Recent content by an0maly

It's interesting, the extreme variance of what TV shows can do, from something as simple as possible (say The Brady Bunch) to something as complex as possible (like DEVS, or Dark, the German show from 2017-20). I loved both of those, the former staggeringly brilliant, but in no way are they for...

Case of horse out, too late to close the barn door. Before Helen died, she was joined to the hivemind, so it knew about the eggs right then, and given their goal to "fix it" with Carol, probably went after them as soon as possible. Carol only realized this in horror in the conversation at the...

I am highly sympathetic to your view (S1-7 was weak, as I wrote above), even though with the the next one, and the finale I really do like it. As I say, it is quite a bizarre notion for a TV show, and I guess this points back to the fact that Gilligan was massively inspired by Rod Serling's The...

I got the impression that when her expression changed to disturbed fear in the conversation with Zosia, that she realized they already got them. Never asked for permission, just like with the whole of humanity on day one.

Well, now I've seen yet another great documentary, and EDIT: not a 2025 one, I just realized it was from 2023. The Pigeon Tunnel is about John Le Carré, made by the now legendary Errol Morris. So great. There used to be commercials with "The Most Interesting Man in the World." Well, the real...

Actually, you do like cousin Greg, who is the Jesse (Breaking Bad) of the show, and represents us--is a kind of stand-in for us--if we were cast into this Ninth Circle of Hell of Billionaires. Greg, like Jesse is trying to function in a mad world with mad rules, and brutality, and is awkward an...

Somebody associated with the program (I can't remember who) let it slip that the hivemind is "evolving"; meaning learning to work better and using greater manipulation with the unjoined. Episode 8 was titled "Charm Offensive," and I for one was fooled that what Zosia said and did with Carol...

wow. Wow. I say. Phenomenal season finale.

Earlier in this thread, I mentioned how Train Dreams reminded me of films like Terrence Malick's Days of Heaven. A good friend with similar cinema interests to mine has written an excellent essay about how Malick's great work has influenced auteur filmmaking, and how it is -- if not thriving --...

This link may not last long... https://www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-60-minutes-cecot-segment#media-929526be-ed8e-42cf-b0ef-1ae42dfc80d3

Thank you. I look forward to seeing this.

I know I have missed several good ones, but here are some more of the best I have seen this year: Orwell 2+2=5 -- Timely examination of his life and work, with some (but in my view not enough) connections made to the nightmare of America in 2025. The Librarians -- Important film about some...

Not going to acknowledge the Trump evil overly presented in this thread, beyond this sentence. This event is incredibly tragic, we should focus on the humanitarian and artist that he was.

On what looks like the last page to me, 27.

I think they will team up, and use their different insights (the radio bandwidth signal, and the truth serum effects) in some way. One thing I find fascinating, is while the hivemind appears to be passive and ever-serving, earlier in the takeover process they had to kill to succeed. I keep...