The TV and Streaming Thread: That's Entertainment!

[ShadySands]

I keep hovering over the play button for Rings of Power and then noping out. I thought about giving WoT a try because I never read the books but it just looks so bad.

[Hurlshort]

24 minutes ago, ShadySands said:

I keep hovering over the play button for Rings of Power and then noping out. I thought about giving WoT a try because I never read the books but it just looks so bad.

Rings of Power is great, so you should give it a try.

[rjshae]

2 hours ago, Hurlshort said:

Rings of Power is great, so you should give it a try.

It's decent; more story than combat, IIRC. Some likeable characters. I enjoyed the concept of the hobbits as migrating eco-tribes.

[ShadySands]

Thanks for that, I needed that push to give it a try.

[Zoraptor]

Only seen S1 of RoP, and it was OK, unless you care deeply about the established lore as that it absolutely butchers. It did have some of the modern writing issues (shoehorning mysteries, including set piece spectaculars even if they made no sense, nobody talks like the dialogue in reality/ no one ever seems to directly answer a question) 

Personally, I'd compare it to Star Trek Discovery in many ways- and I did end up watching all but one season (S4, and never watched the last ep of S3) of that, despite my reservations. It's mostly... frustrating in that it ought to be better than it is. If it were a choice between that and experiencing WoT, RoP wins out by a country mile though.

Then again, getting injected with 2mL of 5 in 1 sheep vaccine under the kneecap was a better experience than watching WoT. I haven't died of pulpy kidney or an other clostridial disease (er, yet, so as not to tempt fate) after all.

[LadyCrimson]

Genie, Make A Wish (kdrama, Netflix)

First two episodes:  well that was not quite what I was expecting (dark fantasy). Very OTP - beyond the usual kdrama silly bits that are typically in such series, I mean. Where I felt like almost every chr. was an extra exaggerated persona. Which isn't always a bad thing imo (the original Strong Girl Bong Soon was rather like that), but here I'm not yet sold on it.

That said, I love the two leads, there were cute/amusing moments and a few more "serious" moments that were intriguing.  I've heard it gets better by episode three so I'll give it another two episodes.  If nothing else, I get to stare at Woo-bin, I guess. And Kim Mi-kyung (grandma) is always a fine supporting actress.

Edited 17 hours ago by LadyCrimson

[LadyCrimson]

Watched 2.5 more episodes of the Genie kdrama.

It did get better and I was enjoying it more/finding it more amusing (or I was just better prepared for the silliness), but it started drifting into the too many chrs/beats to follow with a lot of fast cutting scenes between them - among other things. Pacing/editing. So it goes on the maybe watch a couple episodes a week list - not a "just one more episode/binge" show.