I was afraid it would depress or disturb me.
I didn't find it depressing at all. It was very hopeful, I thought.
I loved it. I think it's a masterpiece. Emotionally and intellectually satisfying.
Tracy: Well-- That call -- That call means you just murdered me. Mal: No, son. You murdered yourself. I just carried the bullet a while.
'The Message'
Streaming 1: There Goes the Weekend
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DavidS - Mar 07, 2019 8:50:53 am PST #467 of 2212
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
JZ - Mar 08, 2019 8:45:28 am PST #468 of 2212
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I second the hopefulness of it--it's tremendously rough and rude and some of the characters (including the lead) are painfully self-destructive, but it has great hope and generosity as well. Using very, very different techniques, it's exploring many of the same themes as The Good Place.
lisah - Mar 08, 2019 9:20:00 am PST #469 of 2212
Punishingly Intricate
Plus 1 on the Zmayhem's Russian Doll take!
DXMachina - Mar 09, 2019 3:38:28 pm PST #470 of 2212
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Do the comics continue the story past what's shown in season one?
Apparently they do. I haven't read them, though.
At any rate, I'll definitely check out season two.
Is there even going to be a season 2? The last couple of episodes really turned me off on the series. Part of it was what Cindy talked about regarding Luther's (and the others') treatment of Vanya and Allison, but also because I really disliked where they left the ending.
Also, the scientist in me completely lost his suspension of disbelief when a big ol' chunk of the moon made the 250,000 mile trip to earth in, like, a minute.
Topic!Cindy - Mar 11, 2019 4:52:10 am PDT #471 of 2212
What is even happening?
WARNING: There could be season one spoilers in all the links below. I read them last week, and just found them again for this conversation, but I didn't examine them for spoilers.
Is there even going to be a season 2?
The Umbrella Academy hasn't been renewed for a second season (which isn't unusual -- it just premiered on February 15th) but Screenrant published a story (and a hard-to-read graph with poor color choices) a week into its run indicating the first season was performing well for Netflix.
Last week, they also published a story that the production was scouting season two locations, but that happens on all kinds of series which aren't renewed, so season two isn't a done deal.
Indie Wire reports the showrunner, Steve Blackman, said it takes them 18 months to do a season. That kind of wait-time for a 10 episode installment is a big turn off for me.
I'm not sure long waits aren't damaging to the lifespan of a streaming series, either. With network and cable shows, we all know stuff starts up in the fall, or mid-winter, or whenever. I might tune into ABC to catch Black-ish and see an ad for Whiskey Cavalier, etc.
When I'm streaming, I'm either going to Netflix/Hulu/Amazon to watch something specific, or I'm browsing, with no idea what to watch. I'm only going to find season two of your little show, if it shows up on the front page of the streaming outlet's interface. If it's been a year and a half since your freshman season, I may forget to look for you at all.
Dana - Mar 14, 2019 8:45:22 am PDT #472 of 2212
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Aaaaaaand Netflix canceled One Day At A Time. Fuckers.
Steph L. - Mar 16, 2019 3:39:25 pm PDT #473 of 2212
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I don't normally watch streaming stuff, so I never post in here, but I am 2 episodes in to Shrill and I love it so, SO much.
Topic!Cindy - Mar 17, 2019 3:00:44 pm PDT #474 of 2212
What is even happening?
I saw Aidy Bryant on TV last week (maybe The View) talking about Shrill, which got me interested. Is it very watch-from-the-hall Steph?
Dh and I have been streaming Merlin on Netflix. Even though Anthony Stewart Head plays Uther Pendragon, I never checked it out during its original TV run (NBC & Syfy, I think).
BTW, ASH's Uther is an utter S.O.B. I think I spent the first couple of episodes waiting for Willow to come in and break whatever spell was making Giles into such an ass.
[ASH's Uther absolutely hates magic, and wants to execute anyone practicing it, so I like to pretend it's Giles after BtVS season 6, but before he hand-waved away Willow's actual magic addiction at the start of season 7.]
The show feels a little kidsy. I don't know if that will change as it goes on, but it's kind of mindless fun, and right now seems to be made up of related but still largely stand-alone episodes.
Did anyone watch this either when it aired (2008-2012 on BBC1) or since? What did you think?
Dana - Mar 17, 2019 3:07:08 pm PDT #475 of 2212
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Ah, Merlin.
I think Uther gets more complicated as the show goes on, though it always balanced moments of genuine feeling and complexity with stupid jokes and bad makeup.
It is generally mindless fun, though obviously thing get less standalone as you get closer to the end.
Steph L. - Mar 17, 2019 3:27:08 pm PDT #476 of 2212
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I saw Aidy Bryant on TV last week (maybe The View) talking about Shrill, which got me interested. Is it very watch-from-the-hall Steph?
I don't think so, and I'm pretty attuned to cringeworthy stuff. I think it's really really good.