I went to cancel AppleTV and they offered me half rate for four (six?) months.
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Darn. I cancel and I got no offer
Netflix drops House of Guinness today. From the sound of it, think Succession in 1800s Ireland. Battles between the 4 adult children of Benjamin Guinness after his death.
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Slow Horses S5 E1 dropped yesterday.
Morning Show E2 of new season dropped yesterday also.
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Iām on season 5.
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I finished watching The Last Socialist Artefact, a Croatian series (6 episodes on MHZ) set in the 1990s (after Yugoslavia came apart). Two men (cousins) from the big city (Zagreb) arrive in a small, dying rust belt town and attempt to revive an abandoned turbine factory, funded by a mystery investor. Each episode focuses on a different main character and how he/she views events. It was a clever way to move the story forward. Apparently, the series is based on a novel (No-Signal Area by Robert Perisic). One theme throughout the series is the lack of decent cell phone service, which creates a host of miscommunications.
I got an email from Spectrum and actually read it, thank goodness. It turns out my plan includes Hulu, Disney+, HBO Max, ESPN Unlimited, Paramount, Peacock, and AMC+. Why have I been paying for some of these?? I canceled my subscriptions and then re-activated them through Spectrum.
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Yes! So good. Even though Iām not usually a fan of shows with violence. I laughed at what seemed like a Ted Lasso crossover with one of the mayoral candidates.
Nobody Wants This Season 2 is coming on October 23, A Man on the Inside Season 2 is coming on November 20 and there will be a second season of The Four Seasons. All on Netflix.
Woo hoo!
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I like both Nobody Wants this and A man on the Inside. Thatās good news.
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Last night I finished streaming Bon Appetit, Your Majesty on Netflix, an admittedly odd name for a Korean time traveling rom com. Thatās a lot to pack into one show, especially when you add dynastic conflict and treason and fighting and cooking - lots of cooking - tons of cooking - including cooking competitions. The female protagonist is an award winning chef who gets sent back in time to medieval Korea to, well, you have to see it. A lot of fun with stunning costumes and sets and omg the food porn! My only problem is that although it was dubbed, there were a lot of closed captions in both Korean and English that sped by so Iām sure I missed a lot there.
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I think the Chicago shows new seasons drop (edited to correct) Wednesday.
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I watched it in Korean with subtitles because I noticed the English-dubbed version didnāt include as much information. It also helped after I read little bits about that time period - it takes place in 1504-05, the Renaissance in Europe, which obviously isnāt a marker in Korean history so nothing was recognizable to me ā Iād been recommended this show because thereās some time travel and have never seen a Korean historical drama nor do I know anything about Korean history. So I learned about the period, the tyrant vs. wise king political ideals, deciphering the hats and clothes patchesā¦ Lots of wonderful costumes.
The little time travel clashes were interesting.
I loved the cooking competitions. I looked up some of the traditional dishes that were part of the fusion style cooking - pajeon looks the easiest and the black chicken is now very rare.
The acting style was also disconcerting in a good way - as are the court music and dances.
Lots of choreographed fights&battles but not graphic, they āsymbolizeā violence (violent death = person vomits black paint - you donāt actually see wounds.)
Still while the female main character was granted exceptional professional ability, she was reduced to a child by the plot at various points. And I hate the romance trope of ālove will change the worst b..ā because itās so dangerous in real life.
In the end I recommend it for the experience.
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We just finished watching The Girlfriend on Prime. D2 and I enjoyed it, but H not so much.
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Iām watching āDocā on Netflix and enjoying it. Itās about a very talented doctor who gets in a bad car accident and has a brain injury that causes her to forget the last 8 years of her life. Of course, a lot of stuff happened during that time, and she struggles to get her footing again. Itās actually based on the story of a Spanish doctor - he lost 12 years of his life.
Molly Parker, a Canadian actress, plays the doctor. I knew she looked familiar - she was in āHouse of Cards.ā I like her.
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I binged the first season over the summer and really enjoyed it. Not as good as The Pitt, but still good for a network show.
Season 2 starts this week
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The reason why Thd Pitt is my favorite medical drama is because it focuses on the medical stuff, and not side romances and drama (I do t think I can go back to Greyās now after all of these seasons). Doc (based on trailers) seems to have more of a soap opera focus.
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It does.
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Just finished Happy Valley on Prime (maybe Brit Box) and really enjoy it!
Since it first aired in 2014 and finished in 2023, I thought we were going to keep busy for while - but it is only 3 seasons! There is a 6-year gap between seasons 2 and 3. The creator specifically wanted time for a character to grow older and apparently was kept busy with other projects. Amazingly, she was able to get all the actors back!
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Oh, for sure. But the acting is decent and I like the story line. The new season must be why the first season showed up as a suggestion on Netflix.