Speaking of Yellowstone.........the wife decided she wanted to watch the current season, so we started it tonight. 3 episodes in I am enjoying it, but it still has some of the same issues as earlier seasons.
Speaking of Yellowstone.........the wife decided she wanted to watch the current season, so we started it tonight. 3 episodes in I am enjoying it, but it still has some of the same issues as earlier seasons.
What would you say those issues are? I watched the pilot episode and part of the second ep. before calling it a night. To me, the characters seemed to be stereotypes and the script quite melodramatic. It was watchable, as all soaps can be. But I wouldn't call anything I saw to be Emmy worthy. As family dramas go, it was no Succession.Originally Posted by SteveSly
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
https://ew.com/tv/1899-canceled-netflix/
Not all mysteries reach their conclusions. Netflix has canceled the German-language sci-fi/mystery series 1899 after just one season, a source confirms to EW.
The news was first broken by series co-creator Baran bo Odar on his Instagram page.
"With a heavy heart we have to tell you that 1899 will not be renewed," Odar wrote in a note signed by both him and his creative and romantic partner, Jantje Friese. "We would have loved to finish this incredible journey with a 2nd and 3rd season like we did with Dark. But sometimes things don't turn out the way you planned. That's life."
As they mention, Odar and Friese had previously worked with Netflix on the time-travel series Dark, which became a global sensation as viewers tried to untangle its puzzle-box mysteries. In turn, 1899 posed mysteries of its own. The series followed the passengers on a steamship traveling from Europe to America in the titular year, only to be caught up in the question of what happened to a similar migrant ship as supernatural phenomena began to accumulate on board.
"It's structured again as a three-season mystery puzzle just like Dark," Friese told EW for our Fall TV Preview earlier this year. "Obviously, this will only happen if enough people watch."
Apparently, not enough people watched. Lately, it's become difficult for a genre show to last multiple seasons on Netflix. The Midnight Club was also recently canceled after a single season.
Interviewer of reprobate ne'er-do-well musicians of the long-haired rock n' roll persuasion at: www.velvetthunder.co.uk and former scribe at Classic Rock Society. Only vaguely aware of anything other than music.
*** Join me in the Garden of Delights for 4 hours of tune-spinning... every Saturday at 5pm EST on Deep Nuggets radio! www.deepnuggets.com ***
Like Dark, 1899 was conceived as a three season arc. I certainly hope someone picks it up.
Duncan's going to make a Horns Emoticon!!!
Finished The English last night. Not bad!
<sig out of order>
Exactly what you mention. Stereotypical characters, melodrama, and some of the characters, especially the daughter, being so over the top that they are almost like comic book characters. I still think parts of it are good, and we will watch the rest of this season, but like you say, "Succession" it is not
Wow, that really sucks.
I'm predicting that Netflix dies in the next year or two. They seem to be looking at what their subscribers want and doing the complete opposite.
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
It is not like "Dark" had a huge audience either. It has garnered a cult following, but when it broadcast it was not breaking any records for viewership. Netflix let the 3 seasons play out and it's audience gew by word of mouth and people are still discovering it. Seems like 1899 would have been similar.
Right. Shows like that aren't going to necessarily break records when they're released, but they can gather views over time as word of mouth spreads.
But why invest time in a new series when Netflix will just cancel it before it reaches its conclusion?
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
Everyone I've talked to who has seen it liked it, so maybe Rotten Tomatoes was not hacked and you just don't like that movie.
"what's better, peanut butter or g-sharp minor?"
- Sturgeon's Lawyer, 2021
My wife was in agreement with me. After you watch it let me know your thoughts.Everyone I've talked to who has seen it liked it, so maybe Rotten Tomatoes was not hacked and you just don't like that movie.
I wouldn't call it a "total bomb," but it was nowhere near as good as the original and a 94% is insane.
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
I watched it an loved it, my niece has watched it twice as she loved it so much.
Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on progrock.com
https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-a...re-happy-hour/
Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
I'm one of the 212.
This is one reason why I don't like Rotten Tomatoes. They reduce reviews down to a binary metric, and IMO that doesn't work for something that is often subjective (like a film).
"what's better, peanut butter or g-sharp minor?"
- Sturgeon's Lawyer, 2021
I thought Glass Onion was OK, not nearly as good as Knives Out. I wonder if Musk inspired the "idiot billionaire".
Try Kaleidoscope on NF. This is a good fun caper/heist series. It has a The Boys feel to it without the super hero angle.
8 out of 10 Magic Mushrooms.
"That gum you like is going to come back in style."
Having seen it, well......yeah. Dunno how they could do a second season. But my lips are sealed!
"And this is the chorus.....or perhaps it's a bridge...."
I am watching "Dark Spot" on Netflix...it's a French noir-ish small town rural detective/crime drama/monster/horror thing. I think?
Anyway, I recommend. Subtitles and no dubbing. Oui!
"And this is the chorus.....or perhaps it's a bridge...."
For viewers/lovers of Letterkenny, season 11 dropped Dec 25.
Two shows I recently finished were Warrior Nun and The Head.
This season of WN was nearly as good as the first.
Can't say the same about S2 of TH. I found the premise a little contrived and it never quite got back to the original vibe of S1. A couple times they even resorted to broadcast TV idiocy. Thankfully, the show could have ended with S1, so if your interest in it was ever piqued, you don't need to watch S2 to enjoy it.
“The red zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only. There is no stopping in the white zone."
Interesting, my wife and I both enjoyed it a lot.
I disagree, there were all kinds of possibilities opened up at the end. I am not going to say anything either, but there are some pretty good videos on YouTube about predictions and theories about where they would go from the end of season 1.
I agree with this assessment.
My GF had to work yesterday, and I was off, so while I was cleaning up from our Sunday festivities (Day 12 of Christmas, I think?), I put on a Law & Order: Criminal Intent marathon, as I always liked this series with Vincent D'Onofrio and Kathryn Erbe. D'Onofrio's Det. Goren was such a cool, quirky character.
But, much to my surprise, they were showing Season 9, which features Jeff Goldblum and Saffron Burrows in the lead roles. Completely forgot that Goldblum was even on this show. The shows themselves (I saw parts of 3 episodes) weren't quite up to the standards of the earlier seasons, but Goldblum and Burrows were both great. I'll have to seek out more from this season, as one can never get enough Jeff Goldblum.
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
Just watched the first episode (green)...I'm in! Apparently you can choose which order you want to watch?
"Who would have thought a whale would be so heavy?" - Moe Sizlak
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote
Bookmarks