Whatcha Watchin'?

May be this should go in this list.

Whatchya Workin' On, O Creatives?

Just rewatched Do The Right Thing, one of my all time favorite movies. It is so good, so fresh, so relevant.

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ETHNIC, RACIST, AND SEXIST HUMOR - This episode has it ALL!!!

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This trailer doesnā€™t quite represent the movie.

Itā€™s actually quite innocent, tedious and boring.

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Thatā€™s what my ex saiā€¦

err, I meanā€¦ yeah, I never would have gotten that from the trailer.

:stuck_out_tongue:

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The basic plot of the movie could have beenā€¦ something, if it was produced by anyone with talent.

The most interesting thing about it is that it is one of Adrienne Barbeauā€™s earliest movies. I believe thatā€™s her standing in the background about 1 minute in.

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I donā€™t watch as many documentaries as I would like to, owing in part to my need to be in the right frame of mind for them. I donā€™t know if I would qualify this as good, but I found it fascinating and engaging, and a little bit sad.

This is a delight, and Iā€™m enjoying watching it with my family.

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This is a lot like Farscape

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Iā€™ll take that as a high recommendation, and seek it out.

Farscape is one of my favorite shows of all time, and is my go-to for when I want something on the tevee that I donā€™t have to track closely (since Iā€™ve seen it quite a few times).

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I found the first episode confusing but the Farscapiness becomes really obvious in Episode 2ā€”the bad guys are Space Fascists, somebody is an exiled monarch, thereā€™s one character from Earth, they donā€™t even bother explaining how he got there, it doesnā€™t really matter

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Fifteen minutes no one gets back.

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Been watching Ozark, which is pretty good. Iā€™m enjoying Laura Linney and Iā€™m team Ruth all the wayā€¦

Just started on Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, which is super-cute and adorable and if you need some light, fun fare (especially if you have kids) I highly recommend it.

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Ozark is great, and Ruth is a real piece of work. I think Iā€™m behind now, and need to get caught up. I did not know that there was a ā€˜team Ruthā€™.

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I donā€™t know if there was, but there is now. Sheā€™s awesome-sauce, that girl.

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Not team Darlene, tho. Man, that womanā€¦

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Iā€™ve been watching ā€˜Space Forceā€™ the last few days. Before watching it, I had seen a review that panned it quite a bitā€¦

Workplace comedies need a strong ensemble to connect with, and thereā€™s not a single character here that the audience can get onboard with. Naird lacks the one thing that made Michael Scott bearable: a heart. Heā€™s just straight up a dick.

So my expectations wereā€¦ tempered.

What I got, thoughā€¦ I wouldnā€™t call this a comedy, honestly. Itā€™s funny in places, downright ridiculous in places, but in others it really plays thing painfully straight. While the main character starts out a bit of a dick, after two or three episodes it felt to me more like people just trying to hold things together against a tweeting president and other all-too-real issues. Some of the characters could use a good bit of expansion, but with only 10 episodes I can only fault that so much.

That review made a lot of comparisons to The Office, which Iā€™ll admit Iā€™ve not seen aside from the viral memes which are everywhere. So I donā€™t really have the cultural point of comparison the review author was going for.

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I watched part of the first episode. I found it totally boring and a waste of a lot of star power. I didnā€™t find the setup very interesting to begin with. Lisa Kudrow seemed promising but of course it was going to focus on the menz. I think she had 2 sentences.

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Iā€™ve made it through three episodes, but, yeahā€¦ doesnā€™t seem to be going anywhere.

I am intrigued though why Lisa Kudrowā€™s character is in jail, so I might keep watching just to find out.

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