‘The Terror’ Is pretty good about the Franklin expedition to find the NW passage in the late 1840’s. A lot of it is conjecture, but it’s a ‘docu/drama’ of what may have happened.
Nobody knows for sure I don’t think.
Terror, is the name of one of the ships.
In addition to The Good Place, Schur is also responsible for Parks & Recreation and Brooklyn 9-9…both of which I loved.
Speaking of which, the facility director on Man/Inside was Rosa on Brooklyn 9-9; almost unrecognizable, partly because she uses her normal speaking voice in this role instead of the deep growl she used in Brooklyn 99.
Interior Chinatown (Netflix) Only one episode in and it’s alright so far. I appreciate Taika Waititi’s use of magical realism within the cultures he covers. Take Reservation Dogs, it isn’t that Native Americans believe ancestors talk to them directly, it’s a useful narration device to show their distinct ancestry. Here Kung-Fu tropes are used to dive into the American/Chinese character of a distinct group of New Yorkers living in a particular neighborhood in Manhattan.
It’s alright and working so far.
The city is Port Harbor. I’d venture to guess that it’s primarily based on LA’s Chinatown but I do think that it’s meant to stand in for all of them, across the country.
We’ve started Masters of the Sky on Apple+. It’s okay, although I’m not sure how you make an entire series out of fly-out-bomb-the-shit-out-of-them-someone-gets-shot-down-we-haz-a-sad. Well, we’re only through E2, so we’ll see.
going through the 90’s run of frasier. goodness, that was a good show.
the physical comedy is fantastic. i did notice that sometimes they would leave in smiles and laughs when other shows would have done a different take.
It really was. Kelsey Grammer was a heavy drinker at that period of his life and would show up on set still drunk. Yet he managed to hit his lines and perform as though he was sober. The show had some top writers who managed to keep things fresh for all those years.
funny thing, i keep noticing how “furry” the men are in 90’s frasier.
Are you referring to the current bizarre trend of making oneself look like Ken doll?
yes, there is much more “manscaping” going on now. i guess you get so accustomed to it you only notice the other way.
on the new frasier, frederick is not furry. perhaps his mother’s side is less hairy.
it is amazing to me how functional alcoholics can be. there are many people you never see sober, and you really never know.
Do they tone down the laugh track in later episodes? I was turned off by how loud and intrusive it was and didn’t finish the first episode. I wonder if I would not have noticed it as much if Georgie’s character didn’t bruise the fourth wall by referencing it while watching TV?
no, still very laugh-y.
it is live audience, i’m not sure how much of it is recorded from them.
frasier is live audience as well, i am starting to notice the “audience pause”.
I can’t imagine putting myself through all of that. Kids these days!
Thanks. I will give it a pass then.
I’m liking A Man On The Inside, but there are two things that make me like this show less than I should—which I presume means I’m overthinking it!
The first is that Danson’s character is presumably supposed to be a good person—but boy is he happy to lie to the people around him, even his boss and his daughter, and then lie again to cover up the first lie. It leads to farce, which I don’t love, and makes me wonder why I should like this guy.
The other thing is that it is very much like Only Murders in the Building, from the general vibe, to the music, to even the way it’s shot. (Danson’s character and his boss might as well be played by Steve Martin and Selena Gomez.) I don’t think that Schuur was cynically copying OMITB, but I do suspect that someone at Netflix said “Hey, that Only Murders thing—people like that! Let’s get one of those.”
That actually becomes an issue later in the series, for what it’s worth.
I thought the whole series was worth watching. It wasn’t laugh out loud funny, but it was a gentle, poignant look at aging issues in our society. As I get older myself, as well as seeing my mom go through this stuff, I appreciate it more.
I don’t know what it is about CBS but damn they love their laugh track. It really makes some shows hard to watch.
Watched Landman first episode. The hard man in the oil business part was interesting, the Billy Bob Thornton wastrel schtick was pretty much expected so it’s the sort of thing you’ll like if you like that sort of thing. Billy Bob even said “wish in one hand, shit in the other; see which fills up first” same as in Bad Santa.
As far as the human interest subplots, I went through all the many Taylor Sheridan projects, and found one Regina Carrado as the only woman he’s ever let into the writer’s room. And it really shows.
I liked the Sicario movies (especially the fact that each exists as if the other doesn’t), and Hell or High Water. As for many his tv shows, the observation about Yellowstone: “Sopranos for your MAGA dad,” seems a bit harsh, but what with those dumbed-down Sam Shepard and Corman McCarthy themes, and the C&W musical interludes, it really does seem cast at guys who come home from work and get drunk in front of the tv while feeling sorry for themselves.
Really these guys need their own channel, maybe instead of Hallmark it’s the Chick Fil’A channel.
Yeah, ditto. I hated Natalie (?). Chirpy and annoying. I also much preferred Sharona’s son to Natalie’s daughter.