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American Gods (TV series)

did you guys see WHITE GOD? sheesh, that was something. not for the faint of heart if you are a big dog lover. but very memorable. and shot beautifully.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIGz2kyo26U

yeah I loved that, but I'm always a sucker for dog films.

oh and i watched Magic Mike this morning. pretty good but maybe a little long. i checked and i couldn't understand how there was gonna be 50 more minutes of Mike. but there were a lot of dance scenes. so, Channing fans were probably really happy. don't think i need to see the sequel. or the vegas stage show.

sequel is much more enjoyable & stupid
i didnt like the first movie v much at all

It's a shame white dog isn't also on NF for a double feature

I don't think I could make it through the first part of White God about abandoning the dog and his panic at being left alone.

it's pretty rough. great dog acting though.

2 episodes of 13 Reasons Why to go. It's been tough going. The end of Clay's tape made me cry.

apparently Hannah is subjected to a fair amount of banter at school because of that show

Forgive my ignorance but who is Hannah?

I imagine I, as a 37-year-old man with a small daughter, am seeing it through a very different lens to kids in schools.

i still haven't watched magic mike, but might watch it

magic mike is fun but the real heads know the sequel is miles better

it's almost avant-garde in its plotlessness, and it's just fun to hang out with some familiar characters, get to know them better, and watch them oil up and writhe for your pleasure

joe mangianello's ectascy-fuelled dance in a petrol station might be my favourite scene in film of the last five years tbh

after his appearance in Detroiters I've become a big fan of Kevin Nash.

i would pay good money to see kevin nash's character from magic mike team up for a road movie with dave bautista as drax the destroyer, ideally with a cameo from the rock

I wan to watch 13 reasons - it's the sort of show folks chat about to me. But I'm thinking I'll find it too triggering? Maybe when I'm more stable.

2 episodes of 13 Reasons Why to go. It's been tough going. The end of Clay's tape made me cry.

― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Friday, May 12, 2017 4:28 AM

last two tapes get pretty heavy tbh. overall a well done show and quite affecting

Ridiculously it has spawned some kind of self-harm meme propagated on Instagram that schools are frantically trying to deal with. Caused us several days of crisis although no students were harmed in the making of this totally overblown panic.

The tone of it started a bit oddly - like the first two episodes were such minor slights and her voiceover was so measured and almost cheery that you kind of wondered what the deal was, it almost seemed flippant - but it's got steadily more and more affecting.

I'm flabbergasted that the furore around it is about how it might encourage suicidal ideation in teens and not about the casualisation of sexual assault / misogyny.

haven't seen it, don't plan to see it

however, iirc there is a pretty well-established link between vulnerable people seeing representations of suicide in the media and deciding to take their own lives, so a series based around (as i understand it) suicide as revenge on those who wronged you seems potentially... problematic

There are a lot of rules and laws about what responsible adults have to do if a student threatens to harm themselves. As far as I can remember from my own school experience, there are fewer/no set rules about what to do when girls are harassed/threatened/sexually assaulted.

not to be overlooked are some pretty great performances by the kids in this

i have no desire to see 13 reasons why, i spend enough time with actual suicidal teenagers as it is

it's coming back for season 2? ugh should have left it at that

Forgive my ignorance but who is Hannah?

my daughter, who is now apparently known as Hannah Baker to half her friends

there's a lot of things wrong w the bbc but if they commissioned this it would come with a special newsnight devoted to teen suicide, a documentary about rape, a radio 1 surgery about the show where kids call in with questions, etc

Oh god those last two episodes. I've not slept well.

Watched first ep of Anne With An E & i'm on board

bit darker than the original but still has the same tone, if that makes sense

gonna watch that. and season two of master of none.

is it a kindred spirit of the original? Or more of a bosom friend?

it's darker than the 80's version. kinda reads between the lines on the book and adds some more realism to her experiences as an orphan

also the actress is younger, so it feels a little more true to life in that sense

it has a lot of the same lovely tone though. i really like it. the source material is so great it's kinda hard to fuck it up, tbh

witholding final judgement until gilbert shows up. if he's in any way gross or wrong-seeming it could be a dealbreaker

Martin Sheen seems like a bad matthew. Guess sam elliott is tied up with that terrible looking rural football show.

uh martin sheen isnt matthew

Oh ha I was lookong at the imdb of another recent version. Was struggling to see how it could be good

lol

Guess sam elliott is tied up with that terrible looking rural football show.

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i approve of gilbert

we are good to go

season 2 of master of none is excellent so far (I'm halfway through); a big step up from season 1 (which was good). also I am in love with that Italian woman

Wife is a huge Anne fan and says the last 1-2 episodes suddenly introduce much extraneous nonsense

i have no desire to see 13 reasons why, i spendt enough time withbeing an actual suicidal teenagers as it is

― jason waterfalls (gbx), Friday, May 12, 2017 9:23 AM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

hey, enemy of the state was kinda prescient! tony scott was a prophet. jon voight's character was even born on 9/11.

hadn't seen that movie post-hysteria world.

oh also i finally watched the big short and enjoyed that. two pitt performances i didn't hate this month! maybe he's growing on me in my old age. or his old age. character work suits him.

i was half asleep watchign the big short and couldn't follow it at all. much like the actual financial crisis in real life. I was like "wtf happened?"

This is how much 13 RW got to me - I was in a good mood but then just read the above and now I'm remembering everything from the last couple episodes and picturing Hannah walking out of the school with Vienna playing and also the actual bathtub scene and holy fuck it was so unsettling but really well done.

I understand why some people wouldnt want to see it but I'm glad i did.

Anyone started in on the second season of Sense8 yet?

Watched the first hour of the opening episode and it was a bit of a mess

i enjoyed the first season then watched that steaming pile of shit christmas special thing and i'm very hesitant to go back

I think the Christmas one is the one I've watched half of.

kimmy schmidt is up