The more time Seth MacFarlane is on the screen, the more the show seems like a vanity project. He doesn’t do facial expressions.
The best episodes leave MacFarlane back on the bridge while the other characters are down on Planet X having exciting futuristic adventures. “Unseen boss voice on the radio” is his ideal role.
Season 2 episode 1 was, unfortunately, just about the opposite of that. Way too much Seth, and all the characters were doing '80s sitcom plots instead of space opera.
Thanks @Nightflyer and @Melizmatic. I started watching Lucifer last night (needing something after season 3 of Travelers). Who needs sleep?
We binge-watched Aggretsuko last night (including the Christmas episode).
A couple of episodes in, I thought “this isn’t great, but it’s moderately entertaining.” I revised my opinion as we went on. I expected it to kind of be a one-joke thing (which peaked with “Lightning, grant me your vengeance!”) but it transcended that. I really like a lot of the characters, flaws and all – even Mr. Ton (ugh) has some sympathetic and wise moments.
(Protein!)
We’ve been working our way through the various seasons of the UK version of Taskmaster for the second time. Just as funny as the first time.
If you’re unfamiliar with it, 5 comedian contestants must do various tasks to the satisfaction of the host, Greg Davies. It’s all pointless but very entertaining.
If you’re in the UK, I have a feeling it’s on high repeat, and might not be so funny the Nth time around, but it’s worth seeking a torrent of the series if you live anywhere else.
Yeah, it was pretty great. Looking forward to the full season 2… I totally enjoyed the Christmas episode as well.
Oh, almost done with the first season of Legion… Wow, that’s a hell of a great show. I totally want to read the comic now.
Forewarning, I was pretty pissed off at that that show by the season 2 finale.
Series 5 just started.
Sort of a British version of Silence of the Lambs or Seven, but with Idris Elba instead of Brad Pitt.
Were you? For some reason, that makes me look forward to it even more… My daughter said they did greenlight a 3rd season, so maybe they’ll fix what made you mad?
Great! I can’t wait till it’s on Netflix!
It’s more of a writer/story issue, that was eerily bad timing as the #metoo movement was gathering steam and Brock Turner got vindictive. As I’ve said before way upthread, it better be a good bluff on the part of the writers.
Cryptic, I know, but you’ll see what I mean in the last episode.
I didn’t make it that far. Season 1 was fine, but Season 2 started out twice as crazy and just got worse.
It wasn’t making enough sense for me to care about what was going on.
I haven’t read or watched the book or movie Watership Down before now. An acquaintance recommended the Netflix show as getting more of the book down. Episode One was quite portentous.
The look. They… are doing the bare minimum CGI (even given that everything is covered in hair and grass, er, shrubbery) for the “live” reality of the story… but they also do these great stop-animated Arabian-nights stories of the Great Rabbit King, trickster God of the Hunted. Like Herne the Hunted from Pratchett, only the real deal.
Lovecraft Country is in post-production. What I’m jazzed about is Wunmi Mosaku (detective Catharine Haliday) from Luther is in it.
Even more SotL than I thought, as ALICE IS BACK, despite being killed off last season.
I am not a big Alice fan. I don’t buy Alice as a character, I don’t buy Ruth Wilson as a seductive femme fatale, I don’t buy Luther risking his career and his colleagues’ safety for a sociopathic serial killer, I don’t buy dead characters being resurrected because the actor is available this year, I don’t buy any of it. The Alice arc reached a natural conclusion at the end of Series 3 and they should have moved on 
This, exactly; I quit on Legion without even bothering to finish the second season.
In other news, I watched Bird Box last night at the behest of my kid; count me as one of the people who likes it.
And Trevante Rhodes is FINE;
I’m going to trust your judgement on all of those things. I loved Legion season 1, but there’s so much great stuff and season 2 doesn’t stream from anywhere I’m willing to sign up to. The only celebrities I can think of to perv on at the moment are Jameela Jamil and D’Arcy Carden from The Good Place. Everything else I’m watching is talking animals and animal head cartoons.
Oh, weird, we watched it last night too. He was excellent in the role and very easy on the eyes!
Right?
And even though I knew from the outset that he wasn’t going to make it to the end, I loved every moment he was on the screen.
