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I thought the first couple of episodes felt a little directionless too tbh. I think it’s a fair comment that it doesn’t really get going until Luthen shows up on Ferrix.

Even as a Jesse Eisenberg skeptic I am loving Fleishman is in Trouble - mostly for Lizzy Caplan's schlubby mum turning up to aerobics class in her Ween t-shirt. Sad that it meant she couldn't be in the Party Down revival tho ;_;

what? NO! I'm loving Fleishman and I love Lizzy Caplan but I'll miss her in Party Down. Sad.

Flanagan may have lost Midnight Club but he's now signed up to do Stephen King's the Dark Tower, which has been so cursed in attempts at making adaptations I'll be surprised if it actually happens.

I think the original book series itself is “cursed,” lol

i never read past the first three TBH but I've always planned to

Honestly that may have been where I stopped (or maybe I read #4 as well). Even at the height of my SK fandom, I just wasn’t too into it.

I bailed at #4 and read wiki summaries of the rest, felt like that covered what I needed to get out of them.

Been really enjoying Fleishman as well. There's the sad but maybe-true recurring thing that as a doctor he's at the bottom of the status/income totem poll among all these ruthless finance people.

They’re pulling Westworld off HBOMax - what’s the point of the service if you can’t watch their recent shows?!

yeah that is weird.

this netflix adaptation of lady chatterly's lover is some porn

xpost they're canceling Minx too - huge bummer, it was such a good show. :(

also pretty fucked up because it was initially renewed earlier this year and apparently they'd already finished shooting s2

nooo :(

Yeah, the fuck? It's one thing to cancel, but to remove? What's the point of that, to avoid paying residuals? As I understand it the cast of "Westworld" signed contracts before the show was cancelled, which implies they're going to be paid for nothing, doesn't it? Related, wasn't "Tokyo Vice" given a second season? Can't imagine that happening now, that show can't be cheap.

In a few months HBO is just going to be screen saver images of dragons breathing fire

it has to be to avoid paying residuals. the show creators have signed a deal with Amazon so maybe it will move over there?

Was renewed back in June and started production last month but yeah, don't hold your breath xp

presumably Westworld and other junk will get licensed out and rotated through other streaming companies, either as a time-locked exclusive or just unceremoniously dumped on several at once

I’d guess the calculation is “are people coming to our service to specifically watch this show?’ and if the answer is no, then flipping it to another service that’d pay HBO some money is the move

As someone who was committed to seeing Westworld through to the end, I'm relieved it got canceled. It was a mess. Although I did really love the production design and the music.

I doubt it will be licensed to another streaming service, they’ll make it PPV only. $2.99 an episode, then the residuals are all on you!

Some reports suggesting it could resurface on Warner Bros' free ad supported streaming service.

Been enjoying This Fool on Hulu. Half-hour comedy/drama set in a rehab center for gang members. Michael Imperioli has a supporting part as the center's director -- fun to see him in tandem with his White Lotus character. Charming show.

one of the high points of the year for me, not least because of the inevitable ascendency of Frankie Quiñones, prior of the dress up gang

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rprZmrKDq4k

I thought that show was pretty shaky at first, but got better and ended strong. Its Achilles’ heel (IMO) is that the main character is not very sympathetic…

Willow is better than I expected - it looks good, not too much shitty CGI, the YA-adjacent fantasy plot isn't too YA

did anyone watch Industry season 2? not sure i want to commit to a second season

was there anything to recommend s1? I opted out after the first episode.

"The show follows a group of young graduates competing for permanent positions at Pierpoint & Co, a prestigious investment bank in London." - you would have to pay me

Not really tbh. Inertia after watching first episode ?

TY thread. I bailed on last few eps of season 1. No regrets.

It's frequently quite depressing and joyless but I wound up watching both seasons in full just because sometimes the degree to which the various characters all hate each other (even the ones who are fucking, and sometimes them most of all) is fun, plus the apparent protagonist is just breathtakingly self-destructive so it's one of those "maybe it'll all blow up in their face this week" shows.

Ok, Sex Lives returns to form with Ep. 5 of S2 (phew!). Just skip Eps. 1-4, you’ll miss nothing…

does the brother ever return? I admit I missed the end of season 1 but the way he was absent from this season made it seem like the actor either quit or was fired

started interview with a vampire finally; i like it, but I'm not loving it, and I think the issue is that I just don't like the actor playing Lestat, which is going to be an issue long term if this continues to run for any period of time. This was partially true of the books in the first place, I found Louis a more interesting character in Interview. Dunno, we'll see.

we hwve a thread for Interview - if you search it’s the Interview on Showtime thread (on my phone so i cant link sorry)

join us! :D

xxxp He does not return; the actor quit or something (it was announced earlier that he wouldn’t be back).

I watched the entire rest of the season last night… It was so great. As with S1, I was bummed when it was over; I wanted to keep hanging out with those characters.

I finished The English last night. I’m not sure I ever fully acclimated to how bright the show is—bright blue sky, golden desert, and everyone’s clothes looked freshly laundered at all times. But it was an entertaining 6-episode run.

My wife and I are watching Kindred on Hulu; when that's over I might take a look at The English.

Im doing the inverse — just started Kindred this morning now that I finished The English last night.

Bad Girls is truly great but why is is SO LONG

Very subjective opinions bc of how much I loved the sister relationships, but without spoiling, this is what I thought after the finale.

barry sito (gyac)
Posted: 14 October 2022 at 17:50:25
I don’t really go with the shorter argument since a lot of the small seemingly meaningless details had payoff in later episodes, and also as I said upthread it was a joy to watch cos of strong casting and the believability of the bond between the sisters. I guess the time that went into that bonding and detail was too much for some people, even though there’s no way you can stick this landing without it.

I finished The English last night. I’m not sure I ever fully acclimated to how bright the show is—bright blue sky, golden desert, and everyone’s clothes looked freshly laundered at all times. But it was an entertaining 6-episode run.

I did not know late stage syphilis was so similar to leprosy, so it was educational too.

I’m giving The English a whirl - agree w pgwp, tis a very “laundered” looking version of the West but i am enjoying it so far

Speaking of laundry, I blew through the entire season of Kindred yesterday while doing unending loads of laundry. It was good - maybe not mindblowing but it was tightly plotted and kept me engaged from episode to episode. Helped that not every episode was that long - I think half of them clock in under 40 minutes, while the other half tip closer to 50-55.

Now I'm onto the new season of Slow Horses.

We're doing one episode a night so should be done this week. I'm also watching Narcos: Mexico, which is much better than Narcos, which suuuuucked.

Bad Girls is truly great but why is is SO LONG

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bad sisters?

talkin' bout those sad sisters

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