the miracle of being alive! derb time
I liked Ozark, all the way through.
Well, Picard Season 2 was a thing that happened
I was fine with it, but it felt like it should have been a kiss instead of a hug.
I have stayed mostly ignorant.
Obviously there is a time travel and/or multi-dimensional aspect going on
That said the journey hasnât been all that fun. A lot of the plot device stuff is very very confusing.
The Dan character is highly unlikeable and he is the âgoodâ guy. His ex has the addiction problem? His kid stays at home alone while he gets drunk and high?.
And the husband?
Finished the first ep and Iâm not really feeling it this time. Yellowjackets gave me a whole new group of teens mysteriously lost in the wilderness and these island kids just arenât as interesting as the forest kids. Iâll probably give it one more episode, but that may be it.
Yah, Ozark, what was that, that stunk.
Also just finished Peaky Blinders⌠is that supposed to be done? I mean, it doesnât damn well seem like itâs done, does it?
Too many of these once-decent shows donât know how to wrap it up. I mean, Iâm not asking for 6 Feet Under-level finales every time but câmon, just figure out what you wanna do and tie things up by the close of that season. Just fugginâ end it, ya greedy pricks.
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I generally agree but you do have to feel some sympathy for a show runner who might have waited all their life to create a hit and who might never create something so successful ever again. Plus by season 5 or whatever if you choose to end things youâre telling 100+ people that theyâre going to lose their well paying jobs because your âartistic integrityâ wonât allow for another season? That seems like a tough conversation to have. All the social and economic incentives tend towards dragging these things out beyond their welcome. Unfortunately.
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It came before Yellowjacketâs. Wilds is maybe not as good overall but itâs still decent. I also like it doesnât have any supernatural junk.
Ozark finale question (spoilers, obviously):
Who the fuck is going to launder money from the casino now?
I enjoyed the Wilds but clearly Yellowjackets is better.
I still plan on watching. Hopefully the experiment stuff is done well.
Oh⌠had been seeing commercials for that. I am in on s2
The BBC has announced that some Scottish actor Iâve never heard of will replace Jodie Whittaker as the Doctor.
Nice to see them go with someone really young again, heâs about the same age as Matt Smith when he started. I really like Capaldi but generally donât like the Old Guy Doctor Who template.
well, the misogynists came out of the woodwork when Jodie was announced, but they were blatant. I have a feeling the reaction to this will be a lot more dogwhistle-ish
I watched Outer Range weekend, it was alright. Ambitious plot I think they will need several seasons. Started to get progressively weirder and weirder towards the end, but not necessarily in a good way either IMO. Good enough mystery though that I will be back for Season 2. Feels like the plot is heading in a direction that is similar to another scifi show that is one of my favorites, show name in spoilers because it does spoil the premise of the show a bit. But if youâre on the fence about watching maybe knowing that will sway you one way or another. And no, it isnât as good as the spoilered show, not close, although I think it needs more time to craft the story.
Show I think itâs playing out similary to: -D-A-R-K-
I tried watching Wandavision before the movie this week. It might have the worst writing of any non-serial TV show Iâve ever seen. I thought it was a commentary on older sitcoms at first, but the real world dialogue was somehow even worse. Dear Lord, I had to throw in the towel once that scientist showed up and had a meeting with evil mc. evil face. Was one of the worst written scenes in TV history.
You havenât seen enough non prestige TV then.
Or been with someone who watches Riverdale.
These things are both true
Caught up with the show and completely disagree with this heh. The worlbuilding (maybe not the right word since this is an actual place but you know what I mean) had been excellent and the plot solid in the first 7 eps but it felt like the quality of the writing fell off a cliff in the last one, and Iâm now not really interested in season 2 (so the opposite of Severance heh)
More precise complaints :
- Opening a show with a flashforward then not getting close to that point by end of season (and instead going for a cliffhanger with a new complicating sex boat plot) is borderline criminal
- Same goes with having a character say the line âyouâre either the stupidest or the best [xxx] Iâve ever worked withâ (or at least follow it up with âyou crazy son of a bitchâ or something lol)
- the two experienced cops devising a transparently simple plan then somehow not considering they could have been made was not believable. So was the fact that KWâs character has spent years (decades?) going after yakuzas but is somehow surprised that they could consider targeting his family
- Akira got beat up by the blondeâs yakuza bf in the previous ep but still thinks itâs now a good idea to steal a bunch of money from her ? And he gets away with it ?
(Could also include that she should never fall for it either, but she could be shook by her best friend being missing and having just done a bunch of meth so Iâll allow it. Unless it was actually Akiraâs friend from previous ep driving the van (not sure about that) in which case lol) - useless filler subplots : weak yakuza apprentice, Jakeâs family trouble
Is this supposed to be all taken from actual events ? Iâm starting to doubt the credibility of this Jake Adelstein guy lol