https://www.vulture.com/amp/2020/07/is-anyone-watching-quibi.html?
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I have to figure Katzenberg is the only one surprised by this. Who really wants something thatās a paid, high-gloss version of Youtube or Tiktok? Theyāre already free.
Agreed. If I have ten minutes to kill Iād rather play a game of Threes or mindlessly watch someone dancing on TikTokā¦
The Great. Shades of The Favourite here, a fictional filling of the gaps in a historical setting, as the Prussian Catherine is married to Peter III of Russia. While I feel it goes too far into the fiction, it is still an excellent depiction of a cultured but poor princess being dropped into a backwards Russian court and expected to sink or swim. Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult are perfect in their roles, simplified as they are. It is very very funny.
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Started Watchmen. First episode was okay; didnāt really give me a good sense of what was going on. Watched the second episode last night, and it made me laugh out loud multiple times as the show did something both bananas and aware of its own absurdity. Not only is that absolutely my jam, anyway, it felt almost like an apology coming from one of the minds behind Lost, which would have been wonderful for me if theyād had more of a plan behind the strangeness. But one of the few things Iāve read about Watchmen is that it knows where itās going, so Lindelof seems to have found a way to exercise his love of creating weird moments without just blundering about with unexplained oddities. I am totally on board with this show now.
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I know Iām in the minority, but I never really cared for the comic and didnāt particularly like the movie. Iām tempted to give the show a try, but feel like I would be disappointed.
Never saw the movie nor read the comics, but absolutely LOVED the show. Had no idea what was going on at times to the point that I had to stop and google stuff, but really enjoyed the show and am looking forward to the second season fwiw
The series is good. I was most surprised; I consider Lindelof an incompetent cretin but he got big parts of Watchmen right and told a good story. The end is not so good and misses the mark, but overall I was very pleased with it, as someone who loves the comic.
Hopefully there wonāt be a second season, unless they come up with something just as good. The series told its story.
First two episodes of Mad Menā¦does it pick up? A bit of a slow start atmā¦
Not really. It is a slow show. If you like the character drama youāll like the show but font expect a thrilling pace.
I may have worded that incorrectly, āthrilling paceā isnāt hat I signed up for, ācharacter dramaā for that I did, but THE DRAMA is a bit slow to start as well. So I was thinking will the show develop more on that front, or not?
So my bad 
Letās put it this way: I watched it all the way through. I enjoyed it. It was also one of the slowest and most pointless shows Iāve watched and enjoyed.
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This. So much this.
War of the Worlds, the 2019 version. I really enjoyed watching the human race get exterminated. Thereās some really grim stuff here, mass deaths of civilian populations, dead children, suicides, you name it. Decent production values for a TV series, and a realistic air to the proceedings. Loved it.
oooā¦ tell me more lolā¦ what platform?
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Itās on Epix. You can get a free 7 day trial on either Amazon Prime or AppleTV.
Or I suppose you could fly your black flag if you felt the need to go that route.
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The Outer Limits. There was truly no better series when I was a teen for a heady mix of scifi, horror, and top quality female nudity. I thought Iād seen every episode, but on briefly checking wikipedia, I saw I had missed some and am using that as an excuse to binge the lot.
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ZeroZeroZero, on Amazon Prime.
Worldwide narcotics trafficking revolving around the movement of a shipment of cocaine. No names youāll recognize other than Gabriel Byrne, unless you watch way more foreign cinema than do I. Subtitles required, as it jumps between Italian, French, English, and various African and Arab dialects. High levels of violence and gore for those that are squeamish about that sort of thing.
Very well done cinematography, despite the overuse of a trope which does serve the series well in the end; to go into further detail would spoil it. Definitely recommended - well acted, suspenseful, and left me wanting more.
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