MisterGlass

I enjoyed the show but I think I'm a little milder on it than some are. It was a fun premise with unapologetic references to cozy crime fiction. I do think outside Cordelia the characters were thin. The show relied on the personalities and charm of its actors to add life to the proceedings. The cast did that well, and it was a stacked list of character actors, but it needed to be. I think it also needed the jumps in time and the recap inserts to keep it lively. It was a bit long for the story it had to tell. Ken Marino was wonderfully punchable, and Giancarlo Esposito was excellent. The tribute to Andre Braugher was kind. I half hoped they would pull off a 10 second cameo of the real Hugh Jackman in the final episode. Yes, needed some payoff. This. I thought sure he'd witnessed something or was in on it.

This show always surprises me by being honest about interpersonal relationships, heartache, and trauma. It was not what I expected to be one of the main undercurrents of a scifi comedy, but it's there, and it's not bad. The recipes cracked me up.

Season 3 made it to Netflix so I had a chance to see it this weekend. I enjoyed it on the whole. I knew something was off when they were getting ready to leave the facility, and I thought maybe they were trapped in some kind of simulation. But then I knew there was a swap when 'Harry' didn't like the pie. All the characters are in interesting positions for the next season. There are a lot of open threads, but the biggest question I walked away with was whether Clancy Brown will be the next human form of the Mantid as well as the voice.

The reveal with the things in Billy's room reminded me a bit of Labyrinth, in a good way.

I'm late watching the show, but I had to add my praise for this episode. It was such a beautiful completion to Lilia's arc. They set this up masterfully in order for a mere 30 minutes to hit with this much feeling. I've finished the series and while I enjoyed it all, this was my favorite.

I get the vibe of the finale, but I didn't love it. Nadja's dig about ending the documentary after Guillermo didn't stay a vampire was a little too true. And then in this episode they emphasized that the vampires are fundamentally similar to who they were decades ago, while Guillermo's life is fleeting. I was all set to accept and be okay with the bittersweet ending of Guillermo saying goodbye to Nandor and walking out to live the life that has been on hold for years. And then it was another fake out. There is a logic in not having a conclusion for the vampires because they don't conclude. But for me this season muddled Guillermo's story, and if it said anything, it was better the monsters you know. It's a comedy, and often absurdist, but I was hoping for something a little more.

Jordan giving Guillermo the picture of them instead of a promotion was a sad echo of Nandor giving him a picture of the two of them instead of turning him into a vampire. At least Nandor used glitter. Guillermo ripping a stake sized chunk out of a desk was a nice in-the-moment reminder that he could kick Jordan's butt if he so chose.

That is the conceit of the show, yes. What I'm picturing is them encountering human fans of themselves in universe, without previously knowing they are famous, because they didn't know the documentary was airing.

Nadja and Laslo continue to have the best matching couples costumes. A great episode in general for the costume department from the Baron's white on white outfit to the vampire MTV spaceman. Colin Robinson showed once again why he is a top tier energy vampire by licking whipped cream out of a dome lid on an iced coffee. When the zombie vampires killed the cameraman, WWDITS A_CAM flashed on the camera screen as it failed. Perhaps we've been watching the documentary all along, and the vampires didn't know it was airing.

I was a little disappointed that it did not occur to anyone in the show to suggest that Rudy, the fitness influencer who could realistically bench press Rex, should be the one to go out on the ledge and into the apartment. Or, that having cornered Rex that no one let him into the apartment as back-up. It was cute that Charles and Oliver merengued in there, and I'm not sorry Jan sniped Rex, but use the friends to hand. I agree with others that the Westies worked well, and I would like to see them again. Richard Kind and Kumail Nanjiani were a duo that I didn't know I wanted to see. No offense to the crew of actors playing themselves, but I don't think there was a enough time to really get interested in them. As pointed out above we missed out on Teddy, Theo, or other familiar faces, and I would rather have had them back. Jane Lynch rounded out Sazz's story wonderfully. Sincere, sweet, and a little heartbreaking. I kind of hoped someone from the stunt fraternity would open the trampoline park in her memory. I hope Uma plays a bigger role next season. With her collection of souvenirs and her history with the building, she knows a lot.

Sean's increasing befuddlement this episode made me remember one of my favorite scenes from the era of little Colin, when they were interviewing to get him into private school, and they kept hypnotizing the principal and Sean over, and over, and over. He's survived longer than the principal.

Poor little Dennis. Too far. I haven't decided what I think about the show overall. I thought the tone was inconsistent, and there were a lot of things that seemed to be just for shock value. I somehow thought this was a miniseries instead of a first season, so I was disappointed at the lack of wrap up in the finale. There were some interesting tweaks to classical stories. I quite liked this Persephone. She had a wonderful way of being both compliant and defiant at the same time. In this episode she acquiesced to Hera's previous critique to wear something colorful and looked marvelous in it, and then she brought out the sandwich that Hera sarcastically ordered her to bring and made all of them jealous by eating in front of them. I also liked that they worked in a little bit about Orpheus not looking at Eurydice in their final conversation. Interesting timing; Netflix will show another take on Orpheus and Eurydice in the second season of The Sandman.

The show is an Emmy winner in my heart. It was at least nice to see the cast get some time on the red carpet: group shot, Lane Factor, D'Pharoah Woon-A-Tai, Dallas Goldtooth.

I saw this with a few friends yesterday and we had the theater to ourselves, this being near the end of the run. It was ... fine. It was a popcorn movie to laugh at with a group. The idea of tornado chasing stunt influencers is too believable. The physics and weather science, less so. I have a nostalgic love of the original but except for a few moments this felt a bit flat. It was missing some of Helen Hunt's charm. Also, it look about 45 minutes to get a shot of red dirt.

I think a person can be both a character actor and A-list. Character actor is more about the kind of roles they play, and A, B, or C list is more about the prestige and quality.

Here are the nominees for lead actor and comedy series. There are eight (!) nominees for comedy series.

This mirror universe thread sent me searching for earlier examples showing the same characters that lived different lives, and an article pointed out that that's the premise of the middle act of It's a Wonderful Life (1946). I also see that the comic "Flash of Two Worlds" - famous but I haven't read it - came out in 1961. However, Star Trek's is an ongoing alternate reality with the same characters, not a temporary look and not with different characters. Even if Star Trek did not come up with it, it certainly made it popular and worth imitating.

I feel like that description is trying not to admit that Holmes will appear in the series, either in flashback or because Moriarty did not actually kill him. I've thought from time to time about direct follow-ups to Elementary, and there is one scenario that would interest me. If Archie Winter and Arthur Watson grow up and set up a detective agency, occasionally consulting their retired beekeeper godfather, I would give it a shot. The could also interact with Marcus's mentioned but unnamed child, who would be Officer Bell.

I've been rewatching the show from the beginning now that it is on Netflix. It's been a nice bit of nostalgia as I haven't watched it all the way through since the original run. I've just made it to the departure of Sharona/arrival of Natalie. Two things have struck me. First, some of my favorite episodes of the series are in the first three seasons. It always surprises me when I remember that Mr. Monk Meets Dale the Whale was only the third episode of the series. It is so sharp, with all the characters dialed in. Another favorite of mine, Mr. Monk Takes a Vacation, is only the ninth episode. Second, it is fun to look back at all the guest stars, especially those who became better known to me afterward. Seeing Michael Hogan in the pilot before he became Saul Tigh on Battlestar Galactica. Or Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Jane Lynch, Ken Marino, and Todd Stashwick. It's a game of spot the character actor.

I'm accustomed to rural images of Russia, but similar to other countries I suppose large cities are more modern. The most traditional part about the show was the attitudes and social norms of the characters. There were some tropes that were more in common with US shows of the 80s, like the treatment of the tech guy's wife by the doctors.

I thought this was fine. The solution was deducible from the clues given, and I appreciate that. I agree it could have been condensed significantly, or more time could have been spent developing other characters or their camaraderie. The number of flashbacks was unnecessary, because that was a story we were not invited to solve, and we knew what we needed about the characters pretty quickly. But, having watched The OA, I was prepared for some odd choices. This was comparatively straightforward. I buy that Andy was an overwhelmingly powerful figure in the context of this setting and world. I'm sure he tied Lee to some restrictive pre-nuptial agreement. I'm no expert, but he may also have legal parental rights despite not being the biological father of Zoomer. Zoomer is a child of marriage, and no doubt he is the listed father on Zoomer's birth certificate. He has acted as Zoomer's father. A person can be a presumed parent or a de facto parent (source). He might even claim that they deliberately conceived with Bill as a donor. I can't decide if the Kubrick references to The Shining and 2001:A Space Odyssey helped or hurt the storytelling in the last few episodes. It felt like they needed that shorthand to really get the points across, and that feels like a storytelling shortcoming.

Another article said "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" won the Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film. I would have voted for Dungeons & Dragons.

I watched the last three episodes together. It was a ride, and it was very touching. I also have to assume this is a series finale, and if it is, it's a proper one. There aren't enough of those. Few characters get one good finale, let alone two. The time loop format gave Loki the chance to try all his options, and to accept that he could not both save his friends and be with them. There was always magic in the series, and after the encounter with Classic Loki it seemed inevitable that there would be more exploration of that. Magic, sacrifice, and Yggdrasil made a poignant solution.

I finally had an opportunity to watch this last weekend. The movie was more grounded and sincere than I ever expected. It moved me to tears, and I am amazed at how scenes from it have stuck in my mind since then.

A Martinez is multiracial, and has Apache and Piegan Blackfeet ancestry. The series has a number of dark episodes and themes, and has imperfections. I wouldn't say it is prestige TV. In my memory the earlier A&E made seasons are drier. In the first season, I felt episode 9 was the strongest.