OT: Consolidated Entertainment Thread (TV, movies, books, games) part VI - use spoiler tags!

[Brodeur]

Watch the original. It’s incredible.

It pains me to say the first 2 episodes of the revival sucked and don’t capture the magic of the original at all. They seemingly didn’t commit to either a reboot or a straight continuation of the original. It’s a weird mash up and it doesn’t work at all. My biggest problem with the show is the technical aspects. The score is overbearing and the cinematography sucks. They’ve adopted the MCU aesthetic rather than sticking to the grimy and gritty look and feel of the original. The dialogue as well just doesn’t hit. This show pales in comparison to the original and it’s really bumming me out.

Upon further review I probably watched the first two seasons and then cancelled Netflix before the third. I remember liking it but the one of the few things I can remember is the montage of Kingpin making eggs and how I never knew to add a dash of milk.

 

[My3Sons]

I finally watched Heretic @NjDevsRR

Excellent movie. Grant was fantastic. There are some iffy parts of the setup but you can hand wave most of them based on the nature of Grant's character. The ending was a bit disappointing but it was original and suspenseful and pretty sharp. Thanks for the recommendation.....

 

[NjDevsRR]

I finally watched Heretic @NjDevsRR

Excellent movie. Grant was fantastic. There are some iffy parts of the setup but you can hand wave most of them based on the nature of Grant's character. The ending was a bit disappointing but it was original and suspenseful and pretty sharp. Thanks for the recommendation.....

Watch it a second time, ever better!

Spoiler: Absolutely loved it

Hugh Grant was fantastic, especially the library scene where he was attacking all the denominations of religion while using Monopoly, The Hollie’s, Radiohead, Lana Del Rey, and Jar Jar Binks as examples of capitalistic ventures based on previous work, which he views religion is.

Then his devious scheme is exposed of him kidnapping and using followers of faith as pawns in his game of showing that the true point of religion is “control”.

Then Divine intervention kills the man trying to prove that divine intervention does not exist.

Brilliant

 

[Hisch13r]

Upon further review I probably watched the first two seasons and then cancelled Netflix before the third. I remember liking it but the one of the few things I can remember is the montage of Kingpin making eggs and how I never knew to add a dash of milk.

S3 was the best of the bunch.

 

[Saugus]

We ripped right through Fallout, and now we’re watching The Expanse. Already finished the first season.

I feel like I haven’t binge watched like this since early Covid. Sleep deprivation aside, paternity leave is awesome!

(I guess bonding with my daughter is pretty cool too.)

 

[Hisch13r]

I enjoyed episode 3 of Daredevil a lot more than the first 2 episodes. Basically entirely off the back of the Hector stuff. I still absolutely do not like the Fisk stuff at all. The score is still comically overbearing. The acting in that scene under the bridge was just awful.

 

[MadDevil]

I'm on a Western kick lately, rewatching Hell on Wheels again, and damn that show was so good, especially the first couple seasons.

 

[Davegarri]

Finally got caught up on White Lotus season 3 last night.

Man was that latest episode a wild ride

 

[Oneiro]

It's not for everybody, definitely a slow drama and character study, but I loved Aftersun. Father and daughter story. As someone waiting for his first kid, it hit hard. Stars Paul Mescal (Gladiator II lead) and he did an amazing job.

 

[My3Sons]

I saw Black Bag. it's a bit of a slow burn spy thriller. Sort of a Daniel Craig Casino Royale feel coupled with the complex clues of an Inception. It has a bit of an austere Kubrick element in some of the shots. Blanchett and Fassbender are their usual excellent selves. I grew up on Bond films and love a good international espionage story. it's a bit tricky to follow once it gets going but I found it worhwhile and will see it again to unravel things a bit more closely.

 

[NjDevsRR]

THANK GOD I saw this pop up on my feed. I legit heard this the other day at a pharmacy and its been driving me crazy who it was. Good ole Doob Bros

 

[Hisch13r]

Finally got caught up on White Lotus season 3 last night.

Man was that latest episode a wild ride

This has been by far my favorite season of the 3. I liked the first 2 but I’m loving this. In the other seasons there was stuff I liked and then others that I just didn’t care about. I’m all in on like every character and story for this season.

 

[Brodeur]

Probably because of Gene Hackman's recent passing, I had some clips from The Quick and The Dead pop up in my YouTube feed. Never had seen it completely before, so I decided to give it a watch. Campy but enjoyable.

 

[My3Sons]

THANK GOD I saw this pop up on my feed. I legit heard this the other day at a pharmacy and its been driving me crazy who it was. Good ole Doob Bros

A 70s classic. Michael McDonald era.

 

[Richer's Ghost]

THANK GOD I saw this pop up on my feed. I legit heard this the other day at a pharmacy and its been driving me crazy who it was. Good ole Doob Bros

A worthwhile watch on the sound and styles of the Doobie Brothers.

 

[devilsblood]

THANK GOD I saw this pop up on my feed. I legit heard this the other day at a pharmacy and its been driving me crazy who it was. Good ole Doob Bros

Yacht rock is lame.

 

[My3Sons]

Yacht rock is lame.

To each their own. As a term that didn't exist back in the day. The Doobies would have been mainstream pop/rock. They were popular and had a nice variety of sounds.

 

[Billdo]

A worthwhile watch on the sound and styles of the Doobie Brothers.

 

[Richer's Ghost]

 

[JK3]

Get this man in the WWE, epic intro music. “Oh hell yeah, Steven is somewhere I don’t know where he is though”.

Just wait for his finishing move the Pearl Slam on his nemesis Jeremy Spokane.