Bull Dozier
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I'm going to guess it is going to depend on your own value, point of view, and personal biases, but I thought O'Neal was a ginormous idiot and couldn't find his position defensible.Pipes said:
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General Malaise
Footballguy
He played a roided up version of Andy Bernard.
Finished last night and I don't really know why other than I wanted to see it out. The creator was Mike White who produced one of the more uncomfortable films of the 90s in Chuck & Buck. This has a very 'Chuck and Buck' feel to it. Cringe worthy but oddly entertaining. However, I NEVER need to watch it again and I wouldn't recommend it to many of my friends.
CletiusMaximus
Footballguy
Same, although I would say I think the acting was fantastic pretty much across the board.
El Floppo
Footballguy
great cast doing great things.
and for a movie- as you said- pretty straight forward in laying out the bad richie tourists vs the poor noble savages/locals... there was some nice subtlety in the writing for some of the characters (I keep talking about the ahole hubby being a #### but also being and saying some pretty thoughtful supportive things).
I think we all like the son's arc- wish there'd been a bit more of him and his story and used more than just a straight man foil to dad and sis.
Juxtatarot
Footballguy
I loved the dialogue. So well written. I particularly enjoyed the mother-daughter arguing but most of it was great.
CletiusMaximus
Footballguy
I guess we can enjoy the son's story, but for me it fits the theme perfectly. He takes off while waiting in line to board a plane, most likely delaying the flight departure for everyone or at least causing his family to have to miss their flight so they can go find him. He does this only because he's been raised as an entitled, selfish rich kid. Sixteen year old boys are generally stupid and make bad decisions, but they don't make this particular decision unless they have a credit card in their pocket and are used to getting whatever they want at any particular moment.
Don't know if this has been posted: Interview with Mike White
Very honest interview with White about the show, and some of the directions the show took. Obviously it is full of spoilers - so don't read, if you have-not watched.
Very honest interview with White about the show, and some of the directions the show took. Obviously it is full of spoilers - so don't read, if you have-not watched.
This was in the interview above.
What I was trying to do with Jake [Lacy] was like, [Shane] may say obnoxious things to [Rachel], but he really is into her. And he’s the kind of guy where as long as he’s waiting, it’s okay. It’s only when he doesn’t get what he wants that he shows his douchebaggery. Maybe it’s a little bit of a portrait of mediocrity or someone who’s weak. I don’t know, I feel like when I see her go back to him, the way I talked about it with Jake was that, in that moment, he’s like a little boy lost. There’s a little bit of pathos there for me.
Maybe I’m being condescending to them, but I’ve seen it in my life. There is a powerful pull of money and lifestyle. In L.A., you see it all the time. In a way, she’s naïve; she wants to be independent and have power in the relationship, but she doesn’t have the money, she doesn’t have the power. I do see women making that choice sometimes.
Maybe I’m being condescending to them, but I’ve seen it in my life. There is a powerful pull of money and lifestyle. In L.A., you see it all the time. In a way, she’s naïve; she wants to be independent and have power in the relationship, but she doesn’t have the money, she doesn’t have the power. I do see women making that choice sometimes.
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identikit
Footballguy
belljr
Footballguy
Chaos Commish
Footballguy
Started Killing Eve (hulu). I like it. 2 episodes in. 3 seasons total. Will get me through the weekend.
El Floppo
Footballguy
Yeah...we watched Ep 1. Pretty sure my wife tapped, but I'd give it another ep. Might be trying a bit too hard to be David Lynch.
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
Watched the first episode. It might actually be partially an homage to Lynch rather than "trying to be like" him.
The opening scene and credits looked looked like it was right out of Lost Highway. And of course when Lisa meets the Katherine Keener character, the whole thing was like Pullman meeting the Mystery Man in Lost Highway.
CletiusMaximus
Footballguy
Ted Lasso season 2 starts weakly and then episode 4 - the Christmas episode - wow. That is some of the worst television I’ve sat through since the 80s. I can’t imagine they can right this sinking ship after that one.
El Floppo
Footballguy
Uhoh, I finally got started with the show, watched first 6 episodes yesterday - more background while working but I was paying more attention to the show than work.
The Gator
Footballguy
While that one was a little out of place, overall I'm still really enjoying it.
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Poke_4_Life
Footballguy
Caught up with Ted Lasso recently. Great show.
foxco
Footballguy
I liked it but maybe I'm in the minority. Loved the moment when Ted gets off facetime with his son and immediately turns to the booze, a hint at the darkness he's constantly trying to keep buried.
Enjoying this season as well. Wish there was a bit more actual soccer in it but I get that that's not the point.
CletiusMaximus
Footballguy
Yeah, I don't like to put "in my opinion" in all my comments, but obviously this is a matter of personal taste and there's always going to be people with different opinions on things like media.
Nick Vermeil
Footballguy
I was about to tell you this show was canceled before finishing its story (it was) but a quick search reveals that it may be picked up by Netflix after all.Just finished S1 of Manifest on Netflix.
El Floppo
Footballguy
Oh, there was stuff straight from Lost Highway sure... But "homage" vs "trying to imitate" is splitting hairs imo, and however parsed, handled very heavy handed.
Bull Dozier
Footballguy
Exactly the way I felt. I finished it just to get through it hoping for a payoff. I don't feel like it ever came.
Except the worst character for me in the whole show was a local (hotel manager).
El Floppo
Footballguy
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CGRdrJoe
Footballguy
or local, there is a difference between being local and being. a transplant resident.
gianmarco
Footballguy
El Floppo
Footballguy
totally.
fwiw, I got the impression only the burglar kid was truly local. the rest (bell-hop, waiters, spa, etc) were all transplants... but I'll count them in the locals, as people who have set up lives there.
and what happened to the birth-giving first day employee????!!!!!
El Floppo
Footballguy
it only goes to S3? is there another proposed?
the characters are so freaking good. brucie, his brother...just amazing. done so well I found myself wondering if they hired an actor with whatever syndrome the character has- so seemless. his daughter Brit- written and acted so well... it's so easy for kid characters and actors to be cloying over-acting bleh. her descent into tween broodiness has been done spot on, and even the pre-tween years were fantastic. the boyfriend giving Ray a fist bump after "s'up"ing him
. So many moments like that throughout... it's a fantastic show.
gianmarco
Footballguy
Season 3 and it's done. There is no more and won't be.it only goes to S3? is there another proposed?
the characters are so freaking good. brucie, his brother...just amazing. done so well I found myself wondering if they hired an actor with whatever syndrome the character has- so seemless. his daughter Brit- written and acted so well... it's so easy for kid characters and actors to be cloying over-acting bleh. her descent into tween broodiness has been done spot on, and even the pre-tween years were fantastic. the boyfriend giving Ray a fist bump after "s'up"ing him
The main character is the guy who actually wrote the show and he is looking at doing another series.
El Floppo
Footballguy
no!!!!
damn- that sucks... for us. I guess good for him- what a talent; looking forward to whatever he comes up with.
I think I heard on The Watch podcast that they couldn't leave the resort to film anything because of the covid bubble they were maintaining during shooting. So any scenes that would logically take place somewhere else just didn't get put in. (also why we don't see the thief again.) That said, not sure what their return would have added anyway.
Osaurus
Footballguy
Watched all 3 seasons recently. It’s funny, but punchy funny. You can tell they get bigger budgets through the seasons.
Bull Dozier
Footballguy
Maybe explain why a character that was such a big part of the first episode was never shown again?
My wife really didn't want to keep watching. Her main complaint was "nothing is happening" after two episodes. When a character gets 25% of the screen time in episode 1, ends up having nothing to do with the development of the story, it's hard to argue that the show is doing anything other than spin its wheels.
Chaos Commish
Footballguy
you white lotus people push the thin spoiler line a bit
Its in the interview with Mike White - but basically, it was Covid-related.
Small Spoiler below - DONT READ IF YOU DONT WANT TO KNOW WHO GOES TO JAIL
It’s not just her, too. We meet Kai and then he just disappears. There’s a practical aspect to that, which is that we were forced to shoot in the bubble, so other than when we were out on the boats, we couldn’t shoot anything else. That was the mandate.
But I thought it would be interesting to do that. At the very beginning, [Armond says], “We’re interchangeable helpers.” It’s like they don’t exist, this idea that once they exit the hotel, they’re pulverized, they vanish. I thought that would be maybe controversial, but it’s like a steamrolling. The people waving in the beginning, by the end they’ve been replaced, and it’s like the experience of these hotel guests — oh, she had a baby, he’s in jail, whatever. My hope is that the critique of that is built into the DNA of it.
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Chaos Commish
Footballguy
JB Breakfast Club
Footballguy
The Christy Martin documentary on Netflix (Untold: Deal with the Devil) is intense and brutal and inspiring. (Trigger warning for extreme domestic violence.)
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El Floppo
Footballguy
Fwiw, I didn't care at all about the preggo woman- I was kidding. she was a comic device to allow us to get a sense of the gm and ahole hubby without having those two necessarily interact yet.
And burglar...his story was basically done too, even if there were other scenes intended. Didn't need any resolution imo.
And burglar...his story was basically done too, even if there were other scenes intended. Didn't need any resolution imo.
The show takes place over a couple of days - what was going to the hospital to see her and the baby going to add? FWIW, I thought the show was pretty 'meh' overall.
leftcoastguy7
Footballguy
Smart move, I can confirm that over the remaining 3 episodes you didn't miss jack ####We bailed on White Lotus after 3 episodes. Should have bailed after 2, but was hopeful that it would pick up. It was ungood.
Oh wait... maybe you did miss that
Capella
Footballguy
thought it was perfect Christmas cheese. Fits in with all the other stuff we watch in December.
northern exposure
Footballguy
He also played one of the stand up comics on "I'm Dying Up Here" on Showtime (I think?).identikit said:
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