1984Echoes Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 I just started Westworld season 4 (signed up to HBO max a couple days ago...), Anyone else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleterious Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Sunday night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smr-nj Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Resident Alien is back. I ❤️ this show. So funny. 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shades of Deivi Cruz Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 (edited) Did anyone else watch The Rehearsal on HBO? That show seriously messed with my head. So bizarre, and somehow fascinating… Edited August 21, 2022 by Shades of Deivi Cruz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigeraholic1 Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 On 8/18/2022 at 8:09 PM, Deleterious said: Sunday night. Excited for this series, we have enough interest to start a thread? I am a GOT junkie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleterious Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 2 hours ago, Tigeraholic1 said: Excited for this series, we have enough interest to start a thread? I am a GOT junkie. Probably should start one. Previous GoT threads were pretty popular. Just got home so we haven't watched yet. Probably will in the morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 A League of Their Own. Anyone try this series yet? I’ve seen two episodes and I might give it one more chance before I bail. It is definitely not targeted to baseball fans, at least so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigeraholic1 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 29 minutes ago, chasfh said: A League of Their Own. Anyone try this series yet? I’ve seen two episodes and I might give it one more chance before I bail. It is definitely not targeted to baseball fans, at least so far. Ugh I was thinking about trying it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 10 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said: Ugh I was thinking about trying it out. And I really wanted to like it, too. I'm all for including queer themes in the story mix, because queerness certainly existed in the actual league back then. After all, the reason the real players back then got charm school training, frankly, was to teach them how to not act like dykes in public while they were representing the league. It was considered crucial to the success of the league that they crush any hint of out lesbianism among the players. So directly tackling queerness as a challenge of the time in some detail would have definitely passed the smell test. What doesn't pass the smell test is all the anachronistic language, present-day speech patterns, and use of famous rock songs (e.g., "Piece of My Heart") as featured pieces. All of it yanks you right out of the era, forcing you to wonder why they make such choices instead of just being able to immerse yourself in the story. (Answer: because they're talking to a 2022 woke audience, not a 1943 wartime audience. Even if I understand that, it's still distracting as hell.) As for the concept of queer relationships, not only is it included, it actually constitutes the A story, above the baseball itself. The baseball serves as a mere conduit for bringing the characters together so they can discuss and otherwise explore their sexuality in their off-hours. There are long stretches of no baseball in this show. And worst of all, to me anyway, is that the baseball they do portray is just terrible quality, at least in the first couple of episodes. Outside of a couple of decent swings at the plate, and maybe one good infield throw, they're not even pretending to try to make it look realistic. Few of these actresses are decent athletes, at least in a ball-playing sense. The pitchers are especially bad, in particular the black girl they highlight. And the players and their play are so marginalized and insulted by coaches, PA announcers, and fans that I simply cannot believe it went down like that, even close to it. I guess they feel they need to lean into the victimhood to get you to care about these women while they are on the field. Again, I have seen only two episodes, and I may try to slog through at least one more, but it won't take much more to make me completely bail on it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 I tried one more episode last night and yeah, I’m definitely out. A little disappointing, but that’s OK. I’m pretty sure they didn’t want me watching it, anyway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleterious Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Anyone watch Lord of the Rings? We caught the first two episodes. It is the most beautiful thing on TV by far. Somewhat on the slow side and a little disjointed but I think we will keep watching it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smr-nj Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 The Chestnut Man - Netflix. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1984Echoes Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 6 hours ago, Deleterious said: Anyone watch Lord of the Rings? We caught the first two episodes. It is the most beautiful thing on TV by far. Somewhat on the slow side and a little disjointed but I think we will keep watching it. Does Amazon Prime put any of their stuff out on Blu Rays...? I don't have it and am wondering whether I should incur the cost or instead purchase The Rings of Power by season on Blu Ray, if that were an option. Actually, that would be my preferred option. I don't shop much on Amazon, it's not zero but it's pretty damn close to zero. I don't see Prime as an attractive option unless there were some compelling reason... I don't even know how much it costs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleterious Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 43 minutes ago, 1984Echoes said: Does Amazon Prime put any of their stuff out on Blu Rays...? I don't have it and am wondering whether I should incur the cost or instead purchase The Rings of Power by season on Blu Ray, if that were an option. Actually, that would be my preferred option. I don't shop much on Amazon, it's not zero but it's pretty damn close to zero. I don't see Prime as an attractive option unless there were some compelling reason... I don't even know how much it costs... I doubt they do. I just looked for Bosch DVD's and all you can find are out of region releases. LotR is being released weekly. So wait a bit until all the episodes are released if you end up going that route. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1984Echoes Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 Thanks. Will do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biff Mayhem Posted September 6, 2022 Author Share Posted September 6, 2022 On 9/4/2022 at 4:19 PM, Deleterious said: Anyone watch Lord of the Rings? We caught the first two episodes. It is the most beautiful thing on TV by far. Somewhat on the slow side and a little disjointed but I think we will keep watching it. We're starting it this week some time. It's perfect timing because we just watched LOTR all the way through. At first my children were disinterested and spent the first half hour drawing on their drawing pads while looking up occasionally. After the first half hour the drawing pads were down and they were fully engaged. I rewatched the Hobbit movies (well two and three) and had to reverse my opinion on them. I don't think i finished the second one originally or I fell asleep so I didn't bother with the third. A rewatch found me thoroughly enjoying them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biff Mayhem Posted October 24, 2022 Author Share Posted October 24, 2022 On a recommendation we started Yellowstone. This first episode is just dragging. Anyone else have any encouragement to keep going? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleterious Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 Never watched Yellowstone. I did like 1883 which is the prequel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oblong Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 If you are a Star Wars fan then you probably are watching Andor. If you are a casual fan.... you need to watch. I think it's hands down the best SW TV series and the best thing they've done overall in a very long time. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shades of Deivi Cruz Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 On 10/24/2022 at 7:15 AM, Biff Mayhem said: On a recommendation we started Yellowstone. This first episode is just dragging. Anyone else have any encouragement to keep going? I started Yellowstone last night, and I agree with you. I'll give it some time, but the first episode definitely dragged. I had been wanting to watch it, but don't subscribe to Paramount+ and the first season is only on Peacock. I noticed though that DirecTV has a Paramount channel. I setup a recording for all episodes and waited. Finally last weekend they had a marathon of all of the previous seasons, so I got them all. Now I have 38 more episodes to watch. LOL! I'll watch a couple more this week, and if it doesn't grab me by then, I'll just delete them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shades of Deivi Cruz Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 21 minutes ago, oblong said: If you are a Star Wars fan then you probably are watching Andor. If you are a casual fan.... you need to watch. I think it's hands down the best SW TV series and the best thing they've done overall in a very long time. Agreed, though I do really like Mandalorian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biff Mayhem Posted November 10, 2022 Author Share Posted November 10, 2022 45 minutes ago, Shades of Deivi Cruz said: I started Yellowstone last night, and I agree with you. I'll give it some time, but the first episode definitely dragged. I keep being told that it is a great show. We've watched three episodes and a lot of the acting is really bad. I think there is a lot of eye candy for people who like cowboys and I suspect that this is a huge part of the recommendation from one person who keeps saying how great it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1984Echoes Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 49 minutes ago, Shades of Deivi Cruz said: Agreed, though I do really like Mandalorian. I like this more than The Mandalorian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigeraholic1 Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 7 hours ago, oblong said: If you are a Star Wars fan then you probably are watching Andor. If you are a casual fan.... you need to watch. I think it's hands down the best SW TV series and the best thing they've done overall in a very long time. Diego Luna is a great actor. He did a fantastic job playing Félix Gallardo in Narcos Mexico. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oblong Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 19 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said: Diego Luna is a great actor. He did a fantastic job playing Félix Gallardo in Narcos Mexico. For sure. Andy Serkis too. And Selvig. Those 3 are brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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