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Also watched episode 1 of Mindhunters, a new Netflix series about FBI criminal psychologists in 1977. I don't know how I feel about it yet, but I do know that the titles they flash on the screen any time the scene goes to a new location are very jarring.
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Anyway, it had some interesting aspects. The Duffers are clearly infatuated with the 80s and they did a good job of injecting several elements into it that were redolent of that decade, including the score and mimicking techniques of directors like John Carpenter. Kind of convenient that season 2 starts in two weeks, too.
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At least three actors from season one are back: Jessica Lange, Evan Peters, and Zachary Quinto. Though Quinto is genre favorite thanks to his turn as Spock, Lange completely owns every scene she is in. She plays an archetypal strong and self-righteous nun, though it turns out that she is compensating for some insecurities and a dark past. James Cromwell plays the asylum doctor, and he holds his own in scenes with Lange. Lily Rabe is delicious, and Quinto gradually reveals some interesting depth to his initially stoic character. The only disappointment so far has been the Monsignor played by Joseph Fiennes.
As with first season, Asylum is more than just variations on a single theme. In addition to the expected nods to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, there is some UFO stuff, an exorcism, a nazi war criminal, The Bad Seed, and a serial killer on the loose. So far, the disparate elements are holding together just fine, anchored by the strong acting and the brooding presence of the interior sets of Briarcliff Mental Institution. So far, Asylum isn't quite as compelling as season one's Murder House, but season one faltered in the final episodes when too many of the main cast had become ghosts and the horror turned to soap opera.
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Stranger Things 2...oy. My local Target must have a piece of ST2 merch on every aisle. I'm not sure I've ever seen such a blitz of fan tailored goods. I'm overwhelmed and to be honest it sort of puts me off the sequel. I liked the first one well enough. It's no Detectorists, but it's fine escapism. I'm sure we'll watch this sometime in Nov though.
David S Pumpkin cartoon. Like the rest of the country, we thought the skit was fantastic. My kids, in particular, loved it and must have seen it a few dozen times. Hell, they'll probably watch it some more this weekend. So, NBC is doing a 30min cartoon, but it comes on at 11:30pm? Why. Is this lame adult material? The skit was funny as hell being all ages. It was like Napoleon Dynamite, the humor wasn't crude, crass, or edgy. Why would the cartoon be different? Hopefully I'm wrong, but still...why the late air time?
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charlest wrote: I love David S Pumpkins. But a cartoon? What?
Yeah, supposedly there's a 30min cartoon/halloween special coming on this sat. I fully expect it to be like most stretched out SNL sketches not named Blues Brothers and will suck.
Still, I'd like to check it out on the hopes it doesn't.
They could have had a modern Pumpkin Patch Charlie Brown thing here. A great new character and tradition.
I'm very skeptical because of that air time though...
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Mr. White wrote: Stranger Things 2...oy. My local Target must have a piece of ST2 merch on every aisle. I'm not sure I've ever seen such a blitz of fan tailored goods. I'm overwhelmed and to be honest it sort of puts me off the sequel. I liked the first one well enough. It's no Detectorists, but it's fine escapism. I'm sure we'll watch this sometime in Nov though.
I still haven't gotten around to Stranger Things, let alone the sequel. A local disc jockey hosts a weekly '80s dance event that has been going on for over 15 years now, and he is a big fan of Stranger Things. His annual Halloween event had a Stranger Things theme last year and again this year.
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Mr. White wrote: Here's some TV shows I'm trying to watch...
David S Pumpkin cartoon. Like the rest of the country, we thought the skit was fantastic. My kids, in particular, loved it and must have seen it a few dozen times. Hell, they'll probably watch it some more this weekend. So, NBC is doing a 30min cartoon, but it comes on at 11:30pm? Why. Is this lame adult material? The skit was funny as hell being all ages. It was like Napoleon Dynamite, the humor wasn't crude, crass, or edgy. Why would the cartoon be different? Hopefully I'm wrong, but still...why the late air time?
Because NBC didn't have a time slot to air it, so Lorne Michaels gave up the first half-hour of SNL to do it. They're padding out the last hour of the slot with "Best of SNL Halloween". www.vulture.com/2017/10/david-s-pumpkins-oral-history.html
I can see NBC not giving up a primetime slot for what's basically the extended second coming of a pretty iffy joke to begin with. Like your worries about ST2, I think anything expanding on the sleep-deprived stupidity of David S. Pumpkins is just trying to put lightning back in the bottle.
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Shellhead, Asylum also has Lily Rabe, Sarah Paulson, and Frances Conroy back from the first season.
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Also addictive in an annoying way.
Like Arrow, same schmaltsy terrible relationships and nonsensical decision making and a bloody terrible exposition of time paradoxes.
Marvel's Agents of Shield is so much better than this dross.
Stop me before I slit my own throat.
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Late-season Simpsons pushes against a lot of the assumptions we have about modern TV, which I think has fed the narrative of the show sucking these days. The characters don't advance ever, and it doesn't operate on the assumption that you've seen every episode, so what does it matter if a show in its 29th (!) season repeats itself all the time? It also frequently puts out shows that are basically just fine, as if they just felt the need to put out SOMEthing. There's a sort of factory made quality to The Simpsons that defies the obsessive nature of TV these days. It's clearly a show from a different era, when it was assumed that TV was a product before it was an art form.
Anyway, I need something comforting and familiar these days, and there is nothing more comforting and familiar in pop culture for me than The Simpsons. Still probably my favorite show ever.
I started rewatching Stranger Things a week or two ago, but I don't rewatch a lot of dramas. I am excited for season 2 coming out tomorrow though.
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