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Wednesday (season 1)

Over all it was fun. I feel like for the most part the Addams family members were done well, not sure about Pugsley. I just can't say for sure about his character. The story was over all interesting and fun. The dialog was weird to me where it uses the current year gibberish about seeking or speaking ones truths, which I find mind-numbingly irritating. It felt like required speak injected by the writers room because reasons. Modern gibberish.
( Blanket language about "outcasts" as well, which is laid on with a trowel it's so thick.)
However, excluding that it was a fairly good time. I still dislike the majority of actors who seem to be from a pool of, I don't know, BBC extras a few of them are big names but the rest feel like DR. Who left overs to me.
Another positive is Wednesday being an Addams is the reason she is believable and I like that. You know she has had a particularly peculiar upbringing and it's the right tool kit for her adventures. You don't need a training montage to believe she can fight look at who her family is, of course she can fence or fight or whatever in most situations.

You might enjoy it.


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One last tough on the language. I do think we could say Wednesday was using those buzzwords and or phrases ironically and more as a smokescreen rather than take them at face value based on who she would say those things too and also as the rebellious youth she was in the story. A sort of manipulation on her part given her distaste for social media and I would imagine modern/pop culture.
Or that's just my head cannon anyway.

Three body just started streaming on the 15th. I've just caught a bit of the first episode so far, found it on Youtube, looks like ep 1 and 2 are there. I enjoyed the audio books, I've been waiting for this show. there will also be a Netflix versions at some point.

Finally got to see the whole first episode of Three Body. Not bad. Faster than the book so far, more right to the point but I do hope they get deeper into the revolution in the 60's as the story unfolds. It's foundation for character motivations and so far they've touched on it but not gotten into it. Da Shi's been interesting but so far I like him better in the audio book, mostly because of the voice acting.
Anyway, it look like it's off to a good start.

Up to ep 15 io Three-Body.
I like that the show is flushing out character relationships and that detective work is going on where it was all behind the scenes in the book.
It's added a bit of depth in a good way. I was skeptical that I would like this version of Da Shi but he's been almost as good as in the book, maybe a bit better. Mostly because we see more of him doing his thing. They've laid in the back story around red coast base well too. This has been very enjoyable so far.

Up to EP. 20 of Three-Body.
In the last two episodes they have finally revealed the ETO in name. I'm not sure how many more episodes are left. if it's more than 4 I will be surprised but I can't say just where the story is as it relate to the length of the book.

I've also enjoyed the General unwittingly being part of a comedy duo which Da Shi on a few occasions.

Three-Body ep 25.
Solid. For this show it had a lot of action as the ADC raid the ETO 5 more episodes to go.
They posted all 30 a week ago but the last 9 didn't have English subs. Thankfully they are posting these episodes again but with Eng Subs as advertised.
I hope the Netflix adaptation is as good as this but better still would be an English language dub, fingers crossed. I am enjoying the episode format and pacing, it's a tad slow but it gets where it's going at a good pace. Which for this book is a good way to deal with the material being "hard" science fiction.

Big take away from this Ep, Da Shi is an absolute cowboy and he can prove it.

I listened to them on audio book the first one was done the best so that's my point of reference. I think in 40 min chunks of story it work well. But as you already know it's not action packed at all. I feel like they added a little bit that wasn't already in the story which I see as a little bit of an improvement.

I'm watching it here.
https://www.dramacool.vip/three-body-2023/

I haven't binge watched just one or two a week. You can dip your toes in and see if you like.

Youtube has been recommending clips from The Blacklist. I'm about 10 episodes into the first seasons and I am enjoying it a fair bit. It reminds me of the GIJOE comics for some reason. Something about the plots and how it's put together.

Just finished season two of The Black List this week.
It's been fun. different complaints from season one if I were to have any. But the fun out weighed any negatives. Hopefully I will have time for season three next month.

It still reminds me of the GIJOE comics as far as the level of plot and how characters are related or relate to one another. I especially like seeing the same mercenaries in Reddington's employ turning up every so often. I like that it implies his organization is there in the background and larger than I would have expected from a TV show. Good stuff.

Just finished watching Mr. Inbetween.
I enjoyed it. Ray is an interesting character and he's put through an emotional wringer as the show goes on. His expressions tell quite a story.
He doesn't like his job, being a hit man, but he does it and is good at it. I enjoyed that he ends up with jobs he finds very distasteful and he knows how bad they are . He's a very human character. His friends surprised me at first Gaz seems like a puts but turns out to be far ore competent that I suspected and he even saves the day in one episode which was very cool.
It also shows the complicated if convoluted world of crime and how many different relationships there are in that world.
Oh, and Ray also tried to be a good father to his daughter, he struggles but he keeps trying to be a good dad to her, his own having been a pos to him.
It's worth the ride I think. I enjoyed it quite a bit and the last scene at the end of the series, the sick smile on Rays face just before the credits roll. Worth it.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
More new Beavis and Butthead tomorrow on Paramount+. Far from everyone’s cup of tea, but I adore it.

I think Ep 19 - The Dangerous game, was my favorite episode this season.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Still not up in the U.K. :(

I need my Moronathon, dammit!

Keep an eye out for it. I was wrong it's Ep 21. It's brilliant. I really want to spoil it for you it's that good.

What did you think of the one where they were trapped in a box for a week?

Black list season three.
Thoughts shortly. Roller coaster so far. Not sure how killing off a main character before the end of a season works as previews are a thing. So well see how it goes.

Just finished the season yesterday evening. A predictable twist I suppose. Enjoyable over all and another fun twist for Tom Keen's character which will be fun to see followed up on.

Just finished watching Goblin Slayer again and the Goblin Crown "movie".
I recall it got a lot of hate for the so called graphic nature but having grown up on anime from the 80's and so on this was really tame.
I very much enjoyed the ride. Look forward to a second season maybe late this year or next year I can't remember which.

I enjoy that they do a lot of things players in a DnD game might do including weaponizing mundane things of spells one might first overlook as a solid tool.
I'm really hoping they get into some of the other material at some point there's a lot of neat stuff in there to pull from.

The Blacklist season 4.

Yikes.
The first several episodes felt like the writing had gone down hill quite a bit but true to form there was a two part episode and it was solid every episode after than was solid till the end.

The story arch was resolved and a new story set into motion. I enjoyed the twists along the way.
I didn't care for the idea that the plot was built on but it was done well.
seeing Red hit some really hard time was actually very fun. When the story knows what it is actually about and gets down to business it's quite fun.

ah, almost forgot, what I didn't like this season.
The "culture war" junk in the story.
One dumb bit of story was that was agent Navabi is getting paid less than another agent (agent Mojtabai) and she was butt hurt about that. He mad like 16% more than her. I don't believe this works because they both work for the FBI and I cannot imagine that being correct based on Military or government pay scales. I can only imagine the FBI would be very similar. If she was actually paid less that would be because she isn't actually FBI but a foreign agent who was invited to work for the FBI task force. And agent Mojtabai goes to accounting and decided they should give a percentage of his pay the the other agent Navabi because he feels she should be paid more. First, Accounting? Paper pay checks? Not direct deposit? super weird and could he even legally give his pay over like that? Again super weird. for as much as I enjoy this show some of the things writers rooms put in seem like they literally didn't even try to figure out if that was even a thing because reasons?
I know the show is fiction but it calls on lots of real world stuff like no knock warrants and stuff that falls under homeland security and the patriot act.
The next bit jumped out t me when it was said. Agent Mojtabai said he was something like half Muslim. Muslim is not a ethnicity, the character is clearly of middle eastern decent and that should have been said in stead or just removed.
There was probably more that I am not remembering but it does seem like they just felt they had to stick it in and try to make it important when it was just filler and filler dialog.
As far as gender roles this show is for the most part strong female leads doing a good job. every character, most of the time, (Cooper is more like a Dad than a boss) even has character traits that the show plays up how they run down bad guys and all that stuff. So did they really need to stich this silliness in or was it just the current buzz, so they stuck it in. We may never know.
I feel like it detracts from the characters who I do enjoy playing their parts in the story.
That's it rant over. Worth a watch I look forward to season 5 when ever I have the time.

The Black List season 5.
I'm almost to the half way point, up to EP 9 so far.
The writing has been much better this season seems to me. The know what they want to do and are doing it. EP 8 ends with a bloody farewell as Tom goes out in a blaze of glory. I didn't think I would like Tom as a character very much in season one but he had a good run I'd say. He dies in the best way possible I might say.
EP 9.
Elizabeth ends up with a few unwanted house guests in her cabin out in the middle of nowhere in an ice storm and yep they turn out to be a band of killers for the mob. it does not end well for them. I liked this episode, Liz is a bit of a savage. They shouldn't have killed her dog. Her battle with the bad guys was almost to ne sided because she had apparently enough prep time, like bat man.

The Blacklist season 6.

I finished the season but seemed it seemed like parts of the larger pot were missing. I discovered I had somehow missed three episodes. Silly me. Having gone back and watched what I missed it all cam together. I had thought something was off but expected some kind of weird ending explaining everything thing I had missed, like a tying up the loose ends story format. No, it was me being a bone head.

Over all not bad the writing was decent all the way through as far as this show goes. I enjoyed the treasure hunt episode. It's fun when the story is fun and no lives are on the line it looks like everyone has a good time and that's nice. I liked how much they used Aram this season he's really a good character and it's nice when he gets a chance to stand out. There's been a lot of character development with him.
Demba was very conflicted this season that dude carries a lot of weight on his back.
But I have enjoyed him interacting with other characters much like Raymond will and the mixed reactions is usually very funny.
another cliffhanger ending as well.
I'm looking forward to the next season when I find the time for it.

The Blacklist season 7.
A few good episodes and a few steeped in the culture war that were not so good. The culture war stuff is usually a drag as far as the writing goes. When they get back to what the show is about they do a bang up job. This season had a game of clue and another Dr. Mindbender type character as well as a story tied to Agent Ressler past. Oh, and some more character development for Aram, he's a likeable guy and it's nice to see him out of the office being more of a field agent and finding his footing. The final episode was filmed at some point during the pandemic and used animation and live footage they had shot to wrap up the episode. Not wonderful but at least they got to finish the season. Not the best season by a long shot but there were some fun episodes.

The couture war stuff this go around was about gun manufactures selling cheap pistols to straw purchasers but apparently not doing anything illegal but also knowingly turning a blind eye. It was a waste of time, Red could have just capped Ceo at any point. and he does but they threw away a whole episode on this trash concept.
Oh, honorable mention Agent Park. She's violent and too smart for her own good but a good addition to the cast so far.
And, Glen" jelly bean " Carter and the truck. Glen is a nut. He's like a daemon that works at the dmv.

Just finished up the entire Neon Genesis Evangelion series and movies except for the Netflix.
I hadn't seen this in several years and thought it was longer. over all I found it ok but disappointing. I read people occasionally saying it's life changing but I don't agree with that. Interesting concepts but it never really gets where I think it should have because it's such a short amount of time and the characters are mostly children with no more life experience or growth. Which to me deflates the attempted meaning of the ending.
I don't hate it I just don't feel like it delivered.
I feel like Legion did a better job as I see a slight similarity.

Near the end of The Blacklist season 8.
They killed off Glen Carter. The actor died ( Clark Middleton) . Glen was one of the best characters. They gave his passing a whole episode and it was good fun, they handled it very well. The replaced Glen with his mother and she is a blast. I really like the mannerism that are so much like Glen. It really feels like she could be his mother. That's one of the things I like about this show characters who are related displaying traits of their relations. Body language. it adds a lot to the scene and the story. I like it when actors act instead of walk to spot and say their lines.
The Big Bad in this season is a real monster and it's believable.
Small gripes about the usual stuff but throwing that out it's been good. A few more episodes to watch still.

Finished The blacklist season 8.
They built up agent Keen to take over for Redington and killed her off because the actress was planning to leave the show.
Ultimately a waste of time. The episodes were good some of the gimmicks were a lot of fun.
Just sad about the way this happened because it reminded me of Twin Peaks. A show that could have rant for 20 seasons because there was no conclusion. Two more seasons and it's over.

I'm not mad she wanted to leave and all that it just makes all the work they put in, I don't know maybe they should have done it sooner and moved on already.

I'm more sad about Jelly bean carter having been written off as died because the actor passed away. That dude was amazing.

 Azreal13 wrote:

 warhead01 wrote:
Finished The blacklist season 8.
They built up agent Keen to take over for Redington and killed her off because the actress was planning to leave the show.
Ultimately a waste of time. The episodes were good some of the gimmicks were a lot of fun.
Just sad about the way this happened because it reminded me of Twin Peaks. A show that could have rant for 20 seasons because there was no conclusion. Two more seasons and it's over.

I'm not mad she wanted to leave and all that it just makes all the work they put in, I don't know maybe they should have done it sooner and moved on already.

I'm more sad about Jelly bean carter having been written off as died because the actor passed away. That dude was amazing.

Hi, future Blacklist here. You can probably stop watching me now. You may want to keep watching out of curiosity, and that's fine, but it's only fair to warn you that the dynamics that the character of Elizabeth brought to the show only really reveal themselves in their absence.

Thanks for the heads up.
You're probably right. I found the subreddit and got the impression it as very down hill after season 8. I'll probably wait a while before I see the last two I haven't read anything good about them.
It was fun while it lasted so there's that.

FLCL - 2000

I really like this short show. Just one of those things that becomes special to a person I guess.
FLCL introduced me to the Pillows. I really enjoy that band even though I don't understand a word of it mostly. I figure the music more or less tells one what they need to know even if you don't speak the language.


FLCL Alternative - 2018
First, too much time has passed and the magic just isn't there in the same way.
It's mostly just filler and nostalgia farming.

I will say what I like about it is getting more Haruko and more about her wants and character. She's emotional in a way she wasn't in FLCL and that's actually interesting. Not character growth but showing more layers of her character and her frustration with not getting her way.

Watching FLCL Progressive next and waiting for the next two installments which may be other this year or next.

What we do in the shadows season 3 and 4.

I passed on WWDITS for a while, I enjoyed season 1 and 2, just hadn't gotten back to it until this week. Over all I had a good time. Laz and Collin was a lot of fun for both seasons.
The return of Simon the devious saw fun too. I didn't expect that.

Farscape.
Still fantastic! One more episode in season two and it's on the season 3.

Tween? is that like 11? Probably. The first two seasons I can't say they are very "shocking" but I may not be the best judge. You might want to do a preview to be sure. It is quite a lot of fun and it has some interesting moral perspectives here and there.

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
Yeah, 11. He handled SG1 and Babylon 5 fine. It’s just that my wife and I caught part of an episode once and the muppet alien was dressed like a dominatrix and trying to seduce the human. So, we were wondering how common that kind of thing was.

I don't see it as any worse that SG1 or B5. There's some "seductive tension/ situations" every now and then like you describe but we're not really talking nudity or anything really graphic. Those situations are usually weird because aliens and humans and stuff lost in translation. There might be something inappropriate in season two but it's more that you know what's going on and less that you really see anything but it gets awkward with a third just hanging out and bitching. I think it was intended to be humorous, the situation is kinda funny. You may wait a year, I don't know. There is a brand new DVD blue ray set that's out or out soon I've read.


The Muppet thing was part of a bit in a wacky brain washing interrogation episode, "Wont get fooled again", I think was the tittle.

I am not even sure what the show is rated.
Hope this was helpful.

I couldn't get into the walking dead I watched most of season one and quit, as much as I enjoy Zombies this wasn't for me.


Just watched the new FLCL Grunge. all three episodes of it. Meh. The idea of telling a story from three different pov in a limited amount of time was fine but over all this was not very good.
One more "new season' of three episodes in the pipe later this year or next month. In the end the real fooly cooly will be the friends we made along the way. Feels like nostalgia farming more than anything else. They ripped dialog directly from the original and turned some of it into catchphrases. It feels like chat GPT wrote this and they just ran with it.
Everything after the original series has been a bit of a let down...except for the Pillows. Their music is still fantastic.

Just finished Farscape Peacekeeper wars.

Several very cool lines from solid characters that really developed over 4 seasons.
I think about what I don't like in current year, shows and movies and my big gripe is language. As in modern expressions aligned with how we behave and speak now where it clearly does not fit. Farscape is, almost, a master class of setting appropriate speech.
There are rules and nothing is explain directly but implied enough that the viewer easily picks up on the meanings. I love this about the show. While John is full of pop culture references he brought with him it all comes together nicely. Yelling in Klingon or TV references no one around him understands is loads of fun.

The last several episodes in season 4 are so much fun and over the top. The cliffhanger ending was so maddening when it happened I for one was so happy that we got the peacekeeper wars to finish the series off.

I'll watch it all again in a few years.

Highlander: the series.
Season one episode two.

Richie is asking direction from a nerd coming out of a Game Works shop store.
The pilot episode was a little rough but episode two seems more smooth.