Summer TV

Well it's not quite summer TV, but I just finished watching season 2 of fargo, holy shit, one of the best stand alone seasons of anything I've ever seen! Season 1 is decent, but season 2 is unrelated to season 1 and if amazing. Skip season 1, watch season two, and go fuck yourself!

 

LOVED it. But agree with this:


What I liked about it:
Mostly unknowns, but generally excellent acting, especially Eleven (she's worryingly good - hope she's not heading down the Tatum O'Neal road).
Ordinary-looking people, not Young Hollywood. Even Winona Ryder looks ordinary now.
Love the synth soundtrack and Stephen King lettering.
Really sucks you in over the course of the 8 episodes.

What seemed off:
The mention of The Smiths. Some American kid living in Indiana would not have included The Smiths in his list of cool bands in 1983. They were still "indie" in England then. Stick with Joy Division and maybe The Cure.
The The Thing poster. Fits in the older kid's room (next to The Evil Dead) but not with Mike - too scary.

RIP Barb.

 

I haven't watched true detectives yet, but everything I hear, that first season is also stand alone perfection.

 

Two things I didn't like about season 1:
Key & Peele. Too jarring, didn't really fit.
I just can't warm to Martin Freeman. I know you're not supposed to, but he just seems so obviously ACTING the whole time. (I find Sherlock pretty much unwatchable, because Cumberbatch is another one like that.) William H. Macy was so much better in the movie.
Allison Tolman was fucking awesome though.

 

Not perfection but pretty awesome.

 

Some people think Adele is a terrible singer. Sherlock is fabulous.

 

Hm. I was watching it at the same time as Fargo, and frankly, Fargo is better. TD is worth watching for McConaughey and (especially) Harrelson, and for the mood. Also there's a single long shot where they have to get out of a shady neighborhood that is one of the best things ever. But in general, the plot is tissue thin and the ending is a copout.

 

What do people think of Preacher? Just finished the season and the ending was a bit bleak. It's watchable and the three main characters (all Brits putting on accents - fitting as the comic was written by Brits) are engaging, but... it's no Stranger Things.

 

I get confused trying to remember which shows people liked. Everyone watched Luther?

 

We just binged all 6 seasons of Game of Thrones in maybe 3 weeks. Having withdrawals now. It was like watching a 60 hour movie.

 

Next, I have the whole thing on Bluray. Started it on the tiny 65 inch tv we have downstairs. The 135 inch screen upstairs makes everything better. Going to start it again.

 

Idris Elba is just a badass. Him running around in his heavy coat kinda waddling makes him seem so unusual. There just aren't enough episodes.

 

So irrelevant that he would be the first black Bond when what was important was that he could be the next GREAT Bond. I like Daniel Craig as well but he hasn't become THE Bond.

 

I meant more like how Bill Russell was the NBA before MJ was the NBA. I would go darker with Elba (no pun intended)

His character in Luther is basically what he could be in Bond but cranked to 11.