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Sons Of Anarchy is perfect background TV
Let me state right away that Sons Of Anarchy isn’t terrible, just flawed. Partly it’s a victim of heightened expectations, which explain why I tried it to begin with. I saw it regularly mentioned alongside the gold standard of television … Continue reading
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Dark may be dark, but its journey is also a lot of fun
During series two of Dark I had, let’s call it, an episode. Who the fuck is that badly burnt fella that’s just appeared on the screen? And what’s he on about? Thankfully Dark’s moments of disorienting opacity are fleeting. This … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam and Eve, Back to the Future, Claudia, German, I want to believe, Jonas, kitsch fandoms, Meticulous, Mulder and Scully, Netflix, nuclear catastrophe, post-apocalyptic, pre-Covid perspective, Prometheus, Rust Cohle, Se7en, Silence of the Lambs, Stranger Things, The Cave, The Lost Boys, The Truth Is Out There, The X-Files, Threads, Time travel, TV, Winden
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Too Old To Die Young is boring, but worse yet, cynical
When’s the last time you watched something that surprised you? In a good or a bad way? For movies it would be The Skin I Live In. Deadwood was the last TV show, and that débuted nearly fifteen years ago. … Continue reading
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