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Finally got around to watching the latest season of "The Boys" on Amazon Prime. I've got about 1 1/2 episodes left, but...wow. They've dropped all pretense of being a clever (if hyper-violent) sly commentary on America's celebrity-obsessed culture/politics and are now just beating the viewers over the head with "no, seriously...this is you. You're worshiping degenerates who are happily marching your country to fascism."

I mean...they're not wrong, but it's just a bit too on the nose. Okay...it's a lot too on the nose.
The irony being that this season was the first season when MAGAtards realised they were being mocked.
I have absolutely no idea how in the hell it took them that long to figure that out. I'm watching it and I'm thinking... why is there no hub bub over this show from the right? In fact, they seem to like it!

I was happy to see the latest season actually progress the plot, though I'm unhappy with how poorly they are scripting when super powers matter and the son. The narrative on the son is so jerky, start-stop.
I'm wondering how they're going to wave away the fact that the actor is going to grow like a weed between this season and the next one. If you're being picky (like me), you look at Ryan and realize that while season 4 picks up right after season 3 ended (in show time), it's obvious that he'd changed. Now, he's 16 and the next season hasn't even started filming. Probably something, something, "he's the first natural born supe, so he's growing faster than a normal human."
 
The Perfect Couple, 6/10; Streaming on Netflix this six episode series stars Nicole Kidman, Liev Schreiber and Eve Hewson (U2 front man Bono's daughter). Set in Nantucket, Amelia (Hewson) is getting ready to marry Benji, son of wealthy parents Tag (Schreiber) and Greer (Kidman) and it is to be a grand affair. However, Amelia's friend and maid of honor is found dead, the victim of a murder. What follows is similar to an Agatha Christie Death on The Nile type thing sans Poirot where there multiple viable suspects. It's watchable but as always too elaborate and too many episodes to be convincing or create any real tension.
 
I just watched The Diplomat Season 2. I won't risk spoiling by commenting on the story, but I want to complain: Why are there only 6 episodes in the season?

The Wire and Breaking Bad, for example, had episodes about as long as the 50-minute average of The Diplomat, but averaged 12 and 13 episodes per season. Episodes of The Resident were almost as long and they averaged 18 episodes per season.

Now I'm supposed to wait 12 months for another 6 episodes?? Forget it. (Or am I confused? Does a new "season" appear every 6 months or such?)
 
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We are about 8 episodes into season 1 of Babylon 5.

I sure hope the acting and writing gets better. So far not impressed.
Season 1 is a lot of work. Honestly, you could skip to episode 18 and not miss much. But Babylon 5 walked so shows like The Expanse could run. The "No dictator" speech (you'll know it when you get to that episode) is downright iconic.
 
Just starting in on The Diplomat season 2.

Looking forward to Silo season 2 also.
I didn't know they had made a Silo TV series.

I thought the books were excellent; Not just Hugh Howey's original trilogy, but also some of the other writers work. Howey planned the whole idea as an inspirational setting for other writers to play with, and many of the ideas, characters, and stories that came out of that collaboration are superb.
 
Just starting in on The Diplomat season 2.

Looking forward to Silo season 2 also.
I didn't know they had made a Silo TV series.

I thought the books were excellent; Not just Hugh Howey's original trilogy, but also some of the other writers work. Howey planned the whole idea as an inspirational setting for other writers to play with, and many of the ideas, characters, and stories that came out of that collaboration are superb.
Never read the books so I have no comparison but I really enjoyed season 1 and hope season 2 is just as good. It ended on a bit of a cliffhanger so I’m happy they got a second season at all.
 
We are about 8 episodes into season 1 of Babylon 5.

I sure hope the acting and writing gets better. So far not impressed.
One of the nice things about B5 is that it DOES get steadily better as it goes. (but I thought the 5th season slipped a bit).
I was impressed by G'Kar, played by Andreas Katsulas. Before this Katsulas played mostly heavies and mobsters (because he looks like one). But in B5 he showed he could handle leading rolls. All the characters grow throughout the series.
Look for Rebo & Zooty, in season 5.
 
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I just finished Pieces or Her, a 2022 thriller miniseries which "has everything": twists, people who aren't what they seem, betrayals, mystery, whatever. Don't expect it to make much sense. If that's what you're looking for, the IMDB rating of 6.3 is about right.

But poorly constructed pseudo-thrillers that indulge in annoying melodramatic discursions are not my genre. And here episodes zig-zag around haphazardly with multiple story-lines and time periods. Perhaps focus was on maximizing some suspense parameter but with little attention to plot or development.

All in all, therefore, I'll give it no more than 5.3. Do not waste your time on this. I am embarrassed to report that I watched all 8 episodes, as the fatuity moved slowly toward starkness.
 
G'Kar, played by Andreas Katsulas

The only other role I recall him from is Star Trek TNG as Romulan Commander Tomalak. Whenever I hear his voice I can't help imagining Tokalak staring out the viewscreen at Picard.
5 episodes of Trek
110 episodes of B5
3 episodes of Max Headroom
Voices in 4 games
About 25, 1 episode TV roles
about 30 minor movie roles (I don't remember what I saw him In)
He was less than handsome, so was overlooked.
 
We are about 8 episodes into season 1 of Babylon 5.

I sure hope the acting and writing gets better. So far not impressed.
One of the nice things about B5 is that it DOES get steadily better as it goes. (but I thought the 5th season slipped a bit).
I was impressed by G'Kar, played by Andreas Katsulas. Before this Katsulas played mostly heavies and mobsters (because he looks like one). But in B5 he showed he could handle leading rolls. All the characters grow throughout the series.
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I got to have a nice long conversation awhile back with Claudia Christian, who played Commander Susan Ivanova on the show. We mostly talked about other things (I purposely didn't fanboy out) but when we did talk about B5, it was about the story arc of G'Kar and Londo (played by the excellent Peter Jurasik.) She said it was "Shakespearean" and I think that's accurate. Their relationship was tragic on so many levels...both from races that had been at war longer than anyone could remember, both hating each other as deeply as two leaders of ther respective races could, but at the end? I'll leave it to @crazyfingers to see how things turn out.

I just finished watching "Tales From the Loop" on Prime. Slow, plodding, but also fascinating. A collection of stories from a non-descript small town that's built over "The Loop," a research facility where the science-fiction scientifc experiments leech into the surrounding area and irrevocably change the lives of everyone who is seemingly doomed to remain there and eventually go to work either underground in The Loop or one of the more mundane jobs in town. The performances are quiet and reserved, and the characters all seem resigned to their respective fates. It's only 8 episodes, but it is more dense than some shows that run for multiple seasons.
 
Met Patricia Tallman once, (Lyta Alexander). Cool person, besides acting she was also a stunt woman on STNG.

Got her book. Found out the series creator wrote her roll specifically for her. The reason she was in the pilot but not the first season was one producer tried to pressure her into having an affair. After that guy left the show she was able to come back
 
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I just finished watching "Tales From the Loop" on Prime. Slow, plodding, but also fascinating. A collection of stories from a non-descript small town that's built over "The Loop," a research facility where the science-fiction scientifc experiments leech into the surrounding area and irrevocably change the lives of everyone who is seemingly doomed to remain there and eventually go to work either underground in The Loop or one of the more mundane jobs in town. The performances are quiet and reserved, and the characters all seem resigned to their respective fates. It's only 8 episodes, but it is more dense than some shows that run for multiple seasons.
That sounds like the same concept as the TV show Eureka. My wife really liked it.
 
Gyeong Seong Creature. (Netflix)

Korean series set in Japanese controlled Korea in WWII The head of a famous pawn shop/information brokerage is forced to find a military commander’s mistress. He gets involved with a couple ‘sleuths’ who are also looking for someone. And it ends up tying to a secret military project doing human experimentation to create something horrific.

About half way through the first season and really enjoying it.
 
Agatha All Along

A Marvel dramedy mini series about a coven of witches that must travel the Witches Road to achieve their destiny. Along the way they must pass the challenges of the road while also confronting their pasts.

7/10
 
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