What are you watching now?
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"For All Mankind"
Binging through this show on Apple TV.
The premise is that, in 1967, the Soviet Union has beaten the USA to landing a man on the moon - by two weeks. NASA scrambles to put a man on the moon, and it succeeds, barely, with Armstrong and Aldrin. The USSR outdoes the USA again, by putting a woman on the moon, and the USA has yet to put an XX chromosome into space. Of course, NASA changes its mission to add women to the program.
Finally, the USA is able to find water on the moon, and establishes a base on the moon for permanent occupation.
Lots of soapy stuff that's distracting. The interposition of historical footage (Nixon) and speculative fiction (Ted Kennedy as president? Really?) is somewhat of a distraction. The drama of the families is another distraction. Psychological issues, marriage issues etc take up a lot of screen time.
However, despite the distractions, it's watchable, even if it's overdone at times. It's a fancy soap opera, but worth a couple of episodes a day.
Not a waste of time, but not great either.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@george-k said in What are you watching now?:
Not a waste of time, but not great either.
Yeah...
Not sure if it's trying to push the "wokeness" buttons or the "soap opera" buttons while retaining some of the alleged "sci-fi" aspects of the show.
Second season is disappointing because it feels like the show is trying to find where it wants to go. For example, the encounter between the Soviet and American teams on the moon base is punctuated by "I Fought the Law and the Law Won."
Really? C'mon man.
New director of NASA struggles with gay-ness while trying to keep job.
Stop it. Just stop.
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Just finished another K Drama called "Itaewon Class". Really liked this one.
It is kind of a David and Goliath story. A kid gets "framed" and sent to jail. The person who did the frame is the son of a big businessman. The kid vows to get revenge by building a business bigger and better than the framer.
I thought good story, good acting, and you liked and fell for the characters. I would rate this one a "watch"
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Another British mystery show: "Marcella."
Premise: Retired detective, now a stay-at-home mom, is recruited back to the force. She has to deal with kids, a very aggressive successful husband, who's a bit on the shady side, and some demons, very powerful demons, from her early times as a mom.
Very well acted by the lead, and compelling stories (3 seasons so far).
A lot of her emotional stuff is, imo, overdone. Just tell the story, but in the context of how mysteries are solved, I suppose it's unavoidable.
At the end of Season 2, the story is, basically rebooted, with her working undercover in Ireland.
Very bingeable. Watch it at 1.25 speed on Netflix and you can do a season in a weekend. Despite it's flaws, I'm looking forward to #4.
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Pretty typical British murder mystery show. Each episode is ½ of a story (total of 90 minutes per mystery). There is an overreaching arc, but it's not necessary to start from the beginning. Nice, not-too-complex-and confusing stories (yeah, "Endeavour," I'm looking at you).
Banks is an interesting character, but some of his associates (like Caroline Catz - from "Doc Martin") are just as interesting.
Check out 2-3 mysteries...
I'm lot in love, like "Foyle's War," but it's pretty good, if you like Brit mysteries.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@jodi I finished it off the other day.
Very enjoyable. I really enjoyed the fact that I could watch, or binge, two episodes at a time to see the resolution of a mystery. It's nice to not be committed to a whole season. The 5th season has an over-reaching arc, but if you don't complete it, you're not missing a great deal.
If you do complete, it's good as well.
I loved Annie Cabbot, and it was interesting to see Caroline Catz (Doc Martin) in a serious role.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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A very different take on the Thor story from the Marvel guys - it's Norwegian made, and very not-Hollywood. On Netflix. Mrs. Phibes started watching it, and I ended up joining in. Still not quite sure about it, but it's interesting.
Proud supporter of Plan 2525. Everything you think, do and say will be in the pill you took today.
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@doctor-phibes said in What are you watching now?:
A very different take on the Thor story from the Marvel guys - it's Norwegian made, and very not-Hollywood. On Netflix. Mrs. Phibes started watching it, and I ended up joining in. Still not quite sure about it, but it's interesting.
Ooh...just watched the trailer for season 1... that's next up for us. I can see the treatment and who the giants are.
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@loki said in What are you watching now?:
Mare of Eastown
Thanks for the recommendation. I'll have to check it out.
Currently watching "Cardinal" on HULU - Canadian cop show set in the fictional town of Algonquin Bay (actually filmed in Sudbury, and North Bay where my family and I vacationed a couple of times when I was a kid - on Lake Nipissing).
Interesting characters and it's, to say the least, "gritty." And by "gritty" I'm talking about decapitations and amputations, not to mention torture.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@doctor-phibes I watched the firsts season,
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@george-k said in What are you watching now?:
@loki said in What are you watching now?:
Mare of Eastown
Thanks for the recommendation. I'll have to check it out.
Currently watching "Cardinal" on HULU - Canadian cop show set in the fictional town of Algonquin Bay (actually filmed in Sudbury, and North Bay where my family and I vacationed a couple of times when I was a kid - on Lake Nipissing).
Interesting characters and it's, to say the least, "gritty." And by "gritty" I'm talking about decapitations and amputations, not to mention torture.
Didja go see The Big Nickel?
"My pronouns are FA/FO." - Mik, 2024
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@mik said in What are you watching now?:
@doctor-phibes said in What are you watching now?:
A very different take on the Thor story from the Marvel guys - it's Norwegian made, and very not-Hollywood. On Netflix. Mrs. Phibes started watching it, and I ended up joining in. Still not quite sure about it, but it's interesting.
Ooh...just watched the trailer for season 1... that's next up for us. I can see the treatment and who the giants are.
Watched S1 E1 last night. Interesting, if a bit teen oriented. MFR did not like it because of the heart eating thing.
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@mik said in What are you watching now?:
Geddouddahere. You were in Sudbury and didn't see the Big Nickel?
"On July 27, 1964, the park was officially opened. "
I would guess that I was 13 years old when we stayed up there, perhaps 14 on our second vacation. That park wasn't open then (I was born in 1950), and we only traveled to Sudbury one time, iirc. Our cottage was on the south shore of Lake Nipissing, and if we needed anything, we'd go to North Bay. Sudbury was a 60 mile drive.
And, after all, why go there?
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@mik said in What are you watching now?:
@mik said in What are you watching now?:
@doctor-phibes said in What are you watching now?:
A very different take on the Thor story from the Marvel guys - it's Norwegian made, and very not-Hollywood. On Netflix. Mrs. Phibes started watching it, and I ended up joining in. Still not quite sure about it, but it's interesting.
Ooh...just watched the trailer for season 1... that's next up for us. I can see the treatment and who the giants are.
Watched S1 E1 last night. Interesting, if a bit teen oriented. MFR did not like it because of the heart eating thing.
Mrs. Phibes watches a lot of teen-oriented shows, although she denies this. Even my daughter thought it was a bit depressing, and she watches the bleakest stuff imaginable.
