theropod_V_2.0 wrote:Dispatches from Elsewhere is one strange micro series.

For some reason the whole first episode left me uneasy, tense or something. Not sure what the hell I am watching, or why.

RS

First 12 mins or so felt "empty" ...trying to give it a chance.

Mike: Am I making a mistake... in trying to understand... the story of the show... and not just enjoying the violence?

I've been trying to watch Altered Carbon season 2 and given up. Weak scripts that feel like a rerun of the first series without any sense of mystery and Anthony Mackie's performance is dismal. It doesn't even feel like he's trying to play the same character as Byron Mann or Joel Kinnaman.

There have been a lot of body swap scenarios in sci fi over the years that have been well acted, I remember how impressed I was with D'Arcy Carden in The Good Place last year. I don't remember ever seeing one in which an actor was so obviously beyond their range, Mackie feels like he only has two settings, sarcastic and angry, and one accent, which I assume is his real life mode of speech.

It makes me quite disappointed having been thoroughly looking forward to a second season.

Oh? I’ve started that show 2-3 times, always got distracted.

Just finished episode 1 of this - very enjoyable!

I want 5 more seasons of Saul. Alternate + future timelines acceptable. Make it happen.

I thought I had to wait until Sunday for the next ep but it’s already available.

arugula2 wrote:I want 5 more seasons of Saul. Alternate + future timelines acceptable. Make it happen.

I’m already dreading what will happen to Kim. It’s going to be far worse than Mike in BB.

Yesh, streamed ep3 late last night. And I find myself regularly saying out loud, “god, I love these two together.” So, yes, that would hurt like a mofo.

Liking War of the Worlds on Fox alot.

arugula2 wrote:Yesh, streamed ep3 late last night. And I find myself regularly saying out loud, “god, I love these two together.” So, yes, that would hurt like a mofo.

Just watched!! Loved the gnome/ice cream cone pairing in ep2. Came home big time with the cold open. I have a feeling the fate of our German engineer will be in play.

Mentioned earlier, but just finished watching Upstart Crow. Highly recommended if you're a David Mitchell and Ben Elton fan like I am. The guy playing Robert Greene is fucking hilarious, don't think I've ever seen him before. He sounds like a villainous Captain Beefheart

I'm a little rusty on Shakespeare since high school was more than half my life ago, but my wife is reading a bunch for classes so she can point out references I miss. It's not all historical and literary references though, lots of the humor is about current events and the contrast of modern society (or lack thereof). While the show gets a bit formulaic at times it's a lot of fun and we enjoyed it immensely.

Mark Heap is fabulous. Loved him in Friday Night Dinner. I found Upstart Crow good, but a bit too Saturday night on the BBC for me. David Mitchell can be a lot funnier than that.

The new and third season of Castelvania, takes nudity/sex to GoT levels.

Fallible wrote:Mark Heap is fabulous. Loved him in Friday Night Dinner. I found Upstart Crow good, but a bit too Saturday night on the BBC for me. David Mitchell can be a lot funnier than that.

It wasn't very challenging, for sure. And some of the formulas got a bit tiresome towards the end. But there's not a lot of shows similar to it over here, so I guess for me its welcome hadn't been worn out.