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He also played a senator in West Wing.
I rewatch MASH at least once a year. Never get tired of that show. |
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Any watchers of The Wire here?
I've been watching some clips on YouTube and it looks like something I'd really enjoy. Cops, crime, drugs, city politics, corruption, gangs, etc. I know that actor who played Omar recently died in real life, so I was kinda watching some of his stuff. I want to watch this and also Boardwalk Empire (which also featured Michael K. Williams). Thoughts, recommendations on either? |
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Stranger Things S4 Trailer is out.
Doesn't really show much and certainly leaves more questions as opposed to details. |
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They also dropped the opening sequence of their Cowboy Bebop remake.
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Squid Game? I found it highly watchable...enjoyable in fact.
There's been some hubbub about the subtitles being off, and no lie I did feel like certain dialogues just didn't get the moment, but I still got a good idea from the acting. Recommended 7.75/10 So it goes. |
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Haven’t watched Squid Game yet, but it’s on my list.
Finished season 2 of Ted Lasso last night. It was good, though less “focused” than season 1 . Felt like they had maybe 1-2 too many story lines. That said, better than the season 2 sophomore slump that can plague story driven series. |
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I may be the only person on the planet that doesn't like Ted Lasso. I just don't and I don't find the humor funny at all. I like many of the actors involved, but it's just a no for me. Dawg. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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I don’t really think of it as a comedy at all. I kinda view it as a spiritual successor to Friday Night Lights. In particular, looking at the similarities between Taylor and Lasso.
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EDIT: read the damn link, Drew. I get it now. You're saying that the translation missed several subtle points that provided greater depth to the story. Thanks!! ... |
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Anna is all in for it, and she loved that FNL series, so I'll have to get her take on it.
For me and my watching, the problem I have is there's just too much for me to reasonably manage. I have, seriously, rolling upon rolling piles of things to watch. So it goes. |
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I don’t really think of it as a comedy at all. I kinda view it as a spiritual successor to Friday Night Lights. In particular, looking at the similarities between Taylor and Lasso.
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I've heard much, much worse. There was a Finnish murder mystery (that I never finished) that just hurt to watch with its dub. The one in Squid Game was almost matched to the lip movement somehow.
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I always opt for subtitles so I can hear the movie in its original form/dialogue…even if I can’t understand what’s being said.
A few years back I got on a huge South Korean crime/mystery kick via Netflix and saw some great movies - Oldboy, the vengeance trilogy and about 15-20 other South Korean cops/killers/gangsters movies. I loved hearing the original Korean acting while reading along. I’d actually watch each movie twice…the first time with no subtitles and just figure out what was going on from the visuals, facial expressions, vocal inflections, etc. Then I’d “reward” myself by rewatching with subtitles on and was always surprised by how close I was in my guesses/assumptions. “Ahh…he did think that guy screwed him over, so that’s why he went to that house and…” and so forth. I won’t watch anything with English dubbing…something gets lost. So I’ll sit and watch Swedish and South Korean mysteries and crime thrillers in their original language, only using subtitles if I think it’ll help me. |
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And, right on cue...
I don't think that Many Saints of Newark movie set the world on fire, or did The Sopranos' legacy any real favors. Not sure why anyone's thinking this needs to be a thing, other than as a money/glory-grab? Quote:
Again...quit while you're ahead, Hollywood, and leave well enough alone. For once? |
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The Many Saints of Newark SUCKED.
Next question? ... |
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I think that’s the general consensus, so I don’t know what’s making them think they need to expand on things with a series.
The Sopranos, like a lot of good shows or movie franchises, had a solid, accepted beginning, middle and wrap up. Getting an attack of prequelitis isn’t gonna help or improve anything. And, if not careful, can do the exact opposite. The amount of time/money/energy spent to retread/revisit things that don’t need it, vs. actually creating new stuff… |
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Speaking of which, the new Dune movie (also on HBO) is actually really well done. The most shocking part is that it's only part 1. They haven't even greenlit part 2.
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The worst television show in 10 years is now available on NBC/Peacock and I am going to post spoilers.
It is very exciting! The show is called "La Brea", and I can't tell you how awesomely bad it is. Premise: A rift opens up on Wilshire Boulevard, sucking scores of people down into the bowels of the Earth. They are not killed! They are transported 10,000 years into the past!! This show has EVERYTHING. Grim overacting, CGI sabre tooth tigers, ethereally dramatic incidental music, a cuckolded psychic husband who will probably rescue everyone eventually. There’s even an extras section on the Peacock app filled with human Henry Kissinger. That's a thing when a streaming services provides behind the scenes footage that is so bad that you want to take two midgets* and make them watch the footage for you until they get up, hit you with a Nielsen PollMax 4000 and catch a bus to purgatory to enlist Richard Milhous Nixon to help them break into the offices of NBC to find evidence that the network is run by a defective wheelie bin. Anyway, new episodes are released (whether you want to watch them or not) every Wednesday. ... * please direct your complaints to Bill Hader |
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I’ve seen promos for this. It looked a little out there and “huh?!”, sure enough. And expensive, for a TV show, PS - A trailer, for anyone curious. It has that whole Lost/The Walking Dead vibe to it…a Benetton ad comes to life and everyone involved suddenly has to deal with Endless Weird Shit™ for 1-7 seasons, until its viewers eventually see a squirrel and/or realize how much time they've burned watching something indecipherable/manipulative and a bit point-challenged. But that's just my initial gut take. Last edited by psmith2.0 : 2021-10-28 at 05:01. |
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It isn't anywhere NEAR good enough to last 7 seasons. This garbage ass script was excavated from the actual La Brea tar pit and has been carbon dated to 1991.
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They have now. Don’t have a link, handy, sorry, but I’m like 98.3% sure I remember hearing a day or so ago that part 2 is officially coming.
When I was a kid, people who did wrong were punished, restricted, and forbidden. Now, when someone does wrong, all of the rest of us are punished, restricted, and forbidden... and the one who did the wrong is counselled and "understood" and fed ice cream. |
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I saw that on Deadline!
It'll be ready in 2023? ... |
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Yep, with a 2023 release. I guess it did well enough last week.
EDIT: Ha, we posted at the exact same time with that info. |
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Eternals Is a Disaster of Intergalactic Proportions It LOOKS like a made-for-cable show for Weather Channel!! ... |
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What's wrong with it? Just bad effects and production? Iffy acting? Terminal Woke™-ness Above Telling Stories (TWATS)? All the above?
I think most folks are over it all at this point, after 10+ years of steady "A-team" output. After giving the world Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, Hulk and Spider-Man (all together, plus all their friends), it's really hard to give a rip about some of these other, lesser-known characters. It's a big dice-roll, expecting people to get as excited about them as they did Stark, Captain Rogers, hammer guy, etc. and that amazing world they built. The pic in your linked article, they look like guest stars on that 70's Saturday morning Isis show I used to watch. |
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Is anyone else excited for the Wheel of Time show that’s coming out on Nov 19th?
Teaser Trailer: https://youtu.be/3Fus4Xb_TLg Trailer Trailer: https://youtu.be/11ZozKfRqvA |
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Somehow I missed that John Prine died, of COVID no less.
Not that this has anything to do with TV, but my wife was watching that awful maudlin POS “This is us” which I usually just ignore, unless I start mocking it, when I caught a lyric that sounded like something familiar and good. So I quickly googled the phrases as I’d heard them, and sure enough, it’s the last song he ever recorded, in his home no less, “I Remember Everything”. Familiar, but new! Then there’s a YouTube video of him recording it in his home. From what I read, he had this one ready and played it for a few friends and they decided to record it for a 50 year retrospective documentary a few months later, and then shortly after that he was no more. That ducking show annoys the hell out of me with its overly contrived sadness, and now it’s made me sad all day, entirely by accident. |
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