Read some positive reviews and watched/binged it. Not a spoiler to say there is extensive film noir homage. But try to avoid reading reviews before watching because most do give a substantial spoiler.
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It is a not goofy Resident Alien premise.
Also recommend it, just for the feel if nothing else, and a second season is coming.
I started needing to take a break from binging the last season of Better Call Saul. As much love as that show gets binging it doesn’t work well. I love Rhea Seehorn but Kim’s character doesn’t work for me and they as a couple just falls flat.
Hidden Assets a joint Irish/Belgian show about the Irish Criminal Assets Bureau and the Belgium Counter Terrorist Unit. So far- (just into Season 2) so good.
I’ve yet to watch that one. I’m mostly aware of it because Dara was on Taskmaster (and I see Hugh Dennis is on it as well, also a Taskmaster alum).
I always assumed it was a standard (discussion only) current events panel show, but I see from wiki it’s a game show. In fact, based on the few sentences I read, it sounds a lot like Big Fat Quiz. That is, technically quiz show, but that’s mainly to keep things moving towards some sort of an end while allowing the comedians to have fun.
One of the things I love about Big Fat Quiz, 8 Out Of Ten Cats Does Countdown, Would I Lie To You, Taskmaster (between the tasks) and presumably Mock The Week and QI and others, is what happens when you stick 6 comedians in front of a camera and let them riff off each other. Especially when one of those comedians is Jimmy Carr.
Mock The Week is more like HIGNFY in that it’s topical and the comedians come prepared with material. But it is freewheeling occasionally and that’s when it’s at its best. It scars a lot of comedians away, though, by its intense competitive nature, and its dearth of women (addressed in later series).
Oh, man I had such a visceral ‘someone is wrong on the internet’ reaction to this . I thought I might come in and fight you about it, but then someone might come along and want to challenge me on why I don’t like Rush (fine musicians, uninteresting songs) or bechamel sauce (ewww). All a matter of taste.
Usually people don’t like Kim’s supposed heel turn (but it all makes perfect sense!) or question her completely reasonable attraction to Jimmy (both very similar to, yet very different than her mother). But no, I won’t engage - even though those people are obviously objectively wrong. What would be the point ?
Oh I know I am in a very small minority on this. And I don’t have any problem with the character’s psychology from a rational perspective. It’s just not landing as convincing for me. I’ll come back and finish the show, only a few eps left … it may just be binging it was too much.
Oh yes, she is a phenomenal character. So many female parts are written poorly (hello, Breaking Bad Cough cough), but Kim is a properly layered human being. And also supremely acted.
Finished S2 of The Night Manager. Quite the season finale…
Started Wonder Man. Two episodes in and I am freaking loving it. Ben Kingsley as Trevor Slattery is endlessly entertaining to watch, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II makes an excellent struggling actor. It’s like the MCU version of all those “Hollywood making fun of Hollywood” films and shows.
You’re absolutely right. Both Kim herself and her relationship with Jimmy are oddly lacking in warmth. It must have been a deliberate choice by the writers. I presume it’s to bring into high relief that what bonds Kim and Jimmy is their weakness for elaborate pranks and scams (a weakness she tries to suppress).
We’re still watching Pluribus. I’m not sure if I would finish the season if it weren’t for my husband being really into it, but there’s definitely some stuff I like about it. It has some cool high-concept ideas. Also Carlos Manuel-Vesga is killing it as the Paraguayan holdout. Most of his scenes don’t even have dialogue, but it is so gripping.
I just wish the story didn’t move at such a glacial pace.
We’ve also been watching Philosophy Tube on Nebula. Last night’s was about philosophical approaches to confronting death. It was fodder for a lot of good conversation with my husband afterward. And included some pretty good original poetry. I think she has some stuff on YouTube.
We watched the first two episodes of a dubbed / subtitled Spanish language show on Netflix called ‘Billionaire’s Bunker’ (or El refugio atómico). So, hence the name, a secret luxury bunker has been built, and rich people are discreetly contacted to buy in for a chance to ride out a nuclear war in safety and comfort.
The international situation is getting increasingly dicey, so the rich bunker timeshare owners are contacted to come stay ‘just in case’. While they are in the bunker, news feeds around the world are monitored, and conflicts worsen until WWIII breaks out. A bomb hits outside near the bunker, and there’s some damage to parts of the bunker, which terrify the occupants, and the satellite feed to the outside world goes dead. The bunker operators send out a couple people in hazmat suits to try to fix the satellite dish, and a camera feed shown to all the occupants shows that the world is now a toxic, radioactive, burning hellscape.
Among all this, soap-opera style personality conflicts and old grudges emerge among the families. And this all happens in episode 1. It’s all kind of silly but it’s a hoot, and I’m enjoying the ride. I don’t know if it’s intentional, but there are shades of Fallout you’ll probably see if you’re a fan of the games, the show, or both; down to the blue jumpsuits they have to wear in the vault bunker (ok, more of a turquoise or teal, but still). Oh yeah, there’s a teeny-tiny twist at the end of ep.1 (don’t click if you plan to watch): turns out the people running the vault bunker are doing a huge scam and faked the entire nuclear war. Everything is fine up top in the real world! Whether the scam is just to fleece rich people out of their money or it’s also some sort of sinister vault bunker experiment is yet to be revealed.
. I thought I might come in and fight you about it, but then someone might come along and want to challenge me on why I don’t like Rush (fine musicians, uninteresting songs) or bechamel sauce (ewww). All a matter of taste.
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