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My preferred tv viewing is to turn on the tv and see what’s on.
― Good taste, bit Victorian but who isn't? (jed_), Monday, January 20, 2020 1:17 AM
I'll happily never do this again and wish I hadn't in the last 20 years. Successes were so few and far between. I hate regular tv so much.
I'll need to schedule this series, maybe in a few months. Looking forward to it.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 24 January 2020 22:18 (four years ago) link
two months pass...
Now Apocalypse - I wasn't expecting much, quite a lot of people were complaining that Araki is just repeating himself, the soundtrack doesn't have many surprises, it is a lot like Nowhere and Kaboom, I almost felt like I was watching a remake at times (perhaps there was some things intended for his 90s tv series that never taken off) but even then just being firmly in Araki-land is a welcome breath of fresh air to me. It was lovely being in this space again for 5 hours and I'm really sad it was cancelled because I'd love to stay there for longer and there's a greater emotional connection because of the length and character development.
I'm not optimistic for there being more Araki films any time soon.
There's more sex than ever (maybe a third of it being gay?), I wonder if he's always wanted to do this but only been able to now (on television that's nothing like the television he worked on in the 90s) or if it's just the nature of this story. No genitals except for the alien reptile but we do get one of the main characters ejaculating all over his own chest.
I liked the book titles "Bernie Bites: A Bernie Sanders Cook Book" and "A Big Green Alien Ass Raped Me"; the wall poster that says "Circle Jerk: A Support Group For Men".
There's a lot of digs at woke-isms that might have been grating if it were in a different context, but probably would have been controversial if a big enough audience was watching it.
Kelli Berglund was particularly good. Other favorites were Avan Jogia (adorable smile too) and Desmond Chiam as Jethro (a classic Araki himbo). It's a really short appearance but Monica Cho as Worm's Assistant was really fun.
Surprised to see RJ Mitte (Walter Jr from Breaking Bad) and Henry Rollins as the Alex Jones/David Icke guy.
Please watch it.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Sunday, 19 April 2020 21:38 (four years ago) link
three months pass...
This Is How The World Ends - Never aired mtv pilot episode, a lot of the story was later recycled into Kaboom. Michael J Anderson appears as a robber, Chemical Brothers and of course James Duval. I doubt Araki had a lot of choice in which bands he got (though The Creatures are there) because it has some of the biggest tunes of the era. This might be the most 90s thing that ever happened.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTvVcXFjlog
Micronauts music video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH4Nr6mcNIU
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 7 August 2020 19:12 (four years ago) link
two years pass...
watched The Living End again after many years. From the opening scenes I thought I remembered that it was going to be really nihilistic, but it ended up being a love story
― Dan S, Tuesday, 21 February 2023 01:35 (one year ago) link
four months pass...