Has anyone here seen The Boys? I recently finished season 4, I was temporarily hooked on the show due to the premise: what if superheroes were corporate entertainment goons and superman wasn't a good person? I found the way they portrayed Vought (the superhero company) and then balanced it with pure PR propaganda good insight into how things are really done. The show is also a representation of how the left views the right and psychologically projects their worst passions on rightwingers. The worst part of the show is the gore, they go over the top with it, but I don't expect anything else from a Jewish-directed, atheist-written production. I am mostly interested in the show for how they deal with the superman character, how they solve that problem, everything else is incidental.
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A couple of the characters in The Bear are really annoying, especially Ritchie. In every scene he's in, he yells at someone for no good reason. Really gets on my nerves. And then when his tubby friend shows up, they start yelling at each other. It's really turning me off the show. If I have to listen to this douchebag scream on and on every episode, I think I'm going to find a new show to watch.
The two cousins play a kind of bumbling clownish side story to the plot which I think releases some of the tension or seriousness of the show and reminds us that you're stuck with family, if you like them or not. Though at times it's too much and doesn't really fit.
As for Richie, what season are you watching? He's certainly obnoxious and hard to take, but as the show goes on you can see an endearing side to his character. I think he's needed, like an annoying older brother.
I wonder if you've got to the family dinner flashback scene / episode yet? Because that one is a hard watch and might just make you stop watching. I wouldn't blame you either.
Fun fact, Richie is played by Ebon Moss-Bachrach.
Is that the Christmas episode, "Feast of 7 Fishes?" If so, then yes, after listening to those people scream at each other for a chaotic 10 minutes, I turned it off and watched something else.
I've never had such a love/hate relationship with a TV show before.
Yeah that's the one.
It's largely too much to handle. I did not enjoy this episode at all, it became ridiculously chaotic - but at the same time watched it through completely because I was so engaged with each character.
Reminds me of Season 1 Breaking Bad with the bathtub episode. Constantly hooking you in with great writing and characters but at the same time pushing boundaries with the viewer and storytelling.
HBO just came out with a two part documentary on The Sopranos. It is very good, anybody who liked the show should be interested. Much of David Chase's life was breathed into the show's story.
Thanks for mentioning this. I’ve started a “The Sopranos” thread here on the forum. I had been meaning to for awhile, but with today being 9/11 I thought it was worth mentioning given how the series was affected by it and dealt with it.
This past week, I've been watching a Netflix show called Samurai Gourmet. It was recommended it to me after I gave a thumbs up to Midnight Diner, another Japanese show that I really liked. But Samurai Gourmet may even top that one.
Anyway, it's about a retired man who tries different restaurants in his hometown and deals with the occasional situation which threatens his masculinity or ethics. These situations can come in the from of anything from a rude customer to a spoiled niece. There's not much conflict in each episode, which would usually be the death knell of a TV show, but it's so charming that the lack of conflict doesn't seem to make a difference. Just spending time with this man seems to be enough.
Whenever the main character does face a dilemma, he looks off into the distance to envision a samurai and tries to imagine how such a man would deal with the same situation he finds himself in. When he sees how the samurai handles the situation correctly, the man knows how to handle it himself.
The rest of his time is him spent interacting with his loving wife or thinking back to his childhood. You wouldn't think this would make for good TV, but miraculously it does. Another plus is there's no wokeness at all, unlike Midnight Diner, which had it in almost every episode. Maybe that's why I like this show better.
I love watching it before bedtime with a little snack so I can eat along with this man. It's a nice way to relax before going to sleep. I'd recommend giving it a try, especially if you liked Midnight Diner. 7.5/10
Anyway, it's about a retired man who tries different restaurants in his hometown and deals with the occasional situation which threatens his masculinity or ethics. These situations can come in the from of anything from a rude customer to a spoiled niece. There's not much conflict in each episode, which would usually be the death knell of a TV show, but it's so charming that the lack of conflict doesn't seem to make a difference. Just spending time with this man seems to be enough.
Whenever the main character does face a dilemma, he looks off into the distance to envision a samurai and tries to imagine how such a man would deal with the same situation he finds himself in. When he sees how the samurai handles the situation correctly, the man knows how to handle it himself.
The rest of his time is him spent interacting with his loving wife or thinking back to his childhood. You wouldn't think this would make for good TV, but miraculously it does. Another plus is there's no wokeness at all, unlike Midnight Diner, which had it in almost every episode. Maybe that's why I like this show better.
I love watching it before bedtime with a little snack so I can eat along with this man. It's a nice way to relax before going to sleep. I'd recommend giving it a try, especially if you liked Midnight Diner. 7.5/10
I sometimes watch YouTube shorts and it’s mind boggling how anti-white these modern shows are.
Why are white men participating in this? Are these shows written by high schoolers?
Why are white men participating in this? Are these shows written by high schoolers?
I started watching that first clip, and thought it was some kind of parody. I am shocked to think that is an actual unironic historical drama.
Thanks for recommending Samurai Gourmet. I'm enjoying it so far. The episode about the chinese ramen shop isn't too far from reality.
As much as I like Midnight Diner, I think I also like Samurai Gourmet better. It has a 'lighter' and more relaxed feel to it.
Started watching The Penguin. Pretty good. I liked the last Batman movie so this is a good follow up.
I'm in the "recycling" nostalgia game. I even go so far as to have a man cave that I refer to as a "time machine" where all the furniture and decor is 1920's to 1970's. Recently I added an old TV and VCR and I put on old TV shows when I'm in there tinkering around. I watch old episodes of Johnny Carson, Andy Griffith, Sanford & Son, etc. Recently I started watching Leave It To Beaver. Initially, I was most interested in the 1950's costuming and set decoration, but I have quickly become a fan of the show. In particular, I have become mildly infatuated with June Cleaver (played by Barbara Billingsly)... I never realized how hot she was. Watching her and her mothering and femininity in comparison to today's abrasive, selfish women is like watching an alien.
In addition, the show is calming and funny and I love the family's/show's emphasis on telling no lies. I'm really getting into it. Sitting in my "time machine" man cave and watching this slow paced, simple, yet funny show really transports me into a calmer state. Today I even shed a tear at the end of the episode where Wally and Beaver take their savings to buy their father a new hunting jacket.
In addition, the show is calming and funny and I love the family's/show's emphasis on telling no lies. I'm really getting into it. Sitting in my "time machine" man cave and watching this slow paced, simple, yet funny show really transports me into a calmer state. Today I even shed a tear at the end of the episode where Wally and Beaver take their savings to buy their father a new hunting jacket.
Leave It To Beaver is still very watchable in 2024. I liked all those old shows like Dennis the Menace, Ozzie and Harriet, etc., but LITB was the best of them all and is still funny to this day. It's hard to believe the show never cracked the top 30 during its run. In fact, CBS canceled it after the first season and thankfully it got picked up by ABC, which believed it had a future.
I've been watching some of the anime 8-episode series on Netflix. Anything that's based on stuff from Japan seems to not insult their audience's intelligence, while anything Western based is woke. Finished the Castlevania Nocturne season. I liked the first Castlevania they did, but this second one felt like Castlevania Woketurne. Every female character was a strong independent woman, there were Haitian blacks, the young blonde was a strong revolutionary, the Belmont kid was a fuccboi who got scared and cried several times, there's a gay Native American vampire and a gay monk, not to mention the abbot is one of the key villains, betraying everyone and assisting the vampires because he thinks it'll keep the church from falling prey to the revolution (French Revolution).
I did some digging and the creator of the spinoff Nocturne is an Englishman and a socialist who doesn't have much work under his belt. The creator of the much better first Castlevania is also an Englishman, belongs to Humanists UK, a charity focused on advancing humanism and secularism. He also was accused by loads of women of sexual coercion and manipulation. Probably using his status for hook ups. I guess that's the kind of secularism he's interested in that's so much more advanced than Christianity.
I did some digging and the creator of the spinoff Nocturne is an Englishman and a socialist who doesn't have much work under his belt. The creator of the much better first Castlevania is also an Englishman, belongs to Humanists UK, a charity focused on advancing humanism and secularism. He also was accused by loads of women of sexual coercion and manipulation. Probably using his status for hook ups. I guess that's the kind of secularism he's interested in that's so much more advanced than Christianity.
The Penguin is on it's fifth episode. Only three more to go. I honestly can't believe how good this show is. Colin Farrell stole the show in The Batman, and he steals every scene he's in this show. It's like Batman Returns meets The Sopranos. 9/10 so far. Recommend all the way. Best thing I've seen on TV in a long time.
Last recommendation on The Penguin. The last episode came out last Sunday. It's a 10. The writing is tight. The acting is supernatural. Colin Farell and Cristin Milioti deserve all the awards. 8 episodes is a short run, but they were going for quality over quantity. There's not one throwaway line or wasted thread. I didn't want to give the show a chance, didn't believe in the premise, but I was proven very wrong. If you have HBO/Max, definitely give this show a chance. It is probably now my favorite miniseries.
I have been watching I Claudius (1976) BBC production.
You can see the huge influence of this show in future prestige TV, in particular the panoramic plot lines and themes of betrayal and power grabbing in The Sopranos and Game of Thrones.
Parts of both these shows seem straight up plagiarised from this to be honest.
The acting is incredible and it's a real who's who of young British acting talent.
You can see the huge influence of this show in future prestige TV, in particular the panoramic plot lines and themes of betrayal and power grabbing in The Sopranos and Game of Thrones.
Parts of both these shows seem straight up plagiarised from this to be honest.
The acting is incredible and it's a real who's who of young British acting talent.