One Piece is really entertaining. Yeah, everybody says that, but I was surprised. There are a few anime series I like, but it’s usually the silly stuff. I wouldn’t watch One Piece, Cowboy Bebop or Dragon Ball Z as anime. Making an anime into a TV show is even less likely to work out. The trailers weren’t enticing. I thought it would be some sappy Mexican kid moping around.
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Extrapolations is a bracing drama from writer, director and executive producer Scott Z. Burns that introduces a near future where the chaotic effects of climate change have become embedded into our everyday lives.
Extrapolations is Green Porn with a great cast.
I watched a few episodes because this TV series was eagerly anticipated by swampies. They felt that when people see how Climate Change impacts regular people, then…I don’t know, we will all join their church or something.
*The Legend of Vox Machina* isn’t like a typical dragons and fantasy TV show or anime. Those aren’t appealing because everyone is so dour or earnest. *The Legend of Vox Machina* is like a good game of Dungeons and Dragons if all the players were smart and witty. The characters are mostly irreverent and unconcerned about their own survival.
The animation, dialogue and plot are all well done. Even someone only mildly interested in the fantasy genre can enjoy it. There is quite a bit of swearing.
Robert Blake passed away at 90 years old. He was charged with murdering his wife, but was eventually acquitted. He knew you don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time.
We probably watched every episode of Barreta. I don’t imagine it holds up, but Electra Glide in Blue was an emotionally charged movie.
I will be surprised if History of the World Part II is very good. Mel Brooks is involved with the TV series, but his best movies are considered unacceptable by whomever is running our culture. Perhaps Mel Brooks can still bring the fun in these prudish times. The series airs tomorrow.
I’m a big fan of retro-futurism. In particular, how the people of the mid-20th century saw the future developing. *Popular Science* magazine and other magazines showed us the flying cars. I was eager for the TV show, *Hello Tomorrow!” to air on Apple TV+. When it did, it seemed familiar.
Shrinking is a show worth watching. The premise is that Jason Segal is a therapist who goes off the rails, and starts treating his patients the way he wants, rather than the way he should, rather than the way he should. It’s mostly a comedy with some dramatic elements.
Jason Segal is the least appealing of the characters. Harrison Ford has great comedic timing, and always owns any scene he’s in. The rest of the actors also do a phenomenal job. Every character is plausible, with some negative and positive traits. They all act like people you might know, but a little overboard to make the show engaging.
The Critical Drinker persuasively argues that Picard season 3 is a great TV.
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