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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘X-Files’ Creator Chris Carter Gave Ryan Coogler His Blessing for Series Reboot: ‘He’s Got Some Good Ideas’⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This could work. I was going to posit some fan casting, then I realized that literally every actor I was coming up with for the local Mulder was in their 50s or 60s.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which shows do you think ended too soon, or went on too long?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The Office (US) could have ended with the proposal in the rain.

  It probably should have ended with the wedding in Niagara.

  It definitely should have ended when Michael left. Don't give my your Robert California bullshit either. The series was already on fumes and the last two seasons were garbage.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Inside Sony’s ‘Madame Web’ Collapse: Forget About a New Franchise⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I just watched The Marvels, and I liked it quite a bit, if I stopped short of loving it (but honestly, who LOVES marvel movies? The entire point is high floor/low ceiling entertainment). The plot meanders and it has a typical Marvel "understandable but underdeveloped" villain, but the leads had good chemistry, the switching dynamic was fun, the entire cast from Ms. Marvel is delightful, and Brie Larson is (finally) getting comfortable in the role. I was kinda surprised at how poorly it did, but also kinda not, because fanboys are proving that they really need to see themselves represented or they suddenly develop extremely high standards and demand only groundbreaking entertainment with perfect execution.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Avatar: The Last Airbender | Official Trailer | Netflix⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds like they specifically lingered on it a couple of times. This one looks like it's going to just kind of be a compressed version of the cartoon, which could be a lot worse, as we all know. Hopefully it's respectful and mostly consistent, and people who find they just need to know more can go back and watch the Nick series. Even if that leaves it sort of "slight" for those already invested, it will have value. Fingers crossed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Kind of weekly thread] What have you been watching?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Discovery is almost more interesting as a meta-text at this point, though I think it takes more guff than it deserves. The tonal (and temporal) whiplash is a window into the creative process and audience feedback the churn of writers and shifting directives from Paramount.

  Only one thing is constant: MICHAEL BURNHAM'S DRAMAWHISPERS!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Kind of weekly thread] What have you been watching?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The books are really good, but TBH it's not the end of the world if you don't catch them right away. For its milieu, the show is even better than the books are for theirs. There is the usual extra detail, deeper insight, and unlimited budget of the books, but the casting and performances really elevate the show, and a few characters (Drummer, Ashford, and Errinwright come to mind) come out of the adaptation process really well. People go on about how great it was that the authors were involved in the show, and that's true, but critically, they understood that a different medium needs slightly different things.

  I'm not an audiobook person, but if you are, I understand the ones for The Expanse are absolutely top-notch.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lower Decks: Can anyone tell me what I'm missing?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I like The Orville. I've watched the entire run of the show. Much like you with LD though, I don't quite get how people love The Orville. It strikes me as leftover TNG episodes with a Find and Replace, followed by a liberal coat of Seth MacFarlane's very particular set of Gen X influences. The morality is often pretty clumsy and I can almost imagine Seth and the writers being frustrated by the ambiguity that a good Trek episode can leave you with. Then, the way it had to start with a more Galaxy quest vibe to get a show order from Fox, followed by Seth wanting it to be more serious but also still be a Seth show, it's kind of all over the place. I also find some of the acting performances to be amateurish to the point of distraction.

  And for all that, I still like it. It scratched an itch and has a lot of heart. On the whole, it's more than the sum of its parts, but for me it still has a ceiling. I like it about as much as I like Discovery, which I have also watched in its entirety though only once. The two shows' issues are very different though, with the exception of tonal whiplash.

  I have come around on LD. I think it is a similar love letter to to Gen2 Star Trek but handles the balance of trek-to-humor better, and for all their cartoon antics, I've found the characters more compelling than The Orville's.