repoman
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Shogun (2024)
The lead actress is giving a super bland and wooden performance. Hard to take.
The lead actress is giving a super bland and wooden performance. Hard to take.
I’ve started rewatching Killing Eve. I had watched a couple of seasons a while back but now all four are on Netflix. Despite the usual feminist trope of having all competent women with the men being mostly nincompoops it is enjoyable. However, I read reviews that the last couple seasons (especially 4) aren’t that good so my enthusiasm for getting back into it has waned. Any opinions?
I agree with the reviews.I’ve started rewatching Killing Eve. I had watched a couple of seasons a while back but now all four are on Netflix. Despite the usual feminist trope of having all competent women with the men being mostly nincompoops it is enjoyable. However, I read reviews that the last couple seasons (especially 4) aren’t that good so my enthusiasm for getting back into it has waned. Any opinions?
Very cool. That's the next show we will start. Just finished 3 body problem. 10/10. Loved it.Fallout, just finished it. Awesome with the moral philosophy and game theory, characters, writing, acting, humor, I'd give it a 10/10.
Bladwin never found out Danny fucked his wife. He always viewed him as his best mate's son and a reminder of his own boy.I'm going to ask the guy who fucked my wife and helped destroy my marriage to go with me on a 3 year round trip journey to Mars
1. Shogun: it's a pretty darn good show. Each episode feels like a mini movie and even though I'm enjoying it, I can't wait for it to be over. But I do like it. Whatever.
Yeah. It’s a good show but the most recent season was the least enjoyable so far.2. For All Mankind (season 3): The show has always had its bits of relationship melodrama, but it's become too much in season 3. For example *SPOILER* ... I'm going to ask the guy who fucked my wife and helped destroy my marriage to go with me on a 3 year round trip journey to Mars. Fucking seriously? And it's not just that. I'll finish watching the season at some point, but it's like show brought on a bunch of soap opera writers in order to increase the least appealing aspects of the show.
I highly recommend the first two seasons though. They're great.
I hear ya' on paying for yet another service. I finished out Shogun last night because my subscription for Hulu runs out on the 13th of this month. $69 for the Hulu + ESPN + Disney package and you have to watch commercials? I guess I should've read more carefully before signing up, but I've been peeved about this for months.1. Shogun: it's a pretty darn good show. Each episode feels like a mini movie and even though I'm enjoying it, I can't wait for it to be over. But I do like it. Whatever.
Shogun is one of my all-time favorite books. And I did enjoy the old Richard Chamberlain series. But the new one is on Hulu right? Don’t need to pay for yet another streaming service.
Yeah. It’s a good show but the most recent season was the least enjoyable so far.2. For All Mankind (season 3): The show has always had its bits of relationship melodrama, but it's become too much in season 3. For example *SPOILER* ... I'm going to ask the guy who fucked my wife and helped destroy my marriage to go with me on a 3 year round trip journey to Mars. Fucking seriously? And it's not just that. I'll finish watching the season at some point, but it's like show brought on a bunch of soap opera writers in order to increase the least appealing aspects of the show.
I highly recommend the first two seasons though. They're great.
Really? .... holy crap, you're right. Oh well, I can give that criticism a rest. Still though, that's far from the only insufferable aspect.Bladwin never found out Danny fucked his wife. He always viewed him as his best mate's son and a reminder of his own boy.I'm going to ask the guy who fucked my wife and helped destroy my marriage to go with me on a 3 year round trip journey to Mars
I can put up with the drama. But I also like BSG and DS9 and those shows were pretty packed with that as well. I guess RDM likes his soap. I'm also a big Turtledove fan so I really enjoy how someone's imagination of one particular thing changing (in the case of For All Mankind Sergei Korolev surviving) can utterly rewrite history.Really? .... holy crap, you're right. Oh well, I can give that criticism a rest. Still though, that's far from the only insufferable aspect.Bladwin never found out Danny fucked his wife. He always viewed him as his best mate's son and a reminder of his own boy.I'm going to ask the guy who fucked my wife and helped destroy my marriage to go with me on a 3 year round trip journey to Mars
House is very formulaic in that sense. The medical stuff basically stays like that through the whole series. What could keep one coming back is the character study of House, not the medical stuff. He remains the "anti-hero" as you describe, so if that's not appealing now then you'll probably not enjoy the run. Also, his relationships with his staff (and his friend and boss) are a big part of the non-medical story, and those range from very interesting to overly sappy.Tried to get into House, but a few episodes into it, I'm having a hard time buying this. It is virtually a clone of Bones (or more accurately visa versa), with the main difference being that in Bones it makes sense they get they really weird cases, where as House's hospital is always getting the weirdest stuff. And it is wrong, wrong, wrong, we got it redundancy. I like Hugh Laurie, he is a great actor/comic. But his character is a bit too anti-hero for my taste. Also, I don't need the graphic aspects of medical care and suffering. The graphical biological stuff is interesting, but I don't need to see spinal taps and what not.
Should I keep pushing or is this formula going to persist for a while. I did give up on Bones after four or so seasons due to repetitiveness.