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Just finished season 2 and 3 of Squid Games.

Overall I liked it and definitely liked the new games. Not sure how I feel about the overall arc, and I definitely hated the end scene. Still a good show that probably suffered a bit from being so big out of the gate and trying to keep that going years after the first season.
 
Well I fell down another rabbit hole. Not a "series" but rather a Youtube channel that popped up on my suggestions:

https://www.youtube.com/@WasteSomeTimewithJasonGreen

This guy's channel does some great retrospectives on old TV shows and their filming locations (among other things). It has me watching now because I like seeing old exterior filming locations along with the bits of trivia for old favourites.
 
Saw the last ep of Alien: Earth. I think my favorite of the series thus far, mainly because it moved the ball down field in a way that opens us up to a lot of new things. My D+ sub is cancelled for now, but maybe if a season 2 comes and it looks good I'll give it a shot as well.

None of my thoughts about the first few eps or the problems in them have really changed, but a strong closer does a lot to wallpaper over all that. The ending of this ep felt the most like a Dark Horse Alien comic yet, and that's the highest praise I can give the show.
 
I know I have a VERY VERY VERY specific taste in sci-fi but that Alien: Earth finale leaned right into it. I finished it off not with satisfaction but with longing, like I want to know more, now, about what happens next. It got under my skin like a sliver of glass.

Meanwhile: trying to find a new show to watch while I work out. I gave Yellowjackets a watch but it's not paced right for running (I'll probably watch the rest, just not my grind show). Netflix just added Spartacus and the first half hour held my attention but felt like a 300 homage cinematography-wise... would anyone recommend sticking it out? I find the best workout shows I watch have a good combination of swords, blood, and a peppering of T&A.
 
docsilence said:
I know I have a VERY VERY VERY specific taste in sci-fi but that Alien: Earth finale leaned right into it. I finished it off not with satisfaction but with longing, like I want to know more, now, about what happens next. It got under my skin like a sliver of glass.

Meanwhile: trying to find a new show to watch while I work out. I gave Yellowjackets a watch but it's not paced right for running (I'll probably watch the rest, just not my grind show). Netflix just added Spartacus and the first half hour held my attention but felt like a 300 homage cinematography-wise... would anyone recommend sticking it out? I find the best workout shows I watch have a good combination of swords, blood, and a peppering of T&A.
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Don't know if it would work for your needs, but if you haven't you might want to check out the Expanse.
 
docsilence said:
I gave Yellowjackets a watch but it's not paced right for running (I'll probably watch the rest, just not my grind show). Netflix just added Spartacus and the first half hour held my attention but felt like a 300 homage cinematography-wise... would anyone recommend sticking it out? I find the best workout shows I watch have a good combination of swords, blood, and a peppering of T&A.
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Yellowjackets is my most hyperfixated thing ever since Buffy and X-Men. Probably helps it covers my current age and halcyon youth. And that it does what I wish Lord of the Flies did ever since I had to read that in 6th grade.

I bought t-shirts. I support Etsy fan artists. I made fan art. I have never done fan art in my life, in the modern social media community sense.

But I agree with you. That's a show you want to sit down and focus on. There's a lot of plates in the air and it also rewards a rewatch, but I don't think you would want to do that on a treadmill.

Anyway.

Spartacus is excellent stories and character arcs.

Bad FX and sometimes acting can be... Not so good.

It's a Trojan Horse of a show. Really does feel like it got greenlit to ride the blood and tits that Game of Throne made acceptable for a while. But the creators actually had interesting things to say with great writing and compelling characters.

The 300 bit you mention does fall off. Again, seems like they were aiming for a specific audience for the Studio Suits, but knew once they had a foothold on viewers and that shock attack word of mouth what the real power they wielded was.

Highly recommend. Might rewatch it now.

That one I think you can treadmill.
 
altcunningham said:
Yellowjackets is my most hyperfixated thing ever since Buffy and X-Men. Probably helps it covers my current age and halcyon youth. And that it does what I wish Lord of the Flies did ever since I had to read that in 6th grade.

I bought t-shirts. I support Etsy fan artists. I made fan art. I have never done fan art in my life, in the modern social media community sense.

But I agree with you. That's a show you want to sit down and focus on. There's a lot of plates in the air and it also rewards a rewatch, but I don't think you would want to do that on a treadmill.

Anyway.

Spartacus is excellent stories and character arcs.

Bad FX and sometimes acting can be... Not so good.

It's a Trojan Horse of a show. Really does feel like it got greenlit to ride the blood and tits that Game of Throne made acceptable for a while. But the creators actually had interesting things to say with great writing and compelling characters.

The 300 bit you mention does fall off. Again, seems like they were aiming for a specific audience for the Studio Suits, but knew once they had a foothold on viewers and that shock attack word of mouth what the real power they wielded was.

Highly recommend. Might rewatch it now.

That one I think you can treadmill.
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Thanks for the rec. There's a very weird balancing act for a show to watch while running - literally it's mentally monotasking as I can't do anything else BUT look at the screen while I run, so it's got to be engaging, but I'm also watching while intentionally putting my body through its paces, so it needs the kind of flow that works for that. Like I can't watch shows that are cringe when I treadmill because I hate cringe and can't escape! (Previous shows that worked were the Magicians, Expanse, Vikings, Last Kingdom, Babylon 5, Black Sails... oh shoot I keep meaning to do a Farscape rewatch as a running show, too. Maybe Battlestar.)

I've tried shows like Derry Girls or even Loki and the "vibe" just isn't right. I do the same thing with audio and outdoor running, it has to be something that holds my focus but doesn't make running harder to do.

Love the idea of a Trojan Horse show. The fact that Black Sails is Tits and Pirates for a bit and then suddenly is a profound rumination on pushing back on the brutality of civilization is wild. I'm haunted by that one.
 
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