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eh thanks, that's all I got

The Woman In The House Across The Street From The Girl In The Window is a very very good satire of the domestic/suburban crime story.

I'm two episodes in, and I like the approach and some of the gags but I'm not sure about the use of a dead child in this kind of comedy. Or, to put it another way, the scenes of Bell grieving her child feel a bit too real, despite being surrounded by gags.

Could not get into that, seemed like a weird netherworld between occasional satire and just performing the genre

First few episodes play it a little more straight but the latter half of the season is more overtly satirical and a (little) lighter imo but honestly ya know, if it's not your thing, it's not your thing.

As the creative force behind the show is Michael Lehmann, who directed Heathers, I'm assuming the idea is to build a plot within certain generic confines (as Heathers did with the 80s high school comedy) and then just let it go crazy. Misgivings aside, I plan to keep watching.

Quick shoutout to Talking Pictures TV Encore. Selection of old British and classic Hollywood stuff, much of it catch up (i.e. expires within a week) but plenty permanent too. Had a look around and there's a fair amount of stuff that you can't get streaming anywhere else in the UK, too. Also: free!

Trying out Ares, the Dutch series about a university secret society that may or may not be a Lovecraftian cult. First episode was pretty good, second was more iffy, there's only 8 30-minute episodes, so I'll probably finish it out either way.

...and of course this belongs on the other thread >:(

Just watched S1 of Cheer, the Netflix doc series (on a rec from a friend). OMG, it's so well done and compelling... even if you're not particularly interested in sports docs (which I'm not), or docs/unscripted stuff in general (also not).

(Then I started S2, which seems to be on a whole new tip... apparently S1 was sort of a sensation(?), so when S2 picks up a few weeks after its launch, it's documenting how the success/fame of the series has been affecting its subjects.)

Let's just say it gets dark in s2. Great show!

I dont know which thread to say this on because I watch it on Netflix but its actually an NBC show - we just hatewatched all 4 seasons of MANIFEST and god, what a plot hole ridden, overweening load of shit I couldnt stop watching.

BUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN!? AND WHYYYY!? every fucking episode. Oh and then God did it. Something something Noahs Ark. Paige from the Americans as a nutty christian. Loads of terrible acting and stupid plot twists.

It's hilarious to me that that show somehow gained a cult audience because it really did look like some Left Behind-ass bullshit.

It was codswallop. All this stupid slang they'd instantly all be on board with, "the Xers", "save our lifeboat", "the callings", I dont know why I couldn't stop watching.

I watched I want to say the first episode, or maybe first and a half episode of season 2 of "Cheer," and then it clicked that, man, I just couldn't care less about these people. I think my wife and one of my kids watched and liked it.

the first season was pretty compulsively watchable and the personalities of each of the people in the team were so good, distinct, and interesting. what happened with Jerry is just so messed up that it casts a huge pall over season 2 and as good as that other school is, I didn't find them nearly as interesting personally, so I really lost interest and only spottily watched the second half when my wife had it on

Comparing the first and last seasons of Search Party is like a before and after photo of someone who just spent five years in a perpetual meth haze. I don't even know what the fuck I'm watching anymore, but it's a legitimately unhinged mess without so much as a single toe left in anything resembling reality (spoiler: there are zombies now), and that cast deserves so much better.

But hey, check it out if you want to see Joe Pera playing 'Joe Pera' playing a doctor for five minutes, I guess. And Goldblum. Goldblum is here. And lots of other big-ish names. I have no idea how they sucked so many people in (including myself,tbf) after the shit tornado of last season.

I watched I want to say the first episode, or maybe first and a half episode of season 2

I’m not surprised it wouldn’t click if you started with S2, you were heavily handicapping yourself there…!

Just realized The Straight Story is on Disney+. Will have to give it a re-watch.

OK, I've watched the first episode of Reacher and I...don't hate it. The main dude barely seems human, but somehow it works.

he is really channeling tom cruise's miniature performance at grand scale, i'm into it. better than succession, not as good as nancy drew.

He’s this crazy mashup of Sherlock and Superman, and yet he’s still a total dullard. but yeah, somehow I’m going to watch more.

I dont know which thread to say this on because I watch it on Netflix but its actually an NBC show - we just hatewatched all 4 seasons of MANIFEST and god, what a plot hole ridden, overweening load of shit I couldnt stop watching.

same for me except instead of "I couldn't stop watching" "I couldn't make myself watch more than the first 15 minutes of s1 ep1"

really, really dire

Comparing the first and last seasons of Search Party is like a before and after photo of someone who just spent five years in a perpetual meth haze. I don't even know what the fuck I'm watching anymore, but it's a legitimately unhinged mess without so much as a single toe left in anything resembling reality (spoiler: there are zombies now), and that cast deserves so much better.

Totally agree with this except for the last clause -- I think the glory of this show is the way the five seasons are basically five completely different shows, bound together only by the awesome cast, who I would watch do anything.

Where have I seen this Reacher fellow before -- oh yeah...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/85/Doc_Savage_Magazine_-_March_1933.jpg

ok fine, i’m happy to be a hypocrite! first ep of Reacher is v enjoyable. he has good timing & plays the smarts well. and yknow, always fun to see huge dude pound dumb medium dudes into dirt

also he is freaking YOKED to a comical degree O_O jfc

reacher owns, i hope they make 1000 seasons of this guy wandering america patiently explaining everything he thinks and does to everyone he meets.

Apparently this is a Lord of the Rings cinema-trickery situation; the actor playing Reacher is actually only 6'2" (which is my height) and they packed the rest of the cast with shorties.

I am absolutely loving The Woman In The House Across The Street From The Girl In The Window, it's a slow build while it plays with the genre tropes, but some of the abrupt jokes are just so wonderful. The reveal of the ventriloquist dummy had me in near tears of laughter last night.

I wolfed down Reacher, but god damn it is indefensible. It's from a time where cops who murder everyone in their way are ok because they already know who the bad guys are. Where every perp, no matter what their involvement, deserves summary execution. Where bad guys are these comically evil maniacs who make horrible business decisions in the service of underlining their evilness. It even had a folksy black barber character, and an uptight black cop to whom Reacher explains the blues!

The only bit that I truly hated was the extended discussion at the most horrific crime scene that I think I've ever seen on TV. So gratuitous, and the way they kept bringing up the dead fetus over and over was like WE GET IT!!!!

xp

I wasn't a fan of this show, but that was a great gag.

Was wondering if it was something like that as he didn't seem quite as big in Titans xps

xxp I've never regretted clicking into hidden text more than just now :|

I’m not surprised it wouldn’t click if you started with S2, you were heavily handicapping yourself there…!

Oh, I didn't start with s2 of Cheer, I did watch season one. And then like I said an episode or two of S2, then passed.

Sorry, then I misunderstood your post. There's a lot of drama/complexity in S2 (and we skipped thru most of the Jerry episode, didn't have the stomach for the details); but it's still very compelling & rewarding by the end, I thought.

i like this Reacher writeup from Collider

https://collider.com/jack-reacher-tv-series-amazon-hero/

I have no idea whether I'd endorse this Pam & Tommy show, but Sebastian Stan (plus a large prosthetic) playing Tommy Lee really has some weird vibes

i mentioned it on the top ten thread but Single Drunk Female is maybe the best half hour straight-up comedy (if you don't count peacemaker) on television right now. And it's on Freeform!

I will cosign that as a good show

I couldn't make it past the first scene :(

persevere! it has many charms!

I gave schitts creek another go and couldn’t make it past 3 eps. The mayor character was just too gross, I couldn’t stand watching him.

;_;

I wanted to love it! Everyone raves about it! But Roland makes me literally nauseous.

yeah chris elliot is v convincing as a creep

He's only spent his entire career honing that very talent.

pretty much! <3

Enjoyed the first episode of Reacher. They’ve done a good job of capturing the pace, beats, and feel of the books.

my tiny quibbles w Reacher
- he’s too young
- not quite enough world-weary nihilism/anti-authority?

Started watching a movie called XTREMO last night on Netflix. The plot is brain-paralyzingly dumb but the fight scenes are among the most stunningly violent I’ve ever seen. It’s as if some director in Barcelona watched the recent wave of Indonesian action movies and said, “Oh yeah? Watch THIS.”