On 8/30/2022 at 11:38 AM, Mike Sixel said:

And, Sandman is top five or ten tv all time for me. Just perfect. 

I watched the first episode and struggled. Does it get in the second ep?

I finally watched Moon Knight. It might be my favorite Marvel show thus far. WandaVision and Falcon & Winter Soldier might be better but Moon Knight was exactly what I wanted from the adaptation. Complete and utter lunacy throughout with a very superhero feel to it.

On 9/20/2022 at 3:01 PM, Richie the Rally Goat said:

I watched the first episode and struggled. Does it get in the second ep?

Not sure how to answer, as I lived the show. But it does get more into the story as episodes go on. But it's a think piece show.....

Watching Dahmer-Monster on Netflix. It’s a hard watch. Slow with no easy answers to why he was an absolute monster. It throws a lot at the viewer but I think it works overall, as nice and tidy answers don’t jibe with how someone like him exists in the world.

And holy **** is Evan Peters disturbing as Dahmer. 

5 hours ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Watching Dahmer-Monster on Netflix. It’s a hard watch. Slow with no easy answers to why he was an absolute monster. It throws a lot at the viewer but I think it works overall, as nice and tidy answers don’t jibe with how someone like him exists in the world.

And holy **** is Evan Peters disturbing as Dahmer. 

I just can't watch it. I was interested, but the trailer was disturbing enough for me to say no.

On 10/4/2022 at 12:01 PM, Brock Beauchamp said:

Watching Dahmer-Monster on Netflix. It’s a hard watch. Slow with no easy answers to why he was an absolute monster. It throws a lot at the viewer but I think it works overall, as nice and tidy answers don’t jibe with how someone like him exists in the world.

And holy **** is Evan Peters disturbing as Dahmer. 

Watched it with my wife. Strangely, the first episode seemed isolated as all the rest jumped between time periods while the first one was pretty focused on that one incident.

Agree with Evan Peters, but otherwise, nothing seemed revelatory; this was all stuff me and my classmates knew and morbidly chided each other with back in my school days.

The one thing I didn't recall was Dahmer being a buff workout hound. I'm wondering if that was accurate or if Peters is doing a superhero bod for an upcoming Marvel project.

On 10/4/2022 at 5:25 PM, Musk21 said:

I just can't watch it. I was interested, but the trailer was disturbing enough for me to say no.

A bit intense at times, but nothing too gory. Some graphic descriptions, but almost all of it was off screen.

The grossest part of the show was the name though. Dahmer: Monster - The Jeffery Dahmer Story? Dumb. Sounds like a joke title from a spoof comedy.

Really like The White Lotus. The second season is a tad slow, but I am looking forward to the finale next week. Love Aubrey Plaza.

Finally watching season three of Orville. Either it isn't as good as the first two (I thought two was quite good) or Discovery and even the new Star Trek are just so much better that I'm spoiled.

I'm going to post something really stupid, apologies in advance.

My kids watched a Scooby Doo movie called "Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!." It was cute and early in the movie they played Ballroom Blitz by the band Sweet. (You've absolutely heard it). So I thought, 'hey, nice soundtrack. Didn't expect that from a Scooby Doo movie.' Then later in the movie they play this clearly new wave song that I couldn't place. Drove me nuts. I was trying to guess the singer, couldn't quite get it. I asked my wife and she said, "yeah, no idea but sure sounds like new wave." Turns out it was original and made for Scooby Doo.

 

On 12/5/2022 at 12:40 PM, Mike Sixel said:

Finally watching season three of Orville. Either it isn't as good as the first two (I thought two was quite good) or Discovery and even the new Star Trek are just so much better that I'm spoiled.

My wife and I have watched the first two episodes, and so far, we agree that the first two seasons were better.   It's still worth watching.   

JcS

On 9/20/2022 at 12:22 PM, Mike Sixel said:

The last two episodes of House of the Dragon were so much better than the first three, I can't believe it's the same show. 

Had a free weekend of HBO over Thanksgiving so I recorded all 10 episodes to eventually watch.

I agree with your observations and actually considered not watching the rest but glad I stuck it out.

On 12/5/2022 at 1:40 PM, Mike Sixel said:

Finally watching season three of Orville. Either it isn't as good as the first two (I thought two was quite good) or Discovery and even the new Star Trek are just so much better that I'm spoiled.

Haven't seen it since it moved from FOX.

On 12/5/2022 at 12:15 PM, Musk21 said:

Really like The White Lotus. The second season is a tad slow, but I am looking forward to the finale next week. Love Aubrey Plaza.

Thought both seasons were great.  Aubrey Plaza stole the show in the second season, but it’s hard to top the manager from season one.  And the music from season two is definitely ear-wormy.

Gary Oldman in Slow Horses is fantastic.

Every movie I recall seeing last year:

https://mikesixel.com/2022-movie-reviews/

On 10/12/2022 at 9:46 AM, nicksaviking said:

The grossest part of the show was the name though. Dahmer: Monster - The Jeffery Dahmer Story? Dumb. Sounds like a joke title from a spoof comedy.

I feel at one time this could have been a Leslie Nielsen movie, although probably his later movies and not in his Airplane/Naked Gun prime.

I just watched Rings of Power.  It had its flaws, but I thought it was entertaining when all was said and done.  However, my Middle Earth Second Age knowledge is a little rusty, and I was not going to notice if one of the plot developments was not true to a footnote in Lord of the Rings or a passage in one of Tolkien's unfinished works or note.  I don't think the people more immersed in the Tolkien world were exactly happy about it.