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[Gori the Grey]

Metro diary:

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Bit Parts​

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!”

— Jerry Davidow

The corpse at the beginning of the movie The Big Chill is played by Kevin Costner.

 

[tjs282]

Dept Q popped up on my phone the other day - netflix alert.

I... erm... queued that one last week, just on the strength of the trailer (yes, it is set in Edinburgh).

Will likely start watching soon -- possibly with wifey, now that we're done with The Tourist S2 (which got at least as deranged as S1, and set up a little teaser for a possible S3 in the final shot...).

 

[Birdjaguar]

Just One Look on Netflix. Another excellent crime thriller. This one originates in Poland with great English dubbing. Interesting characters and a plot worthy of following.

 

[EvaDK]

Just finished Department Q on Netflix; a series format of crime novels that have previously been adapted for feature films.

Was fine; the longer runtime format gives the characters room to breathe.

 

[lymond]

Just finished Department Q on Netflix; a series format of crime novels that have previously been adapted for feature films.

Was fine; the longer runtime format gives the characters room to breathe.

I just wrote about it above too, Eva really enjoyed it

I started a Swedish show on Netflix last night call The Breakthrough

 

[EvaDK]

I just wrote about it above too, Eva really enjoyed it

I started a Swedish show on Netflix last night call The Breakthrough

Yeah, no need for me to explain what it is, since you did that already brilliantly!

I hope it gets renewed for at least a second season, because chronologically the next novel/film (Fasandræberne/The Absent One) is my favorite of the six films released so far. I want to see what they can do with that storyline with +8 hours of runtime to really explore it.

There are 11 Department Q novels and knowing Netflix, we'll be lucky to get three seasons or so, before they cancel it.

And yes, Akram is awesome!

 

[Birdjaguar]

I... erm... queued that one last week, just on the strength of the trailer (yes, it is set in Edinburgh).

Will likely start watching soon -- possibly with wifey, now that we're done with The Tourist S2 (which got at least as deranged as S1, and set up a little teaser for a possible S3 in the final shot...).

lol, Your post and those that followed pointed me at it. I started it tonight. One episode hooked me. Department Q!

 

[Birdjaguar]

Just finished Department Q on Netflix

Me too. OK where is season 2?

 

[Clubber Lang]

When the mysterious deep space research vessel USCSS Maginot crash-lands on Earth, “Wendy” (Sydney Chandler) and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet’s greatest threat. FX’s Alien: Earth is created for television and executive produced by Noah Hawley.

Alien: Earth Release Schedule
Episode #	Release Date (Tuesdays @ 8 p.m. ET)
1	August 12
2	August 12
3	August 19
4	August 26
5	September 2
6	September 9
7	September 16
8	September 23

 

[zxcvbob]

I've just started watching a series from about 10 years ago called True Nightmares. A delightful anthology of true (mostly true, anyway) gruesome stories, hosted by Todd Robbins*. The stories are good, the narration is good, but the anachronisms are getting hard to ignore. I guess they didn't have the budget to do proper-period clothes, automobiles, etc from 100 years ago.

*Todd Robbins is a performer whose act I haven't seen in many years, but from what I remember he mixes humor, magic, and most importantly old sideshow acts like sword swallowing, glass eating, and hammering a big nail into his nostril. "It's just like comedy!"

 

[Birdjaguar]

Blindspot on Netflix. I'm pretty sure I saw this back in 2020, but I jumped into it again and I only recollect the premise. It is a very good action thriller. It appears to be new on Netflix so I'm don't where I saw it before. It has 5 seasons.

 

[warpus]

Been watching The Bear, which came recommended to me by my brother in law a while ago, when he heard I've been watching cooking shows like Top Chef.. and a Korean cooking show (class wars?).. and other cooking, chef, and restaurant related shows. There was a cool series on Netflix about street food in asia for instance, a cool 4 episode show focusing on noodles, and a couple other shows.

All good stuff. I'm glad I watched all of that before diving into The Bear. I've never worked in a restaurant or anything remotely resembling a restaurant. The closest must have been a bank. So it was good to get a bit of restaurant-related context under my belt before getting into this show, as I think it allowed me to enjoy it more. I really like the characters. I wish they didn't have the Faks, but at the same time they have their place too, I suppose. A well written show, great strong characters and solid drama between them, cool flashback episodes, cool shots of Chicago, and even Polish content. I'm near the end of season 3 and I have really been enjoying the ride.

One criticism, if you can call it that, is the first episode of season 3, which was just like a long montage basically, with random food prep shots. I feel that they didn't really have enough script and strethced it out. It kinda worked, but often it was just too much. They should have figured out a bit more to say about Carmen instead of just showing scallops and soup. And yeah, I get it, that was his life, but still.

Great show, plz don't spoil the end of season 3 or season 4.

Also, this is basically a spaceship/hospital show, but instead of the spaceship (or a hospital) it's a restaurant. Yeah, I've cracked the case.

 

[lymond]

Blindspot on Netflix.

Blindspot was a regular NBC series back in 2015. (one of the last network shows I watched) The first season is really good and twisty. Kinda an Alias and 24 mash-up deal. I stopped watching somewhere in Season 2, if I recall, but do not remember why. Part of it may be that I cut the cord around that time. I may revisit it. (I suppose it has been on Peacock up til now)

Been watching The Bear...

I've raved about The Bear a few times here in the past. Awesome show.

 

[lymond]

Daredevil: Reborn, I burned through this in a couple of nights. The original Netflix series was excellent before the plug was pulled by Disney on all the Marvel/Defender characters a few years ago. Many hoped that Disney would at least restart it at some point, and now they have. I like Jessica Jones as well, so I hope the restart that one too. Iron Fist was not so good though, and I thought Luke Cage was a bit too melodramatic. (The actor playing Luke Cage went on to star in Evil)

But Daredevil's three-season run was excellent, and the third season of the original may have been the best of all. Since DD was pulled from Netflix, there have been some relevant shows released on Disney+ in the Marvel Universe that have ties to the plot in DD: Reborn. I do recommend watching Hawkeye with Renner and Hailee Steinfeld - it is quite good. One character from Hawkeye was spun off into her own little mini-series called Echo (I have not see it). Each of those shows continues the story of Wilson Fisk (Kingpin), played by D'Onofrio.

As for DD: Reborn, the season was quite good, although not terribly satisfying. It was just nice to be back in that world again with some of the characters, and especially, of course, Charlie Cox's Daredevil. DD has obviously got the whole superhero action thing going, but like the original, it has always had a lot of drama. DD: RR continues in that vein but this season really serves mainly to set up future seasons. There's not much Daredevil action as Matt Murdock puts away the mask after the events in the early part of episode one. Fisk/Kingpin is also trying to turn over a new leaf, apparently, while running for Mayor of New York. Therefore, much of season one is about both characters returning to their true selves. (Note: I believe it is no coincidence that Fisk's arc this season has resemblance to the Orange one)