What are you watching in 2025?

[PGsHeroes32]

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.

[Xact]

If you like(d) Slow Horses, check out Criminal Record on Apple+. The six episodes released so far are excellent IMHO.

[Lennys Tap]

American Fiction, on the other hand, was amazing.

+1. After The Holdovers my favorite movie this year.

[MU82]

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.

[PGsHeroes32]

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.

[MU1in77]

Has anyone watched the first 2 episodes of Shogun on FX/Hulu?

[CreightonWarrior]

Dune 2 was pretty fantastic

[MU82]

Mr. and Mrs. Smith was much better than I expected it to be. Lots of action and a surprising amount of comedy.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

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.

[PGsHeroes32]

Shogun is awesome through 3 eps.

I have to have a permanent wiki fandom page up for characters but it's great

[YaBlueIt]

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.

[MuggsyB]

That Monkey Man trailer looks pretty intense. 

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

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.

[The Sultan]

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.

[mu_hilltopper]

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?

[tower912]

$$$$

[MuggsyB]

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.

[mu_hilltopper]

$$$$

Right ..

1. Annoy the fock out of your customers by repetitive commercials
2. ????
3. Profit!

[ATL MU Warrior]

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.

[Scoop Snoop]

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.

[mu_hilltopper]

Just sayin, after the last 4 days .. I'll never go to a Buffalo Wild Wings again.

[CreightonWarrior]

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

[Dr. Blackheart]

Just sayin, after the last 4 days .. I'll never go to a Buffalo Wild Wings again.

Heresy!!! Arby's owns them.

[warriorchick]

I used to live that Ludacris song from the Nissan commercials. Especially when Les Grossman is dancing to it .

[Scoop Snoop]

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.