Posted on 05/28/2019 4:16:26 AM PDT by Chickensoup
Just finished watching the series What/If on Netflix. I don't watch any cable or broadcast television so some of the presentation was new to me.
I watched it for the actress Renee Zellweger who had a bizarre face and manner throughout the series. She portrayed evil in a way that was intriguing and off-putting.
The rest of the series had some strong actors however the writing was a cross between the old show Dallas and a Hispanic Soap opera.
Not being much in the mainstream, I was surprised at just how often the series took up the cudgels of the common culture. premarital sex, homosexuality, interracial relationships, Hispanic good - Caucasian bad, evil corporations, white evil survivalists, Arabs bad but really are good, Black good- Caucasian bad/evil. All placed in the setting of murders.
the only surprise was the emphasis on young marriage. The two leading couples were married and married young, out of high school. And babies. Babies were a longed for good.
Anyone else see it?
I watched it for the actress Renee Zellweger who had a bizarre face and manner throughout the series. She portrayed evil in a way that was intriguing and off-putting.
The rest of the series had some strong actors however the writing was a cross between the old show Dallas and a Hispanic Soap opera.
Not being much in the mainstream, I was surprised at just how often the series took up the cudgels of the common culture. premarital sex, homosexuality, interracial relationships, Hispanic good - Caucasian bad, evil corporations, white evil survivalists, Arabs bad but really are good, Black good- Caucasian bad/evil. All placed in the setting of murders.
the only surprise was the emphasis on young marriage. The two leading couples were married and married young, out of high school. And babies. Babies were a longed for good.
Anyone else see it?
I watched Hell or High Water last night and liked it a lot. Rural Texas, both good and bad, at it’s finest.
I will look for it
never saw it.
The weird face on the actress and her movements and presentation were what fascinated me.
The common culture items? I fast forwarded through them.
I’ll look into it. Highly recommend The Highwaymen on Netflix, everyone here will like it. Killing Eve on AMC is just wild.
Thanks, Finished Lucifer on Netflix. What an interesting show.
Also liked The Good Place.
Excellent movie. Well acted.
I recommend Chernobyl on HBO. It is excellent. Great story how really brilliant people had to find a solution for the catastrophe while dealing with the desperation and paranoia of soviet communism.
I agree. The former USSR is correctly depicted as a non-working, bureaucratic mess.
I will look for it. My brother, who is someone whose opinion I highly respect, also recommended it. And he seems pretty fussy.
Except for horror films.
A lot of people on FR panned the entire concept of the show when it first came out. I liked it.
In the story-line, Lucifer is portrayed as a man on a journey of redemption and reconciliation with God.
The former USSR is correctly depicted as a non-working, bureaucratic mess.
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That’s not what the mainstream media told me.
Just like the Obama administration. Next Monday is the finale which should be interesting.
Yes, he was very complicated.
I enjoyed it and look forward to the next season.
What would the world be like if Satan reconciled with God?
“In the story-line, Lucifer is portrayed as a man on a journey of redemption and reconciliation with God.”
Just finished season two. The writing is horrible at times, but I do love the premise.
Finally got to The Highwaymen. Enjoyed it. Killing Eve is good, too, although I wonder if they think out their season cliffhangers when they write them.
I just finished watching Longmire, which started on cable and moved to Netflix. Got a little bogged down in the later seasons with the long-term story arcs, but still enjoyable. (It also answered the question, “Where did Katee Sackhoff disappear to?”)
Just started “Hell on Wheels”
Not from the Bible.
We dumped TV in 1997. However, we picked up Amazon Prime a couple of years ago and found out completely by accident that our new smart TV could be used to watch a ton of stuff.
The first show we got hooked on was Suits. But by season 3 it just became a soap opera. Matter of fact, every time we try to watch a show there are just so many plot holes or dumb story progression that we can’t get through more than a few episodes. The one exception is The Marvelous Mrs. Mazel.
Oh, and my wife is hooked on Gilmore Girls. I have to admit the show has EXCELLENT writing and character development.
Modern TV shows just drag on the plot way too long. They give you a couple of seasons presenting what could be easily done in a two hour movie. And when a movies is created, they know when they start production how it’s going to end. They don’t just make it up as they go along. This was why Mrs. Mazel was good. Each episode stood on it’s own, with a story that had a beginning and end.
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