[andi*pandi]

2 episodes of Mr and Mrs Smith:
The company has given them no onboarding and very little instructions its no wonder they fuck it up. Where's the HR manual?
I like the characters but the end of the 2cd episode is very stupid. A rooftop composter is not going to handle what they gave it. These are supposedly exmilitary exspies. Even housewives in other shows do better.

Not feeling like continuing.

[subego]

Originally Posted by ShortcutToMoncton 

I told you. Waste of time.

Ehhh… it was flawed, but I don’t want my 8 hours back.

[andi*pandi]

Class of 2007. Amazon. Australian.

What starts out as kind of a fun silly takeoff of an apocolypse happening during a 10 year high school reunion turns kind of Lord of the Flies. Perhaps these characters never watched Lost because they seem pretty clueless about survival and there's a lot of pettiness. Stopped being fun about 3 eps in. I don't think I'll finish.

[Thorzdad]

Taylor Tomlinson’s new Netflix special, Have It All, dropped last week. Not quite as edgy as her last special, but nonetheless sharp and funny as hell.

[Laminar]

We watched it this weekend! She's really funny and the bits about growing up in the church always hit home.

My absolute favorite joke of hers (from a previous special) was about how in high school she was the only one in her friend group not having sex, so she was the only one actually having orgasms.

[Laminar]

Pete Holmes' special I Am Not for Everyone had us rolling. Very much recommend.

[andi*pandi]

Picard season 2 was pretty enjoyable.

 

fish-out-of-water time travel is always fun, hand-waving the science of it (kirk did it! nuff said!). Q! The borg queen was fun but required the rest of the crew (including a former borg) to be completely stupid and let her get the upper hand. Picard's ptsd seemed a bit drawn out but paid off. Chateau. Young guinan. Clever dialogue.

Succession Season 4 seems kind of boring?

[Brien]

Shogun. So far so good?

[OAW]

Originally Posted by Brien 

Shogun. So far so good?

I'm certainly enjoying it.

OAW

[ShortcutToMoncton]

Originally Posted by andi*pandi 

Succession Season 4 seems kind of boring?

What in the Sam Hell

[Thorzdad]

Originally Posted by Brien 

Shogun. So far so good?

So far, yes. The third episode this week kind of veered way into the “white savior” weeds, though. We’ll stick with it, of course.

[subego]

Why has no one said “sho far, sho good”?




I’ll get my coat.

[andi*pandi]

Originally Posted by ShortcutToMoncton 

What in the Sam Hell

I tried it again and made it to a pivotal plot point. Which did shake some things up. *
Perhaps because all the characters are awful I don't care if they die in a fire? I should empathize with Shiv, but find myself thinking Roman is the least problematic. Which is saying something.

*

 

I swear for most of the episode with logan dying on the plane I fully expected the camera to pull back and show him sipping a drink and laughing his ass off.

[subego]

Yeah… this part gets referenced later on.

[andi*pandi]

 

fade to Logan on a beach sipping a drink as the sun sets? lol

[subego]

No more spoilers.

Also, the least problematic is Gerri.

[andi*pandi]

I would be ok with Gerri coming out smelling like roses.

[ShortcutToMoncton]

I was full in on sexpot Gerri!!

Also, wanted to give another shout out to one I think I recommended a while back, Tokyo Vice, which is currently in its second season. Yes, it’s basically a prestige-TV modern take on Miami Vice shot in Tokyo with yakuza. Michael Mann directed a couple of the early episodes. It stars Ansel Elgort, Ken Watanabe and a Japanese actor named Shun Sugata who plays just a badass old yakuza.

[andi*pandi]

Originally Posted by andi*pandi 

I would be ok with Gerri coming out smelling like roses.

I have made it as far as election night, and can I say now feeling no sympathy at all for Roman.

[subego]

Halfway though Inside Man, which is fantastic.

Not a comedy, but each episode had at least one moment where I laughed for a full minute.

[andi*pandi]

Originally Posted by andi*pandi 

I have made it as far as election night, and can I say now feeling no sympathy at all for Roman.

I finished. This is a show with no winners. The ending both makes sense businesswise, but is not emotionally satisfying characterwise. Logan did not raise them any better.

On a different take, am enjoying The Gentlemen, on Netflix. Similar to the movie but also a bit more light, with several likeable characters, and yes plenty of stylish violence.

[subego]

Figure this is a good time to mention Any Human Heart again, which heavily features Wambsgans. It’s fantastic.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Any_Hu...rt_(TV_series)

Not available for streaming at last check.

It would be completely illegal for me to hook you up with a rip if you PMed me, so don’t do that, mkay?

[ShortcutToMoncton]

Originally Posted by andi*pandi 

I finished. This is a show with no winners. The ending both makes sense businesswise, but is not emotionally satisfying characterwise. Logan did not raise them any better.

Clearly a Wambsgans hater…

The super rich just keep riching despite their actual ability and the snivelling, backstabbing asskissers keep weaselling upward. How satisfyingly American is that?!?

[andi*pandi]

Oh, he was good. And there were times I could empathize with him. But just like greg, those moments passed.

I watched a dvd extra with him and greg switching roles. It was hilarious.

It would be horrible to see him in something else with his british accent. Just horrible.

[subego]

You get used to it.

[Thorzdad]

Started watching The Gentlemen on Netflix today. It’s a new series by Guy Ritchie. The first episode definitely ticks all the “Guy Ritchie” boxes, so if you’re a GR fan, take a look.

[andi*pandi]

I finished it and look forward to season 2.

[Thorzdad]

Don’t judge me...I watched all 3+ hours of the Taylor Swift Eras Tour film on D+ last night, and enjoyed it.

[andi*pandi]

Dark Winds, from AMC is on Hoopla the free streaming app from the library. Very well done cop/mystery show set in 1970 on a reservation with native actors etc. Well done but not cheerful.

[ShortcutToMoncton]

I liked Dark Winds. There are two seasons.

[Doc HM]

Death and other Details

Disney +

Very good. Entertaining. (Mostly) never flags or dips. Lovely cinematography and the actors playing the lead sleuths are both excellent with interesting characters to portray.

I for one welcome the apparently incoming second series.

[Doc HM]

Oh. My. Lord. Just how bad can Rebel Moon actually be?

Worse.
Way way worse.

[subego]

Finished Inside Man. Recommended without reservation.

Kate Dickie shows up in episode 3 and just fucking kills.

[Brien]

Xmen ‘97. What a weird idea to revive 30-year-old kids shows, but I’m for it.

[andi*pandi]

with the original voices? heck yeah.

[Brien]

Except the dead ones.

[ShortcutToMoncton]

So how we doin on 3 Body Problem?

[subego]

Plan to watch it with my dad.


Edit: he’s read the book and watched half of it. He said the book is excellent, but a chore at times because of its so expansive. He’s said that so far, the show is one of the best examples of adapting a book to television he’s ever seen.

[subego]

My dad finished it and says it completely falls off a cliff in the second half.

[ShortcutToMoncton]

Starting the second half. Can’t wait to verify

[Thorzdad]

Originally Posted by ShortcutToMoncton 

So how we doin on 3 Body Problem?

I started the fifth episode today. I’m pleased so far. I read the first book two or three years ago, and was afraid I’d be lost, but the series (so far) is doing a good job of bringing it back to me (mostly.)

I’d forgotten about the nanofiber. Can’t wait to see how well they re-enact that scene.

[reader50]

I binged the season over the last few days. Interesting.

I'd heard of the titular orbital problem, but not a book series based on it.

[Thorzdad]

We finally finished-up Mr. & Mrs. Smith tonight and...jeez...I was seriously let-down by the finale. It just sort-of devolved into a bunch of running, shooting, fighting, and a cliche “are they or aren’t they?” ending. So disappointed.

[subego]

My dad’s criticisms were…

 

1) It starts in the middle, which gave my dad false hope they’d do the whole book and not drag it out to more seasons.

2) 40 3-body systems in the book. 7 in the first half of the show. Zero in the last half. My dad wondered if they ran out of money.

3) I forgot this one.

[ShortcutToMoncton]

Complete lack of character development. You didn’t care about any of em. Of and that nanofibre scientist was both too hot and a bad actor, didn’t fit at all reallly

[Thorzdad]

A new 28-minute episode of Bluey dropped last week. Quite the tear-inducing tale. Apparently, the producers are taking a hiatus after this, with no indication when/if the show will return.

[subego]

For me, Bluey is one of those frequency illusion deals where I’d never heard of it and now I can’t stop.

[Thorzdad]

It’s just so well done. It’s gentle without being saccharine.
This new episode has all sorts of easter eggs and call-backs to previous episodes.

[subego]

For me, seeing stills from it triggers a viscerally unpleasant response.

Honestly, that’s not a criticism. I’m only mentioning it because it’s really weird.

[ShortcutToMoncton]

Bluey I think is arguably the best kids show of all time. It truly is terrific. Could not recommend it more highly