Runkle
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I really enjoyed this.
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I really enjoyed this.
jamny
Footballguy
Like I said, I didn't even finish the first episode, I made it about 20 minutes, but in that time I saw an abusive cop assault and indigenous woman, and evil white woman who ****s on the rest of the town folk and a bumbling local cop who likely will solve the crime in the end. Maybe stereotypical would have been a more accurate term than woke but it was all comical and tired. It might have held up 20 years ago but nowadays I need a little more originality.
Capella
Footballguy
Rewatching the godfather after made it even better for me.
chet
Footballguy
Going to watch this. Right now, my best friend is on a plane to Mendoza where he will attempt to summit Mt Aconcagua (~7,000 meters) with Nims. If he avoids altitude sickness, he will attempt one of the 14 8,000m peaks. I want him to get altitude sickness so he will end this madness and leave it to Nims and company. >50yo men should not be attempting this kind of insanity.
Runkle
Footballguy
New Competitive Reality Show Alert: The US version of "The Traitors" comes to Peacock on 1/12.
If you're a fan of social deduction games, like Among Us, this is basically The Mole crossed with good ol' Werewolf. 20 players work together to build a prize fund by completing challenges. At the end of the season, the players win the accumulated money. However, among the group are three "Traitors", who eliminate one player (among "The Faithful", aka 'the village') each night. The remaining players all meet to also vote out one player from their group each day, hoping to eliminate a traitor in doing so. If they can, and no traitors remain at the end of the season, the remaining Faithful players split the prize. However, if any Traitors survive to the end, they win all the money for themselves.
I've been watching the British version, which came out last month and became one of the higher-rated shows on the BBC last year. I believe there are also Australian and Dutch versions floating around out there.
What I've seen of the British version is OK, completely over the top with theming, and the music is totally out of pocket. The show doesn't really make clear the role of the Traitors in the normal daylight competitive-task portion of the show, as this isn't like the Mole where sabotage is a goal. Instead, what's not really said is that the players are using the tasks as team-building trust exercises which can give them a better read on their fellow competitors.
Haven't seen the US version, but the trailer just dropped today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3rqVPKOKfQ. It appears the US version uses the same locations, sets, tasks and challenges as the UK version. Just a different host. In the UK version, you learn who the Traitors are at the start, it's not kept secret from the audience. Assuming the same in the US version.
Among the cast are a variety of names familiar to US reality TV viewers:
• Arie Luyendyk Jr. (Bachelor/Bachelorette)
• Brandi Glanville (The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills)
• Cirie Fields (Survivor)
• Cody Calafiore (Big Brother)
• Kate Chastain (Below Deck)
• Kyle Cooke (Summer House)
• Rachel Reilly (Big Brother)
• Reza Farahan (Shahs of Sunset)
• Ryan Lochte (Olympian)
• Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick (Survivor)
If you're a fan of social deduction games, like Among Us, this is basically The Mole crossed with good ol' Werewolf. 20 players work together to build a prize fund by completing challenges. At the end of the season, the players win the accumulated money. However, among the group are three "Traitors", who eliminate one player (among "The Faithful", aka 'the village') each night. The remaining players all meet to also vote out one player from their group each day, hoping to eliminate a traitor in doing so. If they can, and no traitors remain at the end of the season, the remaining Faithful players split the prize. However, if any Traitors survive to the end, they win all the money for themselves.
I've been watching the British version, which came out last month and became one of the higher-rated shows on the BBC last year. I believe there are also Australian and Dutch versions floating around out there.
What I've seen of the British version is OK, completely over the top with theming, and the music is totally out of pocket. The show doesn't really make clear the role of the Traitors in the normal daylight competitive-task portion of the show, as this isn't like the Mole where sabotage is a goal. Instead, what's not really said is that the players are using the tasks as team-building trust exercises which can give them a better read on their fellow competitors.
Haven't seen the US version, but the trailer just dropped today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3rqVPKOKfQ. It appears the US version uses the same locations, sets, tasks and challenges as the UK version. Just a different host. In the UK version, you learn who the Traitors are at the start, it's not kept secret from the audience. Assuming the same in the US version.
Among the cast are a variety of names familiar to US reality TV viewers:
• Arie Luyendyk Jr. (Bachelor/Bachelorette)
• Brandi Glanville (The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills)
• Cirie Fields (Survivor)
• Cody Calafiore (Big Brother)
• Kate Chastain (Below Deck)
• Kyle Cooke (Summer House)
• Rachel Reilly (Big Brother)
• Reza Farahan (Shahs of Sunset)
• Ryan Lochte (Olympian)
• Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick (Survivor)
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
Thought Kaleidoscope was pretty good
On The Rocks
Footballguy
House of the Dragon (HBO)
I went into this with very low expectations. I didn't expect anything as interesting or entertaining as GoT. I'm also not a reader of the GoT books so there is a lot of the family names mentioned, and kingdoms mentioned that I know they have importance, but I wasn't interested in investing the time to figure out who was who.
Having said that, I almost gave up on this after the first three episodes. Everything about it felt like a poorly produced parody of GoT. The casting was bad. The leading male roles all looked like men who were low level B-List candidates that didn't make it on to GoT.
But something seemed to happen during or after E4. It really took off for me. Maybe it was the recasting, (which I wasn't aware of immediately and had me a little lost). Glad I watched all the way through and by the end of E7 or E8 I was totally hooked. Must have been the development of the "young heir" characters that became somewhat believable or interesting. I don't know. Can't wait for the next season!
I went into this with very low expectations. I didn't expect anything as interesting or entertaining as GoT. I'm also not a reader of the GoT books so there is a lot of the family names mentioned, and kingdoms mentioned that I know they have importance, but I wasn't interested in investing the time to figure out who was who.
Having said that, I almost gave up on this after the first three episodes. Everything about it felt like a poorly produced parody of GoT. The casting was bad. The leading male roles all looked like men who were low level B-List candidates that didn't make it on to GoT.
But something seemed to happen during or after E4. It really took off for me. Maybe it was the recasting, (which I wasn't aware of immediately and had me a little lost). Glad I watched all the way through and by the end of E7 or E8 I was totally hooked. Must have been the development of the "young heir" characters that became somewhat believable or interesting. I don't know. Can't wait for the next season!
On The Rocks
Footballguy
I wonder if the order in which you watch the episodes would change how one person to the next would think of the series. I thought it was ok.....somewhat predictable, and could have been better.
massraider
Footballguy
I'm up for a heist anything and I am president of the Giancarlo fan club, but man. Two episodes in, and I think this is much more an experiment with a series format, and less a great heist series. My biggest issue is Jai Courtney wrecks any scene he is in, as the bad guy from the heist team we are supposed to hate. This should be an easy role. He sort of overplays his native Aussie accent, so now he sounds like Vin Diesel doing an Aussie accent.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
They're still giving roles to Jai Courtney? That guy has all the acting skills of a cow chewing cud.
One of my favorites from last year. Really enjoyed it.
PIK95
Footballguy
I only made it like half way. To dang dark and slow for me. That lil kid they found was creepy too.
PIK95
Footballguy
Made it two episodes through Treazon, pretty awful.
I think I mentioned Andor is now threatening the Wire for my favorite show of all time.
Watched the first two episodes of Wednesday. Enjoyed them we loved her in Stuck in the Middle a few years back.
Liked White Lotus, but had to be doing some else while watching. The pace was hell for us A.D.D. people.
REALLY enjoyed the Recruit. That was fun. Can't wait for season two.
Watched Band of Brothers again in between all that to add some quality.
Rogue Heros was solid, disliked the ending.
I think I mentioned Andor is now threatening the Wire for my favorite show of all time.
Watched the first two episodes of Wednesday. Enjoyed them we loved her in Stuck in the Middle a few years back.
Liked White Lotus, but had to be doing some else while watching. The pace was hell for us A.D.D. people.
REALLY enjoyed the Recruit. That was fun. Can't wait for season two.
Watched Band of Brothers again in between all that to add some quality.
Rogue Heros was solid, disliked the ending.
CletiusMaximus
Footballguy
I enjoyed Fleischman, despite two terrible kid actors and having to endure Jessie Eisenberg playing his one character role throughout. The plot twist in the last three episodes caught me and made it worthwhile.
Big League Chew
Footballguy
Not a series but where the crawdads sing on Netflix is a good movie
jamny
Footballguy
Don Quixote
Footballguy
I enjoyed the book, but have not watched the show yet. Need to check it out, but a bit behind on shows.
massraider
Footballguy
Glass Onion was a ton of fun. Ed Norton was perfectly cast, and Janelle Monae is an angel from some alien civilization.
Rand al Thor
Footballguy
Another recommendation for Rogue Heroes. Sort of like Inglorious Basterds meets The Dirty Dozen, but based on a true story that sticks pretty close to the source material. I think it was episode three where it kind of dragged for a couple of episodes with some flashback romance things that didn't really do it for me, but it picked back up. I didn't love how it ended, but again, it's based on a true story. And I guess they've set it up nicely for a Season 2.
fatness
Footballguy
Watching Rebecka Martinsson now, just started season 2. Swedish crime drama where 2 episodes are spent on a crime and then it's on to the next. Some good acting, not great, including the supporting cast. Great scenery and remote location. The disconcerting thing is that the lead character is portrayed by different actresses in season 1 and season 2. Ida Engvoll, the lead in season 1 was replaced. She looked a lot like Jamie Erdahl, drank a lot, and occasionally lost her shirt. Missing her in season 2.
PIK95
Footballguy
The ending kinda killed it for me.
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
Yeah that is interesting. Our first one was green (prison) which I thought was one of the better ones
Tick
Footballguy
The Crazies (2010) (Tubi): Not really a zombie movie! This is set in rural Iowa. People start getting ultraviolent and decomposing… but they don’t reanimate, can still talk and move fairly normally, and aren’t contagious. Verdict: not a zombie movie. It ends up mostly being a movie about the gubmint’s quarantine efforts getting overzealous. This was competently made - special effects, acting (Olyphant), music, cinematography were solid. I thought it wasn’t fully consistent about how people flipped into and out of ultraviolent mode as they changed, but I could be wrong. It looks like there was a Romero original in the 70s that I know nothing about. Anyway, this was a decent non-zombie movie.
foxco
Footballguy
Liked this one quite a bit IIRC, big fan of Olyphant. Kind of a zombie movie though in the same way 28 Days Later is IMO...
foxco
Footballguy
Was watching this with my wife and commented that I couldn't concentrate on the plot because Janelle Monae was too distractingly beautiful. For some reason did not get lucky that night.
Not on the same planet as Ana de Armas from the first one.
belljr
Footballguy
Yeah season 3 really was all over the place
Tick
Footballguy
Day of the Dead 1985 (Redbox with ads): Romero zombie movie! This movie suuucked. Very uneven effects (nice arm removal effect and a good dissection scene though), bad acting, really unlikeable and irritating stereotype characters, ugly set, ridiculously misogynistic and racist (though maybe era appropriate), annoying fakeout dream sequences… just nothing good I can say about this one, really.
I might not be a Romero fan. NOTLD is a classic and had a great ending, but otherwise… meh.
One odd thing: the version on Tubi is from a VHS tape. Terrible resolution, the FBI warning at the beginning… bizarre. The Redbox version had good quality.
I might not be a Romero fan. NOTLD is a classic and had a great ending, but otherwise… meh.
One odd thing: the version on Tubi is from a VHS tape. Terrible resolution, the FBI warning at the beginning… bizarre. The Redbox version had good quality.
I thought it was generally really good, the last couple episodes in particular. This is still one of my favorite shows going.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
I have not seen it, but I know some people who are huge fans of Mike White’s previous HBO series Enlightened.
The General
Footballguy
Two great seasons. A show with a unique vibe and point of view.
Tick
Footballguy
Memory - The Origins of Alien (AMC+, other services too): Documentary about the making of Alien. There were some insights about how the chest burster scene was done, and there were some bits about the behind the scenes stuff with budget and crew, but mostly it was about where the concepts came from (mostly Dan O'Bannon).
I'm a big fan of that movie, and I enjoyed this documentary. The opening scene kind of sucked, but just that one scene. A few people they interview got a little too metamystical, but this was definitely interesting and enjoyable.
I'm a big fan of that movie, and I enjoyed this documentary. The opening scene kind of sucked, but just that one scene. A few people they interview got a little too metamystical, but this was definitely interesting and enjoyable.
TripItUp
Footballguy
White Lotus 2 was the best miniseries of 2022 for me...terrific on several levels.
JB Breakfast Club
Footballguy
I really like Fleishman is in Trouble. Well acted (outside the kids - they were pretty rough), well paced, and very effective use of a narrator/voice over. I have always liked Lizzy Caplan, and this was a great role for her.
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I believe my first episode was Green (prison - 7 years before the Heist).
The General
Footballguy
“The Last of Us” starts up Sunday. This should be great.
TripItUp
Footballguy
anxiously awaiting...running out of content to consume“The Last of Us” starts up Sunday. This should be great.
Looking forward to it although I wish they picked an actress who at least closely resembled Ellie. Of course the actress I would've picked is a dude right now.“The Last of Us” starts up Sunday. This should be great.
The General
Footballguy
I didn’t play the game but I have seen the complaints about this. She was great in GoT so hopefully she knocks this role out of the park.Looking forward to it although I wish they picked an actress who at least closely resembled Ellie. Of course the actress I would've picked is a dude right now.“The Last of Us” starts up Sunday. This should be great.
On The Rocks
Footballguy
Dopesick (2021) - Streaming on Hulu - 6 Episodes
This was from a couple of years ago, so most here may have already watched it. The dramatic series that looks at the investigation into Purdue Pharma, the development of Oxycontin and the results it had primarily in a Virginia mining community, but also it's overall impact on the nation.
I can't say enough about this series. It was GREAT! It wasn't great, like "The Wire" or "The Sopranos" was great. But for a dramatic series based on a real life historical story, this was phenomenal.
Each character was played in an understated way, that was so real to life and not over the top.
If I had any criticism, it was that whoever was responsible for the wigs and toupee's on the set went a little over board. hahahaha.
And not any fault of the production itself, but the end result of the real life investigation was somewhat of a letdown. I was really cheering for the good guys and hoping they could get the end result they were hoping for. And you really can't help but cheer for the community members that are battling their addictions, and hurting for them when they relapse.
I can't recommend this series enough. It was really great! Really well done! I'm curious what others thought about it who may have seen it.
This was from a couple of years ago, so most here may have already watched it. The dramatic series that looks at the investigation into Purdue Pharma, the development of Oxycontin and the results it had primarily in a Virginia mining community, but also it's overall impact on the nation.
I can't say enough about this series. It was GREAT! It wasn't great, like "The Wire" or "The Sopranos" was great. But for a dramatic series based on a real life historical story, this was phenomenal.
Each character was played in an understated way, that was so real to life and not over the top.
If I had any criticism, it was that whoever was responsible for the wigs and toupee's on the set went a little over board. hahahaha.
And not any fault of the production itself, but the end result of the real life investigation was somewhat of a letdown. I was really cheering for the good guys and hoping they could get the end result they were hoping for. And you really can't help but cheer for the community members that are battling their addictions, and hurting for them when they relapse.
I can't recommend this series enough. It was really great! Really well done! I'm curious what others thought about it who may have seen it.
On The Rocks
Footballguy
The Rig (2023) - Streaming on Prime - 6 Episodes
I have no idea what I watched.
A cross between "The Abyss", and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" ? Maybe? I don't know.
I'm not a Sci Fi guy, so don't take my word for any of it. Of course there are some who watch it and might say it wasn't sci-fi at all.
I have no idea what I watched.
A cross between "The Abyss", and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" ? Maybe? I don't know.
I'm not a Sci Fi guy, so don't take my word for any of it. Of course there are some who watch it and might say it wasn't sci-fi at all.
CletiusMaximus
Footballguy
I didn’t play the game but I have seen the complaints about this. She was great in GoT so hopefully she knocks this role out of the park.Looking forward to it although I wish they picked an actress who at least closely resembled Ellie. Of course the actress I would've picked is a dude right now.“The Last of Us” starts up Sunday. This should be great.
She was also good in the Worst Witch and Catherine Called Birdy.
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