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Finished Griselda. It could have been 10ish eps, to be honest. The last 2 eps felt hurried and incomplete. 

Side note: doesn't seem to be any good books on her life, unless you want to shell out $100+ 🙁 I'm sorry, but a 74 page or whatever book just doesn't seem enough for me. 

what did you think of Sofia V?  I thought she was incredible and was scary as 🤬.  

 

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Finished Griselda. It could have been 10ish eps, to be honest. The last 2 eps felt hurried and incomplete. 

Side note: doesn't seem to be any good books on her life, unless you want to shell out $100+ 🙁 I'm sorry, but a 74 page or whatever book just doesn't seem enough for me. 

what did you think of Sofia V?  I thought she was incredible and was scary as 🤬.  

 

 

That's what I was hoping for.

Also hoping that Donald Glover's talents aren't wasted in Mr and Mrs Smith.

 


   
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Finished Griselda. It could have been 10ish eps, to be honest. The last 2 eps felt hurried and incomplete. 

Side note: doesn't seem to be any good books on her life, unless you want to shell out $100+ 🙁 I'm sorry, but a 74 page or whatever book just doesn't seem enough for me. 

what did you think of Sofia V?  I thought she was incredible and was scary as 🤬.  

 

She was pretty good. Whenever she flipped out, yeah, that was pretty wild to see. 

Edit: (re)-found a book that I wanted quite a while ago on Amazon, "Hey! It's That Guy!" Basically an encyclopedia of character actors who've been in a ton of TV/movies, but when you see them on screen, you don't know what the actor's name is (necessarily). 

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Finished Griselda. It could have been 10ish eps, to be honest. The last 2 eps felt hurried and incomplete. 

Side note: doesn't seem to be any good books on her life, unless you want to shell out $100+ 🙁 I'm sorry, but a 74 page or whatever book just doesn't seem enough for me. 

what did you think of Sofia V?  I thought she was incredible and was scary as 🤬.  

 

She was pretty good. Whenever she flipped out, yeah, that was pretty wild to see. 

Edit: (re)-found a book that I wanted quite a while ago on Amazon, "Hey! It's That Guy!" Basically an encyclopedia of character actors who've been in a ton of TV/movies, but when you see them on screen, you don't know what the actor's name is (necessarily). 

I have that book! 😂

 

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I can't wait to read it. I remember Ron Perlman and Danny Trejo being "That Guy"s, and I have Trejo's book. Perlman's is on its way...

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S2 of Tokyo Vice is out.  I highly recommend S1 if you haven't watched yet.

Also S1 of Monsieur Spade with Clive Owen as the lead character has been a treat so far.


   
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I'll put this under TV, even though it's on Netflix:

Saw Taylor Tomlinson's new special, and she is hilarious, she is one of my favorites. No holds barred, but also does get vulnerable with her own issues (most notably, anxiety/mental health). Some real zingers in this one, you can tell that even after all these years (this is her 3rd Netflix special) she's still honing the art. That sounds like common sense, but you see the BIG BIG stars of today, and they're not even trying to improve, they've got it down, it's a matter of finding the jokes. 

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Just watched the TV special "You Are Looking Live" that was aired on CBSSN. It is a 1 hour look back at The NFL Today studio show with Brent Musburger, Irv Cross, Jimmy The Greek, Phyllis George and Jayne Kennedy. What a trip down memory lane for those of us that watched that show in the mid 70's and through the 80's. Highly recommended. 

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If ANYone watches that new Shogun series coming out, PLEASE let me know what you think. I'm very much on the fence of getting the FX steam just for that show. Loved the book, loved the mini-series from way back when...

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Loved him on Curb..

https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1762943156788609429

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If ANYone watches that new Shogun series coming out, PLEASE let me know what you think. I'm very much on the fence of getting the FX steam just for that show. Loved the book, loved the mini-series from way back when...

DO IT! It’s fabulous and so much better than the Richard Chamberlain version.  The book is pretty great and I think this is more in line with it.  The sets, costumes, etc are top notch.  

 

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If ANYone watches that new Shogun series coming out, PLEASE let me know what you think. I'm very much on the fence of getting the FX steam just for that show. Loved the book, loved the mini-series from way back when...

DO IT! It’s fabulous and so much better than the Richard Chamberlain version.  The book is pretty great and I think this is more in line with it.  The sets, costumes, etc are top notch.  

 

IIRC, it's 10 eps? So I will wait until it's done, get FX for a month, then marathon the SOB. The cinematography looks outstanding, I'm concerned with the story....

 

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Ep 1 of Shogun was a solid start, but Ep 2 was ridiculously good.  A little bit more character development, with more insight into how the main players are going to be in conflict with each other in more ways than one. Some serious tension and a bit more action in Ep 2 as well.  If they can keep it up I look forward to the rest.


   
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Now through 4 episodes Shogun might be the best series I've seen since probably West World S1, or maybe tied with Severance but it gets very high praise. 


   
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Looking forward to starting A Gentleman in Moscow with Ewan McGregor. I hope it has the charm and intrigue of the novel. 


   
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Just watched the CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM finale...it was absolutely hilarious! 👍 


   
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Now through 4 episodes Shogun might be the best series I've seen since probably West World S1, or maybe tied with Severance but it gets very high praise. 

 

Counting down the weeks until I can just get one month of Hulu or whatever it's on and marathon the summabeech. 😉 

 

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After 2 episodes of Parish on AMC with Giancarlo Esposito?  It's ok mostly due to him. The story is nothing new and there's plenty of cliches, but his performance is stellar enough for me to continue for now.


   
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For those who lauded Shogun (this year's big FX series): YES. Thank you for the input. 
I know last ep is tomorrow, so signed on for a month, and am marathoning it. 3 eps in...I was already hooked and in the fish cooler by the end of the first episode.

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After 2 episodes of Parish on AMC with Giancarlo Esposito?  It's ok mostly due to him. The story is nothing new and there's plenty of cliches, but his performance is stellar enough for me to continue for now.

I still kinda chuckle when I see him in "The Usual Suspects." He was awesome in that. 

 

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The Shogun finale was a chef's kiss. I hope Anna Sawai continues to get big roles after shining here and also in Monarch. 


   
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Now through 4 episodes Shogun might be the best series I've seen since probably West World S1, or maybe tied with Severance but it gets very high praise. 

Shogun somehow got better with every episode and the finale was so good. I’m assuming they followed the book very closely as they had unlimited time to get it right. 

Good to see Severance get some love but it’s taking way too long for season 2 to come out. Sounds like they’re done filming but we won’t see it until late this year. Love Walken in it. 

 


   
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The Shogun finale was a chef's kiss. I hope Anna Sawai continues to get big roles after shining here and also in Monarch. 

 

Just finished this tonight...I thought the previous ep and half was much more intense than the end game. I thought the end game was more subdued than what I desired, even though it fit the Lord's wishes/plans. As to @bigbeer question: Yes, the finish was the same, the presentation was slightly different between the novel, the OG series, and this series. 

 

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Also started the final season of Letterkenny, and while this is only a part of the 2nd ep of it...CLASSIC satire/parody of today's "country" music (ahem, @cowgirl )

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Also started the final season of Letterkenny, and while this is only a part of the 2nd ep of it...CLASSIC satire/parody of today's "country" music (ahem, @cowgirl )

I’m dumber for having watched that. 😂
Don’t know why you’re pointing at me, I don’t even listen to much modern country music these days.  
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Sun Dart = smoking a cigarette in the sun. 

And the video is to point out how dumb modern "country" is. (which is probably anything after 1986ish...)

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Rube the subtlety of the finale for me was brilliant.  A perfect bookend to Ep 1 and imho did the novel complete justice.

Shogun was always about more than action. It was about stories, history, culture, relationships and characters and the ending captured all of it.

When Blackthorne and Fuji were sitting next to each other after his return, then he

Spoiler
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They nailed it imho.


   
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I just started watching Shogun and one episode in I am enjoying it...even though I have to read it.

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Rube the subtlety of the finale for me was brilliant.  A perfect bookend to Ep 1 and imho did the novel complete justice.

Shogun was always about more than action. It was about stories, history, culture, relationships and characters and the ending captured all of it.

When Blackthorne and Fuji were sitting next to each other after his return, then he (spoiler part removed, just in case) it was just one of at least a dozen poignant moments.

They nailed it imho.

 

I understand all of that, I guess I was expecting a bit more, the way it was built up. That being said, the spoiler you mentioned was pretty cool. 

 

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