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Listened to the Watch special on Briarpatch and the way they plan to do recap podcasts is a Serial-style true-crime podcast by one of the characters in the show, which I thought sounded cool. Is there a more high-profile example of a TV critic becoming a show runner?

I like it. It felt a little clumsy, but the dialogue is fun and the acting is great!

Its on hulu i believe

Only on the USA network right now afaict

lol

I am watching two streaming shows rn. I like them both.

1) Wicked Tuna on Nat Geo (through Disney+) is a silly 2012 series following a bunch of bluefin tuna fishermen off the coast of Massachusetts. Fantastic personalities, low production quality, lots of great accents.

2) McMillion$, ep. 1, on HBO, a pretty compelling new wild docu-series about the rigged Monopoly games that ran in the '90s and '00s. And more entertaining than the documentary itself (which is good, if a little low-budget re-enacty at times), are the fantastic personalities, great accents and ... yeah, I'm an easy mark.

Increasingly, I realize that I'm drawn to shows about hustlers, hucksters, and frauds. My ideal subject is, like, a working-class saga about an Elizabeth Holmes type.

Counterpart is now on Prime. My premium tv subscription ended before I ever saw the last couple episodes so I’m enthused to see how it ended

Counterpart was such an amazing surprise and I hope more people check it out if it's on Prime. Spy show + sci-fi was already likely to satisfy me but the story is excellent. Justin Marks is heading the FX Shogun remake next, which I'm excited about

i just started it - so good!!

What is better than JK Simmons? JK Simmons x 2

it’s genius casting -
those congenial older Dad-type roles are kind if his bread & butter
but
he can be SO good as the grittier type of hardass (his arc as an excon grifter on Veronica Mars for example was so good)

best of both worlds - and they really feel like 2 diff characters, partly bc of the physicality he gives

it was a little confusing to jump back in after a break because as the two characters gain experience they start to react similarly!

Hoping High Fidelity is getting all of the "remember this from the book/movie?" out of its system in this first episode

unfortunately, no. they recreate a lot of the plot beats and mysteriously listen to nearly the same slate of music. it’s truly weird

it looks stupid but I'm not going to pretend that I'm not going to watch it

it looks stupid but i'm not going to pretend that I'm going to watch it

xxxp - bummer. "We made Jack Black's character a black woman with the exact same personality but we better cast someone overweight so they'll know who it is" is mind-boggling.

what if the main character is the daughter of the actress who played the character the movie version of her character fell for?

The Lisa Bonet stand-in is no Lisa Bonet

i seriously had a split second where I forgot about lisa bonet and lenny kravitz.

not allowed

The Night Manager is pretty good and there are a lot of 'that guys' in the cast - Lepidus and Brutus from Rome! The guy from In The Loop climbing the mountain of conflict!

Haha I wish I’d read this thread before I watched two episodes of high fidelity. I actually thought Zoe Kravitz was its only redeeming quality, even if her Bowie top five was basic af

no berlin trilogy in top 5 is really bonkers

the romanoffs is a dud

i ended up liking High Fidelity. they did a good job casting.

Astutely sensing a marketing opportunity, Disney is apparently adding Frozen 2 to Disney+ months ahead of schedule. I wonder if other services will follow suit with similar exclusives.

they'd be idiots not to

for some reason i thought miyazaki's films would be on disney plus and i can't tell you how bummed i was to realize they weren't

but we will definitely be watching frozen 2 tomorrow. and probably many more times over the next few weeks

miyazaki in us is gonna be on hbo max

Watched the HIllary documentary on Hulu. It's depressing.

"the romanoffs is a dud" about half of them were good, but there are a few that are fucking dire, particularly the Tina Fey/John Slattery one.

my attempt to engage my family in the Expanse did not go over well, I was informed it was 'so much science fiction' by my wife who watches tv in 30 second spurts while looking at her phone.

:(

but it is a lot of scifi it is true

I think we watched maybe two episodes of The Expanse, based on a recommendation from a friend that it was quality sci-fi. And indeed, it was quality sci-fi, but my wife never asked about it again and indeed probably already forgot she saw those two episodes.

The Whitmer Thomas special "the golden one" on HBO is funny and genuinely affecting. Cant remember the last time I thought a comedy special was good

I've never heard of him, but I love comedy recommendations, thanks. Watched the trailer and have no idea what to make of it, but worth a shot!

(Not) speaking of which, I'm sure The Plot Against America is great, but I'm not sure I need another reason to be bummed out.

on Amazon, started this a couple days ago, it's really well done

soundtracked by Mogwai

https://youtu.be/4UYGmqsIFIM

ZeroZeroZero^

my brilliant friend series 2 is on hbo now

We’ve just started watching Mythic Quest on ATV+ and it’s pretty hilarious. Lots of great actors, and F Murray Abraham just slaying it as a washed-up fantasy writer.

my brilliant friend series 2 is on hbo now

Quick shoutout to the Chrome extension "Netflix Party," which lets you share a Netflix viewing with any friends who have Netflix, Chrome, and the extension. The extension generates a link, you share it with friends, they click that, it opens the movie on Netflix, and then they click the browser extension button at top right to join the party. There's a chat window too. We did it with a general group of friends last night and it was a nice little shared time in the midst of these strange days. Feel like it'd be an epecial blast with my bad-movie-night buddies specifically, in terms of riffing over the movie making it feel even more talkative/communal. Lord knows there's enough schlock under the surface in Netflix.

F Murray Abraham just slaying it as a washed-up fantasy writer.

He has looked 80 years old for decades, hasn't he?

my brilliant friend series 2 is on hbo now

― akm, Tuesday, March 17, 2020 4:06 PM (forty-nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Oh shit.. Hurray!

https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/17/21182425/movies-anywhere-screen-pass-feature-share-loan-digital-movies-friends

Apologies if some has posted about this on another thread, but I just signed up for this free service that aggregates all of your movies from different services into one app (which I guess will start showing up on all of your devices), which is sorta cool. Much cooler is that it will allow you to lend movies which you've purchased to friends!

"With Screen Pass, Movies Anywhere users will be able to share up to three films per month, giving temporary access to the recipient. Users will have seven days to accept the offer, which will give them access to the film for 14 days. Once started, recipients will have 72 hours to finish the film. The three-share limit resets on the first of every month, letting you share more films. (Unused passes won’t roll over.)"

Pretty Hollywood-friendly terms, but still better than the current deal.

The Plot Against America is fine but doesn't really add anything if you've read it before

This looks like it could be good (from Greg Daniels of The Office and Parks and Rec):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZfZj2bn_xg

Promising based on pedigree alone. Sidenote: I really hope "Once in a Lifetime" does not become the new "Let My Love Open the Door."

That sounds great DC, especially right now xps

thanks for the heads up