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[ArtNJ]

Watched the first two episodes of Severance. I have no idea what part of me agreed to watch the show or why. I swear I tried to shut it off several times. Hopefully, I . . . oh, I need a snack. Yes, a snack would be good.

 

[AtramentousFlux]

Paradise (2025) . Lots of twisty plot elements that I won't give away here. I like it.

 

[blailock]

Paradise (2025) . Lots of twisty plot elements that I won't give away here. I like it.

Wife and I are watching this, too. We are loving it and can't wait for the finale.

 

[Prairie_Dog]

I’ve just finished watching The Day of the Jackal on the Peacock streaming service. It’s essentially a spy thriller series, based both on the Frederick Forsyth novel and the classic 1973 film. It sort of reminds me of a James Bond film.

It stars Eddie Redmayne as the titular assassin and Lashana Lynch as the MI6 Agent who begins to be obsessed with hunting him down. Redmayne does a great job of playing the master of disguise and super-sniper. The series has room to provide him a plausible and modern backstory, and to flesh out his character in terms of his current motivations. Lynch depicts the expert agent torn between her family and her high level and high stakes career.

I have to say that I did not expect the ending! The series left itself open for a sequel, and reportedly it was approved for one shortly after it was released. This isn’t surprising as it and its cast won a number of awards including a couple of Golden Globes.

 

[Prairie_Dog]

Watched the first two episodes of Severance. I have no idea what part of me agreed to watch the show or why. I swear I tried to shut it off several times. Hopefully, I . . . oh, I need a snack. Yes, a snack would be good.

I too started watching Severance. I’m unsure what the heck is happening, but I have a unexplained desire for waffles.

 

[ArtNJ]

I too started watching Severance. I’m unsure what the heck is happening, but I have a unexplained desire for waffles.

Perhaps if you do a good job with your weekly WENUS.

 

[Raf]

Started back up on 1923. Finally back on the air after the Writer's Strike last year (or year before?...I forget)

Three episodes in and really liking it.

 

[Westy]

Three episodes in and really liking it.

Same.

 

[AtramentousFlux]

Moving (2023) . First couple of episodes. South Koreans with super powers. It's interesting and a bit different.

 

[ArtNJ]

I gave the first episode of Apple TV's "See" a try. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7949218/

The commitment to the "everyone is blind now so they have developed other ways to get by" is very inconsistent. So that was a little annoying. But the reason I stopped near the end of the first episode was that the evil queen sent everyone away so she could pray. And she did seem to be really praying. Apparently though, praying requires masturbation. I burst out laughing. For all that, the show seems relatively watchable. But for a unique premise, it ended up feeling like a stereotypical fantasy with a "chosen child" (two it seems) hunted by the evil forces of the status quo (the "witch finders"). Starting out with a unique premise and having it feel stereotypical by the end of episode one is quite a feet and annoyed me quite a bit. The ratings are not actually bad, it just (forgive me) rubbed me the wrong way.

 

[Ropie]

I made it through season 3 of Lost, now officially known as "the most fun I have ever had watching the television".

A lot of the time my jaw has been on the floor, figuratively speaking, through each new revelation, as the characters cross and double cross each other, sometimes without even knowing it, or knowing why. Ever since Ben appeared everything has gone from merely strange to inconceivably twisted. It's sad that we have had to lose quite a few of the main characters along the way, but this is not surprising given the show's original 5 or 6 year run. Right at this point I have already started season 4 and

Spoiler

the clever future flashes (instead of back flashes) are starting to bring everything back home.

I can't wait to see what happens but am trying not to rush through it, which is difficult. I'm just very glad I didn't have to sit through all those ad breaks built into the original edit!

I might have to seek out a copy of Valis to read now...

 

[Ropie]

I already ploughed through season 4 of Lost. Just amazing. Everyone says the S4 episode The Constant is the best of all the Lost episodes - I wouldn't agree with that as

Spoiler

it is really just a retelling of Slaughterhouse 5

- but it's certainly very good, as are all the episodes in this wonderful program.

I have read some reviews that say the show should have ended at the end of season 4 and how things go too far into the realms of fantasy from here on. I think they are missing the point of the show: the character development (ok, in Sawyer's case it's more character stagnation, but I still love him) and following just wherever the hell this fascinating group of people go. To be honest they could go into space in a modified Scooby Doo Mystery Machine and I would still be there for the ride.

 

[Raf]

I already ploughed through season 4 of Lost. Just amazing. Everyone says the S4 episode The Constant is the best of all the Lost episodes - I wouldn't agree with that as

Spoiler

it is really just a retelling of Slaughterhouse 5

- but it's certainly very good, as are all the episodes in this wonderful program.

I have read some reviews that say the show should have ended at the end of season 4 and how things go too far into the realms of fantasy from here on. I think they are missing the point of the show: the character development (ok, in Sawyer's case it's more character stagnation, but I still love him) and following just wherever the hell this fascinating group of people go. To be honest they could go into space in a modified Scooby Doo Mystery Machine and I would still be there for the ride.

I've never found anything quite like it since it ended.

 

[AtramentousFlux]

The Gloaming (2020) . Tasmanian noir. Pretty good.

Lost

Watching this for the first time and agree.

 

[Prairie_Dog]

I started watching the first season of the Australian drama/comedy, Wolf Like Me on the Peacock steaming service. It stars Josh Glad as Gary, a widowed father raising a troubled young girl, Emma, who is played by Ariel Donoghue. He meets and subsequently falls for Mary, who is played by Isla Lang Fisher.

This would be a family drama except for the kicker that Mary is a werewolf! She moved to Australia to escape her past, and live a life in obscurity and safety for herself and others. Gary discovers her secret, and Emma finds she is someone whom she trusts and can confide in.

I think it’s pretty different and refreshing. First, it’s nice to see a series featuring a male romantic lead who isn’t a slim chiseled guy. Gary is a big man. It also paints him very positively in that he tries to be a great father, and loving partner.

They have delayed showing Mary as a werewolf till the end of the first season, having used rather creative off camera effects instead. This is for the best as they seem to not have the budget to do transformations like big budget films. I found that the brief scenes we see her in her werewolf form are acceptable, and they carried over her red hair, which is a nice touch.

Another really nice thing about this show is that individual episodes are 30 minutes long, which is just right for the content. This allows me to watch one without a big time investment. There are two seasons available, and it is unclear at this point if a third season will be forthcoming.

 

[AtramentousFlux]

The Kettering Incident (2016) . More Tasmanian noir. Also pretty good.

Also:

Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue (2025) . It's not advisable to get too attached to any of the characters.

 

[Ropie]

Season 5 of Lost - check! One thing that has definitely not become lost is my interest in the show, which I swear just gets better and better. Even Sawyer's character has matured I am all in for the crazier side of the plot and have no problem with the time travel and mysterious reincarnations, in fact I absolutely love it!

I was reading (with delight) a contemporary thread on the first couple of seasons of the show on this very forum. Interesting thing is that in the middle of the season 2 thread - which was concluded way before even season 3 originally aired - someone has a theory they heard about what might be going on in general and it is more or less exactly how things have panned out to the end of season 5. This is despite a lot of reports from the time stating that the writers were just making it up episode by episode. Maybe they weren't. In any case, I remain a loyal viewer.

This looks a lot like like a Mexican version of Lost. Los Lost?

 

[Raf]

Started a re-watch of "Farscape" last night. Fun old favorite .

Also started another old series that we missed in the early 2000's. "Everwood" with Treat Williams and a very young Chris Pratt. Williams as a one time celebrated Brain Surgeon trying to start a new life as a country Doctor in Everwood, Colorado with his 2 children. Following the death of their mother & his wife. Kind of corny teen angst stuff in parts. But watchable.

Will probably end up watching more Farscape than this. Just having problems clicking with a lot of the new shows out there.

 

[Raule]

I already ploughed through season 4 of Lost. Just amazing. Everyone says the S4 episode The Constant is the best of all the Lost episodes - I wouldn't agree with that as

Spoiler

it is really just a retelling of Slaughterhouse 5

- but it's certainly very good, as are all the episodes in this wonderful program.

I have read some reviews that say the show should have ended at the end of season 4 and how things go too far into the realms of fantasy from here on. I think they are missing the point of the show: the character development (ok, in Sawyer's case it's more character stagnation, but I still love him) and following just wherever the hell this fascinating group of people go. To be honest they could go into space in a modified Scooby Doo Mystery Machine and I would still be there for the ride.

Does anyone remember the movie This Is 40? The couple played by Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann in that movie have an adolescent daughter obsessed with watching Lost. You might get a kick out of her reaction to the end.

Back in the fall I watched a couple of episodes of The Sopranos on a flight. I’ve never subscribed to HBO so never saw the series. Found the complete series DVD set at Wal-Mart a month later and bought it. We watch 2 or 3 episodes on the weekend. We’re in the middle of season 5. Have also been watching Black Sheep Squadron on Saturday evenings when it airs on the H&I network. I enjoyed it back in the day when it originally aired on tv, so it’s a nostalgic pleasure to watch it now.

 

[Ropie]

Does anyone remember the movie This Is 40? The couple played by Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann in that movie have an adolescent daughter obsessed with watching Lost. You might get a kick out of her reaction to the end.

I actually saw it years ago, but I didn't register the Lost scene back then. I'll see if I can find it for a rewatch, it's quite a good film

As far as my own Lost journey goes, I am halfway through season 6 now. There has been a bit of a drop in quality and each episode now seems like another tired step on the way to the end. I am still enjoying it, even though most of the scenes are now filmed in slightly less-than-convincing sets which look like they have been borrowed from the Star Trek cupboard. Claire reappearing with her hair all over the place was quite funny!