Did Peter Jackson direct? 
In my continuing quest to catch up on all the things on Apple+ that looked interesting, I’m currently watching For All Mankind. Currently still on season 1.
I’m trying to forget him!
Keep us (me) updated. There’s a lot of good storytelling in the first few seasons, and the alt-history what ifs are fun. I thought things just got a little too silly for me a few seasons later, but I still plug along each time I renew Apple TV+.
It has a great little mini-twist that made us laugh and appreciate the show.
Soviet Union and USA argue about who will be the first to step on Mars. They argue, even fighting on the exit of the ship.
We learn episodes later that…North Korea made it earlier without us being aware. It was irrelevant between USA and Soviets. North Korean guy touched Mars first.
Are you aware there is a thread?
Yes I am.
I fear *For All Mankind” will never be even a fraction as good as it was in its first two seasons.
Spoilered for those who are not up to date.
Once you’ve got a Domino’s on Mars, you give up trying to recapture the magic.
Plus, the show will never be as a good as it was without Molly. That’s just indisputable science.
There is an alleged situation comedy on Peacock called “The Paper.” It’s a mockumentary, allegedly in the style of “The Office.” We’ve watched 4 episodes. I allege that it is one of the most pointless, unfunny sitcoms I’ve ever seen.
If it’s not to your taste, I get it.
I didn’t like it at first, but somewhere in the middle things picked up, and by the end, everything had come together and I liked it enough to watch the next season. Sabrina Impacciatore was really annoying in the beginning, but she was really cracking me up by the end.
The Office took time to get its stride, too.
Legends on Netflix. During the late Thatcher years, a small team of UK Customs officers work to take down heroin smugglers. Based on a true story.
Some excellent acting from Tom Burke, Steve Coogan and the rest of the cast. I’d only planned to watch two episodes at first and ended up watching all six.
So I finished this. My official rating is a solid ‘meh’. Don’t get me wrong, it was good, the acting (particularly Ralph and Piggy) was great, but all that ‘B Roll’, fisheye lenses, slideshows closeups of the boy’s faces etc, gets to be a lot. I was close to fast forwarding through some of it.
On wiki, one of the reviews they quoted said that it “prizes artfulness over clarity”, which sounds about right. Someone on reddit said just about the exact thing I mentioned, that it would be better if each episode was about 15 minutes shorter to get rid of most of the ‘artsy sequences’.
Again, it was good, I would recommend it (or at least wouldn’t not recommend it), but I think it could’ve been better. If they released a “made for TV version” with each episode cut down to 45 minutes, I think it could be better.