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We've got Reservation Dogs queued up next.

How much have you watched? "Not about conflicts" doesn't quite track imo. But my angle into the show was as a spin on US-UK cultural divide comedy, plus appreciating Sudeikis's line deliveries. Not exactly groundbreaking stuff of course, and I don't think this show deserves to be lauded as an amazing achievement.

More broadly, I can see hating the kindness comedy mini-trend going on right now as someone who mostly hated all the cringe comedy stuff in the 00s (and someone who finds some of ILX's fave comedy stuff utterly terrible)

― rob, Monday, August 9, 2021

One of my problems is that I don't find the US-UK culture-shock material very clever. I guess I was hoping for more than 'they called him a wanker again!' and 'he doesn't like tea!'. There was potential there, and I wish it were more well observed since it's the whole premise of the show.

The UK largely a coffee drinking nation at this point anyway.

I agree the actual content of the cultural material is familiar. For me it was more a pleasant surprise that the Americans were depicted as curious/open about UK culture, because I'm used to depictions of Americans in the UK as smugly superior and proudly ignorant (however accurate that may be irl). I'll admit depicting Brits as miserable pessimists is much more standard, but you know that's the premise right?

I haven't got this show memorized, but isn't the tea thing in reaction to a single character's preference? Hardly matters if tastes have changed more broadly, and fwiw going by my family tea being drunk as often as water is still normal

you know that's the premise right?

sorry, I meant this bit to sound jocular not condescending!

Btw, is this show easy to watch in the UK? Or do we all have Apple TV+? In which case: is there anything else worth watching?

I'm in the middle of season 2 of For All Mankind (quite good, though this season feels a little aimless), watched the 1971 series (frankly terrible, though I liked the all-vintage-footage approach), and started The Morning Show (wannabe Sorkin with an expensive cast; somewhat compelling).

I really liked Mythic Quest

The show is fine -- I'll persevere because I think it has potential, it just hasn't hit for me yet. I guess as someone who moved from the US to the UK and lived for a decade I went into it with high hopes for the culture-shock aspect and found it a bit stale. (Though speaking of which I did appreciate when Ted describes a scone as a 'muffin that will suck all the spit out of your mouth'.)

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I really liked Mythic Quest

― a gentle push against my Wonder Bread face (DJP), Tuesday, August 10, 2021 9:01 AM (two minutes ago)

lol so did I, I forgot that was Apple

I think "fine" is fine! Much like Schitt's Creek, this isn't a show that really stands up to this level of scrutiny imo. It's getting the thinkpiece treatment because of timing, but I'd categorize it alongside, idk, Brooklyn 99 (not in tone, just in the sense of: would I want to read a thinkpiece about how Andy Samberg's character teaches us how to live? no)

That reminds me, I need to finish S2 of "Mythic Quest," a show that began kind of boilerplate in my mind, but the fact that all these weeks since I last put it on I still can remember the characters and their traits, even their names, indicates it's pretty well put together.

S2 is disjointed because of Covid filming restrictions, but I think I liked it more than S1 ultimately, which yeah was sort of dull for the few eps (and then the singularity of ep 5 kind of upset the balance of the season)

I gave up on Mythic Quest about 3 or 4 episodes in. Found the quirky characters more annoying than funny. Though I agree that the show has some memorable plot lines - particularly liked the solution to the rampaging assholes who were ruining the game.

There’s one great Mythic Quest episode that has almost nothing to do with the rest of the series. It’s like they filmed a pilot for a much better show and then made the quirkfest instead.

I don't think this will praise anyone to watch S2 of Mythic Quest if you didn't like S1, but S2 has another largely standalone tonally-different episode that is great

*will persuade anyone

Mythic Quest is so unfunny. I did like the flashback episode from S1, but that one was more a 30-minute drama.

Theres another flashback ep in S2 around CW's backstory. I loved it, though a lot of people were all "wehhhhh this isnt the game studio, less old man, more Ian and lady!".

But I liked the backstory. And the followup with Abraham and William Hurt having old man cranky arguments was great.

Sorry lol I see Vinnie already said the same thing.

I liked Mythic Quest but Milo otm, that off-model episode is the best thing about it so far.

The 1971 documentary on Apple+ is brilliant.

It's ok Trayce, I think rob alluded to it before I even did!

The standalone ep of Mythic Quest's first season is indeed great, and the highlight of season two. I've only seen two or three of S2, plus the quarantine episodes, but I was surprised how glad I was to dip back in again. Not that it's hilarious or anything, but the characters are interesting enough that I'm at least modestly invested, which is more than most shows.

It's definitely overall a minor show, but yes both standalone eps (plus as Trayce said the Backstory! follow-up) were impressive, and I'd be excited to watch something different from this team, especially an anthology series, especially if Big Head is in it.

I have been cracking myself up with "I'm a wolf! hooooooooooooowl" due to Connor Smedley flashbacks

i’ve finally started watching Dave on Hulu
am only 3 eps in but i like it a lot!
dave & gata were on desus & mero recently (which got me to check out the show) a commenter said the show was like “Atlanta” but California which feels kinda otm
esp w some of the deeper stuff coming up
not as full-on surreal tho

Reservation Dogs is great so far. Really funny cast, good writing. Some magical realism that feels a tiny bit stale but the cast is pulling it off charmingly.

yeah i love it! the kids are so fkn good

Yeah, first ep of Reservation Dogs was OK. I know he's not necessarily the prime mover, but it felt very much like one of Taika's movies. Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Jojo Rabbit ...

I take it that Reservation Dogs is at least funnier than Rutherford Falls?

That show was a comedy pit. This one is more breakeven.

Beats the shit out of Ted Lasso 😉

confirmed funnier than rutherford falls

more like Rutherford Fails

it wasnt bad, just a bit ~too~ chill

Is there no white lotus thread

weve been using the “Enlightened” thread bc its mike white

Christmas episode of "Ted Lasso" was exactly what people criticize the main show for, x2, but ... it's a standalone Christmas episode, so very par for the course for any show, and still pretty good. I guess the story is that at the relatively last minute the show was given 12 episodes this season, not 10, so the writers had to come up with two more standalone episodes that fit in with what they had already written and (perhaps) filmed, and this was one of them. Noted in a few pieces that the Christmas/holiday episode used to be a the standard of every show, but they're relative anomalies in the on demand/streaming world. Of course Rick and Morty just had a Thanksgiving episode a couple of weeks ago, so maybe that is changing.

The Ted Lasso episode was a large amount of saccharine and I was 100% here for it

i thought it was kinda perfect as a christmas ep

If it made people happy that's great but agreed it was definitely a "x2" version of what I was saying upthread. Like there was a whiteboard in the writer's room with a giant list of everyone's ideas for what would be "so cute!" to do for an xmas episode and they said screw it you know what we'll do them all.

The new episode of Reservation Dogs is the best one yet. Hilarious.

xpost At the same time, nice twist for the teased kid to actually have repulsive, disgusting breath. Roy's "I think you're dying" response was perfect comedy.

That entire sequence was hilarious

so funny. also the premise of them going door to door to find a dentist was like “wait what” but also VERY christmas episode

ted’s skype xmas gave me feels
i have been doing skype xmas for 20 years & it is still weird & disheartening

Skype Xmas was very accurate

I want to like this Brand New Cherry Flavour thing. It starts really promisingly, kind of a Blue Velvet type thing but after a few episodes it's fallen into the trap of so many Netflix supernatural things where it's not especially scary or unsettling, instead ramping up the camp and becoming something more like Buffy or whatever

I watched Lazy Susan on Amazon Prime

Please do not repeat my mistakes

I'm 4 episodes into Brand New Cherry Flavour and still enjoying it. Salazar and Keener are ace and I always love seeing Sikowitz in things.

Definite Lynchian/Cronenberg vibe to it but also enjoying the campness/humour xp

Also

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f2h57g5QpI

Never heard of brand new cherry but see it’s from the guy who made the Channel Zero series which was surprisingly good at times.