If this is your first visit, be sure to
check out the FAQ by clicking the
link above. You may have to register
before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages,
select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.
Announcement
Collapse
No announcement yet.
Did you know this streams on Amazon Instant Video?
I'm not sure if there has been any discussion on this but is anyone watching "Yellowstone" the Paramount series with Kevin Coster? Jamie is one of the most uncomfortable characters I've ever seen on TV. I really like the show but it's hard to watch the abuse this Jamie guy takes from his Dad (Costner). I put this under the Amazon section because we had to buy it to watch it.
Yeah, nothing compared to the abuse he takes from his sister. Yet he can still reduce her to quivering jello with a few well-placed words about killing their mother.
Yeah, nothing compared to the abuse he takes from his sister. Yet he can still reduce her to quivering jello with a few well-placed words about killing their mother.
The sister grows on you. I like her.
She's too much, and too unbelievable. Rip and Kacey are the sympathetic characters.
Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season 3 was excellent, but will probably prove a bit polarizing. Bigger focus on the Susie Myerson character that for me has always been the show stealer. Strong performances from the anchors, and all the supporting cast with some new big name additions. Production values reflect the success of the first two seasons. This show must be getting quite expensive. If you liked 1 and 2, I think you'll be pleased. If you've never liked the show, Season 3 probably isn't going to change that.
Overall, I thought the season was pretty enjoyable.
Spoiler for Season 4 spoilers and speculation:
I was kind of annoyed by the resolution of the portal - didn't seem to have a point.
I was disappointed with the death of Tagomi. I wonder if his death was driven more by off-screen issues (contract disputes, etc.) than by the demands of the story. It does, however, allow for Kido to take up the mantle of the honorable Japanese character.
The introduction of the Black Communist Rebellion works as a story arc, but that also had me wondering about off-screen issues. Had the series taken flack from the industry for under-representing minority/women issues, thus leading them to add not just significant minority roles, but making the driving force of the movement a woman?
I haven't seen anything past season 2. I keep thinking I need to watch, but then get distracted by other shows.
I don't remember whether it was season 2 or season 3, but when I started watching one of them, I felt really lost. It was as if I had forgotten the previous season or even skipped over some episodes. I stopped and looked back and realized that I hadn't missed anything and hadn't really misremembered anything, either. Pretty irritating, really.
"I think it was King Benjamin who said 'you sorry ass shitbags who have no skills that the market values also have an obligation to have the attitude that if one day you do in fact win the PowerBall Lottery that you will then impart of your substance to those without.'"
- Goatnapper'96
Overall, I thought the season was pretty enjoyable.
Spoiler for Season 4 spoilers and speculation:
I was kind of annoyed by the resolution of the portal - didn't seem to have a point.
I was disappointed with the death of Tagomi. I wonder if his death was driven more by off-screen issues (contract disputes, etc.) than by the demands of the story. It does, however, allow for Kido to take up the mantle of the honorable Japanese character.
The introduction of the Black Communist Rebellion works as a story arc, but that also had me wondering about off-screen issues. Had the series taken flack from the industry for under-representing minority/women issues, thus leading them to add not just significant minority roles, but making the driving force of the movement a woman?
I'd probably agree with that.
I don't remember whether it was season 2 or season 3, but when I started watching one of them, I felt really lost. It was as if I had forgotten the previous season or even skipped over some episodes. I stopped and looked back and realized that I hadn't missed anything and hadn't really misremembered anything, either. Pretty irritating, really.
This is how I felt through the last two seasons. The original concept...a world where the Nazis won....was really interesting. Where they took the story and how they got their seemed clunky and far less interesting. Maybe it was because they didn't tie everything together or maybe it was because I wasn't really paying attention because it didn't fully captivate my attention, but in the end I just think the overall product was a big meh.
Just watched "One Child Nation," a documentary about China's one-child policy directed by a Chinese woman whose family was directly effected by it. It also profiles a family from Utah who adopted three children from Chinese adoption agency. I don't want to give too much away, because it is definitely worth watching, but it is pretty harrowing. China abandoned the one-child policy in 2015 but it still limits the number of children a family can have to 2. It won the U.S. Grand Jury Prize for documentaries at Sundance earlier this year.
What's even more disturbing than the film, though, is reading some of the reviews and comments from so called "progressives" that try to justify the policy, which fostered forced abortions and sterilization, infanticide, and leaving babies in the street to starve to death. They refuse to admit that China's population crisis was the result of the disastrous communist policies of Mao, which could have been solved with economic growth through capitalism rather than forcing people to kill their babies.
What's even more disturbing than the film, though, is reading some of the reviews and comments from so called "progressives" that try to justify the policy, which fostered forced abortions and sterilization, infanticide, and leaving babies in the street to starve to death. They refuse to admit that China's population crisis was the result of the disastrous communist policies of Mao, which could have been solved with economic growth through capitalism rather than forcing people to kill their babies.
China is a pretty effed up place.
The quantity of people on reddit that promote and defend communism is appalling and pretty worrying.
"Seriously, is there a bigger high on the whole face of the earth than eating a salad?"--SeattleUte
"The only Ute to cause even half the nationwide hysteria of Jimmermania was Ted Bundy."--TripletDaddy
This is a tough, NYC broad, a doctor who deals with bleeding organs, dying people and testicles on a regular basis without crying."--oxcoug
"I'm not impressed (and I'm even into choreography . . .)"--Donuthole
"I too was fortunate to leave with my same balls."--byu71
The quantity of people on reddit that promote and defend communism is appalling and pretty worrying.
There's some edgelord tankies on reddit, but communism is not exactly popular on there. White nationalism/fascism on the other hand ... look no further than The_Donald.
China has a lot of trolls on that site though, and they are pretty dogged in their work.
Just watched "One Child Nation," a documentary about China's one-child policy directed by a Chinese woman whose family was directly effected by it. It also profiles a family from Utah who adopted three children from Chinese adoption agency. I don't want to give too much away, because it is definitely worth watching, but it is pretty harrowing. China abandoned the one-child policy in 2015 but it still limits the number of children a family can have to 2. It won the U.S. Grand Jury Prize for documentaries at Sundance earlier this year.
What's even more disturbing than the film, though, is reading some of the reviews and comments from so called "progressives" that try to justify the policy, which fostered forced abortions and sterilization, infanticide, and leaving babies in the street to starve to death. They refuse to admit that China's population crisis was the result of the disastrous communist policies of Mao, which could have been solved with economic growth through capitalism rather than forcing people to kill their babies.
China is a pretty effed up place.
Yeah, definitely not progressives. Progressives don't love China or the CCCP.
Just watched "One Child Nation," a documentary about China's one-child policy directed by a Chinese woman whose family was directly effected by it. It also profiles a family from Utah who adopted three children from Chinese adoption agency. I don't want to give too much away, because it is definitely worth watching, but it is pretty harrowing. China abandoned the one-child policy in 2015 but it still limits the number of children a family can have to 2. It won the U.S. Grand Jury Prize for documentaries at Sundance earlier this year.
What's even more disturbing than the film, though, is reading some of the reviews and comments from so called "progressives" that try to justify the policy, which fostered forced abortions and sterilization, infanticide, and leaving babies in the street to starve to death. They refuse to admit that China's population crisis was the result of the disastrous communist policies of Mao, which could have been solved with economic growth through capitalism rather than forcing people to kill their babies.
China is a pretty effed up place.
We watched this today (pre- Rose Bowl) and thought it was outstanding, but very disturbing. The statistics concerning the number of abortions, esp. live birth murders, are staggering. The propaganda productions favoring the one child policy were deeply troubling and, coupled with the way the Chinese try to promote employee morale (see, e.g., American Factory), are at once hilarious and disturbing. I really hope that the expectations of my Taiwanese clients that the Chinese Communist Party will implode within the next decade will be realized.
Comment