What TV shows are you watching?

i saw the first 5 episodes of shogun on disney plus. its a very good show. only a slight complaint. there is tones of subtitles..o_O

i also saw a little bit of the first episode of the animated show, xmen 97.. it seems really cool but i feel i need to go and watch the original seasons first. i saw some episodes as a kid but not enough to remember the whole show/plot.
It's a really solid show. I actually think there is not enough subtitles, as the theme is supposed to be centered around the Portuguese and the Japanese, but there is not even a single Portuguese word uttered by any character.
Meanwhile X-men '97 is way better than I imagined. Haven't re-watched the original series, but as far as I recall from memory it didn't skip a beat. It is as good, if not better than the old series.
 
It's a really solid show. I actually think there is not enough subtitles, as the theme is supposed to be centered around the Portuguese and the Japanese, but there is not even a single Portuguese word uttered by any character.
Meanwhile X-men '97 is way better than I imagined. Haven't re-watched the original series, but as far as I recall from memory it didn't skip a beat. It is as good, if not better than the old series.

i understand what you mean about speaking portuguese in shogun. i've only noticed a few actors having a slight portuguese accent. i don't mind subtitles / watching foreign movies but i don't find it an easy watch. ( watching shogun makes me want to rewatch 13 assassins, again).

interestingly i saw a short interview with Anna Sawai ( the main actress from shogun) and she stated that they have to talk in an old japanese dialect and not modern japanese + use a british accent when speaking english.
 
Been rewatching Chuck. Just started season 4 of 5. Still holds up as one of the best shows ever made. It's witty, hilarious and there's no denying the chemistry between the characters. Even outside the main three pictured, (Chuck, Sarah, and Casey), the entire cast were incredible.

Highly recommend it if you have the opportunity.

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Archer. Had started watching years ago, then finished whatever the latest season was at the time and never hopped back on the train. Since it has ended, I am slowly making my way through it again. I think I'm in season six now.
 
Breaking Bad. Again. Probably my fifteenth re-watch. I popped on "Live Free or Die" earlier, because I was in the mood, and, well, four episodes later, you know how it is 😁
 
Batman Caped Crusader. A bit of mixed bag for me, as it felt at times a carbon copy of the original animated series, which it is not negative per se, but when compared to what was done animation wise recently with the likes of X-men'97, Arcane and Castlevania, it looks like a cheap project. On the positive, I really enjoyed the re-interpretation of the villains (though I do not understand the logic behind the gender swap on one of them). Harley Quinn and specially Harvey Dent were really compelling characters to me. I've also enjoyed this flawed version of Batman (making mistakes and all). Overall it's a solid short series, though a disappointment to me regarding animation and with most of the episodes being self-contained.
 
So on a massive turn of events, my wife is rewatching Desperate Housewives for the 5th time and after years upon years of BEGGING me to watch with her, I have this time.

Not a soap opera fan and I don't like the show really, but it is written VERY smartly in spots and is well-acted throughout with a shit-ton of character development all around.

I can definitely see why this show was so popular. Have 3 and 2/3 more seasons to go.
 
Spent the last month watching ALL of Twin Peaks. I watched the original 90s series back in the day with my parents, but only vaguely remembered the weird parts. Anyway, Lynch, for the most part, knows how to suspend your disbelief but when I finished the 2017 series, it does leave some unique questions.

Cooper does save Laura, but consequently, doesn't that prevent Bob from getting killed and all the other shit that happened throughout the series? I mean, did he save Laura from being an addict and nympho?
 
Spent the last month watching ALL of Twin Peaks. I watched the original 90s series back in the day with my parents, but only vaguely remembered the weird parts. Anyway, Lynch, for the most part, knows how to suspend your disbelief but when I finished the 2017 series, it does leave some unique questions.

Cooper does save Laura, but consequently, doesn't that prevent Bob from getting killed and all the other shit that happened throughout the series? I mean, did he save Laura from being an addict and nympho?

I hadn’t thought of that, but I’ll admit that I haven’t bothered to seek out what others have thought about the ending.

My initial take might seem a bit pessimistic? Even now I’m still unsure of how I feel entirely about it and whether I actually want to think about it in such a way. Nor do I recall every detail that led me to my own conclusion. But the most basic way I can put it is that at least as far as The Return is concerned, it acts both as peeling back layers of fiction to get closer to the truth as well as a meta commentary on trying to bring back a beloved show and the way people put so much importance on old tropes that don’t fit the modern world so well.

To try to break it down, I feel like Cooper is in a dream, perhaps either reliving or actively dreaming about the case of Laura Palmer and everything that may have actually happened around her and in the town of Twin Peaks, and how that has affected his relationship with and estranged him from Diane, who seems like a character for him to simply bounce off of to start but made far more important and definitely in a romantic aspect in the Return. When the layer peels back and their names are revealed to be Richard and Linda (if I’m remembering right), I think that is a part of the layer of fiction being peeled back to show what may be “true”.

From here I might be rambling a bit, mostly just trying to job my brain for details. Diane being revealed to have red hair and black and white nails towards the end I think is significant in showing the Black Lodge and different aspects about it were related to her and suppression of memories, emotions, and different aspects of Cooper. Between himself, the nearly vegetative state of Dougie, and the mercilessness of Mr. C, I believe those were all present in Richard and shown in the last episode in both awkward mannerisms and how he handled the men in the diner. It may not matter as much but I feel it is interesting to note Mr. C seemed to only ever harm people that were also criminals themselves, though it is hard to say whether he might have hurt others at the sheriff’s department.

Another thing is the ring that seemed to connect those who wore it to the lodge. I think the extended scene was technically cut, but there is one from Fire Walk With Me wherein Bob accepts the ring from the Man from another place if I recall correctly, and though it is strange in the usual Lynch sense, I find it intriguing it’s framed as a sort of marriage. I don’t remember it as much, whether Mike had ever worn the ring, but with his left arm being cut off and him also having cut ties with Bob and being technically on Cooper’s side, I think that represents him trying to deny his past.

I feel like there was plenty more I had. Stuff to do with Jeffries, wanting to go back in time to save Laura, the one he finds much older possibly just being some stranger in some trouble using him as an excuse to get out. But really I don’t think my theory covers everything about the entirety of the show so well, with so many other characters. Even so I feel it’s worth getting out there and I’m interested in hearing from other fans with different ideas. All I know is Twin Peaks has had me interested in analyzing dreams in particular and how people study them, and watching Lynch’s other films I feel like looking at them at least in a more abstract way is less frustrating and much more fun.
 
Twin Peaks is a wonderful thing, everything about it is great. I’ve no idea how The Return actually manages to WORK as a thing, it’s so weird and disjointed and frustrating to a point, but at the same time, it’s fucking perfect.

As for the ending… I’ve no idea exactly but it certainly doesn’t feel positive to me watching it.

On another note, wasn’t there a second film made just from outtakes and deleted scenes etc? Can’t remember what it was called - haven’t see that, any of you lot seen it? Want to say Missing Pieces but really not sure.
 
Twin Peaks is a wonderful thing, everything about it is great. I’ve no idea how The Return actually manages to WORK as a thing, it’s so weird and disjointed and frustrating to a point, but at the same time, it’s fucking perfect.
Same here, mate. Even the infamous second season which usually gets criticism over doubling on slipstick humor, thats precisely my favourite parts. Idk, that sense of watching a sitcom while a disembodied voice wishpers you at the ear "something's wrong" gets under my skin.

As for the ending… I’ve no idea exactly but it certainly doesn’t feel positive to me watching it.
Me neither. Its like finishing when the party begin.

On another note, wasn’t there a second film made just from outtakes and deleted scenes etc? Can’t remember what it was called - haven’t see that, any of you lot seen it? Want to say Missing Pieces but really not sure.
"Fire Walks With Me" 😉 the missing pieces is a novel. I really want to like Fire... but I don't. There's Kiefer Sutherland, David Bowie, Chris meh Isaak and even Lynch returning as Gordon Cole; but it doesn't go well in my opinion.
 
Oh yeah I know Fire Walk with Me, but there’s another one:


Guess that’s the b-side to the film. Although, as much as David Bowie fills me with disdain, I do think FWWM is fantastic. That scene in whatever club it is, all red with the massive boomy sounding drums from the band, just great.

I remember the first time I watched it, I thought it lost its way somewhere in the second series, then when I’ve watched it since, I expect it to go down the pan, but then it never happens.

David Lynch as a whole I find hit and miss, Twin Peaks and Blue Velvet are perfect, Eraserhead is good, other stuff, not really into.
 
Oh yeah I know Fire Walk with Me, but there’s another one:


Guess that’s the b-side to the film. Although, as much as David Bowie fills me with disdain, I do think FWWM is fantastic. That scene in whatever club it is, all red with the massive boomy sounding drums from the band, just great.
I must skipped that one (2017 was a disaster of a year to me) and now makes me want to watch it and rewatch FWWM. As much as a diehard Bowie fan one could be, he did admit doing terrible in his scene. Apparently under influence.
It doesn't matter what club scene one pick among Lynch works: they're always spot on.

I remember the first time I watched it, I thought it lost its way somewhere in the second series, then when I’ve watched it since, I expect it to go down the pan, but then it never happens.

David Lynch as a whole I find hit and miss, Twin Peaks and Blue Velvet are perfect, Eraserhead is good, other stuff, not really into.
Exactly my thoughts on his filmography.
If you're not familiar with his wheather reports in his YT channel, please give it a go sometime. Sadly he stopped doing it but there's a few years of reports.

On other note, I need this to be done by some skilled fan: Bill Farmer and Nick Jameson (original voices for Sam and Max respectively) dubbed into Twin Peaks Dale and Gordon scenes.
 
It doesn't matter what club scene one pick among Lynch works: they're always spot on.
You’re bang on there man, I’d never really thought about that, but you’re quite right.

And no, I hadn’t heard about his weather reports! Thank you, I’ll have a look.

Have you seen What Jack Did? The short where he interrogates his monkey? That’s one of my favourite things of his.

Also, this from The Return soundtrack:

 
Have you seen What Jack Did? The short where he interrogates his monkey? That’s one of my favourite things of his.
No I haven't (remitting myself to the mentioned gap 2017-19. 2022 counting recovery) the backlog is quite important, so thank you! Im a zealot pro-every movie with a monkey in it and being from/with Lynch just puts the cherry on top.

Every author can be special to someone, it just depends on where's the bar set; but David Lynch genuily is one of a kind author with a style personal enough to make anyone watch and listen 2 min. of a random work of him and correctly guess his signature. Easy to imitate sometimes tho, but not getting close to matching him. Kind of similar as with Vangelis in music.

Also, this from The Return soundtrack:

Oh this has the spice and blackness that I was looking for recently. Thanks again for the reminder!
 
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Hope things are good for you these days man.

What Did Jack Do is a ridiculous thing, serious and absurd at the same time, hope you enjoy it!

Agree about David Lynch being basically impossible to imitate, cuz you can copy him, but it’s obvious you’re copying him. Only he can do what he does, as wishy-washy as I find his filmography overall.
 
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