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King of the Hill is once again A Thing. I wasn't big on this show as a kid; I think I was hoping for another Simpsons going into it, but it's simply a completely different kind of show. I didn't get it back then. Later as a young adult I began to properly appreciate Mike Judge's work.
Anywho, this new season, premiering some 15 years after the original show was cancelled, involves a time jump. Hank and Peggy are retired, and Bobby is 21. It sounded like a recipe for disaster to me, however I have watched the first three episodes, and it's pretty damned good. No chance I won't finish the rest of the 10-episode run very soon.
Anywho, this new season, premiering some 15 years after the original show was cancelled, involves a time jump. Hank and Peggy are retired, and Bobby is 21. It sounded like a recipe for disaster to me, however I have watched the first three episodes, and it's pretty damned good. No chance I won't finish the rest of the 10-episode run very soon.
I’m rewatching Game of Thrones, much to my surprise. Had a craving, and you can get second-hand DVD sets on the cheap what with the show being
It’s fun to rewatch, and so great to hear Ramin Djawadi’s score all over again. I might just stop at the end of season 6 because that ending is incredible.
such a colossal disappointment.
It’s fun to rewatch, and so great to hear Ramin Djawadi’s score all over again. I might just stop at the end of season 6 because that ending is incredible.
Battlestar Galactica is worth watching. It spirals off in directions you’d never expect, touching on almost every topic relevant to humanity. The music is great. And, surprisingly for such a serious sci-fi show, it also has a beautiful slow-burn romance in it.
Not sure if anyone likes anime here but I recently watched one titled Emma: A Victorian Romance, that drove me nuts. It's set in London, in the year 1895, and is about a romance between a maid and an upper-class gentleman. I ideally should enjoy such a story, but the titular main character is so flat and simple that I could barely finish it.
However, the anime's soundtrack and the manga's art is beautiful. It's all this series has going for it.
You can watch it on YouTube here
However, the anime's soundtrack and the manga's art is beautiful. It's all this series has going for it.
You can watch it on YouTube here
My favourite programme ever. Magnificent.
OK, so I'm watching King and Conqueror.
Actually, I was watching it. I quit after two episodes. If anyone quotes facts about 1066 at me from that absolute aberration, I'm happily throw Marc Morris at them. The worst type of 'history'.
Actually, I was watching it. I quit after two episodes. If anyone quotes facts about 1066 at me from that absolute aberration, I'm happily throw Marc Morris at them. The worst type of 'history'.
Sadly it really isn't, at least as history. It may be watchable for those who have no idea of events from 1042-1066, but I simply couldn't overlook the purely apochryphal nature of everything. At one point in the second episode, William almost gives his first-born son up, and I just couldn't get over that. An 11th century noble would never have done such a thing, let alone William. There's a fundamental misunderstanding - if I'm being kind - as to who William was. Ditto Harold. It's like the producers never even consulted a historian. The writer has excused it by saying 'oh, we have limited sources.' Yeah, but if you can't get a halfway historically-accurate 8-episode (less than 7 flipping hours of TV) miniseries out of the Norman sodding Conquest you're doing it wrong. I say that as someone who can comfortably write 20 hours of lessons based on the build-up, the battle, and the aftermath - and still have material left over.
It is near as dammit indefensible. In these days of fake history and AI generation, writers of this kind of thing - who purport to tell the truth - owe a duty of fidelity to that truth. You can't make up that Edward the Confessor murdered his own mother (he didn't - the bloke exiled her). You can't make up that Sweyn survived to Godwin's death. You can't change the sodding names of people involved. I get the need sometimes for composite characters (Chernobyl did that very well), but to change what people did is just plain stupid. Tell the story properly, or don't bother to tell the story at all. You say you're bringing a story that's not been told to a new audience. Tell that story. Not an imaginary bromance which bears as much relation to reality as Game of Thrones.
I binged Alien: Earth, and oooooh, did it ever scratch a certain itch! I've always been fond of the Alien setting, and this shit delivered. I love getting to see more of that world, how we arrived at the state seen in the various movies, and...
I understand there's going to be more seasons. Can't wait to see where this goes.
the eyeball creature. Are you fucking kidding me with that thing? It's so gross and beautiful!
I understand there's going to be more seasons. Can't wait to see where this goes.
I just finished the 5th episode of Alien last night. It was a really good, scary one for sure. The series felt like it got off to a bit of a slow start, but I'm definitely into it now and will get around to episode 6 at some point this weekend. Sci-fi horror, when done well, kicks ass.
Yeah, it's great. I'm the biggest Alien junkie ever and they finally came up with a worthwhile addition to the franchise. Adding other creatures was a must. As was realizing nothing about face buggers, chest bursters, or the adult drones was scary or narratively effective either. It's almost a side gag now. Like, okay, let's have the Alien kill everything in the room for 15 seconds and then cut to something else.
If you're only on episode 5 you don't know what creepy is yet. Catch your ass up!
Yeah, we've all seen that cycle so many times, it's perfectly routine. I didn't get overexcited when I saw the other creatures, because as cool as they were, I figured they were gonna cause a little bit of havoc early on, before being squashed and never seen or mentioned again. I'm so happy to have my expectations subverted. It's a very welcome injection of fear-of-the-unknown into a stale formula. I'm also really enjoying the corporate intrigue aspect of it.
Started watching Foundation season 3 and oh boy! This is probably going to be my favourite season so far, it's looking action-packed. And the scenes are really a feast for the eyes as usual.
Oh yeah that reminds me, finished up the Alien series back on Tuesday. Sure hope the next episodes are coming next year and we don't have to wait 2+ like for House of the Dragon. Very fun and scary show, had a great time with it.
I really do gotta get back to Foundation; only watched the first season.
I really do gotta get back to Foundation; only watched the first season.
I'm watching Silo season 2 and the first season of The Pitt. I recently finished watching 2nd season of Lotr series, Rings of Power. Other than that, I watched a lot of youtube channels along the way, daily routines, studies and similar programmes. E.g. a vlog of a girl going to Tisch school in NY (Mia Aston), and another one in UK medical school (Zeliha Akpinar). Planning to watch some of the Emmy award winners and nominees.
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