Discuss and Rate the Last Thing You Watched (non-movies)

[hanselthecaretaker2]

Widow's Bay rules. It's so fun. I just want everyone else to share in this joy.

They just dropped a double episode and I have to wait at least 10 days to watch them because my wife is on a business trip 'till then, so that sucks. I don't remember the last time I anticipated new episodes like this. Well, I guess Pluribus. Damn, Apple TV, they really are the new HBO.

Just watched it myself and was duly surprised by the double episode. Suffice to say it very suitably ties the past and present together in an unexpected way. The show really is a diamond in the rough and a nice midweek reward. It has that Goldilocks effect in blending its elements just right.

 

[thebobmaster]

Three more episodes down of Tales From the Crypt Season 2.

Episode 7 (The Sacrifice): Pretty solid episode. Not horror, more of a neo-noir, but those can be fun to watch, and unsurprisingly, Michael Ironside is great as the villain of the episode. Pretty solid ending twist, as any good noir should have.

Episode 8 (For Crying Out Loud): Possibly my favorite episode of not just the season, but show so far. It has a sharp comedic edge to it, as you might expect having the same writers as Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and both Lee Arenberg and especially Sam Kinison are fantastic sources of humor through their performance. Nice little twist on the whole Tell-Tale Heart concept, but with rock. I dug it.

Episode 9 (Four Sided Triangle): Decent performance from all involved, especially Patricia Arquette (yes, Kirsten herself from NOES 3), and a solid enough plot directed efficiently by Tom Holland of Child's Play fame. Story overall was a bit generic, though, and a little drawn out. Again, though, ending was quite strong, enough to lift the episode up overall.

 

[hanselthecaretaker2]

Caught up on Your Friend and Neighbors

Well, the season’s finally had what will likely be its defining moment, and all that’s left is seeing how the main cast will wash their hands of their involvement.


Shining Girls

Stephen King had said it was “exactly what streaming was made for”, and I can’t argue it’s at least a good example of it, if not “exactly”. Starring Elisabeth Moss as the sole survivor in a string attacks, it puts a little twist on a serial killer dark drama that may be a bit too slow going on the front end, but the back half makes up for it. I think one nitpick would be how much the twist relies on that which no explanation was really provided for, but as a mystery perhaps it’s also for the better.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

Watched the first episode of Spider-Noir. It's a fun enough premise - Nicolas Cage, of all people, as a 1930s PI who also masks as a period-appropriate Spider-Man - but doesn't offer a very compelling narrative. The jig is up from the word go and there's not much to the central mystery ("What are the bad guys up to?") or the action, of which there is very little and 62 year old Cage adequately Mandalorians. I suppose it looks good enough, too, in black and white, but it ain't no Sin City. Best I can say about the show is Cage is having a blast and carries effortlessly while everybody else does their best "half-witted goon from Arkham City" impression.

 

[hanselthecaretaker2]

Watched the first episode of Spider-Noir. It's a fun enough premise - Nicolas Cage, of all people, as a 1930s PI who also masks as a period-appropriate Spider-Man - but doesn't offer a very compelling narrative. The jig is up from the word go and there's not much to the central mystery ("What are the bad guys up to?") or the action, of which there is very little and 62 year old Cage adequately Mandalorians. I suppose it looks good enough, too, in black and white, but it ain't no Sin City. Best I can say about the show is Cage is having a blast and carries effortlessly while everybody else does their best "half-witted goon from Arkham City" impression.

Also watched this last night, first in color then maybe about half of the b/w option before falling asleep. It basically seems like a good filler show (with Nic Cage!) which might as well be viewed in color unless one really digs the “noir” aesthetic, because agreeably it doesn’t add much beyond that.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

Also watched this last night, first in color then maybe about half of the b/w option before falling asleep. It basically seems like a good filler show (with Nic Cage!) which might as well be viewed in color unless one really digs the “noir” aesthetic, because agreeably it doesn’t add much beyond that.

For me it boils down to Nic Cage just being so darn watchable whenever he's having fun. I kinda don't even need the noir thing or even the Spider-Man thing. Nic Cage is enough of compelling a gimmick.

 

[hanselthecaretaker2]

For me it boils down to Nic Cage just being so darn watchable whenever he's having fun. I kinda don't even need the noir thing or even the Spider-Man thing. Nic Cage is enough of compelling a gimmick.

His best scene in ep. 1 is him watching Cat’s performance. So enraptured by it. Probably even real tears.

Fun fact first entry in its IMDb trivia -

After watching the full eight episodes for the first time, Nicolas Cage said it was one of the happiest and most fulfilling moments in his life, as the show combined his two passions - classic cinema and comics.