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between Moon Knight and The Good Lord Bird, I am prepared to state that he is pretty good at it.
And it makes sense, it's not great. I mean I personally think it's fine but I also don't watch a lot of trash sci-fi so it's just nice to have a dumb little show all to myself that I don't have to constantly engage in the broader #discourse for, but for how much money and projects it has left in its wake it just seems to be floating out there in the pop culture ether.
I know it's been renewed for a season 2 but that was months ago and doesn't necessarily reflect on quality or popularity these days.
There's a deal on Gamepass that will allow people to legally watch the whole thing for free, so many people are likely waiting to pull the trigger on that with the correct timing (if you go too early, you would have to pay to see the ending).
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Yeah, The Good Lord Bird was a good time! I never heard much about it but Ethan Hawke is super compelling
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Oh man, if that’s what I’m thinking of that’s a dam shame, but also if the book series is anything to go by it would be surprising to see it finished.
Satans..... hints.....
I'm also loving Winning Time. However, to be fair, I could watch this cast just stand awkwardly around in silence and I would still be entertained.
Abbot Elementary is very good
Cause when playing Halo I'm always thinking "shut up and let me shoot stuff."
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I also didn't know but I googled "showtime fantasy novel lin manuel miranda, cancelled" and I got the answer in the very first result.
Unless there was another Showtime high fantasy novel adaptation involving Lin Manuel Miranda that got cut short in pre-production...
Very very common mistake, especially when the (mini) series premiered back in 2004.
And yes, we have proof they're not the same person:
My early comics all came at wildly random intervals, usually after I'd been very brave at the doctor's office. Therefore, the only experience I've had with Moon Knight was a Spider-Man comic I picked up in a drug store whose first page was this:
So I have no goddamn idea who Moon Knight is. Hell, after reading that comic, I had serious doubts that I knew who Spider-Man was. Does the television Moon Knight still have nunchucks? Those were pretty cool.
It was a prequel with a fully planned arc specifically to avoid that very problem
I also don't think he's told people yet?
AWWW FUCK
Tonight AJ & I decided to do a double feature and finish out the second season.
The first episode featured:
-- Ally almost succumbs to a psychotic break as the childhood memories of her parents screaming at each other and her mother committing adultery are resurfaced during a court-case regarding possible fraud via a passionless marriage.
-- Billy receives a black-eye when a noon-time sex-session with his wife in an office bathroom stall is mechanically disrupted by his coworkers, resulting in an accidently/injurious dismount.
-- Richard finally talks Ling into having sex with him. The night of the big event she presents him with a medical waiver and an NDA, which kills his libido. To counter-act this, Richard gets a prescription for Viagra and at the end of the episode is pharmaceutically empowered to survive Ling's sexual prowess.
The second episode featured:
-- In a depressed state due to excess loneliness, Ally begins to be haunted by the spectre of Al Green.
-- Ally and Renee (her best friend/roommate) go on a truly terrible string of speed-dating. A sad montage featuring Michael Badalucco from The Practice (playing his character from that show) complaining about feminism. Whoooof....
-- To help Ally out, Ling just collects a gaggle of hunks on a walk around town and brings them back to the office for Ally, which she rejects entirely. Mass rejection of a platoon of hunks! Ally, you suck!!
And that concludes the second season of Ally McBeal! Very excited to begin the third season on Monday!
The final issue had an awesome gatefold cover too.
Tom Paris desperately wants to be Sam Malone in space
The perceived break-out character that the writers push too hard? Nah, that's Nelix.
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The Good Lord Bird is so good that I'm retroactively mad that it didn't get more awards or press coverage. Ethan Hawke's rendition of John Brown was so utterly captivating that it felt like I was having an out of body experience the entire time I was watching it; it wasn't me watching The Good Lord Bird, but rather I was watching myself watch The Good Lord Bird. And by all that is holy, it was fucking excellent.
Stellar limited series from top to bottom, 10/10, comes with my full recommendation. Absolutely do not sleep on Ethan Hawke screaming about murderous slaver rapist scum ruining the heart and soul of America. I promise you will not regret watching it.
oh no
It’s, uh…
So, obviously first seasons are typically low points for Trek shows. This one has not been particularly enjoyable 4 or 5 episodes in. With DS9 I wanted to keep going back to binge it, but now with Votager I just kinda feel like… “maybe I’ll watch another one to see if I start giving a shit?”
I mean, at least they almost always get better, right?
It's... Ooof...
Rom is simple.
Not stupid.
Someone I know went through the same thing a few months back, and someone else made them a list of good or at least watchable episodes. EDIT: And here it is! Note that they'd already struggled through S1, so it has no episodes from that in it.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MZEinV5xMoWF0kP_aXedaYUHaP84O5SSrzbtuTS8CT4/edit