Whatcha Watchin'?

ChickieD · October 22, 2018, 3:37am

gadgetgirl · October 22, 2018, 10:25am

This is interesting.

I’m finding that more and more, it’s a lot of work to track down the indie-but-with-good-actors fare I like. Streaming services have a bit of it, but only a bit.

ChickieD · October 22, 2018, 7:56pm

But do they have Sweded videos?

Okay, so I went to find an appropriate Jack Black GIF to stick here, and low and behold, Sweded video is a REAL THING.

http://swededcinema.com/

and they even have a film festival

gadgetgirl · October 22, 2018, 11:02pm

Just saw ep3 of Doctor Who and… wow. That was the biggest “Fuck You” to the racist, sexist “fans” I could imagine.

I also can’t help but think that just ten years ago it would have been just another “the Doctor meets an actual historical person” story.

Wisconsin_Platt · October 23, 2018, 12:20am

I have to get around to watching this. I’ve been a sporadic Doctor watcher, but what bits I’ve seen of this season look good.

Chaz1 · October 23, 2018, 12:44am

Trying to get into watching The Defenders. Nobody will be let into the theater during the dramatic Jessica Jones searches through the Library card catalog montage. Does it pick up?

smulder · October 23, 2018, 2:32am

The Defenders lineup I recall from the comic book

Doctor Strange
Nighthawk ( alternate-universe batman, basically )
the Hulk
Valkyrie
the confused and concerned husband of Valkyrie’s human host, who was trying to be as supportive as possible given the situation

I might not be remembering it right

Melizmatic · October 23, 2018, 3:32am

I really need to remember that it airs on Sunday nights; I’m so used to just streaming eps that have already been posted for ages…

gadgetgirl · October 23, 2018, 3:45am

It’s a Monday night thing for me (Google Play).

Melizmatic · October 23, 2018, 4:50am

Just watched.

A much needed reminder that the struggle is real, but not hopeless.

CleverEmi · October 23, 2018, 2:36pm

Me too. I missed week before last, but it was replayed on Saturday night on BBC America. I hope they continue to do that.

gadgetgirl · October 23, 2018, 3:33pm

I was impressed by how quickly they immersed the viewer in that society. Ryan’s and Yaz’s reactions were really well thought out. I loved Yaz’s dilemma of where to sit on the bus. Just goes to show how ridiculously arbitrary it all was/is.

Franko · October 23, 2018, 6:40pm

i’ll be watching it tonight – looking very forward to it.

EDIT: ok, just watched it. i thought it was very well done. i like the idea that it all didn’t play out because the doctor said anything to Rosa to make it happen – they just had to be there and that was enough. it was all Rosa. that was a nice touch. i was so teary at the end… Graham (?) (the grandfather) realizing what was happening and saying, “i can’t do this…” omg… the pain on his face…

smulder · October 24, 2018, 4:14am

Having watched two episodes I’ve got to say BAD, DON’T BOTHER

Sort of interesting premise, in the Twilight Zone / X-Files tradition, but the writing is just very amateurish, the same characters having the same conversations over and over and saying the most obvious things you could imagine. And it’s like science fiction written by Jesus freaks. “Maybe it’s a MIRACLE, maybe everything happens for a REASON” might turn somebody’s crank in real life, but it’s a cop out in a fictional story where everything happens because the writers say so.

I’m afraid I’ll get suckered into watching more of this anyway, like gawking at a train wreck. That’s what happened to me with Salvation.

kxkvi · October 24, 2018, 3:51pm

Yuck. Thanks for the warning.

A fairly neat time travel show is Travelers, though we’ve seen only the first season. I just hope the writers aren’t making it up as they go along. I like the characters and the concept.

Daveb · October 24, 2018, 4:38pm

Don’t worry I’m sure there is an overall director in there somewhere, choosing how it will go.

kxkvi · October 24, 2018, 4:45pm

cough Lost cough

Which I never watched but heard that it had a lousy arc.

gadgetgirl · October 24, 2018, 6:01pm

I know someone who got really into Lost at first, then wound up watching the last couple seasons (and especially the last season) just for completion, not because they liked the show anymore.

She used to joke what was Lost was the plot.

nimelennar · October 24, 2018, 6:08pm

That was me and Heroes.

First season, “OMG, this is awesome.”
Second season, “Holy crap… Too bad they didn’t kill off Sylar, but other than that, this is still great!”
[Insert Writer’s Strike]
Third Season, “Um, what? Okay…”
Fourth Season, “Wait, really? You’re… You know what, maybe it’s time for this to end.”

kxkvi · October 24, 2018, 6:49pm