J2112YYZ Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Utopia, on Amazon. An edgier, more mature Stranger Things.Really? Adding it to the list.I am through episode 4 now, and a warning: The series is as tone deaf as can be in regards to the pandemic. There's some graphic stuff that comes across as heartlessly crass considering the real experiences people are having.I love heartless and crass. I watched the first episode and am not sure what is going on. I will watch a few more to see if it comes around.I'll be curious to hear your thoughts. :cheers:I was excited by your comment because I love stranger things. I will watch a few more episodes and I'll get back to you with comments. As a matter of fact, I might watch the first episode again because I don't think I was following it all that well. The show was canceled after the first season. So, don't even waste your time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted December 1, 2020 Author Share Posted December 1, 2020 Utopia, on Amazon. An edgier, more mature Stranger Things.Really? Adding it to the list.I am through episode 4 now, and a warning: The series is as tone deaf as can be in regards to the pandemic. There's some graphic stuff that comes across as heartlessly crass considering the real experiences people are having.I love heartless and crass. I watched the first episode and am not sure what is going on. I will watch a few more to see if it comes around.I'll be curious to hear your thoughts. :cheers:I was excited by your comment because I love stranger things. I will watch a few more episodes and I'll get back to you with comments. As a matter of fact, I might watch the first episode again because I don't think I was following it all that well. The show was canceled after the first season. So, don't even waste your time.Did you watch it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J2112YYZ Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Utopia, on Amazon. An edgier, more mature Stranger Things.Really? Adding it to the list.I am through episode 4 now, and a warning: The series is as tone deaf as can be in regards to the pandemic. There's some graphic stuff that comes across as heartlessly crass considering the real experiences people are having.I love heartless and crass. I watched the first episode and am not sure what is going on. I will watch a few more to see if it comes around.I'll be curious to hear your thoughts. :cheers:I was excited by your comment because I love stranger things. I will watch a few more episodes and I'll get back to you with comments. As a matter of fact, I might watch the first episode again because I don't think I was following it all that well. The show was canceled after the first season. So, don't even waste your time.Did you watch it? Nope. It only lasted one season, so why bother? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted December 1, 2020 Author Share Posted December 1, 2020 Utopia, on Amazon. An edgier, more mature Stranger Things.Really? Adding it to the list.I am through episode 4 now, and a warning: The series is as tone deaf as can be in regards to the pandemic. There's some graphic stuff that comes across as heartlessly crass considering the real experiences people are having.I love heartless and crass. I watched the first episode and am not sure what is going on. I will watch a few more to see if it comes around.I'll be curious to hear your thoughts. :cheers:I was excited by your comment because I love stranger things. I will watch a few more episodes and I'll get back to you with comments. As a matter of fact, I might watch the first episode again because I don't think I was following it all that well. The show was canceled after the first season. So, don't even waste your time.Did you watch it? Nope. It only lasted one season, so why bother?it's interesting? It is a US remake of a 2013-14 British series that went two seasons. The cancellation isn't based on quality, but rather on the series being so on the nose that it comes across as insensitive. From that standpoint it is fascinating to watch...how well they nailed how people respond. The graphic violence is a bit over the top, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Carmina Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Going to rewatch Queens Gambit, I think. :) I think you'll like it all over again! We thought it was great -- Her Indoors even stayed awake for each episode! Great acting, great writing, good work at taking the interiority of chess and making it external and compelling, fun period costuming. Highly recommended for anybody debating wading in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J2112YYZ Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Utopia, on Amazon. An edgier, more mature Stranger Things.Really? Adding it to the list.I am through episode 4 now, and a warning: The series is as tone deaf as can be in regards to the pandemic. There's some graphic stuff that comes across as heartlessly crass considering the real experiences people are having.I love heartless and crass. I watched the first episode and am not sure what is going on. I will watch a few more to see if it comes around.I'll be curious to hear your thoughts. :cheers:I was excited by your comment because I love stranger things. I will watch a few more episodes and I'll get back to you with comments. As a matter of fact, I might watch the first episode again because I don't think I was following it all that well. The show was canceled after the first season. So, don't even waste your time.Did you watch it? Nope. It only lasted one season, so why bother?it's interesting? It is a US remake of a 2013-14 British series that went two seasons. The cancellation isn't based on quality, but rather on the series being so on the nose that it comes across as insensitive. From that standpoint it is fascinating to watch...how well they nailed how people respond. The graphic violence is a bit over the top, too. I guess I prefer to watch tv shows differently. Once I hear a show was canceled after one season, I have zero interest. What's the point of getting invested in it when the show was never actually given a chance and there's probably no payoff to anything that happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesweetscience Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Utopia, on Amazon. An edgier, more mature Stranger Things.Really? Adding it to the list.I am through episode 4 now, and a warning: The series is as tone deaf as can be in regards to the pandemic. There's some graphic stuff that comes across as heartlessly crass considering the real experiences people are having.I love heartless and crass. I watched the first episode and am not sure what is going on. I will watch a few more to see if it comes around.I'll be curious to hear your thoughts. :cheers:I was excited by your comment because I love stranger things. I will watch a few more episodes and I'll get back to you with comments. As a matter of fact, I might watch the first episode again because I don't think I was following it all that well. The show was canceled after the first season. So, don't even waste your time.Did you watch it? Nope. It only lasted one season, so why bother?it's interesting? It is a US remake of a 2013-14 British series that went two seasons. The cancellation isn't based on quality, but rather on the series being so on the nose that it comes across as insensitive. From that standpoint it is fascinating to watch...how well they nailed how people respond. The graphic violence is a bit over the top, too. I guess I prefer to watch tv shows differently. Once I hear a show was canceled after one season, I have zero interest. What's the point of getting invested in it when the show was never actually given a chance and there's probably no payoff to anything that happened?If a show closes its story arc in a finale, there can still be payoff. I look at it as a mini-series or a movie broken up into episodes. I can think of some shows that would have been perfect if they had stopped after one season. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Gilmore Girls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesweetscience Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Utopia, on Amazon. An edgier, more mature Stranger Things.Really? Adding it to the list.I am through episode 4 now, and a warning: The series is as tone deaf as can be in regards to the pandemic. There's some graphic stuff that comes across as heartlessly crass considering the real experiences people are having.I love heartless and crass. I watched the first episode and am not sure what is going on. I will watch a few more to see if it comes around.I'll be curious to hear your thoughts. :cheers:I was excited by your comment because I love stranger things. I will watch a few more episodes and I'll get back to you with comments. As a matter of fact, I might watch the first episode again because I don't think I was following it all that well.I am not sure about this show. Comparing it to Stranger Things, the characters in Stranger Things were more likable, the heroine especially. Some of it is also the nostalgia aspect of when Stranger Things was set. I think the biggest negative for Utopia is that, it is easier to buy a bunch of kids being into some type of fantasy that turns to reality then it is to watch a bunch of millennial's do it. It is dark. I like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted December 3, 2020 Author Share Posted December 3, 2020 Utopia, on Amazon. An edgier, more mature Stranger Things.Really? Adding it to the list.I am through episode 4 now, and a warning: The series is as tone deaf as can be in regards to the pandemic. There's some graphic stuff that comes across as heartlessly crass considering the real experiences people are having.I love heartless and crass. I watched the first episode and am not sure what is going on. I will watch a few more to see if it comes around.I'll be curious to hear your thoughts. :cheers:I was excited by your comment because I love stranger things. I will watch a few more episodes and I'll get back to you with comments. As a matter of fact, I might watch the first episode again because I don't think I was following it all that well.I am not sure about this show. Comparing it to Stranger Things, the characters in Stranger Things were more likable, the heroine especially. Some of it is also the nostalgia aspect of when Stranger Things was set. I think the biggest negative for Utopia is that, it is easier to buy a bunch of kids being into some type of fantasy that turns to reality then it is to watch a bunch of millennial's do it. It is dark. I like that.It started off great, I think, and the premise grabbed me. It just hasn't moved along, and as you note, the characters aren't likeable enough to just hang out with. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat 3 Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 Watched all six episodes of "The Undoing" on HBO... ...kept you guessing right up to the last episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chemistry1973 Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 (edited) One of the oddest, completely mellow drama to grab me has been "Borgen". First 2 seasons are solid television. I'm watching season 3 out of loyalty to the first two seasons, but it's not as good. Basically, the Danish 'West Wing.' It also has some of the best theme music I have ever heard. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lqQy3CBGLk&feature=emb_title Edited December 3, 2020 by chemistry1973 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted December 4, 2020 Author Share Posted December 4, 2020 Utopia, on Amazon. An edgier, more mature Stranger Things.Really? Adding it to the list.I am through episode 4 now, and a warning: The series is as tone deaf as can be in regards to the pandemic. There's some graphic stuff that comes across as heartlessly crass considering the real experiences people are having.I love heartless and crass. I watched the first episode and am not sure what is going on. I will watch a few more to see if it comes around.I'll be curious to hear your thoughts. :cheers:I was excited by your comment because I love stranger things. I will watch a few more episodes and I'll get back to you with comments. As a matter of fact, I might watch the first episode again because I don't think I was following it all that well.I am not sure about this show. Comparing it to Stranger Things, the characters in Stranger Things were more likable, the heroine especially. Some of it is also the nostalgia aspect of when Stranger Things was set. I think the biggest negative for Utopia is that, it is easier to buy a bunch of kids being into some type of fantasy that turns to reality then it is to watch a bunch of millennial's do it. It is dark. I like that.So, Episode 7 was good. So that means Eps. 1, 2 and 7 were worth watching, while the rest felt like recycled uber-violent filler. Episode 8 should be interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesweetscience Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Utopia, on Amazon. An edgier, more mature Stranger Things.Really? Adding it to the list.I am through episode 4 now, and a warning: The series is as tone deaf as can be in regards to the pandemic. There's some graphic stuff that comes across as heartlessly crass considering the real experiences people are having.I love heartless and crass. I watched the first episode and am not sure what is going on. I will watch a few more to see if it comes around.I'll be curious to hear your thoughts. :cheers:I was excited by your comment because I love stranger things. I will watch a few more episodes and I'll get back to you with comments. As a matter of fact, I might watch the first episode again because I don't think I was following it all that well.I am not sure about this show. Comparing it to Stranger Things, the characters in Stranger Things were more likable, the heroine especially. Some of it is also the nostalgia aspect of when Stranger Things was set. I think the biggest negative for Utopia is that, it is easier to buy a bunch of kids being into some type of fantasy that turns to reality then it is to watch a bunch of millennial's do it. It is dark. I like that.So, Episode 7 was good. So that means Eps. 1, 2 and 7 were worth watching, while the rest felt like recycled uber-violent filler. Episode 8 should be interesting.I just finished episode 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted December 7, 2020 Author Share Posted December 7, 2020 Utopia, on Amazon. An edgier, more mature Stranger Things.Really? Adding it to the list.I am through episode 4 now, and a warning: The series is as tone deaf as can be in regards to the pandemic. There's some graphic stuff that comes across as heartlessly crass considering the real experiences people are having.I love heartless and crass. I watched the first episode and am not sure what is going on. I will watch a few more to see if it comes around.I'll be curious to hear your thoughts. :cheers:I was excited by your comment because I love stranger things. I will watch a few more episodes and I'll get back to you with comments. As a matter of fact, I might watch the first episode again because I don't think I was following it all that well.I am not sure about this show. Comparing it to Stranger Things, the characters in Stranger Things were more likable, the heroine especially. Some of it is also the nostalgia aspect of when Stranger Things was set. I think the biggest negative for Utopia is that, it is easier to buy a bunch of kids being into some type of fantasy that turns to reality then it is to watch a bunch of millennial's do it. It is dark. I like that.So, Episode 7 was good. So that means Eps. 1, 2 and 7 were worth watching, while the rest felt like recycled uber-violent filler. Episode 8 should be interesting.I just finished episode 4.Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesweetscience Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Utopia, on Amazon. An edgier, more mature Stranger Things.Really? Adding it to the list.I am through episode 4 now, and a warning: The series is as tone deaf as can be in regards to the pandemic. There's some graphic stuff that comes across as heartlessly crass considering the real experiences people are having.I love heartless and crass. I watched the first episode and am not sure what is going on. I will watch a few more to see if it comes around.I'll be curious to hear your thoughts. :cheers:I was excited by your comment because I love stranger things. I will watch a few more episodes and I'll get back to you with comments. As a matter of fact, I might watch the first episode again because I don't think I was following it all that well.I am not sure about this show. Comparing it to Stranger Things, the characters in Stranger Things were more likable, the heroine especially. Some of it is also the nostalgia aspect of when Stranger Things was set. I think the biggest negative for Utopia is that, it is easier to buy a bunch of kids being into some type of fantasy that turns to reality then it is to watch a bunch of millennial's do it. It is dark. I like that.So, Episode 7 was good. So that means Eps. 1, 2 and 7 were worth watching, while the rest felt like recycled uber-violent filler. Episode 8 should be interesting.I just finished episode 4.Thoughts?I have a hard time making myself watch multiple episodes in a a row. In 4 days I have yet to sit down and watch episode 5. I think what puts me off is the characters themselves. The side we are meant to pull for, I don't really care about any of them. The bad guys make no sense. What is the motivation? Greed? It doesn't seem like greed but then what? Some kind of greater control? I guess some of the gaps can be filled in if I keep watching but the show feels all over the place really. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesweetscience Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Utopia, on Amazon. An edgier, more mature Stranger Things.Really? Adding it to the list.I am through episode 4 now, and a warning: The series is as tone deaf as can be in regards to the pandemic. There's some graphic stuff that comes across as heartlessly crass considering the real experiences people are having.I love heartless and crass. I watched the first episode and am not sure what is going on. I will watch a few more to see if it comes around.I'll be curious to hear your thoughts. :cheers:I was excited by your comment because I love stranger things. I will watch a few more episodes and I'll get back to you with comments. As a matter of fact, I might watch the first episode again because I don't think I was following it all that well.I am not sure about this show. Comparing it to Stranger Things, the characters in Stranger Things were more likable, the heroine especially. Some of it is also the nostalgia aspect of when Stranger Things was set. I think the biggest negative for Utopia is that, it is easier to buy a bunch of kids being into some type of fantasy that turns to reality then it is to watch a bunch of millennial's do it. It is dark. I like that.So, Episode 7 was good. So that means Eps. 1, 2 and 7 were worth watching, while the rest felt like recycled uber-violent filler. Episode 8 should be interesting.I just finished episode 4.Thoughts?I have a hard time making myself watch multiple episodes in a a row. In 4 days I have yet to sit down and watch episode 5. I think what puts me off is the characters themselves. The side we are meant to pull for, I don't really care about any of them. The bad guys make no sense. What is the motivation? Greed? It doesn't seem like greed but then what? Some kind of greater control? I guess some of the gaps can be filled in if I keep watching but the show feels all over the place really.So I guess some of the gaps get filled in and they had intended to continue the series. Permanent cliff hanger. I am not sorry I watched it but it would be nice if they had tied things up a bit better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted December 8, 2020 Author Share Posted December 8, 2020 I think what puts me off is the characters themselves. The side we are meant to pull for, I don't really care about any of them. For me it's worse than not care...I actively dislike most of them. The one character worth rooting (blondie turn goth girl) for was randomly offed by Jessica in episode two or three. The bad guys make no sense. What is the motivation? Greed? It doesn't seem like greed but then what? Some kind of greater control? I guess some of the gaps can be filled in if I keep watching but the show feels all over the place really.Yeah, those gaps get filled in in episodes 7 and 8. Like I mentioned, I found episodes 3 through 6 totally unsatisfying, but 7 and 8 ties things together a bit more. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesweetscience Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 I think what puts me off is the characters themselves. The side we are meant to pull for, I don't really care about any of them. For me it's worse than not care...I actively dislike most of them. The one character worth rooting (blondie turn goth girl) for was randomly offed by Jessica in episode two or three. The bad guys make no sense. What is the motivation? Greed? It doesn't seem like greed but then what? Some kind of greater control? I guess some of the gaps can be filled in if I keep watching but the show feels all over the place really.Yeah, those gaps get filled in in episodes 7 and 8. Like I mentioned, I found episodes 3 through 6 totally unsatisfying, but 7 and 8 ties things together a bit more.That is pretty much how I felt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 (edited) Watching some best/worst songs lists on this Youtube channel: http://www.youtube.c...DbA-BakdJdjaEsw Currently watching this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fObqhA5DqS4 Edited December 8, 2020 by invisible airwave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted December 8, 2020 Author Share Posted December 8, 2020 Watching some best/worst songs lists on this Youtube channel: http://www.youtube.c...DbA-BakdJdjaEsw Currently watching this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fObqhA5DqS4YouTube rabbit holes make up some of my favorite viewing. :ebert: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Watching some best/worst songs lists on this Youtube channel: http://www.youtube.c...DbA-BakdJdjaEsw Currently watching this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fObqhA5DqS4YouTube rabbit holes make up some of my favorite viewing. :ebert: Kiss is on here as well as that Tommy Shaw song from Remo Williams and that *other* Sir Elton duet with George Michael, Wrap it Up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FccXJ33REQ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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