Obliterated is another Netflix show that was canceled after one season. I'm absolutely with Netflix on this one. It was bad. I did enjoy it to some degree or maybe I did just get used to how bad it was.
Why did I watch it or rather continued watching it? I went to Las Vegas last year and this show is entirely set in the city/area. There is also the rather interesting idea that the entire (8 episode) season takes place in one day (well, mainly one night). I liked Nick Zano on Legends of Tomorrow, so it's funny to me that this is the project he did right afterwards. There's also Costa Ronin playing your typical Russian arms dealer which was an "interesting" contrast to previously only seeing him on The Americans or Homeland.
These were the good(-ish) things! Everything else is just bad. If I didn't know that the entire show was set in Las Vegas, I would have turned it off halfway through the first episode. That one was particularly rough.
There is nudity, lots of it, including a bunch of (prosthetic) penises. According to IMDB, more male than female nudity, so there's a win!? At times there is some very vulgar humor that I don't find funny and seems outdated for the 2020s. I'm also not a fan of all the drugs and alcohol which is meant to be a comedic device, but comes across as pretty awful to me. Overall I'm not even sure if it is supposed to be a comedy or just a dumb action show. There are plenty of dumb actions shows, this one was just...dumber. The only gag that really worked for me was Trunk's (never-ending) quest to find food. There were some clumsy attempts to add depth, but that just felt tacked on with how mediocre the writing in general was. The only good episode was the finale. If the whole season had that quality of writing, it would have been fine, but it does absolutely not redeem the rest of the season.
In opposite to that, The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window was imo dragged down by its last episode. The conclusion to the main mystery is so absurd that it makes me a bit angry. Right from the start I expected something a lot lighter and funnier from the title. I mean yes, it's satire, but played far too seriously, at least for the majority of the series. There are some running gags and attempts to inject humor via the dialogue, but overall the tone is weirdly serious. I feel like Michael Ealy was in a different show at times, the one that I expected from the title. Maybe I would like the finale more if the whole show was that absurd, but it simply wasn't. It felt like a murder mystery drama that was slightly off. This is a limited series and it was always meant to be one, but I can't help but think that it was absolutely set up in a way that if it was a huge success, Netflix could have ordered a second season. On the plus side, it was an extremely quick watch. I also can't rule out that maybe this is someone's thing, because it wasn't a bad series.
I'm still really enjoying Paradise and Ghosts is always delightful.
House MD deixei totalmente de lado, não aguentei como o show decaiu chegando às últimas temporadas.
Smallville eu também dei uma leve esquecida, ficou muito chato e senti que estavam forçado rápido demais alguns temas. Além de que teve episódios com Clark sendo um completo idiota que me desagradaram.
Comecei a rever Grimm, está legal, mas dei uma parada na minha maratona porque não tive um momento de paz para assistir a série tranquilamente.
Comecei a rever Bones, estou gostando e ao menos ninguém me incomoda quando assisto.
Enjoying The Traitors US. It's an inherently chaotic format but this cast is really bringing the chaos with them this year.
I'm catching up on Love is Blind USA, which I was like three seasons behind on, at some point it got hard to ☠️. It's a show that's always equal parts sweet and depressing, kinda like reading confessional stories on reddit lol. The other thing with dating shows for me is that you can always feel the hand of production as an additional character encouraging participants to make bad decisions, and at the moments where that is most obvious I feel a little complicit. There are a few lovely stories though.
Still finishing up All American: Homecoming, a bit stressed though! I hope they didn't end the season on a down note, I want all these kids to be happy.
I have finally started to watch 'Grimm' (mostly because I will go to a convention in autumn, and there are already four guest stars from this series). Still in the first season, and I admit, I am not sure what to think about it. The plot reminds me a bit of Supernatural, with some fairy tale touch; it's okay, but not good enough to fill me with great enthusiasm. Maybe I will watch some more episodes next week and see where it will go to.
Over the weekend, I will continue watching 'Cassandra', a new Netflix mini-series about an old smart house. It was abandoned for some time, and when a new family finally moves in there after a hard blow of fate, the KI decides to make them 'their' family, and never to let them go again. Maybe this plot is not the most original one, because there are already other movies / TV shows like this, but I enjoy the mixture of drama/mystery/light horror.
What am I excited about? The last episodes of Cobra Kai, which will start in Germany next week. I have waited for so long already because of this new, annoying praxis of the streaming platforms to split a season into two or even three parts. Even though it is hard sometimes, I can wait until the last part of it is finally online.
I totally understand that about Grimm. I watched all seasons when they aired, but so many times I nearly gave up. The show was good at sucking me back in with its finale cliffhangers...
There was a reboot (revival?) announced recently and my first thought was "Why Grimm?"
I tried to keep up with Grimm because it filmed here. I actually took pictures of an outdoor shoot because an SPN actor was on it, and the crew were amazing.
Oh, I looove Grimm. I was very obsessed with it for a little while. It's not for everybody so if you don't like it, you don't like it! No shame. To me I always kind of viewed it as more of a grown-up type of Buffy in a way, at least in terms of themes. An (adult) chosen one suddenly thrust into this crazy world, trying to keep two separate lives going, and a found family of misfits. I do think it starts to get really good later, I had lukewarm feelings during season 1 but I felt rewarded for pushing through.
I did end up liking Grimm a lot, especially the second season. But the Wesen were getting kind of random sometimes, and logic and character consistency weren't the show's strong points.
Watched all current episodes of The Pitt. Not super my thing, but I needed something to watch. Seeing that plot week to week might be tricky for me. Each episode is one hour in an ER
Watching season 1 of Buffy in bits an pieces. My timing is pretty good with the possible new show coming.
I watched the miniseries Arthur and George, which was somewhat intriguing given it was drawn from actual events. Glad Conan Doyle's involvement led to something positive, especially long-term. I have to say that while Doyle and Wood seemed like a great team setup, the overall story was rather grim.
Finished Moonflower Mysteries, and thought it was ok. I had figured out the reveal considerably earlier but many of the lion references had passed me by. Still wish someone had even asked what had suddenly made the actress decide to bow out of the Eleanor of Aquitaine role given she needed the money and had considered going back into acting. I felt the reason had to be relevant but clearly it wasn't because no one ever discussed it.
Saw 2 of the 3 latest episodes of Vienna Blood and expect to finish that this weekend. Also watched the Ken Burns documentary on Thomas Jefferson which seems very much a product of its time. Am slowly going through S3 of ST Enterprise.
Have caught up on all the episodes of Paradise and have huge issues with it. I won't go into more here due to big spoilers but I may write about it soon.
Otherwise have been watching L.A. Law and Boston Legal. It's very interesting how they both are time capsules of the political issues of their day. I might have more to say about that at some point too.
I've somehow found myself watching three currently airing shows -- not my favourite watching mode! I want to just stay in the world till it's done, not be forced to wait over and over.
We're three episodes into Severance s2 and holding off till there's a bunch more episodes before we proceed. In the meantime, we've just binged season 1 of The Diplomat (Netflix), which was complicated, political and hilarious. Rufus Sewell is the new Ian McShane (not that this is news).
In Kdramas, I'm still watching Love Scout and Motel California, but I don't like going just one episode at a time, so I'm waiting for the rest of Love Scout to drop before I continue (no spoilers, please!). Motel California is starting to lose me because of the way Ji Kanghee treats Chun Yeonsoo. I get that her issues and the obstacles stem from shitty external stuff, but her behaviour's still not great AND it's starting to feel repetitive. I'm near the end of ep 8. (Is anyone else watching this?)
I wasn't very awake last week, so I didn't watch much. Rewatching some more HPI, mostly. My watchalong is done with Bridgerton S3 (loved it more than on my first watch, tbh) and we'll tackle HPI season 1 next! \o/
I watched the new High Potential ep, and my fave character again was the police chief, Selena Soto. I had not expected that. The leads are still leaving me cold. I did enjoy Morgan comforting her son about both of them being neurodivergent. That was beautiful.
I watched the 'new'(ish) Wallace and Gromit movie, Murder Most Fowl, and enjoyed it. It would have been even better if there'd been more Feathers. And if Wallace had treated Gromit a bit better. I know it's always the same old shtick, but it wears so thin after three movies, and this one really lingered on the humiliation in a way that made me grit my teeth. At least he apologized at the end. I liked the little gnome robots (although I would have liked Feathers more), and the young police officer, and the plot was fun and engaging. The fact that Wallace equipped the gnomes with different core values was hilarious to me, just like Doofenschmirtz putting a self-destruct button on all his -inators.
I made an icon of it, too: (free for the taking, enjoy)
I always feel so bad for Gromit. I know Wallace is supposed to be the lovable idiot, but I feel like they could shake it up a bit when it comes to how he treats Gromit. He could be less of an idiot about that...
* Random Buffy Episodes (streaming on Hulu)...because I stumbled upon this podcast on the internet called Schmactors with Marsters and Devine discussing various things, and they discussed Marsters audition for the character of Spike and what it was like to play the character - and Marsters stated that he felt his performance in School Hard was horribly too theaterical and he was insanely arrogant and cocky thinking he was superior to the other actors, but in reality they were better than he was and Anthony Stewart Head was the best. However, he lucked out and arrogant and cocky fit the character perfectly. Yet the director thought he was brilliant and milked it for all it was worth and went overtime and over budget, to the point in which he wasn't asked to come back and direct again. (Buffy was filmed on 16 mm and a small budget, and this was in 1998 on the WB, streaming, DVDs, etc didn't exist, we just had broadcast cable and premium.) So I thought, I remember it being better than that? And went back and watched. And..yes, he may have been more theaterical? Or showy? But the role called for it - and honestly? He was most entertaining part of the episode. Also, it's clear how well directed it was. Then he started talking about the discomfort of being naked on set, never ever got an erection (it's too much of a nightmare), and that he wore a sock (usually a black tube sock, some actors apparently wear orange tube socks (Nick Cage). So I decided to check out Gone. And was amazed at how comfortable he appeared to be stark naked. It didn't seem to phase him. Also surprised at how well both episodes held up now? They aired over 20 years ago. Compare to Friends and Ally McBeal which aired at the same time? And they ahem, really really don't.
* The Pitt created by John Wells (producer/creator of ER, and also one of the producers behind The West Wing), starring Noah Wyle. On HBO MAX. I tried an episode of it - and kept going. The series takes place in an Emergency Room in a Pittsburgh, PA inner city hospital in the course of one day. It starts at around 6-7am with Noah Wyle's shift as the Chief of the Emergency Room Unit, and continues through his shift as the Chief Attending. Currently has six episodes. I'd describe it as a hyper-realistic medical procedural. We get snippets of the individual characters lives - but the focus is on the work place and handling the pressures of an overwhelmed, understaffed and underfunded emergency room.
It's compelling and realistic. I've been inside an emergency room that looked a lot like that. In some respects it reminds of New Amsterdam and the first two seasons of ER, except it's more realistic and in some respects gritter and less sentimental.
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Why did I watch it or rather continued watching it? I went to Las Vegas last year and this show is entirely set in the city/area. There is also the rather interesting idea that the entire (8 episode) season takes place in one day (well, mainly one night). I liked Nick Zano on Legends of Tomorrow, so it's funny to me that this is the project he did right afterwards. There's also Costa Ronin playing your typical Russian arms dealer which was an "interesting" contrast to previously only seeing him on The Americans or Homeland.
These were the good(-ish) things! Everything else is just bad. If I didn't know that the entire show was set in Las Vegas, I would have turned it off halfway through the first episode. That one was particularly rough.
There is nudity, lots of it, including a bunch of (prosthetic) penises. According to IMDB, more male than female nudity, so there's a win!?
At times there is some very vulgar humor that I don't find funny and seems outdated for the 2020s. I'm also not a fan of all the drugs and alcohol which is meant to be a comedic device, but comes across as pretty awful to me. Overall I'm not even sure if it is supposed to be a comedy or just a dumb action show. There are plenty of dumb actions shows, this one was just...dumber. The only gag that really worked for me was Trunk's (never-ending) quest to find food. There were some clumsy attempts to add depth, but that just felt tacked on with how mediocre the writing in general was. The only good episode was the finale. If the whole season had that quality of writing, it would have been fine, but it does absolutely not redeem the rest of the season.
In opposite to that, The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window was imo dragged down by its last episode. The conclusion to the main mystery is so absurd that it makes me a bit angry. Right from the start I expected something a lot lighter and funnier from the title. I mean yes, it's satire, but played far too seriously, at least for the majority of the series. There are some running gags and attempts to inject humor via the dialogue, but overall the tone is weirdly serious. I feel like Michael Ealy was in a different show at times, the one that I expected from the title. Maybe I would like the finale more if the whole show was that absurd, but it simply wasn't. It felt like a murder mystery drama that was slightly off. This is a limited series and it was always meant to be one, but I can't help but think that it was absolutely set up in a way that if it was a huge success, Netflix could have ordered a second season. On the plus side, it was an extremely quick watch. I also can't rule out that maybe this is someone's thing, because it wasn't a bad series.
I'm still really enjoying Paradise and Ghosts is always delightful.
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Smallville eu também dei uma leve esquecida, ficou muito chato e senti que estavam forçado rápido demais alguns temas. Além de que teve episódios com Clark sendo um completo idiota que me desagradaram.
Comecei a rever Grimm, está legal, mas dei uma parada na minha maratona porque não tive um momento de paz para assistir a série tranquilamente.
Comecei a rever Bones, estou gostando e ao menos ninguém me incomoda quando assisto.
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I'm catching up on Love is Blind USA, which I was like three seasons behind on, at some point it got hard to ☠️. It's a show that's always equal parts sweet and depressing, kinda like reading confessional stories on reddit lol. The other thing with dating shows for me is that you can always feel the hand of production as an additional character encouraging participants to make bad decisions, and at the moments where that is most obvious I feel a little complicit. There are a few lovely stories though.
Still finishing up All American: Homecoming, a bit stressed though! I hope they didn't end the season on a down note, I want all these kids to be happy.
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Over the weekend, I will continue watching 'Cassandra', a new Netflix mini-series about an old smart house. It was abandoned for some time, and when a new family finally moves in there after a hard blow of fate, the KI decides to make them 'their' family, and never to let them go again. Maybe this plot is not the most original one, because there are already other movies / TV shows like this, but I enjoy the mixture of drama/mystery/light horror.
What am I excited about? The last episodes of Cobra Kai, which will start in Germany next week. I have waited for so long already because of this new, annoying praxis of the streaming platforms to split a season into two or even three parts. Even though it is hard sometimes, I can wait until the last part of it is finally online.
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There was a reboot (revival?) announced recently and my first thought was "Why Grimm?"
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Love the locations, but couldn't stick with it
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I wrote up a rec post mostly focused on the first season, and ... basically I told people to skip the first half. :D
https://tinny.dreamwidth.org/200809.html
I did end up liking Grimm a lot, especially the second season. But the Wesen were getting kind of random sometimes, and logic and character consistency weren't the show's strong points.
I hope you enjoy the con! <3
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Watching season 1 of Buffy in bits an pieces. My timing is pretty good with the possible new show coming.
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Watched the season final of Silent Witness, which was good, as was the whole season. Really liked the new characters, and hope they return for S29.
Otherwise just been watching the regular weekly things. Nothing really standout though.
Excited about Season 6 of Unforgotten which starts this week!
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Finished Moonflower Mysteries, and thought it was ok. I had figured out the reveal considerably earlier but many of the lion references had passed me by. Still wish someone had even asked what had suddenly made the actress decide to bow out of the Eleanor of Aquitaine role given she needed the money and had considered going back into acting. I felt the reason had to be relevant but clearly it wasn't because no one ever discussed it.
Saw 2 of the 3 latest episodes of Vienna Blood and expect to finish that this weekend. Also watched the Ken Burns documentary on Thomas Jefferson which seems very much a product of its time. Am slowly going through S3 of ST Enterprise.
Have caught up on all the episodes of Paradise and have huge issues with it. I won't go into more here due to big spoilers but I may write about it soon.
Otherwise have been watching L.A. Law and Boston Legal. It's very interesting how they both are time capsules of the political issues of their day. I might have more to say about that at some point too.
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We're three episodes into Severance s2 and holding off till there's a bunch more episodes before we proceed. In the meantime, we've just binged season 1 of The Diplomat (Netflix), which was complicated, political and hilarious. Rufus Sewell is the new Ian McShane (not that this is news).
In Kdramas, I'm still watching Love Scout and Motel California, but I don't like going just one episode at a time, so I'm waiting for the rest of Love Scout to drop before I continue (no spoilers, please!). Motel California is starting to lose me because of the way Ji Kanghee treats Chun Yeonsoo. I get that her issues and the obstacles stem from shitty external stuff, but her behaviour's still not great AND it's starting to feel repetitive. I'm near the end of ep 8. (Is anyone else watching this?)
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I watched the new High Potential ep, and my fave character again was the police chief, Selena Soto. I had not expected that. The leads are still leaving me cold. I did enjoy Morgan comforting her son about both of them being neurodivergent. That was beautiful.
I watched the 'new'(ish) Wallace and Gromit movie, Murder Most Fowl, and enjoyed it. It would have been even better if there'd been more Feathers. And if Wallace had treated Gromit a bit better. I know it's always the same old shtick, but it wears so thin after three movies, and this one really lingered on the humiliation in a way that made me grit my teeth. At least he apologized at the end. I liked the little gnome robots (although I would have liked Feathers more), and the young police officer, and the plot was fun and engaging. The fact that Wallace equipped the gnomes with different core values was hilarious to me, just like Doofenschmirtz putting a self-destruct button on all his -inators.
I made an icon of it, too: (free for the taking, enjoy)
Nothing else new.
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I always feel so bad for Gromit. I know Wallace is supposed to be the lovable idiot, but I feel like they could shake it up a bit when it comes to how he treats Gromit. He could be less of an idiot about that...
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* The Pitt created by John Wells (producer/creator of ER, and also one of the producers behind The West Wing), starring Noah Wyle. On HBO MAX. I tried an episode of it - and kept going. The series takes place in an Emergency Room in a Pittsburgh, PA inner city hospital in the course of one day. It starts at around 6-7am with Noah Wyle's shift as the Chief of the Emergency Room Unit, and continues through his shift as the Chief Attending. Currently has six episodes. I'd describe it as a hyper-realistic medical procedural. We get snippets of the individual characters lives - but the focus is on the work place and handling the pressures of an overwhelmed, understaffed and underfunded emergency room.
It's compelling and realistic. I've been inside an emergency room that looked a lot like that. In some respects it reminds of New Amsterdam and the first two seasons of ER, except it's more realistic and in some respects gritter and less sentimental.
Then I watched Dune Part II on Netflix.