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mdmost said:
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel season 4 is great so far. It really came back strong.
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Funny enough, I by accident watched Ep 3 and 4 in reverse order. On Friday, I thought I clicked 'continue watching' but I must've hit Ep 4.

So, when Suzy is staying at Midge's place 'cause the roommate died I was like "Okay, must've been something from Season 3 I just don't remember" or when Asher was back in town for the whole FBI thing I was def a bit lost but just figured, again, stuff from Season 3 I don't have the best memory on (all that time ya know and I figured that 5-min YT recap I watched to reacclimate was not comprehensive). Then the next episode starts (somehow when I hit start next episode it brought me back around to ep 3). Then everything I'm seeing was talked about in the episode I just watched. So, I'm like "Ok, it's become a sci-fi show in season 4 w/ a bit of a time loop thing going on, huh?". But I figured out my mistake. Oh well.

I see some complaints about S4. I've enjoyed it so far but I see some fairness in some of the complaints. It seems the first few seasons kept stacking and you get up to the tour at the end of S3. And now she just gets knocked back down to where she was S1/2. I don't hate it and the show has always had a slower pace in some of that stuff any way. I do think the previous seasons were stronger, but I've no real complaints with S4.
 
Godspee You! Baby Emperor said:
FINALLY getting around to watching Watchmen. I know, I know. As a fan of the comic series and the added draw of Trent/Atticus doing the music plus rave reviews, I should've bumped it up my list. But here I am now.

Any way, I hope Regina King has awesome one liners throughout because "I've got a nose for white supremacy and he smells like bleach" is fucking gold.
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The way this show tied in its original material to modern themes is so brilliant. The only recent piece of superhero media I can think of with anything relevant to say.
 
Finally getting around to Halt and Catch Fire. I’ve known its reputation for starting out rough in season 1 and transcending with each subsequent season. Finished s1 this weekend and…yeah…not much elsewhere to go than up. I see a lot of potential, but it’s messy and full of early-2010s prestige drama tropes. Excited for what’s to come!
 
Bull Shannon said:
Finally getting around to Halt and Catch Fire. I’ve known its reputation for starting out rough in season 1 and transcending with each subsequent season. Finished s1 this weekend and…yeah…not much elsewhere to go than up. I see a lot of potential, but it’s messy and full of early-2010s prestige drama tropes. Excited for what’s to come!
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Yeah, they realize that the woman are the star of the show and relax the Lee Pace tortured genius/fraud focus a bit.
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
Yeah, they realize that the woman are the star of the show and relax the Lee Pace tortured genius/fraud focus a bit.
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That's a relief; Pace's character is easily the biggest flaw in the show, even though I love him and he's doing his best with the material. But the scars are a weird touch, and when he burned all the computers in the season finale with no real explanation why or any reverberations felt in the plot, I rolled my eyes. Scoot McNairy's character is also trying at times; the way he had a nervous breakdown at the end of one episode only to be completely fine (and for them to have switched names for the computer without ever discussing it) in the next episode.

Still very excited for it to get good.
 
Bull Shannon said:
That's a relief; Pace's character is easily the biggest flaw in the show, even though I love him and he's doing his best with the material. But the scars are a weird touch, and when he burned all the computers in the season finale with no real explanation why or any reverberations felt in the plot, I rolled my eyes. Scoot McNairy's character is also trying at times; the way he had a nervous breakdown at the end of one episode only to be completely fine (and for them to have switched names for the computer without ever discussing it) in the next episode.

Still very excited for it to get good.
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You’ll notice a big jump in quality of quality in season 2.
 
We finished The Expanse last night, I'm pretty satisfied with the ending even though it was a truncated season. Hoping Amazon or someone picks it up for the last three books. I read today that those books start 30 years from the ending of S6 so that leaves a couple things dangling.

Cara and her brother - I can tell that this whole part of the story needed more time, so for them to run off with nothing further was a little empty. And I had the same thoughts about Filip escaping.
 
ranbalam said:
We finished The Expanse last night, I'm pretty satisfied with the ending even though it was a truncated season. Hoping Amazon or someone picks it up for the last three books. I read today that those books start 30 years from the ending of S6 so that leaves a couple things dangling.

Cara and her brother - I can tell that this whole part of the story needed more time, so for them to run off with nothing further was a little empty. And I had the same thoughts about Filip escaping.
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I am surprised that they kept the whole Laconia storyline in the tv series. Makes them think they were always working towards getting picked up later as another series or a series of movies. Ending at books/season 6 is a good spot as the last 3 books are almost a self-contained trilogy.
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
Just saw a preview for a new HBO Max Series staring Taika Waititi and Rhys Darby and it looks like a winner…

… I guess Darby’s character is loosely based on an actual pirate as well.
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This is so fun. Also from the wiki, it says he turned from a wealth land owner to a life of crime in 1717 after some marital problems. He died in 1718…oof, not at it long.

Okay let’s talk The Guilded Age spoilers
My first prediction is about Peggy. I think she fell in love with her father’s stock boy and ended up getting pregnant. Her father made her get rid of the baby and shipped her to the school near Miss Brooks’s family house. I am not sure if the baby will show up later but that’s why I think she hates her dad.
My second prediction is that the letter Aunt Agnes received was penned by Mr. Church because he felt slighted by Banister.
And third, a love triangle between Miss Brooks, Mr. Raikes and the younger Mr. Russel can’t happen soon enough. Also, spoils, spoils, spoils, but Mr. Raikes’ name is much too close to rake. Is Julian giving us a clue as to his true character?
 
nolalady said:
This is so fun. Also from the wiki, it says he turned from a wealth land owner to a life of crime in 1717 after some marital problems. He died in 1718…oof, not at it long.

Okay let’s talk The Guilded Age spoilers
My first prediction is about Peggy. I think she fell in love with her father’s stock boy and ended up getting pregnant. Her father made her get rid of the baby and shipped her to the school near Miss Brooks’s family house. I am not sure if the baby will show up later but that’s why I think she hates her dad.
My second prediction is that the letter Aunt Agnes received was penned by Mr. Church because he felt slighted by Banister.
And third, a love triangle between Miss Brooks, Mr. Raikes and the younger Mr. Russel can’t happen soon enough. Also, spoils, spoils, spoils, but Mr. Raikes’ name is much too close to rake. Is Julian giving us a clue as to his true character?
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I agree with all of this. You should write for Fellowes.
My favorite part of the episode and maybe the series thus far was Aunt Agnes losing her composure and storming over to the Brooks house in a blind rage and how everyone went out of their way to offer her excuses because that was the polite thing to do. Leading to that killer line from Baranski, “Heads have rolled for less!”
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
Just saw a preview for a new HBO Max Series staring Taika Waititi and Rhys Darby and it looks like a winner…

… I guess Darby’s character is loosely based on an actual pirate as well.
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Stede Bonnet - Wikipedia

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I enjoy Taika Waititi. But, really, I could watch an alternate history fantasy where he plays his version of Hitler and in it Hitler doesn't die. Maybe have him end up in NYC in the late 50's/early 60's and do some kind of crossover event with The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
 
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