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was the action sequence in episode 2 of Fallout supposed to deliberately evoke the turn-based combat of the first two games? Cos it was so clunky and laboured

Show is ok so far, but the pacing seems off generally

"i don't need anything excruciating i'd rather watch columbo"

yah, fair enough. i get it. i went on a serious monk/columbo binge last summer.

baby reindeer is definitely not for everybody. but it can also be really funny! i mean the guy IS a comedian. those jarring juxtapositions of tone are what make it so..uh..jarring.

we've been watching a lot of Monk lately!

Fallout is definitely going for broad and cartoony. if it weren't so insanely violent and bloody i would say it was for kids. but maybe that's just what kids watch now. i mean younger kids. not teenagers.

i've been watching the French Monk too. i'm always up for a quirky cop.

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people should definitely get on Baby Reindeer though

it's gonna be topping lots of EOY charts for sure

Late Night With The Devil is streaming on Shudder. It was… fine. The Creepshow PBS episode was better.

I'm tentatively intrigued by this adaptation of One Hundred Years of Solitude, which is apparently an entirely Latin American production, shot in Colombia:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG45GfgD2JU

It'll be 16 episodes long, release date TBD.

We are halfway through S2 of The Expanse. It is so good. There are a few actors you wish would be a little better, but the effects look great, not overdone or cheap looking, space combat is terrifying, and the plot is leisurely in the best way. The setup with the mormon ship was so long game! Characters generally act like human beings instead of plot advancing props. I really love this show.

we are still enjoying it as well. maria is a little worried that Holden's face might start to wear on her. it is punchable at times.

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It happens about 10 minutes into ep4 so not really way into it, and isn't actually the focus of the story at all (though it does play into the plot considerably) - so is it really a spoiler? Really?

Just watched Baby Reindeer in two sittings. One scene with the father had me in floods. Kind of impressed he fessed up & used some of his genuinely awful early career jokes.

Brutal stuff.

Can't decide if we'll like that or not. Don't want anything genuinely harrowing unless it's also really funny...

It's billed as a dark comedy-drama but there's not many laughs to be had. It is excellent though.

It’s excruciatingly honest. He doesn’t hold back from revealing his own fucked up behavior. But yeah, it’s pretty dark, and ep 4 is absolutely harrowing.

i started a thread for Baby Reindeer. felt like it needed one where people could spoil away. also, it can serve as a support group after watching the whole thing...

we are still enjoying it as well. maria is a little worried that Holden's face might start to wear on her. it is punchable at times.

― scott seward

i think i had a concern that Holden was going to wind up being a sort of tedious Jon Snow type, but as the show goes on there's a lot of humor w/his character and a kind of weary heroism that works. part of the joke of Holden of course is people view him as a heroic figure and it being thrust upon him again and again is something he finds kind of annoying.

i think over time the show really develops primarily based upon the relationships between the characters, so many of them have very specific dynamics with other individual ones that are well thought out and deeply felt and often vv funny.

I never really warmed up to Holden, but all the other characters are good enough for me to look past that.

Holden = Zeppo basically

if Zeppo was constantly losing his shit and yelling at everyone

haha true

y'all are going to make me re-screen the Expanse, I think it's been long enough to feel fresh

Holden is the void at the center of the show, but as such he has enough black-hole gravity to more or less hold it together. Every other character is more interesting and entertaining, for sure.

just a reminder in case you have thoughts:

I am done withoiiu...The Official Netflix Baby Reindeer Thread (with tons of spoilers - beware)

I'm reading the Expanse series now, I've finished the third of nine novels and very much enjoying it. I love Holden and Naomi Nagata and Amos and Alex. My favorite ancillary characters so far have been Chrisjen Avasarala, Bobbie Draper, Anna Volovodov and Clarissa Mao. I'm wondering if the Holden portrayed the show is the same one I'm picturing from reading the books

I've avoided watching the series so as not to spoil the stories, but I guess it's ok to watch season 1 at this point? I'm not sure if the seasons follow the books

there’s a thread for the books

The Expanse novel series thread WARNING TV SPOILERS

There's a few changes to the show to make it work in that medium, but otherwise fairly faithful to the books xp

And yes, you're fine to watch the first season now

and the second season as well

I'm wondering if the Holden portrayed the show is the same one I'm picturing from reading the books

i've only read the first two books but imo despite his Jon Snow-ish tendencies, Holden actually comes across a bit better on the show than he does in print (where he's mostly a well-meaning but reckless himbo who everyone wants to sleep with)

Yeah the book Holden didn't quite match my expectation based on the show Holden (I watched the show before reading the books), whereas most of the other characters line up pretty well. But it's not a problem, just a small change

Was the Kyle MacLachlan deaging in Fallout supposed to be terrifying?