TV Series

[Tigeraholic1]

9 hours ago, IdahoBert said:

Just finished watching S-1 E-3 on HBO of THE LAST OF US and there’s a brief but meaningful comment about the 2003 Detroit Tigers that I delighted in. It’s the kind of comment that a real insider to the Tigers would make, and it made me feel that the people making this show are my people. 

Ha! Caught that too, said she had season tickets to the tigers and the crappy little league play reminded her of that season lol.

Edited April 28 by Tigeraholic1

[Deleterious]

Season 4 of The Bear premieres on June 15th

It better return to the quality that season 1 and 2 had.

[oblong]

that just reminded me we never watched the last episode of season 3.  that's how much we were into it.

 

[Tigeraholic1]

Andor has been pretty weak IMHO. The whole landing on the planet and dealing with the weirdo civil war crew seemed like a waste of time.

[slothfacekilla]

4 hours ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

Andor has been pretty weak IMHO. The whole landing on the planet and dealing with the weirdo civil war crew seemed like a waste of time.

I thought it was a fun tie in since they were on Yavin 4 and theoretically could have further evolved into the rebel unit on the moon leading up to the battle there.  It also was a nice juxtaposition to the sophisticated/more professional part of the rebellion (Luthen et al) that was actually funding this crew.  Showing under the hood of the early rebellion you could say, not all the parts were actually good.  Saw Gerrera also referenced not liking them previously in the series and I enjoy things like that making the universe seem actually real.  On the surface it didn't seem to have much to do with the story outside of holding up Andor while other stuff happened but I personally liked the little details within the whole thing myself.

[romad1]

14 hours ago, slothfacekilla said:

I thought it was a fun tie in since they were on Yavin 4 and theoretically could have further evolved into the rebel unit on the moon leading up to the battle there.  It also was a nice juxtaposition to the sophisticated/more professional part of the rebellion (Luthen et al) that was actually funding this crew.  Showing under the hood of the early rebellion you could say, not all the parts were actually good.  Saw Gerrera also referenced not liking them previously in the series and I enjoy things like that making the universe seem actually real.  On the surface it didn't seem to have much to do with the story outside of holding up Andor while other stuff happened but I personally liked the little details within the whole thing myself.

The zone has definitely been flooded with youtube videos telling me how wonderful the series is.  

The depth of the quality of acting and writing is really amazing.  Mon Mothma selling her daughter off, knowing her best friend is about to be killed to secure the Rebellion and her reaction to dance like she's Billy Idol in the "Dancing With Myself" video.  

We still have not had the killer monologue for this season with possible exception of Cassian's pep talk for the woman in the facility he stole the prototype tie fighter from. 

I can see why MAGA people wouldn't like this series because it contains themes on the causes and experiences of Rebellion that aren't beer haul putschs driven by personality cults.  

[romad1]

17 minutes ago, romad1 said:

The zone has definitely been flooded with youtube videos telling me how wonderful the series is.  

The depth of the quality of acting and writing is really amazing.  Mon Mothma selling her daughter off, knowing her best friend is about to be killed to secure the Rebellion and her reaction to dance like she's Billy Idol in the "Dancing With Myself" video.  

We still have not had the killer monologue for this season with possible exception of Cassian's pep talk for the woman in the facility he stole the prototype tie fighter from. 

I can see why MAGA people wouldn't like this series because it contains themes on the causes and experiences of Rebellion that aren't beer haul putschs driven by personality cults.  

"your coming home to yourself" is some good stuff.

Edited April 30 by romad1

[slothfacekilla]

5 hours ago, romad1 said:

"your coming home to yourself" is some good stuff.

That was a fantastic opening to the season, great speech that outlines his journey in a way.

 

I'm not sure what you mean by the zone, etc. as I stay away from even trailers these days.  I find myself enjoying shows and movies a lot more when I'm not going crazy digging into them on the internet personally haha.  Is it inorganic "reviews" about season 2 you're referencing? I am not aware of any reaction to this season yet but I'm sure I'll come across it eventually.

[romad1]

1 hour ago, slothfacekilla said:

That was a fantastic opening to the season, great speech that outlines his journey in a way.

 

I'm not sure what you mean by the zone, etc. as I stay away from even trailers these days.  I find myself enjoying shows and movies a lot more when I'm not going crazy digging into them on the internet personally haha.  Is it inorganic "reviews" about season 2 you're referencing? I am not aware of any reaction to this season yet but I'm sure I'll come across it eventually.

yeah those people generating content...inorganic reviews.

[slothfacekilla]

27 minutes ago, romad1 said:

yeah those people generating content...inorganic reviews.

Gotcha,  I feel like it is either that or rage bait these days so I'm glad I try to insulate myself!

[oblong]

I did some travelling last week to visit cousins and between that and the Pistons I have so much to catch up on.  No Andor yet and we need episode 3 of Last of Us.

 

[Tigeraholic1]

7 hours ago, romad1 said:

 

I can see why MAGA people wouldn't like this series because it contains themes on the causes and experiences of Rebellion that aren't beer haul putschs driven by personality cults.  

Always the politics smdh lol

[Tigeraholic1]

22 hours ago, slothfacekilla said:

I thought it was a fun tie in since they were on Yavin 4 and theoretically could have further evolved into the rebel unit on the moon leading up to the battle there.  

I don't follow all of the Star Wars universe so thanks for putting into prospective. The acting in that scene seemed pretty bad, but maybe that was on purpose.

Edited April 30 by Tigeraholic1

[slothfacekilla]

35 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

I don't follow all of the Star Wars universe so thanks for putting into prospective. The acting in that scene seemed pretty bad, but maybe that was on purpose.

Ahhh then that's completely understandable!  I geeked tf out when he was leaving the moon and we saw the temples, I thought it was just a random planet at first.

And I can't disagree that some of the rebel group's acting left a lot to be desired.  It did feel like it may have been intended to be campy like that but ya still not great.

[Deleterious]

On 4/27/2025 at 12:43 PM, slothfacekilla said:

A lot of good series going right now in my opinion.  Andor, Mobland, The Studio, Righteous Gemstones....I'm loving it.  I need to watch the Pitt too.

We just caught up on Mobland.  What a good show. 

[IdahoBert]

Finally got around watching the 7th episode of Apple TV’s THE STUDIO where Continental Studio’s team tries to come up with a movie cast that won't offend anyone for their stupid KOOL-AID product placement cash grab movie. The bad possibilities kept getting worse and God it was hilarious.

Also watched last night’s 4th episode of season 2 of HBO-MAX’s THE LAST OF US. Its fidelity to the game was at times quite distinct and where it wasn’t it distilled the essence of the game. There were some very intense scenes. Some of them truly horrific. There are only going to be 7 episodes for this season while there were 9 the first season.

I think there’s supposed to be one more season so they’re going to have to collapse a lot of action into three more episodes this year to get to the halfway point of the second game, and however many more it takes to finish the story. 

[slothfacekilla]

18 minutes ago, IdahoBert said:

Finally got around watching the 7th episode of Apple TV’s THE STUDIO where Continental Studio’s team tries to come up with a movie cast that won't offend anyone for their stupid KOOL-AID product placement cash grab movie. The bad possibilities kept getting worse and God it was hilarious.

I absolutely loved this episode, so damn funny.

[Motor City Sonics]

I just watched the last episode of Adolescence.     

 I need to watch Dumb and Dumber right away just to break even again.    

 

Wow, that hit HARD.      That was devastating. 

Edited Tuesday at 03:17 AM by Motor City Sonics

[oblong]

I was going to put this in the History thread but decided to do it here.  Happy Anniversary to one of the greatest single episodes of all time.

 

[slothfacekilla]

I thought this second batch of Andor episodes was very, very good.

[oblong]

5 hours ago, slothfacekilla said:

I thought this second batch of Andor episodes was very, very good.

or the third?

I am almost done with episode 5.  I don't like this 3 a week thing.  It's hard to find time to watch 3 in a week.  

 

[slothfacekilla]

15 hours ago, oblong said:

or the third?

I am almost done with episode 5.  I don't like this 3 a week thing.  It's hard to find time to watch 3 in a week.  

 

Hmm not sure what you mean I was referencing episodes 4-6, I haven't watched the next ones if they're out already.

[oblong]

ah, ok.  They come out on Tuesdays so I thought you meant 7-9, which werent released when I wrote that anyway.

Tiger baseball interferes with my ability to watch.  But I am digging it so far.   Loved Saw.

[slothfacekilla]

26 minutes ago, oblong said:

ah, ok.  They come out on Tuesdays so I thought you meant 7-9, which werent released when I wrote that anyway.

Tiger baseball interferes with my ability to watch.  But I am digging it so far.   Loved Saw.

Oh very odd I must have just missed the release time because I watched half of 4 on Monday, then the rest + 5/6 yesterday but didn't see that the next batch was out. 

 

Great call, Saw is such a great character and Whitaker kills it playing him.  Seems like he's having fun doing it.