What TV series are you watching at moment?

  On 8/13/2021 at 10:55 PM, lyst said:

Just starting to read this series now.  Was hoping to get through it before the series came out but that shit ain’t happening haha.    
 

300 pages into book 1 and thoroughly enjoying it.  

I was being too harsh, just a change in taste, and irritated by the diminishing returns of the books past Lord of Chaos (IMO) Book 1 is a good piece of fantasy world building. I remember the day I picked them up, I couldn't put down Eye of the World. 

Hope you enjoy it. 

Started watching Reservation Dogs (co-created by Taika Waititi) last night. Not bad! It’s really interesting to see a story set on a Native American reservation with virtually zero white people in it. Super scrappy and lovable characters. Definitely a great change of pace from the norm. I wish more shows / films told stories with underrepresented viewpoints like this. Worth a watch. 

this is an awkward show. it's looks and plays like an 80s UFO episode from unsolved mysteries filmed in canada trying to look like it's from the 60s, despite being filmed in 96. it also has an unnecessary use of classic pop tunes from that era which made it incredibly difficult to release on DVD due to clearing all the rights, and somehow, you feel like after they did it probably wasn't worth it.

  On 8/14/2021 at 12:36 AM, J3FF3R00 said:

Started watching Reservation Dogs (co-created by Taika Waititi) last night. Not bad! It’s really interesting to see a story set on a Native American reservation with virtually zero white people in it. Super scrappy and lovable characters. Definitely a great change of pace from the norm. I wish more shows / films told stories with underrepresented viewpoints like this. Worth a watch. 

thanks for mentioning this. was unaware of it and watched the trailer and it appealed to me 

  On 8/14/2021 at 12:36 AM, J3FF3R00 said:

Started watching Reservation Dogs (co-created by Taika Waititi) last night. Not bad! It’s really interesting to see a story set on a Native American reservation with virtually zero white people in it. Super scrappy and lovable characters. Definitely a great change of pace from the norm. I wish more shows / films told stories with underrepresented viewpoints like this. Worth a watch. 

Interesting. I liked Hunt for the Wilderpeople and What We Do in the Shadows from the same writer/director.
I'll give it a watch. Thanks.

Brand New Cherry Flavour

Watched e1 last night, impressed that Netflix still take a punt on shows like this (making it kinda meta)

So many visual nods to Lynch, with mentions of Cronenburg and Verhoeven. Things get weird pretty quickly, and it feels like it could become a Mullholland Drive series with more horror.  Even the title of the show feels like a nod to Twin Peaks. So hopefully it's a homage and not a rip off as it progresses. 

Fun! 

Loving how out there the show is as well! The homages to lynch, verhoeven and refn are hard to ignore, but they don't feel derivative to me. More of this!

watched the first episode of The Deuce and thought it was great. I am struggling to get through the 2nd episode. don't think I've lost interest in a show this quickly before. I see all the reviews saying this is an amazing show and makes me think I should stick with it, but...or maybe it's just that I find James Franco slightly obnoxious.

I think the problem with most David Simon productions is they introduce way too many characters very quickly, so you have all these names and faces continually thrown at you, and you're left struggling trying to make sense of it. I remember feeling that way with The Wire when I first saw it. didn't really click for me until maybe the 5th or 6th episode, because then I could remember names and character types, motivations, etc.

Watched Brand New Cherry Flavour, didn't like it very much. All surface and no substance, riding on the skirt tails of greater things. There's nothing to tickle the mind in here.

I binged the entire thing though, so I guess it was kind of entertaining in a fluffy way? More Wandavision than Twin Peaks.

They’re going with a very brutalist look for the visual aesthetic

I'll admit it looks very nice, but the writers and director are hacks 

  On 8/19/2021 at 7:56 PM, Silent Member said:

I'll admit it looks very nice, but the writers and director are hacks 

the writer for foundation also wrote one of my favorite early 90s VR b-movies

  On 8/19/2021 at 8:41 PM, Nebraska said:

the writer for foundation also wrote one of my favorite early 90s VR b-movies

 

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That trailer looks dank af. Nice.

Looks incredible.

is The Kominsky Method funny?

  On 8/20/2021 at 7:31 PM, Rubin Farr said:

is The Kominsky Method funny?

Absolutely not

comedians in cars getting coffee.  it's so good. i like it. short interviews/chats in interesting places and some car subtext. 

  On 8/19/2021 at 7:56 PM, Silent Member said:

I'll admit it looks very nice, but the writers and director are hacks 

i read the foundation trilogy so long ago.. i don't remember any of the stuff in the preview being in those stories.. but it was a long time ago. 

  On 8/16/2021 at 5:57 PM, zero said:

watched the first episode of The Deuce and thought it was great. I am struggling to get through the 2nd episode. don't think I've lost interest in a show this quickly before. I see all the reviews saying this is an amazing show and makes me think I should stick with it, but...or maybe it's just that I find James Franco slightly obnoxious.

I think the problem with most David Simon productions is they introduce way too many characters very quickly, so you have all these names and faces continually thrown at you, and you're left struggling trying to make sense of it. I remember feeling that way with The Wire when I first saw it. didn't really click for me until maybe the 5th or 6th episode, because then I could remember names and character types, motivations, etc.

it's worth sticking to it but there's some cringe here and there and some really just "aw that's fucked up" type sex stuff.  it's the story of that era in NY and aids and everything else like porn and gentrification..  james franco gets better as it goes imo.. or maybe i just got used to him. ralph maccio is perfectly cast. he's really good and should get more work for things like that. he makes it look easy.  there's some funny shit in it too. it goes by fast. i stopped kind of in the middle then picked it up again to watch that last of it and was glad i did. 

  On 8/14/2021 at 12:59 AM, Enthusiast said:

 

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This was great. Super cast. Going to read the book now.

I don't like how bombastic that Foundation trailer is, but it is just a trailer. it's been a long time since I read it but I recall Foundation being one of the most cerebral, calculating scifi books I'd ever read (in a good way). most of it is people in a room talking.

  On 8/19/2021 at 7:56 PM, Silent Member said:

I'll admit it looks very nice, but the writers and director are hacks 

Aye it looks nice. No Apple TV account though - will it be available anywhere else?

  On 8/22/2021 at 10:32 PM, Soloman Tump said:

Aye it looks nice. No Apple TV account though - will it be available anywhere else?

You might be able to purchase it later on iTunes, but not for quite a while I’d guess.

I borrow those things from "the Library" when it's not available in my local video dealership.