I read it and loved it, too. What a goal: eggs for a general’s daughter’s wedding cake for freedom. But in the epilogue, we learn it was an event that happened to his grandmother (or grandfather, I can’t remember which) which harkens back to my original thought. He’s always bugged me after I read a quote from him. His Dad is the guy that turned Goldman Sachs from a smallish investment company into the behemoth it is now, so the dude was born with a silver spoon. He said that after college he didn’t know what to do, so he just traveled Europe for 7 years. And to casually state like he did like everyone could do that if they wanted. Call it envy if you need, but it just pissed me off. I will agree the guy is prolific and talented.
He also wrote “Flowers For Charlie”, possibly my favorite Always Sunny episode.
Space Force with Steve Carrell dropped today on Netflix. Will start binging after dinner.
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I am underwhelmed and struggling to get through it.
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I’ve only seen the first two episode and was distracted towards other stuff. I’ll watch it but yeah, kind of a let down.
Seems very split in my friends groups between ex-military (and military-ish) folks loving it and the non-military saying meh, or somewhere thereabouts.
There are a lot of what I assume are inside baseball-type jokes about the military.
My big issue is that it cannot decide whether it’s a dry satire, a slapstick lampoon or a light dramedy. It leaps from one to the other randomly which is just disconcerting. This is especially true when it comes to Naird, who changes persona at will to fit the tone of the next scene.
It’s almost like it’s three different concepts spliced together to fill the run time.
That’s a good description. I couldn’t make it past the first few episodes.
I’ve recently started watching the Highlander (TV) Series on Amazon.
I started watching the 3rd season in the mid 90’s. It’s been good to get some of the early stories I missed, but seasons 1 & 2 are certainly the weakest. Season 3 & so far 4 have been pretty good.
And I still love the Intro from Queen!
I watched a few more episodes last night. There are funny moments but the lack of continuity is so distracting. I’ll finish out for the shit jokes and to see why his wife is in prison.
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I started and make it through 3 episodes last night.
The show is jarringly all over the place, but the cast is too good not to at least get some enjoyment from.
I’ll finish it and follow up, but so far it sits firmly at 2.5/5 stars for me.
Right? I thought I’d missed something but couldn’t be arsed to go back and check.
Ron Moore says that they filmed 80% of For All Mankind season 2 before stopping production. It will be largely focused on the escalating cold war with USSR. Not many more details on that (besides hinting at a season 3), but some background info on the concept of the show.
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I am 5 episodes in to Watchmen and I am thoroughly enjoying it. Also, I am I completely confused. I have no idea of the backstory (I did see the movie, but none of that stuck apart from a giant blue penis), but I am expecting/hoping it all starts falling into place soon.
Jean Smart and Jeremy Irons look like they’re having so much fun they don’t need a paycheck.
The Watchmen was maybe the single coolest show I have ever seen, and I am beyond tired of superheroes.
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In other binge-watching news, I finished season 1 of Westworld (yes, I have a subscription to HBO Max now). It was good, but then really bogged down in the middle with every episode being a repeat of the same overall plot lines.
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That the Man in Black was old William was something I didn’t see coming. That was good.
I almost didn’t see that twist, because I took a break after Ep 8 as it was all so samey. Maybe that’s a problem with binge-watching, but I just went through all 7 seasons of Agents of SHIELD, and that holds up incredibly well to compressed viewing.
Lastly, on Westworld, there is now such a thing as too much nudity.
I truly don’t know how you could understand/enjoy Watchmen without having first read the comic (which is a masterpiece). I had read it years ago and gave up on the first show because I couldn’t remember the characters. I stopped, re-read the comic over a few days, re-started the series and was blown away. Get the comic and start over. Trust me.
It helps to know the story of Dr. Manhattan, but the show has its own narrative. Its weird that it captures the feelings of the original comic books without repeating the story. I had a few complaints about it, but overall worth watching.
FWIW, I went into it completely cold, and absolutely loved it.
The premier of Lovecraft Country was pretty damn ludicrous last night, in a good way.