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Has anyone here watched The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel on Amazon Prime? Season 2 came out in December and I absolutely devoured it. This show does everything, and I do mean EVERYTHING, exactly right. Witty, sharp dialogue, gorgeous, impeccable costumes, terrific performances by every single cast member...it's just all a joy and a pleasure to watch. If you haven't watched it yet on Amazon Prime, I highly, highly encourage you to do so. You won't regret it.
Just started watching episode 12, season two of Luke Cage. Only one and a half episodes left.
Hopefully, Netflix will save this just cancelled series.
Oh, wait...
Hogan's Heroes fanfic? I guess I should have expected it. There is probably fanfic of the short-lived '90s sitcom Herman's Head, for all I know.. . .
Looking at the show now, it's clearly a product of three distinct threads of mid-sixties pop culture -- the WWII adventure craze, the super-spy craze, and the camp craze. No other era could have produced such a concept -- but I think it could be done, quite interestingly, as a straight espionage/adventure story. There is a great deal of HH fanfic online that goes in precisely that direction.
Hogan's Heroes fanfic? I guess I should have expected it. There is probably fanfic of the short-lived '90s sitcom Herman's Head, for all I know.
Klemperer was a very versatile actor. I've seen him on Perry Mason in dramatic roles, on Man from U.N.C.L.E. as a villain, and he played Adolf Eichmann in a feature film about the Israeli capture of the war criminal several years before his main TV work. And he plays an unrepentant Nazi in Judgment at Nuremberg, too. (I remember my mother commenting idly back then that WK was "a rather handsome man." Considering that her standard for "handsome" seemed to be David Janssen, "because he looks like the young Clark Gable," and [I suspect] Gable himself, WK was moving in some exalted company.)
I have been thinking of subscribing to Prime in order to watch The Man in the High Castle but procrastinating as I really don't need anymore TV to watch....BUT you have enticed my with this offering so perhaps it is time for me to make the leap.Has anyone here watched The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel on Amazon Prime? Season 2 came out in December and I absolutely devoured it. This show does everything, and I do mean EVERYTHING, exactly right. Witty, sharp dialogue, gorgeous, impeccable costumes, terrific performances by every single cast member...it's just all a joy and a pleasure to watch. If you haven't watched it yet on Amazon Prime, I highly, highly encourage you to do so. You won't regret it.
I have been thinking of subscribing to Prime in order to watch The Man in the High Castle but procrastinating as I really don't need anymore TV to watch....BUT you have enticed my with this offering so perhaps it is time for me to make the leap.
Sorely tempted but hesitant as Netflix enables me too much already. But I will succumb at some point soon."The Man in the High Castle" plus "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" plus many other shows and movies plus some free Kindle books plus free shipping on all Amazon orders for $120/yr ($12/mos) is really good value.
Started to watch "Escape at Dannamora" last night. Can anyone explain to me why Patricia Arquette (in the lead role) and her husband (in the series) are the only ones using an overly broad (I assume upstate NY) accent where everyone else in the show speaks in a normal relatively unaccented voice? To me it is weird and off putting. I also do not understand all the kudos thrown her way as I find her performance annoying. Her character strays into caricature and I am not drawn in at all. I doubt we will continue past the first two episodes because as my wife says....."I have trouble watching a show where I care nothing for any of the characters".
Yes, if I continue it will be out of curiosity around the escape itself....how do they do it? I agree about the pacing....it seems they have stretched it out too far when it could have been a taut suspenceful 4 or 5 episode.Hmm, I didn't find their accents especially objectionable. But I have to agree that the show's characterizations aren't exactly, um, subtle. In my experience, the intensity of the inland NYS twang varies a lot depending on what part of the state you're from: maybe they were supposed to be the only ones from an area where it's especially strong?
My own problem with that series is its e-x-t-r-e-m-e-l-y drawn out pacing and runtime. I felt it was much longer than it needed to be. I mean: just because you can do a single-take shot going through thousands of feet of tunnel and basement for nine minutes doesn't mean that you should. It would have worked better in maybe four parts instead of seven.
And I also agree that it's a bit hard to relate to a show where your principal characters are convicted killers and soon-to-be-accessories-to-a-crime. But I managed to stick it out just out of curiosity, if not sympathy for the characters.
We watched the first season a while back and started season two before giving up on Utred, Son of Putrid. We were never much of a fan, but gave it a go. We couldn’t get over our dislike for the pretty boy character Utred. His pigheaded jerkiness was too annoying to continue. We have discussed giving it another shot, but instead watched Vikings.Have you tried "The Last Kingdom"? On Netflix....kind of GoT like without the dragons!!! We loved it. My wife has a huge crush on the lead character.... Utred
These would be fighting words if my wife got involved. She has a big crush on Utred. We both liked it better than GofThronesWe watched the first season a while back and started season two before giving up on Utred, Son of Putrid. We were never much of a fan, but gave it a go. We couldn’t get over our dislike for the pretty boy character Utred. His pigheaded jerkiness was too annoying to continue. We have discussed giving it another shot, but instead watched Vikings.
We found The Frankenstein Chronicles to be pretty entertaining. It isn’t PennyDreadful entertaining, but not much is. It has some interesting twists on the whole Frankenstein thing as well as some nice acting and visuals.I have finally finished Luke Cage, and am p'd off it is gone, unless, as Dr. S mentions above, Disney brings it back once they have their own service (but of course, that means getting their service!). It just got better and better. Great final scene though.
Have started another Netflix series, Sean Bean in The Frankenstein Chronicles. Saw the first two episodes, quite enjoyable. Brings to mind a less cool version of Penny Dreadful, will see how it plays out. So far I am interested in continuing, but does not speak to me quite like PD does!