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But we're talking about Larry's personality. It's totally in character that he'd get overly emotional with technology. Or if it worked well, LD would quibble and nitpick, since a lot of CYE and Seinfeld was about picking nits.

I was really surprised by the audience reaction at the Grammies to a now gray-haired Tracy Chapman performing Fast Car with Luke Combs. I got the CD, liked it enough at the time, though I chose it as one of many free CDs for joining Columbia House. Tracy was one of many new “alternative” artists who hit big at the time. There were some cynical takes that she got a contract because she had an alternative look but not too alternative. Dreads weren’t as common back then and hers were short. Song got a lot of airplay and the video too on MTV and VH1 — remember when they played music videos? It didn’t resonate deeply with me, just mostly liked the tune and her vaguely plaintive vocals. Never thought much about the lyrics but now see this as yearning, to change her relationship, her life, a fast car being a metaphor for making this change. Or the singer wishing just to get on a car and start again, reset. The reaction in the audience and online was surprising. It was a big hit so maybe some nostalgia? The other part of it is that Combs cover alienated people, a white male country singer expropriating? So Tracy singing with him on stage was suppose to be a kumbaya moment? Country music hasn’t been particularly friendly to women or people of color in recent years so Combs covering this song from a black woman, who hasn’t discussed her sexual orientation but Alice walker said they were in a relationship in the 1990s. So the politics of alternative and country artists would seem to be diametrically opposite each other. Or she didn’t mind the cover because it probably brought her a lot in royalties? So she was happy to perform with him, giving her blessing to the cover, which could make it more popular and bring more royalties?

I was really surprised by the audience reaction at the Grammies to a now gray-haired Tracy Chapman performing Fast Car with Luke Combs. I got the CD, liked it enough at the time, though I chose it as one of many free CDs for joining Columbia House. Tracy was one of many new “alternative” artists who hit big at the time. There were some cynical takes that she got a contract because she had an alternative look but not too alternative. Dreads weren’t as common back then and hers were short. Song got a lot of airplay and the video too on MTV and VH1 — remember when they played music videos? It didn’t resonate deeply with me, just mostly liked the tune and her vaguely plaintive vocals. Never thought much about the lyrics but now see this as yearning, to change her relationship, her life, a fast car being a metaphor for making this change. Or the singer wishing just to get on a car and start again, reset. The reaction in the audience and online was surprising. It was a big hit so maybe some nostalgia? The other part of it is that Combs cover alienated people, a white male country singer expropriating? So Tracy singing with him on stage was suppose to be a kumbaya moment? Country music hasn’t been particularly friendly to women or people of color in recent years so Combs covering this song from a black woman, who hasn’t discussed her sexual orientation but Alice walker said they were in a relationship in the 1990s. So the politics of alternative and country artists would seem to be diametrically opposite each other. Or she didn’t mind the cover because it probably brought her a lot in royalties? So she was happy to perform with him, giving her blessing to the cover, which could make it more popular and bring more royalties? I was really surprised by the audience reaction at the Grammies to a now gray-haired Tracy Chapman performing Fast Car with Luke Combs. I got the CD, liked it enough at the time, though I chose it as one of many free CDs for joining Columbia House. Tracy was one of many new “alternative” artists who hit big at the time. There were some cynical takes that she got a contract because she had an alternative look but not too alternative. Dreads weren’t as common back then and hers were short. Song got a lot of airplay and the video too on MTV and VH1 — remember when they played music videos? It didn’t resonate deeply with me, just mostly liked the tune and her vaguely plaintive vocals. Never thought much about the lyrics but now see this as yearning, to change her relationship, her life, a fast car being a metaphor for making this change. Or the singer wishing just to get on a car and start again, reset. The reaction in the audience and online was surprising. It was a big hit so maybe some nostalgia? The other part of it is that Combs cover alienated people, a white male country singer expropriating? So Tracy singing with him on stage was suppose to be a kumbaya moment? Country music hasn’t been particularly friendly to women or people of color in recent years so Combs covering this song from a black woman, who hasn’t discussed her sexual orientation but Alice walker said they were in a relationship in the 1990s. So the politics of alternative and country artists would seem to be diametrically opposite each other. Or she didn’t mind the cover because it probably brought her a lot in royalties? So she was happy to perform with him, giving her blessing to the cover, which could make it more popular and bring more royalties?

Usually they show people who get injured. Broken ribs would require medical attention. How did they get out of the water if they were hurting so bad or Colleen with a concussion. I thought Jay would win. He’s into extreme sports, holding himself up with mostly arms and upper body. He won the previous Daily and I figured he’d win this, which favors men with upper body strength. Michelle not running was a strange choice. Wow these friends sure take it personally. Nurys the only one to solve the slide puzzle. She better hope for puzzle-heavy Final but looks like a lot of endurance portions with maybe eating challenge.

Never saw either film but both grossed hundreds of millions, way above expectations, especially the first one. Interesting premise but if the monsters can hear you, would side language be enough when you can make involuntary noises -- your digestive system or sneeze and coughs? Or just getting winded for some reason and gasping for air?

Andy Greenwald and Amanda Dobbins discuss the ending and whether they stuck the landing, https://www.theringer.com/2024/2/7/24063112/girls-finale-latching-did-it-stick-the-landing I don’t recall the finale too well but a lot of it was about Hannah trying to get her baby to latch, how Lena seems so preoccupied with a conservative concern for a progressive person. They said she took off her clothes a lot, both literally and metaphorically, over the course of the series. I recall in the forums people would get pissed with her nude scenes and the show in general.

I don't recall him being like that in BD Adventure. In fact he was hands off until something blew up and he seemed highly annoyed that he had to deal with it. Checking toilet paper corners after saying he knew what the deck crew should be doing? He must have gotten a bump in pay and promise of a higher profile. But I bet they offered it first to Jason.😊 Yeah looks like he's about to pull the plug on the new chef, who complains about having to stock all the provisions himself, up and down the ship. You see other chefs busy cleaning up before and after they cook. He talks up the art and everything but these guests at least, they don't care about plating. They're too busy making uncreative lewd comments about being moist. Ben's already scoping things out, like a predator. He had his heart broken by Camille but he's ready to jump back on something. Lead deckhand so he can get with the female deckie, whom he would be supervising, no problem there in the BD world.

The only way I could see her agreeing to give up her career and move would be that this start up job for the husband could lead to a big windfall, a lucrative IPO or something. Of course the cover story is that they want to have the experience of living abroad. But even if she wanted that, she might not have wanted to give up her career for this dream. But you can't always tell with HHI, whether this is a real move -- they have every intention of staying at least for a couple of years, not some extended vacation -- or they got people who want to be on TV to pretend that they're moving abroad.

I mean she's not coddling him. She really tests his loyalty. Her own son didn't seem to have gotten old enough that she piled chores upon chores on him. So on Christmas Eve she sends Pete and Navarro on a possibly dangerous mission while she gets drunk and goes out for a booty call. Hank was played but did he really expect his Russian bride to get busy with him in the bed full of rose petals on the very night she was suppose to arrive after some intercontinental flight? Well maybe she was from the part of Russia that some people in Alaska could see. Yeah I get that the TD formula is to delve into the personal lives of the detectives but it's a difficult balance, between the case plot which draws in the viewers and the personal, soap opera-ish stuff. Maybe the point of all this angst and loneliness of Navarro and Danvers is that they're still driven to put the case down, when they easily could have let it go, just shrug or dump it on some other agency in Anchorage or call in the FBI.

Maybe because she had to give up her career. She mentioned more than once that she'd always worked. So understandably, if she was going to be a SAHW, she was going to want the conveniences. I forget if she wanted the modern design and he wanted character or vice versa.

This show is not available in Hong Kong itself, unless people know how to jump through some hoops to get access. Apparently it will depict The Umbrella Revolution which occurs later in 2014. So speculation is that the government didn't want to show that event because it could put them in a bad light. But the HK govt denies it's blocking the show. https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3250766/perhaps-tv-show-expats-did-not-portray-hong-kong-it-likes-so-what?module=top_picks&pgtype=article

How many seasons of reality TV has he done. Did he win money on Survivor?

Maybe they planned to stay long term, so the boys would grow into their rooms for a few years? Or maybe they scoped out the market, decided how big a place they wanted and what they were willing to pay. Lisbon's rental market has been exploding in recent years because Americans and some UK people discovered how affordable Portugal was compared to other European markets and how great the weather and food was. But it's a problem for locals, who get priced out of the market with the rapid price increases. So this family may be grabbing a bigger house than they need but can afford so much more than local renters that they're contributing to the unaffordability problems. Though they are somewhat outside of Lisbon. One of the homes was said to be not too far from Caiscais, which is a coastal town west of Lisbon, not even a suburb.

I heard in the book that Margaret meets and gets to know Mercy for awhile before they go to the night market. They've made some changes and kind of compressed events or timeline it sounds like.

Why would Annie film a selfie video of her reacting to whatever she was seeing, telling whoever was suppose to watch the video that it's bad? Instead of switching the camera and actually showing what she was seeing? Also, something happened to her after she made the video so how did the phone survive whatever happened to her? Interesting use of technology as a storytelling device. I guess it was suppose to build up a sense of dread or horror at what they will eventually discover. She wasn't live streaming so recording the video does what exactly? She was counting on the police to get into the phone and see the video, which doesn't seem like it would advance the case.

That Siri bit got me. So obvious yet comically effective, at least to me. i don’t ever recall Larry doing anything for money. He’s got Seinfeld money and he does a spite cafe, sparing no expenses. He can be a cheapskate sometimes but to actually do something for a big payday?

Well so far they're only going after strategic targets, like U-boat pens to save ships from being sunk in the Atlantic and this one was to knock out factories building parts for the Luftwaffe. Best laid plans for orchestrating attacks but this division in episode 3 was out on their own and only 11 of 21 survived. Brutal ratio but the cold reality is that the planners probably expect that only some percentage of the planes will survive the onslaught. I guess they're trying to show how heroic these men were in the face of dangerous missions where they risked getting killed or captured. Other than talking about defeating the "krauts" it doesn't show what drives them. Were these mostly conscripts or did they enlist. They must have enlisted to go through the training and knowing what their duties would entail, including the risks? What were their backgrounds? IIRC, in BoB, a couple of them were college graduates or students when they joined the war effort, so it was interesting to see why they'd risk their lives. So far in this show they haven't developed the motivations of the characters.

What does David do for work? He's spending all his time in a bar when he isn't banging Mercy and avoiding Hilary. Someone is paying him a lot of money but he doesn't seem to be spending most of his time working. I'm not sure what they're trying to show with Mercy eavesdropping on other people's conversations. Trying to improve her Cantonese? She probably wouldn't have befriended that HK girl on her own. Margaret is now obsessing over finding her son until the grim reality seem to hit at the end. In episode two before Gus went missing, she wanted to get out of HK, so she could resume her career, before Clark persuaded her that his new contract is too good to pass up. In episode one, she was insisting that HK was their home to her in laws. Did she change her mind just because she still held out hope of finding Gus?

Some shows and movies have depicted a personality clash between local and FBI agents. Sure there's probably rivalry and turf marking going on. But I think often, local law enforcement lack resources, like for instance the best forensics. It seems like if the case becomes a big enough deal, getting a lot of media scrutiny, the FBI will get involved, whatever the jurisdictional issues are.

Dang I can barely recall the episodes from the last couple of weeks. Oh yeah, Lisbon, he's taking a pay cut and she's given up her job but they can afford $3k a month to have separate bedrooms for their young sons, who both are under 5? Maybe they're hoping to strike it rich with the startup, if it has a big IPO. Otherwise, I can't imagine they're giving up so much income just to have the experience of living abroad. Other HHI people who go abroad have jobs which would help build their resumes. In this case, she's giving up her career and he's taking lower pay. So there has to be some positive tradeoff. In any event they got a nice enough place. I can barely recall the Paris episode which also aired while Primetimer was down.

It’s not up to him is it?

But NK is a big name for these limited series. In fact is she still doing movies at this stage of her career, since BLL hit big?

Well they needed some kind of big name and I guess they chose NK. A relatively unknown Asian actress isn't going to play a lead role on a show primarily for American audiences.

Those changes are interesting. Wonder why they changed so many things. Maybe they planned more episodes but ended up with 6?

Most of the ones who've appeared multiple times are good enough on camera to keep being cast again and again. They say agents are often friends or people who aren't really agents. Maybe that's more the case with HH than HHI. I haven't watched HH in awhile and I don't recall too many agents being multiple episodes. For one thing a lot of the destinations are more varied, including smaller towns, so maybe they don't have access to agents who are willing to travel as is the case with HHI.