Nobody Cares about TV and Film

[Jopsy Pendragon]

Is anybody else still watching American Gods?

I'm a huge fan of the book and the first two seasons. Haven't managed to dive into the latest yet though. As much as I want to see it, I can probably wait for it to get to dvd.com or whatever rather than sign up for YADSS. (Yet Another Damned Streaming Service.)

 

[bubblesort]

I'm a huge fan of the book and the first two seasons. Haven't managed to dive into the latest yet though. As much as I want to see it, I can probably wait for it to get to dvd.com or whatever rather than sign up for YADSS. (Yet Another Damned Streaming Service.)

I don't know if you will be able to see episode 4 of this season. Episode 4 is the one with Marilyn Manson. He got cancelled hard, for horrible spousal abuse, like two days before it aired, so they wrote him out with a super cheesy off-camera mystery explosion. Then Wednesday walks out of the explosion and starts flashing random passers-by, to distract from the mystery explosion that just happened. They mention the explosion once after that, in the next episode, but they never really explain it. I should really make a gif of it or something, it was hilarious. I mean, it didn't look good, but I'm surprised it looked as good as it did, given the tight time frame. Those editors are really good!

Anyway... Starz decided that blowing up Marilyn Manson like that wasn't enough, so they took episode 4 off the streaming services. At least, people are saying it's not there. I think it's there in Europe, but not America, or something. There hasn't been a statement about this, as far as I know, so nobody really knows what's happening to this episode. The only way to see it, the way it was broadcast, is to torrent it. It wouldn't surprise me if it had more edits before the DVD release, so you might want to grab it now before they re-edit it.

 

[bubblesort]

Happy Twin Peaks Day! Celebrate by giving yourself a gift. Maybe a damn fine cup of coffee!

 

[Isabeau]

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Someone needs to deepfake Zach Snyder into this scene:

 

[Isabeau]

I wasn’t able to get into season three, but season four is coming in April

 

[bubblesort]

I recently got a Chromecast, so I've been surfing around streaming services more. Two things I recently saw that were a lot better than I thought they would be...

My Octopus Teacher -- This is the story of an octopus making friends with an underwater cameraman / documentarian. At points in the film, his obsession with this octopus is kinda creepy. He's kinda a creepy stalker. He does make me care about the octopus, though. It's a good story. It's on Netflix.

Splitz -- I found this while asking Google assistant for cheesy 80s comedies. It was from an app called Tubi TV. I just wanted something in the background while I did other things. Splitz is the story of a girl band in the 80s, but... early in the film they play a club, and the club looked extremely similar to shots I'd seen of CBGBs. I checked IMDB, and sure enough, they shot in CBGBs! The film came out in 1982. It's basically punk rock Animal House, but with sororities, and a WAY lower production value, and way less talent. That's not necessarily a bad thing, though. The lack of budget and talent make it more punk rock. It was hilarious. This film should have some kind of cult following, but I don't think it does. I can't recommend it enough.

 

[bubblesort]

I'm a huge fan of the book and the first two seasons. Haven't managed to dive into the latest yet though. As much as I want to see it, I can probably wait for it to get to dvd.com or whatever rather than sign up for YADSS. (Yet Another Damned Streaming Service.)

I should probably update my previous post about American Gods, because... I don't know, it's really weird. I don't know if this is spoilers, or if I can spoil it, because nobody knows WTF is going on with Manson's character's story.

Manson wasn't actually Michael Bayed. They had a Michael Bay explosion, just off camera, and we assumed that killed Manson, but no. This past week, he had this scene, which was broadcast by Amazon accidentally. They cut around it so much that most people didn't see Manson at all, which made the scene super confusing. He's definitely written out now, I think. I mean, I'm trying hard not to spoil it, but I'm pretty sure he's gone now.

 

[Isabeau]

Some (most?) of you probably already know about this but access to Kanopy is relatively new here so just in case you didn’t, they offer many movies and documentaries. You can use your library card.

(I was searching for the doc Kedi, about the cats in Turkey which I kept thinking I should watch but also kept forgetting to. It’s also available on YouTube premium. Anyway...)

Kanopy - Stream Classic Cinema, Indie Film and Top Documentaries

kui

kanopy.com

 

[bubblesort]

This has been a super busy weekend for TV. I think everybody is trying to steal Paramont+'s thunder.

Paramont+ is basically CBS All Access. It premiered Friday, after spending months plastering the world with ads for the service. It seems like the timing of the series finale of Wanda Vision on Disney+ is a response to this. Same goes for Amazon Prime dropping Coming 2 America on Friday (it is awesome). Hulu is bombarding me with ads for a 'new' season of Letterkenny, which I love, but it's 2 months old at this point. The closest thing Netflix has had to a PR push recently was some drama about Ginny & Georgia making fun of Taylor Swift, which is something I don't care about on any level. I have no idea what Apple TV+ is doing, they haven't had anything I want to see since the Fraggle Rock revival.

Paramont+ responded to Disney, and Amazon, with Oprah interviewing Harry and Megan tonight, to try to steal the attention back from the second movers. I don't think it's working, but it's fun to watch CBS keep trying to make a streaming service that people want to pay for.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

 

[detrius]

On the other hand, "The Owl House" has hit the ball out of the park last year.

‘The Owl House’ Makes History With Disney’s First Bisexual Lead Character

The Disney Channel animated series "The Owl House" has made history by having Disney's first bisexual lead character.

variety.com

Disney of course only went there after "She Ra", "Avatar: Legend of Korra", "Steven Universe", "She Ra", "Adventure Time", "Kipo" and "She Ra" had successfully done so - but hey, it's progress.

 

[Free]

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Here's who's playing the 'Powerpuff Girls' in new live-action series

The new live-action series coming to the CW was first announced as being in development back in August 2020.

www.today.com

The live-action "Powerpuff Girls" pilot at the CW has found its three leads, with Chloe Bennet, Dove Cameron and Yana Perrault all joining the show.

Bennet has been cast as Blossom, Cameron has been cast as Bubbles, and Perrault has been cast as Buttercup. The pilot reunites Bennet and Cameron, though this time they will play allies instead of enemies. Both previously appeared in the ABC-Marvel series "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D," in which Bennet's character and Cameron's fought against each other.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

 

[Free]

 

[Free]

I just re-watched Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. And as usual, I cried for 10 minutes at the end.

That film is my absolute go to when I need a deep cathartic release.

 

[Free]

So the reviews are coming in on Snyder's cut of Justice League.

If you hate Snyder (ahem), you might want to look away from the tweet flood.

The Snyder Cut Reactions Are Here, and So's a New Trailer

It's...good?

io9.gizmodo.com

 

[Isabeau]

Steven Mnuchin’s Wife Made a Movie About a “Bisexual Sociopath” Who Eats a Man’s Balls

Her character is “addicted to a variety of things—mainly cocaine, Champagne, excessive exercise, expensive shoes, and indescribable violence.”

www.vanityfair.com

 

[Lexxi]

Saw first episode of Falcon & Winter Soldier. For a first episode, it kept me interested enough to keep watching.