Rewatching the Wire and the Plot Against America. I'm a big fan of David Simon and Ed Burn's writing. Before that was Devs. Also enjoyed. None of these shows are really easy watches. The Plot Against America is legitimately depressing to watch. The script and acting is so good, you can actually picture an alternate reality where a racist becomes President, and instead of joining in the fight against the Germans in World War 2, remains on the sidelines and establishes anti-semitic camps in various parts of the U.S., where the U.S. is complicit in helping the Nazis prevail globally. You feel for the family this story primarily covers as their lives are destroyed and feel helpless as it all unfolds. It's a how to guide on how to successfully implement propaganda in a highly developed nation that paints a justification for the mistreatment and slaughter of a specific targeted group of people. The way conspiracy theories are weaponized to justify bizarre actions from an administration, to the specific word choice from government officials to fail to condemn hate crimes in press releases and in a nuanced way encourage further terror to justify the same hate crimes as a virtuous act of duty. It is masterful but depressing story telling.
There was actually a documentary about that episode because the HBO cutting room footage had footage of a man there who was wrongfully convicted of murder. The footage showing him there cleared his name and solidified his alibi. Great watch.
I made a complete thread about how terrible it is, I only made it through 1 episode, I would be down to hate watching the entire season and commenting about how terrible it is.
I watch it in German with English subtitles. I can't watch dubs either. I highly recommend the show. It is excellent and one of my favorite shows.
I watched most of season one. I thought it was decent albeit it is a bit slow and is a different kind of humor (Brit humor if you will) that requires some patience to watch. I only watched it because of Ricky and I couldn't find anything better to watch. The show is about a guy whose wife died of cancer and the man is struggling while trying to figure out if he wants to live. I'm not sure what you would expect from a show like that but it's not your typical comedy fare. I never finished season one because I was watching at my parents' home as I don't have Netflix. I'm kind of interested to see where season two goes. I guess I could see why certain people would dismiss it early and/or maybe it's not up their alley.
Just started finishing Weeds I missed the last 2 seasons and have had it on my DVR for a couple of years. I still find it very entertaining and Nancy Botwin still does it for me. I love Nancy, just my kind of crazy. After all these years I still love these characters.
A great, great show (female-centric) that we've been watching is Better Things. Pamela Adlon is a brilliant lady, I loved her in Californication, and Louie's shows, but this show is more serious, yet funny still.
Yeah I love Better Things and Adlon and have had a crush since Californication. Did we just become best friends? I never finished Californication is it worth it?
Started Upload. 2 episodes. Not sure what to think. The science fiction was interesting. They dive right into it headfirst. The two actors are decent. But the true romance is not. Think they could have done more with it if they had gone for something deep and serious. It's more like Starship Troopers without the sexy. And less funny. Still interesting after 2 episodes for the premise, but that data stream thing was lame and the romance might have me quit it. "Almost" is a good way to describe it.
Earlier tonight I saw episode one and it's freaking weird. The guy who created both The Office and Parks and Recreation is behind Upload. With those two quirky, but excellent, shows under his belt, I'm hoping Upload improves. One thing that could be in it's favor, assuming the writing improves, is that it got close to MA a couple of times, and I hope it gets a lot closer. I freely admit to enjoying sex and nudity in quirky, funny shows, and why not? It can help smooth over a weak joke here, or a fumbled plot sequence there. I'm easy to please at this point. I want funny, quirky, sexy shows with naked bodies! Is that so wrong? I think not. Anything to relieve the boredom. The potential is there.
