After watching a few YT video reviews of “Obi-wan Kenobi,” I watched the two last episodes again with a friend… and yeah, you can’t help but really notice the things that were pointed out in the reviews. It is so tragic, considering all of the time & resources put into making this series, and yet, with only minor effort, many of these problems could’ve been averted.
Anyway, I have a relative not too far away who decided to get a Hulu subscription. There’s some good content on Hulu. I checked out two series in particular:
Only Murders In the Building
This starts out rather weird… and you’re prone to be unsure about it. But, over time… it just gets better. Martin Short and Steve Martin are terrific. Selena Gomez is decent. The guest appearances are surprising at times. Nathan Hale Lane is in a few of them and he’s terrific. Of course, the boundaries of plausibility are stretched pretty thin at times, but it’s minor considering all the good stuff.
The Orville
Seth MacFarlane is a Star Trek nerd. He incorporated references to many different Star Trek series into his animated creations like Family Guy. He even appeared in a cameo for one of Star Trek Enterprise’s episodes. So it was only natural for him to crave a Star Trek like series of his own. And only natural for it to be reminiscent of The Next Generation, but with a more comedic air about it. I guess it’s very difficult to avoid repeating stories already done in some fashion, so anyone who is very familiar with the various Star Trek series will get feelings of deja-vu watching The Orville.
I have to say there are many “dud” episodes in the first season. I’m just starting the 2nd season and it does seem to be better. It ended up one of the highest rated Thursday night shows on FOX. But it was ultimately dropped (probably too “woke” for FOX taste) and Hulu picked up the series for the 3rd season, which was subtitled “New Horizons.” Apparently the last episode for season 3 will air at the end of August 2022. There is no mention of a coming 4th season on Wikipedia.
Dark Desire on Netflix. Foreign TV series that seems to defy logic and often leaves me wondering what the hack is going on and what is the director trying to convey.
Watched the first episode of Lost in Space[2018] last night. Not sure what to think of it yet. I’ll watch another one or two episodes to make up my mind.
I hate, hate, hate Parker Posey. Horrible casting, having her as Dr. Smith. The “trick” of her presence on the Jupiter was barely plausible. Poor Billy Mumy, but at least he got his face in there (the real Dr. Smith who had a sad demise).
OK, if there was anything in the media that had me thinking “woke”, it was this show. Over-saturated with strong & domineering women, as if to make up for all the chauvinism of the past 20 years. No, can’t combine soft & fluffy with seat-of-the-pants management of mortal danger bearing down.
The robot is the only thing about this series that I like, but then even that is weakly done.
The second season got a bit better than the first season, but the third… is clearly showing that the writers don’t know what they’re doing.
This is clearly, and most definitely, a reboot of the original “Lost In Space” series, with really only the names in common. And the destination of Alpha Centauri. That’s pretty much it. I don’t mind that, except that this new reboot is missing so much potential with ridiculous stories that waste time and make over half of it like a space soap-opera.
I’m not even through the 3rd season. I’m reluctantly coming back to it after breaks, hoping I might have a change of mind while putting the glaring mistakes of episodes past behind me. But I keep bailing out.
I wasn’t aware of Severance until you mentioned it. I have to admit, I didn’t care for the first couple of episodes. I couldn’t see where this show was going and I wasn’t clicking with any of the characters. I was just about to bail on it… when I figured I’d watch just a couple more episodes. How Helly unfolds really grabbed me. Then everything just kept getting more interesting. I didn’t realize that there’s just 1 season so far. So glad to know that there’s a season 2 committed… but as yet, no word on production / release dates.
The Blacklist has been a really good series, up until the dramatic pivot with the loss of a major character. Still good, but it just felt less compelling. I’ve not started the latest season.
Better Call Saul is terrific—I liked it more than Breaking Bad. Critical response has positive and progressively better over time. I hadn’t gotten around to starting this final season, which I think began in April 2022. August 15th is the finale! Wow. Sad times.
I’m glad you enjoyed it! It does start out pretty cryptically. I didn’t go in 100% blind or maybe the first few episodes would have been a struggle for me too. It is unfortunate that the 2nd season doesn’t have a release date yet. I sure hope they don’t back out of it. Fingers crossed!
Well given how Ben Stiller is an executive producer and after intending to direct just the first episode, continued to direct several more, including the last 3 (with finale)… that’s some serious celebrity power behind it. I think a 2nd season is going to be very likely. I hope Christopher Walken returns! Did you know that Walken and Turturro are really close friends in real life? Turturro had lobbied to get Walken on the show.
I didn’t know that, that’s pretty cool! Both of them have been in some great movies. My favorite Walken movie that I’ve seen is probably Seven Psychopaths. Turturro is hilarious as “Jesus” in The Big Lebowski.
Ah, that’s funny — I hadn’t remembered Turturro being in the Big Lebowski. Terrific flick. So bizarre. Philip Seymour Hoffman was in it too. Perfect role for him. John Goodman was a hoot.
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