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xp Thanks, I’ll give Severance another few episodes. Even trying to go with the apparent premise, some things just don’t make sense, in a way that doesn’t seem reliant on its world (which they’re not revealing anything to you about yet). So that’s a little frustrating, makes it hard to meet it halfway.

(i’ve also never liked Adam Scott, but I guess that’s my thing)

I almost gave up on Severance for the same reason but stayed with it, hearing how good the payoff would be in the last episodes. It really is worth it. I even re-watched the first parts to catch bits of foreshadowing. There's still a lot that probably will never make sense.

Shining Girls with Elizabeth Moss is good n' creepy.

Wondering about that. Seems like it’s based on a book from a decade ago, not that I’ve read it.

The book was really good.

I’m just finishing her other big book, bought as a bday gift because I was asking for “scary” books. Steven king blurbed how scary it is but I’m not feeling that.

Think I am the only one who watched the first season of Tehran on Apple TV+, which I mostly enjoyed for various reasons, but not feeling these second season premiere episodes at all.

I was a little thrown by the shift in Undone season 2 but ultimately liked it quite a bit - I'd suggest sticking it out to the end if you feel similarly halfway through. it's a very quick watch in any case

The ending is much more conclusive than season 1's ending, but there's talk about a potential third season? I'm baffled how they could keep the show going in a satisfying way, but that's exactly how I felt about S2 and it delivered

I thought I was too Tough Guy but I fell in love -- rapturously -- with Heartstopper, the best queer thing I've seen in a while. That the actors approximate their characters' ages helps a lot. They are pure charm.

My daughter is obSESSED with that show (and the comics). And simply knowing who Kit Conner is has given me unlimited cache with all of Y9.

Kit Connor is absolutely adorable in every way despite looking, to quote one of the characters, like a golden retriever

Think I am the only one who watched the first season of Tehran on Apple TV+, which I mostly enjoyed for various reasons, but not feeling these second season premiere episodes at all.

I'm the other person who watched Tehran's first season - thought it was A-OK as a self-contained run but I'm not really looking forward to another season of it.

Yes, exactly.

For one thing, I miss the original Israeli control room, both because I liked the two main actors there and for foreign language purposes.

For another, the first season was incredibly tense from the get-go, I don’t know how many episodes of Season Two I will have to watch before its rachets up enough for me to care.

I guess I will sit through it based on ilx recommendations, but Severance feels dysphoric and sterile to me, it reminds me of the stasis, bad landscapes and dull alienation of Breaking Bad

I ended up liking that show in the end but not sure I will feel the same about this

After giving it one more chance (third episode), I’m done with Severance. Ain’t for me

;_;

Hacks is back tomorrow, though!

hell yes

y’all should watch Minx
it is excellent - funny smart, all the things

(on HBO)

I will check that one out!

i am really into Tokyo Vice too
more Michael Mann on my tv plz

but Severance feels dysphoric and sterile to me

If you see these as inherent negatives I'd say get out right away.

Breeders is back.

If you are the kind of person who thinks they might like a dramatization of the first year or so of Julia Child launching her PBS show, then I can virtually guarantee you will like Julia. Also recommended if you want something extremely pleasant/unchallenging to watch. Also also recommended if you want to see David Hyde Pierce and Bebe Neuwirth in scenes together. If any of that sounds too cute to you, then skip it

I’m part way into Tokyo Vice - agree, excellent.

Just saw that Physical (Apple TV+) is coming back for a second season starting June 3. I got the feeling it wasn’t terribly popular around here, or anywhere else, so I’m as surprised as I am pleased.

I felt like it was promising but got derailed and didn’t come back after a few episodes.

I mean I got derailed.

Unsurprisingly, I love everything about Heartstopper: the stellar young cast (plus the invaluable Olivia Colman), the synth-pop soundtrack, the cotton-candy visual aesthetic, the careful treatment of the slipperiness inherent in adolescent friendship and romance (though Tao is officially, eventually paired off with Elle, I cannot help but read his jealousy and protectiveness of Charlie as being at least partially romantic).

Equally lovely is Alfred's review of the show, which I hope he won't mind me linking here: https://humanizingthevacuum.wordpress.com/2022/05/12/on-the-modestly-epochal-heartstopper/

Under the Banner of Heaven on FX is really good.

The 'Banner of Heaven' investigation/thriller storyline with Garfield has been good, but the flashbacks and Mormon historical bits are less than compelling. And that Dan Lafferty actor makes me cringe every time he rants. I'm hoping Sam Worthington gets to do more in coming eps.

I love Dan Lafferty! That's Kurt Russel and Goldie Hawn's son btw.

I had no idea. He reminds me a lot of Aaron Eckhart. In fact, I was thinking they might have cast him looking for a young Eckhart/Mormony type.

He was the star of Lodge 49 and I think is in one of the Marvel shows or movies.

Wyatt’s in that? Might have to check it out

he was also in that Richard Linklater movie

Probably relevant to the interests of folks who post here.

https://defector.com/writer-x-offers-inside-look-at-bad-special-effects/?fbclid=IwAR1qzCPhHr7_K4w9PGDCjAhkk0bglc7KQL82718kxfTG-RmIrE6kerh5NEw

Just watched the Chip n Dale movie on Disney Plus. A fairly amusing Roger Rabbit retread, but the villain really weirded me out. Given what happened to the kid who originally voiced that character in real life, it felt tasteless, if not downright cruel, to portray him this way. If it was intentional and they were trying to make some kind of point (about Walt himself, perhaps?), it wasn't made very clearly.

Oh well. Some of the parody movie posters were funny.

New George Carlin doc is good.

I've watched the first half of the Carlin documentary (it's in two two-hour chunks) and yeah, it's very good. Deals with his earliest years all the way up to the late 70s when people were saying he'd lost it. Tons of great footage from all parts of his career, including a bunch of fascinating stuff I'd never seen. Looking forward to the second half, documenting his transition from comedian to shouty old crank.

second half of the Carlin doc had a number of little clips from... I won't say contemporary comedians, as it definitely leans into 90s so-called elder statesmen, and there's a possibly-unintended effect of realizing these guys (and they are guys) absolutely did not learn anything from Carlin's successful pivot

I think it would have been very interesting to get commentaries from female and non-white comedians (there were a few of each TBF: Chris Rock, Hasan Minhaj, Sam Jay) talking about what they learned from Carlin, or more critically, talking about the stuff he said that they'd never have been able to get away with saying. I don't think there's ever been a black comedian who dipped into actual cruelty and glee at other people's suffering the way Carlin did, except maybe Bernie Mac, and even then it was small-scale, not annihilation-of-the-human-race-LOL level.

Finished Made for Love season 2 and it's good (underrated?), but it felt weirdly crammed into 8 episodes when it needed 10. Lots of plotlines that were completely dropped. Maybe they had to stop filming due to COVID/budget or something?

How does it compare to season 1, Jordan? I was iffy on the first season but it had potential

I think it's a little better as far as playing with the ideas more, whereas s1 was more of a prolonged chase scene. Even though there are some unnecessary subplots (mostly the nun) and the end feels rushed, I still enjoyed it.

is anyone watching THE BABY

no, but I've been meaning to check it out. Any good?

Just want to take this chance to mention "The Baby" movie, from 1973, which is one of the weirder and creepy films I've ever accidentally stumbled on on TV late one night.