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  On 3/21/2025 at 4:17 AM, Gourmand said:

Mo is sooo good. Especially Season 2, and especially endearing to Houstonians and Htown sports fans. Such a great show.

Watch it.

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I want those falafel tacos

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Just watched The Tornado about the 2011 Joplin MO tornado.

They told the story from the viewpoint of five different individuals / groups of people.

Some shocking things they went through. The physical focal point of the documentary was on joplin high school.

I was born in joplin, and my grandmother’s house was 2 blocks south of joplin high school. She was at home when the tornado hit. It side swiped her house on the north side and destroyed it. The doc shows shots of houses torn to nothingness. It’s likely those shots were taken in the streets near her home. 

I called my uncle who lives on the southern outskirts of joplin as the national news broke about it. He drove to her house and couldn’t find her. After the tornado passed, she walked to a neighbor’s house that was mostly standing. She ended up going to the hospital. That’s where my uncle found her. In the documentary, you’ll see one white building standing in a field of destruction; that’s the hospital.

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Currently watching The Residence, which seems to be a blend of Only Murders in the Building and Knives Out. Each episode’s title hints at an old murder mystery, like The Last of Sheila! The production values are top-notch, and the visuals, particularly the depiction of The White House, where the murder occurs, are impressive. The casting is also commendable. While the pacing does dip at times, I really love the show.

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  On 3/22/2025 at 6:56 PM, Brandywine said:

 

Currently watching The Residence, which seems to be a blend of Only Murders in the Building and Knives Out. Each episode’s title hints at an old murder mystery, like The Last of Sheila! The production values are top-notch, and the visuals, particularly the depiction of The White House, where the murder occurs, are impressive. The casting is also commendable. While the pacing does dip at times, I really love the show.

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We’re halfway through and very much enjoying it. 

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  On 3/15/2025 at 4:27 PM, Red Five said:

I had to google it. It's called The Electric State, and it apparently cost $300 million to make. 15% on RT.

Is MBB hot in it though?

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That cost 300MM?  I should move to Hollywood and produce really, really shitty movies and sell them to Netflix.  

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Just finished Adolescence. The last episode is so intense. Incredible performance by the parents but especially Stephen Graham.
I just assumed that it wasn’t really one take but seamless digital takes stitched together. It’s really impressive.

Here’s a link of bts and how they shot each one. Spoilers obviously.

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Just finished Adolescence two nights ago and Im still absolutely wrecked. Maybe because the boy looks just like my nephew but it is absolutely horrifying. 

The 3rd episode the interrogation may be the finest hour of television I've ever witnessed 

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Yeah, the wife and I started and finished Adolescence last night. There just wasn't a great stopping point. An absolutely fantastic series. 

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I just finished up Adolescence. 

Holy shit that was outstanding.

I noticed the use of one camera and thought that was genius.

That really drew me into the scenes.

But now knowing how the episodes were made, again, outstanding.

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I really liked Adolescence, too. I thought episode 4 was a rung below the first three (first half of that episode felt frustratingly slow, but the second half was great). I do feel like they left a lot of meat on the bone with only doing four episodes. Would have loved to have seen more from Jamie, the investigating officer, and an English-version of our DA. 

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I don't know. I think it handled it all pretty well.

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Great performance by Stephen Graham who I kept wondering where I had seen him before. He was Tommy in Snatch. 

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  On 3/25/2025 at 12:47 PM, cmontexas said:

Just finished Adolescence two nights ago and Im still absolutely wrecked. Maybe because the boy looks just like my nephew but it is absolutely horrifying. 

The 3rd episode the interrogation may be the finest hour of television I've ever witnessed 

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The kid that did it in real life doesn't look anything like the kid in the show (hint: he's not white)

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I hadn’t even noticed the discussion on adolescence here. I started it last night and watched the entire series. 

The episode where they go to the store was amazing. One continuous take- house, drive, store, drive, house. And the emotional shifts were incredible.

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Started the first two episodes of Adolescence last night. Really "enjoying" it so far.

I think the single-shot per episode is ambitious and impressive, but it's got its drawbacks. Particularly in the chase scene where the detective and the kid are "sprinting" at half-speed so the steady cam operator can keep up and film the action. It looked ridiculous and was very distracting. 

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  On 3/25/2025 at 12:47 PM, cmontexas said:

Just finished Adolescence two nights ago and Im still absolutely wrecked. Maybe because the boy looks just like my nephew but it is absolutely horrifying. 

The 3rd episode the interrogation may be the finest hour of television I've ever witnessed 

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The young man playing Jamie has a great career ahead of him.

Oscars and Emmy in his future.

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just started this three episode documentary “gold & greed: the hunt for fenn’s treasure”. this redneck family is cracking me up, and stuff like this is right up my alley: just a bunch of crack pots living their most earnest lives, on the hunt for treasure and fame. 30 minutes in and so far so good.

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wow. the redneck family are just living breathing emblems of dunning-kruger. i found them fascinating. 

edited to add: the way that they “interacted” with “mr.fenn”, eg speaking directly to him when filming themselves, and feeling like “mr.fenn” cared about them and wanted good for them, was just so eerily similar to so many maga people and donald trump. this personal relationship that they’ve created in their heads and hearts- it’s just wild.

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lol, the airline pilot in the treasure hunt docuseries has the most “teenager” teenager ever. that kid megaloathes that his dad is making him do this. 

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  On 3/30/2025 at 1:50 AM, Derka said:

lol, the airline pilot in the treasure hunt docuseries has the most “teenager” teenager ever. that kid megaloathes that his dad is making him do this. 

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I binged this last night /this morning. I’m kinda wondering how I missed this 10 year thing. Maybe I heard about it and then forgot about it.

The clues for the next hunt are intriguing. Lots of numbers being dropped.

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