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What TV SHOWS are you watching?
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Black Barney wrote: Alec Baldwin hosting SNL tonight. I'm basically watching only to see if Rosie shows up as Bannon since that'll be a story after
Should I read the book first?
I just watched the first episode of Legion. It was pretty good. I wonder if they'll be able to keep it up.
Spoiler:
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The woman playing his sister... actress named Oona Chaplin. I couldn't' remember where I'd seen her before... IMDB reminded me that she died at the Red Wedding.
Hinterland. Great. Richard Harrington is such a moody prick. Would be better with Ooona Chaplin in it though.
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RobertB wrote: @Vlad: you left right before the space battles.
There's a small-scale space battle in S2E3 - short, brutal, deadly and scary as hell!
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As I get older, my enthusiasm for fantasy and science-fiction tv shows has diminished. It is nearly always better story-telling to show things instead of tell things to the viewer. But that level of subtlety is often unavailabe to sci-fi and fantasy tv shows, where they must cater to the less intelligent viewers and explain unusual things with shouty exposition.
Directed by Steven Sodenbergh, The Knick doesn't do much shouty esposition. Instead, important information is often conveyed with well-choreographed visuals, sometimes in contradiction to the spoken dialogue in the scene. It is a medical drama set in NYC, circa 1900. Clive Owen shines with consistently strong performances, and anchors a very good ensemble cast of unfamiliar (to me) actors. Aside from the medical drama, the show grapples with social issues, especially racism. The main characters are complex and interesting, though not particularly likeable. For a Cinemax show, there is surprisingly little nudity. And there are a couple of Irish Catholic characters who manage a rare feat that I have only seen done by Harlan Ellison before: pissing off both pro-life and pro-choice folks at the same time.
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Also, it's got Walton Goggins, which is reason enough for you to watch it.
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Goggins needs to get back into a serialized drama on a real network ASAP. I gave up on Vice Principals, as the other lead seemed to get more camera time for some reason. His only other upcoming IMDB credits are a part in a Tomb Raider film ( blech ) and a movie called " Three Christs" whose plot reads "Three Christs follows Dr. Alan Stone who is treating three paranoid schizophrenic patients at the Ypsilanti State Hospital in Michigan, each of whom believed they were Jesus Christ. What transpires is both comic and deeply moving."
Richard Gere plays the doctor; Peter Dinklage is also listed. Perhaps Tyrion and Boyd Crowder are two of the patients.
Still, fuck that. Bring back Boyd Crowder.
If you like Six but want more action and less emo bullshit, check out STRIKE BACK, originally aired on CINEMAX. Very good production values and great action choreography. The two leads have great chemistry, and the show is not afraid to kill characters off.
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Did they include parts where Seal Team 6 skins and disfigures dead bodies? Recklessly kills children?
Sorry. I couldn't resist. I find all this military media shit that deifies "elite" teams that are often involved in some very disgusting, illegal activity in real life pretty difficult to deal with.
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