The TV and Streaming Thread: That's Entertainment!

[ShadySands]

Wife couldn't stand what they did with her favorite captain so we never finished the first season of Picard.

I think Prodigy was easily the best NuTrek and closest to old Trek in heart and feeling. 

[Amentep]

I still need to watch Prodigy.

I'm surprised I've liked LOWER DECKS as well as I have.

[Sarex]

Sandman. They took some liberties I don't think they should have, but overall a good series.

[LadyCrimson]

Was wondering if Sandman/2 was worth watching. I might try it soon.

Kdrama - Castaway Diva
---image and description made me think light silly rom-com. the first extra-long episode was a melodrama tearjerker re: the setting up the young teen (14-16?) past of two characters. The rest followed predictable melodrama+comedy but was overall decent for the kdrama genre, even with the typical last few episode fall off kdramas tend to have. But that first episode was a showcase for the two young actors playing the adults-as-children roles. Lee Re and especially Moon Woo-jin - gonna have to see where they are/what they're doing in 5+ years.

I've become slightly "annoyed" (since it further fractures access to k-content and I don't want to sub to disney+, heh) that Disney seems to be trying to attract kdrama audiences now (I guess the sub service started in S. Korea a few years ago?). A couple of their Disney+ exclusive series I might be interested in. Moon Woo-jin plays a villain in one of them (Unmasked, maybe he's in one episode, dunno) and I'm super curious to see if he does as well with another role - reviews indicate he does.  Plus it has a couple other main cast people that I like a lot. *grits teeth* Maybe I will finally do the sub for one month thing just to watch them.

[LadyCrimson]

First 5 episodes of Trigger (Netflix) are pretty decent. Not *great*, but decent. Action stuff is fun, plot is a little more interesting than I thought it would be - although some aspects fall a little flat imo. Kim Nam-gil is great as always and Kim Young-kwang's chr. is fun. guess I've been in the mood for kdrama again, recently, watching/catching up on a lot of them.  >.>

And a new Disney+ trailer for a KBS2 series.   Looks fantasy cheesy as heck, but that cast. It's the signs of Zodiac vs villain. Dangit, looks like I definitely will be giving disney a tiny bit of money for august/Sept to binge watch/check out a few things.

 

 

[Gfted1]

Happy Gilmore 2

I love the first film and was already mentally prepared to be disappointed, but consider me entertained-ish. I read somewhere that there was a major re-write with the unfortunate passing of Carl Weathers but it still managed to cobble together enough new story, laughs, cameos and callbacks to see it at least once. I like most Adam Sandler movies, but this isnt one of the classics.

[Sarex]

^I sat through it and that's more than I can say for Sandler's recent comedies.

Edited Sunday at 10:46 PM by Sarex

[LadyCrimson]

Trigger - eh, another kdrama that falls off at the end. No great story conclusion/sense of satisfaction, just a lot of "what if/would you" ruminations with a small side of hope. Towards the end they were presenting both the anti-gun and sort of NRA-like stances via various methods - there were a few great quotes for both sides in there - along with some "humanity is not logical ...." type stuff. 

One of its problems was that (I think) it wants to have a heavy anti-gun message, but the format (action/crime thriller) and its showcasing of "people pushed to breaking points" so we can sympathize with a situation that could lead to violence, plus a kind of likable but almost comic-genre super-villain chr, almost glorified guns instead. So it doesn't work for me as some social message.  At the least, it's too perfunctory. Be a serious topical drama, or be a fun/exciting crime thriller, pick one and stick to it, that kind of thing. Acting and action good, first few episodes pretty good, show as a whole kinda "meh."

Oh and I probably should've mentioned that if anyone is very sensitive to the school violence/shooting issue, one of the side plots, the resolution episode is probably going to be heavily triggering.

On the more humorous side, there was one small scene late in the series between two gangsters and their protracted, eventually OTP pistol showdown that was utterly (intentionally) hilarious.

Edited Monday at 07:19 AM by LadyCrimson

[Sarex]

I finished the "Lower Decks" episode of TNG and I can see how they could do a series with this theme. One of the best episodes of the show.

Edited Monday at 07:27 PM by Sarex

[Lexx]

Just watched 28 Years Later. It kinda was not what I expected. Not a bad movie, though. 

[Amentep]

30 minutes ago, Lexx said:

Just watched 28 Years Later. It kinda was not what I expected. Not a bad movie, though. 

It's a coming of age drama with not-zombie zombies, imo.

[PK htiw klaw eriF]

44 minutes ago, Lexx said:

Just watched 28 Years Later. It kinda was not what I expected. Not a bad movie, though. 

It was good but I swear

The scene where the naked alpha chased the kid and his mom whoever mixed the sound really amped up the **** slapping noises because that was very loud

[Lexx]

Oh, yeah, I heard those slapping sounds, lol.

tbh, I kinda like the whole thing behind the not-zombie zombies. Stuff like the Walking Dead stopped making sense years ago unless we are really just dealing with magic by now. 

[LadyCrimson]

Is this a real trailer? (apparently it's a "Prime Video" release movie)  "DATA IS THEIR FOOD"     "IT'S WORSE THAN YOU THINK." 

YT comment:  "The budget for this film was the price of an ice cube"
 

 

Edited yesterday at 07:12 AM by LadyCrimson

[BruceVC]

Im watching lots of series and re-watching  both old and new that include Fringe, Mentalist , Major Crimes, the Institution and the Gilded Age 

But one that really stands out is The German

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32872971/

Its set 25 years after WW2 and its about a  married couple who survived the Holocaust living in a Kibbutz in Israel 

The husband gets strong-armed by Mossad  into infiltrating  a clandestine  Neo-Nazi group in Germany but as the story unfolds certain assumptions change ...like " is he really a Holocaust survivor and who is he really "

But its a great plot and very unexpected 

 

 

[Sarex]

Finished TNG moved on to DS9. The whiplash in video quality is certainly there. 

[ShadySands]

I wish they'd do an HD remaster of DS9 like they did for TNG but I do believe there is a fan/community upscale project.

[Amentep]

They've been talking about a remaster for DS9 for years, but there's also a lot of people who believe the work to do it is prohibitively costly and most likely will never be done (same for Voyager).

[Sarex]

Too much CGI. Seems like a good use for AI.

 

edit: not impressed with the ai upscale. Will stick with netflix. 

Edited 19 hours ago by Sarex

[rjshae]

5 hours ago, ShadySands said:

I wish they'd do an HD remaster of DS9 like they did for TNG but I do believe there is a fan/community upscale project.

To stay where nobody has stayed before...

[LadyCrimson]

I totally binge-watched Weak Hero (2-3 years old) and Weak Hero 2 (less then a year ago) - Netflix.

I enjoyed them both enough to remain glued to the screen.  They are short seasons (8 ep. each).  I probably enjoyed #2 slightly better, because it was a tad less darkly intense. But #1 may hit harder emotionally re: plot/friendships, and it had the fair better chr/story pacing. 2nd season felt a bit rushed like it could've used an extra episode or two to flesh out some of the newer chrs. history/relationships more (re: emotional impact).  Action choreography/camerawork and editing was very good, from the small fisticuffs to larger group.  Mostly a cast I'm not familiar with, with one notable cameo exception.

I'd give both 8.75/10.

Notes/Advisory: A lot of the modern-style S. Korea school and gang bullying/violence, mostly fists and makeshift weapons, very much a male-centric cast.  Adults/parents are almost non-existent, although they pop up occasionally when "needed."  I'd say it's kinda similar to the shonen genre (maybe?) but not sports/fantasy/powers.

[uuuhhii]

21 hours ago, LadyCrimson said:

Is this a real trailer? (apparently it's a "Prime Video" release movie)  "DATA IS THEIR FOOD"     "IT'S WORSE THAN YOU THINK." 

YT comment:  "The budget for this film was the price of an ice cube"
 

 

 

 

if they want to make self serious remake they need to come up with a better way to defeat alien than just lack of immunity

[majestic]

Maybe they're allergic to water?  

[LadyCrimson]

3 hours ago, uuuhhii said:

if they want to make self serious remake they need to come up with a better way to defeat alien than just lack of immunity

There hasn't been an actual decent film adaptation of the novel ever, imo. I mean I have fondish memories of seeing the 1953 film on TV as a kid, but it doesn't age that well.
I mostly see the novel as one of the major influences re: sci fi and invasion/first contact themes in film/media.

I don't mind the lack of pathogen immunity angle. But I can see a point where something else could be used because "everyone" knows that's how the story ends, so something new would be more interesting.

[ShadySands]

3 hours ago, majestic said:

Maybe they're allergic to water?  

Only if it's frozen and cubical 

Even then all they have to do is chase him away with the COVID vaccine.

Edited 47 minutes ago by ShadySands
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