[subego]

Originally Posted by ShortcutToMoncton 

A soundtrack to get you hyped for season 3…..

I already bought a copy of the theme, which I feel like it’s trying to be “Gangsta’s Paradise” minus the rap. I love the title sequence too, though I think the first season’s the best.

[andi*pandi]

that piano background can make work seem more exciting.

[subego]

As someone who has had urinary tract infections drive him ”piss mad”, and retains some residual skepticism he was the crazy one, I think it was good for my dad to see it happen to Logan Roy.

[subego]

Originally Posted by subego 

I love the title sequence too

Though I should mention I don’t feel the ages match up. The home movies are aesthetically 70s when they should be 80s. Most of that could be handwaved away as matter of taste, but not the tennis racket. In the 80s, unfathomably rich people obsessed with winning used the oversized kind.

[ShortcutToMoncton]

Counterpoint: many tennis players continue to use the racquets they learned on and are comfortable with. They often don’t adopt newer model trends because it often involves changing your playing style to some degree.

[subego]

When I played in the 80s, I never saw anyone use a wooden racket.

[andi*pandi]

I recall a certain snobbery about the new rackets. That anyone could hit anything with them.

[subego]

Not very “go for the jugular”.

[Thorzdad]

Originally Posted by andi*pandi 

I recall a certain snobbery about the new rackets. That anyone could hit anything with them.

Kind of like when oversized drivers came on the golf market. Some of those things got be cartoonishly big.

[subego]

Finished out S3 of Succession. Liked it more than the second, but not the powerhouse of the first. Kind of a slow burn which doesn’t really pay off until the last two episodes. Excellent setup for the final season.

[Spheric Harlot]

Was so stoked for the second season of “Foundation”. Watched the first episode last night and almost want to stop watching. Stupid underwater “omg we made it just in time why the fuck is a huge circuit breaker the computer reboot switch” action stunts and cryptic maths mysticism do not mix with one another, let alone with the legacy of one Isaac Asimov. Nor does looking at cute virtual ribbons showing exactly what the path of psychohistory is in red. I mean, sheesh.

Season one was good enough to give them the benefit of the doubt, but boy…

[OreoCookie]

Noooo! Spheric, I just hope you are wrong. I haven't had time to watch it yet, but your words aren't very encouraging …

[Spheric Harlot]

Episode 2 tonight.

Slightly less horrific.
Feels like they've turned it into an action series, more along the Star Wars-attention span.

Though as of Ep 2, we're gently getting back into the heady, abstract stuff.

Gently optimistic that Ep 3 won't put me off the series entirely.

[dav]

Started watching, The Detectorists. Only about 5 episodes in, but I'm recommending it.

[andi*pandi]

Season 3 of Only Murders in the Building is out folks.

[Laminar]

[subego]

Started S4 of Succession.

Well, that was a surprise. I still don’t quite believe it.

[ShortcutToMoncton]

Hah

[subego]

Half an episode left.

I like the season a lot, but that penultimate episode was a slog.

[subego]

Officially finished. Decent, but abrupt ending.

I’m going to miss it. I wouldn’t have minded 10 more hours.


Now we’re watching Disraeli the Romantic, which I remember from Masterpiece Theatre when I was, like, 10. Too sophisticated for me back then, so I’m glad to loop back around. It’s got many of the usual issues with 40-year-old British television. It’s not very dynamic. It does have great costumes tho.

Ian McShane plays Disraeli, and Ian he McShanes-up the place.

[ShortcutToMoncton]

I think it’s an amazing series! Right up there with the great dramas for me personally. So much fun. You can’t make a tomlette without breaking a few Gregs! Buckle up fucklehead!

Wait, who was watching Silo? Was that you?

[Spheric Harlot]

We watched the first season of Silo. It’s good.

[subego]

Originally Posted by ShortcutToMoncton 

I think it’s an amazing series! Right up there with the great dramas for me personally. So much fun. You can’t make a tomlette without breaking a few Gregs! Buckle up fucklehead!

Don’t forget Little Lord Fuckleroy.

[subego]

Needed something to watch in an emergency, and went with Jack Ryan.

The emergency aspect caused me to not be paying close enough attention, and started with S3.

I’m liking it. Don’t mind being thrown into the middle at all. Glad Bunk is in it.

[andi*pandi]

i liked s1 and 2 a little better.

[Doc HM]

US Ghosts season 2. Same high quality bar. Rare to have a US show that is just as good as the UK version (to UK sensibilities).

[Spheric Harlot]

oMG FUTURAMA IS BACK — new season coming to Disney+

[Doc HM]

Originally Posted by Spheric Harlot 

oMG FUTURAMA IS BACK — new season coming to Disney+

As they say, Futurama is back, again, again.

[subego]

Watched The Last Enemy. BBC spy thriller miniseries from the late aughts about “Total Information Awareness”. Ridiculously prescient. Only big thing it misses is AI.

Cummerbund stars and is excellent as usual. Recommended.

[Thorzdad]

The new seasons of Unforgotten and Van der Valk started on Masterpiece Theater last night. Good starts.

[subego]

Just watched Any Human Heart with Tom Wambsgans. Excellent. Manages to walk the line of terribly depressing and life affirming at the same time.

Not available for streaming in the US. Had to dig up a used dvd.

[subego]

Who is Erin Carter somehow manages to effortlessly blend dysfunctional family drama with ninja shit.

[andi*pandi]

new justified. new characters. new city. Same raylen.

I do miss some of the old harlen characters but new ones are growing on me

[subego]

Sprung is fantastic.

[Thorzdad]

I keep forgetting about Sprung. I think we watched the first three or four episodes, got distracted, and haven’t gone back. That happens a lot with us. We haven’t watched much of the new season of Only Murders... for the same reason, mostly. We don’t really give a crap about the Broadway show bullshit, either, so there’s that.

[subego]

Have two episodes left of Sprung. The luster has dulled a bit, but it’s still good. I love Plimpton and Dillahunt.

Some meta… Dillahunt kills Keith Carradine in Deadwood. Carradine is Plimpton’s dad.