What are you watching now?

[George K]

@Loki they didn't seem to understand the difference between "Funny" and "Stupid."

[Loki]

@George-K said in What are you watching now?:

@Loki they didn't seem to understand the difference between "Funny" and "Stupid."

Some really funny moments immediately followed by something really dumb. Disorienting. One of my tests of bad film is meandering tone.

[MainerMikeBrown]

One day about a week ago, I watched Kelly's Heroes and My Cousin Vinny on the same day, even though I've seen both movies a hundred times.

[Catseye3]

@George-K: I agree -- though I admired Max von Sydow in the movie Needfull Things, especially him sitting in his easy chair, giggling with satisfaction (and those gnarly fingernails!) over how well his evil plan is unfolding.

I love Max von Sydow.

[MainerMikeBrown]

I think tonight I'll watch an episode or two of the sitcom, Hogan's Heroes.

[George K]

@Catseye3 said in What are you watching now?:

@George-K: I agree -- though I admired Max von Sydow in the movie Needfull Things, especially him sitting in his easy chair, giggling with satisfaction (and those gnarly fingernails!) over how well his evil plan is unfolding.

I love Max von Sydow.

Never saw "Needful Things." How was it?

I'm currently binging through Better Call Saul - 5th season. Seems like (so far) a stronger season, laying a lot of the groundwork we would see in Breaking Bad (Crazy Eight! w00t!).

[LuFins Dad]

I’m watching Blues Clues & You. The new guy is okay.

[Doctor Phibes]

@LuFins-Dad said in What are you watching now?:

I’m watching Blues Clues & You. The new guy is okay.

I miss those days. My daughter just re-watched the entire Avatar the Last Airbender series, and I secretly loved it. Now she's watching it again, but I think I'm spent.

[LuFins Dad]

Lol, we just put episode 1 on Netflix.

[Axtremus]

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Hey @George-K , what is it that you love say about robot overlords?
Oh, they want all y’all to stay indoors.

[Axtremus]

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[George K]

@George-K said in What are you watching now?:

I'm currently binging through Better Call Saul - 5th season. Seems like (so far) a stronger season, laying a lot of the groundwork we would see in Breaking Bad (Crazy Eight! w00t!).

A much, much, stronger season than the last few. We finally see the beginning of Jimmy's Saul's descent into being a henchman for Gus. Mike's behaviors begin to make sense.

Good stuff.

Considering what we know comes later, the whole "Kim Wexler" plot, though interesting and fun, seems like a bit of a sideshow. Though she is positioned as (I hate this term) Saul's moral compass, I think the story could have been told without her.

I'm really curious to see what happens as Jimmy Saul ends up as the manager of Cinnabon.

[Loki]

@George-K said in What are you watching now?:

Considering what we know comes later, the whole "Kim Wexler" plot, though interesting and fun, seems like a bit of a sideshow. Though she is positioned as (I hate this term) Saul's moral compass, I think the story could have been told without her.

I guess she’s not on George’s hit parade.

[George K]

@Loki said in What are you watching now?:

@George-K said in What are you watching now?:

Considering what we know comes later, the whole "Kim Wexler" plot, though interesting and fun, seems like a bit of a sideshow. Though she is positioned as (I hate this term) Saul's moral compass, I think the story could have been told without her.

I guess she’s not on George’s hit parade.

Oh, I'd Jon would hit her.

It's a good side story, but in the larger "Breaking Bad" universe, she's irrelevant.

[Loki]

@George-K said in What are you watching now?:

It's a good side story, but in the larger "Breaking Bad" universe, she's irrelevant.

I think her role is to let us believe Saul won’t sink into the abyss, that somehow she knows something we don’t. But basically it’s a story of codependency.

[George K]

@Loki said in What are you watching now?:

But basically it’s a story of codependency.

Good point. Toward the end of the season (I still haven't finished) he tells her that he wants to be a "friend of the cartel."

She accepts that.

[Loki]

The Stranger on Netflix. English detective show, I think. One episode in. Curious enough for a second.

[George K]

@Loki said in What are you watching now?:

The Stranger on Netflix. English detective show, I think. One episode in. Curious enough for a second.

Looks intriguing. I loved Richard Armitage in "Berlin Station."

[Axtremus]

Epic epoxy project:

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[George K]

@George-K said in What are you watching now?:

@Loki said in What are you watching now?:

But basically it’s a story of codependency.

Good point. Toward the end of the season (I still haven't finished) he tells her that he wants to be a "friend of the cartel."

She accepts that.

Probably the strongest season of the series. Jimmy's descent into Saul Goodman is fraught with conflict. Kim's descent into a possibly similar evil seems inevitable, and not conflicted at all.

I'm hoping for a good resolution to the tale in the next (and final) season.

Very well done.