I do hope that at some point in the series someone flatly refuses to address an inanimate object
― resident hack (Simon H.), Monday, 14 January 2019 17:39 (five years ago) link
there is a marie kondo thread. if people want to take conversation over there
the life-changing magic of tidying up
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Monday, 14 January 2019 17:42 (five years ago) link
Back to what I said, I think it's the show and its generic format that's the problem. I'd never heard of her before (though my wife had), but clearly this new series is having a relatively big impact, at least as far as introducing (or reintroducing) her and her ideas to people. Yet it's got such a hackneyed familiar vibe to it that it just feels like any other home makeover sort of show, which undersells what she has to offer. It'd be like if I told someone that "Flip or Flop" would change their life, and then they saw it and it's just another reality show. I can imagine this person's ideas working as a self-help book, but seeing it manifested on screen strikes me as faintly ridiculous, like an infomercial or something, or parody of the same.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 14 January 2019 17:45 (five years ago) link
Which is to say, it'd be a bad show, imo, no matter her personality or ideas. Just like something you'd flip around to in a hotel room. As opposed to, say, Salt Fat Acid Eat, which is great, and somehow feels fresh despite being yet another cooking/travel show.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 14 January 2019 17:46 (five years ago) link
I read a great essay recently on how SFAH changes the image of who gets to eat for enjoyment on tv: a woman, moreover a women of color, moreover a not-thin, not domestic woman, and the format of her show is that she really ENJOYS savoring and devouring things.
Oh here it is: https://www.eater.com/2018/10/24/18014782/salt-fat-acid-heat-samin-nosrat-eating-cooking-food-tv-netflix
Sorry if that was already linked here, I forget where I saw things.
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Monday, 14 January 2019 17:53 (five years ago) link
Huh. I thought that would be about the news (maybe not news?) that Netflix apparently changes the thumbnail/cover/icon of what you might want to watch based on what you have watched before. For example, if you have watched, say, Atlanta with Donald Glover, it might put him in the icon/cover of a movie he's barely in just to catch your eye.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 14 January 2019 17:58 (five years ago) link
Two eps in on Sex Education, and a stoned, blonde Gillian Anderson caressing the words "Man Milk" is the hero we need.
― Infidels, Like Dylan In The Eighties (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 16 January 2019 07:09 (five years ago) link
Yeah, halfway through Sex Education, really enjoying it.
― Yerac, Sunday, 20 January 2019 16:20 (five years ago) link
It's good, yeah. Close to the platonic ideal of an undemanding Netflix watch
― Number None, Sunday, 20 January 2019 16:53 (five years ago) link
I did have to look up where it was shot because that house is amazing.
― Yerac, Sunday, 20 January 2019 16:54 (five years ago) link
I want to punch Marie Kondo in the face. (Actually the ones coming up w the show.)Kid and I are watching Atypical. It's fantastic.
― nathom, Sunday, 20 January 2019 18:44 (five years ago) link
(I'm annoyed because of course in Japan, with smaller living spaces, people need to be "tidier" than in the US. Also hell no when it comes to speaking to my clothing.)
― nathom, Sunday, 20 January 2019 18:45 (five years ago) link
I like Marie Kondo. She is very american in her branding though.
― Yerac, Sunday, 20 January 2019 23:17 (five years ago) link
Yeah, she just wants to spark joy, no need to punch her just because you enjoy wallowing in your own filth.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Sunday, 20 January 2019 23:29 (five years ago) link
people are really bad these days at just shrugging and thinking “hmm, not for me”everything has got to have a commentary track
― mh, Sunday, 20 January 2019 23:35 (five years ago) link
She seems nice, and a bit kooky. not sure what anyone's objection is.
― Leaghaidh am brón an t-anam bochd (dowd), Sunday, 20 January 2019 23:36 (five years ago) link
you have to like, dislike, or have a convoluted long-winded opinion on things!the best day of my life, which the clickbait industry will never have, was when I realized “it’s fine” and “sure, whatever” are actually the best default positions. life’s too short to weigh in with such emphasis
― mh, Sunday, 20 January 2019 23:50 (five years ago) link
and that's okay
― omar little, Sunday, 20 January 2019 23:51 (five years ago) link
People feeling attacked by innocuous things shocker. She is very cute.
― Yerac, Sunday, 20 January 2019 23:53 (five years ago) link
xpost "emotionally supportive relationships based on mutual affection" are really boring and no one wants to hear about them.
― Yerac, Monday, 21 January 2019 00:01 (five years ago) link
whoops wrong thread.
fist bump omar
― mh, Monday, 21 January 2019 00:03 (five years ago) link
I thought I was going to hate the Kondo show but it's having a peculiar effect on me - particularly the still moments where she blesses the houses. It's probably an obvious point but what she's really doing is giving people space to contemplate their relationships and actually be together for a bit. Even if it is only an incidental aspect of the 'method', it's a hell of a trick.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Monday, 21 January 2019 15:34 (five years ago) link
And I think I probably fancy her a bit: I like her angles and her posture.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Monday, 21 January 2019 15:35 (five years ago) link
Haha people attacking me for my MK hate. Shrug.
― nathom, Monday, 21 January 2019 16:11 (five years ago) link
― nathom, Monday, 21 January 2019 16:17 (five years ago) link
it's not for you, I guess
― mh, Monday, 21 January 2019 16:25 (five years ago) link
Heh. True. Shlda smoked some weed while watching.
― nathom, Monday, 21 January 2019 16:27 (five years ago) link
I think the disconnect between classical "this should be for me due to topic/genre but it ended up disappointing" took a weird route through forums of classic geek crap ("I'm going to watch every star trek series and just criticize the hell out of stuff I don't like, although I still must know every detail of every episode!") to the point where now the default thinkpiece is now something like "I read every article in this issue of Vanity Fair and disagree strongly with how Bono was portrayed (but I don't even like Bono)"
― mh, Monday, 21 January 2019 16:31 (five years ago) link
and Bono was only mentioned in a blip about some charity thing in the front part of the magazine
Guys, 'You' is so awful. Just absolute shite.
― Right column Leftist (sunny successor), Monday, 21 January 2019 18:26 (five years ago) link
fine more for us
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Monday, 21 January 2019 19:35 (five years ago) link
I quit after 3 episodes, I just found it unpleasant & weird, and well, dumb
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 21 January 2019 20:49 (five years ago) link
in the course of explaining "You" I ended up explaining the plot of Gossip Girl to a friend who had not seen it, revealing that I did watch the entire series
no shame
― mh, Monday, 21 January 2019 20:52 (five years ago) link
kinda with veg on "you" though i might muddle through at some point.backlog of the moment includes some fifteen shows to try though, so maybe not
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 21 January 2019 21:09 (five years ago) link
plus i never did Gossip Girl so i just find Penn Badgely’s character to be a deeply unpleasant birdfaced creep
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 21 January 2019 21:21 (five years ago) link
He's supposed to be...
― Number None, Monday, 21 January 2019 21:25 (five years ago) link
yeah that's the whole point. after all, he is gossip girl
― mh, Monday, 21 January 2019 21:32 (five years ago) link
my wife always watches these kinds of thrillers and usually i find them ridiculous, but this is so ludicrously and - maybe - knowingly ott that i found it amusing instead of stupid.
― large bananas pregnant (ledge), Monday, 21 January 2019 21:36 (five years ago) link
Penn was good in You. The women in the show all seemed such annoying. Still enjoyed it.
― nathom, Monday, 21 January 2019 21:43 (five years ago) link
It's totally bad. But it was highly watchable for the absurdity. I watched all of Friends From College. The best part about it were the shots of the dining table and food in the opener. I would like a looping montage of that.
― Yerac, Monday, 21 January 2019 21:44 (five years ago) link
most of the women in the show were a little too young for me to find annoying by ilx rules
― mh, Monday, 21 January 2019 21:45 (five years ago) link
Paco was the worst. (ha!)
― Yerac, Monday, 21 January 2019 21:46 (five years ago) link
It was funny that he just showed up on Crazy Ex-GF too.
― Yerac, Monday, 21 January 2019 21:47 (five years ago) link
I quit after 3 episodes, I just found it unpleasant & weird, and well, dumb― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, January 21, 2019 2:49 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, January 21, 2019 2:49 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
agreed and I also quit on the third episode.
plus i never did Gossip Girl so i just find Penn Badgely’s character to be a deeply unpleasant birdfaced creep― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, January 21, 2019 3:21 PM (thirty-one minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
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― Right column Leftist (sunny successor), Monday, 21 January 2019 21:55 (five years ago) link
lol mh!
― Right column Leftist (sunny successor), Monday, 21 January 2019 21:56 (five years ago) link
one of the most frustrating things about Netflix is that clicking on "Newly Added" doesn't actually show you stuff that's been newly added.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Tuesday, 22 January 2019 23:10 (five years ago) link
Sex Education was so good. I thought it handled a lot of iffy topics (abortion! coming out! consent! masturbation! parental neglect and abuse! same-sex relationships!) really deftly and amusingly without ever being preachy or descending into after-school special territory. Very well paced too.
The only thing that threw me was the school the kids went to - sort of weird to see British teens attending an American style high school, complete with lockers and letterman jackets.
Also Gillian Anderson... still a goddess.
― Roz, Thursday, 24 January 2019 15:11 (five years ago) link
read an interview with the creators where they said that stuff was supposed to be an homage to American high school movies
― Number None, Thursday, 24 January 2019 15:14 (five years ago) link
makes sense. still weird though.
― Roz, Thursday, 24 January 2019 15:30 (five years ago) link