I finally watched Bojack Horseman- Great show Manages to be a truly funny and sad simultaneously.
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) is really good, and deserves the Oscar buzz it’s getting. Ben Stiller and Adam Sandler both prove that they can act when they want to.
I’ve just started watching Person of Interest. Okay so far. I like the actors.
Continuing a rewatch of Star Trek: TNG. I’m on season 5.
I’ve been watching Mindhunter and really enjoying it. If you like movies like Zodiac you will probably like Mindhunter. It is about the FBI in the 1970s beginning to abandon old J. Edgar Hoover ways and study serial killers to try and figure them out. It suppose it’s slow, but very gripping. Also the cars are a minor star in the show, lots of 70’s Detroit iron in great condition.
Waiting for the next Stranger Things as well as the next The Crown. I may rewatch the latter’s first season just to reacquiant myself.
I’ve been watching Parts Unknown here and there as well as Mind Of A Chef.
Watched the first episode of The Mist but it’s pretty sloppy- story is just not very coherent (and I already knew the previous storyline/adaption so it should be easier to follow for me). Can anyone let me know if it gets better?
We binge-watched MindHunter- a little uneven but there were some standout episodes- especially the Richard Ramirez episode and the finale.
I’m of the opposite. I found it so cringe-worthy I couldn’t make it through the first episode.
Season 1 was great and 2 was pretty good. I watched 2 episodes of season 3 and gave up on it. Very disappointing.
Here’s one I haven’t seen mentioned and I’m not even sure how I found it. “Offspring” - Australian drama/comedy. I saw somewhere it was described as a cross between Grey’s Anatomy and Brothers & Sisters. Main character is an obstetrician who has a crazy family.
I watched and enjoyed both Elizabeth at 90 and Crazyhead (the Raquel character in the latter was *almost *too much, but I stuck with it). Thanks, PapSett and RealityChuck (and kiz)!
Now that the fall TV season is fully underway, I’m not turning to Netflix as often as I did over the summer. When I do, though, I’m still watching:
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[li]Emergency Down Under: a British reality show about UK ex-pats who work as first responders in Australia.[/li][li]Still Game: a Scottish sitcom about two retired men and their group of friends in their little town. The show ran from 2002-2007, then had a 6-episode revival last year. It’s no spoiler at this point to note that many of the retirees are played by people significantly younger than their characters: when the show premiered, the two main actors were 40 and 33 years old.[/li][/ul]
I’m just about ready to start Mindhunters.
I’m rewatching Stranger Things in anticipation of season 2. Is it tomorrow yet?!
Enjoying Star Trek Discovery.
Full of surprises.
Yesterday, I watched, 1922, based on a Stephen King novella. It was riveting and grim; some will say slow-paced. Thomas Jane was astonishing in this character study. Gerald’s Game is next, although that was far from my fave SK novel.
I just watched “Gerald’s Game” yesterday. Carla Gugino did a lot better job than I would have suspected. It’s pretty close to the source material, and they do a pretty good job of portraying her interior monologues.
Decent movie.
I’ve also just finished binge watching “Longmire,” which I enjoyed. Robert Taylor channels Harrison Ford (and, according to IMDB, that was intentional), and Lou Diamond Phillips does his usual solid job as the best friend, Henry.
Later seasons added Graham Greene as an antagonist, and he’s delightfully hateable in it. Gerald McRainey is his wonderful assholish self as another antagonist.
I’m wondering what I should binge on now.
Happy Tree Friends all night last night.
Superdude, thanks for the tip; extremely decent movie. Carla G. was outstanding.
I’ll go out on a limb here and say that movie people seem to be finally understanding King’s work and how to “movie” it.
Yes, it’s incredibly profane. But so is puberty. We all went through it, but you can only explore the prurience of preteens in an animated comedy. Even as an adult many years removed from puberty, there are so many levels I related to this show and couldn’t help looking at my husband and going, “Really?!” His response: “Yeah, really.” Yeah, puberty was a very confusing and surprising time of life, especially the parts we’re all too embarrassed to talk about. The writing and voice acting in this show are top-notch.
I’m now enjoying Mindhunter. The cars and sets are taking me back in time. I remember having a sheet set that matched the walls of that condo Dr. Carr was looking at. The smoking; everywhere and all the time! Blech! The interviews of the serial killers are both disturbing and intriguing. I had no idea it was based on real life and those are portrayals of actual serial killers until halfway through the series. I was too young to remember Kemper, but wow, after reading about him, I’m seriously impressed with the actor who portrayed him. He was creepy and weirdly sympathetic.
I’m through the first three episodes of Stranger Things S2. So far so great! Gonna try to get two or three more watched tonight.
Ditto. This is my favorite new show right now. Once I saw the musical number on the school bus in episode two, I was in love.
Yes! I came for the dialogue, but I stayed for the musical interludes.
Life is a fucked up mess. Oh, it’s a shit show!
My wife and I just started watching S1 this weekend. I would say throw in a little “Poltergeist” and you may be onto something there.