I kinda think Hannibal is just one of those deeply weird things that happens from time to time. Serial killers were in, known properties were in, NBC was in crisis and nobody watched anything anyway
That reminds me that during the '07-'08 writers strike, CBS (IIRC) was reduced to airing sanitized Dexter reruns as filler programming.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 20:12 (five years ago) link
Hannibal, eh? Maybe it's time. I taught Psychology to a girl last year who said that Hannibal was what got her into it. Like others I kind of assumed it was a regular crime thriller show, but I didn't expect to see you all going so crazy about it.
― alrakis morissette (tangenttangent), Friday, 15 March 2019 18:21 (five years ago) link
The third season is getting so silly. Delicatessen. Even the snails.
― Yerac, Friday, 15 March 2019 18:34 (five years ago) link
yeah, that first episode is amazing. third season is much more out of control but it pays off.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 15 March 2019 19:39 (five years ago) link
Just finished Dirty John
― Never changed username before (cardamon), Friday, 15 March 2019 21:19 (five years ago) link
i liked the podcast but was kinda lukewarm on the show & didnt finish it. did you like it?
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 15 March 2019 21:50 (five years ago) link
Has anyone who is lamenting the cancellation of One Day At A Time actually watched the last two seasons? Rita Moreno continues to be hilarious, but everyone else is just so cringeworthy, and the relentless, clumsy shoehorning of wokeness (are hoarders really a protected class now?) into every episode got pretty old.
― DJI, Friday, 15 March 2019 21:51 (five years ago) link
Xp
Never got round to the podcast. I thought the show was ... well, I really enjoyed it. It was pretty low rent and over dramatic, and I think it would have been better to do a more realist take on it, but: the whole story was so fucked up I really liked it anyway and clapped when the younger daughter has her moment of glory at the end.
― Never changed username before (cardamon), Saturday, 16 March 2019 00:54 (five years ago) link
It was also a vastly better depiction of the stalker trope than 'You', a show which made me feel a bit sick
― Never changed username before (cardamon), Saturday, 16 March 2019 00:55 (five years ago) link
Any love for After Life? Love Gervais and he’s great in this
― calstars, Saturday, 16 March 2019 02:49 (five years ago) link
I saw a Roy Chubby Brown tweet praising it and that confirmed me in my descion to avoid it like the plague.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Saturday, 16 March 2019 02:51 (five years ago) link
Watched the first few episodes of Turn Up charlie and it’s worth continuing with.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Saturday, 16 March 2019 02:52 (five years ago) link
Watched After Life yesterday and today. Vacillated between thinking it was terribly cheesy/hilarious/affecting and really liked it by the end though it seemed pretty z-grade in parts.
― Carly Jae Vespen (Capitaine Jay Vee), Saturday, 16 March 2019 03:09 (five years ago) link
Triple Frontier is like Very Bad Things meets a shitty Peter Berg movie about Navy SEALs.
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Saturday, 16 March 2019 04:23 (five years ago) link
Whole lotta dumb men in that movie
― Roz, Saturday, 16 March 2019 04:47 (five years ago) link
the trailer for After Life was so bad i will never give it a chance
― Nhex, Saturday, 16 March 2019 05:21 (five years ago) link
I watched the first episode out of morbid curiosity
I will not be watching another
― Number None, Saturday, 16 March 2019 07:22 (five years ago) link
Anyone watched any Love, Death & Robots?Looks interesting
― groovypanda, Saturday, 16 March 2019 14:36 (five years ago) link
^^Watched the first four - quality varies given it's an anthology series, but so far so good.
The third episode "The Witness" was the only one I found really disappointing. Beautiful animation let down by terrible plot and "look how edgy I am" content.
My favourite was the second ep "Three Robots" - funny and charming post-apocalypse humour. Would have happily watched a full series of it.
― Roz, Sunday, 17 March 2019 06:37 (five years ago) link
All of the episodes are blessedly short btw - about 10-15 mins each.
― Roz, Sunday, 17 March 2019 06:42 (five years ago) link
Watched the first three last night. Took me about halfway through the first one to realise why it seemed so familiar. Second one was a Scalzi short story. The animation certainly varies. First one felt like a cutscene from a video game but second and third were much better styles.
― groovypanda, Sunday, 17 March 2019 08:07 (five years ago) link
I put Turn Up Charlie in my queue last night and was thinking I would give one episode a try. Is that what Idris Elba has been promoting recently? It seems like such a weird vehicle for him.
― Yerac, Sunday, 17 March 2019 14:31 (five years ago) link
Okay, Hannibal is not for me. Some of the acting is pretty great and it's visually compelling, but I was four episodes in and not finding much to keep me interested in the storyline (I watched every British and American crime drama on TV with my parents for about ten years, so probably suffered from over-saturation of the genre), plus it required so much suspension of disbelief that this was all happening in our world to the point of being very distracting. I dislike things that pile catastrophe on catastrophe and this was doing that an awful lot. Maybe it evens out later on, but I think mostly I am just too impatient to wait for suspense to play out.
There's plenty of Terrace House and Queer Eye to fill the Netflix televisual void until the summer season gets going.
― alrakis morissette (tangenttangent), Sunday, 17 March 2019 17:18 (five years ago) link
it evens out after the first nine or so episodes and becomes a different show
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Sunday, 17 March 2019 17:19 (five years ago) link
but also idk if you’re not in by ep 3 maybe it isn’t your thing (i’m rewatching it now and having such a good time)
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Sunday, 17 March 2019 17:20 (five years ago) link
Hmm...maybe I can be patient for that long. Does the journalist character go away or undergo some major rewriting? That was a severely off-putting element. (P.s. sorry for not posting in the Hannibal thread)
I don't know. I found it engaging enough at first, but wanted it to step outside of its genre conventions much more than it was doing.
― alrakis morissette (tangenttangent), Sunday, 17 March 2019 17:26 (five years ago) link
I certainly wouldn't expect everyone to like Hannibal, but, while I understand how the set-up would lead you there, approaching it as a crime drama set in reality isn't quite right. It's a horror universe, maybe even a supernatural one, though that might take longer to become clear than I remember.
I haven't watched Turn Up Charlie yet, but I've enjoyed Elba's genial sitcom In the Long Run, which streams on CBC here so I'm not sure where to see it elsewhere.
― rob, Sunday, 17 March 2019 17:30 (five years ago) link
Is that what Idris Elba has been promoting recently? It seems like such a weird vehicle for him.The DJ who acted on 2.4 Children, AbFab, Crocodile Shoes and The Office, and created & starred in In The Long Run?
― steven, soda jerk (sic), Sunday, 17 March 2019 17:41 (five years ago) link
heard when he raps he writes for himself, no ghosty
― mh, Sunday, 17 March 2019 18:38 (five years ago) link
giggled at that line tbh
― steven, soda jerk (sic), Sunday, 17 March 2019 18:51 (five years ago) link
re After Life : I realise RG is not for all here, but I wanted to see how he approached this topic.and, to be honest, he absolutely hit the nail on the head for me.so many aspects of the story were so close to my own situation it was spooky.
― mark e, Sunday, 17 March 2019 18:58 (five years ago) link
Oh, I guess I only became of aware of him first from The Wire and then Luther. I didn't realize he was doing lots of british sitcoms before. I don't remember him from abfab at all.
― Yerac, Sunday, 17 March 2019 19:11 (five years ago) link
I kind of hated the Freddie Lounds character too but then realized I was just annoyed by her hairstyle. Her and Abigail wer giving me some serious Anne Shirley vibes.
― Yerac, Sunday, 17 March 2019 19:12 (five years ago) link
Hannibal not for me either , too gross
― calstars, Sunday, 17 March 2019 20:05 (five years ago) link
hulu not netflix, but Shrill is worth a gander. Aidy Bryant is great and the show mostly manages to spin all its plates at the same time and try some new things. Last episode explicitly does not stick the landing but it's like 2 1/2 hours so you can get in and out fast. Will watch s2.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 17 March 2019 20:22 (five years ago) link
I had to ask my spouse twice if it was ok to watch an episode of Hannibal while we ate.
― Yerac, Sunday, 17 March 2019 20:22 (five years ago) link
xp at the very least shrill deserves appreciation for bringing this up:https://www.glamour.com/story/what-shrill-gets-right-and-wrong-about-the-morning-after-pill-weight-limit
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 17 March 2019 20:24 (five years ago) link
I didn't realize he was doing lots of british sitcoms before
The Office was American, and after The Wire (but before Luther); In The Long Run was last year.
no reason why anyone would remember he was in AbFab without happening across a repeat after he became well known. I'm definitely mad that I can't find the speaker-headed avatar/logo thingy that he used to have on the myspace for his DJ bookings though.
― steven, soda jerk (sic), Sunday, 17 March 2019 20:55 (five years ago) link
I am looking up some of these things that were mentioned upthread. Crocodile Shoes 1996 "Jo-Jo", ABFab "Hilton" in a 1995 episode, and he played the "parachute instructor" in 1994 in 2.4 Children. I am humbled for not knowing these iconic roles.
― Yerac, Sunday, 17 March 2019 21:03 (five years ago) link
did Jimmy Nail's throat nodules die in vain
― steven, soda jerk (sic), Sunday, 17 March 2019 21:08 (five years ago) link
I've watched all the American office at least twice and didn't realise he was in it.
― koogs, Sunday, 17 March 2019 21:19 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLFwuCs8IwY
― groovypanda, Monday, 18 March 2019 08:18 (five years ago) link
amazon not netfix: s3 of Catastrophe was a fast enjoyable watch; good end to a very solid series.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 18 March 2019 13:54 (five years ago) link
you mean season 4
― dan selzer, Monday, 18 March 2019 14:36 (five years ago) link
def not as intense or quite as funny as previous seasons, but not a bad conclusion. kind of amazing that Delaney was able to make it at all considering his circumstances
― Simon H., Monday, 18 March 2019 14:38 (five years ago) link
Loved "After Life," although parts of the last episode were rather cheesy compared to the rest of the series.
― Jazzbo, Monday, 18 March 2019 18:14 (five years ago) link
Watched Behind The Curve. Not outstanding but still enjoyed it.
― nathom, Tuesday, 19 March 2019 21:05 (five years ago) link
HBO, but the docu on Theranos/Elizabeth Holmes is excellent. Better researched / more interesting than the Fire Island duo.
― remy bean, Tuesday, 19 March 2019 23:30 (five years ago) link
p solid yea... though for ppl w/o hbo most of the content is also in the dropout podcast and associated 20/20 ep
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 20 March 2019 00:23 (five years ago) link
I read the book so I’m probably going to watch it, but not right away. Anyone read the book and watched it? Anything new?
― mh, Wednesday, 20 March 2019 00:34 (five years ago) link