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xxp I just learned it’s Emma Stone, which blew my mind grapes—all this time I thought it was Anne Hathaway! (I realize this is barely worth posting)

yes otm

the Attica stuff in particular …

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I was expecting to be disappointed by the Mare finale but they saved some mystery till the end and it wasn't too out-of-nowhere and there were some other strong moments. Overall a good show for sure, and Winslet does a great job with the character. jarring to hear her in her regular accent in the BTS stuff that came after

I didnt mind Cruella - fun and the costume design was brill.

But they REEALLLYYY un-did her evilness with a weird backstory that made her an antihero which... this lady wants to kill dogs, wtf are you making me root for her for.

Enjoyed most of the "Mare" finale, despite a few hanging bits of half-assedness. For example, all sorts of shit involving Young Danzig (where was he that night?). Or the too-many-twists resolution of the murder itself. Or what Mare's daughter plans to do with her car once she drives cross country to Berkeley and realizes there's no way a freshman student is bringing a car to Berkeley.

plenty of students bring their cars to Berkeley!

Freshmen? Really? Where do they park? Why do they even need a car there?

Sometimes the Rockridge Zachary’s is slammed, and there’s no time to catch a bus to the one on Solano before it closes.

(In seriousness, parking is limited / cars discouraged AFAIK)

maybe she's going to drive there and then sell it

Maybe she’s driving to the Berkelee College of Music in Boston.

which would make sense, given what she does in the show, but I'm pretty sure it's the California one. I think early in the first episode they say how she's gotten some academic scholarship or was an exceptional student or something.

Berkeley is not Manhattan. You can get a University parking space. I dunno how much they cost but you can do it. You can also park on the street like 1/2 the city does.

but yes it was Berkeley and not Berkelee and also it made no sense because unless things have changed dramatically they do not let people in like that on the strength of some video project after admissions are closed.

anyway, I'm going to back to recommending Cruella on the basis of its soundtrack and the fact that 3/4 of it is some ultraqueer Project Runway rip with cute dogs

Well that was the worst thread derail of the year anyway

lol

year aint over yet

It's a little too comic book hyperactive, a la Edgar Wright, but "We are Lady Parts" (on Peacock) is a lot of fun so far.

I was just about to big up "We Are Lady Parts!" I wish there were more music but what there is pretty legit (at least to me), some great performances, some jokes that really slay, and a lot of awesome old ladies who DNGAF.

We watched Raya and the Last Dragon—the kids loved it, but I didn’t think it was very good (and I usually like Disney Animation films). Admittedly, I slept through a big chunk of it…

we bailed halfway through, i didnt enjoy it

but obv not necessarily “for” me

Just saw Raya in the theater. Loved it. NB I am of Southeast Asian heritage so a LOTTA appealing things for me.

Yeah the worldbuilding weaving different Asian cultures was great. I recognized a few expressions from Vietnamese and probably a lot went over my head, but I liked that it wasn't explained. Animation was great too. The biggest minus was the dialogue tried too hard to be funny and often fell flat. But the ending swept me up, so I liked it overall

That’s interesting – I thought the animation wasn’t up to their usual standard (human faces looked “off”).

And yeah, it’s a pet peeve of mine when characters in something like that use excessively hip/jokey/idiomatic modern language (and I know it’s a fantasy world, they can talk however the writers want…).

I'm so stoked for this idc idc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsah5yCzh-U

hm, they've turned gossip girl into HBO's new "teenagers like to fuck" show i see

As opposed to the CW’s teens like to fuck series? Will Chuck Bass be a rapist again?

yeah well what of it

afaik no one is returning, though it is supposed to be an actual sequel set in the same universe so I am not going to be surprised when Blake Lively shows up in the last episode or something

are they going to pretend that [redacted] wasn't Gossip Girl bc that was deeply embarrassing yet fitting

i think the idea is that it gets passed on

my wife and I recently rewatched GG and I was surprised at the lack of social media in it; facebook was already around when it launched but I don't remember it or any kind of fake TV version of it ever really coming up. I imagine that will be different this time.

Lupin S2 (or I guess part 2 of S1? I don't quite understand but who gives a shit) is out, it's great

Lupin part 1 was tons of fun. Glad they are back so quickly with part 2 and it’s great.

Anyone see Starstruck? Heard it was good.

Discussed on the British Comedy thread (iirc) a bit when it aired. General consensus is that Matafeo is charming enough to keep going, but the writing is so slight that the whole thing could float off in a breeze.

fair

Of her pandemic-era output, I’d probably rank Starstruck < Baby Done < Horndog < taking part in zoom spelling bees on youtube during NZ’s brief, efficient lockdown.

enjoying starstruck so far, she’s a delight

Starstruck was nice! My favourite moment was when the elderly customer paid in all pennies at the cinema and said 'it's the exact change'. Very relatable to previous work in a cinema. Also it's all filmed where I live now, which made me feel idk, something.

i said as much in the brit comedy thread but i got frustrated that it ran out of ideas so quickly but the first three episodes were great fun

Totally agree, but love to see Al from Stath Lets Flats in anything!

I actually came here hoping for a forks-prescribed TV antidote to nebulous emotional turmoil and brain overload? It doesn't have to be passive, just great haha. I'm willing to give anything you suggest a try. You hit rate is v high.

well thanks! the thing i wish more people watched so i could talk about it is Last Chance U: Basketball. It's on Netflix in the US, do you have it on the UK sub?
https://www.netflix.com/Title/81046613

It would help if you understood a little about basketball but it's not really necessary for you to get deeply emotionally engaged with the participants. Had me openly weeping at the end. Good stuff to take your mind off your problems and be absorbed in someone else's!

It's on there! Added to list. All sports documentaries are watchable imo, made more enjoyable perhaps by the fact that it's a world I could never partake in myself, so no feelings of vicarious failure.

I've started watching Motherland - it's fine, made much better by the inclusion of Diane Morgan (Philomena Cunk).

Last Chance U basketball was really great (and heartbreaking!)

i picked up and knocked out Motherland in a week, so I appreciate your run there.
I'm currently finishing the last season of Friday Night Dinner which has been so stupid and so meta and so occasionally painfully funny.

Last Chance U Bball is a LOT but it's close to the best tv i've seen this year.

Anyone watching Loki? I avoided winter soldier, assuming Wandavision was an outlier like Legion was (and Im not an MCU nerd so a lot goes over my head with this stuff) but Loki is great so far! Hiddleston and Wilson have great chemistry and comic chops together. The set design is fantastique.

chit-chat starts at this post: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Phase 4 & Beyond (and a chance to change your vote)

I seaarched for a better thread but missed that one!