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1st 3 episodes of Electric Dreams (Amazon Prime) have been pretty solid, I have all the PKD short stories but didn't specifically recall these, total blurring of reality shit like prime PKD, well done from my viewpoint

Think those were on Ch4 a few years ago, liked them but possibly I lost interest by the last few. Might revisit.

I revived the Kidding thread (Michel Gondry, Jim Carrey, Catherine Keener, Frank Langella) but that's been great, I don't know what we're going to watch after that.

It's annoying that HBO Max has some shows we like that have new seasons that finished airing months ago in the UK, but apparently have no imminent plans to post them in the US (like Ghosts). Something weird is going on with Miracle Workers too, where it was supposed to air a few weeks ago, the first episode went up outside of the US, but then got pulled and delayed.

i started a thread for Poker Face so plz come & enjoy w me over there

cant link bc phone but it’s called Truth Truth Bullshit: Thread for Poker Face etc

Exhibit A for why it's worth watching all manner of stuff: Extraordinary is shockingly, surprisingly good!
Well written, well acted, good high concept. Basically Wild Cards: The Comedy. Weirdly touching and well considered.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdtyxmTRABs

Man, "Paul T. Goldman." There's a lot going on with this show, and a lot of meta facets. But in the end one big takeaway I made was contextualizing QAnon nuts, and how some of these deluded dead-enders get driven down their respective rabbit holes.

xp I watched the first ep. of Extraordinary and thought it was cute and kind of clever - but didn’t think the jokes were actually funny, either in content (a lot of them took the form of, “this is a type of joke that you will recognize”) or timing/delivery. It also seemed to lean into a particular “cringe/frankness” comedy trend that feels played out(?) Maybe I’ll give it a second go; the ending was nice.

Yeah, please do! I just finished the series and I found it to be a real gem. Lots of easter eggs hidden in the shots, lots of clever dialogue, lots of well executed twists. Minimal bullshit and time wasting. I'm a fan. It's of a piece with Single Drunk Female and Dead Pixels: cleverer than they need to be high concept sitcoms told from a woman's perspective.

Joe Cornish's new show, Lockwood & Co, has a fun pilot. Haven't seen the rest yet.

Didn't realise Joe Cornish was behind it. It's been getting good reviews so will probably give it a whirl at some point.

Lockwood & Co is breezy and fun (if you're a goth)

This is a useful counterweight to my previous position of "fuck that show" based on ads coming on for it on twich every fifteen minutes.

I was under the impression that it was just a British detective show with a goth soundtrack, YA-adjacent magick was a surprise but the first episode wasn't bad at all.

Cunk on Earth ep 1 might have worked better as a series of 5-8 minute Youtube videos but I'm down for the rest.

Cunk on Earth is one of the rare generally well-regarded programmes that I specifically detest. It might even be a relationship breaker if a partner insisted on watching it.

I love her and love the idea but the execution is v poor imo

i did hold off on watching this series thinking it'd be bad but was pleasantly surprised. the presenterly bits are well written and funny and the interviews, which are the cringey bit imo, had a couple of times where she ad-libbed with some skill.

Missions' Jean Michel Jarre alike theme tune bangs

Finished Paul T. Goldman. It felt like a really heavy and messy conclusion that Woliner tried to squeeze into a slightly neater package because he couldn't believe how many cans of worms had been opened in the process of filming. The final episode felt like a guilt-ridden, but absolutely necessary start to a long-needed process of disillusionment.

finished S1 of Slow Horses -- really good stuff, with a very welcome dose of humor somehow not feeling out of place in the midst of the very dark storyline. the brutal tying-up of a loose end was succinct and callous, kind of deserved for that particular character i suppose. the twist at the end is probably one of those "more than meets the eye" things and felt arrived at honestly. i immediately compared it in my mind to the twist that popped up towards the end of S1 of the inferior Irish crime series Bloodlands, which was pretty eye-rolling. Looking forward to Slow Horses S2. it's got a great cast obv, Oldman is great, the horses themselves are all likably flawed, and Kristin Scott Thomas is probably the best possible actor to inhabit the Diana Taverner role.

also have been watching The Bear -- i'm liking it well enough. i understand it's obv not meant to represent your avg chicago beef joint, so in that context i like it. i'm not necessarily a fan of the slight undercurrent of slumming high end chefs coming in and showing the working class stiffs how it's done, the latter group being outwardly resistant but they're all secretly impressed by the former's skills, and the former being impressed when the latter successfully execute what they're being taught vs showing that perhaps their working class skills are worthy of the place after all. HOWEVER, it's a pretty breezy show and there are plenty of great performances. Ebon-Moss Bachrach at the top of the list there. makes me want to consume italian beef 24/7.

xpost Fascinatingly, it sounds like Woliner went into the project with a completely open mind, and purposely didn't try to independently verify anything outside of the regular course of filming until the very end; the final episode was reportedly completed just two weeks before it aired, based on new information that had come in.

rewatching s1 of Bear again & that rant/announcement Eben gives to the ballbreaker nerds waiting outside is so good, i never get tired of it

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https://deadline.com/2022/02/twisted-metal-peacock-live-action-comedy-series-video-game-anthony-mackie-1234960605/

Mackie stars as John Doe, a smart-ass milkman who talks as fast as he drives. With no memory of his past, John gets a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make his wish of finding community come true, but only if he can survive an onslaught of savage vehicular combat.

savage vehicular combat

Dude, I loved their first album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-0vee1lU9w

lol I thought they were casting John Doe in the lead role for some savage mosh pit combat

the bear is exceptional. i love how short the episodes are. i’m actually watching most of them twice (??!) and there is really nothing wasted in them (like a good kitchen!) i love sidney so much

I actually am into the bear, other than some off notes (for me) it’s totes vv good.

Midway through season 1 of Korean horror Hellbound and am surprised at all turns. Legit o_O moments

...and binged all six of Hellbound. Genuinely upsetting in some places, but dark nihilism hits way harder than splattercore. Super-compelling to watch though - I liked it even though it ends on an obvious set-up for season 2.

"lost bullet 2: we found the bullet but then we lost our MINDS"

this is a very funny movie, and grittily realistic in the sense of NO ONE WOULD SURVIVE A TENTH OF THIS LOL

GTA line-of-duty mod (feat.balaclavamen)

Both Lost Bullet movies are amazing. Also recommended: El Centauro, Extremo.

Sorry, it's just called Centauro. A movie about a motorcycle racer who becomes a drug courier. There's also a French remake which is...okay.

Speaking of remakes (and I know this totally doesn't belong here, as these are actual movies) – I watched the 2014 Swedish film Force Majeure, and the Hollywood remake Downhill (both of which I had read about, and was curious about). I was surprised to find the remake to be a better movie in pretty much every way! (IMO, anyway)

Interesting, that is not an opinion I've encountered before.

Yes, I would have to deeply disagree with that.

same

Well, moving on…

I’ve been sucked into a dopey, soapy Freeform/Hulu thing called The Watchful Eye. It’s sort of like if Only Murders in the Building were played straight, but with half the budget (and IQ). It’s oddly watchable, if you’re in the mood for lightweight trash… Kelly Bishop (aka Emily Gilmore) is in it!

I went in without expectations one way or another but I'm really enjoying Shrinking. It's genuinely funny and even occasionally touching. Harrison Ford should've been leaning harder into his senescence before now because he's aged into an adorable old man. I don't know how long they can really ride with the central premise but this first clutch of episodes is very promising.

I started catching up on the final season of Servant. This show is so hilariously awful but I am so close to the end I feel committed to see it through.

The most recent episode included a scene where the wife, who is currently bedridden, was watching old recordings of her local news appearances. I can't get over how they made that a central plot point - not that she is a local "live on the street" reporter but that she meticulously archives all of her appearances and occasionally plays them back, and also she religiously/jealously watches the local news even when she's not on it. Similarly her husband who is a chef will deal with all the craziness happening in their house--a baby risen from the dead! An insane wife! A supernatural nanny! Homeless people who are actually a secret cult gathering daily outside their house!--and yet he still takes the time to make a michelin-level dinner for three every night, to the degree that he regularly employs a sous chef just to make Tuesday night dinner.

I've watched 4 episodes of Extraordinary, and TBH the humor isn't my bag.

yeah it's mediocre, and I wanted to murder the music supervisor by the end, but I will probably at least start the second season if there is one

Huh, again: I loved it! Not sure what y’all (or I) are missing. I also liked the soundtrack!

I think maybe I've been overexposed to this kind of 20-something life stage stuff recently, and I've hit an age where I'm less empathetic to it. And maybe it was more the music editor I wanted to kill? Too many needle drops, mixed too loud, and there's a microgenre of bratty-but-inoffensive rap that this show milked hard (iirc Never Have I Ever and another show also leans on this stuff...She Hulk maybe?). There were a few song choices I very much loved, but I think that just shows there was too much music in general for my tastes.

I did like the if-superpowers-were-banal premise that I have enjoyed in various comics but can't remember seeing in film/tv before. I would have loved more of that tbh, and it's while I'll still check out a new season

The pilot did seem to be heavy on music cues. I don’t think I mind that in shows when it’s just instrumental sections, or if I don’t know the songs, but it can be distracting sometimes or have that Cameron Crowe effect (use a music cue in hopes of generating emotion, in case the script/performance fails to do it).

Insecure is an example of a show that used a lot of music and did it well, IMO

the trailer made it look terrible but Lockwood & Co. was a lot of fun. Has a bit of a Doctor Who meets Veronica Mars vibe: dour, snarky, mystery/action-oriented.

Also another pop music-laden show but in a good way - did not expect to hear This Mortal Coil and The Associates on a YA supernatural series on netflix tbh

Yeah the whole soundtrack definitely had an early 80s goth feel to it. Also A Forest!

yep. it also had an instrumental cue that basically just repeated the first few bars of "Bela Lugosi's Dead" lol