Is anyone watching Ordinary Joe? The concept is interesting, and until you get into it, it can be hard to follow... but it has some potential...
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Midnight Mass (2021 Netflix)- Thumbs up horror story with some caveats- it’s slow, lots of talking, philosophizing, and Bible quoting. Some of this is intriguing and thought provoking, especially talk about living and dieing, what it means to live and die, and one character who is the Muslim Sheriff relates his sobering experience of 9-11 and forward.
Five episodes to set up, two with some quickening events. Seven episodes make it drag, talk, talk, talk. I was not expecting this ending, but was satisfied with it, despite a point, found in second spoiler. I expect some church people hated this, see spoiler.
Vampire Story
It is very interesting how some primary tenants of Christianity mesh so well with vampirism, consuming the blood of Christ, resurrection, life ever lasting. 🤔
Did the Head Blood Sucker survive?? 🤔
Did the Head Blood Sucker survive?? 🤔
Just had a friend recommend that yesterday. She's nearly 80 and is enjoying it.
Squid Game (2021 Netflix)- 2 Episodes in, worth a watch. Number 1 on Netflix. People in serious financial jeopardy are invited to play life and death games, child’s games, if they win a series of games, they win great wealth, if they lose, they die. Show is based/filmed in S.Korea and dubbed in English which is better than subtitles.
Squid Game (2021 Netflix)- 2 Episodes in, worth a watch. Number 1 on Netflix. People in serious financial jeopardy are invited to play life and death games, child’s games, if they win a series of games, they win great wealth, if they lose, they die. Show is based/filmed in S.Korea and dubbed in English which is better than subtitles.
Watched the first episode, but didn't really care for it.
I got side tracked and still have the series final to watch. This is different than your average domestic fare, but it was good and intriguing enough although I admit it takes a bit of suspension of disbelief. Beforehand I had the idea that such games would have to be televised to the world for profit, but I was a bit shocked when I saw how small the actual audience is, a pack of **** head billionaires.
Finished, thumbs up!Squid Game (2021 Netflix)- 2 Episodes in, worth a watch. Number 1 on Netflix. People in serious financial jeopardy are invited to play life and death games, child’s games, if they win a series of games, they win great wealth, if they lose, they die. Show is based/filmed in S.Korea and dubbed in English which is better than subtitles.
You (Netflix 201- Thriller, crime drama, at first felt kind of like Sex in City until the end of the first episode, besides the up front stalking, to get the lay of the land. Two episodes in and it’s holding my attention.
- Thriller, crime drama, at first felt kind of like Sex in City until the end of the first episode, besides the up front stalking, to get the lay of the land. Two episodes in and it’s holding my attention.
Beatles/Get Back (Disney+)- Documentary, if you were alive during the Beatles you may find these recording sessions to be fascinating.
Watched tonight. Amazing. To see them create songs from nothing is just breathtaking. So so good.
What struck me is the minimal sounding nature of some of the songs when they were experimenting, putting them together as compared to how powerful they became when team Beatles brought their A game to record them.
Hanna (2019-21 Prime Video)- Just finished season 3 of this excellent story, but not perfect. The last season was a little disjointed and all along I’ve said if Hanna has a flaw in fight scenes, it did not always look like she was projecting the physical force required to accomplish the results. However, she did not miss with a gun which was ok with me.
Anyone enjoying Wheel of Time?
I caught episodes 1&2 and while this is not in the same league as Game of Thrones I’ll continue a bit longer. For anyone not familiar:
The Wheel of Time follows Moiraine, a member of the Aes Sedai, a powerful organization of women who can channel the One Power. With her Warder, Lan, she seeks a group of five young villagers from the secluded Two Rivers, believing one of them is the reincarnation of the Dragon, an extremely powerful channeller who broke the world. The Dragon Reborn is prophesied to either save the world from a primordial evil known as the Dark One, or break it once more
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I caught episodes 1&2 and while this is not in the same league as Game of Thrones I’ll continue a bit longer. For anyone not familiar:
The Wheel of Time follows Moiraine, a member of the Aes Sedai, a powerful organization of women who can channel the One Power. With her Warder, Lan, she seeks a group of five young villagers from the secluded Two Rivers, believing one of them is the reincarnation of the Dragon, an extremely powerful channeller who broke the world. The Dragon Reborn is prophesied to either save the world from a primordial evil known as the Dark One, or break it once more
The Wheel of Time (TV series) - Wikipedia
Anyone watching Chucky (it's on the Peacock App). It starts off as what I can only say, "an okay TV show" but after a couple of episodes it just explodes into a really great time. If you were into the Child's Play movies, you'll enjoy this show, it has connections to almost ALL Chucky movies.
Been watching a series Mrs AFB found called Survive with Sophie Turner from Game of Thrones. Quite an interesting mini series.
I'm considering watching, but my worry is if I like it and Amazon pull the plug, or mess up with or rush the ending, there's 14 huge ass books to get through for a more satisfactory experience! That's 4.4 million words vs 1.7 million so far in A Song of Ice and Fire, and about 575,000 for the whole Lord of the Rings trilogy... I don't think I'd be able to find the time to do itAnyone enjoying Wheel of Time?
I caught episodes 1&2 and while this is not in the same league as Game of Thrones I’ll continue a bit longer. For anyone not familiar:
The Wheel of Time follows Moiraine, a member of the Aes Sedai, a powerful organization of women who can channel the One Power. With her Warder, Lan, she seeks a group of five young villagers from the secluded Two Rivers, believing one of them is the reincarnation of the Dragon, an extremely powerful channeller who broke the world. The Dragon Reborn is prophesied to either save the world from a primordial evil known as the Dark One, or break it once more
The Wheel of Time (TV series) - Wikipedia
Sadly I dropped this (Wheel of Time) after 2 episodes. I'm sure some here love the series and the books. The overall atmosphere did not grab me and the treligs, terlogs, whatever they are were just too, eh. I could see the books being better.I'm considering watching, but my worry is if I like it and Amazon pull the plug, or mess up with or rush the ending, there's 14 huge ass books to get through for a more satisfactory experience! That's 4.4 million words vs 1.7 million so far in A Song of Ice and Fire, and about 575,000 for the whole Lord of the Rings trilogy... I don't think I'd be able to find the time to do it
I'm actually quite enjoying a new comedy on NBC - American Auto... it's kind of in the vein of The Office, Parks and Recreation and Superstore... three episodes in, and it's pretty funny so far.
Moved over from Cutting The Cable thread:
Of note, in contrast to the other post apocalyptic shows I’ve watched, the setting is eerily serene vs general conflict, although they are not in the city and the main character always walks around equipped with a knife ready for trouble. It appears that the vast majority of people died.
With 10 episodes, in episode 3 an event takes place with a stranger, someone known as the Prophet, that becomes more serious in episode 4. As far as I’ve gotten, this seems to be a growing conflict something other than watching the post apocalyptic lives of “the traveling symphony”. So I like the portrayal and the atmosphere and because it is mini-series I can make it though and see if this becomes noteworthy.
Station Eleven (HBO) generally speaking is not the type of story telling I prefer. This post apocalyptic show about the aftermath of a world wide killer flu is slow with (so far 4 episodes) almost total focus on the experience of the character, a lot of situational pressure and the emotions of the world is falling apart, with a bit too much past life for at least one of the characters. It is still interesting to watch the transistion into this new life for the primary character, but imo for more than one character it approaches overkill, unless this is what the story wants to be about.
Of note, in contrast to the other post apocalyptic shows I’ve watched, the setting is eerily serene vs general conflict, although they are not in the city and the main character always walks around equipped with a knife ready for trouble. It appears that the vast majority of people died.
With 10 episodes, in episode 3 an event takes place with a stranger, someone known as the Prophet, that becomes more serious in episode 4. As far as I’ve gotten, this seems to be a growing conflict something other than watching the post apocalyptic lives of “the traveling symphony”. So I like the portrayal and the atmosphere and because it is mini-series I can make it though and see if this becomes noteworthy.
I think anything I say might be in spoiler territory so I'll say nothing except that you are correct in assuming the vast majority of the population died. The flu had over 99% mortality rate. I think I can predict your reaction to the finished series based on this post, but we'll see.
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