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Weekly “What are you watching” Thread || Week of December 17th, 2023 (beehaw.org)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've finished:

Fringe S04:
- completely loving this season, so many interesting twists and turns
What We Do In The Shadows S03:
- It's ok, there's no laugh out loud moment for me, just couple of chuckles. Still love Matt Berry
The Thick of It S01:
- Again, no LOL moment, just a few chuckles. Also, maybe political comedy is just not for me
Love Death & Robots S01:
- There are some good ones, but I dislike some of the zany episodes, just not my taste. I do appreciate that some episodes are just around 15 mins
Amazing Stories 1985 S01:
- Very boring, it is not Twilight Zone. I might drop the whole thing.

I'm still watching:

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure S05:
- Still really good. I just realized that, starting from certain arc (maybe Joseph's), the main characters / party members seem to be shouting / screaming a lot.

Starting:

30 Rock S02:
- I am really enjoying this second season, there's a lot of absurd situations
Archive 81 S01:
- Enjoying it, I like that it's not supernatural (your typical ghosts / satan) horror. Kinda like the twist
X-Men Evolution S01:
- This feels like it's geared towards highschool kids. The 97 animated series feels more... mature / adult oriented?
The X-Files S02:
- Definitely moves faster than S01. I am really liking this season.

So, what have you been watching last week?

Edit: I always forgot that I watched some movies too:

Here they are

Freelance (2023):
- not interesting at all, dropped it halfway
Elle (2016):
- this is Paul Verhoeven's French movie. It's a really interesting movie, doubly so when you realized what's actually happening
Alone Across Arctic (2019):
- Sadly I don't find the documentary interesting enough
Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1 (2012)
- This is a good Hindi language movie, somehow reminds me of the golden era of Hong Kong's triad movies. But there are parts that definitely could be trimmed. 2½ hour is just bit way too long.
Butcher's Crossing (2023)
- I watched it because I have the sick urge to watch all Nic Cage's movies. I think this is one of those direct to DVD ones. Something about hunting bisons. Very boring.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Cancelled Disney+ and HBO, so decided to get Dropout. Started watching Game Changer for some no investment comedy. Will probably start D20 soon too.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What is Dropout? and what is D20?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Dropout is a streaming service from a bunch of former CollegeHumor folks. There are silly game shows like Game Changer and Um, Actually. D20 is their TTRPG show. They mostly play D&D set is funny scenarios (fantasy high school, Candyland), but have done sci-fi games and a couple others. Think Critical Role but much shorter stories and with comedians instead of voice actors.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

A couple of high and low points rather than the full list:

Slow Horses continues to be the highlight.
Revisited an episode of Blackadder the Third - Nob and Nobility, in fact. I really enjoyed these at the time. I had trouble disentangling genuine enjoyment from the nostalgia value this time around though. Not sure which was predominant.
Such Brave Girls has had a LOT of good reviews. Only seen the first episode so far. This is properly 'dark' humour. Not edgy or shock value. This is humour found in the banality of depression, desperation and denial. I'll stick with this one.
Top Hat (1933) - you don't watch a Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers movie for the plot. I know that. I have seen a scattering of these in the past: my mum was a fan. I have not seen one recently though. There was a plot of sorts, but it was so weirdly handled that, as straightforward as it was, it was largely nonsensical. Are they all like this? I really can't remember. Astaire's character was smug and annoying, but at least he was given one, unlike Rogers. Obviously the dance numbers were great. The humour was... let's just say hit and miss. Set design was functional, camera work merely ok. This is apparently one the best for Fred and Ginger. Presumably for the dance routines and Berlin's music alone, though, since there really is nothing else of interest here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Hilda - Watched all of season 3, the finale had us in tears multiple times! The show seems to be growing up with the characters so that’s exciting to see, I hope there’s a Season 4 🤞 I LOVE the art, I want to buy a print of pretty much every establishing shot
Caught up with the latest season of Fargo, also enjoying that! Juno is awesome and I’m liking most of the other characters (the step-mother grew on me this latest episode)
Watched the Gunn Suicide Squad as well, didn’t know any spoilers going in so I had a lot of fun even if it felt like GotG with a different group at times

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This is the first time I heard about Hilda. The last time an animated series made me cry was PLUTO.

Gunn's Suicide Squad is really fun. I like the characters bit more than GotG's. I also really enjoyed Peacemaker.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Give Hilda a shot if you have time, it’s cute and has a bunch of Scandinavian folklore type creatures with some good themes!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I got subs to Hallmark and Lifetime for the month, so it’s mindless holiday tv movies all day every day.