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Bondo

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Re: What TV show is playing right now?
« Reply #330 on: January 18, 2021, 05:17:41 PM »
TV can be good sometimes. I definitely concur that each of those are that.

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Re: What TV show is playing right now?
« Reply #331 on: January 18, 2021, 05:53:24 PM »
I couldn't get into Ted Lasso. Haven't seen Queen's Gambit yet.

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Re: What TV show is playing right now?
« Reply #332 on: January 18, 2021, 07:35:45 PM »
I watched the first episode of The Vow, but with 8 more hours of it ahead of me I mostly just think that a competent documentarian could probably have effectively told the story as edited into a two hour film. I feel this more strongly about documentaries than I do about narrative TV, but it is my general starting point on television.

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Re: What TV show is playing right now?
« Reply #333 on: January 18, 2021, 08:01:11 PM »
Never watch Shoah.

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Re: What TV show is playing right now?
« Reply #334 on: January 18, 2021, 08:03:33 PM »
Never watch Shoah.

Never mind, I didn't read back. I don't think Shoah could've been done shorter, it just wouldn't have been the same. Efficiency really shouldn't be the aim of anyone making art, but you need room for quiet contemplation with what you're being presented in Shoah.
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Re: What TV show is playing right now?
« Reply #335 on: January 18, 2021, 09:16:00 PM »
Never watch Shoah.

I have seen Shoah. Didn't care for it. And I mean, I liked Near Death a lot and that's near 6 hours. I just really liked City So Real which is a TV documentary. It isn't a hard and fast rule. But like, I'm not the only one who is suspicious of streaming bloat.

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Re: What TV show is playing right now?
« Reply #336 on: January 18, 2021, 11:11:59 PM »
Oh for sure, I hardly watch any series of anything. Would much rather watch several films on one of my many watch lists in my Drive.
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Re: What TV show is playing right now?
« Reply #337 on: January 31, 2021, 12:42:22 PM »

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Re: What TV show is playing right now?
« Reply #338 on: February 11, 2021, 06:15:48 PM »
I also started watching The Simpsons again today. Man, I am just the worst, TV watcher.

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Re: What TV show is playing right now?
« Reply #339 on: February 13, 2021, 03:05:11 PM »
Does The Leftovers get good right away, or is it a show that builds? I just finished the pilot and found it rather off-putting (and not just because The Watchmen set too high a standard). Reminds me a little of Jericho, where a good concept was largely secondary to annoying characters and stale subplots.

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