Somehow I completely missed it that they are rebooting Creepshow as a series.
I’m watching the first part of the 1st ep now, based on a S King short story that I read ages ago; not bad so far.
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the characters are unsympathetic
there is no plot
it’s like The Big Lebowski or Seinfeld except it’s not funny
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ad astra
it’s like event horizon, but without the demons.
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I always saw ads for that show after Barry S1, and was like “nah.”
Glad to see my instincts were correct.
In other news, The Good Place is back!
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It’s Steampunk Shadowrun. And I am enjoying it.
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Lesson Learned. Some movies aren’t compatible with calmly sipping a hot beverage. Now I have to procure a new pair of pants,.
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This is why you wear the brown pants.
Coffee. Riiiiiiight.
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I’m still watching it
At first events seem random and all the characters fail at everything and disappoint each other, but it’s like a completely different show by the middle of Season 2
Oh, and Bruce Campbell is in it for a few episodes
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Saw the last season of iZombie… a rushed, but still satisfying end to the series. I was a little disappointed that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was only in 1 episode…
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I have heard it is very dark though.
Not thematically; as in the lighting. Some people have trouble making out what’s going on.
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I’m very comfortable being “dropped in a story” and letting the story bring me up to speed.
I’ve still a few episodes left, but I can’t think of anything offhand that makes it hard to figure out.
Let me ponder on that though.
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No, I mean literally hard to see the action on the screen.
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The rushed bit I agree with.
Watch S4 of VMars, and we’ll talk then; I want hear your opinion after.
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Can’t say I noticed until you mentioned it. I suppose there are some scenes that are muddy, but it didn’t detract overmuch
I’ve been watching through the first season of YouTube’s Impulse lately.
(warning: the show includes a trigger warning about sexual violence before episodes, and information for RAINN before the credits)
Full disclosure - I did like the Jumper novels; they started off with some very young adult wish fulfillment stuff before suddenly veering into actually considering the consequences of the ability the main character was given, even to the point of considering the question of why one might be able to teleport between the equator and the poles without extreme acceleration issues. So I do think it’s funny that both attempts to bring books from that series to film have basically taken a few Cliff Notes story bullet points and then thrown out most of the rest. I haven’t watched that “Jumper” movie, but from what I’ve seen in reviews the result… wasn’t great.
For Impulse, even though this series has very little to do with the book by the same name, it at least seems to be taking the time to build a cohesive story. I think they went rather far in punching up the drama. Most of the characters are a bit shitty/unlikable, but it’s in generally believable ways.
I don’t really like some of the changes they made to put the characters through the wringer, and I have to wonder why even bother licensing the book’s name if you’re going to change almost the entire thing, but I’m up to episode 8 and still watching so far.
Of course, unless ye be a scurrilous scallywag, it has the baggage of being on YouTube Premium. Season’s been showing up as free on my YouTube lately, but I don’t know how long that’ll last with a second season due in a few days.
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I recently watched episode 1 of Batwoman.
Actually pretty good for a tv comic book show. We will see how it plays out.
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I watched Surviving R. Kelly. It’s hard to watch and well done. I am pretty sure my first boss in engineering managed all of his stage shows in Atlanta and was close friends with him, so I kept watching for any mention of him, but most of it was about people in Chicago.
I liked the focus on the women as survivors and not victims.
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SEE ALSO: Lucifer, iZombie
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Yes. I almost didn’t watch Lucifer because I’d heard it wasn’t a true adaptation of the comic series. I’m glad I did, though, because it was fun in its own way.
I never read or saw iZombie, but I hear it was pretty good, so maybe I’ll check it out sometime.
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