Too many hobbies, not enough focus
Pluribus is a recently-released show on Apple TV by Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan. Critics and podcast hosts are raving about it. I've been watching it and I just... don't get it. It's a sci-fi story with comedy elements to it and it can be entertaining, it's just... slow. It's kind of like Severance in …
I started using the elliptical 5 mornings a week as a way to shave off some extra calories and allow myself a little more flexibility in my diet. I “ellipticate” for about 25 minutes and needed something to watch. I decided that a series would be better than trying to string together a bunch of …
Alien Earth is an 8 episode series set in the Alien universe that takes place on, you guessed it, Earth. I wasn’t sure how Alien would work as a long form series, but it works and it works well. It explores the relationship of Wayland Utani and other mega corporations fighting for scientific supremacy while …
I just finished watching the Haunting of Bly Manor. I'm a huge fan of 2018's The Haunting of Hill House and have been looking forward to Bly Manor for a couple of years. Before I get into spoiler territory, I found Bly to be interesting, but not engaging like Hill House. I didn't find it …
We finished the third season of 13 Reasons Why on Netflix last night. It's an interesting show based on its subject matter and based on the fact that the first, second, and third seasons have 79%, 25%, and 12% ratings respectively. Contrary to many people we didn't actually like the first season that much. It …
Sally and I had a chance to catch up with our TiVo a bit yesterday. One of the things we watched was the pilot episode of 666 Park Avenue, which is a new ABC drama that runs on Sundays at 10 PM following Revenge (which we also watch). After seeing commercials for the show we …
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