For fans starving for some good rom coms, Starstruck on HBO Max is excellent. It's basically genderflipped Notting Hill, and the two leads are absurdly charming. It's only six 30-minute episodes and I gobbled it up like a delicious sorbet on a hot summer day.
Yeah... That went well.
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Vonnie K - Jun 23, 2021 8:06:16 am PDT #7293 of 7329
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
DavidS - Jun 23, 2021 9:55:53 am PDT #7294 of 7329
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It's only six 30-minute episodes and I gobbled it up like a delicious sorbet on a hot summer day.
I am so into thirty minute shows! I swear an hour feels like a commitment I can barely keep some nights.
I've been rewatching the Prisoner and I'm always surprised that it's an hour long. "Oh shit, there's more plot happening! Can't you cut to the existential/absurdist/cynical twist already!"
That's one reason I got into Fleabag S1 when it first came out.
Vonnie K - Jun 23, 2021 1:46:16 pm PDT #7295 of 7329
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Tell me about it. I just don't have the brain span for a full hour show nowadays. All my recent binges have been half hour comedies -- Ted Lasso, Mythic Quest, and Starstruck. Right now, I'm watching Hacks on HBO Max, which is fantastic albeit more caustic compared to the other three. Thankfully, it's also 30 mins per episode, glory be.
Laura - Jun 23, 2021 1:49:04 pm PDT #7296 of 7329
Our wings are not tired.
Adds name to list of people who treasure the 30 minute episode. So much less commitment.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 24, 2021 7:25:34 am PDT #7297 of 7329
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Yeah, I've been stalled out on all the 1-hour streaming series I'm in the middle of other than Marvel Shows because I just never seem to feel in the mood for catching up. The regular 1 episode per week releases are a godsend; clearly I am not built for binge watching.
-t - Jun 24, 2021 11:40:14 am PDT #7298 of 7329
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I just figured out that the reason I don't have the attention span for hardly any TV but I can read is that when my mind wanders during a show I just miss whatever happened, even with being able to rewind a bit I fall out of my audience state or something, while just realizing that I have no idea what the last paragraph said and reading it again doesn't disrupt me at all...30 minutes is more likely to be doable than an hour, though, for sure
sumi - Nov 02, 2021 1:43:54 pm PDT #7299 of 7329
Art Crawl!!!
Topic!Cindy - Dec 18, 2021 7:15:36 pm PST #7300 of 7329
What is even happening?
Are you watching Station Eleven, sumi? Other Buffistas? A Twitter mutual recommended it to me today. I might check it out and was wondering what you all think of it.
DebetEsse - Dec 20, 2021 12:14:34 pm PST #7301 of 7329
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Not watching it yet, but plan to. Really enjoyed the book. Trying to coordinate viewing with friends.
-t - Dec 20, 2021 2:14:04 pm PST #7302 of 7329
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I am finding myself strangely reluctant to watch it. I don't think I have a reason for that. I know I was also strangely reluctant to read the book but I did end up liking it when I got around to it. Maybe this is just some weird mental block that doesn't come up very much. Or maybe it's the pandemic. Dunno.