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I dunno man, but in the Buffy days I’m prrrty sure the CW was still the WB or whatever. Anyway, SyFy did make Farscape available to U.S. audiences, and that was a weird and fun little deal for a while if you didn’t think too hard about it. Also that show Eureka, based on a Stephen King short-story but having literally nothing to do with said story other than a character named “The Colorado Kid” was... eh, not great but OK. I shrug. |
Finally watching the FARGO TV show, and it’s quite good. I guess I didn’t believe a Coen Bros. tribute show would be able to be good in the same way that the Coens themselves are, but ... it kind of is.
Can’t wait to start seeing Barton Fink references. Woo. |
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funny thing, i’ve never seen farscape but it keeps popping in my recommendations. maybe some day. and you didn’t like galactica? the ending was annoying for me, but some time it was a thrilling mystery and a massive success. after than ended i was also moderately enjoying caprica (the prequel), but they shitcanned it, not sure why- probably too pricey for the ratings, but it wasn’t bad. - fargo is fucking great. have not seen 4th season yet do not breathe a word of it :D |
im watching the ongoing season of VIKINGS
super annoying to have to watch it with commercials. viking funeral followed by furniture store commercial wtf. i should wait a year or 2 and catch it “clean.” |
I’m watching the Fargo tv series and it’s pretty damn good
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just saw a hobo ad that paolo sorrentino’s pope show is “returning”
HELL THE FUCK YEAH. really look forward to that one. likely will get a month of it in the summer. bingeing is so much nicer than piecemeal installments. currently stuck on that with VIKINGS. plus the commercials i mentioned above, fml. - meanwhile, been watching JACK RYAN on amazon. the one with jim from the office. it’s less fascist and xenophobic than the usual clancy fare, probably because the guy died long ago and writers had to refresh for current times. it’s actually pretty enjoyable improbable action.. a bit like HOMELAND but without the mental illness angle or claire danes. so, not great, but okay. |
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Wife and I plan Viking funerals. Send us down the river in a flaming rowboat. |
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Sorrentino’s show? The New Pope? “Sequel” or whatever to the excellent The Young Pope? Yeah, finally. I’m excited too. |
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sorrentino is fucking great did you ever see “the great beauty”? what a movie. a little confusing some parts of the plot, but eh, i forgive him all |
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I don’t think so. Not ringing any bells. But Young Pope was electric. Like Twin Peaks and the good House Of Cards seasons had a baby. Love that theme, too — a song by Recondite. |
Also watching The Outsider on HBO.
Based on some Stephen King book I haven’t read. Has Jason Bateman and Ben Mendelsohn. Good ass shit so far. Not what you’d expect from a King adaptation (e.g.: 80% chance of crap showers). Also, seems to be different thematically from a lot of King’s stuff, with more of a True Detective vibe. I’m sure it will get bodysnatchery and end up being full of some weird body horror stuff and that an already mean and abusive man or woman (probably man, think I know who, actually) will become supernaturally mean and abusive but for now it feels kinda fresh. |
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this one is... i mean... probably the best thing ive seen in the last decade? i don't know, something. if you can't find it free, worth the price of rental. |
oh, shit, terry jones croaked
-- just read that he had dementia and aphasia. ayayay... goodbye mr. creosote |
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Gotta agree with you there. I've espoused about it a couple of times on here already, but I will say it's worth a watch. Just don't let yourself get distracted by your phone or anything. It's a film that's worth your full attention. |
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that's a good one, alright! |
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RIP very sad |
I'm watching the Australian Open. Coco Gauff beat Osaka earlier, and right now Federer is having a hard time with Millman, who I had never heard about but he's from Oz.
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got the 1st ep of ST Picard and watched it last night with the wife. I liked it a lot. Not too much lens flare. hahahhahahahahha
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I thought it looked like a pretty decent premise, but, really, a NINJA as one of his assistants?
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You mean the "crew" they show towards the end? Yeah, we will see how that goes. |
Finally got around to watching at least the first episode of The Mandalorian last night.
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new season of Sabrina
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 What? New Sabrina series? :p |
Oh wait. That was meant as a joke, I didn't know it was actually sort of the same deal. So since you like cats, there's a Dutch TV show you might like. It's called Poesjes (Kittens), it's about kittens. Yes really :D
A family of cats live in a play doll house, together with their butler who's a turtle that loves to sing Sinatra at theend of each episode. Here's one episode It's children TV but very cute and funny at the same time. |
amazon featuring a couple of cool shows on evolution
last week watched “your inner fish” which is a 3 parter (bbc/pbs?) 2014 show looking at our evolutionary roots in fishes, reptiles and primates. one episode each. really well put together. here’s the first one on youtube: https://youtu.be/E8ttoKGxEKc i think you can watch it on the pbs website also the other (i’m in the middle of it) is also a pbs/bbc from 2018 called “neanderthal” that uses computer simulations to “reconstruct” neanderthal appearance, motion, speech sounds, etc. have not finished the last part which looks at their extinction and our neanderthal heritage. i had no idea there were caves in gibraltar that had been inhabited by neanderthals! |
 Clannad After Story EP 21 ... aka that episode Why did I just do that to myself? It's not like I didn't know. Traumatised ... again!  |
you’re watching anime? this is a new development...
i thought you only watched hardboiled 70s cop shows well not “only” but... i know you for certain tastes, and that looks perhaps “too fluffy” for your image. no? i know i know... i don’t mean to stereotype. now im curious about this show... |
There's some stuff I really like, although I'm usually introduced to it by students. Anyway, fair to say there's sad anime (and there's certainly no shortage of that) then there's Clannad: After Story.
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Why did you remove the link https://youtu.be/9NZD5PQwWQM
It's hilarious :D Anyway, I started watching Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. Only seen ep 1 so far but it's bizarre and funny and scifi so I'll be looking forward to see the rest of it. Never read those books but I did read Hitchhiker's Guide... and loved it. |
Hmm, I tested the link after posting it and it seemed broken.
Cool. And that's even before he gets to Episode 21!!! |
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speaking of cop shows is that a george gently parody or something? (i havent seen the link yet) |
oh, and i originally came here to say:
i normally never watch halftime shows, but shakira and jlo... WOWOWOW |
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I've seen Tekkonkinkreet and it didn't bother me too much but Clannad really got to me and I've been wary of that more ultra-emotional side of anime ever since. I've been warned about Grave of the Fireflies and I just won't go there. When I do watch anime, which is pretty rare, I prefer to play it safe by sticking to the really silly comedy stuff. Although even that can catch me out sometimes. |
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Just recently DNA work in Africa shows that Neanderthal genes made their way there too. Europeans have someting like 6-8% neanderthal genes and they found a population in Africa that has 2-3% Neanderthal. humans have moved back and froth forEVER. borders are bullshit. border walls even more soo. (see how i made it political?) |
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yeah, had my DNA run, interesting results. "Pure" north end of nowhere in eastern Scandinavia turns out to have headed up there with a side trip to India:rolleyes: |
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Yep, although this is already an old show, but I still sometimes watch it in records) I love it a lot!:) |
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Finished BoJack Horseman Season 6. One of the most consistently great series of the last decade. And if I were to create a list of my favorite episodes of any series, "The View From Halfway Down" would rank in a very high position. Probably one of the most nuanced and emotionally resonant shows in quite some time. It just so happens to be about an anthropomorphic horse.
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You're not alone btw, I just read an article in a Dutch newspaper from earlier this week that was titled: "BoJack Horseman is half man, half horse – and completely genial". |
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