OttoinGrotto
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I think I'm on the 4th or 5th episode and they've dropped Hank Hill into today's world really well.
I'm in a show hole, need suggestions
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CuseFaninVT
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Watching season 3 of squid games. Not into it. They’re dragging it out way too much for me.
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I am almost thru episode 1 of season 1. I will get there one of these days
chugg21
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Started and finished Eastern Gate on HBO Max in the last 2 days. It's awesome. It's probably a better remake of Le Bureau than the actual remake The Agency was last year. It's mostly about a Polish spy trying to stop Belarus and Russia from instigating a war with Poland set right now while the war with Ukraine is going on. Subtitles of course.
Zelda Zonk
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Started watching American Primeval (Netflix) this week. Directed by Peter Berg. With Betty Gilpin, Taylor Kitsch, Dane DeHaan, and Shea Whigham. The American West (Utah) and the warring factions of the US Gubmit, the Mormons, and the "Indians." It is brutal and dark and ugly, but the productions is of such a high quality that all the ugliness is rendered beautifully. Well acted.
Fisk (Netflix) is back for season three. Cute comedic look at a curmudgeonly single woman attorney in Australia.
I actually watched Leanne (Netflix) all the way through. It's from Chuck Lorre, the guy who did Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men, etc. So, it's not deep. I do like Leanne Morgan's standup, despite that accent. Her sister on the show is Kristen Johnson (Third Rock from the Sun). It's a light, easily-digestible sitcom. Not going to change the world, but it was amusing.
Hostage (Netflix). British action drama about a fictitious Prime Minister and factions vendetta-bent on undermining her and her politics. It looks and feels like a serious-ish series, and yet there are some consistent dumb things.
Still, it's a decent watch. I saw the credits but still didn't even recognize Julie Delpy until episode 4...
Platonic (Appletv). I guess Seth Rogen isn't as popular here as i would have expected. Anyway, this is season two of a show that wasn't great in season one. As much as I love Rosebyrne, this show probably makes you dislike Rogen even if you didn't previously. I mean, maybe not in a serious way, because it's a role, but it's not an endearing role. There are some fun moments, and Rosebyrne is always funny and charming, but i wouldn't actually recommend this to anyone.
Untamed (Netflix). Eric Bana and Sam Neil. Some bad stuff happens in the great wilderness of a national park. Decent watch, but not a super memorable classic.
Night Always Comes (Netflix, movie). Vanessa Kirby. "Emotional crime thriller about a woman's frantic mission to save her family's home." Again, not bad, but i don't think i'd recommend it, unless you're a particular fan of Kirby or Jennifer Jason Leigh, who plays her mother. "Gritty, dark."
Fisk (Netflix) is back for season three. Cute comedic look at a curmudgeonly single woman attorney in Australia.
I actually watched Leanne (Netflix) all the way through. It's from Chuck Lorre, the guy who did Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men, etc. So, it's not deep. I do like Leanne Morgan's standup, despite that accent. Her sister on the show is Kristen Johnson (Third Rock from the Sun). It's a light, easily-digestible sitcom. Not going to change the world, but it was amusing.
Hostage (Netflix). British action drama about a fictitious Prime Minister and factions vendetta-bent on undermining her and her politics. It looks and feels like a serious-ish series, and yet there are some consistent dumb things.
So, there's a kidnapping, assassination attempt(s), and threats to heads of state, yet the security detail is close to non-existent. They just walk out into the street, do press conferences on the street with no security... Can't be how it really is in the UK, right? Ugggh.
Some other stuff. Like a bomb that does more structural damage than it should, considering its size, and how it somehow lets certain people in its path just wake up and walk away.
Some other stuff. Like a bomb that does more structural damage than it should, considering its size, and how it somehow lets certain people in its path just wake up and walk away.
Platonic (Appletv). I guess Seth Rogen isn't as popular here as i would have expected. Anyway, this is season two of a show that wasn't great in season one. As much as I love Rosebyrne, this show probably makes you dislike Rogen even if you didn't previously. I mean, maybe not in a serious way, because it's a role, but it's not an endearing role. There are some fun moments, and Rosebyrne is always funny and charming, but i wouldn't actually recommend this to anyone.
Untamed (Netflix). Eric Bana and Sam Neil. Some bad stuff happens in the great wilderness of a national park. Decent watch, but not a super memorable classic.
Night Always Comes (Netflix, movie). Vanessa Kirby. "Emotional crime thriller about a woman's frantic mission to save her family's home." Again, not bad, but i don't think i'd recommend it, unless you're a particular fan of Kirby or Jennifer Jason Leigh, who plays her mother. "Gritty, dark."
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Zelda Zonk
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I just started watching it (season 1). I don’t typically like ‘mystical’ stuff embedded into my crime dramas—Twin Peaks excepted—but this is okay. Kinda weird to have a bit of a comedic element in Rainn Wilson’s buffoonery, but somehow it doesn’t pull the train off the track.
Still seems odd that George RR Martin and Robert Redford are producers. Just read they both make cameos in season 3, so I have that to look forward to… which is nice.