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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

It's weird, there is apparently some push to get Ronald nominated but, even though it's not his fault, he's the *last* one that deserves a nomination.

That piece linked above is fascinating, especially the discussion comparing it to something like the semi/sometimes improvised "The Office." After a take on that show there's a break, actors move on, check their phones, etc. Here, they have to basically stay in character for hours and hours in a row, and even then, as the piece points out, a lot of that is just sitting there. James Marsden and the others had to sit in that jury selection room for three days, and balance the amount of interaction they had with Ronald to keep him hooked but not make him suspicious. That's tricky!

yeah it’s fucking mind bending

after seeing him on dead to me i’ve really come around on marsden, he’s a v good and funny actor

He is pretty funny in that "Sex Drive" movie Ronald likes, playing essentially the same ott role Bill Paxton played in "Weird Science."

Oh, and I take it back about "Ted Lasso" this season. Something feels off. It's still fine, but they've contrived to more or less separate all the main characters into lame side plots to no real gain, imo.

If I didn't know this was the end of Ted Lasso I would probably bail but at this point I want to see it through.

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.

― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, May 2, 2023 9:06 PM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink

Good to hear. I'll see it through I guess. I thought I read before that there were only going to be the 3 seasons? On Googling now, that's not clear. Of course there are a huge number of content farm sites to do with "is X renewed"/"when is the next episode of X"

Apple TV was one service too many so I haven't seen any of Ted.

I will not buy a service just to watch one show, no matter how well-regarded. Bring it to Netflix, Prime, Hulu, or HBO if it needs my eyeballs thx bye

You can just sign up and then quit. Cheaper than Blockbuster used to be.

haven't watched ted since the first season, don't really feel any compulsion to continue

Yeah there’s like a 90% chance you have a free month trial on any device you own as well

I know I can subscribe to something just for a trial period. The thing is, I can't be trusted to unsubscribe. So in like four years I will see that I've been unintentionally re-upping to something I never really wanted in the first place

A me problem, I know.

Apple TV also has Severance. That should be enough. Silo looks good. Shrinking was good, esp if you like Ted Lasso.

in Canada at least, I'd say Apple is better value than nearly completely worthless Netflix

don't forget Bad Sisters

Really liked the first 2 episodes of Silo. I read the books several years ago so I have a head start on the particulars of the Silo world and major themes. Only complaint so far is Rebecca Ferguson's accent doesn't seem particular stable scene to scene.

I like Apple's Friday Night Baseball too, no gambling ads is refreshing

i could do without the "28% chance of an RBI" stats in the corner which TAKE SEVERAL SECONDS TO UPDATE AFTER THE PITCH cmon man my mlb gameday updates in real time i'm sure apple can manage it. in general it's funny to see apple's austere braun aesthetic overlaid onto professional baseball which has always had a bit of PT barnum americana swagger to it; don't think it works really. but yes i do very much enjoy the sounds of the park between innings and the wide shot of the sunsets

Oh yeah I hate that % bug during the at-bats. I get the obsession sports fans have with statistics but that’s a real joyless meter they’ve got going.

For All Mankind is Apple too plus Pachinko

Pachinko was awesome. Hope it comes back.

Finished Jury Duty last night. So good.

"Smaller jumps, James. Smaller jumps!"

Anyone know when it was filmed? As I vaguely recognized a couple of the actors but Kenny Boy from Reservation Dogs seemed a slight risk.

My tactic is to subscribe to every service for one month only - I always cancel as soon as I’ve subscribed. Then I have an Apple TV so it’s easy to resubscribe if there’s something I really want to watch - so yeah, it’s a bit like the old Blockbuster model. The only service I never cancel is YouTube, which I have on a student subscription - my toddler watches YouTube a lot and it stops the dads.

Lol it also stops the ads

We went to watch Silo last night via the AppleTV app and it was so dark it was unwatchable. Downloaded a copy and watched it on plex, 100% better. ridiculous.

Weird, it's not the way it was filmed but how it was being streamed?

Malcolm's FTTN, probably.

I have the same problem with some Disney shows xps

My current streaming annoyance is languages. If I've just been watching an English show, then switch to watching Jubilee, it'll play Jubilee dubbed into English. So I switch the language to Hindi and turn on the subtitles, and then when we start watching Mrs Maisel, she's talking Hindi with English subtitles and we have to switch everything back. There is no "automatic" language setting. I can't find anything online to help me with this. It's really pissing me off. So mainly I just watch Jubilee on Plex.

Weird, it's not the way it was filmed but how it was being streamed?

Apparently that is it? Something to do with the stream or codec using HDR which will look like shit on a lot of TVs/lighting sccenarios. I dunno how else to explain it - the stream off AppleTV was pitch dark (the scene at the start where she's hanging from the rope in the pit). Went and sailed the 7 seas, 5 mins later loaded exact same ep/scene up on plex from a d/l and it was like night and day.

Sic - dont think it was the internet connection. I have 100mbps FTTP with 2-3ms ping.

Surely a slow connection would make shit blocky but not dark.

Shrinking is better than Ted Lasso

quit raw dogging me.

Shrinking is like a Ted Lasso S2 where they remembered to write jokes. They mine very similar territory, which might not be surprising given the overlap in writers

yeah I like it more too. by the end I thought it was a touch melodramatic, but now that I'm watching TL S3, I appreciate Shrinking having events

I was guessing at Apple playing dithered-down versions in Australia in order to be accessible for most users

(the complaints we used to get from the 13 HD TV owners in the country when iV13w was the only streaming service on the continent...)

I don't know if this was our smart TV or what, but for the first time ever we had a small chyron ad pop up in the middle of a show. We were streaming the latest episode of Succession on HBO Max and suddenly the bottom fifth of the screen popped up with an ad for Silo on Apple+. I was able to dismiss it quickly and easily, but it was annoying.

Not sure if this is discussed here, but through the first five episodes of Beef and loving it so far.

I like Ted Lasso, but this season is treading water.

Mrs. Maisel, otoh, is still marvellous.

xpost Wait, there was an ad for an Apple show on HBO? That doesn't sound right, I blame the smart TV. Make sure you have that shit locked down, there are usually toggles for sharing info, getting notifications, etc., just like a phone.

Yeah, I'm almost positive it was the TV itself, but we've had this TV for probably almost a year and never had ads pop up like that before. I need to drill down into the settings tonight.

Was going to comment on how The Other two's comedy was especially broad this season, which says a lot because the first season wasn't exactly filled with subtle dry humor. After this last one, probably no need to comment on how broad it is, it is straight up ridiculous. Fun in any case.