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Teeeee said:
@nolalady - have a glance at what Eric says about the Outsider. This is the kind of creep it is. Not gory or jumpy. Just subversively creepy.

I much prefer this sort of creepiness than the jump out and scare you. I'm able to suspend disbelief and tell myself it isn't real when I'm not trying to catch my breath because I just jumped up to the ceiling. Lol

Eric, I would say if this is causing you anxiety, the hushed, slow, calm and muted way the characters are, then halt. It continues that way through each episode that has aired. I again have zero idea how this ends or if it gets jumpier and I will absolutely abandon it if it does. But it sounds like you should abandon it now. Lol
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OK now I'm interested in this.


Also Re High Fidelity:

I tried. I really tried but I don't get it. It could have been anything else other than what it is and been better.
To regurgitate the film - completely - is just ugghhh

The acting is fine, Zoe Kravitz is good, and there are even some occasional funny lines, but her character could be so much more. Instead the character is a caricature of an actor play John Cussak playing a character. It's as if the writers thought I know let's set High Fidelity in hip multi-cultural Brooklyn instead of Chicago, which is a problematic thing to begin with, and you know what let's just have the same characters but this time the lead will be a woman who is also into all of the music that old white dudes are into. I'm painting with broad brush strokes but you get the idea. The whole pretentious record store vibe is long dead and even if we accept that it exists in the world created by the show the idea that the 20 something lead would give a fuck about Wings is almost unfathomable. The producers (Questlove included) could have made different choices with the writing and the music and it would've been far more compelling and relatable for the present times.

If I was under 25 and never saw the film it might be more interesting or fun... so maybe it just isn't meant for me.
 
Indymisanthrope said:
(don't read this if you're not at least 4 episodes in):
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This was a very clever way of getting me to watch up through episode 4, so thanks for that. ;)

It almost felt like things might be moving in a direction in episode 4 that would make it more tolerable for me, but the way it ended and the preview of episode 5 made it clear that that will not be the case.

Part of me wants to power through the 3 remaining episodes, but I’d have to watch them with someone and have them spend the night with me and keep telling me that I’m ok and the show isn’t real life.

Thanks for trying to warn me, @Teeeee!
 
Watched the first 2 episodes of High Fidelity last night and Im sold. Its certainly just a rehash of the film, and they could of developed Rob's character a bit more, but I honestly really enjoyed them. I love the scene shes she dips into Rumors and it really resonates with me, much to the annoyance of my girlfriend. Great stuff, looking forward to the rest.
 
Ericj32 said:
This was a very clever way of getting me to watch up through episode 4, so thanks for that. ;)

It almost felt like things might be moving in a direction in episode 4 that would make it more tolerable for me, but the way it ended and the preview of episode 5 made it clear that that will not be the case.

Part of me wants to power through the 3 remaining episodes, but I’d have to watch them with someone and have them spend the night with me and keep telling me that I’m ok and the show isn’t real life.

Thanks for trying to warn me, @Teeeee!
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Come on over! I have a guest bedroom. And 2 ferocious guard dogs. (Absolutely not ferocious but the boogy man doesn't know that).
 
Selaws said:
Watched the first 2 episodes of High Fidelity last night and Im sold. Its certainly just a rehash of the film, and they could of developed Rob's character a bit more, but I honestly really enjoyed them. I love the scene shes she dips into Rumors and it really resonates with me, much to the annoyance of my girlfriend. Great stuff, looking forward to the rest.
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I’d say that’s true of the first few episodes, keep watching.
 
I’ve been watching McMillions and there is three more episodes and it’s way too long with filler to heighten everything. I’m gonna see it through though.

Steven Universe is coming to an end soon and I am very sad about it. That show is so special and emotional and great. I’m going to miss it a lot and I can’t wait to rewatch it as a whole soon.
 
girlnevergoesout said:
I’ve been watching McMillions and there is three more episodes and it’s way too long with filler to heighten everything. I’m gonna see it through though.

Steven Universe is coming to an end soon and I am very sad about it. That show is so special and emotional and great. I’m going to miss it a lot and I can’t wait to rewatch it as a whole soon.
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McMillions is interesting in that I'd vaguely heard about it a while back but didn't understand the depth to the entire thing. Having said that, I can't believe there's 3 episodes left with so little story told so far (and left to go if you're familiar with it at all). Like do we really need to hear from Jerry's brother and his wife again about how he was a cross between Al Capone and whatever random comedian they think of at the time?

There's also a big part of me that feels like it's really trying to paint McDonalds as the poor guys who lost out on this slash a giant ad for the company. How inept does your corporate security have to be that they've been scammed for 15 years (and that early shit was incredibly traceable) before ANYONE notices..? And they had to have it drawn to their attention. Despite dude's brother winning, that entire family winning.. like, I can't believe they had no idea this was going on.
 
A Lost Highway said:
Its a great story, but I can't help but feel 6 episodes is a little bit overkill.
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I felt that last week, and getting the sense it's moving slow as well for the content they have. Although it's really good for HBO, I don't think it's on par with Netflix's best, it just doesn't have the twists of Making a Murder, the length of content of Wild Wild Country or the sheer craft of Wormwood (my favorite docu-series by far). But really I think the bigger issue is that we want to binge this content, week-to-week doesn't feel right for a docu-series that's not some episodic Planet Earth deal.
 
Of note on that topic, supposedly HBO Max is doubling down on week-to-week releases. IMO that works really well for some shows but others (such as this one) would be a better binge for me.
 
Selaws said:
Watched the first 2 episodes of High Fidelity last night and Im sold. Its certainly just a rehash of the film, and they could of developed Rob's character a bit more, but I honestly really enjoyed them. I love the scene shes she dips into Rumors and it really resonates with me, much to the annoyance of my girlfriend. Great stuff, looking forward to the rest.
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I watched the first last night. Felt the same way about that Fleetwood Mac scene. I, admittedly, haven't seen the movie nor read the book, so this is a completely fresh experience for me.
 
I can see why some would say McMillions is slow or feels stretched out but I think it's well done. I also think it moves at a good clip and has done a good job of showing us the funny/fun stuff and then also circling back and showing us how it was actually a darker and sadder story for the people involved. I also have been listening to this limited series documentary podcast about the company WeWork called WeCrashed and it's 20 minutes of stretched out story with 5 minutes of ads each week, and that is what I'd consider slow and stretched out. Compared to that, McMillions is a breezy, info-loaded doc.
 
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