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i don't know why I can watch like 6 hours straight of a prestige tv series but a movie longer than 120 minutes feels like an eternity (even watching at home) but that's how it is.

(yes I know it's about pacing etc)

One of my favorite directors is Frederick Wiseman and I can easily sit through multiple hours of institutional meetings but I'm absolutely going to complain when Monarch season 1 is 4 hours of show in a 10 hour package.

I think where Prime have fucked up is that when Netflix & Disney introduced ads, they did it via a new, lower priced subscription tier.

Amazon sticking them into the existing tier and making subscribers pay extra for ad.free takes some chutzpah.

I immediately cancelled my Prime membership as soon as they announced the ads. I wasn't watching it anyway, I realised. The shows that it platfrmed like the Boys, we'd sailed the seas for anyway, so that left me watching reruns of KITH and old cartoons from the 30s.

i don't know why I can watch like 6 hours straight of a prestige tv series but a movie longer than 120 minutes feels like an eternity (even watching at home) but that's how it is.

Oh wow absolute opposite for me, frankly most hourlong dramas are paced so slowly these days that even one episode cam be tough. Never enjoyed binging, always feel weirdly depressed afterwards.

this reminds me I need to cancel my free trial Prime by like 2/15 or something

(yes I know it's about pacing etc)

That's quite the accent on you, but I agree, pissing is the main thing.

i made a thread about masters of the air if any ww2-minded nerds are interested in going on some bombing runs with me

Masters of the Air (Hanks/Spielberg series on Apple+)

I think I said upthread I had started Criminal Record on AppleTV - it has a generic title and looks like just another cop show but it is overall pretty good. Five episodes in now. About a cop who has discovered deep-running corruption. So far they are doing a good job of toying with the nature of the corruption--possibly the antagonist straight up committed the murder being covered up, or maybe he's just covering it up, or maybe he has some weird network of undercover agents and is actually a good guy? My only major complaint is the leading actress is in a biracial marriage and yet every conversation she has with her husband, she is gobsmacked by his blind privilege/unconscious racism. How on earth did they get so deep into their relationship without this being an issue sooner? Seems like a big red flag for a marriage.

The pilot for Mr and Mrs Smith ,the new thing with Donald Glover and Maya Erskine, was very watchable but rather inert and by-the-numbers. Maybe the rest of the season gets better/weirder.

I’ve watched two eps so far and enjoyed them both

i really like it! i’m happy to have Glover in a new show and it has a good vibe imo

picked up The Time Traveler's Wife on dvd as part of a two for £15 deal (i wanted Raised By Wolves 2 and this was the only other thing that looked interesting). it got canned after 6 episodes, which makes it an easy weekend watch. and it has her from The Good Fight / Virgil in it, so that was good. so much butt though.

did they ever explain the feet though?

Finished Mr & Mrs Smith. Overall really liked it. In some ways it moved too fast—the arc of these 8 episodes could have easily been stretched to 12 episodes, or even 2-3 seasons. But the overall tone of the show, for this genre, was fun and unique. Maya Erskine was terrific.

I am just now learning that her father is the famous drummer, Peter.

Ugh, nepo baby, riding that latent Weather Report fame to Hollywood success.

lol

I used know this drummer who had Erskine's signature on his cymbal bag.

used to

Richard Karn plays a lightly fictionalized version of her dad on Pen15. On the show, he plays in a Steely Dan cover band as opposed to the real thing.

I feel like I may have had a Peter Erskine signature cymbal at one time? But it was preprinted, not physically signed.

Famous acting children of drummers:

Maya Erskine
Lily Collins

Jemima & Lola Kirke

That episode of Pen15 where Maya's mother talks about her past as a roadie for Stevie Wonder and how she often felt stuck between two cultures, btw, is the best single episode of television I think I've seen since "Episode 8."

Famous acting children of drummers:

Luci Arnaz
Desi Arnaz Jr.

Nona Aisha Gaye

(Lest we forget that Marvin was an accomplished drummer)

Watched El Conde on Netflix, Argentinean black comedy imagining Pinochet (and redacted) as an elderly vampire. Loved it tbh, although I know I was missing some political context for some elements, like how the church was portrayed (but get the gist obviously).

I guess by some of those standards, Zoe Kravitz fits.

El Conde was great

lol at the spoiler text, though

Famous acting children of drummers

Tennessee Thomas (daughter of Pete Thomas)

Anyone else here watching Scavengers Reign? I'm two episodes in and finding it to be one of the most original sci-fi shows I've seen - nearest comparisons would be Fantastic Planet, Gandahar, and everything by Moebius

I watched Scavengers Reign - I think the show gets better and better the deeper into it you get. The first few eps are more about how odd the planet is, but it starts to cohere into a bigger story as it goes.

Ooh, good one, Elvis t

I'd add Nausicaa to the list of Scavengers Reign influences. I haven't finished it yet, though.

I watched Scavengers Reign twice, it's amazing

Yeah, I absolutely loved it and have been telling everyone I know about it. Only one has taken my recommendation and he loved it as well.

Death and Other Details is falling into the treading water pacing trap.

Death and Other Details is falling into the treading water pacing trap.

It's pretty to look at (if you enjoy the cinematography of Glass Onion) but the central mystery is lacking (even the show doesn't seem to care much) and the side stories don't make up for it.

what’s the machine in the kitchen on mr and mrs smith

i'm kinda tempted to watch Couple to Throuple on Peacock...don't mock me. also kinda tempted to watch Project Runway Junior! it must be winter. my brain is asleep. more than usual. (i've been watching the latest seasons of hell's kitchen and the amazing race on hulu. both great seasons! and the challenges are very challenging too. more high-stakes feel to both shows. which are fake and staged and edited to within an inch of their life but still thrilling sometimes miraculously!)

Just finished watching The Night Agent, which was preposterously dumb. Like, if the Amazon Jack Ryan show starred a randomly selected teenager who'd been hit in the head by falling masonry, instead of the guy from The Office. Every single role was filled by asking "we can't afford that person, who can we get?" There's gonna be a second season, but I have zero interest.

i'm kinda tempted to watch Couple to Throuple on Peacock..

find a torrent of the old Showtime series Polyamory: Married & Dating IMO

Peacock isn't going to make it nearly trashy enough to be fun

started on Deadloch and it's really good. An actually intriguing mystery with a shitload of excellent characters and local color.

Just finished watching The Night Agent, which was preposterously dumb. Like, if the Amazon Jack Ryan show starred a randomly selected teenager who'd been hit in the head by falling masonry, instead of the guy from The Office. Every single role was filled by asking "we can't afford that person, who can we get?" There's gonna be a second season, but I have zero interest.

Not surprised there will be a season 2. I'd never heard of it, but it was the most watched Netflix title (measured by hours watched) for the first half of 2023.

Or maybe I'd heard of it, but confused it with The Night Of.

omg Night Agent was the most smoothbrain shit i have watched in a while

and the lead reminded me SO MUCH of that squareheaded baker Jamie from GBBO season 10

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Mr & Mrs Smith on Amazon Prime is very very good - lotta Atlanta alums for maximum good + weird vibes