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On 12/31/2024 at 6:18 PM, DDD Dad said:

When it came out the premise just seemed really depressing and I wasn’t up for it. On top of that it was all in Korean with subtitles so it was gonna be a hard sell with the wife. 

Find a copy of 'Series 7: The Contenders', it's over 20 years old, but it's Amerkan so they speak English.  

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On 1/2/2025 at 3:25 AM, aggie08 said:

Am I alone in saying that Nate Bargatze's latest special wasn't good?

I don’t think you’re far off. I agree with the others that stated they’ve heard almost all of the same jokes before. I kept checking the release date to make sure I hadn’t already watched it. I think he’s hit his ceiling and he doesn’t really have anything new to say. I guess a sitcom is next if his stand up material is drying up. 

His Christmas Special on Paramount was much funnier. I won’t spoil it, but there’s a very funny story about Opryland. 

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17 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:

I don’t think you’re far off. I agree with the others that stated they’ve heard almost all of the same jokes before. I kept checking the release date to make sure I hadn’t already watched it. I think he’s hit his ceiling and he doesn’t really have anything new to say. I guess a sitcom is next if his stand up material is drying up. 

His Christmas Special on Paramount was much funnier. I won’t spoil it, but there’s a very funny story about Opryland. 

He used some of the jokes in his SNL monologue.

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11 hours ago, Stringer said:

Andrew Scott lost again for Ripley (to Colin Farrell). The fact that he’s not going to be recognized at a major award show for that role is a travesty.

He’s been great in pretty much everything I’ve ever seen him in.
 

For example:

Fleabag

Sherlock

1917

Band of Brothers

His Dark Materials 

etc. 

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On 1/6/2025 at 11:20 PM, DDD Dad said:

He’s been great in pretty much everything I’ve ever seen him in.


Sherlock

1917

Band of Brothers

Have seen all of these and agree that he is a very talented actor. Lot of talent in that age group and sometimes that's the way it goes some years with awards.

 

So, have a rec that I did a search for mentions but came up empty: Vincenzo.

It's a kdrama and you may think I'm giving a thumbs up to a female romance movie on a mostly male message board, but I think it's more of a dark comedy-korean style. We loved it. Watched it with subtitles (*I like getting the original actor voices and emotions) and the male lead (**Song Joong-ki) and female lead (Jeon Yeo-been) have an excellent supporting cast. It's 20 episodes and has been out for awhile but we really enjoyed it for the overall cinematography, the character arc/development,, the comedy (some of which you might have to have had some awareness/viewing history of korea/korean entertainment cause there are a few oblique references). It's not a rom-com by any means and I wish we had Hulu in addition to Netfilx because the screenwriter has another show that preceded Vincenzo called The Fiery Priest that has returned for a short second season and I may have to subscribe just to watch it.

Due to the longer episodes/season, Vincenzo gives the writer time to develop the story and the actors time to nail their characters. It's not perfect but it's better than many of the stateside shows I've seen recently.

 

 

 

 

 

*I know that some films/series from other countries are dubbed even in the home country due to regional dialects etc, but most of the shows from Korea that I've watched seem to not do that and the english dubbing bothers me enough that I prefer subtitles even if the translation could be better.

**Okay, okay he's very very good looking and that didn't hurt my appreciation for this series.

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10 minutes ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

Have seen all of these and agree that he is a very talented actor. Lot of talent in that age group and sometimes that's the way it goes some years with awards.

 

So, have a rec that I did a search for mentions but came up empty: Vincenzo.

It's a kdrama and you may think I'm giving a thumbs up to a female romance movie on a mostly male message board, but I think it's more of a dark comedy-korean style. We loved it. Watched it with subtitles (*I like getting the original actor voices and emotions) and the male lead (**Song Joong-ki) and female lead (Jeon Yeo-been) have an excellent supporting cast. It's 20 episodes and has been out for awhile but we really enjoyed it for the overall cinematography, the character arc/development,, the comedy (some of which you might have to have had some awareness/viewing history of korea/korean entertainment cause there are a few oblique references). It's not a rom-com by any means and I wish we had Hulu in addition to Netfilx because the screenwriter has another show that preceded Vincenzo called The Fiery Priest that has returned for a short second season and I may have to subscribe just to watch it.

Due to the longer episodes/season, Vincenzo gives the writer time to develop the story and the actors time to nail their characters. It's not perfect but it's better than many of the stateside shows I've seen recently.

 

 

 

 

 

*I know that some films/series from other countries are dubbed even in the home country due to regional dialects etc, but most of the shows from Korea that I've watched seem to not do that and the english dubbing bothers me enough that I prefer subtitles even if the translation could be better.

**Okay, okay he's very very good looking and that didn't hurt my appreciation for this series.

Welcome back! You were sorely missed.

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If you like Korean shows check out 

Chef and My Fridge:  it’s a talk show, variety show, chef competition with a guest celeb judge.  They go to their house and empty their fridge and the chefs have to cook dishes with them.  It’s a very weird show .

Singles Inferno.  It’s a Korean dating show that’s so bad it’s funny.  Nothing happens between the men and women.  

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