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Baby Vista Diaper Club said:
Netflix. Are there more than one series on that show?
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ESPN’s docuseries, 30 for 30 did a two parter on American Gladiator also, I have it DVR’ed but haven’t watched it yet.
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‘The American Gladiators Documentary’ Review: ESPN Doc Is Entertaining but Evasive

Ben Berman examines the teased hair, tight spandex and ultra-competitive phenomenon that was 'American Gladiators' in a two-part documentary airing under ESPN's '30 for 30' banner.
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Baby Vista Diaper Club said:
For those of a certain age, Muscles & Mayhem, the limited series about American Gladiators, was a good watch. I was disappointed they didn't mention the NES game when talking about merchandising.
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Directed by the Napoleon Dynamite director... He also did another Netflix docuseries called Murder among the Mormons (about the absolutely crazy White Salamander case).
 
Indymisanthrope said:
Who's caught up with Silo?

I started reading Wool years ago but got distracted and never finished, so my knowledge of the source material is basically capped at the first 1-2 episodes.

My take so far is that the premise is compelling to think about, but putting it on screen may work to its disadvantage because it makes things more concrete in a way that makes the suspension of disbelief suffer.

There's also a lot of really terrible accent work in this show. That's not something that I usually give a lot of attention, but as a UK production they've cast a whole lot of folks who cannot deliver a convincing American accent to save their lives, and the absolute worst offender is the star of the show. The whole thing takes a hit because almost everybody sounds wrong. If there's a plot-driven reason for this I'll come back around to reconsider, but so far there's no sign that's what is going on here.

You know how some shows don't completely work from a plot perspective but they still hang together because of the chemistry of the actors? In this case I think we have the opposite. The central mystery of Silo keeps me watching, but if you were to remove that one key ingredient then I'm not sure there would be much left that's worthwhile.
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Just finished Silo tonight. Still very compelling to me. I'm looking forward to the next season.
 
And moved on after Silo to The Horror of Dolores Roach, which is pretty much a retelling of the Sweeny Todd story. Not bad. Funny and fucked up at the same time.
 
ayayrawn said:
I'm 5 episodes into The Leftovers, and don't really like it. I find most of the characters annoying, and find the surrealness of it all kind of surface level. Ik everyone says this show gets amazing down the line, but can anybody attest to that? If I'm not into it at this point, will I enjoy the rest?
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I think the final episode of the first season is where it starts getting much better. The first season is humorless and kind of annoying. Season 2 and on is where it gets great and becomes fun/funny weird and less self-serious artsy fartsy weird, so if you’re still not into it after season 2 starts then you just might not enjoy it.
 
ayayrawn said:
I'm 5 episodes into The Leftovers, and don't really like it. I find most of the characters annoying, and find the surrealness of it all kind of surface level. Ik everyone says this show gets amazing down the line, but can anybody attest to that? If I'm not into it at this point, will I enjoy the rest?
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Season one is mostly derived directly from the book of the same name and while I thought it was interesting and intriguing from the start, I will say starting with season 2 Lindelof is able to take the story in a different and maybe more focused direction overall. Also, the first season is mostly figuring out this new world. Once the story settles in to showing people coping with loss and attempting to move on The Leftovers really shines. The “why” doesn’t really matter, you gotta let the mystery be.

The 2nd and 3rd season are even better overall, it is building to something profound even the first season is a bit shaggy. Stick with it; Carrie Coons, Ann Dowd, and Justin Theroux are all quite excellent throughout.
 
ayayrawn said:
I'm 5 episodes into The Leftovers, and don't really like it. I find most of the characters annoying, and find the surrealness of it all kind of surface level. Ik everyone says this show gets amazing down the line, but can anybody attest to that? If I'm not into it at this point, will I enjoy the rest?
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I think @TenderLovingKiller® explains it well. My wife was lukewarm about the show in the first season, and while she didn't love it like I do, she did get into it by the second season. She doesn't like ambiguity though. And it's a show that is much less about the "plot" than about grief, loss, and the ways people deal with trauma. In my opinion, once you start to focus on that aspect and think about it through that lens the show becomes brilliant. The rest is just part of the ride.
 
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