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i think the biggest problem with doctor sleep is the source material frankly, flanagan did the best he could with it. everything about Danny and the girl is good; McGregor is exceptional; everything about the villains was kind of lame, and I believe it is also lame in the novel. Rebecca Ferguson is a good actress though and freakishly beautiful. I just didn't really buy the baddies in general.

Iirc I was really annoyed by the villain, especially the lead baddy's catch-phrase/tic, which I'm assuming is in the book.

Jonas Carpignano’s A Chiara is also now on Hulu. It is the third in his trilogy of films that take place in the small Calabrian town Gioia Tauro (following Mediterranea and A Ciambra). All three films are pretty great and share non-professional actors who actually live in the town. This one follows a 15 year old girl discovering secrets about her family

Man, we absolutely loved "Players". I guess it's no surprise that after nailing the true crime mockumentary the "American Vandal" guys would nail the epic sports doc, too. It's remarkable how invested we were in this (afaik) totally made up story of an underdog eports team.

Just watched the firat 2 eps of The Peripheral and really enjoyed it. But I will caveat that I have never read a scrap of Gibson, so I have no expectations to get ruined. My only complaint is the fact her brother's some kind of ex-elite supersoldier (?) was not at all clear and felt like it came out of nowhere, whereas that was more clear in what I understand of the novel's beginning?

Episode 1 was solid - the future looks much better than the trailer made it seem.

There's a scene in ep2 where the bearded guy (I dont get who he is, aside from a "bad guy" for some reason?) was using a VR and the image had this disconcerting flat, painterly effect on it, which was a neat touch.

Just finished The Patient, not going to comment at the risk of being spoilery, but it's worth your time.

Halfway thru Welcome to Wrexham. Really enjoying it as a portrait of the community, fandom, and renewal. Deadpool and Rob are much more endearing than expected.

I feel like even if you don't like those guys output (and I love It's Always Sunny), they've both always come across and charming.

I finished Wrexham and mostly enjoyed it. Was worried Ryan Reynolds would mug his way through it, and there is a little of that, but there's also whole episodes where he's missing - he and Rob are really not the focus. I enjoyed how many aspects of running the team they look at, though at the same time, 18 episodes was probably like 4 too many

not sure if this is the right thread but is anyone talking about the movie Hatching? currently on Hulu and I thought it was fantastic and creepy as fuck. It is a straight horror movie with many of the classic moves/tricks, but gorgeously shot, with some genuinely creepy ideas. The Finnish dialogue sounds fantastic, recommended Halloween viewing for horror fans.

Is that the one about the egg? I can't recall any discussion about it on the "ok lets all shit our pants to something new: post 2005 horror film thread" thread.

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities is actually very good

anyone else watching Peripheral on Prime?

Cabinet of Curiosities ep 1 is the first time in a long time that I've wished something was longer - it was good but felt imbalanced, the last third could have used more time

Peripheral is great. Much better than I'd expected from a few initial reviews. Enjoying the characters and their actors. The production values are fantastic. Was thinking the statue/buildings in London were virtual reality, since he'd used localized VR installations in a book, but I think they're physical. Made me wonder why the city would build such things. Love the surreal nature of them. The street directional indicators looked cool, though they seem extraneous. Will be rereading the Gibson book, since it's been a while.

Been keeping up with GdT's CoC as well. The Ben Barnes episode from yesterday is my favorite so far. Very creepy.

but I think they're physical. Made me wonder why the city would build such things.

Shiny baubles for the kleptocrats

Really enjoying Peripheral so far. It's journeyed so far from the book already that I'm honestly having a hard time remembering what they kept other than character names and a few key concepts (the jackpot, the klept, stubs).

Peripheral is nonsense but it's entertaining so far.

I have not read the book and we'll see where it goes but it's pretty well-established that you can't have a time travel plot and make sense.

look honestly i’ve only seen one ep and never read the book (love Gibson tho)
i’m just thrilled to watch a show that fucking STARTS and is exciting & interesting & doesn’t dick around for two episodes establishing literally everything

Man I mentioned Peripheral 3 days ago does erryone have me on mute ;_;

Hey does anyone have thoughts on a show called Peripheral?

i watched 15 minutes of it and I'll never watch it again.
no, just kidding; will watch soon.

"I have not read the book and we'll see where it goes but it's pretty well-established that you can't have a time travel plot and make sense."

it's not really time travel though so don't worry about it

yeah isn't this the one where they are trying to predict The Algorithm like a few seconds in advance?

here, I made a thread:
THE PERIPHERAL - our stub contemplates the Jonathan Nolan/Lisa Joy show based on the book by William Gibson

xp - that's Pattern Recognition IIRC (or Zero History, the three Blue Ant books blur together, I've only read them as a set)

the peripheral, a bit like the show Devs, is about the ability to look into the past. you're not actually traveling into it though; but you can influence it, but doing so creates an alternate timeline. That by itself kind of addresses time paradoxes.

at least, that is how I understood the book. I really liked the Peripheral; much more so than the Agency which just dragged.

Devs was nonsense too! Which is fine, but it was also boring.

ok well I disagree with that assessment

he missed his daughter

iirc

Good news her!
https://www.vulture.com/2022/10/the-roku-channel-saves-nasim-pedrad-chad-season-2.html

I think the "Weird" Al movie may be perfect.

First half was a lot better than the second, which had long stretches with no laughs. I did like the concept though, and how various true bits of his life story still ended up in it. Love Weird Al and UHF is an all-time classic for me, so I was still happy to see this

I think I was in the right mood for it, but I appreciated the (relative) lack of laughs in the second half. I think that's because it toes the line so well and plays the biopic parody just right. I feel sort of that way about the Christopher Guest movies, too; he pulls it off so well that it sometimes stops being funny.

I should add that even during the quieter stretches of the "Weird" Al movie, when I did laugh they were honest laughs, and I *never* laugh during movies. Or rarely. I think it was just the right kind of deadpan stupid done in just the right way. Like, the surprise Doors parody? I thought that was great. The whole notion of his parodies being original songs? Never got tired of that gag.

Anyway, he's a national treasure, put him on money.

Cabinet of Curiosities: The Viewing was awwwwwwesome

“Weird” sounds good…. but it’s only on Roku? wut

why aren't Netflix Originals on Hulu

Yeah Weird Al movie was awesome. Pitch perfect, reminded me a bit of Walk Hard, except with some true parts!

Dan Rad has aged into delightul weirdo so wonderfully.

xp I've never heard of a Roku Original, but guess I need to get out (or stay in) more. I thought Roku was just a piece of hardware

this is their first major foray, expect more
they also bought up all the quibi programming

presumably to destroy it forever

Loving Los Espookys.

Cool, didn't realise there was a second season and really enjoyed the first.

Key: the "Weird" Al movie is *free* on Roku (with ads). And I saw Al himself encourage people to download it.

Roku's working on it. In the meantime there's VPN (Very Probably No) way to watch it legally. I'm sure you have a TORRENT of other questions, but I have to move along, sorry.

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We've been watching that Amy Schumer dramedy on Hulu, "Life and Beth." It's mostly really well done, but I also find it kind of smug and indulgent, like a bunch of semi-autobiographical indie movies all at once, only spread out over 10 hours. We still can't tell if it's been taking place over several days or several weeks or several months, and we don't know if that disorientation is sloppiness/laziness or intentional.

I can't recall all the specifics myself, but I did really like it and hope there's a new season on the way. I know she has a huge contingent of haters, I can't agree with them.

I think there is a second season coming, yeah. I'm not really a hater of hers (though the first ep of the new sketch season suuuuuuuucked), but you're right, a lot of people are (including both of my daughters) and I can't figure out what she did wrong (being "not funny" or whatever doesn't count, because most comedy is not funny).