Finished off The Dynasty yesterday and it was brilliant fair play. As someone who doesn’t follow American sports, I was vaguely aware of Tom Brady being considered the NFL GoaT, of Bill Belichik being the NFL equivalent of Sir Alex Ferguson… and the Alex Hernandez case but what an incredible 20 year period at the New England Patriots this covers… in both terms of success and intrigue.
The only thing I could compare it to would be The Last Dance, which the missus and I also loved. And while I was thinking that The Last Dance was probably a bit better for much of The Dynasty’s 10 episode run… by the end I’m not so sure. The only thing I’m a bit disappointed about is how little time was devoted to Brady’s last Superbowl while at Tampa Bay… but I get it as the series was focused on New England. Amazing!
@LN78 I'm just thankful I'm not the only one unimpressed. I quit after the first episode. Probably could have given it more of a chance but while the first episode wasn't bad, I didn't really care about anyone.
Also now that the finale has come out it's been confirmed this all picks up in the Batman sequel and I'm just not that interested in that either.
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Well I've finished Arcane. I need to rewatch it start to finish but for the time being I'm not overly impressed with the conclusion. Didn't hate it, so that's good. But felt a little ambivalent by the end. Hmm. Could be it's just one of those journey over destination works.
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Veering off into the TV thread with a continuation of the recent discussion: Digital vs Physical and 4K players etc. So it may be of interest to you.
Game of Thrones has been in the rotation for semi-binging lately via 4K streaming, but I had the crazy idea of trying out the regular Blu Ray and seeing if it was noticably different and in what ways. And I think it actually ended up looking slightly better 😅 there were no cases of any weird digital artifacts breaking up darker scenes and backgrounds that can plague during streaming content, thats for sure. And the HDR upscaler from the player/TV combo seemed to create great highlights too.
1080p SDR: via standard Blu Ray on OLED.
Not too shabby and not far off native 4K if you ask me. And certainly a match for the resolution you get in the exact same content via 4K streaming. Most scenes even appeared to have at least as good an HDR effect as the genuine HDR via streaming, too.
The consensus being that it was now actually more pleasing to the eye via the Blu Ray disc than the NOW/SKY 4K stream 😱 The Panasonic 820 has proven itself a decent player, for sure.
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@Ravix That player looks like pure gold! Back in the good old DVD days, I got my hands on one of Panasonic's flagships at the time and got it chipped to be region free. That was an awesome player; glad to see they haven't lost their touch
Really enjoying Say Nothing. While there's nothing particularly groundbreaking about this historical drama it is well done and I find the Troubles extremely interesting (and tragic). Well acted, well shot and overall a compelling bit of television. Loving the actors playing the sisters.
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Mrs. Davis - binged the whole thing in one day and was a nice surprise actually. Didn’t know what to expect but the Preacher-esque eclectic black comedy was both a shock and very welcome. Nowhere near as good as the Preacher comic but quite a bit better than the Preacher tv show.
@colonelkilgore Loved Mrs. Davis! A show that simply refuses to move in a straight line and is all the better for it. One of the more original series released in recent years, I can only hope for more quirky shows like this. And also, hope Lindelof is currently working on something, after this and Watchmen, I'll be paying close attention to whatever it is he comes up with next.
@FuriousMachine yeah I’d kinda thought Lindelof had lost his way a few years back and began to play it safe but this (& Watchmen as you’ve mentioned) has made me think he’s got his mojo back.
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@colonelkilgore I'm not terribly familiar with his output prior to Watchmen, but I hear The Leftovers is a must-see. When I restart my Max subscription in February, that will be at the top of my list.
I'll gratefully take recommendations for other Lindelof works worth watching, if you have 'em
@FuriousMachineThe Leftovers is a strange one mate. It’s season 2 is incredible… honestly an amazing season of tv. Season 1 on the other hand was… intriguing enough to keep me on the hook until season 2 I guess but not my favourite. Season 3 was good but I remember feeling a little unsatisfied with the climax, something I’ve often found with Lindelof’s work starting with Lost. Just checked IMDb and he wrote The Hunt (a movie) which I really liked, in case you haven’t seen that.
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@colonelkilgore I stuck with Lost until the end, but my love for it had waned pretty hard by then. Your sentiments about The Leftovers jive pretty well with what I've heard from others, so I'll keep that in mind when watching Will also check out The Hunt; I see it's readily available on Netflix here. It's funny, the poster and the premise feels familiar, but I don't think I've seen it. It was released during "the dark years", so I may have seen (or slept through) it during lockdown... (a lot of media consumed in that period didn't really register, as it was primarily a device for distracting my brain long enough to fall asleep and sleep through as much of the long days and nights as possible)
@FuriousMachine Another vote for The Hunt, I enjoyed it also. More darkly satirical than I realised too, as with most things I watched without out knowing too much about it.
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Anyone else checked out the first batch of Secret Level? Thought they were all pretty good so far. I enjoyed the Warhammer, Unreal Tournament and ’Arnie’ episodes best.
I am really curious to see the Concord episode but that must be in the second batch next week, along with the Sony one.
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