I’m going through Master Class and it gave me a flashback to the fictional dramedy featuring noted novelist guy/cool statutory rapist/appropriately named Hank Moody (David Duchovny). In the show, he is explained to have a Porsche convertible that “smells like pussy” (and, when you think about it, that’s quite a feat for an open air car) and in one plot line has the draft of his comeback novel stolen when the aforementioned convertible is carjacked. He has no backup of the draft because he can only write on a typewriter (too retro for the Word processor). I guess what interests me about the show is that it could be a paint-by-numbers ironic take on the hack self-involved writer, but it is somehow completely unaware of how wacky it is. I know HH doesn’t usually directly talk about stuff like this outside of Teaser Freezers, but I was wondering if this one had come up after listening back to the Alexander Payne riff someone on here mentioned a few days ago.
There is a scene between the main Character Hank Moody who is a writer and a rockstar musician called Atticus Fetch.
Hank is working with Atticus helping Atticus come up with writings for songs on his musical Atticus wants to create.
The show itself follows the theme of a writer Hank Moody and his life his troubles his wins his obstacles etc and the show illustrates human nature and the personalities and complexes and moral codes etc of ppl in Los Angeles.
Back to my question. Atticus cheated on his wife for the last time and he finds out she might really be done with him this time, he realizes he doesn't want to lose her (but take note, for anyone who hasnt seen this show in a while Atticus is like a man child) so he is down and out and Hank says something to him to get him out of his slumpt in hopes to get him to start the tour Atticus is about to begin, Hank says something emotionally moving and Atticus is about to start to cry. Hank doesn't really want him to cry so he says, "don't cry, its unbecoming"
Later in the same episode Hank is abondoning the plan to stay on tour with Atticus and while Hank is saying his official goodbye to Atticus, Atticus starts to cry and says to Hank "Sorry, I am crying "Hank then says "Don't be sorry, it's unbecoming" Only this time he says this like he doesn't seem to mind Atticus crying or potentially at all, like it's an understandable warranted cry.
I think there is a double meaning of how Hank says "its unbecoming" I'm just not sure.
My best guess is that maybe Hank saw the first cry as unnecessary and not attractive for Atticus and thought it was unbecoming in a bad way and in the second time Hank says Don't be sorry it's unbecoming because the unbecoming this time is in a good way.
Would appreciate your guys thoughts! If you haven't seen Californication it's a great show.
They want to keep it low key
[ Removed by reddit in response to a copyright notice. ]
I'm curious if you guys have a similar thing. It's not life-changing, it's just amazing that I've never realized it's completely ADHD.
I love series. I watch them all the time.
Cause some series is always on in the background when I'm doing something else. Cause other things are soooo boring! It's my productive solution, trust me.
But: I LOATHE starting a new show. Even when I know it will be amazing.
If it's recommended, I'll make 3-4 attempts at starting before I get hooked in.
If it's something that interests me personally, I won't get hooked in until I accidentally stumble upon it the 8th time and finally watch more than 20min.
I just realised this huge part of my life is cause I get lost with all the new characters, the new plot is complicated and I'm not used to the new dynamic!
Don't know about you guys, but I don't like to come to those ADHD conclusions. I'm not dumb. And they make me feel very dumb.
Edit: Wow, afterferthought: same with books.
With 20+ episode seasons and more or less self contained episodes? I like Discovery but there is a distinct difference between that show and the trilogy of shows I mentioned. Is the landscape just too different now?
Hi guys, i ve just finished my session of exams for this year and now i have a lot of spare time. I ve decided to start watching a tv series, but I don’t know which one to choose.
Series like Breaking Bad and Peaky (fookin) Blinders are my favorite because of the action and cleverness involved, Walter and Tommy are both badasses but they’re so damn smart. I am looking something like this.
I was thinking at:
- Better Call Saul: i ve started watching it but then stopped at the 1st season i think, it was slow and didn’t attract me as much as breaking bad
- The 100: i know it has nothing to do with the series I mentioned above, but i read the plot and noticed that surely there will be a lot of action, maybe some strategy as well (in terms of decision making to manage the extreme situation in which they are)
Should i watch them in your opinion? Btw feel free to advice me new tv series that can fit that mixture of action and cleverness
(Anyway i ve also liked GoT and stranger things)
Between my primary media consumption being video games for my entire childhood and university taking up most of my time once I moved out, I really haven't watched any Netflix or TV in general over the past 10 years. Maybe a few movies with friends when I visited theirs, but that's about it. Since I'm going into grad school in the fall I was thinking maybe now is the time to get into Netflix and watch some of the great stories I may have missed out on.
For all intents and purposes, consider me completely spoiler-free on pretty much every series on TV and Netflix, give or take. I don't know what happens in pretty much any Netflix series' or most TV shows' plots beyond the general premise of the show. I found I have a broad array of interests when it comes to movies, so genre isn't an issue for me and pretty much any recommendation is fair game.
What do you think are those must watch (or just generally amazing - even if niche) series on Netflix I should look into? I'm on Canadian Netflix but have access to a VPN, if that matters for your choices.
EDIT: Wow. I really didn't expect this to get a lot of reception, but thank you all so much!!! I have a lot of things to catch up on it seems and I'll definitely be referencing this list for a long-time!
-
Battle of the Bastards from 'Game of Thrones' - Definitely one of the greatest TV episodes ever created!
-
Something's Coming (the tornado episode) from 'Desperate Housewives' - Goosebumps rush every time I remember what happened in this episode. It was excellent from the beginning till the end.
-
The One Where Everybody Finds Out from 'Friends' - One of the funniest episodes, IMO. Clever writing, very entertaining episode.
-
eps3.4_runtime-err0r.r00 from 'Mr. Robot' - This is the episode where it was shot and made in a way that makes it look like a 44 minute one-shot long take. A true masterpiece!
Although we already have the Clone Wars TV series which bridges the gap between Episodes 2 and 3, I think if TPM, AOTC, and ROTS were each divided up into, say, 7 episodes or so, and maybe be around 30 min to an hour, perhaps -- it would enable aspects of the films, for example, Anakin and Padme falling in love to seem less awkward and rushed, not to mention the characters getting to have a lot more dialogue.
I can also imagine the opening battle for ROTS spanning a good hour or so, telling the story from not just Anakin & Obi-Wan's perspective, but from Palpatine and Dooku's, while they're discussing the future for their "Sith Empire," -- as well as having a lot more scenes regarding the rising tension between the Jedi and Palpatine, and Palps manipulating Anakin, but these are just a few examples out of many. Thoughts?
)
