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duluoz said:
I can’t imagine anyone complaining about Morena Baccarin, Juilliard trained and one of the hottest women ever.

But I think people tended to get annoyed with anything in their domestic lives that pulled attention from the main spy type action, including Brody’s wife and Carrie’s Franny custody situation.
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Carrie is annoying because she is a FBI agent who fell for a guy who she correctly thought was a terrorist.
 
UNCatTech said:
Always impressed with everyone here's vocabulary. Thanks for penultimate.

The Pitt is great, but I hate where they left of this season.
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They haven't left off yet. The final of this season of The Pitt drops at 8 central/9 eastern this Thursday 4/16.
 
I watched Marty Supreme this weekend. It had its moments and I'd say I enjoyed it overall but I wasn't blown away by it. The end seemed bit contrived. Or something. I guess contrived isn't a good word to use since all art is contrived in a sense, but I didn't find it terribly satisfying.

Also (stop reading if you haven't seen the movie, although this isn't really any kind of big spoiler) was Kevin O'Leary's character really a vampire? My ears perked up when he told Marty that he was a vampire and had been born in 1601, but I didn't really take it seriously at first, then I started thinking hmmm, was he really a vampire? I asked Gemini about it and it said the way it was presented probably meant that it was metaphorical, but that the director (and O'Leary) were really pushing for him to be a real vampire, to the point that the last scene was to be Marty (in old age makeup) in the 1980's at a concert with his granddaughter, and O'Leary appears, unaged, and bites him on the neck.

Evidently the studio didn't go for that (they thought the director was trolling them with that whole story line (well, it wouldn't have actually been a storyline, but a plot point, albeit a very dramatic and out of left field plot point) and nixed the whole idea. I think I would've liked that ending better than the one they ended up with...
 
uncsig said:
They haven't left off yet. The final of this season of The Pitt drops at 8 central/9 eastern this Thursday 4/16.
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Yes, my daughter told me yesterday. I watched the latest episode last night. The suicidal overtones were a lot. You could feel something coming, I hope it's not that.
 
hedge said:
I watched Marty Supreme this weekend. It had its moments and I'd say I enjoyed it overall but I wasn't blown away by it. The end seemed bit contrived. Or something. I guess contrived isn't a good word to use since all art is contrived in a sense, but I didn't find it terribly satisfying.

Also (stop reading if you haven't seen the movie, although this isn't really any kind of big spoiler) was Kevin O'Leary's character really a vampire? My ears perked up when he told Marty that he was a vampire and had been born in 1601, but I didn't really take it seriously at first, then I started thinking hmmm, was he really a vampire? I asked Gemini about it and it said the way it was presented probably meant that it was metaphorical, but that the director (and O'Leary) were really pushing for him to be a real vampire, to the point that the last scene was to be Marty (in old age makeup) in the 1980's at a concert with his granddaughter, and O'Leary appears, unaged, and bites him on the neck.

Evidently the studio didn't go for that (they thought the director was trolling them with that whole story line (well, it wouldn't have actually been a storyline, but a plot point, albeit a very dramatic and out of left field plot point) and nixed the whole idea. I think I would've liked that ending better than the one they ended up with...
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Probably goes better on the movies thread which could use a boost anyway.
 
Icky Mettle said:
Speaking of encounters with the main cast, my dad, along with a few other folks, was supposed to play golf with Damian Lewis while he was in Charlotte filming the show. While they were waiting on him to arrive, they got a call and were told that he had had a big night the night before was too hungover to play.

My wife’s aunt also became friendly with Patankin. He would work out at the Charlotte Jewish Community Center where she worked out, and she got to know him a little.
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Mandy is a pretty nice guy, incredibly charming. He can struggle with the stress of the filming schedule. Homeland was a much better gig for him than Criminal Minds, which had a brutal 24 episode schedule (typically one hour dramas are filmed over 8 days an episode).

He once sang happy birthday to me while a teamster held me upside down.
 
Finished DTF SL tonight and wow nothing like I’ve seen other than the Fargo stuff. Never had a good handle on the “Who done it!”
The guy stuff being so weird was I felt relevant!
Not gonna be a spoiler but….
 
altmin said:
Mandy is a pretty nice guy, incredibly charming. He can struggle with the stress of the filming schedule. Homeland was a much better gig for him than Criminal Minds, which had a brutal 24 episode schedule (typically one hour dramas are filmed over 8 days an episode).

He once sang happy birthday to me while a teamster held me upside down.
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A friend had an interaction recently with him and his wife outside a subway station, and she said they were very sweet. I think his wife’s an actress but I can’t recall who it is.
 
duluoz said:
A friend had an interaction recently with him and his wife outside a subway station, and she said they were very sweet. I think his wife’s an actress but I can’t recall who it is.
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Yeah, she's a very nice lady. Kathryn Grody, very small time actress from the 80s and 90s.
 
For fans of Homicide: Life on the Streets and the Wire, I was working with Clark Johnson all week and I was going to the bathroom at one of the urinals (there are only two, no divider) and I just here him behind me "Uh uh, no way I'm pissing next to YOU!" and he kicks open a stall door.

Really great, fun-loving guy. Extremely personable.
 
duluoz said:
It’s incredibly high-quality prestige TV. Anyone dismissing it as a sexed up teenager show is missing out.

I’m planning to rewatch the whole series before I start season 3, which is the final season.
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I’m almost through season 1 of my Euphoria rewatch and no one will convince me this isn’t outstanding television.

Dark and intense as hell, but so stylish and also super funny at times.

Rue just threatened some kid who was screwing with her younger sister Gia by saying she knew some bad mf’ers and was going to get Omar, Avon, Brother Mouzone, Bodie, and Stringer to show up at his door. The kid had obviously never seen the Wire and he was terrified. It was brilliant 😆
 
altmin said:
For fans of Homicide: Life on the Streets and the Wire, I was working with Clark Johnson all week and I was going to the bathroom at one of the urinals (there are only two, no divider) and I just here him behind me "Uh uh, no way I'm pissing next to YOU!" and he kicks open a stall door.

Really great, fun-loving guy. Extremely personable.
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That's great. Loved Homicide.
 
duluoz said:
I’m almost through season 1 of my Euphoria rewatch and no one will convince me this isn’t outstanding television.

Dark and intense as hell, but so stylish and also super funny at times.

Rue just threatened some kid who was screwing with her younger sister Gia by saying she knew some bad mf’ers and was going to get Omar, Avon, Brother Mouzone, Bodie, and Stringer to show up at his door. The kid had obviously never seen the Wire and he was terrified. It was brilliant 😆
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First 2 seasons were high quality, in my opinion.
 
SmilingJack said:
Finished DTF SL tonight and wow nothing like I’ve seen other than the Fargo stuff. Never had a good handle on the “Who done it!”
The guy stuff being so weird was I felt relevant!
Not gonna be a spoiler but….
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I don’t want to give anything away either but I have to say that was the most depressing episode of TV I have ever seen.

I really didn’t need that at this moment but it was very well done.
 
UNCatTech said:
Ok, the Pitt delivered....

The show is great while also exhausting.
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I thought the conclusion was fine, and slightly relieved by it. All the emotions were earned, and as strong as the graphic realism. I had questioned a season 2, as actually needed with how strong season 1 was, but even though some elements repeated, what also repeated is how good everything was (story, acting, character development, dealing intelligently with current critical social issues).
 
Bigs23 said:
First 2 seasons were high quality, in my opinion.
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I watched the first two episodes.

It's a lot.

I've been in situations like the one where the dealer showed up and gave her the fentanyl. She should have listened and left.
 
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