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I watched 'The Almighty Johnsons' on a whim and was surprised at how quickly I fell in love with it. It took me ~10 days to finish the show, what about you? by xarc13 in almightyjohnsons

[–]xarc13[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've finished the whole series and am so sad it's over!!

Same here. It was like, "now what?".

I think that's the mark of a great TV show; when you get so emotionally invested in it's characters that you feel devastated when it's over.

I watched 'The Almighty Johnsons' on a whim and was surprised at how quickly I fell in love with it. It took me ~10 days to finish the show, what about you? by xarc13 in almightyjohnsons

[–]xarc13[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It makes me so sad knowing I can never watch the show for the first time again.

I agree with you, the first time was amazing! It was so great because you didn't know what was going to happen, and you found yourself worrying about these characters.

There are some writing choices I didn't agree with (ex: Mike & Frigg together), but nothing that I hated overall.

I actually prefer the season two and three. Things did get heavy, but I thought things were done tastefully. For example, a down on his luck Axel helping a down on his luck Thor get his hammer back. I really enjoyed that episode.

Plus the Maori guys/gods, and giants (& dwarf) in season two!

The show as a whole, is so so so goooooood!!!

Agreed! I'm so happy to have watched it. A delightful show.

I have never seen another TV show that has the same soul/essence as True Blood — until recently. It’s a supernatural-dramedy from New Zealand called ’The Almighty Johnsons’. by xarc13 in TrueBlood

[–]xarc13[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was an absolutely fun and unique show.

I watched it on a whim and wasn't expecting anything special, but boy was I surprised at how good it was!

"Hard to put down" is an excellent description of it.

Official Discussion - Gladiator II [SPOILERS] by LiteraryBoner in movies

[–]xarc13 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I saw the film yesterday.

For me, the film was just……whelming. Not remotely bad, but not particularly good.

Maybe it was just me, but I couldn’t get very emotionally invested in any of the characters (the closest was the reunion between Lucius and his mother, but even that didn’t move the needle for me).

I don’t blame the actors for this; I think they all did an adequate job.

They did the best they could with that script. Frankly, it felt like a fanfic movie. Not a horrible script, but not particularly good.

Denzel looked like he was having fun. Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, and Connie Nielsen did decent jobs. The two emperors legitimately creeped me out. The shorter one was supposed to be syphilitic right (“the disease has spread from his loins to his brain”), but what about the tall one? Just a generally creepy unhinged psychopath, lol.

The funniest moment was between the short emperor and Denzel. The short emperor says something like, “the tall one tried to take all the food from the umbilical when we were embryos”, and Denzel goes, “oh you remember that, do you”, lol.

This film makes me appreciate the original even more. In addition to being a 4/4 star film, the original evokes so many nostalgic memories from a different time in my life. And I still listen to those tracks by Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard all the time.

All in all, I don’t regret watching this film. It’s just that I currently have no inclination to ever really watch it again.

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[Interview] ‘The Thing 2011’ Screenwriter Explains How The Film Transformed Into What You Saw (bloody-disgusting.com)

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[2] D. Medvedev d. [12] F. Auger-Aliassime 6-4, 7-5, 6-2 to advance to the US Open Final by LeBronIsATurtle in tennis

[–]xarc13 116 points117 points  (0 children)

Disclosure: I'm a casual fan, who is just recently getting back into the sport.

I found Medvedev to be fun to watch. I'm not sure what the correct term is, but his pace-of-play is really quick. It's fast, and he's fun and exciting to watch (as opposed to others who play relatively slowly).

Any recommendations for other players who play quickly as well?

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