* 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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* 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.