What TV SHOWS are you watching?

I wasn’t expecting much with Dune, especially since it’s somewhat based on Brian Herbert’s stiff. It was ok.
I love Dune and I will continue to watch it before I decide, but it’s just ok to start.

I'm rewatching Sherlock. I don't know why. I'm struck by how it is kind of absurd and a little surreal at times, almost in the tone of the graphic novel The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen or some other comic. I still remember the series finale, which was bizarre. Lots of backlash against the fourth seaon.

The show's somewhat contempt for fans mirrors the attitude of Gatiss' character Mycroft, who sounds a lot like Gatiss does in interviews, "These goldfish can't appreciate my genius."

Some Googling revealed that Gatiss created a show called "The League of Gentlemen" which had nothing to do with the Alan Moore comic.

I hated Sherlock. But I do enjoy listening to the BBC audio drama episodes of the original stories sometimes.

My prediction for Dune Prophecy is that it'll be cancelled after 1-2 seasons and then become a beloved cult classic for fans. Because its biggest flaw is its greatest draw - it's Dune. It'll have a hard time keeping larger audiences, I think. But I also thought that about Game of Thrones when it started.

I loved the BBC Sherlock. The last season was not great as I recall. But that first season was a banger.

Last night I watched the first episode of Dune: Prophecy. Ended up getting 6 months of Max for $3 a month on their Black Friday deal.

Anyway... it didn't blow me away. I'll watch the second episode because I want to see if it picks up steam but it just didn't grab me much. It does look nice.

My wife told me to watch AP Bio, because her students are really annoying her right now and I think she enjoys the main character trashing on his students. So I started watching it, and although it felt kind of stilted and dumb at first, it is, to my shame, really growing on me, and I am now into the second season, which is not so much a testament to the show but perhaps a reflection of how much grading I have at the end of the semester.

“Okay, so there's four basic categories of happiness that I'm going to want to focus on all right? One, work a job where you can see the physical results of your labor at the end of each day. Two, make up mundane celebrations to distract you from your inevitable death. Number three, ingest sugary, fatty, and salty things that release endorphins in your brain. And four, partner with a convenient person within a 20-mile radius to procreate and therefore feel as though a memory of you will live on.”
— Jack Griffin, A.P. Bio, Season 2: Happiness

I have not watched AP Bio, but Glenn Howerton is hilarious and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is one of the best television shows ever made.