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What TV SHOWS are you watching?
10 Jul 2021 23:29 #324587
by Gary Sax
Replied by Gary Sax on topic What TV SHOWS are you watching?
I started watching Lovecraft Country, it's pretty good so far. I know you talked a lot about it upthread so I'm probably repeating somebody, but a disconnect I have is that I have a weird internal expectation I have to reset whenever I watch an HBO. Like it's going to be Great Serious TV. Episode 1 was good fun but wasn't trying to be that so it took a second.
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11 Jul 2021 08:34 #324592
by Shellhead
Replied by Shellhead on topic What TV SHOWS are you watching?
Since getting back to HBO last month, I have been thinking about Lovecraft Country lately. It was a visually impressive show and had amazing timing with the racial issues. But the writing was sloppy and the characters seemed spastic and irrational at times. Some of the music was perfect and some of it was jarringly wrong, like all the rock music in A Knight's Tale.
So I watched most of the show but just stopped with maybe two episodes left. I never consciously decided that I didn't want to watch Lovecraft Country anymore, I just happened to find other compelling shows to watch for a while. I heard recently that Lovecraft Country didn't get picked up for a second season, so it seems that I wasn't the only one who had issues with the show. But knowing that it is a now a finished show, I feel like re-watching the whole thing.
So I watched most of the show but just stopped with maybe two episodes left. I never consciously decided that I didn't want to watch Lovecraft Country anymore, I just happened to find other compelling shows to watch for a while. I heard recently that Lovecraft Country didn't get picked up for a second season, so it seems that I wasn't the only one who had issues with the show. But knowing that it is a now a finished show, I feel like re-watching the whole thing.
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11 Jul 2021 10:53 #324597
by Gary Sax
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See, I think A Knight's Tale is almost a perfect movie. A camp Hollywood masterpiece.
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11 Jul 2021 11:15 - 11 Jul 2021 22:09 #324598
by jason10mm
Replied by jason10mm on topic What TV SHOWS are you watching?
Knights Tale is certainly a good template for how to have an ahistorical "period" film and then add a bunch of modern elements. Kinda like Hamilton. If they were using opera or whatever folks listened to in the 1700/1800's instead of rap I think the casting choices would be more jarring.
Now I'm ready for a hair metal version of the crusades
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Now I'm ready for a hair metal version of the crusades
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12 Jul 2021 13:26 #324620
by jeb
Replied by jeb on topic What TV SHOWS are you watching?
LOKI is a good time. If you're an MCU person, this is good entertainment--probably the best Marvel show since DAREDEVIL S1. I like it more than WANDAVISION and I liked that just fine.
TED LASSO S2 lands soon and I am ready. S1 was so good, my God. Get on this.
THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY is ok. Child actors struggling with stilted dialog though, yikes. My kids don't like it because it varies from the source material and a recent episode had basically nothing happen. But I could watch a spin-off of Constance being pissed at everything and have a good time.
TED LASSO S2 lands soon and I am ready. S1 was so good, my God. Get on this.
THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY is ok. Child actors struggling with stilted dialog though, yikes. My kids don't like it because it varies from the source material and a recent episode had basically nothing happen. But I could watch a spin-off of Constance being pissed at everything and have a good time.
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12 Jul 2021 15:23 #324626
by Gary Sax
Replied by Gary Sax on topic What TV SHOWS are you watching?
We just went through Ted Lasso S1 again to prep for the new season!
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18 Jul 2021 22:00 #324782
by DarthJoJo
Replied by DarthJoJo on topic What TV SHOWS are you watching?
Well, my wife absolutely hated the finale of Loki.
Warning: Spoiler!
I get it. WandaVision did nothing to pay off the intrigue of the first five or so episodes, The Falcon and the Winter Solider farted out a Black Panther and said the villain kind of has a point, but none of them were so blatantly just about the next thing, namely the upcoming Spider-Man and Dr. Strange movies if the rumors are to be believed. Even the second season of The Mandalorian, which mostly existed to set up three different series, was still a little about its leads.
There was a lot of great stuff around the edges: Owen Wilson’s performance as Mobius, the set design and the Lokis as the end of time, but it lacked a strong core and lead to nothing. By the end of all this, I’m really bummed by the neutering of our Loki. Tom Hiddlestone has been very watchable in the role since Branagh’s Thor, but they transported in his Endgame personality. I guess they didn’t really want a villain to headline his own series, and I understand that, but it wasn’t the same character from the end of the first Avengers. I could have forgiven a lot if he had continued scheming and seeking every opportunity to advance his position. Instead, it could have been Netflix Iron Fist in the lead by the second episode, for all it mattered. And then it ends with a replay of the climax of Matrix Reloaded but with a more interesting villain describing the plot. Bummer.
There was a lot of great stuff around the edges: Owen Wilson’s performance as Mobius, the set design and the Lokis as the end of time, but it lacked a strong core and lead to nothing. By the end of all this, I’m really bummed by the neutering of our Loki. Tom Hiddlestone has been very watchable in the role since Branagh’s Thor, but they transported in his Endgame personality. I guess they didn’t really want a villain to headline his own series, and I understand that, but it wasn’t the same character from the end of the first Avengers. I could have forgiven a lot if he had continued scheming and seeking every opportunity to advance his position. Instead, it could have been Netflix Iron Fist in the lead by the second episode, for all it mattered. And then it ends with a replay of the climax of Matrix Reloaded but with a more interesting villain describing the plot. Bummer.
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18 Jul 2021 22:11 #324784
by jason10mm
Replied by jason10mm on topic What TV SHOWS are you watching?
Thats too bad. The boy and i just watched Avengers again for the upteenth time and not only is it a FANTASTIC comic book film but loki is so good in it.
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18 Jul 2021 22:48 #324785
by Disgustipater
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I was 'meh' on Loki. They made Loki super weak compared to his previous incarnations. Like getting his ass kicked by some regular dude, not really using any powers, etc.
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18 Jul 2021 23:42 #324786
by Jackwraith
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Finally got around to watching Succession. Season 1 was brilliant. It's not often you come across a show where there's not a single character who isn't an asshole but the show is still highly entertaining, because they're all completely different kinds of asshole. Hope they were able to carry it into season 2.
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19 Jul 2021 16:33 #324797
by Shellhead
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When I first heard about Rick & Morty, I dismissed it based on the quality of the acquaintances who liked it, as they tended to be sociopaths and libertarians. But I have been watching season one lately on HBO Max, and enjoying it as sort of a Simpsons for sociopaths. Like the Simpsons, there is some dark and violent humor (think Itchy & Scratchy) paired up with some decent and humane stories about people with relatable problems, like a struggling marriage, or adolescent anxiety. The proceedings are considerably livened by wild creativity, dimension-hopping, and a bold embrace of transgressive themes. There is even a certain amount of continuity developed at the season goes on.
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19 Jul 2021 16:52 #324798
by Gary Sax
Replied by Gary Sax on topic What TV SHOWS are you watching?
Definitely one of those shows that is actually decent but its fandom is hugely offputting and repellant.
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19 Jul 2021 17:43 #324800
by hotseatgames
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That describes it perfectly. I was shocked when I actually watched it and found it to be hilarious.
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19 Jul 2021 18:49 #324801
by Disgustipater
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When the show itself, on several occasions, has had to tell the viewers that RICK IS NOT A ROLE MODEL, it’s a pretty good indication that the fandom is bad.
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19 Jul 2021 20:11 #324802
by Ancient_of_MuMu
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Loki in the end was frustrating. It left multiple plot threads hanging, seemed to lack a lot of consistency and had a weird 3rd episode that basically went nowhere and did nothing. But the 5th and 6th episodes were really great with two inspired casting choices who stole the show.
It never rose to the greatness of Wandavision but was definitely above the turgid Falcon and Winter Soldier. It felt too much like it was written by a committee, lacking a coherent focus and storyline.
It never rose to the greatness of Wandavision but was definitely above the turgid Falcon and Winter Soldier. It felt too much like it was written by a committee, lacking a coherent focus and storyline.
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