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Ramrouser said:
Wife and I enjoy watching it (it's a challenge to find shows both of us like). It definitely has an old fashioned TV network sitcom vibe to it.
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Funny, it's always been a challenge for my wife and I also as she doesn't really care for si fi.

We both enjoyed Hunting Wives, it was a weird dynamic watching that now that she's out.
 
Pissed that The Waterfront has been canceled.

Been watching Animal Kingdom lately. Pretty good so far. On season 2 now.
 
duluoz said:
Oof. Heavy heavy.

One thing that bugs me sometimes with this series is that they can be a bit obvious in telling the viewers how they should be feeling. In this case I really didn’t need the sappy score playing in the background as they discovered the camp. I thought it would’ve been more effective and chilling without it.

But that was one of the better episodes of the series, and addressed what’s been the elephant in the room for the viewers. It did a great job of conveying how the soldiers were unclear about the atrocities, if not totally in the dark.
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Finished Band of Brothers the other night. Very good show, worthy of the 10-hour investment.

Even with its shortcomings it feels like you’ve been through something by the end. I don’t need to see an explosion of any kind for a long while.
 
I have not stumbled upon any discussion of The Rehearsal s2, which I thought was brilliant television.
 
breepf said:
I have not stumbled upon any discussion of The Rehearsal s2, which I thought was brilliant television.
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I was a Nathan Fielder fan and think he’s got a fascinating mind and sense of humor. Nathan For You was endlessly entertaining.

I gave The Rehearsal a shot and quit after a couple episodes. The intricacy of his gags started to wear me out. It also stopped being funny, which is the main reason I bailed.
 
duluoz said:
I was a Nathan Fielder fan and think he’s got a fascinating mind and sense of humor. Nathan For You was endlessly entertaining.

I gave The Rehearsal a shot and quit after a couple episodes. The intricacy of his gags started to wear me out. It also stopped being funny, which is the main reason I bailed.
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Did you make it to episode 3? I thought the stuff with the life of a very famous pilot (trying to avoid spoilers) was quite funny, in particular his speculations about one fateful day in the cockpit.

But I agree with your basic point. The Rehearsal is a strange combination of comedy, cringe and, well, straight-up art.
 
duluoz said:
I was a Nathan Fielder fan and think he’s got a fascinating mind and sense of humor. Nathan For You was endlessly entertaining.

I gave The Rehearsal a shot and quit after a couple episodes. The intricacy of his gags started to wear me out. It also stopped being funny, which is the main reason I bailed.
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I enjoyed the first season of The Rehearsal. I watched the first episode of season 2 and I’m just not sure I want to jump into a season that focuses on plane crashes.
 
breepf said:
Did you make it to episode 3? I thought the stuff with the life of a very famous pilot (trying to avoid spoilers) was quite funny, in particular his speculations about one fateful day in the cockpit.

But I agree with your basic point. The Rehearsal is a strange combination of comedy, cringe and, well, straight-up art.
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Yeah I can enjoy the cringe in general, and the artistry of his setups… I just wasn’t having much fun anymore.

But I’ll check out episode 3.
 
Icky Mettle said:
I enjoyed the first season of The Rehearsal. I watched the first episode of season 2 and I’m just not sure I want to jump into a season that focuses on plane crashes.
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The plane crash premise is not nearly as grim as it sounds. s2 is, dare I say it, strangely inspirational.
 
aGDevil2k said:
It's great . The cinematography is wonderful
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duluoz said:
Been meaning to check this out. I like Seth.

The thing I love most about Scorsese is how he is so accessible, transparent, earnest, and doesn’t take himself too seriously. Very minimal ego for such a modern legend, and truly is just a movie lover.

A bit like Spielberg in that sense.
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(The Studio)... I have some problems with Seth Greenberg--to me a kind of clunky actor always trying too hard, but he was okay in this. Finally finished it and there were certainly a whole lot of laughs, but the show had trouble maintaining the high water slapstick and silliness it started with, I guess until the finale, which was the deep end of the crazy.

The razor cutting satire against Hollywood Studio filmmaking is really what kept me going with this thing. It reminded me of the satirical film Don't Look Up, and both stretched the extreme silliness at times. I thought in terms of comedy acting, Catherine O'Hara stole the whole thing. Favorite cameo bit was director Sarah Polley (director of the fine film Women Talking).
 
Carolina Fever said:
I really need to get HBO Max and see The Wire, Oz and The Sapranos.
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The two finest multi-season shows I have seen are The Sopranos and Succession. The latter has the best writing I have ever encountered, and the former the most truthful and artistic examination of the human condition and all its flaws, and then also the best large ensemble of acting (a highpoint for Succession as well.

The Wire is a group a few notches below that for multi-season shows, along with some non-HBO things like Breaking Bad and Severance.

The best single season shows from HBO are Chernobyl and The Night Of.
 
duluoz said:
Oof. Heavy heavy.

One thing that bugs me sometimes with this series is that they can be a bit obvious in telling the viewers how they should be feeling. In this case I really didn’t need the sappy score playing in the background as they discovered the camp. I thought it would’ve been more effective and chilling without it.

But that was one of the better episodes of the series, and addressed what’s been the elephant in the room for the viewers. It did a great job of conveying how the soldiers were unclear about the atrocities, if not totally in the dark.
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Yes. A very heavy episode. It was the dynamic between Captain Nixon and the German Widow that made this particular episode absolutely genius to me. The way they look at each other in the beginning - then at the end. It's like we know both of their stories without them uttering a word to each other. It's frightening too because we understand why Captain Nixon drinks and is in despair and the widow, who was so far gone in her arrogance and hatred, only understood the atrocities after she saw the walking, skeletal prisoners, touched the bones of the murdered Jews and smelled the death up close. The horrors of war in different ways.
 
an0maly said:
The two finest multi-season shows I have seen are The Sopranos and Succession. The latter has the best writing I have ever encountered, and the former the most truthful and artistic examination of the human condition and all its flaws, and then also the best large ensemble of acting (a highpoint for Succession as well.

The Wire is a group a few notches below that for multi-season shows, along with some non-HBO things like Breaking Bad and Severance.

The best single season shows from HBO are Chernobyl and The Night Of.
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Loved all of those (haven’t seen the Night Of).

I would not peg The Wire a few notches below though. I found it utterly compelling.
 
Bigs23 said:
Loved all of those (haven’t seen the Night Of).

I would not peg The Wire a few notches below though. I found it utterly compelling.
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I’d peg it (along with Succession) one notch below Sopranos and Mad Men. Probably fourth of those four. The acting/writing/directing is not as skillful as Succession, but the Wire’s overall story arcs are much more compelling.
 
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