Current Watching

[WOM]

The Man From Toronto, as reviewed by a man from Toronto. Summary: a steaming mound of shit. Action-comedy bereft of either. Pass.

[Hot Pepsi]

Yeah. I gave up on that quickly.

New Westworld.
I’ve seen every episode and still don’t understand WTF is happening.

[Sits]

Quite enjoying The Time Traveller's Wife.

[WOM]

Yeah. I gave up on that quickly.

New Westworld.
I’ve seen every episode and still don’t understand WTF is happening.

Better you than me. We gave up long ago. "Oh...he was actually a robot. Ooo...she was actually a robot, too. Ah, he wasn't a human either....nor that guy."

Ugh.

[Simon G]

We've started the 3rd series of The Umbrella Academy. Only 3 episodes in, and it hasn't gripped me tbh. Almost like it's trying too hard, I can't quite find the words for what I mean though.

It does remain the only thing my wife and I watch together though, so we'll keep plugging along with it.

[WOM]

We watched the trailer / teaser thing the other night and my wife said "I don't even care if we watch that". I'm sort of in the same boat.

Watch "Keep Sweet, Pray and Obey" if you haven't yet.

[San Bernardhinault]

I somehow watched all of Gods Favourite Idiot on Netflix over the weekend despite it being rubbish. The set-up and cast are enough that it could have been funny, and I kept expecting it to find its feet which is why I stuck with it. But it was absolute utter tosh. The gags, such as they were, were incredibly feeble. It was the very epitome of a modern Netflix comedy where Netflix just want content and nobody really cares about whether it's any good so nobody puts any craft into anything. Do not recommend. Effectively TV-wallpaper.

[Sean of the Shed]

Keep Sweet, Pray and Obey is compelling viewing, even though you can absolutely predict the chain of events.

I'll probably see out Umbrella Academy, though it does have that third album feel to it.

[Hot Pepsi]

We've started the 3rd series of The Umbrella Academy. Only 3 episodes in, and it hasn't gripped me tbh. Almost like it's trying too hard, I can't quite find the words for what I mean though.

It does remain the only thing my wife and I watch together though, so we'll keep plugging along with it.

I watched season 1, skipped season 2, and thought maybe I could just get into season 3. Meh. It needs to cut about five or six characters. It just feels very congested.

[Hot Pepsi]

I somehow watched all of Gods Favourite Idiot on Netflix over the weekend despite it being rubbish. The set-up and cast are enough that it could have been funny, and I kept expecting it to find its feet which is why I stuck with it. But it was absolute utter tosh. The gags, such as they were, were incredibly feeble. It was the very epitome of a modern Netflix comedy where Netflix just want content and nobody really cares about whether it's any good so nobody puts any craft into anything. Do not recommend. Effectively TV-wallpaper.

Melissa McCarthy is funny on her own, but everything she makes with her husband is shit.

Netflix dud-to-hit ratio is just getting higher every day.

[Hot Pepsi]

Better you than me. We gave up long ago. "Oh...he was actually a robot. Ooo...she was actually a robot, too. Ah, he wasn't a human either....nor that guy."

Ugh.

There's nothing else on Sunday nights.

[Gangster Octopus]

Eh? I thought that you watched what you wanted when you wanted.

[Hot Pepsi]

Eh? I thought that you watched what you wanted when you wanted.

True, but usually I want to watch it as soon as its available and then by Sunday, I've seen everything new that's good, but don't want to invest the intelligence to watch, for example, an old classic Italian movie that everyone says is a classic.

Westworld is like Charlie Brown and Lucy with the football. It always feels like it's about to be as good as it could be, and then it just creates more mystery-for-mystery-sake and confusion. But it looks cool and has good actors. It's just the storytelling is frustrating.

Barry is the ideal Sunday night show. It's not hard to follow, but it's original and fantastic. And then Bill Hader does a podcast right after it. Game of Thrones was a great Sunday night show too.

[Cal Alamein]

Through a friend's recommendation, Ms. Cal and I have enjoyed Kath & Kim on Netflix. We've finished season one and there looks to be five more seasons to go. Often have to look up unknown Aussie slang. Kel is our favorite character.

Stranger Things IV is way the hell over the top, but will finish it in July and hope that one is done.

1/2 way through Peaky Blinders last season - hope that one is also dead and buried.

The Martha Mitchell Effect, Meltdown, Mr. Cop: Good or Bad?, Gladbeck and Johnny Hallyday are recent docs that kept our attention.

Looking forward to Better Call Saul finale.

[Hot Pepsi]

There will be more Stranger Things after July. In July there will be two very long episodes that will finish Season 4, but there will be a Season 5.

[Cal Alamein]

Oh well, perhaps the 'kids' will be graduating college in season 5.

[WOM]

Yeah, the older they get, the cuter they ain't.

Peaky Blinders was a dud this season.

Martha Mitchell does look interesting.

[Hot Pepsi]

I wonder if they will move forward a few years to accomodate that.

[Sits]

Cal Alamein early K&K is a gem. Don't feel bad if you drift away by about series 4 though.

Kel is indeed a good character. I like the actor - Glenn summat - and he's also fun in his own series Russell Coight's All Aussie Adventures.

[Uncle Ethan]

Glenn Robbins - it's time to hit the road.

Sherwood is as someone mentioned above, really good. No spoilers please.

[Uncle Ethan]

Great work HP and it is far from being mundane - but I'm guessing you meant this for the Mundane Thread?

[Hot Pepsi]

Yes

I’m watching the original Star Trek series. I’d only seen
a few.

[Sits]

Yes

Doesn't matter though. Well done.

[Simon G]

I watched season 1, skipped season 2, and thought maybe I could just get into season 3. Meh. It needs to cut about five or six characters. It just feels very congested.

I think this is the point. There's just so much going on all the time with contradictions all over the shop.

[Patrick Thistle]

I'm enjoying Ms Marvel and the latest series of The Orville. It's almost a novelty having to wait a week between episodes.