kinda feel like that about Devs. after ep 1 i’m like, okay i get it. not sure i need 10 episodes of low-rent spyjinks and this guy pining for his daughter.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 20 April 2020 08:05 (four years ago) link
Yeah, it's not that kind of show really. Also, only 8 eps!
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Monday, 20 April 2020 12:08 (four years ago) link
It’s not what kind of show? hmm 8 eps is better than I was thinking. Still think it would have made a better movie.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 20 April 2020 12:11 (four years ago) link
The kind of show that focuses on "spyjinks" or thankfully spends THAT much time on the grief angle. Mostly it's a playground for Garland to toy with pet themes and get real weird with it visually
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Monday, 20 April 2020 12:19 (four years ago) link
Devs and Dispatches from Elsewhere are shows I've mostly enjoyed moment-to-moment while being generally unsure of where they were going or whether they were ultimately going to add up to anything of substance but I think I've ultimately come around to and will give a thumbs-up to both.
(P.S. It's been a little weird watching Devs and Westworld in tandem as the current season of the latter is exploring territory very similar to the former.)
― Unparalleled Elegance (Old Lunch), Monday, 20 April 2020 12:32 (four years ago) link
I thought Devs stuck the landing, unlike a lot of other high-concept limited series I've seen
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Monday, 20 April 2020 12:33 (four years ago) link
Ok well I’ll probably watch. the “themes” have been extremely on-the-nose so far tho. And very.... earnest
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 20 April 2020 12:53 (four years ago) link
A friend agreed with me that the coda to Devs fell a little flat. I like Garland's films/show and I'm very into work where the resolution is less than total, but he often crafts a lot of tension that seems to evaporate at the end.
Basically it feels like every one of his stories should end with the protagonist burning a building down and walking away.
― mh, Monday, 20 April 2020 15:14 (four years ago) link
I'm also very corny and enjoy the Jonathan Nolan/Lisa Joy dumb-smartness of Westworld. The newest season feels like a mash-up of the prior seasons and his previous show, Person of Interest, which was at times a little boring but surprisingly unpretentious in its presentation, although as a prime time major network show sandwiched next to crime dramas that may have been a requirement.
― mh, Monday, 20 April 2020 15:20 (four years ago) link
this is probably a good place to mention that what we do in the shadows is back and the first episode was incredible
― edgard varese-type beat (voodoo chili), Monday, 20 April 2020 16:43 (four years ago) link
i was so unsure about dispatches from elsewhere when i started it but i'm really in love with where it's gone
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 02:42 (four years ago) link
great characters/performances, full of twee bryan fuller energy (ymmv) but toward increasingly abstract purposes
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 02:47 (four years ago) link
lmao the more of it I watch the more I hate it, it's sort of impressive
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 02:58 (four years ago) link
it seems like a show you would hate
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 03:00 (four years ago) link
I mentioned this on its thread but it doesn't help that in a lot of ways it feels like a more expensive, much less enjoyable Lodge 49, on the same network that just killed it
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 03:03 (four years ago) link
or really like a show that any reasonable person could approach and say "oh, no thanks"
but since the end of the game i've been absolutely enraptured xp
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 03:03 (four years ago) link
well i do still need to see lodge 49
yes, you should!
― mh, Wednesday, 22 April 2020 03:05 (four years ago) link
I will allow that Eve Lindley is delightful
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 03:07 (four years ago) link
i didnt know that it was a Fuller showi may check it out!
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 03:14 (four years ago) link
Fuller's not involved but it sure is twee
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 03:17 (four years ago) link
oh fuller ~energy~ i see nowhmm
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 03:24 (four years ago) link
oh yeah sorry didn't mean to mislead
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 03:28 (four years ago) link
goddammit brad:)
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 03:36 (four years ago) link
I figured the tweeness would make ILXors gag. It ain't that fuckin twee, tho, really. Some solid, affecting moments and the leads are v good.
― Unparalleled Elegance (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 11:12 (four years ago) link
Brad is otm about Fuller energy btw (although I guess 'Fuller energy' as a blanket term must now somehow account for Hannibal, as well, so I'm not sure if it's misleading in this case). I've been thinking as we watched that I might recommend Wonderfalls to my gf as a follow-up.
― Unparalleled Elegance (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 11:29 (four years ago) link
Insecure's first episode leaning a little too heavy into soap opera and recycled storylines. I love love love Issa Rae though and am willing to put up with a lot just to get the parts with her doing physical comedy.
Yup, this. Episodes 1 and 2 saw Molly and Issa both literally telling the other one some variation of "You know you don't have to go through this drama, right?" But it's still great fun and, given where we're at, poignant to watch Issa's crew interacting.
― Vegemite Is My Grrl (Eric H.), Thursday, 23 April 2020 21:10 (four years ago) link
even hannibal has that fuller energy, it is just running beneath all of the gnarly shit. it's part of why season three is so... unlike anything ever made
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 23 April 2020 21:35 (four years ago) link
IDK about that Dispatches finale. There were some intersting elements but I feel like if you're gonna go in...that direction you kinda need to have a fresh angle on that direction to stand out from the million other times projects have gone in that direction.
― Unparalleled Elegance (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 28 April 2020 16:12 (three years ago) link
I just read about it and yeahhhhhhh no thx
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Tuesday, 28 April 2020 16:17 (three years ago) link
lmao that was pretty indulgent
show was still a pretty fun ride
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 01:30 (three years ago) link
Over the past two seasons, I've completely lost the thread of Better Things. It's gotten entirely too self congratulatory and fatuous and isn't hitting anywhere near me... which is fine obviously, not everything is for me.
If it's for you though, 92Y is doing a livestream conversation with her and Mario Cantone tonight at 5pm EThttps://www.92y.org/archives/pamela-adlon
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 5 May 2020 17:30 (three years ago) link
i thought last season of better things wasnt as good, this season is better imo it hits for me, still;
i almost want to ask her why they chose tom waits 'martha' for the serenade wedding song in the new orleans ep.. its a pretty song obv but idk why/how it would be expected to function in that context its kinda mystifying
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 5 May 2020 18:44 (three years ago) link
Amy Schumer Learns To Cook is pretty charming so far.
― DJI, Friday, 15 May 2020 05:32 (three years ago) link
yea enjoyable
― johnny crunch, Friday, 15 May 2020 12:49 (three years ago) link
Dress Up Gang - an Abso Lutely adult swim style absurdist sitcom featuring Andie MacDowell - is somewhere between Joe Pera and Meat House but, three episodes in, is far more watchable than the latter and far less profound than the former. Even so, I thought it was pretty enjoyable and worth a look; could see this getting a lot of cult love.
https://www.vulture.com/2020/02/the-dress-up-gang-interview.htmlhttps://www.tbs.com/thedressupgang
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 16 May 2020 17:24 (three years ago) link
did anyone watch stumptown? looking for a bosch replacement now that that's over
― na (NA), Tuesday, 19 May 2020 01:44 (three years ago) link
yes! i really liked itit never ramps up in any kind of major way - the tone is pretty much set from the off - but it’s good! & lots of great actors doing good work
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 19 May 2020 02:49 (three years ago) link
my favorite ten shows on tv are what we do in the shadows ten times
― sleight return (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 19 May 2020 02:51 (three years ago) link
<3
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 19 May 2020 03:43 (three years ago) link
got halfway thru Normal People and decided I don't actually care what happens to these ppl, bounced
the What We Do in the Shadows series is as enjoyable as everyone said
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Sunday, 24 May 2020 15:58 (three years ago) link
Don't get me started on Normal People*makes face*
― kinder, Sunday, 24 May 2020 16:12 (three years ago) link
Can't wait for WWDITS s2 here
s2... is good
― mh, Sunday, 24 May 2020 17:50 (three years ago) link
Normal People is just the most beautifully acted, scripted and filmed series I've seen in years. Genuinely cannot understand why anyone would not love it, but I guess it's standard practice on ILX to go against the grain of public opinion.
― the grateful dead can dance (anagram), Sunday, 24 May 2020 18:19 (three years ago) link
Maybe I should have watched it rather than read the book, I don't think I can bring myself to do so now.
― change display name (Jordan), Sunday, 24 May 2020 18:37 (three years ago) link
I don't really know or care what public opinion of Normal People is! It looks very nice, I agree.
― kinder, Sunday, 24 May 2020 18:56 (three years ago) link
the Jackie Dayton episode of WWDITS with Mark Hamill was a definite high pointhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPV5YOunWWc
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 24 May 2020 19:19 (three years ago) link
god that was so good
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 24 May 2020 20:29 (three years ago) link
NP is finely acted, I just don't care about the subject matter. Also, atrocious music supervision.
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Sunday, 24 May 2020 20:55 (three years ago) link