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Westworld Season 4 premieres Sunday at 9 pm ET.
Bummed and surprised to read recently that Westworld got cancelled.
I watched the first episode of "Peripheral", apparently produced by the creators of Westworld. Based on a novel by William Gibson and available on Amazon Prime. Quite good sci-fi in which virtual reality becomes immersive and dangerous.
Also on Amazon Prime—"The English" with Emily Blunt. Slow burn with great acting and period details. A twisted and cynical Western, good so far as the 1990's "Lonesome Dove", my gold standard for TV Westerns.
"Manhattan" on AMC+ (you can get a subscription to the channel with Amazon Prime). About the Manhattan Project and the struggle to find a workable bomb design. Great stuff although it's frustratingly light on explaining the technical matters.
"Sprung" on Freeverse via Amazon Prime. A bunch of misfits with a healthy disrespect for the law try to make some get-rich-quick scores during the Covid lockdown. I never saw "Raising Hope" but two of "Sprung's main actors were on that previous series and I suspect the type of humor was similar.
"The Outfit" on Amazon Prime with Christopher Walken and a number of great British comedians. A group of people from all walks of life in Bristol perform community service as part of punishment for minor offenses but quickly get caught up in the financial rewards of a successful drug ring. Quite funny. Walken as always is a hoot to watch for being so shifty and weird.
Ozark is well worth it. I thought the end was good, but not mind blowing like MASH or Newhart. Some shows feel like a waste, but the talent in Ozark is undeniable. And they play a Rundgren tune on the radio! (Wrong one for the scene though)
catching up or attempting to with ozark finished season three
seems like there is a lot of good content out there
Ozark is well worth it. I thought the end was good, but not mind blowing like MASH or Newhart. Some shows feel like a waste, but the talent in Ozark is undeniable. And they play a Rundgren tune on the radio! (Wrong one for the scene though)
So DownHomeGirl goaded me into starting Severance, on AppleTV. I'd post a trailer/video but all the ones I just looked at are FULL of spoilers so don't even google it, just (if you have Apple TV) go start it. It's very quiet and weird, the first few episodes are kind of like Lost where you're just trying to figure stuff out, but once you get the premise the story moves on and gets really tense. I haven't gotten into a TV show in a long time... watched an episode here and there but since there was no Giants baseball yesterday, I started episode 4 or 5 and wound up binging the whole rest of the season. Since I had zero idea of who's in it or what it's about, I think I got the full effect, so really just go watch without reading about it.
We started watching Severance (wife and me) together. She lasted 1 episode.
I went back probably a month later on my own early one Sunday morning. Hmmm...that's interesting (ep 2)... so I watched another. Caught up to the release schedule pretty quickly (1 every Friday)... and eventually watched the last one early on a Friday before working. I really enjoyed it. A lot of subtlety, and the acting/casting was really good. Ben Stiller's directing has been getting better and better over the years (Dannemora was pretty good too). He did the first and last 3...with Irish director Aoife McArdle (known for music videos) directing the middle three (not sure why the 3-3-3 mix...maybe schedules).
It's definitely one of the most enjoyable things I've watched in the past year or two.
So DownHomeGirl goaded me into starting Severance, on AppleTV. I'd post a trailer/video but all the ones I just looked at are FULL of spoilers so don't even google it, just (if you have Apple TV) go start it. It's very quiet and weird, the first few episodes are kind of like Lost where you're just trying to figure stuff out, but once you get the premise the story moves on and gets really tense. I haven't gotten into a TV show in a long time... watched an episode here and there but since there was no Giants baseball yesterday, I started episode 4 or 5 and wound up binging the whole rest of the season. Since I had zero idea of who's in it or what it's about, I think I got the full effect, so really just go watch without reading about it.
The last Tribal Council... oh my.
Yep. I get it. Black people have had a really tough deal for quite a while.
But I don't understand what happened there on Survivor.
If we're counting "people voted off" by race... did they not consider all the previous people voted off prior?
Just because two black people got voted off in a row... "They're all racist now!"
Plus, sheâd voted off that first black woman.
It was a real blunder making such a thing about it. She shouldâve looked, kept it to herself, played her idol (and maybe even told Maryan to play hers, too, whispering), and after it was over say her piece to the camera in private.
The last Tribal Council... oh my. Yep. I get it. Black people have had a really tough deal for quite a while. But I don't understand what happened there on Survivor. If we're counting "people voted off" by race... did they not consider all the previous people voted off prior? Just because two black people got voted off in a row... "They're all racist now!"
I mean, you actually watch stuff like that? Ok. Sorry. Judging. I wouldn't look for fairness and equality on a so-called reality tv game show.
Besides Steely_D made me do it.
