Echo did a really good job of world building with a truly interesting back story only to end with what was, for me, a dud. It just felt like they went for the overly dramatic ending without actually earning it. I have no idea where this leaves Fisk/Daredevil going forward despite the end credit scene. Just seems like they're forcing something that didn't fit.
It was great how season 1 was mainly about the kids. Season 2 introduced the parents and elders. And Season 3 was about community. Each season was a bigger, broader story while still being personal and funny and sometimes very sad.
Totally. My wife and I were talking about how beautifully they handled the traumas that hit each of the generations depicted during the series, making sure to include both echoes and differences. You never knew what you were going to get in any given scene, really. In the same way, the people in it were so complex: Big's character moved through foolishness, wisdom, grief, lust...you name it, in practically every episode he was in.
Excellent ending to season 4 of For All Mankind. It's not renewed yet, but they apparently have a 6-7 season plan in place and it's routinely at the top of the list of most popular shows on the Apple TV app. Monarch finished off their first? season pretty exceptionally as well.
Enjoying the first episode of Monsieur Spade. Clive Owen playing an American in France in the 60s is a bit odd, especially since he often sounds like Nic Cage. I do appreciate the neo-noir tone and the patience they showed in setting up the story and introducing several characters. I already wish it was more than just a 6 episode miniseries.
Masters of the Universe: Revolution was better than the Revelation show from 2021, but it also got a little too silly in the finale. It is a good sequel to that show and does set the stage for something completely different in any future seasons if they continue it.
Griselda was good for what it was. Seems like there's a fuller story to be told, and they definitely played with the timeline a bit, but overall it was fine for the time invested.
Fairly late to the party but gave Blue Eye Samurai a chance and enjoying it a lot. Two episodes into it so far.
Based on a True Story was a fun little watch on how to make a show with a serial killer be funny, Kaley Cuoco's gone up in my estimation over the years, proper salt. Hopped onto Departure, finished first series and pretty decent stuff.....about gov't agents working with a flight firm to cover up and lie about the real reason into a plane's disappearance.
I'm about halfway through the first season of Amazon's take on Mr. & Mrs. Smith and it's actually pretty good. Not great by any means, but Glover and Erskine have a lot of interesting chemistry and it elevates the solid pacing and good writing. It's clear that most of the supposed negatives out there about the show are from people who don't like the change in melanin in the lead roles.
The production history of that show was so delayed and problematic that it's amazing apparently something decent came out of it. Still haven't checked it out myself but it's far better reviewed than I thought it would be.
Expats is an interesting concept, with a tremendous cast, told in what is possibly the worst possible way. I'm halfway through episode 5, which is randomly 90+ minutes after the others were all around 50 minutes, and I genuinely want all the main characters to die. They are all unlikeable on essentially every level. This is one of those times where the critic and audience score are wildly different and the audience is obviously right. The only saving grace is there are only 6 episodes. I'll watch the finale, just to finish it, but then I'm putting a hit out on Lulu Wang.
Really enjoyed Mr. & Mrs. Smith through most of the season. The finale seemed to come out of nowhere and just when I thought we were getting some sort of resolution but the way they spent the last 20 or so minutes getting there was probably the biggest miss of the show. Still, overall it was an interesting take on the concept and I'm hoping for a season 2.
Monsieur Spade got stronger as the season went along and ended on a really good note. There seems to be no real hints towards a second season, but this feels like something they could revisit every few years until Clive Owen is tired of doing it.
We finished watching "Fool Me Once" on Netflix, which is kind of a mess and not always well edited (perhaps on purpose) but somehow ends up just enjoyable enough to finish out.
Something I did not realize until this tweet: One thing I will say for Monsieur Spade is that kid is perfectly cast as Mary Astor's daughter. pic.twitter.com/wboZU3IbsO— Emily Jones (@ejreports) February 19, 2024
I guess since I've been watching some series, I should post here rather than the movie thread. I know it's a bit back, but Special Ops: Lioness. Really liked the show, and I thought it did a good job of dealing with multiple people, and the complexity of the main marriage. Also liked the other relationship between the agent and the mark. But it was a typical streaming series that just didn't do enough. For one, I thought the older daughter just didn't fit into the family. Also, the quickness of her change from loath to love was unnatural. And, overall, this series needed another couple of episodes. That said, I really liked Nicole Kidman in this.
One of the things that rarely gets noted was how her physical acting improved as TBBT went along. I like that show, and have rewatched it, and by season 3 or 4, it was clear that her facial expressions, her posture, and more really seemed to be the glue that held the group together. And when she laughed, it really seemed genuine, unlike a lot of other actors. I haven't seen anything of her's since, but it does not surprise me she gets good reviews.
Dunno why I never got into TBBT in the end, I seemed to watch almost everything else on E4 at the time that was showing from Friends (at least 50 times over) to Smallville to OTH to the OC to 90210 to Skins. She plays one of the same in The Flight Attendant as she does in this one, that overzealous overanxious persona she fronts so vividly. Both worth the watch.
Not sure how it will play out, but so far Constellation is a trippy, intriguing story. Who knew that Apple would become the new king of sci-fi TV?
We've been absolutely loving revisiting "Northern Exposure" after thirty years. It is streaming on Amazon Prime.