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05-23-2023, 11:14 AM #126Registered User
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Bill hader is a fucking genius. I’m trying to keep away from this thread as I’m still catching up so keep your spoilers out of the first sentence please
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05-23-2023, 11:53 AM #127
White House Plumbers is worth a look and is a good laugh.
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05-23-2023, 12:00 PM #128
i watched the in its weekly run. started intriguing and promising but it ultimately felt 2-dimensional and linear. but as all the hype boasts : it is based on a video game. always better source material than a novel or an original screenplay!
the show held me as i waited for succession season 4 - which, unlike the prestige shows above - has excelled and intrigued throughout. the only other recent HBO offering that came close for me was white lotus.
with just one last episode left, my pre-grieving the end of my favorite series ever will move into a full-on sense of loss!
if you're gonna stream it, start from the top and pace yourself. the suspense from episode to episode is part of what's made the series what it is.
and yes, white house plumbers is good, and may ease the pain a bit.
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05-29-2023, 02:17 AM #129
Barry finale felt pretty meh, other than NoHo Hank and co.
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05-30-2023, 10:35 AM #130Mike Pow
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05-31-2023, 08:42 AM #131
^^ yea not quite sure what post-succession life will be like. yes, consistently excellent on so many levels. and yes agreed, one of the greatest tv shows ever.
finally caught the series finale last night (2 days after airing) after getting home too late from the hill sunday and monday nites - and having avoided all the go-to recaps/analyses.
interesting twist at end, in a sort of reprise of the season 1 board meeting.
of course, given the arc of the story, this is the ending that had to happen.
unlike the cathartic and emotional end sequence of six feet under - which actually had me getting very teary - succession's ending left me feeling a little empty and unsettled.. i'll chalk that up to empathy for the show's tragic siblings.Last edited by buckethead; 05-31-2023 at 10:47 AM.
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05-31-2023, 05:40 PM #132
Just finished my Succession binge over the past few weeks. I feel like we kept waiting for “why it’s so good?”….and why people were saying “it’s the best show ever on TV”.
Reading thoughts on here, we are totally in the minority…we found it annoying….with the endless ridiculous dialogue and interactions between the characters/siblings to be insufferable.
FWIW…I guess my wife and I both being only children/middle class suckers that live in a completely world….just didn’t get that this is how companies/business world operates?
I’m glad it ended…(my wife is too…lol)
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05-31-2023, 06:55 PM #133
It's a satirical comedy.
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06-01-2023, 02:43 AM #134Mike Pow
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06-01-2023, 08:21 AM #135
Agreed. I made it about halfway through the first season.
I didn't think it was bad, but it just never really grabbed me. I hated all the characters, which is kind of the point. But I didn't hate them enough that I was invested in the show just so I could watch them fail. So in the end, it's just a bunch of annoying people squabbling.
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06-01-2023, 09:18 AM #136
It was different than I was expecting, but I liked it. The irony of Barry being turned into a hero because Cusino couldn't stop himself from killing him was hilarious. Would have liked to see a little more closure on Fuchs, and maybe a scene of Cusino's life in prison, probably ironically happy that everyone thinks he's a badass gangster rather than the chump he really is.
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06-01-2023, 09:25 AM #137Registered User
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06-29-2023, 05:39 PM #138Banned
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I just started season 2 of Righteous Gemstones.... pretty good! Danny McBride (aka Kenny Fuckin Powers) is so funny!
Season 3 just started dropping episodes as well.
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06-29-2023, 06:56 PM #139
Been watching Idol. The Weekend is creepy as hell, he can’t be that good of an actor so he’s likely a creep in real life.
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07-08-2023, 09:15 AM #140
SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER
Surprisingly, this was the first Francois Truffaut film I ever watched.
Based on the novel Down There by revered pulp/noir writer David Goodis (I have not read the book yet, but have read some other Goodis titles; he’s in the vein of Jim Thompson).
Truffaut’s film is a very droll and existential noir teeming with coy dialogue and wonderful camera work, specifically Truffaut’s use of reflections in mirrors, windows, etc.
Highly recommended.
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10-02-2023, 07:44 PM #141
May have to reboot The MAX for this:
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10-25-2023, 06:55 PM #142Registered User
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11-18-2023, 11:04 PM #143
Watching Telemarketers on HBO. Absolutely amazing documentary, the unlikely protagonist of which (Pat Prespas) is simply one of the most likable, effective, and compelling documentarians of all time. Strongest, strongest recommendation.
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12-16-2023, 07:58 PM #144Registered User
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“Bookie” is great. LOL funny. Top 5 series to come out on any streaming service in a long time. A must see IMO.
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12-17-2023, 09:44 PM #145
I'm rewatching GoT. Goddamn that shit holds up.
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12-17-2023, 09:57 PM #146
Barbie is out. Good movie
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01-04-2024, 11:35 AM #147
Anybody checked out SCAVENGERS REIGN ?
If it’s half as bonkers as the original short film, I gotta imagine it’s really cool.
Looks inspired, in part, by Fantastic Planet and Nausicaa in the Valley of the Wind.
Here’s the original short:
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01-14-2024, 10:52 PM #148
Gilded age season 2 done.
Good shit
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01-15-2024, 09:12 AM #149Registered User
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Belgravia S2 about to start! Not on HBO Max, however.
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01-16-2024, 08:47 PM #150Registered User
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True Detective: Night Country.
A little bumpy and fantastical so far. I keep flashing on Fortitude and 30 Days of Night.
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