I also had trouble with Chris Rock. I didn't think he was awful, which I thought was a real possibility, but the overall quality of the show gave me faith that he could surprise me. He didn't, but he wasn't a trainwreck either. As a KC native, I was a bit disappointed that they didn't actually use the real city in which it was set. The Union Station scene would've been perfect, for example. I understand why, but it was still disappointing. Season 2 is still my favorite, with me switching back and forth on seasons 1 and 3 being second. Season 4 is a clear 4th for my money.
Ok, update: show went downhill sharply. The whole brother things was so poorly over-acted and unbelievable. Hawley needs some help taking his ideas and making them avoid going stupid.
My random show during Covid has been watching Red Bull Soapbox Races. People are delightfully nuts. Costumes and performances get judged before the race, then the car goes down the course, and all the scores get added together.
We thoroughly enjoyed Michael Sheen and David Tennant in "Staged" which is semi-improvised about "getting ahead" of Covid by rehearsing a play during lockdown via some online platform; it doesn't go too well. Great fun in six episodes, with a couple of really good cameos. Streaming on Hulu.
So I am in the middle of my Quantum Leap rewatch. As part of that, I have also been reading up on the production history of the show a little. One interesting tidbit: an idea that actually went deep into pre-production, with several of the original cast members signing on, was for Sam to leap into Thomas Magnum (Magnum P.I. had been cancelled before Quantum Leap premiered). Supposedly even Tom Selleck would have showed up to shoot the glimpses Sam catches of "himself" in the mirror. And they had deals in place for both Hillerman and Mosley to have proper guest starring turns on that episode. I can't decide if this was a terrible or a great idea but however that might have turned out, I would have loved to have watched that episode. One thing that doesn't make sense (not that these type of errors would have likely impacted the decision): there is one Leap episode in which Magnum P.I. is mentioned and we even get a glimpse of the show itself whilst one of the characters is watching it.
I'd like to see a made-for-TV film set in the late 19th century, but with the occasional appearance of items that weren't created until the 20th. Like a Western where a guy rides into town, stops at the mercantile, ties his horse, and walks up the steps past a kid playing with a Rubik's Cube. Next scene, he walks into the sheriff's office to turn in his gun ('cause he's in town and the sheriff don't take no mess). Sheriff takes the gun, tags it and tosses it onto a pile of guns and there's a Luger in the pile. It wouldn't be blatant, like the camera focuses on it or anything, but something like that.
I want a tv series (of 5 seasons) on the Reconstruction Era South. You had hundreds of former slaves gaining public office and developing into a middle-class. It was horribly cut short and F-ed up due to corruption in the 1876 election, but dammit I wanna see it.
The comic book adaptation Invincible is really good. Only two episodes in so far but enjoying it a lot. It has in common with The Boys that it's a rather dark take on the superhero genre but The Boys has a lighter and quirkier tone. The Omni-Man plotline reminded me of a Hawkgirl subplot in JL, only much darker.
I should also add that the voice cast for this is amazing. Steven Yeun plays the lead character, JK Simmons and Sandra Oh his parents. Among the supporting voice cast: Jon Hamm Walton Goggins Gillian Jacobs Zazie Beetz Zachary Quinto Mark Hamill Clancy Brown
https://deadline.com/2021/04/warrior-renewed-season-3-moving-from-cinemax-to-hbo-max-1234734339/ Thank you Jebus! Though it sucks that we won't see it til season 3.
Also, episode 5 of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier is some of the best tv I've seen in the past year.
Leverage is coming back this July. Free on IMDB. Can't beat that price. I am super stoked. This is one of those shows I've rewatched dozens of times.
Noah Wyle and Christian Kane. Is there some sort of Librarians connection here? Same production company?
Damn Aldis Hodge has def come far since Leverage began. He's the lead in City on a Hill opposite Kevin Bacon and he plays Hawkman in the Black Adam film due out next year.