I think the moment I knew for sure I wanted to watch Pluribus was upon hearing Carol’s accurate assessment of the aurora borealis.
Basically episode 1 is the set up. Episode 2 talks about the rise of both 2Pac and Biggie, along with Puff and all that happened. They don’t really dwell on it, but there’s some very interesting stuff from Keffe D (I’m sure you followed the case on Pac) that I’d not heard before from recordings. If you watched the Biggie 2Pac miniseries on USA whenever that was, it’s clear why they arrived at the conclusions they did because they were already aware of the proffer tape that was played in episode 2. Episode 2 will have some issues with storytelling. I don’t know if that was because of legal notes or something else, but at least two major stories were extremely hard to follow because they were edited so weirdly.
Episode 3 is where it starts with Diddy’s downfall. Episode 4 is still good, but I left the doc feeling slightly empty. Nearly everyone’s stories were incomplete and it felt unfinished. I think a documentary like that (especially with all the deeper than ever shown gang connections to Diddy’s crew) leaves him potentially exposed to further charges or at least lines of investigation to further charges. There’s one particularly crazy scene in the show that makes it seem like he’d be very exposed to a minimum of attempted murder charges (the victim disappeared so it’s unclear if he died) based on the credibility of the witness.
Did you catch that episode 1 heavily implied that Diddy was homosexual as a child and that his mother likely tried to beat it out of him? I also felt like episode 1 set up a lot of mitigating circumstances for his behavior and didn’t quite paint him in as negative of a light as 50 probably wanted.
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As one who loved BB & BCS and has yet to watch Pluribus, I’ve very very confused reading this thread.
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My favorite part so far was the scary trees. I assume those are real and if so holy shit.
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I can say this even after watching Pluribus every week. Pluribus is almost certainly better off consuming after all episodes are out.
We had to pause the episode to look them up. They are real, and they are terrifying.
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So far the show is way way more about reacting to the situation than the Pluribus itself.
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Newest episode of Pluribus was excellent.
I enjoy Pluribus for the same reason I enjoy movies like All is Lost, The Grey, and The Road. Isolated survivors figuring out how to survive unusual circumstances.
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Can someone explain the disconnect between the actions of the hive mind in the first half of Ep. 1 vs. the remainder of the show? Why don’t they just kill the uninfected like they did the billions of people who didn’t survive being chemtrailed or kissed without consent or donut licked.
I think people not surviving the initial spread was unforeseen/unintended.
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As with everything Vince, it’s also subtly layered at every turn.
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I’m rewatching it with my wife because she wanted to watch it. She is a fan of BCS and BB but probably doesn’t put them as high as I do. She loves it. And I have to admit I am seeing it in a slightly better light the 2nd time noticing some things I didn’t. It’s still not a banger at this point but I was being too harsh to say it’s bad. It’s TBD for me at this point. The wife has asked me like 5 times “How do you not like this” although I think she likes it because she can check out for minutes at a time and play with the dogs or whatever during the long meaningless time filler scenes like the 5 minute paver scene lol.
I watched the first four episodes of The Chair Company this weekend. I saw it got a mixed reception here, but honestly I don’t know what people were expecting if they’ve seen Robinson’s other work.
Also, my daughter binged Pluribus this weekend after I recommended it to her because she said she was “out of shows to watch.” She seems to like it well enough, so chalk another one up for the not-too-slow camp.
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Deadloch (2023–Amazon)
This one season, black comedy mystery is set in Tasmania, and centers on a town’s lead officer’s attempts to figure out who is killing men in their small, seaside village. She needs to deal with her clingy wife, the casual homophobia and misogyny of many of the town’s men, the growing impatience of her superiors, and the crude, impulsive female detective sent down from Darwin to partner with her.
I give it 4 Joeys.
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I was entertained.
I loved Deadloch and have good news!
I had no idea. Supposedly, season 2 will be released in late March.
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This show was surprisingly good
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