(I watched part of season 1, liked it, got distracted by something shiny and never went back)
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Friday, 9 October 2020 13:22 (three years ago) link
wait, Mark Lynn-Baker appears as himself in the last two seasons?
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Friday, 9 October 2020 13:24 (three years ago) link
he sure does but to say more would be a spoiler
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Friday, 9 October 2020 13:25 (three years ago) link
Yeah, I think your interpretation is pretty spot on. Beyond her acknowledged thirst for power, Christina's motivations are fairly opaque, but it does seem like an attempt at understanding Ruby's pain which is misguided inasmuch as the firsthand experience of a lynching still doesn't give her insight into the fear and anger of existing under that oppressive threat every day.
We probably need a dedicated Lovecraft Country thread at this point, huh.
― OrificeMax (Old Lunch), Friday, 9 October 2020 13:33 (three years ago) link
LOVECRAFT COUNTRY
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Friday, 9 October 2020 13:48 (three years ago) link
haven't watched yet but definitely thought it was called "Lovecraft County"
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Friday, 9 October 2020 13:49 (three years ago) link
Didn't feel like bumping the Leftovers thread but now that it's been brought up I wasn't very into S1 and almost gave up but S2 (where Regina King comes in) and S3 are honestly some of the best TV I've ever seen and everyone should go watch it
― Vinnie, Friday, 9 October 2020 14:45 (three years ago) link
yup.
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Friday, 9 October 2020 14:47 (three years ago) link
honestly the best parts of Watchmen were mostly just pale echoes of The Leftovers for me
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Friday, 9 October 2020 14:48 (three years ago) link
There's certainly a similarity to the shows, in that an episode feels like it could take you anywhere. But they were different enough to me that I loved both
― Vinnie, Friday, 9 October 2020 14:57 (three years ago) link
Absolutely seasons 2 and 3 of the Leftovers are so far beyond just about any other TV made in the history of TV it's ridiculous.
― dan selzer, Friday, 9 October 2020 18:35 (three years ago) link
JUst caught the first episode of Spitting image and it was atotal mess.does it get any better.NOt seen the original serieses in years so not sure how well those hold up.
Had a guest lecture from one of the guiys when i did Sociology at A Level thought he was ok at the time but i was like 17.
― Stevolende, Sunday, 11 October 2020 12:41 (three years ago) link
Fair play to @TheIDSmiths, they've actually made this funny https://t.co/0Rp3ClsJBw— Juliet. (@zinovievletter) October 11, 2020
― calzino, Sunday, 11 October 2020 17:15 (three years ago) link
the writing is a garbage fire but i'm endlessly amazed by the quality of the likenesses.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 12 October 2020 02:28 (three years ago) link
i continue thinking about Raised By Wolves. It seems like an important show, not because it's any good but as a marker of just how much pre-COVID money corporations kept floating around to fund the raving mythologies of white guys who have proven capable of building franchises, no matter how unhinged. it, like much of the politics and entertainment of this era, looks more like last of the pus leaving the wound than anything else. that such poisonous idylls are regularly fun to watch doesn't make me feel particularly good about soldiering through to the end.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 20:28 (three years ago) link
watching the first episode of how to with john wilson now. was that kyle mclahclan???? (abt 13 mins in)
― TRANCED INTO RADIOACTIVE PUREE (Will M.), Saturday, 24 October 2020 23:43 (three years ago) link
also oh my god this show
― TRANCED INTO RADIOACTIVE PUREE (Will M.), Saturday, 24 October 2020 23:46 (three years ago) link
yeah, it has to be him, right? i bet that's the columbus circle stop; can totally believe mclachlan doesn't know how to swipe his card.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 25 October 2020 01:04 (three years ago) link
"Whoa - knowledge and assumptions! Those are like Loggins and Messina. They seem similar, but time proves one of them to be completely worthless."
k, I'm sold for the long run
― LaRusso Auto (Neanderthal), Monday, September 28, 2020 1:41 AM bookmarkflaglink
you won't be disappointed. I think the final season is prescient and amazing but I think i'm in the minority.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, September 28, 2020 11:26 AM bookmarkflaglink
in Season 3 and still loving it
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 25 October 2020 01:07 (three years ago) link
the john wilson show was WAY better than I expected and I'm in for the long haul
― Clay, Sunday, 25 October 2020 01:28 (three years ago) link
glad it's a hit neanderthal! it's def one of my faves of this past decade.which we prob need a poll thread for eventually.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 25 October 2020 04:40 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyQ85DEVpbcVery excited about this. Stever James' "America to Me" is one of the best shows I saw last year.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 26 October 2020 21:00 (three years ago) link
jfc I was growing to love Gabby and then Brockmire jumps to the year 2030
idk how I feel about it but I'll give it a chance. hard to really get invested in all of the characters who turned up in S3 and have them abruptly disappear and replaced by a brand new one, but I think that's cos I'm emo due to COVID-19 right now
― Neanderthal, Monday, 26 October 2020 21:34 (three years ago) link
the degree to which the current season of Brockmire was prescient in the writing room is astonishing; stick with it for an episode or three. i think it pays off. but yeah, it's a whiplash moment.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 26 October 2020 21:55 (three years ago) link
that first episode of how to with john wilson was incredible
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 26 October 2020 22:58 (three years ago) link
we're raving on the NFY thread as well, but honestly it deserves its own thread
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Monday, 26 October 2020 23:11 (three years ago) link
so the Brockmire ep where Jules has the stuntman as a guest and he blows himself up just had me rolling.
just because of how obvious it was what was going to happen and how oblivious she was.
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Monday, 2 November 2020 03:57 (three years ago) link
The Queen's Gambit on Netflix is really good. It seems like it would be corny-ass prestige TV bullshit, and it has some big weaknesses, but you can't go too far wrong when you're starting from a novel by Walter Tevis (who also wrote the books that became The Hustler and The Man Who Fell To Earth; he wrote a book called The Color Of Money, too, but that movie has very little to do with the book other than the title). There were some parts that I wish were written by Harry Crews, but it made chess interesting for seven hours, which is quite an achievement.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 2 November 2020 13:06 (three years ago) link
one of my kids (9 y o) is really into chess. are there any scenes that would be too much for a kid to handle you think?
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 2 November 2020 14:47 (three years ago) link
hope there's no violent scenes featuring chess pieces
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Monday, 2 November 2020 14:50 (three years ago) link
windom esrle is BACK baby
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Monday, 2 November 2020 14:54 (three years ago) link
are there any scenes that would be too much for a kid to handle you think?
There's no nudity or graphic sex. Some profanity. I'd put it at a solid PG-13. And the chess scenes are filmed in really exciting ways, so it's worth trading a possible awkward conversation for a probable explosion in your kid's interest in the game.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 2 November 2020 15:00 (three years ago) link
So what you're saying is, the queens they use would not excite me?
― nickn, Monday, 2 November 2020 19:13 (three years ago) link
late pass but I laughed ridiculously hard at the second episode of Space Force
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Monday, 2 November 2020 19:18 (three years ago) link
to all the people who recommended Brockmire over the years: thank you this show fuckin rules
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Friday, 13 November 2020 18:41 (three years ago) link
I can't finish the 4th season til Biden is sworn in.
But yes...it rules
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Friday, 13 November 2020 18:54 (three years ago) link
this show is like....the good version of Bojack Horseman
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Saturday, 14 November 2020 03:41 (three years ago) link
ok that's needlessly mean but I do like this better and it has a LOT of shared territory
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Saturday, 14 November 2020 03:43 (three years ago) link
it does help that Brockmire never becomes a complete son of a bitch. he has a very wavering but nonetheless-still-present empathy, and while he's a massive narcissist (like any broadcaster), it's nice that some of his 'gaffes' actually come in the service of doing the right thing at the wrong time.
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Saturday, 14 November 2020 04:23 (three years ago) link
i'm pleased you two came around. The description is a hard sell, especially if you are talking to someone who doesn't care about baseball, but I really think it's secretly one of the best-written and most acidly funny shows of the new century.
― Four Seasons Total Manscaping (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 14 November 2020 04:35 (three years ago) link
Charles is my fav. in all of his incarnations
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Saturday, 14 November 2020 04:39 (three years ago) link
i'm not sure i understand why you're holding off on the last season
― Four Seasons Total Manscaping (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 14 November 2020 04:47 (three years ago) link
I watched 3 eps or so. the stuff about the "disputed lands" and the (admittedly funny) global warming cynicism hit too close to home for my brain during the lead up to the election. I actually found the digs at how terrible baseball is now in 2033 to be pretty hilarious (multi-colored bats, etc)
that's all. i may watch a few tonight tho.
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Saturday, 14 November 2020 04:50 (three years ago) link
the final ep of season 3 actually stressed me the fuck out for that reason too, with Art Newly being alt-right leader and people harassing Brockmire at the stadium
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Saturday, 14 November 2020 04:52 (three years ago) link
i can understand if it hit you wrong. it's remarkably prescient, to the point of pain really. But I think it's still pretty great and it never loses touch with what makes the show work. Frankly, i'm impressed with the chutzpah it took for them to say "well, we've mined this vein as far as we can; let's jump thirty years into the future and blow the whole thing up"
― Four Seasons Total Manscaping (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 14 November 2020 04:54 (three years ago) link
yeah and I still think it's well done, especially with its humorous depiction of how everybody has just accepted this extremely degraded, awful form of existence and have long become desensitized to it. basically an Overton window season.
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Saturday, 14 November 2020 04:57 (three years ago) link
they clearly foresaw that in the middle of daily riots, climate disasters and open pandemic that big league sports business would foolishly along with diminishing returns until the well was truly dry
― Four Seasons Total Manscaping (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 14 November 2020 05:00 (three years ago) link
*"foolishly limp along"
I don't care about baseball at all fwiw
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Saturday, 14 November 2020 05:07 (three years ago) link
joe buck and bob costas are surprisingly funny in this imo
― Four Seasons Total Manscaping (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 14 November 2020 05:08 (three years ago) link