@Ravix Lundgren was the insane preacher/assassin with the crucifix dagger and the catchphrase "It's Jesus-time!" (or something like that). It's a thing of sheer beauty, that movie.
As for "Breaking Bad", I've tried it twice. Got through the first episode but it just didn't compel me to start the second. Tried again a few years later, after it had blown up and become one of the most popular shows of the time, with the same results. That time I realised that the show actively turned me off; did not like it at all and I already loathed Cranston's character. I doubt I'll give it a third chance, but again, I won't completely rule it out. Sorry. (Should be said: Not giving it another chance doesn't even rank among the top ten unforgivable things I'm capable or already guilty of )
It's N7 day for us Mass Effect fans and in blog post over on BioWare.com, Mike Gamble talks a little bit about the upcoming Amazon TV show:
The writers room is going strong, and we’ve got a lot figured out about how it fits within the Mass Effect canon, and where it sits in respect to the new game. The show will explore a brand-new story within the universe’s timeline, and will be set after the original trilogy. It won’t be a retread of Commander Shepard’s story – because after all … that’s YOUR story, isn’t it?
This is very welcome news to me, as I've always been of the opinion that adapting the original trilogy would be a huge mistake. Glad to see that they're avoiding that, at least for now.
The missus and I started The Diplomat last night and we’re both really pleasantly surprised. It’s kinda like Homeland meets House of Cards with a touch of Downton Abbey… which just so happens to be our elevator-pitch from heaven. A great cast too, led by Keri Russell who is always brilliant and a career-best Rufus Sewell.
Just finished watching Task on HBO Max, the new crime drama from Brad Inglesby, previously known for the excellent Mare of Easttown and this was pretty much just as excellent.
It's about a FBI task force set up to deal with a string of violent robberies in rural Philadelphia, reluctantly headed up by an agent struggling with a recent tragedy in the family, played by Mark Ruffalo.
It is such a well cast show with a lot of complex, but well rounded characters (much like the aforementioned "Mare of Easttown") and Ruffalo and Tom Pelphrey, in particular, are outstanding in this.
It may be too slow for some, but I found it extremely compelling. If you liked "Mare of Easttown", you should absolutely try this one. And if you haven't seen "Mare of Easttown", you should definitely check that out as well.
Highly recommended.
wasnt a whole lot on tv or even on streaming to watch the channels when they were on tv cable.
mostly had sling tv live tv on for background noise on AMC channel and SyFy.
then at night time had paramountplus premium running on its Live tv for the local news and weather etc on the Keloland/CBS channel.
MGM+ and IFC kept me busy this weekend anyway with Poltergeist II, Conan and Conan the Destroyer. then AMC all they had going on were the Brendan Fraser Mummy movies
@FuriousMachine Just watched the first two episodes of Pluribus yesterday and thought they were fantastic. If X-Files Vince Gilligan is what you're looking for, then I think this show more than delivers. Let me know what you think when you do give it a shot!
@HallowMoonshadow pretty much… I think there will be some follow-on with it in regards to Ymir and Historia but yeah, the main thrust of that story has been concluded. The last couple of episodes have been awesome btw, involving Eren, Armin, Mikasa et al coming face-to-face with Bertholdt and Reiner again… as well as the Beast Titan. You still on a break from it?
@Tjuz Glad to hear it! I'm not fond of binging shows anymore, but I do prefer having most of the season available when I start watching, so I'll probably give this a few more weeks before beginning. Shows that I'm looking forward to, like this one, I typically start when the finale is a week or two away (I like to try to time my viewing so that I'm watching the finale as close to release date as possible)
@graymamba The one thing I've heard about The Diplomat is that it's good fun but you just have to try not to think too hard about what's going on as it's all a bit silly.
Much like High Potential on Disney+ which I don't think I've seen mentioned on here before. S1 was a fun procedural whodunnit type show with Kaitlin Olsen in the lead. S2 is slowly being released at the moment with what seems a rather silly amount of episodes (18 I think??). I've only seen the first so far and a little disappointed it's already moved away from the "case of the week" format.
@Thrillho I haven’t watched High Potential but I kinda get what you’re saying… and think that’s true to some extent. I remember thinking it would be a bit more of a puff-political-piece than it’s actually turned out, so I’ve been pleasantly surprised… but there are certainly the odd moment or two where you may have to suspend disbelief (particularly the further you get). I wouldn’t let this stop you from trying it though, as I’m enjoying it… and it’s the missus’ new favourite show!
@Thrillho What, you mean that you don't hang on every word posted here and memorise it all? I mentioned "High Potential" back in April! Don't you remember?
To save you the trouble of looking it up: Loved s1 and though Olson was phenomenal in it; very charming and light entertainment.
I've not started s2 yet, as I've let my sub lapse
I've got "The Diplomat" on my list as well, but impossible to tell when I'll get to it
It was a fun watch but, as above, you do have to take it all with a pinch of salt as it sometimes wraps up rather too easily and there is some rather suspect decision making by characters.
Particularly when they realise that the guy is after Oz so Daphne gets assigned to protect him.. but then lets him go home by himself to pick some things up first..
@Thrillho hehehe, yeah, some suspension of disbelief is definitely required for that one Luckily, my disbelief can be hoisted to suspend from a skyscraper, if need be
@FuriousMachine Yeah, that's totally fair! I'm not a binger at all and prefer to watch episodes as they come out, as a larger amount of episodes to get through can make me quickly feel overwhelmed. Less to do with the fact that nine episodes is necessarily some big number, but more that my viewing tastes and broad enough that I have way too many shows I want to watch at a time, and getting more in on a weekly basis feels more productive in my brain than committing to a full season at once. Is it necessarily logical? No. Is it the brain I'm working with? Yes.
But to my point, if you would make an exception for Pluribus, do share your thoughts immediately when you watch it! I actually think this is one of the few shows where weekly watching I would say is likely to be the better experience over binging. It's just so... out there and unpredictable already that I'm having a lot of fun letting what I've just seen settle and theorising over the next possible events. It's rare nowadays a show hits me with a feeling that I have absolutely no clue where this will go, let alone over four seasons, yet this one's done it. I have no clue what I'm in for next week!
@Thrillho Surprised to hear High Potential seems to be moving more away from a case of the week format. I haven't given it a shot yet myself, as I've been watching Elsbeth as episodes have released, and the two seem rather similar in terms of a quirky woman helping the police with a light-hearted tone. I was scared to have two of those simultaneously and possibly getting myself tired of both in the process. Point is though, that Elsbeth has surprisingly stayed very true to the case-of-the-week format, even in moments where they introduced plot points I wished they did more with. The fact that HP might be getting more serialised does intrigue me as that might just be the type of shift that sets them apart enough for me to try it out...
Has anyone been watching Matlock by the way? I'm shocked I'm keeping up with not one, but two CBS procedurals, as they were usually the network that least appealed to me overall. I think Matlock is fantastic though, with some great performances from Kathy Bates and Skye P. Marshall leading that ship.
The Secret World of Lego on Netflix UK. It's a short documentary that interviews staff, creators and gives a window into what goes into designing and manufacturing the brick. It's similar to The Toys That Made Us, it's a refreshing view of a large cooperation doing things right for the right reasons.
These violent delights have violent ends & in their triumph die, like fire & powder Which, as they kiss, consume.
@Tjuz I can't say it hasn't completely moved away from the format seeing as I'm only one episode in but the fact it's already changed and that there 18 episodes, I suspect it won't follow the format for every episode.
@GirlVersusGame I'll probably check that out when I re-sub soon for the final Stranger Things season. I'm a Lego fan, Lego Masters Australia is a fun show to watch.
@BearsEatBeets If you like Lego you'll really enjoy it. I'm not too big into it myself, I've visited Lego Land maybe more than once and I've bought a couple of sets like the tuxedo cat but the folks on the show are really into it and it was really wholesome seeing the husband and wife building sets together. Friends have being telling mt to watch Stranger Things for years now. I might when it finishes airing. I only watched Game of Thrones recently. Too many of the extras were friends, it destroyed the realism each time they would show up as a random wildling. The production company hired so many Metal guys and one of two of them went on to get bigger roles as the series continued. The same for Vikings, they would show up unwashed and ungroomed for the auditions and it worked. I never did watch Vikings after but I did enjoy most of Game of Thrones, the earlier seasons at least. I tend to only watch TV shows when a game comes along that can be combined with them as background noise. Right now that's Satisfactory, I've gotten through Squid Game 1 to 3 (brilliant show) Wayward (weird and incomplete) then I watched a bunch of true crime shows (which pepper Netflix) and after a few days of that I felt my mood dip and decided it didn't feel healthy, now I'm looking for more upbeat things to watch like that Lego one. Maybe I'll grab some Aqua Teen Hunger Force DVDs or something, Netflix doesn't seem all that wholesome or at least my algorithm doesn't.
These violent delights have violent ends & in their triumph die, like fire & powder Which, as they kiss, consume.
@Tjuz I may start "Pluribus" this weekend (thanks in no small part to your glowing recommendation) so I'll let you know what I think "Elsbeth" is one I have on my list, but it's not yet available here in any legal form, so I guess I'll have to stick with "High Potential" when I re-sub to Disney+ next year. "Matlock" isn't available here either (very few US network shows are, actually), which is a shame. Curious about that one.
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