I don’t know if this is the right thread for this, but here goes. I usually watch the Monday episodes of The Daily Show because they’re hosted by Jon Stewart and less often watch the episodes later in the week, because they’re not. And I rarely watch the interview segments. But last week, there wasn’t an episode on Monday and the one on Tuesday was hosted by Ronny Chieng. The guest was Ann M. Martin, author of many of The Baby-Sitter Club books, and Ronny Chieng’s fandom was fully apparent. Apparently when he was a small child his three-years-older sister read the books to him and this started him on reading. His enthusiasm was cute.
I second your recommendation about Rony Chieng’s interview of Ann Martin. I was initially disappointed that Jon Stewart wasn’t doing his usual Monday gig, so I thought I could just skip it. Then she came out and Ronny fawned over her so much that I thought it was a skit. But as the interview proceeded I was enthralled; his connection to the books was awesome.
He proposed a couple of new titles for her to consider, such as Stacy’s Mom Goes MAGA, to which she said “Nope!”
Then he asked her about some of the backstories of the books, like how did Stacy’s father get so rich. After some discussions, she turned to him and said, “You’ve thought of this more than I have!” It was like a Trekkie asking William Shatner about some minor plot point in an episode of Star Trek.
I dunno if this is considered a true series, but I watched the first episode of
Horizon: An American Saga is a series of four planned American epicWestern films. It is directed, co-written, produced by, and starring Kevin Costner, from a script he co-wrote with Jon Baird and based on an original story co-written by Costner, Baird, and Mark Kasdan. The plot centers on fictional characters and takes place in pre- and post-Civil War America, and details the exploration of the American West. Depicting a twelve-year span, the films feature an ensemble cast portraying various characters and their experiences pioneering into new territory from their homes.
My issue is that in the first episode, it really isnt clear where and especially WHEN they are. The film skips time in several instances, and except once, no dates are given,
A review at RogerEbert.com wrote, “Even with the cataclysmic scenes of death, the first hour does little to endear these characters. They’re disparate people whose connections aren’t immediately clear and only become vaguely obvious toward the picture’s conclusion.”, and further noted, “While the first film in the possible Horizon series does well in setting up future pictures, continuing the momentum Costner gained before he left Yellowstone, this single film is a chore to sit through. It rarely gives viewers what they want: seeing Costner on the open range. It gives us few memorable characters outside of Costner: I can’t remember the name of a single figure without looking at my notes.”[41]Forbes was more positive and found the film had a “great sense of place”[42] while The Guardian found the film was “an unapologetically old-school western”.[43] The BBC website was very critical and described the film as a non-film: “It’s like the tantalising pilot episode of a television series – but a pilot episode that drags on and on for three hours.”[44]
Note only the first episode has been released. The second episode has been completed but not released because of poor viewership of the first episode. And the third and fourth episodes have financing issues, although Costner is still doing some work on them.
I’m watching the Korean series My Royal Nemesis on Netflix. So far it’s a warmed-over rehash of various tropes: a notorious concubine from ye olden days is transmigrated to modern times where she gets involved with the heir to a conglomerate. Presumably I’m missing some comedy about the way she speaks in olde-timey language because I’m watching it in English, but I doubt I’m missing anything ground-breaking.
I binged Black Doves on NetFlix over the past few days. Good but not great, unless you really like a series with a convoluted plot, a lot of flashbacks, and a shit-ton of gunplay and killings. Don’t think I’ll be watching Season 2.
As it happens I rather do . I do agree it was good not great, though. But “good” is good enough for me to give the next season a try, whenever that happens.
Finished season 4 of Clarkson’s Farm. Still really enjoying it, but that had to have been a heavily scripted season. Too much went “wrong” for laughs. Like we’re supposed to believe Kaleb didn’t know Jeremy would hire help why he was away? He certainly isn’t a good enough actor to pull of trying to act upset in the slightest.
And so much seemingly self-inflicted pain on opening the pub. They should have just pushed the opening date back but I suppose it makes for more entertaining TV Or Jeremy is even a bigger buffoon than he plays up (also possible).
At any rate, I’m still enjoying it enough to continue on to season 5 which is the most current one.
I came across Childrens Hospital the other evening on tubi. WOW - not what I was expecting. I don’t know what channel it first aired on in 2008. I’ve never heard of it, and it was on for 8 years! It has a great cast; Rob Corddry, Ken Marino, Erinn Hayes, Megan Mullally, Michael Cera, and Henry Winkler. I only watched one episode, and the episodes are very short. I’ll go back in, because I’m very curious now.
My husband and I are watching Steal (Prime), a limited British series about a heist. I think we held our breaths through the first episode. Very intense.
I just finished the first season of Beef. I’m still not sure if I like it or not. At times, it was just too much.
. I do agree it was good not great, though. But “good” is good enough for me to give the next season a try, whenever that happens.
Or Jeremy is even a bigger buffoon than he plays up (also possible).