Finished Tales from the Loop...
It was a solid series, but often depressing.
Started watching The Last Dance...man, those were the days of NBA basketball. I so miss the MBA of the 90's and I don't just mean the Bulls.
The Bulls were awesome, but don't think 90s NBA was a watchable product. I remember Pat Riley's Knicks basically hold the ball for 24 seconds for every possession and grind the game into a borefest. Games regularly ends in low 70s for both teams. Of course, the by-product of this is that rules were changed for offense and now we have 150pt games on a regular basis. The pendulum swings too far in the opposite direction, once again.
There was more parity in the league. Off the top of my head, you had Thomas, Dumar, Laimbeer, and Rodman in Detroit, Ewing, Oakley, and Starks in NY, McHale, Parrish, Bird in Boston, Larry Johnson and Alonzo Mourning in Charlotte, John Stockton and Karl Monroe in Utah, David Robinson in San Antonio, and Shaq, Barkley, Olaijawon, Clyde Drexler, Shawn Kemp. I think the 90s were the last time I cared deeply about the NBA. Maybe because I was a kid. Maybe because Lebron and Kobe hadn't raped it yet. Strong words, right? But something was happening in the early 2000s, where the NBA was trying to make itself into something it didn't need to be, with words thrown around like "dynasty" and "king James." MJ was referred to as "his airness" and it was cute, but the NBA went out of its way to create weird classist imagery after that.
Couldn't agree more. I was more of a casual fan though. Is this the consensus of most fans that stuck with it into the 2000s and beyond?
Yes it was rubbish and made no sense at all. I found some of the identity politics stuff pretty grating as well but then maybe that's because I'm not American.Initial reaction: Little Fires Everywhere had an ending on par with Dexter's. Goddamnit that was terrible.
Haven't watched the WW finale yet but do you know if they ended it or is there gonna be a Season 4?Westworld ended fine. Gave some stuff to imagine on your own.
Homeland was the best finale for a series since Breaking Bad. It didn't have the action, but it was so satisfying. HBO should take note and learn.
Haven't watched the WW finale yet but do you know if they ended it or is there gonna be a Season 4?
Haven't watched the WW finale yet but do you know if they ended it or is there gonna be a Season 4?
Death in Paradise. Finally a show that takes whodunit seriously and doesn't water it down with moronic drama or exaggerated plots. The latter are cooked up for DiP hitting all the familiar story points you'd expect and though they offer no surprises either in their characters or in the work they do, the makers of this series, including the cast, are talented enough to transcend familiar material into something thoroughly gripping.
The production values are also top notch: You'll always spot new locations, new denizens, it's always about carefully chosen external shots and beautiful, yet authentic views. Doors and windows are mostly open to let heat and moisture inside spaces, making them alive and giving you the feeling to be one of the residents on the island, where it all takes place.
If you got tired of boring studio settings, imposed darkness to fake profundity and cheap satire posing as an excuse for numb characters, then Death in Paradise will be a welcome antidote to all that stale streaming crap.
Dwayne & PJ crack me up. ^_^
Haha, yeah! The show where DS Cassel's off duty and Dwayne takes over Miami Vice style, or the one where he tries to play hard to get. My favorite DI's so far are Poole & Mooney, Goodman was ok, but a bit weird with his affection for Camille. Anyway, you're absolutely right: the music is awesome! The whole concept of DiP reminds me of The Mighty Quinn, except for missing Denzel .
Westworld's in a more interesting place than it has been in a while, and it's kind of striking to me just how little it resembles the show in say, season 1. I'm glad they finally (FINALLY) appear to have put a certain bad main character out to pasture for the last time. Really hoping that HBO can avoid pulling another GoT with however they end WW, and I'm not overly optimistic that they won't.