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One More on the Telly

Claudius

I'll have to give it a look. New Orleans is probably the best city for just walking about and popping into a bar for jazz and blues. Chicago has a good scene but more formalised, with established artists, and more on the jazz side. And what's not to like about Wendell Pierce?

Klaus

goon wrote:
Klaus wrote:
Yeah that's the one. Wendell Pierce does one of the main roles playing a broke-ass trombonist. It's about a neighbourhood in post-flood New Orleans viewed primarily through its music culture. The show is environment and character driven to an even greater degree than The Wire. There are some fantastic real-life jazz and blues artists doubling as actors on the show.

Do you have to have an interest in the music and culture to like it?

I wouldn't say so, but it definitely adds to it if you do. It's the sort of show that I think cultivates an interest along the way. It's a story about a place told through its culture, food and people basically. Everything, the insurance greed, the poverty, the betrayal by the government, the ambition, the broken systems, is filtered through it.

QuincyAbeyie

Ah, Wendell Pierce. The guy known from Suits, right?

Big Willie

Quincy Abeyie wrote:
Ah, Wendell Pierce. The guy known from Suits, right?

Sheeeeeeeeiiiiiit Quincy.

goon

Klaus wrote:
goon wrote:
Do you have to have an interest in the music and culture to like it?

I wouldn't say so, but it definitely adds to it if you do. It's the sort of show that I think cultivates an interest along the way. It's a story about a place told through its culture, food and people basically. Everything, the insurance greed, the poverty, the betrayal by the government, the ambition, the broken systems, is filtered through it.

Sounds good, I'll definitely give it a go.

jones

Quincy Abeyie wrote:
Ah, Wendell Pierce. The guy known from Suits, right?

Yeah you remember lagos your dad.

Gazza M

I recall watching drips and drabs of treme during its initial run. looked like a quality show, but I never got around to watching it all

wandavision finale was a little underwhelming. the show felt stronger when it was doing the sitcom love letters while slowly peeling back layers of mystery. once it leaned more heavily into the mcu connective tissue I found it less interesting. the best mcu stuff usually balances telling a self contained story with its own internal stakes, while throwing breadcrumbs of what comes next.

Claudius

Watched the first episode of Ted Lasso about an unqualified American who comes to England to coach a Premier League team. It looks like a good laugh.

Gazza M

ted lasso is actually very good. despite the premise appearing wafer thin, it quickly evolves into a warm character driven comedy in the vein of parks and rec or schitts creek

goon

I've been avoiding it because the concept seemed super cringe, but I've been hearing a lot of good things about it.

goon

Gazza M wrote:
I recall watching drips and drabs of treme during its initial run. looked like a quality show, but I never got around to watching it all

wandavision finale was a little underwhelming. the show felt stronger when it was doing the sitcom love letters while slowly peeling back layers of mystery. once it leaned more heavily into the mcu connective tissue I found it less interesting. the best mcu stuff usually balances telling a self contained story with its own internal stakes, while throwing breadcrumbs of what comes next.

I felt the same way. I don't mind watching the MCU stuff for what it is, but you went from something that was quite sophisticated to the usual MCU shenanigans very quickly.

Qwiss

Gazza M wrote:
ted lasso is actually very good. despite the premise appearing wafer thin, it quickly evolves into a warm character driven comedy in the vein of parks and rec or schitts creek

Yeah I liked it too. Sudekis really carries it but it's a really sweet and funny show. Ridiculously unrealistic in football terms mind you, for PL team they've facilities that would embarrass a decent national league side.

On Wandavision the end kind of undercut everything interesting about it.

QuincyAbeyie

Agree with what Qs said, about both shows. Ted Lasso is good in a way that's hard to explain since everything you'll hear about how cheesy it is is correct, but it's good all the same. Wandavision was great for about five episodes.

goon

I have to say I’m starting to see the huge potential of Disney+, loads to watch.

Finally caught Solar Opposites on there, good stuff. Hopefully won’t have to wait nearly a year to watch season 2.

Mirth

+1 for Ted Lasso. Expected it to be shit but it turned out to be one of the most wholesome shows I've watched.

KingslandBarge

Finished The Terror season 1 last week and enjoyed it on many levels; from the writing, acting to the editing and scoring. Even if Jared Harris is the standout in the mini-series, I thought everyone contributed something special to it. Not sure about the look of season 2 but would recommend the first. As its been kicking around for 2+ years, I might alone be late to it.

arsedocmd

goon

Mirth wrote:
+1 for Ted Lasso. Expected it to be shit but it turned out to be one of the most wholesome shows I've watched.

Have watched the first 3 episodes, you’re not wrong. Incredibly wholesome.

Klaus

I finished season 2 of Treme last night and I can't stop thinking about how good and unique it is. It's especially fascinating to me, and particularly when you consider how both shows premiered around the same time, that one of the things HBO got the most praise for with Game of Thrones was bringing a kind of sociological storytelling to the tv screen, but the show that really pulled it off was Treme.

I think HBO lost their way a little bit when the characters started to dominate their worlds and the narrative instead of evolving in response to the larger change in their surroundings. You can level a lot of criticism against GRRM but the core ambition of aSoIaF was always to tell a story in opposition to the fantasy genre at large, which since Tolkien has been dominated by narratives of individual heroism. It's also the only kind of stories Hollywood knows how to tell, which is why everything in American epic movies is so bland, and why there was such a big perceived shift in Game of Thrones once they ran out of books even if they kept to the big plot points the way they had been outlined by Martin. D&D reverted to telling stories the only way they know, which is about the psychology of individuals, and it didn't help that they were bad at it.

Treme is the

I saw someone suggest that if The Wire is about things falling apart then Treme is about putting them back together again, and I think it has a poetic truth to it.

jones

Snowpiercer - @Bit silly but entertaining show about a post apocalyptic 1000 car long train carrying the last remnants of humanity. Couple of dodgy actors and the plot can't be taken too seriously but it's fun enough to watch. Season 2 finale coming up

The One - show about a biotech company that develops a test to let you find your match which you're guaranteed to fall in love with. Better acting but worse plot and rushed/dud ending to the first season. That Irish girl is the most infuriating character ever, can't decide if she's an amazing actress or just insanely idiotic

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