What are you watching?

[billy.pilgrim]

That'd be a double negative.

Yep, which turns it into a positive. Like "he didn't not do it" means "he did it." Fiction is by definition not fact so fake fiction (not fiction) would have to be fact. Or not.

So, you're saying that there really was a Crabby Appleton?

Definitely.

Imposters!


https://youtu.be/CAU3FNua3cE

[Ulysses]

[billy.pilgrim]

More like the mother of all Star Wars types of stories

"Foundation is a science fiction novel by American writer Isaac Asimov"
Oh. That Foundation. Yeah, I missed it. Seems it ought to have been on my reading list sometime.

I really (seriously) thought that everyone over 60 who had ever read any science fiction had read this. Even Osama and Elon have read it - it's flying through space as we speak - where have you guys been?

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/202 ... ur-screens

"In the 1960s, the Foundation Trilogy was featured as a bonus by the Science Fiction Book Club. A big, thick hardcover, it came free to subscribers and introduced a great many readers to science fiction. In time, it was judged the greatest SF trilogy of the age. It's influenced everything from later galactic empires – including Star Wars – to television [shows] like The Expanse."

Fans of Foundation include Elon Musk, who placed a copy of the original trilogy onboard the David Bowie-playing Tesla Roadster launched into space in 2018. Prominent Republican politician Newt Gingrich used to encourage his staff to read the books. The award-winning economist Paul Krugman has said that "economics is as close to psychohistory as you can get".

Its influence has not been entirely benign. The Japanese doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo, responsible for the 1995 terror attack on the Tokyo subway that claimed 13 lives, believed they were going to rebuild the world after a coming apocalypse with a community of scientists modelled on Hari Seldon's Foundation. It has even been speculated that Osama bin Laden read the books – al-Qaeda can be translated as 'foundation'. However, the vast majority of readers have understood that Asimov's message is ultimately one of hope about the future of humanity."

"Goyer has said he hopes the saga can unfold over 80 episodes"

"He has also changed some of the characters. "When the first book was written there were virtually no female characters," he says. "The science fiction audience at the time was mostly male." Several key characters who were men in the books are now women."


First 2 episodes are on Friday.

I'm about to give it a look. This guy doesn't seem impressed.


https://gizmodo.com/they-said-foundatio ... 1847731204

[O Really]

Thanks for watching it and taking one for the team.

[billy.pilgrim]

Thanks for watching it and taking one for the team.

I give it an okay. Since it's a series, it may take a few more episodes for characters to develop. All in all, probably just another star wars story. Cool special effects.

[O Really]

We started "Midnight Mass" - a 7-episode series on Netflix. Episode 1 and 2 were good - we'll see how it goes.

https://www.netflix.com/title/81083626

[GoCubsGo]

Starting The Morning Show.




Edit: Three episodes in. Interesting, I'll watch more. Makes we wonder how much of the show is based on some sort of reality if any. And if it is, it's a shitty business.

Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon are very different characters than I'm used to seeing them play, they're showing some chops (but there's still a tiny part of me saying "Rachel doesn't do that").

[billy.pilgrim]

Thanks for watching it and taking one for the team.

I give it an okay. Since it's a series, it may take a few more episodes for characters to develop. All in all, probably just another star wars story. Cool special effects.

https://www.vulture.com/article/foundat ... -plus.html

The most accurate review I've read

"Nevertheless, it clearly achieves the thing it seems like it most set out to do: be a more engaging alternative to the free Apple TV screensaver, or at least engaging enough to justify the cost of a subscription."

[billy.pilgrim]

Starting The Morning Show.




Edit: Three episodes in. Interesting, I'll watch more. Makes we wonder how much of the show is based on some sort of reality if any. And if it is, it's a shitty business.

Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon are very different characters than I'm used to seeing them play, they're showing some chops (but there's still a tiny part of me saying "Rachel doesn't do that").

Advantage to me - I've never watched Friends

[GoCubsGo]

Thanks for watching it and taking one for the team.

I give it an okay. Since it's a series, it may take a few more episodes for characters to develop. All in all, probably just another star wars story. Cool special effects.

https://www.vulture.com/article/foundat ... -plus.html

The most accurate review I've read

"Nevertheless, it clearly achieves the thing it seems like it most set out to do: be a more engaging alternative to the free Apple TV screensaver, or at least engaging enough to justify the cost of a subscription."

Hmmmm, as someone who's never read the books I'm not feeling too compelled.

[billy.pilgrim]

Thanks for watching it and taking one for the team.

I give it an okay. Since it's a series, it may take a few more episodes for characters to develop. All in all, probably just another star wars story. Cool special effects.

https://www.vulture.com/article/foundat ... -plus.html

The most accurate review I've read

"Nevertheless, it clearly achieves the thing it seems like it most set out to do: be a more engaging alternative to the free Apple TV screensaver, or at least engaging enough to justify the cost of a subscription."

Hmmmm, as someone who's never read the books I'm not feeling too compelled.

You might like it more. Kinda like the Morning Show. I've never watched Anniston in anything, so I don't get mixed up with the "Rachel doesn't do that" feelings.

I keep focusing on what was left out, you wouldn't have that.

2 episodes out now with a new episode every Friday. Should be interesting to hear what the people who haven't read the books have to say. Right now all I'm reading is disappointment that it isn't as big and rich as the books.

[O Really]

"Midnight Mass" now starting to get weirder. Spontaneous bleeding, drinking blood, visits by dark angels badly in need of manicures. Not a Stephen King story, but could be.

[neoplacebo]

Starting The Morning Show.




Edit: Three episodes in. Interesting, I'll watch more. Makes we wonder how much of the show is based on some sort of reality if any. And if it is, it's a shitty business.

Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon are very different characters than I'm used to seeing them play, they're showing some chops (but there's still a tiny part of me saying "Rachel doesn't do that").

Advantage to me - I've never watched Friends

I share that prize. Also never seen Mad Men or Breaking Bad. Plus many others.

[O Really]

"Midnight Mass" - A Jonesboro type cult with apocalypsing zombie vampires and a small group of the uninfected trying to save the world.
Actually wasn't bad for a chilly rainy day in backwoodsy Snohomish, but it didn't have to be 7 episodes to tell the story.

[GoCubsGo]

"Midnight Mass" - A Jonesboro type cult with apocalypsing zombie vampires and a small group of the uninfected trying to save the world.
Actually wasn't bad for a chilly rainy day in backwoodsy Snohomish, but it didn't have to be 7 episodes to tell the story.

Sounds like a World War Z (which actually was a good movie) ripoff.

[billy.pilgrim]

"Midnight Mass" - A Jonesboro type cult with apocalypsing zombie vampires and a small group of the uninfected trying to save the world.
Actually wasn't bad for a chilly rainy day in backwoodsy Snohomish, but it didn't have to be 7 episodes to tell the story.

Sounds like a World War Z (which actually was a good movie) ripoff.

I read the book, but the trailer looked so different that I never saw it. Maybe I'll give it a shot.

[GoCubsGo]

"Midnight Mass" - A Jonesboro type cult with apocalypsing zombie vampires and a small group of the uninfected trying to save the world.
Actually wasn't bad for a chilly rainy day in backwoodsy Snohomish, but it didn't have to be 7 episodes to tell the story.

Sounds like a World War Z (which actually was a good movie) ripoff.

I read the book, but the trailer looked so different that I never saw it. Maybe I'll give it a shot.

I usually don't like zombie type movies but this one grabbed me.

[billy.pilgrim]

Watched Jon Stewart's new show. Safe terrorist, but same ol' Jon.

Other apple tv reviews
Ted Lasso is skill crazy good and
I'm liking Foundation and the Morning Show
There's more, but this plus Saturday football puts me over my tv limit.

Not bad for 5 bucks/month

[Ulysses]

Mostly I watch PBS stuff. I save a lot to DVD, so I can enjoy it later.

Currently local stations have been showing a very good program about the Hearst family. Four hours total. I didn't realize he was such a Big Deal in America. Poor Patty.

[billy.pilgrim]

Mostly I watch PBS stuff. I save a lot to DVD, so I can enjoy it later.

Currently local stations have been showing a very good program about the Hearst family. Four hours total. I didn't realize he was such a Big Deal in America. Poor Patty.

So, when do you try out your new roku?