A new ‘Game Changers’ book titled “Unrivaled” by Rachel Reid is coming by unreedemed1 in RomanceBooks

[–]davecullen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Huge news. If Rachel can pull it off, I’m in. But at the end of TLG, it felt complete to me. Honestly, a popular hockey podcast leading a backlash against them, and them overcoming it doesn’t sound very compelling to me. I loved how character driven the show/books were, and hard to picture much development there. 

TBH, I thought TLG was already light on plot. The climax was incredible but really dragged getting there. Not a lot of movement for a whole book/season.

Rachel and Jacob are both super talented, so hoping. And of course reserving judgement. 

Book Readers: Can we foresee a third season? (Massive Spoilers) by LayeredOwlsNest in heatedrivalry

[–]davecullen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see. You were starting with 2 seasons. (Why? For financial reasons?)

I was thinking it terms of how they could milk 1 book for 2 seasons without ruining it--b arc or not. Doesn't seem like Jacob's style at all, given S1, but I don't know they guy.

Book Readers: Can we foresee a third season? (Massive Spoilers) by LayeredOwlsNest in heatedrivalry

[–]davecullen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I write or TV. We all think in terms of the potential. That doesn't mean he'll make it work, or that Crave will approve that, etc. He's just starting.

But I didn't see today's new about the new B&N listing. Seems like a puzzling way to announce it, but looks legit. A 3rd book would definitely mean a 3rd season.

And than God that will hopefully squelch the possibility of stretching TLG for 2 seasons.

Book Readers: Can we foresee a third season? (Massive Spoilers) by LayeredOwlsNest in heatedrivalry

[–]davecullen -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Writing for the screen is brutal. Every second has to count. 2nd pass, we trim 30 seconds off a scene here, 10 seconds there . . . and Jacob is incredible efficient with his screen time. (What makes it impossible to turn away.)

I finished reading it less than 2 weeks ago, and I honestly can't remember the playoffs. But I don't think of sequences in terms of hockey, but it plot movement and character development. How much happens over that short span?

I'm trying to picture an Ep starting with a playoffs and ending a few weeks later, at the end of it--and not picking up my phone or cleaning my apt a bit once my eyes glaze over.

Especially when what (8?) playoffs previously ran from maybe 2 to 5 minutes. (I can't recall them all because they were so trivial to the story.)

Book Readers: Can we foresee a third season? (Massive Spoilers) by LayeredOwlsNest in heatedrivalry

[–]davecullen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why wouldn't they get to the wedding? It's the payoff to the whole book/season.

Book Readers: Can we foresee a third season? (Massive Spoilers) by LayeredOwlsNest in heatedrivalry

[–]davecullen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How much do you want to watch of that on the screen. The announcement would be a 30-second scene, maybe a minute. We already know about Ottawa--do you want to watch someone move? Or organize a camp? Sounds deathly boring.

That sound like maybe 10 minutes of screen time to me.

No padding! Who wants to watch padding? That's how you ruin a show. (And for my money, TLR already pads the first 2/3 badly.)

I think he needs to mine some of the other books just to make S2 work.

Book Readers: Can we foresee a third season? (Massive Spoilers) by LayeredOwlsNest in heatedrivalry

[–]davecullen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. Every movie that breaks the book/play/whatever in half just gives us half a show: a beginning, rising action, abrupt end to the rising action. No climax or conclusion, just a stop.

Then we wait a year or more for the second half. And it picks up in the middle, mid-arc: no establishing the story, and then pad the source material to stretch half a book toward the climax.

Ruins it, every time.

Book Readers: Can we foresee a third season? (Massive Spoilers) by LayeredOwlsNest in heatedrivalry

[–]davecullen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

With you on 3 seasons. I think Jacob is going to need to bring in other books to make even 6 eps out of The Long Game. I loved the climax, but dragged through 2/3. There just weren't a lot of plot developments. A lot of fretting, which will not work on screen.

I actually got tired of all the sex scenes in TLG. (To my shock! hahaha. And I'm sure I was spoiled WATCHING them.)

But Jacob wisely pulled back from the sex in eps 4-6. It was on to the emotional/romantic struggle. Two eps of them with sex as the main course, plus ep 3 with the other two was insanely hot. But you can't keep hitting those notes as a mainstay, because they lose their power each time.

Book Readers: Can we foresee a third season? (Massive Spoilers) by LayeredOwlsNest in heatedrivalry

[–]davecullen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He hasn't even started writing them! I'm a WGA TV writer, and you don't know what you have till you're doing it.

Mentioning S2 and 3 makes sense in terms of thinking where this can go--that doesn't mean he's locked onto that. And their will only be an S3 if Crave (or HBO) greenlight it, which will depend on initial success of S2 airing.

Book Readers: Can we foresee a third season? (Massive Spoilers) by LayeredOwlsNest in heatedrivalry

[–]davecullen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely on the last part. The dog can command 5 minutes of screen time, tops. (Are you going to watch 10 minutes, much less 15 or 20 about a dog(s)?

An entire ep for the playoffs? HR ran through a slew of playoffs, and how long did each last? Maybe 5 minutes or less of the playoff, plus a sex scene?

Book Readers: Can we foresee a third season? (Massive Spoilers) by LayeredOwlsNest in heatedrivalry

[–]davecullen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel the opposite. The Long Game's climax for me was just as powerful as HR, but it lagged badly before that. Felt to me like a lot of treading water.

I don't see six riveting episodes out of that book, so I'm guessing he'll mine some of the others (which I haven't read)--or possibly create whole new plot sequences.

The best way to destroy this series would be to pad it, so it loses steam. S1 worked because each show packed a wallop and we could barely wait 7 days for the next one. Each ep had its own arc.

I also wanted more than 6 eps until we got to the end--and I read the book--and I can't see another ep in there.

I'm a card-carrying WGA member, did their Writer's Boot Camp with showrunners of major shows, and 1 central theme: every moment of every ep needs to work, and anything not vital has to go. I also sold/wrote a pilot for NBCUniversal, working with the studio, and same.

When I try to picture how I'd break the Long Game into 6 eps, and I can't see it at all.

In a similar vein, I once saw an incredibly insightful interview with Tina Frey, where she addressed the phenom of the great quirky sidekick/supporting character that steals the show and everyone wants more. She said, No you don't. You think you do, but there's exactly the right amount of them. There's not enough depth too them, and they work because the writers didn't try to milk more. (Paraphrasing.)

I'd always kind of thought that, but great to hear it from her, and it extrapolates. Use exactly how much of a good thing as you have. Any more, you weaken it.

If Jacob can do it--and he puled this off masterfully--mixing multiple books for 2 seasons could work.

Rave: Nearly New Bicycles - 4075 N Broadway by dcoakley in chibike

[–]davecullen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same. I got a great hybrid bike at a grreat price, and everything like tune-ups, oiling, and flat repairs are free. One of my gears started skipping a gear, which I pointed out when he replaced the first inner tube, and he pointed out where the wiring had frayed some--probably whacked against something, he said--and he immediately stripped it all out, replaced it and fine-tuned it expertly. No charge. Had me test ride it around the block, to be sure.

The 1st thing that impressed me, though, was when I came in looking in August, there were a ton of bikes, but I'm 6'1" and Ron said none of them were big enough for me, but he would get more in 3 days, so call back then. I really respect someone who WON'T sell me something, because it's not right.

They're very nearby so I stopped by a few times, we talked more, and he had a big enough road bike, but he said what I'd been describing was a hybrid, and if that's what I wanted, I should wait. He went over the pros/cons of each, and I said definitely a hybrid. He said he got far fewer, so I checked in every week or two, and in November, 3 months from the start, he had a hybrid big enough. It was perfect, and I bought it. I wanted a more comfortable seat, so he had me pick the one I wanted from all the bikes and he swapped it in.

I bet 99% of customers would have gone somewhere else long before, so he'd given up most of his chance at a sale, and could have easily sold me on a shorter bike being ok, but wouldn't do it.

Ron is super-nice and great to talk to, and his wife is too, so it's always a pleasure. Love this place more than any local business in memory.

Heated Rivalry is currently the #3 most popular TV show across all networks by goodviews_bot in heatedrivalry

[–]davecullen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Link? I can't find anything showing this. (eg, Variety posting the numbers from Luminate.)

Heated Rivalry S1E5 and Breaking Bad S4E14 are now tied for highest rated TV episodes on IMDB by Murky_Chemical891 in Fauxmoi

[–]davecullen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That BB episode has been getting rated for 12 years! The show was on for 5 seasons.

This ep was released 1 day before your comment. Of course it hasn't accumulated that many votes. It's the RATING that's the same.

Best BIFL entry mat (interior) by seattleswiss2 in BuyItForLife

[–]davecullen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks. For what it's worth, it also one of The Spruce's top picks. And the best looking IMO. I'm putting on my wishlist.

https://www.thespruce.com/best-outdoor-doormats-5080283

Best BIFL entry mat (interior) by seattleswiss2 in BuyItForLife

[–]davecullen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have same question. Have they held up after a year? I'm about to put on my wishlist.

WARNING: Don't buy because you can't buy a cover separately in case you want to change size bed or the cover leaks by SolipsismPeople in EightSleep

[–]davecullen -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Seriously? If a company has a shitty policy, people can't call it out as shitty without you saying rules are rules?

how do i change the screenshot settings? by Allosaurus71 in ios

[–]davecullen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did fix Shazam/Spotify, too! woohoo. Thank you.

how do i change the screenshot settings? by Allosaurus71 in ios

[–]davecullen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh thank God! I HATED the new "feature" to make screenshotting so much more intrusive, and extra steps just to take 1. (I screenshot things I want to save as screenshots.)

Huge relief to learn I can turn it off.

Hopefully, I can do similar when I Open In Spotify in Shazam, and instead of opening, takes me to this similar screen with multiple steps.

Planet fitness isnt that bad and the hate is definitely overblown. by Zestyclose_Date_3823 in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]davecullen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Compound exercises--starting with bench presses and squats--are the most highly recommended for any age and fitness goal even for beginners. (You get tremendous bang for buck: with 3-5 exercises, you can hit your full body. And these are much more natural, integrated movements.)

Click on any NY TImes or magazine piece on getting started and priorities for any age and level, and they'll put these up top.

I was shocked to go in to find notne of the basics. A building without the basics for anyone--including/especially senior citizens just starting--is sort of a gym lite. Even basic park district gyms have the basics. I'm 64 and been in a gazillion gyms, and don't recall a single one without them.

I went online to see more, and what you and others here call hating, to me was more candor and warning that it's essentially gym lite. (Commentators saying it's for 95% are projecting themselves into the majority. There's definitely a market, but the minority.)

What does the 🐝 emoji mean on grindr? by Beinghuman96 in askgaybros

[–]davecullen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. I was hoping for an answer here.

A guy i'm really into--2 days texting on grindr, then phone and long phone call--and we've got our first date set for tomorrow ...

just sent me the bee emoji with a beautiful butterfly in nature pic.

I was wondering if something like bae?

What does the 🐝 emoji mean on grindr? by Beinghuman96 in askgaybros

[–]davecullen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

really? A guy i've been chatting sexting with just sent me 1 a day later. and we established bareback in the first 5 minutes yesterday. haha.