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For me, the problem with nontraditional casting and something that’s otherwise realistic and historical is that I just don’t know what I’m looking at. For me, the problem with nontraditional casting and something that’s otherwise realistic and historical is that I just don’t know what I’m looking at. Kayson point I just saw the musical the outsiders on Broadway. There’s a role of a juvenile delinquent called Dally. The other greasers look up to him. is the musical he’s played by a black man. And there’s a black girl in the gangs. Butis the musical he’s played by a black man. And there’s a black girl in the gangs. But we’re clearly told and in the vapid lyrics, this is Tulsa 1967. So when dally flirts with a ”soc” and the only thing people notice is the class difference I’m… confused. in American stories, I believe this leads to a bizarrely optimistic look at the past. When I take a friend of mine who is African-American to the theater she’s actually very offended by this kind of thing. She was really annoyed at back to the future because there was a black man running for president in a small town in 1957. I want to give actors opportunities.. but it’s confusing. and in a historical film even more so. If it’s Bridgerton the whole thing is a fantasy. Yes there were a few Negro Russians but it was rare and it’s just so odd it wouldn’t have ever been remarked on.

Why did this show get dull? I guess I’m a real outlier because the part of the show I enjoyed and really enjoyed a lot was the virtual reality game. It had humor. It had mystery. It even had sorrow. But then it ended when never went back to it, and it was just about all these very special people, reminded me of librarians or some other stupid chosen people show. The notion that we’re just like bugs just reminded me of the young adult book the fifth wave which I couldn’t put down but when I started thinking about it really made no sense. I wrote on Amazon at the time I said I still believe. Yes we do exterminate pest, but we wouldn’t if we were talking to them and they sat up and said I have a family. So the idea that the Santi would see us is just like bugs or rats or whatever is ridiculous. It’s actually quite barbaric. Even the things we do to animals the animals were talking to us. We were talking back. I don’t think we would be able to do as a species. I could be wrong. Didn’t think any of the scientist was particularly special and I hate that trope anyway people calling the Santi the Lord that made no sense to me of any kind ever there was nothing remotely divine about this species or the idea that they were paternalistic or anything I couldn’t see it.

I’m waaay more into it now that it’s about the game. Then again I like the holodeck and enjoy fantasy. To me episode 2 was far more enjoyable than episode 1 with so many scenes with subtitled Chinese and my trying to figure out what decade we’re in. Also the game allows for a little humor.

I love Halloween and j love that Harry loves it. i hope he can change the future because it’s lonely and sad. i feel like there’s such a nostalgia for “small town” in tv writers- a stars hollow ghost whisperer town that’s totally self enclosed, nobody works or shops a town away, there’s a university and a museum in that same town, nobody goes to big box stores on the highway… I don’t know if such towns exist but I’ve never seen them. Oh wellZ i loce the way Harry loves pizza and the disconnect between how he says he feels and what we see- the anguish in his voice! Works every time.

The stairs to the servants quarter I meant. as for Russian princes, no, it’s not really royal. It just doesn’t have that connotation the way it would in any other European country. It’s a translation fail. A Russian prince is what we’d probably call a duke. It’s a nobleman but not royal. Right below princes are counts.

Oops sorry thank you i must say most of this looks exactly as I pictured. I never had a great mental image of the Count so this is fine. Didn’t his moustache get shaved off entirely though? I didn’t expect or remember the stairs to go around an open courtyard. Brr.

Nikolai is a prince but in Russia not all princes were royalty.

Outlier again. I thought this episode was slow. First time I really felt annoyed by all the plots. I no longer like sahar at all she’s bossy and stupid. The power struggle over the alien baby makes no sense at all. Why wouldn’t she let it be raised by one of its own kind? so what were all those symptoms Beth was having if she’s not pregnant- things tasting funny etc? I am also an outlier in that I am interested in Darcy. I like the actress and she makes me care about the character.

I love the show but I agree that Harry sounds weirder now than he used to. I also thought sagar spritzing poor baby for eating watermelon was cruel. Why have a tray of watermelon out if he can’t eat? She’s lucky he doesn’t eat her. I’m in the minority but I have truly enjoyed the side character arcs and have not been bored at all.

I loved this episode- held my attention start to finish and I laughed out loud so many times. Small things like “ice cream sandwich” which was so unexpected. i love the cliffhanger of who were the two guys in the back? aw Harry loved nature. It’s so cute when he has a feeling and tries to reason out why (it must be in closer to my planet here) and is wrong. the yard sale was touching. Good actress. (but the line about flamingos and the shirt had me howling) i also prefer the sheriff less cartoony. I find the sudden friendship of Darcy and mayors wife odd but I’m glad we didn’t have the “why is she staying over” jealousy scene. So trite. when your wife says “let’s hang it up” why do you say no? I’m puzzled. i missed max and sahar. its interesting that the show went out of its way to let us know goliaths host body died by accident. I think if they could retcon harry NOT killing the doctor they would. harry tripping was too funny also.

I was soooo glad that neither the major and Darcy nor the sheriff and Liv kissed. That trope is tired. Boring! This is way more interesting. Actually his being dom As a fantasy and her being submissive is exactly right, that’s how fantasies work. i do think she likes him to be more take charge and that she’s a bit disappointed when he always caves. in another note- what did it mean when she broke the case a few episodes back? im just glad the NY number wasn’t the women in people luring Harry to Times Square. midnight cowboy shows the guys wandering around Times Square too.

I assumed that it had been a few more days and mom was home or would be. Getting on a bus is poignant but surely she’d fly? And expect dad to take her to the airport? It’s not as if Colorado doesn’t have one or two. i actually wouldn’t have minded if teen daughter had stayed on. we are definitely finding out a lot about real Harry’s not so nice past. But his wife and he- second wife I guess- had such a nice backstory so it’s confusing. The towns origin story is appalling but that play was so bad it’s kind of great. Like I can see it becoming a weird tourist attraction

There were lyrics in the tv show in the opening, not in the closing. I remember it well because it came on when I had to go to bed and I could hear it through the walls! suicide is painless it brings on many changes Such a wistful song with such urgency and then the show was to me anyway so silly and even goofy (yes sometimes bittersweet). im clearly an outlier and am binging the series way after the fact but so far I vastly prefer season 2 to season 1. There’s still a lot at stake but I find the tone MORE even and somewhat sweeter now that I feel like Harry really won’t kill everyone.

Coming late to this show! I love this more than season 1 which seemed like a LOT of setup to be honest. I didn’t like that it started off with a murder and I feel like suggesting the real Harry was a killer is a way to undo that. LOVE #42. “Not family as in I’ll help you move…” but the part I rewound several times was Harry’s confusion and betrayal at “I know you are but what am I.” my older brother used to say that in exactly that tone. Young Max has it DOWN. And Harry had never heard it before. any moment he was going to whine “Mooooom.” the SUV surreallt being the spaceship was fantastic. ethan the doctor was kidnapped by accident because the women in purple saw the drawing Max made of an alien in a white coat. Then they were going to shoot the agent who is now hiding out in that house. Sahar asked all the right questions but forgot “did you grow chest hair!” LOL. i knew more aliens would be coming because of course they would! harrys love for Asta is so pure. such a great show!

Only just found this show and am watching it a bit at a time. to me, it was Christel clear that something in his molecular restructuring has some of old Harry’s memories. Otherwise why start the show with the flashback and that song? It reminds me of the original RoboCop, in which we learn that muscles have some emotional memories in them too. because yes, he looked like he recognized the song when she begins singing it, and suddenly he remembered how to kiss. nothing about their lovemaking, was funny until the very end. Instead it was touching.