This does look good. And I like the lead actor (playing the dad).
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Finished season 3 of The White Lotus. Highly watchable series imo.
About Adolescence, it was ok, but imo not helped by only one actor being good (Graham) and the degree of minimalism.
Format was a bit strange as well,
Due to the above (including the spoiler) I didn't find the character of the boy to be fleshed out enough to be potentially convincing.
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was interesting - can't say if it is true, but I suppose it is (?).
Format was a bit strange as well,
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Due to the above (including the spoiler) I didn't find the character of the boy to be fleshed out enough to be potentially convincing.
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For those of you who love winter and like less the coming summer heat, I suggest The Åre Murders on Netflix. It is a very good couple of short seasons solving murders in the snow and cold of Sweden's northern area. In English.
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We finished that a week or so back. Fully agree with your assessment.
Also last week, The Tourist: a slightly blacker comedy about a guy who gets rammed off the road deep in the Outback, and wakes up in hospital with near-total amnesia. He and an eager but inexperienced probationary constable spend the next 3-4 days trying to figure out who he is, and what he was doing there, while the bodies pile up. We watched it on the German channel ZDF's streaming service (in English), but the Wiki page says it should also be available through the BBC and HBO.
Finished over the weekend: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency S2 (Netflix), and Andor S2:E12 (Disney+).
I put off watching DGHDA for a long time before I eventually decided to give it a go (really only because Alan Tudyk turns up in S2). So long as you go in accepting that the only relationship it has to the books is the lead character's name, and "the holistic interconnectedness of all things", then it's a surprisingly fun watch.
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Generation Kill, almost solely for Sixta. "Yo president is watchin'! Amerikeee is watchin'! But most important, Godfather is watchin'!"
Tokyo Swindlers on Netflix. A wonderful 7 part crime drama about land swindlers in Japan. Selling land one doesn't own has been, apparently, relatively common in Japan. English dubbed. Not your usual crime drama.
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Great show.
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Amazon canceled "The Wheel of Time" series a few days ago, after three seasons. The show was watchable, but quite frustrating at times, especially for fans of the book. I've read some of it, but I would not call myself a fan of Jordan. I never could seem to push through the series, even though I always intend to. Anyway, I did watch all three seasons and got some entertainment out of it, but it was too focused on certain things and not enough on just telling the story. Not surprised by the cancellation.
The Rings of Power will get a 3rd season, which is in the works.
Amazon canceled "The Wheel of Time" series a few days ago, after three seasons. The show was watchable, but quite frustrating at times, especially for fans of the book. I've read some of it, but I would not call myself a fan of Jordan. I never could seem to push through the series, even though I always intend to. Anyway, I did watch all three seasons and got some entertainment out of it, but it was too focused on certain things and not enough on just telling the story. Not surprised by the cancellation.
The Rings of Power will get a 3rd season, which is in the works.
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Do you think TLOU will be cancelled too?
Although I find what is being done to Bella really revolting (as if she wrote the script or employed herself in the role).
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I've not really watched it. Well, I watched the first episode long time ago, and while fine, I'm just burned out on the genre.Do you think TLOU will be cancelled too?
Although I find what is being done to Bella really revolting (as if she wrote the script or employed herself in the role).
The Glass Dome on Netflix. Really, really, good Swedish crime thriller. 6 episodes. 
Cox was an excellent choice, and the series did have high production value.
But it isn't faithful to the book. Bezukhov (arguably the most important character) was miscast (despite being played by a very good actor) and wasn't alone in that (Scherer is at least equally egregious, but obviously only a minor character). There's also a very prominent dumbing-down of all plot lines and depth.
Something similar happened two decades ago with BBC's really bad adaptation of Crime and Punishment.
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I was waiting near Lincoln Center for the M66 bus to take me to the East Side. As I waited, an older woman standing near me engaged me in conversation to pass the time.
Eventually, she asked about my occupation. I told her I was a retired lawyer and that I had previously worked at an advertising agency.
She brightened and said she was also in a second career. She had retired from teaching at a public school and was now an actress.
“That’s great,” I said. “Might I have seen you perform?”
“If you ever watch ‘Law & Order’ you may have,” she said. “I sometimes play the dead body. I am very good at lying still!”
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Dear Diary:I was waiting near Lincoln Center for the M66 bus to take me to the East Side. As I waited, an older woman standing near me engaged me in conversation to pass the time.
Eventually, she asked about my occupation. I told her I was a retired lawyer and that I had previously worked at an advertising agency.
She brightened and said she was also in a second career. She had retired from teaching at a public school and was now an actress.
“That’s great,” I said. “Might I have seen you perform?”
“If you ever watch ‘Law & Order’ you may have,” she said. “I sometimes play the dead body. I am very good at lying still!”
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Dept Q popped up on my phone the other day - netflix alert. I saw it starred Matthew Goode so I was immediately interested. Though I'd probably seen him in other stuff, my first memory of Goode was in Watchmen. More recently, I've come to greatly respect him as an excellent actor (Again folks, please see The Offer)
The show is based on a series of Danish Crime novels and related Danish movies. The setting is Scotland here (Edinburgh, I believe, though don't recall it mentioned), with Goode playing a transplant detective from London - via his now failed marriage. Just returning from time off due to a shooting in which he and his partner were shot, his boss (Kate Dickie from GOT) assigns him to lead a new department to handle cold cases. The first assignment is a high-profile case of a local prosecutor who went missing four years ago. (The season comprises the one case)
Binged right through it this weekend. Excellent and quirky show, that while mostly serious, has plenty of humorous moments. I believe it is produced by the team that did The Queen's Gambit. I fully expect this one to be renewed. Kelly MacDonald has a smaller role, not directly related to the case, as a psychologist. She might be a love interest for Goode's character, but she's not given much time this season. Everyone will like the character of Akram, a Syrian transplant, who joins the small team. He has a particular set of skills.
Highly recommend it.
On another note, I'm well into The Agency on Paramount+, with Fassbender. Part of their Showtime package, the first season is now available to regular P+ subscribers. I'll report on it later, but can say it is very good.
Dept Q popped up on my phone the other day - netflix alert. I saw it starred Matthew Goode so I was immediately interested. Though I'd probably seen him in other stuff, my first memory of Goode was in Watchmen. More recently, I've come to greatly respect him as an excellent actor (Again folks, please see The Offer)
The show is based on a series of Danish Crime novels and related Danish movies. The setting is Scotland here (Edinburgh, I believe, though don't recall it mentioned), with Goode playing a transplant detective from London - via his now failed marriage. Just returning from time off due to a shooting in which he and his partner were shot, his boss (Kate Dickie from GOT) assigns him to lead a new department to handle cold cases. The first assignment is a high-profile case of a local prosecutor who went missing four years ago. (The season comprises the one case)
Binged right through it this weekend. Excellent and quirky show, that while mostly serious, has plenty of humorous moments. I believe it is produced by the team that did The Queen's Gambit. I fully expect this one to be renewed. Kelly MacDonald has a smaller role, not directly related to the case, as a psychologist. She might be a love interest for Goode's character, but she's not given much time this season. Everyone will like the character of Akram, a Syrian transplant, who joins the small team. He has a particular set of skills.
Highly recommend it.
On another note, I'm well into The Agency on Paramount+, with Fassbender. Part of their Showtime package, the first season is now available to regular P+ subscribers. I'll report on it later, but can say it is very good.
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