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We watched the first ep, and I couldn't "buy into" it at all... the characters and their dialogue/actions felt contrived in a way that just didn't work for me (tho I know others feel the same way about The White Lotus and other stuff I enjoy, so it's just a matter of taste).

Watched the first episode of Beef, but I couldn't justify another nine episodes of free-floating hostility - at least right now.

Heads up on Who Were We Running From - it's basically a seven episode production from Turkey's luxury tourist office, but as awesome as Melisa Sözen stare is (her with Diamanda Galas could burn out souls) the actual crime and mystery part of the story just lurches back and forth to a dissatisfying end. Nevertheless I got pulled in for all seven.

Xps thanks for the Jury Duty rec - got a few episodes into it last night. Love Nikki the bailiff and Todd the transhumanist, both are totally believable characters, but Noah is pretty obviously an actor - feel like he would’ve been a dead giveaway that something was up.

The A Bug’s Life scene was very sweet. Ronald is clearly a genuinely kind person.

Lol @ “you’re in Sonic? I heard it’s kinda shit”

Also, the plaintiff’s lawyer almost breaking character when the defense lawyer shows the animation had me lol-ing

xpost silo, i was wondering when they were going to get made into a series. the books were great.

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I remember thinking that the Wool books seemed to have the plot beats of a tv show already, so the adaptation probably wouldn't be so difficult.

Reading that bit on the Grimes thread about "The Mission" is making me think Silo is going to seem too on the nose.

How many Wool books are there? I read the first one and thought it was OK. Definitely adaptable.

Love Nikki the bailiff and Todd the transhumanist, both are totally believable characters

In the interview my wife heard with Ronald, he said how impressed he was by Todd, since he had the room next to R. and essentially had to (or chose to) "stay in character" the entire time, even when filming wasn't going on.

I think there are 9 books in the Silo series

Silo has the potential to look really cool and ‘70s sci-fi dystopia but I’m not getting my hopes up for the look of an Apple series after Foundation.

> I think there are 9 books in the Silo series

it's a trilogy but i know Shift (book 2) is often listed as three parts. something to do with the way he published it.

oh, wikipedia says Wool is books 1-5, Shift is books 6 - 8 and Dust is book 9

my Wool is 476 pages, and Shift is exactly the same at 476 pages. i've not read the 3rd part (i thought the second part kinda spoilt the first part, which worked great as a standalone)

oh, and Wool is in the amazon monthly deal in the UK this month for 99p

Yeah there are four books. I liked the series though the last one not so much. There are short stories that are part of the first three books continuity in the apocalypse story collection edited by Hugh Howey, they give some background about the series setting that I personally liked.

Sorry I mean three, I mentally included Sand (not part of the series). That was the one I didn’t like much. The trilogy is good!

do apple tv things ever make it to dvd?

I think Severance is on DVD at least

https://www.imore.com/music-movies-tv/apple-tv/massively-popular-apple-tv-shows-are-coming-to-blu-ray-and-dvd-soon

For All Mankind is the only one I've heard of (and that'll be confusing given there's already something called that)

I never read the Wool books but my recollection is that this is one of those rare cases of something that started out self-published and became rather successful

(the Martian was similar iirc)

Morning Show was a big deal when it first came out... surprised I never ever heard of Truth Be Told.

Nice interview with James Marsden on NPR about Jury Duty. Definitely spoilers, but it's sweet.

BF went to line up latest Ted Lasso last night, I demurred saying I really wasn't feeling this season at all.

Turned out to be one of the best bits of uplifting TV I have seen in years. A really lovely episode.

As for Jury Duty we watched it all over a couple days and while I found it funny/entertaining, the ending left a bad taste in my mouth. This poor guy's been gaslit for weeks basically. I'd be paranoid as fuck if I was him haha.

I haven't seen the whole thing yet, but do they explain where they found him? I mean, at this stage there have to be thousands of potential reality show candidates of all sorts who have to know kind of what they're potentially in for.

They do explain it

Just finished, thought the show was sweet.

I got surprisingly teary at the reveal. The behind the scenes stuff was pretty funny - “Noah says he’s a racist - nah that’s too much” and then Ronald brings up the family guy ep… seeing the crew just lose their shit every time he surprises them.

One thing I thought was sad: after 3 weeks with these characters, he’d clearly really bonded with them, and then the reveal happens and now those ppl he became so close to kinda don’t exist anymore.

The scene where james is in the ph and says something about the role going to one of the Chrises cracked me up - I never remember this guy’s name because he looks like a Chris.

I've been enjoying Jubilee on Amazon Prime, an Indian drama series set in the world of film-making just after partition. It's a very high-end soapy drama and full of nice historical details. And if you are someone who doesn't do subtitles, the English dub is pretty good (although the lines don't match the subtitles, which is a bit confusing if you're one of those people who likes both dialogue and subtitles).

Unexpectedly (to me), a new season of The Other Two premiered last night... I had thought it was two-and-done, by design. There are some funny gags in ep. 1 – particularly involving filming with Covid restrictions – though the tone of the show feels even harsher in spirit than before.

started Silo on a whim, quite like it.

The Other Two is fantastic (haven't seen the new one yet).

Watched new episode of Other Two last night. Loved it. Funny to see Ken Marino who is basically the same character he is in Party Down, which also just came back w/ COVID gags.

Thanks for the Jury Duty recs. just got to the animation on ep 2 X-D

omg i died at the animation! so funny

Didn't Pete Davidson just have a based on his life TV show? Or movie? Regardless, there is not way I'm watching this new thing, either.

i think he had two movies where he played himself basically

Weirdly not that bad in "Bodies Bodies Bodies" (which itself is weirdly not bad).

King of Staten Island is good.

The Other Two is not available for streaming in Ireland. Honestly, this fucking place.

(I am obviously going to steal it.)

Silo seems quite intriguing. And feels very weird for me because I started writing a book with a reeeeallly similar plot in about 2005. Its probably a common enough trope I guess, but... yeah.

Whats with all these shows having the same retrofuture/stalinist/eastern bloc in the 80s brutalist looks lately? Silo, Severance, Maniac, For all Mankind (ok that one was meant to look that way I guess).

Silo when I was young
I used to call your name

One thing I thought was sad: after 3 weeks with these characters, he’d clearly really bonded with them, and then the reveal happens and now those ppl he became so close to kinda don’t exist anymore.

I heard he’s particularly tight with the actress who played “Inez De Leon”

This article has more background details on how they found and “cast” Ronald, etc.

Have to say, I’m enjoying The Diplomat way more than I thought I would. It zips right along

Since 1899 was axed by Netflix after only one season, you might think "aha! another cool show killed because of dumb Netflix beancounters" but beware - it's full of all the nonsense complications, twists, and b.s. that gets spackled onto these kinds of puzzle stories where there's nothing really keeping it together. I bailed out midway through episode 2 and skipped to the final reveal at the end and it's indeed bullshit. It deserved to be cancelled. Too bad - there might have been something there.

OTOH, My Name, is full of twists and complications and the police vs. organized crime plot isn't exactly new, but everything else: acting, directing, multiple complex fight scenes is outstanding. One of the best K-dramas out there right now and a great one to binge.

yes, I did not love 1899 whatsoever

I absolutely love the cast of Jury Duty, what an exceptional group of actors. Particularly the judge, “Inez”, “Vanessa” bailiff Nikki, “Lonnie”, “ken” and “Jeannie”. Consider that the bulk of what they had to do was improv and these people never broke and were 100 percent believable as the people they portrayed. Everyone deserves an Emmy