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The Pitt Episode 11 is...interesting. Several scenes where I covered my eyes.
 
For people saying Yellowjackets. Worthwhile? I started it and it seemed dumb.

Wheel of Time Season 3 is back out, at least the first three episodes. This show started really slowly in season 1, but got a lot better.

Reacher Season 3 is disappointing. I'll finish it, but it has gotten pretty ridiculous. Way too much needlessly killing people.
 
HuskyHawk said:
For people saying Yellowjackets. Worthwhile? I started it and it seemed dumb.
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I like a bunch of the actresses in it, but I just couldn't do it. Watched maybe 3 or 4 episodes. I was kind of interested in the flashback stuff, what happened out there in the wilderness? But the current day was so dull I totally lost interest.
 
Yellowjackets is a lot like Lost to me. I agree that the past timeline is far more interest than the present timeline.
 
Yellow jackets is definitely a slow burn for the present timeline in season 1. Season 2 is pretty insane though. Season 3 is good so far.
 
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Say Nothing on Hulu, peeled off the first two episodes last night. It's based on a true story about The Troubles in Northern Ireland. First two episodes were good.
 
superjohn said:
Say Nothing on Hulu, peeled off the first two episodes last night. It's based on a true story about The Troubles in Northern Ireland. First two episodes were good.
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That was really well done. Loved it.
 
Apple TV. Vietnam: The War That Changed America. I was just a kid, but my cousin was killed there in 1968. The bloodiest year of the war. Worth your time. Pretty fair and balanced documentary.
 
Bomber36 said:
Apple TV. Vietnam: The War That Changed America. I was just a kid, but my cousin was killed there in 1968. The bloodiest year of the war. Worth your time. Pretty fair and balanced documentary.
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It's very well done. Big reason why I could never fully hate Nixon. I drew an 80 when I turned 18 and was likely to get called when Nixon called off the draft in '74. Glad I missed that mess. I have great respect for guys who had to deal with being over there with the heat, humidity and an enemy that didn't play war like us, all with the brass not having a plan to win the thing.
 
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Bomber36 said:
What does this have to do with this thread?
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His videos come up on my feed and I end up watching them. This happens frequently. Like binging. But if it belongs in another thread, by all means. Entertainment perhaps
 
Kolumbo said:
His videos come up on my feed and I end up watching them. This happens frequently. Like binging. But if it belongs in another thread, by all means. Entertainment perhaps
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Just wondering. I dont think it belongs here, but that‘s just me. Anyone else?
 
Maybe in this thread?

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Bomber36 said:
Just wondering. I dont think it belongs here, but that‘s just me. Anyone else?
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I'll post over at the youtube clips but I can't delete this post. :(

btw - any idea how he does it?
 
nelsonmuntz said:
Running point is a Netflix show about a fictional professional basketball team run by a dysfunctional family. Just a fun comedy.
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It's on my list for when I can find absolutely nothing else and have no book to read. Should it be higher than that?
 
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HuskyHawk said:
It's on my list for when I can find absolutely nothing else and have no book to read. Should it be higher than that?
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It's not so bad you'll regret it, nor not so good you'll remember it.
 
I watched all four episodes of Adolescence last night. All episodes are filmed as one shot. Unlike Birdman, many of the scenes are held for very long times which makes the whole thing seem more intimate, and at times very intense. It also gave me a great appreciation for the acting involved in the long scenes, especially the kid who's the main focus of the first three episodes. There's no great buildup to a climax, it's really just how a family and others deal with a tragedy, but it remains compelling throughout (albeit some slow parts necessitated by using the one shot technique). Highly recommended.
 
storrsroars said:
It's not so bad you'll regret it, nor not so good you'll remember it.
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I would give it a solid B. It is funny and original enough to be interesting. The acting is pretty good and I really like the Jackie character.

The show also has its own warped morality which makes it funnier. I am going to rewatch and just focus on Ness. He has some great lines.

My only complaint is the basketball scenes are not great.
 
I watched the first few episodes of Suits LA this week. I mostly enjoyed the original series, and I like the lead actor, Stephen Amell, who starred in the underrated show, Heels. Other than the intro music and a know-it-all secretary, I'm not sure what the tie-in is to the original Suits. That by itself is not a big deal, but the show is terribly predictable, and acting is atrocious. One guy challenges the girl from Blacklist for primacy on the list of terrible actors in a network TV show. The show involves Hollywood entertainment lawyers and they do seem to have some interesting cameos by actors, like Brian Baumgartner, playing fictionalized versions of themselves.
 
storrsroars said:
I watched all four episodes of Adolescence last night. All episodes are filmed as one shot. Unlike Birdman, many of the scenes are held for very long times which makes the whole thing seem more intimate, and at times very intense. It also gave me a great appreciation for the acting involved in the long scenes, especially the kid who's the main focus of the first three episodes. There's no great buildup to a climax, it's really just how a family and others deal with a tragedy, but it remains compelling throughout (albeit some slow parts necessitated by using the one shot technique). Highly recommended.
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My wife and I watched the first three episodes and were debating having our son watch it being that he’s a soon to be 12 year old with a phone (no social media). He’s a good kid who occasionally has minor slip ups but the show hits home on the subject of actions and consequences on a few fronts. Also, if you think you’re getting away with something, you’re not. The single shot filming is very cool and not something you see very often. I’d recommend the series as well.
 
Got a free 1 week trial of Paramount+ right before I dump Amazon Prime for a while. Gonna watch Season 2 of School Spirits, just watched one episode. Unfortunately I really don't remember much of the details from Season 1, so I'm sorta reorienting myself to what's going on.
 
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The Studio on AppleTV with Seth Rogan has a lot of potential. The first episode was inconsistent with some really good moments. The second episode was excellent.
 
nwhoopfan said:
Got a free 1 week trial of Paramount+ right before I dump Amazon Prime for a while. Gonna watch Season 2 of School Spirits, just watched one episode. Unfortunately I really don't remember much of the details from Season 1, so I'm sorta reorienting myself to what's going on.
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I do remember thinking it was a quality show. 3 episodes into Season 2 and I'm really enjoying it. Good acting performances, they keep the story moving forward. It's a bit convoluted but no sharks have been jumped so far. I like Peyton List, but I kinda think Kristian Ventura as her best friend steals the show.
 
Finished Reacher. The big fight scene was too long. Other than that, it was ok in those last two episodes. Definitely not as interesting as season 1. Not sure where they go with it, but I think they should avoid any more history of the special investigators and have season 4 completely disconnected from his past.
 
I was enjoying School Spirits, but I think there were more episodes than there needed to be, so there's some filler. And it took a turn into melodrama and various relationships that aren't adding anything. I only have 1 ep. left, but the penultimate ep. turned me off enough that I kind of have to force myself to finish.

I have enjoyed some new characters. There is the core group of spirits that were in the support meetings, but there are other spirits in the background. Two of them have come to the forefront this season. And we have gotten quite a bit of back story on the spirit who hijacked the main character's body. How many people died at this school? It's a slaughterhouse!

I enjoy both of them in this series, and in other stuff I've seen them in...but please can Peyton List and Jess Gabor move on from playing high school kids? List is about to turn 27 and Gabor is 28.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
The Studio on AppleTV with Seth Rogan has a lot of potential. The first episode was inconsistent with some really good moments. The second episode was excellent.
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The climax at the end of the second episode was fantastic - I laughed out loud a couple times.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Finished Reacher. The big fight scene was too long. Other than that, it was ok in those last two episodes. Definitely not as interesting as season 1. Not sure where they go with it, but I think they should avoid any more history of the special investigators and have season 4 completely disconnected from his past.
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I haven't watched it yet, so it was probably a little reckless to take a look at your post. Thanks for being appropriately discreet.

I suspect the writers and show runners forcing in special investigator segments in order to have continuity of characters beyond Reacher. I totally get it, Neagley in particular is a terrific character, interesting and complex. But part of the charm of the book series is dropping reacher into these unique situations and watching him analyze and adapt.

Reacher is in essence, a force of nature, like a freaking tornado that touches down and devastates the bad guys around him. A taste here and there of Neagley is terrific, but over emphasizing them kicks away from the uniqueness of the series.

I've said this before, but I wish they just did the book series in sequence. It explains Reacher well using the salami method, one thin slice at a time.
 
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