The TV and Streaming Thread: That's Entertainment!

[Sarex]

An extra episode of Sandman came out. Covering Death's comic. Wonder if that means they will do the prequel/sequel.

[LadyCrimson]

I watched 16 minutes or so of that War of the Worlds on Prime, while elliptical-ing. I can safely report that yes, it is "worse than you think." 

Can't even blame the trailer-maker for making a terrible trailer. It's just that bad. lol

Edit: that guy who played ... agent Coulson? in the Ironman/other movies has a role. Rumor has it this was filmed around Covid - perhaps they were all filming in their living rooms?

Edited Saturday at 06:42 AM by LadyCrimson

[rjshae]

Penny Dreadful is quite well done. It's like watching a Masterpiece Theater series, except it's 19th century horror. Eva Green remains a particularly good actor who is perfect for her role, and the cast is marvelous.

[Lexx]

Watched Weak Hero: Class 1. Not bad, but I have no idea who that hero is, and I don't know who the weak one is, since everyone is beating up each other all the time. It got a bit much and highly criminal in the end, which kinda made it too unbelievable to me.

Edit: Damn, s2e1 was really good.

Edited Sunday at 02:08 PM by Lexx

[LadyCrimson]

Mercy For None - Netflix (7 episodes)

Hm. The 1st 4 episodes were decent in that revenge John Wick/Nobody/The Professional kind of way. Y'know, who cares about the story really, just a near mythical ex-mob fighter going for bloody revenge after his brother is killed. The end of the 4th episode would've been fine as a conclusion. But then the last 3 episodes brought in a bigger "oh but wait, that wasn't really who/why" bigger/conspiracy plot and it kinda falls apart. Even some of the fight sequences became less interesting (more fast cut editing vs. wider frame).  I watched because I love So Ji-sub and he's great playing that kind of character. But imo one would be better off watching the 4 episodes and deciding that's the end of the series.    1st 4 - 7/10 (8/10 for the fights). Last 3 - 5.5/10 (7/10 for fights).

I think that's enough beat 'em up shows for me this week. Time to find another rom-com.
And yes I've been watching way too much TV the past couple weeks. Heh.  >.>

Edited Sunday at 10:38 PM by LadyCrimson

[Lexx]

Watched more of Weak Hero s2 and after the first episode it's basically constant fighting again. What's funny is that almost all of the shows issues could be solved if people would just talk with each other. 

[LadyCrimson]

7 hours ago, Lexx said:

Watched more of Weak Hero s2 and after the first episode it's basically constant fighting again.

Oh - yeah, that's kind of the point of the series. Which is why I mentioned shounen. Which I know can encompass various and broader friendship related themes vs. actual fights (like sports teams) but WH seems more akin to a schoolyard bully Bleach (especially the 2nd season) in terms of pacing. Fighting/confrontation every several chapters/pages, the end of every episode, or whatnot, working up to some big conflict denouement, with the general "friendship/hoohaaa/survival/conquer/victory".  The episodes aren't that long 40min avg. vs. 50-60+) so it kinda feels a bit condensed in that way too. But yeah I would've liked a couple more episodes per season to flesh it out just a little more. eg, the friendships seem to happen overnight.

I think WH2 is loosely based on a webtoon (unread by me), although my impression is that a lot of WH1 isn't actually in the webtoon itself - or maybe the webtoon had a lot of "backhistory" chapters and TV creators turned most of those into elaborated S1 backstory 1st season. Unsure.

WH1 = "trauma", WH2 =  PTSD/"recovery."

Edited 13 hours ago by LadyCrimson

[LadyCrimson]

Since it was in my watchlist - rom-dramedy Destined With You/Netflix.

After the first couple of episodes or so there were a few episodes of hilarity re: believed love potion hijinks, then it went for centuries ago past life/destiny with a dash of crazy stalker/killer. I'm pretty over the whole past-life hook in k-drama's so overall it was only mildly ok for me. It did however, kinda make me want to rewatch Goblin again.

[Lexx]

I have 1 episode left of Weak Hero s2. Will probably watch it tomorrow.

Tbh, I kinda need a new lighthearted romantic k-drama to swoon over. Feels like I already watched everything that interests me, which sucks. Saw that Jung So-min had a new show in 2024, so went into it immediately.. just to see that I already saw it, lol. Or rather, I started watching it, but it didn't click with me at all and dropped it after a few episodes. Nothing new from Bae Suzy yet either, sux too.

Edited 11 hours ago by Lexx

[LadyCrimson]

1 hour ago, Lexx said:

Tbh, I kinda need a new lighthearted romantic k-drama to swoon over. Feels like I already watched everything that interests me, which sucks.

I was going to try Twinkling Watermelon (2023) next.  Two of the 2L's from WH are in it and I've heard some good things. Guy goes back to the 90's, has to get his parents together. So heartwarming family drama/romance/comedy, maybe with a focus on music?  Of the streaming I sub to, it was only on my Viki website/tablet app, dunno if it's on other services/other regions etc. Edit: think the FL is Seol In-ah.

There were two common teasers I found, one more the comedy and the other maybe the family drama side.

Edited 10 hours ago by LadyCrimson

[Lexx]

Saw that earlier today. The name felt a bit off putting to me, but ok, I've added it to my list and will check it out next.  

[rjshae]

Final season of Picard became "Star Trek: The Next Geriatrics". Hmm. While I enjoyed it for the most part, I actually preferred the earlier seasons when it was less about nostalgia. Different strokes, I guess. Still, it was fun seeing the band get back together again.