the finale was horribly forced.
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Has anyone watched the first 2 episodes of Shogun on FX/Hulu?
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Dune 2 was pretty fantastic
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Mr. and Mrs. Smith was much better than I expected it to be. Lots of action and a surprising amount of comedy.
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Has anyone watched the first 2 episodes of Shogun on FX/Hulu?
Yes, it's very good.
And definitely not sanitized like the Richard Chamberlain version from 40 plus years ago.
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Shogun is awesome through 3 eps.
I have to have a permanent wiki fandom page up for characters but it’s great
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My girlfriend and I tried watching the new live-action series of Avatar: The Last Airbender on Netflix. I think we got through 3 episodes then decided to stop and re-watch the original animated series instead. A week later we are already on Season 3.
The Netflix show is certainly better than the M. Night Shyamalan movie, although that is the lowest bar imaginable. But it still doesn't come close to the original in terms of charm, character depth/development, and addressing mature themes like war, genocide, and morality in such a thought-provoking yet clarifying manner. I'm still blown away that this was a children's cartoon on Nickelodeon.
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That Monkey Man trailer looks pretty intense.
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That Monkey Man trailer looks pretty intense.
I have had enough of the Buffalo Wild Wings commercial. They can retire it the rest of the tournament.
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I have had enough of the Buffalo Wild Wings commercial. They can retire it the rest of the tournament.
I’ve never understood basing your ad campaign on a largely unlikeable character.
Ditto Samuel Adams.
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I have had enough of the Buffalo Wild Wings commercial. They can retire it the rest of the tournament.
Very much agree. Always surprised how there are SO MANY repetitive commercials for March Madness and people get incredibly tired of them.
What's the advertising theory there?
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$$$$
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Very much agree. Always surprised how there are SO MANY repetitive commercials for March Madness and people get incredibly tired of them.
What's the advertising theory there?
The BW3 ad, Capital One ads, and Homes.com ads, are all annoying as F. And not the least bit entertaining.
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$$$$
Right ..
1. Annoy the fock out of your customers by repetitive commercials
2. ????
3. Profit!
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Very much agree. Always surprised how there are SO MANY repetitive commercials for March Madness and people get incredibly tired of them.
What's the advertising theory there?
Well, there are many theories about what level of frequency of exposure is needed for a campaign to be effective. However, it seems they have way overshot that. Need a few additional executions for it not to be overly repetitive/a waste of $. Most companies fail to produce enough creative as that costs $$$.
Also, we are probably going to be over-exposed as we are very heavy consumers of basketball. Most people are not going to be seeing it as many times as we are.
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While we are discussing ads-
I sometimes wonder if ads featuring NCAA teams have several versions depending upon region. It would be very expensive to produce additional versions and I would like to know the teams you see featured to test my theory. For example, a large number of hotel "brands" under one owner features the UNC marching band and a player in their March Madness ads here in Virginia.
I have noticed VCU's ram in a number of ads over the years and then remembered that Richmond is the headquarters for a huge advertising firm, the Martin Agency. With VCU being very strong in visual arts and subjects related to advertising, my guess is that Martin is loaded with VCU grads.
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Just sayin, after the last 4 days .. I'll never go to a Buffalo Wild Wings again.
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While we are discussing ads-
I sometimes wonder if ads featuring NCAA teams have several versions depending upon region. It would be very expensive to produce additional versions and I would like to know the teams you see featured to test my theory. For example, a large number of hotel "brands" under one owner features the UNC marching band and a player in their March Madness ads here in Virginia.
I have noticed VCU's ram in a number of ads over the years and then remembered that Richmond is the headquarters for a huge advertising firm, the Martin Agency. With VCU being very strong in visual arts and subjects related to advertising, my guess is that Martin is loaded with VCU grads.
i got the unc marching band in omaha
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Just sayin, after the last 4 days .. I'll never go to a Buffalo Wild Wings again.
Heresy!!! Arby's owns them.
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I used to live that Ludacris song from the Nissan commercials. Especially when Les Grossman is dancing to it .
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i got the unc marching band in omaha
Thanks for the reply. My guess was that the production costs, even if only part of an ad was reshot, would be enormous. While the many mascots in some ads covers a lot of ground, it's gotten old. I'm sticking with my theory on the VCU Rams mascot though. I cannot come up with another logical reason to explain why an A10 school's mascot would be in a number of ads.
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I used to live that Ludacris song from the Nissan commercials. Especially when Les Grossman is dancing to it .
Great flick.
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Very much agree. Always surprised how there are SO MANY repetitive commercials for March Madness and people get incredibly tired of them.
What's the advertising theory there?
According to internal surveys they found that the average basketball fan has a short term memory.
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Just sayin, after the last 4 days .. I'll never go to a Buffalo Wild Wings again.
The District Tap in Indy had some of the best wings I've ever had.
Haven't been to a BWW in at least 7-8 years.
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Well, there are many theories about what level of frequency of exposure is needed for a campaign to be effective. However, it seems they have way overshot that. Need a few additional executions for it not to be overly repetitive/a waste of $. Most companies fail to produce enough creative as that costs $$$.
Also, we are probably going to be over-exposed as we are very heavy consumers of basketball. Most people are not going to be seeing it as many times as we are.
I'm also wondering if the amount of people watching on delay and fastforwarding through commercials or switching to another game during commercials means you need even more to make an impression
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According to internal surveys they found that the average basketball fan has a short term memory.
Maybe for ads, but for what they insist were bad calls by refs? Bball fans can recall those in detail 20 years later.
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I'm also wondering if the amount of people watching on delay and fastforwarding through commercials or switching to another game during commercials means you need even more to make an impression
You see A LOT more cross platform tie-in then you used to. When I used to be in the media agency in the early 2010s, the TV ads and the digital ad plans were thematically tied, but stand alone in nature. Now the pre-roll for Youtube or other social media is either the same as the TV ad, or a trimmed version of it, so that its carrying through. You basically have to cobble together smaller impression pieces to get what you used to get from a live TV ad.
Its crazy, I left that industry in 2013 and the Nielsens and other data providers were just starting to mainstream the id of T+3 viewer ratings for people that would record and watch TV shows within a few days after original airing. And even then, sports was mostly untouched and a safe haven for live viewing unlike network TV. And now within a decade, its completely shifted and even the T+3 "TIVO allowance" metrics we used to use are archaic and live sports has similar issues.
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Watching in 2024 ..
I was on Hulu and the old show, NYPD Blue caught my attention, figured I'd watch S01E01 for old times sake. Aaaaand, now I'm hooked.
What a great show that was. Andy Sipowitcz is one of the best TV drama characters ever.
S01 is a little rough, they clearly got a better budget in S02.
I don't know how far I'll go watching the 261 episodes, though. It was a top 20 TV show for 8 years before it started declining.
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Watching in 2024 ..
I was on Hulu and the old show, NYPD Blue caught my attention, figured I'd watch S01E01 for old times sake. Aaaaand, now I'm hooked.
What a great show that was. Andy Sipowitcz is one of the best TV drama characters ever.
S01 is a little rough, they clearly got a better budget in S02.
I don't know how far I'll go watching the 261 episodes, though. It was a top 20 TV show for 8 years before it started declining.
Loved NYPD Blue, and you're right about Sipowicz. There were a couple seasons that were less-good than others, but for a show that was on as long as it was and made as many episodes as it did, it was a hell of a series.
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Loved NYPD Blue, and you're right about Sipowicz. There were a couple seasons that were less-good than others, but for a show that was on as long as it was and made as many episodes as it did, it was a hell of a series.
A poor man's Cop Rock.
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Missus and I just finished "The Gentleman" on Netflix 8 episodes of Guy Ritchie wackery
We are big fans and this didn't disappoint. prepare to be hooked.
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Did miss the love here for Shogun? Hot damn, incredible show.
And for 90's kiddos, X-Men 97 on Disney+ is fantastic
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Missus and I just finished "The Gentleman" on Netflix 8 episodes of Guy Ritchie wackery
We are big fans and this didn't disappoint. prepare to be hooked.
Fantastic show. I'll watch anything Guy Ritchie, his style of filmmaking is just so entertaining. But just a really entertaining watch. Theo James is on a heater after White Lotus and Ive loved Kaya Scodelario ever since Skins. Hope there is a second season.
Did miss the love here for Shogun? Hot damn, incredible show.
Can't say enough about it. Its just awesome. English being used as Portuguese is amusing, but they do it well that it fits. Its also an absolutely visually stunning show
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On ep 3 of the new Fallout show. No nothing about the games but still really enjoying the show. Its goofy at times which is the intention, love the over the top gore.
And per usual and as expected Goggins steals the show. This dude bats 1.000 when it comes to scene stealing.
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On ep 3 of the new Fallout show. No nothing about the games but still really enjoying the show. Its goofy at times which is the intention, love the over the top gore.
And per usual and as expected Goggins steals the show. This dude bats 1.000 when it comes to scene stealing.
I'll have to give it a whirl. Goggins rules.
Just finished S2 of Halo - its a pretty dumb show. And I also hope they make a third season.
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What is Abigail upset about? The preview showed a young lady taking out a bunch of people without being provoked.
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Seriously? The premise is that those people unknowingly kidnapped a vampire. Hilarity ensues.
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What is Abigail upset about? The preview showed a young lady taking out a bunch of people without being provoked.
Did you not pay attention at all?
To put it simply she was provoked and had much more reason to attack then most of the rabid beasts you defend attacking humans.
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Did you not pay attention at all?
To put it simply she was provoked and had much more reason to attack then most of the rabid beasts you defend attacking humans.
If she was provoked I owe her an apology. I didn't see a smoking gun in the preview. Clearly she wasn't happy about something.
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If she was provoked I owe her an apology. I didn't see a smoking gun in the preview. Clearly she wasn't happy about something.
Abigail is a shape shifting manatee..