Well, I'm through episode 7 of 1899 and know what is going on. At this point I'd give it 5/10. On Netflix.
A real spoiler:
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That's too bad. I'm like 2 or 3 epis in and thought it started out okay, but at this point really have no clue what is going on....just enjoying the setting. I guess I'll stick it out though just to figure out what the deal is with Damien.
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I haven't even started 1899 yet. Someone recommended Dahmer to me, but I haven't decided if it intrigues me enough to squeeze it into my schedule. Until they suggested it, I wasn't even looking at it.
Imo Dahmer started fine, but then stupidly turned Dahmer into a side-show so as to focus on politics no one cares about when watching a show supposedly about a serial killer. Its ending was of very low quality.
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Yes, that was me. I wasn't overly impressed with this season either, not least because it cut off just when the story started getting interesting. Again. At least each season of A:TLA and TLoK formed complete arcs in themselves.
Ah well, Inside Job awaits...
Dahmer lacked something for me. The writers didn't manage to create a narrative core or theme, probably because there isn't one to be found in the real facts of the Dahmer investigation. So, the character remains an enigma; a blank slate. I did enjoy Richard Jenkins and Molly Ringwald as his father and stepmother though; Jenkins was great as a thoroughly defeated man.
Oh my I haven't seen her since Sixteen Candles et al. IIRC those movies launched James Spader too.
... and Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, John Candy, Ally Sheedy, Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Macauley Culkin, Jennifer Grey, Anthony Michael Hall. You can double the list of notable talent, if you add the films where John Hughes had a writer credit only; not directed by him.
Ever since the new season of Killing Eve began airing, the insistence of advertisers on installing it has resulted in my recently misreading ‘EvaDK’ as ‘KillingEvaDK’. I wish they stopped invading my personal space like that…
In any case, TV5 has begun re-airing season 6 of Caïn so I'm catching up with it - better late than never.
In any case, TV5 has begun re-airing season 6 of Caïn so I'm catching up with it - better late than never.
It is also very dark. Episodes 1-6 are pretty similar. If you get through 3 check my spoilers.
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With perhaps the best season finale of the year, Andor officially jumps Severance as my #1 show of 2022.
I took a browse through the TV shows on CBC Gem recently and found some stuff that might be entertaining. There's a series called Camelot (Arthur is revoltingly male model-ish and Merlin is creepy). I've really been immersed in medieval-themed stuff for the past year or so, as it's now been 4 years since I started my King's Heir game-to-novel project. I need more visual inspiration - locations, costumes, what the game characters (and the ones I created) might look like if played by live actors, and so on. I had no idea so many medieval-themed series have been around during the past 10-15 years (most have been on Netflix or other streaming sites, so that's probably why).
I'd intended to rewatch The Borgias, but they took it down. It's so annoying that they discontinued showing that (there are some Canadian actors in it, which qualifies it to be shown on Gem), but kept Downton Abbey. I have no idea what possible Canadian content that show has, other than a mention in the season dealing with WWI of a character living in Canada after being presumed drowned on the Titanic.
There are some Shakespeare plays on offer as well, so I'll check those out.
In the meantime, there are still a couple of episodes left of Survivor and The Amazing Race. And apparently a new season of Fantasy Island starts in January.
I just realized that I have about 3 years' worth of General Hospital on my PVR. I should watch them before I forget who the characters are and what was going on when I last watched the show regularly.
The Handmaid's Tale is over for another season. Next year will be the last season before they segue into The Testaments, a "sequel" Margaret Atwood wrote in a relative hurry after the TV show took off so well. I hope the show is better than the book. I never thought Atwood could write a boring novel, but she managed to with this one.
I'd intended to rewatch The Borgias, but they took it down. It's so annoying that they discontinued showing that (there are some Canadian actors in it, which qualifies it to be shown on Gem), but kept Downton Abbey. I have no idea what possible Canadian content that show has, other than a mention in the season dealing with WWI of a character living in Canada after being presumed drowned on the Titanic.
There are some Shakespeare plays on offer as well, so I'll check those out.
In the meantime, there are still a couple of episodes left of Survivor and The Amazing Race. And apparently a new season of Fantasy Island starts in January.
I just realized that I have about 3 years' worth of General Hospital on my PVR. I should watch them before I forget who the characters are and what was going on when I last watched the show regularly.
The Handmaid's Tale is over for another season. Next year will be the last season before they segue into The Testaments, a "sequel" Margaret Atwood wrote in a relative hurry after the TV show took off so well. I hope the show is better than the book. I never thought Atwood could write a boring novel, but she managed to with this one.
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