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i don't need anything excruciating i'd rather watch columbo

I stopped the first episode of Fallout after 15 minutes or so (right when the attack on Vault 33 began) and last night I just skipped to episode 2 and watched it all the way through. It was a little better but I still didn't like it enough to continue.

was the action sequence in episode 2 of Fallout supposed to deliberately evoke the turn-based combat of the first two games? Cos it was so clunky and laboured

Show is ok so far, but the pacing seems off generally

"i don't need anything excruciating i'd rather watch columbo"

yah, fair enough. i get it. i went on a serious monk/columbo binge last summer.

baby reindeer is definitely not for everybody. but it can also be really funny! i mean the guy IS a comedian. those jarring juxtapositions of tone are what make it so..uh..jarring.

we've been watching a lot of Monk lately!

Fallout is definitely going for broad and cartoony. if it weren't so insanely violent and bloody i would say it was for kids. but maybe that's just what kids watch now. i mean younger kids. not teenagers.

i've been watching the French Monk too. i'm always up for a quirky cop.

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people should definitely get on Baby Reindeer though

it's gonna be topping lots of EOY charts for sure

Late Night With The Devil is streaming on Shudder. It was… fine. The Creepshow PBS episode was better.

I'm tentatively intrigued by this adaptation of One Hundred Years of Solitude, which is apparently an entirely Latin American production, shot in Colombia:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG45GfgD2JU

It'll be 16 episodes long, release date TBD.

We are halfway through S2 of The Expanse. It is so good. There are a few actors you wish would be a little better, but the effects look great, not overdone or cheap looking, space combat is terrifying, and the plot is leisurely in the best way. The setup with the mormon ship was so long game! Characters generally act like human beings instead of plot advancing props. I really love this show.

we are still enjoying it as well. maria is a little worried that Holden's face might start to wear on her. it is punchable at times.

16 Apr 24

It happens about 10 minutes into ep4 so not really way into it, and isn't actually the focus of the story at all (though it does play into the plot considerably) - so is it really a spoiler? Really?

Just watched Baby Reindeer in two sittings. One scene with the father had me in floods. Kind of impressed he fessed up & used some of his genuinely awful early career jokes.

Brutal stuff.

Can't decide if we'll like that or not. Don't want anything genuinely harrowing unless it's also really funny...

It's billed as a dark comedy-drama but there's not many laughs to be had. It is excellent though.

It’s excruciatingly honest. He doesn’t hold back from revealing his own fucked up behavior. But yeah, it’s pretty dark, and ep 4 is absolutely harrowing.

i started a thread for Baby Reindeer. felt like it needed one where people could spoil away. also, it can serve as a support group after watching the whole thing...

we are still enjoying it as well. maria is a little worried that Holden's face might start to wear on her. it is punchable at times.

― scott seward

i think i had a concern that Holden was going to wind up being a sort of tedious Jon Snow type, but as the show goes on there's a lot of humor w/his character and a kind of weary heroism that works. part of the joke of Holden of course is people view him as a heroic figure and it being thrust upon him again and again is something he finds kind of annoying.

i think over time the show really develops primarily based upon the relationships between the characters, so many of them have very specific dynamics with other individual ones that are well thought out and deeply felt and often vv funny.

I never really warmed up to Holden, but all the other characters are good enough for me to look past that.

Holden = Zeppo basically

if Zeppo was constantly losing his shit and yelling at everyone

haha true

y'all are going to make me re-screen the Expanse, I think it's been long enough to feel fresh

Holden is the void at the center of the show, but as such he has enough black-hole gravity to more or less hold it together. Every other character is more interesting and entertaining, for sure.

just a reminder in case you have thoughts:

I am done withoiiu...The Official Netflix Baby Reindeer Thread (with tons of spoilers - beware)

I'm reading the Expanse series now, I've finished the third of nine novels and very much enjoying it. I love Holden and Naomi Nagata and Amos and Alex. My favorite ancillary characters so far have been Chrisjen Avasarala, Bobbie Draper, Anna Volovodov and Clarissa Mao. I'm wondering if the Holden portrayed the show is the same one I'm picturing from reading the books

I've avoided watching the series so as not to spoil the stories, but I guess it's ok to watch season 1 at this point? I'm not sure if the seasons follow the books

there’s a thread for the books

The Expanse novel series thread WARNING TV SPOILERS

There's a few changes to the show to make it work in that medium, but otherwise fairly faithful to the books xp

And yes, you're fine to watch the first season now

and the second season as well

I'm wondering if the Holden portrayed the show is the same one I'm picturing from reading the books

i've only read the first two books but imo despite his Jon Snow-ish tendencies, Holden actually comes across a bit better on the show than he does in print (where he's mostly a well-meaning but reckless himbo who everyone wants to sleep with)

Yeah the book Holden didn't quite match my expectation based on the show Holden (I watched the show before reading the books), whereas most of the other characters line up pretty well. But it's not a problem, just a small change

Was the Kyle MacLachlan deaging in Fallout supposed to be terrifying?

I watched the first episode of A Man In Full tonight, and I have thoughts.

1) Who thought an adaptation of a Tom Wolfe novel from 1998, that nobody much liked back then, was a good idea in 2024?

2) There's an old saying that if you owe the bank $100,000 and you can't pay, you've got a problem, but if you owe the bank $100,000,000 and you can't pay, the bank has a problem. Given that, the plot to this thing — which hinges on a bank attempting to get back $800 million they loaned Jeff Daniels' character — feels kinda silly. He, and he is absolutely the villain of the piece, could just tell them to go fuck themselves, that he'll see them in court or at the heat death of the universe, whichever comes first, and that would be that.

I guess I'll give it one more episode, but Daniels' Southern accent (the story takes place in Atlanta) suck-diddly-ucks.

you couldn't pay me to watch A Man In Full! i still feel bad that Jeff Daniels had to be on that abysmal Newsroom show and that was in 2012! that's how long i feel bad about Sorkin badness.

started watching Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar on Netflix and lemme tell you people if you want to test out how good your television looks and sounds then watch that show. it is a doozy. 10 stars. there is no MID about it. Prestige television is back and it is better than ever. though i haven't finished the first episode yet. i kinda just want to watch over what i already watched. and i want to hear that first song again. and i want the soundtrack.

It can't be worse than seeing Jeff Daniels naked ass while he's pumping away during a sex scene in his 9/11 miniseries.

oh god that thing was unwatchable even without that. he really needs a new agent.

live-action City Hunter is not great. on Netflix. in case you were wondering. it feels old. that whole slow motion bullet's-eye-view thing certainly does.

No one will be surprised to hear that Idea of You (anne hathaway harry styles fanfic movie) is not good at all yet was compulsively hate-watchable

It genuinely annoyed me during that film that when they were in a storage facility in Glendale, she (a local) takes off her jacket and remarks on how hot it is, while he (a Britisher) wears a huge cardigan the whole time. That's the kind of attention to detail you're working with in this film. Also, they do not spend enough time having a good time in swanky hotel rooms. They spend far too much time being apart and sad.

Lots of new bad shows, any new good shows?

yeah, Heeramandi! but maybe lavish Indian period pieces with musical numbers aren't for everyone. its just so cool looking though. you can't believe humans made it.

Shardlake looks like it could be alright? Only 4 episodes too I think

Made it 15 mins through Shardlake. Worst thing I’ve seen since Velma. Was surprisingly amateurish.

I like the idea of its genesis as an homage to Slim Aaron's photography, but Palm Royale, like so many of today's prestige tv shows, is not very good

omg, i tried to watch that jerry seinfeld cereal movie and i guess its made for 6 year olds? but there are mussolini jokes? its so not funny and i actually like jim gaffigan. i don't think i've ever watched an entire movie with amy schumer in it though. i still don't understand how she got into show biz. anyway, i only made it...25 minutes in?

wait, let me give you the idea. melissa mccarthy is working for nasa and she has jerry drink an orange drink and he says "hey, that's got some tang to it..." and she says "hey, that's a good idea!!" or something like that. but it was all like that.

Scott and I have basically had the same evening on Netflix. "Sure, I'll give the Pop Tarts thing a go, just out of curiosity. Jesus, what even is this? It's like a children's film, but there are jokes about Jake Lalanne in it? Back to 1920s Lahore we go."

"Back to 1920s Lahore we go."

yay! a MUCH better choice. i totally agree.

OMG, you guys have to watch Down the Rabbit Hole on Netflix! My new favorite movie. I kinda never wanted it to end. Don't even watch a trailer. It's better to be surprised. You'll thank me in the end.

The first episode of John Mulaney's show (kind of the talk-show equivalent of his Sack Lunch Bunch kids' show) was fun.

i agree with Chris C. in the comments section of the review for Unfrosted in the NYT:

Chris C
Chicago, IL3h ago

"Unfrosted" has been widely described as one of the worst movies of the *decade*.

To find out for myself, I watched it. My jaw was on the floor. It truly is the worst movie I've ever seen. It's so *lazy.* It's like Seinfeld rolled in every morning at 10, talked through his scenes, did no second takes, then left at 4. Even his narration was the flat, affect-less reading of a blasé high schooler reading aloud to the class.

I was amazed that not a single joke made me laugh. It wasn't so unfunny that I was laughing for the wrong reasons; it was so unfunny that I found myself *silently studying it.* I was oddly enthralled by the utter blandness and poor quality of the writing, acting, and filming. I don't want to give the impression I was entertained -- merely fascinated.

I recommend watching the film yourself, then reading this review. No offense to Ms. Nicholson... I guess it's brave to be the only professional critic in the industry who gave the movie a good review. Truly baffling. Had she watched this after waking up from surgery? For the life of me, I honestly can't imagine a single person watching this movie and calling it a "Critic's Choice." This review is almost as fascinating as the movie.