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Just a general pop in thread
mare:
I actually knew who he was. He had a really big hit in the US. I think it was called Angel or Angels? I loved it so much I think I actually bought his CD at the time. I didn't know his history or that he was in a boyband or anything like that. I guess the movie flopped big time here in the US and the Brits were appalled by that. lol I'm sure it's been doing much better across the pond though. I'm sure it'll have a wider release by you soon.
A Real Pain is now officially streaming on Hulu. I'm also excited about Severance, and I'll be watching the last episode of Squid Games today. Oh, there will also be a new The Pitt as well. Good stuff leading into the weekend!
mare:
Just popping in to say that I ended up really liking season 2 of Squid Games so much more than season 1. I didn't really understand the purpose of the game master or whatever he's called, coming in and playing the game, but I did like his addition as well as seeing things from one of the shooters perspectives and how about having a trans gender person. Way to go South Korea! I hope they don't make us wait too long for the final season.
I haven't had a chance to watch The Pitt yet. My sister wants to try it out so I'm waiting for her to catch up on the first two episodes because I enjoy watching a show with someone instead of solo, but we'll see how long it takes her to actually watch. I might not have enough patience lol
RokofAges75:
I haven't heard about whatever's going on with Robbie Williams' movie, but I do know who he is. Take That was never big in the US, but Robbie had at least a couple of hits that I can remember. I thought his video for Rock DJ was really cool when it came out!
I will try to watch A Real Pain at some point this weekend. I'm glad you liked Season 2 of Squid Game, Mare! I'm not sure if I liked the whole season better than 1 (maybe because it felt so unresolved), but I definitely liked the supporting characters they brought in to play the games better. I'm terrible at remembering their names or numbers, especially now that it's been a few weeks since I watched it, but I like the mom with the son, the trans woman, and the pregnant woman. Thanos was also a really fun antagonist! I'm curious to see what happens with the woman who is one of the soldiers for the games. I'm not sure why the game master played the games again but figured he was probably bored and was inspired by 001 in the first season. I was surprised Gi-Hun never seemed to suspect him, given who 001 turned out to be the last time.
Episode 3 of The Pitt was less dramatic than the first two. It felt like more of a filler episode where not as much happened, but I still loved it! As hard as it is to wait a week for episodes, I love that Max is doing it that way instead of releasing them all at once. Now I get to look forward to Thursday nights again, like I did for 15 years with ER. If they had released the whole season at once, I would have watched it all last weekend and had nothing to look forward to.
nicksgal:
Is Squid Game good? I'm looking for new (or "new") shows to binge watch this summer with my newfound free time. We started watching Resident Alien a couple of months ago, but nothing else new.
I lurk on your Kieran tweets when they pop up in my notifications, so you're my running award season commentary. Thanks for keeping me informed! :D I think I caught one where you were saying we needed to rank celebrity death matches based on Hot Ones and you're absolutely right. I'm probably misremembering and exaggerating your calling it a death match, but I wholeheartedly support that interpretation .
mare:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on January 18, 2025, 11:21:35 AM ---I haven't heard about whatever's going on with Robbie Williams' movie, but I do know who he is. Take That was never big in the US, but Robbie had at least a couple of hits that I can remember. I thought his video for Rock DJ was really cool when it came out!
I will try to watch A Real Pain at some point this weekend. I'm glad you liked Season 2 of Squid Game, Mare! I'm not sure if I liked the whole season better than 1 (maybe because it felt so unresolved), but I definitely liked the supporting characters they brought in to play the games better. I'm terrible at remembering their names or numbers, especially now that it's been a few weeks since I watched it, but I like the mom with the son, the trans woman, and the pregnant woman. Thanos was also a really fun antagonist! I'm curious to see what happens with the woman who is one of the soldiers for the games. I'm not sure why the game master played the games again but figured he was probably bored and was inspired by 001 in the first season. I was surprised Gi-Hun never seemed to suspect him, given who 001 turned out to be the last time.
Episode 3 of The Pitt was less dramatic than the first two. It felt like more of a filler episode where not as much happened, but I still loved it! As hard as it is to wait a week for episodes, I love that Max is doing it that way instead of releasing them all at once. Now I get to look forward to Thursday nights again, like I did for 15 years with ER. If they had released the whole season at once, I would have watched it all last weekend and had nothing to look forward to.
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I think it's because I am so all in on the movie side of twitter now that I'm seeing all the drama surrounding this Robbie Williams movie. The consensus seems to be it's a great film but no one in the US is willing to give it a chance because they never heard of Robbie Williams and the whole monkey issue and that's angering the UK because they feel like that's the reason it hasn't been acknowledged for awards. I don't remember that DJ song. The only one I remember is Angel.
I hope you enjoy A Real Pain when you finally get to see it. It's only 88 minutes and isn't like an edge of your seat movie or anything. You just really feel like you're on this tour of Poland with these people. One of which is clearly mentally ill. I kept thinking, if I was ever on a tour, I'd totally be stuck with Benji in my group. lol This is the very first film that was given permission to film in a real concentration camp and they treat that scene SO incredibly. Anyway you]re either going to find it enjoyable or boring. Either way Kieran and Jesse are both incredible in it. I'm sad Jesse isn't getting any love for his acting performance. As for Squid Games, good for you for remembering the names you did. I have enough trouble remembering names like Steve or Rick, I couldn't even tell you the main character's name. I don't really recall who Thanos is. Was he the purple haired guy? I enjoyed the mom and son as well. I hope they make it to the end. I have a feeling the game is not going to be completed so maybe there''ll be a chance that more of them will live at the end.
i still haven't watched the third episode of The Pitt yet, but I figured there would be some filler episodes in there, maybe for more character development. I love the weekly release as opposed to all at once method like Netflix has, even though when they do that, I still tend to only watch one episode at as time, but I usually do one a day instead of once a week.
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