What are you watching & why? (splain)

Big DJ said:
My wife loved both Ozark and Inventing Anna.
I could tolerate Ozark but couldn't stand Inventing Anna. I don't like "series" TV, and Anna would drive me away in a heartbeat.
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the Anna show was challenging at first. Almost all the characters are intensely unlikable, but I'm glad I made it all the way through the dozen or so episodes. Soundtrack was pretty good. I like stuff that has a strong subtext, but that show is certainly not for everyone.
 
Just started binge watching the original Japanese version of "The Iron Chef" which just started playing on Pluto TV because I like food "competition" programs and this is one that I believe started it all.

The overdubbing on the show can be both quite tedious and hilarious but it's the food prep that I find interesting. Not much I've seen that I could replicate in my kitchen but it's still interesing to me.

. . . I'm still also watching "Columbo" too. ;)
 
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Loves me some vintage "Clodumbo." It would be great to bring that one back, but how is anyone going to follow Peter Falk? Then again, I didn't think they'd ever find another Spock, but Zachary Quinto seems to have worked out OK.

Meanwhile . . . I have started watching two actual old skool over-ther-air broadcast programs, both on NBC: Law & Order Season 21; and Endgame.

I always enjoyed the original L&O (L&O CI not so much, and L&O SVU not at all). It was of course totally unrealistic, but . . . hello, TV! Anyway, after 20 years on the air, it departed more than a decade ago. Now they've brought it back for a new season, Season 21. Sam Waterston is back as DA Jack McCoy, and Anthony Anderson is back as Det. Bernard. Jeffrey Donovan is Bernard's partner now, Camryn Manheim is "The Loo," and they have two new ADAs.

Very little Sam Waterston in the first episode of L&O Season 21. Maybe 2-3 short scenes. But he's 81 YO now, so what do you expect? IMO, the detectives are fine. Anderson knows his part and plays it well, and Donovan has done a lot of these procedurals in this career and he is OK here. I didn't see any chemistry between them good or bad - it was like they operated independently. A bit strange, but OK. Never been a fan of Manheim, but in limited doses here she is tolerable. The ADAs had zero energy or charisma AFAICT, and were the weakest link. Kind of surprised how flat Hugh Dancy was. The story was also not strong. and the conclusion was very unconvincing - the verdict seemed to come out of nowhere.

Endgame's pilot episode was a bit better than I expected. Seemed to me to have a bit of "Alias" and a bit of "Black List" - neither of which shows I made past a few episodes. Morena Baccarin has had failed TV series on Fox and ABC, so maybe she's going for the network trifecta with NBC. I guess "Gotham" did OK, but I couldn't make it past the second episode. In the first episode here, she deploys with wild abandon her greatest theatrical weapon: "The Knowing Smirk." She specialized in that in her old TV show, "V" and in the "Deadpool" movies, and given the character she plays here maybe that was why she was cast in this part. The production values of the Pilot were high, the plot (so far) was somewhat intriguing, and the rest of the acting was fine. Just not sure how much of that "smartest-gal-in-the-room" smirking I can really take. We'll have to see if she tones that down in the second episode.

I tend not to make it past three or four episodes of 90+% of new shows I try. These two were "aiight" but I'm not sure I'll make it past a couple of episodes of either of them if they don't "fix" a few things.
 
Will be watching Shark Tank tonight. Daughter of the lady across the street from us will be on...something about a "support system designed for women", so could be interesting😁
 
Just finished Peacemaker on HBOMax. Highly recommend you watch The Suicide Squad (2021) for background. One of the funniest superhero shows I've seen. Cast was great and some really hilarious dialogue. Also finished Righteous Gemstones. If you're a Danny McBride fan, it's a great comedy about a televangelist family that's extremely dysfunctional.
 
I saw Painting With John on HBO. Very strange, but it is interesting to see how and what he paints. It is done so fast and casually and yet looks great.
I may have been the only person watching who wasn't smoking weed.
 
I watched Sons of Sam on Netflix this week, holy smokes, now I'm watching Manny Grossman on YouTube with his recent and on going investigation which includes recent interviews with Yonkers locals and the police involved in the case amongst others.

Really interesting but really really scary what he's finding out about stuff then and possibly now.
 
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