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Squid Game is TV-MA, so even if you have a (non-Kids) profile with the maturity rating level toggled to "R" or below, it shouldn't show up.

I guess it's not a purely "Kids" profile then, there is no badge. But it definitely shouldn't showing TV-MA stuff, so maybe I need to make sure a setting didn't get changed.

Squid Game is actually the goriest thing I've ever seen, I think?

I read an article titled "Squid Game is on track to become the most popular show in Netflix's history! Here's why" and it was a bunch of things like "people like Korean things now" and "word of mouth" and so on. I was expecting to read "there is nothing the human brain enjoys more than seeing people suffer and die in the service of 'narrative'; Squid Game and its antecedents like Running Man and Hunger Games are reflective of this aberration" but sadly no

the reason i like battle royale is because i DON'T want to see them suffer and die though

Feel like I'm under time pressure to watch this show before it's completely spoiled.

same. may need to knock out a few episodes.

The amount of pretty extreme blood and gore in even mainstream stuff is as prominent as I've ever seen it.

My son's Netflix is set to PG-13 so Squid Game doesn't show up even if you search for it

There's a good interview with the woman in charge of Y: The Last Man. Her first answer made my head pop right up:

Could you take me back to the moment you first found the comics? At what point in your life were you?
In 2009, I moved from New York to L.A. to write on a show called Rubicon that like five people watched — but they really liked it, those five people. That show is the foundation of my career but also my life. I met my husband, Zack Whedon, on it, and he’s the person who gave me Y: The Last Man. It was very early in our relationship; we were sort of friends who worked together, and there was, you know, maybe a little something there. He’s a writer, and he’d read my plays and he was like, “This really reminds me of your writing.” And I read it because I was into him.

As one of those five people, I felt very seen.

After hearing two long interviews with BJ Novak, I watched episode 3 of his show The Premise (Hulu), a funny satire of a Bieber-like star. Black Mirror-ish.

I should add that it's an anthology series, so the Bieber story is only the third episode, and has a really perfect scene with faux-Bieber getting advice from a cool pastor.

Wow, Midnight Mass is an SK adaption without SK involved.

That's the Mike Flanagan way! More for good than bad.

Just watched Ted Lasso S2 finale with great trepidation, but it was, um, fine I guess, or at least tolerable, so I am still a somewhat curious to see what they will come up with next season.

My guess is Trent Crimm takes over the publicity job at the club.

Oh, good point.

I think Roy is going to have some follow up visits with the Irish art instructor.

Midnight Mass is exactly what Castle Rock should have been

Castle rock season 1 was pretty great but mm knocks it into a cocked hat for sure

As one of those five people, I felt very seen.

Huh. I'm another one of those five, but I had to bail out of Y at episode four.

Just finished the first season of The Owl House on Disney Plus. Really grew to love this, lots of good (kid-friendly) horror comedy and Wendie Malick is a treasure. Some of the lore/character stuff is a bit uneven, but that's forgivable. What's less forgivable is that the show is ending with a truncated third season, apparently because one of the higher-ups in Disney thinks it doesn't "fit their brand". Two decades since Daria ended, and a cartoon for older kids/teens is still an alien concept to some people.

I'm pretty ambivalent about Ted Lasso S2. It's more ambitious this season and I mostly liked what they were trying to do but the execution and humor didn't always land. Felt like the scripts needed some more time. The ending does make me interested for S3 though

I don't think there was anything bad about this season, per se. It just felt kind of erratic, perhaps even by design. For lack of a better word, "Ted Lasso" this season felt very *episodic*, in that, yeah, there was some sort of an extended narrative, but weeks (if not longer?) passed (in the show's world) between episodes, and bits and pieces of plot got lost (I think on purpose) in the ellipses. I kind of liked that approach.

I think the difference was really stretching out and trying to give sub-plots to every character. For a half-hour show, that's a lot of story to get through. Nate and his parents and his persecution complex, Rebecca and Sam, Sam and Sam Richardson, Roy and the teacher, Keely and Jamie etc etc

Not really a half hour show anymore. Lots of episodes this season were 45 minutes long.

Yeah, seriously.

A couple of these eps I want to say my wife was like "hey, let's quickly catch up with the most recent episode," and I'd have to tell her they were almost an hour long. Last one at was 52, second to last was 45 ...

Oh yeah. Still squeezing a lot in!

I prefer their earlier work.

Squid Game is actually the goriest thing I've ever seen, I think?

yeah it's Breaking Bad levels of intense - not just the gore but just all the brutal situations you're forced to watch. it's very good though

I'm watching Midnight Mass. Zach Gilford's hot.

I ended up feeling pretty ambivalent about Ted Lasso S2 as well. Some of the story lines worked for me -- Ted & Doc Sharon, Roy & Keely, Ted & Rebecca. But others didn't work as well: Sam & Rebecca, Sam's journey of self-discovery, Dani, and I didn't love how they evolved Nate's character. Even though they had more episodes and many episodes stretched to 40+ minutes, it felt like they didn't spend enough time on some of the story lines to build the resonance / emotional connection they wanted.

i have enjoyed Ted Lasso s2, and i think theyve been able to show a lot of depth to these characters while still keeping it funny

i am bummed that Nate’s the bad guy but the way they handled it makes a sort of logical sense to me. self-loathing does become fuel for bitterness, especially in context of nates family (dad) & constantly trying to prove himself — but his criticism of Ted’s treatment of him was valid, - he hasn’t just gone mental out of the blue, he is sharply aware of what is happening but his vision of the world around him & the way he thinks others see him has also warped, like both things can be true? idk. tl dr.

Ugh this season was so bad. They definitely rushed it into production after the first season was such a big hit. Everything felt like nods and winks toward complexity/character development, but the writers never had the guts to actually write the scenes they alluded to. Examples:

1. Other than Ted's "breakthrough," which amounted to "it hurt when my dad killed himself," there were no scenes with the therapist. We were supposed to be happy with just the fact that Ted agreed to do therapy. Also, why did they hire a therapist for one year? What a strange idea.

2. The whole thing with Beard's girlfriend. I did kinda enjoy the Beard After Dark thing, but again, why didn't they actually have a real scene with those two?

3. Sam and Rebecca. Not only was this messed up from an age standpoint (it says the actor who plays Rebecca is "47," but come on now), but Rebecca is literally Sam's owner. Gross. We never get anything other than lots of shots of them looking lovingly at their iPhone 13s and a couple snippets of text messages to show them falling in love.

Once the bloom was off the rose for me on this show, Ted's cliche-ridden speech patterns went from charming to just this endless parade of groaners. I was hoping the shrink might cure him of that, but I guess not.

I do think they laid the groundwork, but I also think he went so extreme that there's really no one or nothing that would have made him happy. And really no room for redemption. But I also don't want a season of Evil Nate, either.

Most non-threatening bad guy ever.

Again, no prob with this season per se, I enjoyed it, acting was good, was funny and all that. But I didn't buy the Sam and Rebecca thing either, not least because, yeah, they barely had any scenes together demonstrating a soulmate like connection.

Also, if Keeley is posing for a photoshoot that is supposed to show her as a badass boss b**ch, why is she literally wearing a padlock around her neck?

i'm leaning a little closer to DJI's take tbh

That British-flavored "Home Alone" movie with Pete Holmes in it is... something

i'm leaning a little closer to DJI's take tbh

It took me about three episodes in to see the theme of self-improvement, particularly on mental health, and I liked that. I actually loved Ted's journey with the Doc, which was well-paced through the season. Whereas with the other characters, it was often too quickly resolved. I dunno, it was a pretty disappointing season for me given how much I loved S1, all the more because I see some seeds of a strong season that didn't really get there. I also think the previously mentioned extended episode times were not used well

Tbh I didn’t even care that much for the shrink stuff, it was a bit too by the numbers. Sorry to play Momus and be a bit jaded but: OMG, it turns out this over-optimistic if occasionally charming chatterbox has daddy issues, who’d have thought, but even in the end he is able to help the doc, who turns out to have issues of her own, just as much as she helps him.

I was much more interested in the psychological stuff in I come in peace... three times a night -- FOR ALL MANKIND (Apple TV Plus), for example.

That British-flavored "Home Alone" movie with Pete Holmes in it is... something

This looks absolutely horrific.

is it called Holmes Alone?

can definitely picture pete holmes' shameless mug doing the culkin scream

I watched the latest episode of Only Murders the night after seeing the dialogue-less episode of Mr. Robot, pretty cool coincidence.

― Leee Tigre (Leee), Monday, 4 October 2021 15:32 (one week ago)

Were people expecting cinema verite with Ted Lasso or something

Yes, nothing less will do.