Bill1978

Maybe my brain has turned into mush writing student reports but I enjoyed Hot Frosty, especially once the Snowman's acting improved. It was nice diversion on a hot Aussie summer Saturday evening. I was probably enjoying the little references to movies like Mean Girls and Pretty Woman and I may have yelled at the TV 'You have to Beauty and the Beast him' towards the end. And I felt so stupid for not working out it was Lauren Holly in a supporting role until I saw her name in the end credits. And just like last year's Call Me Claus, I felt with a slight improvement to the script (and actors) this could have been a movie released into cinemas - especially since they managed to score a Coldplay song for the end!!

Loved this episode, the structure of the story telling was extremely rewarding even if the start felt confusing but by the end it all made sense. And as others have said Patti LuPone excelled this episode. I actually spent most of the episode hoping she wasn't going to die (even though I knew it was almost inevitable) but when she let go at the end, I got a bit emotional. Been a while since a TV characters death has hit me in the gut like that. As great as Patti was in the episode, I do have to give massive credit to Jen for some outstanding one liners in this episode. Hard to choose my favourite. My only question is: Is this really the end of Lilia since she gave a warning to Agatha to duck which would imply that Lilia was present at the final showdown? Or was that line to show us that Lilia has truly gained the power of seeing the future?

I hope not. It just feels like too much of a coincidence for the two to know each other before they become their true self. Plus, I feel it would feel more natural to introduce Teddy through a Captain Marvel related property. Was genuinely hoping for something random with Teddy in Secret Invasion or The Marvels to be honest.

So much to take away from this episode, but the main thing was discovering Billy Kaplan was a big enough fan of The Black Cauldron to have the movie poster in his room. Always happy when some piece of Disney media acknowledges the movie's existence. So now that I've got Wiccan, I hope I don't have to wait forever for Tommy. I hope Tommy is at the end of the road.

OMG! Yes! I have been waiting years for Wiccan to appear and finally it appears to confirm Teen is Wiccan. I just hope I don't have to wait yeas for something Young Avengers related. I'm very glad I chose to watch this during Australian daytime, I'm a wuss and some of this episode was a little too creepy for me to be watching at night before bed haha. I feel there is more to this episode that what we have seen. The episode seemed to quickly end after Teen said Nicholas Scratch. I'm wondering if they are actually still trapped in the house and the trial is still happening. Or this is all some sort of Teen hallucination? It's just weird that technically to succeed in the trial it required NIcholas to announce his name on the Ouija board.

Random question : Have all the names that appear in the credits appeared? This week's episode, I counted 3 spots left empty. One is definitely Aubrey's as it appeared in the first episode, but I can't recall if the other two have already appeared or not And look I may be projecting because I really want it to be him, but I feel like tonight I could read Teen's lips saying Billy as the sigil did it's best to cover that up. I'm hoping Sharon isn't truly gone (but she probably is), I always like when a regular person is calling out the odd stuff happening that those in the know just treat like normal. For I show I had no interest in caring that it existed, it has me keen for more episodes even if big picture wise I don't feel like there is much of a story apart from witches walk along road and do a new trial every week until they reach the end.

I'm not surprised with the cancellation. I loved the show and would have happily watched a 2nd season, but since James Gunn took over DC, all the Greg Berlanti produced TV shows have been cancelled. So, I went in watching this assuming it would be a one and done.

When I first heard about this series, I was excited because finally we were going to ditch Henry VIII and focus on a period of Tudor rule that happened before Elizabeth I arrived on the throne. As much as I love the Tudor period, I am tired of the entertainment business thing that Hal and Bess are the only Tudor's worth having their story told. So, I was pumped for this. And then, I did some research on the books they were based on, and my excitement turned to disappointment as honestly it sounded like utter crap. And I was thinking I've waited so long for some Lady Jane stuff, and this is what I'm getting? So, when I tuned it to the first episode, it was with a lot of trepidation. But you know what, I'm glad I did. I loved this series. It was very much Jane's story told through the lens of A Knight's Tale and it worked brilliantly. I think have the omnipresent (?) helped a lot with setting the right tone. I loved that straight up they told us they weren't sticking to the history we knew. But I loved how the broad strokes of Jane's story were kept. Even the fantastical elements made sense, and I liked how the Ethians were used as an allegory for the Protestantism aspect of Jane's story. I have been recommending this series to everyone that asks me if I have watched anything worth watching. It's a great fun series and I hope it gets a season 2.

I remember seeing a tweet (I think it was there) from an actor that said something like that while they don't believe The Bear is a comedy, they will still be voting for it to get nominated in the category it has been place into, becaure there is nothing they can do about it. Technically there is. Don't vote for it when placed in comedy. That's how you send a message to production that they are doing category fraud.

Well, that was a fun first episode - even with all the exposition dumps. I admit I did have to double check which boy was which from the Doom Patrol episode. Looks like this will fill the void left by the cancellation of Lockwood & Co until this too gets cancelled. And as much as I enjoyed this episode, it did highlight that this is a show I will have to watch when the sun is up.

While all of this is true, it is edited in a way that gives the impression they've decided to film a non-musical version of it. Especially with the version of DG used, which is reminiscent of all those slowed down 'creepy' covers that Disney use to use for their early days remakes. The version of DG used in that trialer sounds more end credits than what you would expect from a movie adaptation of the musical. You can definitely see the shots that are from musical numbers but, similar to Wonka's trailers where similar shots occurred, they seem scared to reveal it is actually a musical. Remember there were people upset that the Sweeney Todd movie was a musical and felt duped by the trailer.

That trailer is everything and more. It's giving major vibes of being over the top and I am here for it. It looks like so much fun I may not care if it plays fast and loose with history. Now all I need to do is find confirmation its coming to an Australian service, hopefully at the same time as the Starz release.

Saw a video from the UK's Sky Channel on TikTok that advertised the series would be starting in March.

I think one of the criteria for if a show should be placed into the comedy category is by asking the simple question: Am I tuning in to laugh? Not does it make me laugh, but the reason I'm watching is because I need a good laugh. Shows like Friends, Abbot Elementary and M*A*S*H while viewers may grow to care about characters tuned in each week to the shows expecting to laugh. And I imagine 99% of people when recommending the show to others would lead with 'Cause it's so funny' as their main reasoning. And using this assumption I would place shows like Ally McBeal and Desperate Housewives into the comedy category because I was tuning in each week expecting the show to make me laugh - while have some dramatic storylines. I actually think Desperate Housewives is the reason the 30 minute rule was bought in. While a show like Brothers & Sisters made me laugh at times, I was tuning in for the drama knowing that every now and then a side plot would provide some occasional laughs, so it belonged in Drama. Are people tuning in to watch The Bear each week for the laughs or the drama? And since people constantly ask people involved with The Bear if its a comedy shows that perhaps it isn't a comedy. Because no one was asking the cast of Friends if their show was a comedy. The idea that 30 minutes isn't long enough for a drama is ludicrous or that a comedy cannot be longer than 30 minutes. Because I can guarantee you no one thought Glee was a drama

Me, an Aussie, trying to convert the seasons to my time which is Autumn and realising that's really soon. I just hope its super successful so we can get more shows/movies about the Stuarts.