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I checked back to Viki again and there's a bunch of new Korean and Chinese stuff there I want to watch. Viki-Plus sub is a little expensive (annually) I suppose but I watch it a lot a few times a year at least. It's great for when I'm in the mood for fantasy/drama/slice of life series that isn't dystopian, gloomy, end of the world type stuff. Or when I want fluffy/silly that isn't the lame Netflix rom-com quality. Do you think something like When Harry Met Sally would be made today? Edit: oh, I'm still watching/intend to finish "From" but haven't been in the mood so it'll be a while before I finish.

Biomutant - per usual these days I've barely played it but I did get past the tutorial type beginning and into the real world. Killed some big beastie as required then roamed around for a bit first, gathering some waypoints, seeing what's what, stealing loot from unattended crates. Have it all max at 4k with the usual (for me) 50-60fps and performance feels fine to me. Not overly demanding. The combat is simple enough, with the basic attack, dodge, and those (too many...) combo and special moves ala "Square, Square, Circle, L1" type stuff as well as seemingly a lot of items/crafts for temp. boosts and the like. Having to remember finger-tying combo sequences all the time isn't really my thing so I put it on Easy and just flail or shoot away like a 3 year old having a tantrum. Seems to work. I can see why the "narrator" aspect annoyed some - but at least they have settings to reduce or even turn it off now. Roaming around the world seems kinda fun. Seems to be plenty of villages and tribes/forts which I assume are quest hubs. Anyway ... not expecting some grand experience but it seems cute/involving enough for casual mucking about in, at least for sale price. At least there are funny/cute outfits to collect. We'll see.

I got my first (plain) hat. I've seen pics of some of the silly hats in this game and I am going to need all the hats. Game does have a very simple photomode so you can at least pause/get combat pics. "Hai, don't you want to take me home?" Not the most graphic-uber game overall but sometimes it sets a mood/looks nice.

Hmm...has anyone tried this/something very similar? It's egg, cream cheese, parm. and moz. cheese. So not zero carb but pretty low carb which would be fine. Maybe I could try with less eggs. I've tried cauliflower crusts and while not terrible as a sort of toast for butter, I didn't like it as pizza. Guess I'll try it next week some time (no time this weekend) and report back.

There seems to be no info on that yet, so I'd guess the average 6 months to a year from original release. At least Epix renewed it so there will be a 2nd season. I watched a few more episodes of it. A couple side characters I could really do without, most of the rest are ok to decent. Acting quality outside of the male lead varies a bit - from ok to pretty good. Overall cast is pretty large by now, meaning many individual chrs. often don't get much screen time, they just pop in for a hot minute to say something/have a conflict, then disappear again, repeat. While I personally have a few characters that I'm interested in/like, the initial impression - that Harold Perrineau (so far) is really carrying the show - remains. Without him it wouldn't be nearly as watchable/good, to the point where sometimes you're just waiting for him to come back to charge the screen with his presence again. Show is good at building up the moody/creepy/mysterious vibe tho.

^ I think officially Epix is an America-only streaming-sub service, still. I sub to it thru Prime and YouTube has a sub option (in the US) too.

Tried to watch Bubble. I grew bored half way through. I guess I'm not into all that parkour as a backdrop and while there were cute moments, I wasn't into the "little mermaid" aspects (or that character) either. I also watched a couple episodes of the Epix show "From" (via Amazon Prime) and I was sort of liking it. Feels a little Twilight Zone or S. King-ish in a way. The lead actor is great in his role. But I have the feeling it's going to be kinda like Twin Peaks or Lost, in that stretch it out forever and you'll never get any actual answers (or it'll be cancelled) etc.

Mentally, I feel pretty good. But I would die a thousand deaths without air conditioning.* *hyperbole

Ugh, what, no. LOOKS BEFORE STATS! (or chr. class/skill...) Dunno if it was a "mistake" but at least I'm adorable!

That Obiwan series has me, for the first time, tempted to sub to Disney. Mostly because Ewan, ofc. So I'm hoping you guys will watch it and tell me how terrible it is or something and the temptation will disappear.

Downloading Biomutant, because it was on sale for like $20.

Weather: 90F-100F the weekend/all this week. The (not too large) swimming pool temp. is over 80F in the afternoon. Gonna have to start tossing ice cubes in it.

Long live James Hong. That's all.

Oh, was that the show that did that? I remember a show doing that but y'know me and my long term (or short term, or any term) memory. Well, in short, so far I've liked two intentionally over the top humorous ones (except the three robots post-apoc. episode) and the rest have been "ok to meh."

Norman Reedus apparently mentioned filming for a Death Stranding 2 (briefly, in a long text interview), so maybe they're really going to make one. I hope they don't radically alter the concept/gameplay. I mean I suppose they will a little I'm sure. Possibly more "action" even, who knows. But yeah...like usual, hope it doesn't suck.

Love, Death and Robots, imo: --episode 2 was meh, although that crab thing was ok as a horror image I guess. --episode 3 was meh. Interesting idea in a way, but execution for a short was *shrug* --episode 4 was stupid but hilarious in a low brow/viral Youtube sort of way, thus I liked it. I also liked the stop motion look (dunno if it was or just CGI, but I liked the look) --episode 5 was also hilarious in an over-the-top uber violent way but hilarity was the only reason I liked it? --episode 6 was ... well the ending of it made me think of certain "ewww" moments in Starship Troopers and a couple other old sci-fi/horror movies, and visually it was nice to look at, but felt lifeless outside of that. ...haven't gotten to the last three yet. That's in my watchlist. The visuals from the trailer don't make me go "zowie" (they're fine, just not special for me) ... does this mean I should I remove it?

That's hopeful. It's not like I disliked the 2nd season, it just wasn't as good as the first. I did take a break from c-drama-fu last night to watch the first episode of the new season (those two talky robots). I didn't like that one all that much, it was way too "obvious" and for me, not funny or meaningful or something either. But I fell asleep before watching any more - I'll try some more soon.

Hmm...I love Ray Charles but I think I might like this "electro swing" version more. Strangely the original creators vid (first) has relatively few views but some slightly different remix someone did (2nd) has millions and millions. The whimsy of the 'net and algorithms. Anyway...I could shuffle dance to either one all day.

I didn't read the expanded The Stand until that 90's mini-series came out and right at the first episode I was all "wtf, this wasn't in the book at all." My friend had to tell me there was some new version. Heh. The longer version isn't bad and some of the added material is interesting in a "more background" kind of way (although all the extra Trashcan did zero for me) but as King himself said, it's not really necessary. Also, I didn't like it that he altered the setting to the new publication time period. While it's nothing major, it's kind of akin to Lucas updating Star Wars with CGI. EDIT: I should clarify the above that when you can side by side compare the two versions, that the "uncut" is not just cut material added back in. It is a subtle rewrite altogether. That said, some might think the cut is bit too abrupt here and there if they're already used to the "uncut." YMMV. (2nd edit: brainfart typos)

I still love The Stand - but the original version (which again, I still have a slightly tattered 1980 copy of it) not the over-bloated extended author's cut. Nick Andros is still one of my favorite King characters. Shawshank is an example where I liked the movie more than the written (which I found a tad dull), but mostly because, Freeman. I've always wished they'd left the film ending as Freeman on the bus without the meeting last few seconds, but I guess test audiences didn't like that. The Mist film ending ticked me off something fierce, although up to that point I was enjoying it fairly well. I don't care if it's more "horrific", I prefer the ambiguous ending of the story. I'm one of the few who seems to like Tommyknockers, although I'm not saying it's King's best because it certainly isn't. I stopped reading King late 90's or something I think. Once he became so famous no publisher would dare force even a single edit on him or something, he became steadily more unbearable. Also his ... topic? ... interests shifted a bit (which is fine) and I wasn't interested in it, plus I just got older and probably don't find that type of material or style as "cool". I did try reading Dreamcatcher at some point. That was enough.

Binged 10 episodes, over the past couple days, of Who Rules the World via Netflix. It's a sorta-wuxia period/fantasy. Like many (lengthy) C-Dramas, it's hard to judge whether I'm going to like it before then, because of the way they draw things out and how long it can take them to actually introduce/set up/get familiar with all the main players and all the plot threads in the tale. For a (highish but not US) TV budget it looks very good most of the time, although occasionally there's some obvious CGI. Once the chrs/politics are in there, it's "deeper" then it looks, although the many-factions/kingdom/royal siblings in turmoil is nothing really new. The romance is so far understated but also quite present. Most importantly, it has lots of wire-fu, cloth-ribbon-fu, knife-fu, water-walking/flying-fu, and any other kind of "fu" you can think of. It's not true wuxia tho, just saying. And they fast-cut a little too often. But the actors do a lot of wire work, it's not just CGI. Also - I get to stare at Yang Yang, who is one of, if not the most, handsome C-drama actors of his generation. Anyway...I'm not sure if I'll last 40 episodes but the first 10 makes me think I'll continue to watch it in 2 episode segments for a while. It's engaging enough for a C-drama.

Max. Overdrive, for me, was almost one of those films that's so bad it's good, but it missed it by thiiiiissss much.

The Shining (yes I didn't like that movie, except Jack is always a good psyho), Running Man and Firestarter are what convinced me that Stephen King movies were usually going to be dreck, or at least only just barely connected to the source material. Carrie and Dead Zone were decent tho. Edit: and Dawson was the best thing in Running Man, agreed.

@Sarex - don't worry about it, not going to make someone do the work for me if I want to use a method other than a sledgehammer or buying something different. It's all mostly a comment regarding how much I dislike all the noise and nanny-nag "features." I feel the same about any car where it goes "dingdingding" forever if you don't put on your seatbelt or close the door. I've cut wires before. As well as it all seems like we're actually making stuff more complicated to use vs. easier in the name of marketing ppl. trying to figure out how to make stuff to get people to want to repeatedly buy/"upgrade" a lot more often than truly they need to. And yes, I use all the "free" stuff. Doesn't matter. If it's not rinsed to where I can't feel any "soapy" feel anymore (wet cotton feels stiff almost), it'll make me itch. The chemicals and agents and things they use to make ever more suds (because bubbles=clean to many minds) is just worse and worse. I've tried low-suds brands but it's no better, they then use anti-suds agents. Even dish soap makes my hands itch - Dawn used to be pretty good but lately it irritates me more than it used to. I should probably grow a farm of soaproot or whatever plant and just use that.