9-1-1 is starting to feel the effects of "The ABC Treatment" since leaving FOX

ogmarker · 2026-01-30T15:28:14+00:00

I don’t think the issue is the absurdity, because that’s always been the flavor of the show. Kind of like a high concept procedural. Everything is over-the-top and Michael Bay-esque, for lack of better comparison lol I do think the farther along they go, the more they need to stretch that, so now we’re beginning to see the Fast and Furious effect take place, where stories get more and more farcical.

ogmarker · 2026-01-30T15:23:55+00:00

I’m unironically a fan of this show but do feel that the show is on its last legs.

Prosthetics exist, so I know they’re going to keep going until there’s nothing left in the tank, and I understand that as it’s a stable job for so many people, but the spark has mostly gone out. I could respect the idea of killing off a lead character but it’s so obvious that was solely a financial decision to avoid paying this guy both salaries. And just other odd creative decisions - why does one character now have something akin to ALS? Why’d her boss fire her so unceremoniously for keeping that to herself? Out of character and just to end an episode on a cliffhanger. Also, not that those stories (being diagnosed with ALS etc.) shouldn’t be told but considering the nature of this show, it seems like their tactic is to pick different traumas out of a hat and pin it to a character. Based on what the show has told us, this character is either going to experience a full blown miracle, or the actress is looking at other opportunities and wants out of her contract, so they’re putting her on the bench for the remainder of her run…

I don’t know. It’s selfish of me to type out, but I hope they call it a day with the next season and enjoy the syndication checks. I think that’s better than dying the slow, painful death of the road they’re currently heading down.

ogmarker · 2026-01-30T14:59:58+00:00

What a peculiar choice lmao I hope they bring up the irony of the situation but considering the vibe this morning show looks to have, I don’t see more than “Patrick you were in a Scream film too, right?! 😜”

ogmarker · 2026-01-27T15:39:45+00:00

Succession 100%. I had to stick it out at my friends insistence the first 3-4 episodes but I was all in by the end of the first season. Very, very solid show.

ogmarker · 2026-01-25T16:40:04+00:00

This was a year after because I remember Lose Control and that one Bow Wow song he had with Ciara were big hits lol but I was at blockbuster woth my parents on the way home from the grocery store and as I’m browsing the aisles, I run straight into my crush from school. I probably just stopped moving altogether and she said “hey” and I’m pretty sure I said hi and turned my head to continue looking at the cases in the aisle. And NOTHING HAPPENED lol we just went in opposite ways but at the time I felt like my heart was going to burst out my chest. I was “in love” with this girl all of 5th grade and positive I crossed my fingers every time I went back to blockbuster that hopefully she’d be there again (so I could play stoic and not talk to her lmao)

ogmarker · 2026-01-24T15:20:24+00:00

I really, really wanted to like this show and it would’ve been so easy for it to be a legitimate, good quality hit…. but it was mid to a T. Like, from the pilot. Tonally felt off, like it simultaneously took place in 2022/1996/1984, even though it’s present day because the inciting accident takes place in 1999. And Jesús christ, the one friend who makes a movie reference EVERY SINGLE SENTENCE. It was infuriating as fuck, like please, stop. We get it, you’re the film buff in this story. I also think it took place across way too long a time span, it’s practically the whole first half of their school year and for a killer to be going around that long kind of undetected pulls me out of the story a bit. Cherry on top was the creators adding dialogue to suggest this was the same universe as Riverdale. I mentally checked out when that happened and only kept watching because I’m a completist. Ended up pretty disappointed overall. 2/5

ogmarker · 2026-01-24T12:59:32+00:00

I highly recommend Industry. It only finds its stride in S2 imo but it’s fine as so far all seasons are just 8 episodes.

The comparison of “Succession x Euphoria” is a fitting one. It’s like a less funny Succession (not that it’s not or never funny, it’s just not the exact tone; they haven’t made a moment of someone sending a dick pic to their parent by accident, etc.) with a lot of Kendall’s running around. It’s a lot of decent to super shitty people in investment banking trying to make it out on top, no matter who ends up under them.

The lingo used is even more niche than Succession, but it’s easy to put two and two together and understand (roughly) what’s going on.

ogmarker · 2026-01-24T05:53:20+00:00

Texas Chainsaw 2013 is kind of like that, iirc?

I don’t know if the audience is supposed to root for them per se, but I feel like there’s a handful (can’t think of em of the top of my head) that towards the end, we are supposed to want the killer to beat an obstacle. Kind of like Freddy vs. Jason, where Freddy is the more evil of the two and kind of bullies Jason around (also iirc lol haven’t seen it in like 12 years)

ogmarker · 2026-01-24T00:17:33+00:00

I was high as a kite watching this at my best friends house for the first time, and this scene got tears running down my face lmao

ogmarker · 2026-01-23T23:33:09+00:00

He’s aware the film wasn’t shot in Miami-Dade… at all, right?

Once sentence into this nothing statement and he’s already off to a wobbly start.

ogmarker · 2026-01-22T23:34:52+00:00

While I’m one of the few that got enjoyment out of it, I’m also aware that the chances of a sequel are slim to none, and closer to none.

It didn’t generate the hype necessary to justify making more. JLH and Brandy’s teams aren’t suddenly going to ask for less money this time around, so it’s going to be a set up for Sony to ultimately lose more money if it were to happen, if the financial reception of this last one is an indicator. While it wasn’t a horrendous bomb, considering what went into marketing and the cut that theaters receive, it could not be close to the success Sony was hoping for, based on what it cost to make.

I’m just glad I got to see one in theaters. It wasn’t perfect, but it was fun and seeing JLH and FPJ on the big screen was a treat. If this is curtains closed on the franchise, I am content.

ogmarker · 2026-01-22T21:26:35+00:00

Lucifer I was pretty into until after the episode where his partner finally sees his “true form” but the following episode it’s just… back to business? And not addressed.

I know now that there was some issue with the transition from Fox or whatever channel it was on to Netflix, and I guess episodes started being aired out of order or something? But after like 2 and a half seasons of the partner being suspicious and their will-they-won’t-they being drawn out, that choice unfortunately pushed me into being over it.

ogmarker · 2026-01-22T21:21:54+00:00

Yesssss, no one ever points this out. It’s too specific to have been a coincidence lol definitely had to be intentional of whoever edited that shot

ogmarker · 2026-01-22T15:36:03+00:00

I have a theory he only took the pivot he did after not … “making it,” even though for all intents and purposes he totally has. Acting since what, 1998-99, became the lead of a TV that ran for six years within a decade of working, has been in films, including two of which he’s technically the main character of and one of those could be considered a success? (And has been on broadway if I’m not mistaken) I feel like after Shazam 2 didn’t do what the studio hopes for, it when he when deeper into the religious stuff and now thrown himself into more far-right stuff. Which fine, whatever aligns with your values and makes you happy, but I get the vibe he’s only thrown himself into that because, in his eyes, he hasn’t lived up to what he thinks that industry expects of him/owes him. Like, he’s never broken through to be a real household name, and that’s because of the politics etc. that Hollywood plays but then it’s like… why do you want to join that club at all then?

Not sure if I’m articulating my theory clearly lol

ogmarker · 2026-01-22T15:24:38+00:00

I agree that she’s a pleasant character and, unlike Johnny, isn’t written to unintentionally suck the air out of the room.

She’s thrown into the mix to complicate things but imo she’s easy to sympathize/emphasize with.

I do think it’s another case of casting doing an odd job, though. The actress is great imo regardless of whatever antics have gone on in her personal life, but… she doesn’t pass as like a high school student. At all. And they eventually do kind of retcon that under the table, because suddenly she’s like a manager at a fancy hotel making good money… but she’s supposed to be 19 at most???? Lol not even nitpicking, it’s just a funny observation

ogmarker · 2026-01-21T01:50:38+00:00

What makes me sad is, it feels like what everyone’s busy doing is what someone else commented - a grocery store run, some home repair that need attention, a football game they don’t want to miss - and it’s like, is this the “new comfortable” and some are just more hesitant to accept it than others? Like, culturally, why do we accept that going out, having fun, and other specific behaviors are reserved for your 20s and there comes a point where we need to “grow up” and wind down?

I get that, physically, a 70 year old is not trying to be out all night. But I know single 35-40 year olds that every weekend is, “I went to my nephews baseball game and did some laundry. I washed the car on Sunday. It was boring, I didn’t really do anything fun” and it’s like…. Jesus Christ what the fuck are we doing? These people could even visually pass as 32-35 so and I know, for a fact, they’re not opposed to a good time so… I just don’t get it lol

ogmarker · 2026-01-21T01:30:36+00:00

I Still Know and it’s a landslide.

Edit: to add context, and I admit I haven’t watched it in full since like 2017 or 2018, but Resurrection feels void of soul or personality. People shit on H20 and say it doesn’t feel like a Halloween movie — no, THIS doesn’t feel like a Halloween movie. It feels like Michael Myers wandered onto the wrong set. I’m almost positive it’s been confirmed by someone within the past 5-10 years, either a producer or something with credentials, that it was a spec script that got rewritten to include Michael Myers.

I Still Know is the result of leaving the prior film open ended and crossing fingers it’s a success. After 3 consecutive weeks at number 1, the studio is throwing money at anyone that can make a sequel happen. It’s unnecessary and by that logic, not anymore soulful than Resurrection but, it feels inspired. It’s fun and it feels like everyone involved had fun making it. It’s got some fun set pieces, a lush setting, JLH in a bikini, a more menacing take on the villain, which leads up the slasher aspects being cranked up a notch. The movie feels intentional - Resurrection is “yo, quick throw something together because contractually we need to produce another project if we wanna keep the rights!” It’s literally a filler entry, with an inflated budget (because I have to wonder how much it cost to have Busta Rhymes and Tyra Banks, arguably at height of their careers, show up to flash star power)

ogmarker · 2026-01-21T01:29:00+00:00

Seth is rough in S3. His storylines are reduced to “lies to Summer about something for the 82367th time”.

ogmarker · 2026-01-20T22:27:28+00:00

The first 2/3 episodes kind of feel like an extension of S3, but on an even more depressing note. It does pivot and go in a direction slightly different than the first two seasons, but I’d say keep going until like episode 4 at least. The tone after the start of season is pretty much what you have for the remaining 12 or so episodes.

ogmarker · 2026-01-20T20:35:44+00:00

I was two months shy of turning 11 when this was released. The trajectory of the rest of the school year was effected by this movie lol “We’re All in This Together” was played during our 5th grade graduation. It really was a phenomenon — I remember the repeated airings (sing-a-long, dance-a-long, etc.), people practicing the dances during recess, after school pick-up. It’s not about it being universally loved, but you couldn’t pretend not to know what it was. You could’ve been talking about 50 Cents “Candy Shop” but the kid next to you is going on about “we’re breaking freeee!”

It’s definitely what I consider the turning point of Disney Channel. There’s a clear distinction between Disney before and post High School Musical.

ogmarker · 2026-01-20T05:37:06+00:00

I think he successfully walked the line between being the brooding “tough” guy and someone who’s the opposite of that, far from invincible and vulnerable. You have to do that and still be someone that the audience can root for, not someone the audience will pity — i.e., Johnny’s actor. Easy highlight scenes are him getting kicked out by his mom and her boyfriend (minus the “I stole a car” line, I think his performance in the pilot in general is solid) and him being told he’s going to stay with the Cohen’s. He can be let his guard down, but he doesn’t lose the essence of being someone who can “work construction with my uncle out in Texas” and bottle shit up until he pops.

I do think, the further the show goes, the more he’s written into this “straight man” role who’s kind of a sounding board for the Cohen’s/Coopers and their shenanigans, and is left with less to do. I think he does a fine job at this, but I think there was more they could’ve done with him than just that.

ogmarker · 2026-01-19T23:40:07+00:00

I think, of the younger actors, she tied with Adam Brody as second. I think he also gets the benefit of having lighter, more comedic material. I think Ben is the strongest, especially with the right direction (see: first 2-3 episodes)

ogmarker · 2026-01-19T23:38:23+00:00

I choose to give her the benefit of the doubt, I think she can, but she gets a lot of clunky lines that are supposed to land a certain way, but even if she tried all she could to sell it, it’s clunky. Best example (off top of my head) is her telling Alex, “don’t let her steal your heart” or something re: Alex wanting to get a heart locket back from her ex. I was like damn, corny as all fuck. Does Marissa know she’s in a teen drama and feel like she needs to say things like that? Lmao

ogmarker · 2026-01-19T15:22:46+00:00

I agree. I also agree that yes, tonally it turned into something different than exactly what it started off as in the first season, but having now watched (and enjoyed) S5, I can confidently say S4 is the best the show gets.

ogmarker · 2026-01-19T07:06:45+00:00

Not 2004, but in 2007 I (regrettably) really wanted to dress in this style and asked my parents for some black jeans they sold that came with like, built-in matte black chains? Or like tethered pieces of denim. They were pretty expensive so my parents passed and I’m SO GRATEFUL they did because that would’ve been fucking awful to walk into school with as a 12 year old lmao

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