I’ve been filling some gaps in my TV viewing with Halt and Catch Fire, a show where I’ve enjoyed season one but I kept reading commentary that suggested that the show really got good once we got to season two. As I type this 1 I’m four episodes into season two and having to fight… Continue reading Halted and Caught Fire
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Who better?
Vulture asked various screenwriters/show runners to write part of a Coronavirus Episode for their characters. Michael Schur knows exactly who should be in charge right now… First of all, Leslie would’ve known the CDC protocols for social distancing already, and they would’ve been instituted within 24 hours of the first reports of the coronavirus in… Continue reading Who better?
Forking good
In the end, The Good Place ended on a very satisfying final note. (Lovely moment towards the end when now-human Michael ended up getting guitar lessons from his real-life wife Mary Steenburgen. Even better moment when wannabe architect Tahani Al-Jamil earned praise for her construction skills from Nick Offerman.) They stuck the landing. Applause (between… Continue reading Forking good
Ask and ye shall receive
Following on from yesterday’s post, Ron Moore says all sorts of things about season 2: “You’re going to see things that happened in real life, but happen faster and in slightly different ways,” Moore promised. “So things like the coming of the personal computer, internet, variations on communications and email and cell phones and all… Continue reading Ask and ye shall receive
For All Mankind season 1
So, For All Mankind closed with a slightly loner-than-usual season finale that perhaps signalled that when next we see these characters they might have moved beyond the Apollo era. Be sure to stick around for the post-credit scene for the first season finale. I really hope that signals another jump forward in the timeline, because… Continue reading For All Mankind season 1
For All Mankind
Well, I’ve dipped a toe into Apple’s vision of the future of TV by watching the first two episodes of For All Mankind, and I’ve liked what I’ve seen so far: [A…] captivating “what if” take on history from Golden Globe nominee and Emmy Award winner, Ronald D. Moore. Told through the lives of astronauts,… Continue reading For All Mankind
I demand an Old Night spin-off
It’s a real shame that The OA reportedly won’t be returning for a third season: Farewell to The OA, the Netflix series created by Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij and starring Marling, which lasted two ambitious, lopsided seasons. It told a story of alternate realities to which characters could travel by working through the rejected… Continue reading I demand an Old Night spin-off
… to the Moon
By some margin the most welcome effect of the media blitz as the Apollo 11 anniversary has come round is that HBO’s From the Earth to the Moon has been rereleased in HD: Throughout the miniseries, there are scenes where astronauts, engineers, NASA administrators, politicians, and more list all the challenges facing Kennedy’s promise to… Continue reading … to the Moon
“All of this has happened before, and all of this will happen again.”
Peter Watts breaks the bad news to us: A couple of months ago, its creators announced that Counterpart is dead after a mere two seasons. It just couldn’t attract enough viewers, out of all the people on two Earths. And I think that’s a shame; Counterpart was more than just SF for people who hate… Continue reading “All of this has happened before, and all of this will happen again.”
Black Mirror
Having caught up with the last episode of the latest series of Black Mirror, I was amused to learn that Nine Inch Nails were jumping on the marketing bandwagon, after an episode where a (real life) Pop Princess was repurposing a couple of their songs: Head like a hole! I’m on a roll! Riding so… Continue reading Black Mirror