how television rules my life…
Midseason is upon us and along with things like the return of Project Runway All Stars and Gotham there are some new reality shows including Tidying Up with Marie Kondo (Net) and The Masked Singer (Fox). And of course a host of NYE specials. Somehow I’m still not quite caught up on tv let alone going to see a movie. This might be my worst movie seeing year yet.
Returning streaming: A Series of Unfortunate Events (Net, Tues), Call My Agent (Net, Wed), Young Justice (DC, Fri).
Well we’re wrapping up the season and other than yet another Netflix International release, Selection Day an Indian coming of age story, there’s not much new to note. I have been felled by a somewhat traditional Christmas cold so I’ve been tuning into streaming. Lot of Mindy Project with a dash of Big Love, Homecoming, Downton Abbey, and Casual.
I wrapped up The Kominsky Method which was enjoyable based on our two leads, and based on end of year wrap ups floating around started Homecoming and Big Mouth. The holidays should offer some downtime for backlog and perhaps an actual movie.
Returning streaming: Marvel’s Runaways (Hulu, Fri).
The procrastinator lists items that may not be on your regular season pass, though notation does not imply recommendation. Times noted are typically PST.
Ok I really need to figure out what to do about the glut of Netflix series that keep launching. I mostly plan to ignore them unless someone tells me what to watch, which means I don’t usually have any advance info on some of these listed below. Alas should still be pretty quiet until the new year. Time to start looking at best of lists!
Returning streaming: Wanted (Net, Thursday), Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, special ep (Net, Friday), Cuckoo (Net, Friday), Fuller House (Net, Friday), The Travelers (Net, Friday)
I wrapped up Rectify this week, which I keep recommending to people with a caveat that it’s slow and can be more bitter than sweet but beautifully poignant. I also wrapped Sabrina which I wanted to like more than I did, good moments but suffered like many Netflix shows by not grabbing quite enough over the spread of episodes. I also went back and picked up the first ep of Dirty John and it was a pass for me, I couldn’t get on board with any of the characters/angles, for a better ‘relationship goes bad’ I’d go back to You which just wrapped on Life. Mrs. Maisel also returns this week and while it wasn’t my fave Palladino series there was much to like and I’m curious how the second season will go.
This week is pretty light but yet again this week there are a handful of new Netflix shows (for amusement check out SNL’s take) none of which I can easily find info on, the good thing about streaming is I can wait for critics to point me to what’s worth watching: Hero Mask (Mon), Bad Blood (Fri), Dogs of Berlin (Fri), Pine Gap (Fri), Plan Coeur (Fri).
Well a long weekend and a discount code got me onboard with Hulu. And of course rather than immediately dropping into Handmaid’s Tale I did a little Mindy Project and Casual. Sometimes you just have to balance out the drama of Fortitude, Patriot, Downton Abbey, Big Love, Rectify, and even Sabrina with a little comedy. I’m about to wrap a couple of those up so should have a little room over the next holiday for a couple more good ones plus catching The Little Drummer Girl which I’ve yet to dive into. And this week a few more series with very little word which mostly seems to mean for streaming that they’re global imports that we’re not paying much attention to.
Returning streaming: F is For Family (Net, Friday)
The procrastinator lists items that may not be on your regular season pass, though notation does not imply recommendation. Times noted are typically PST.
I finally wrapped up Ozark, which lost a little bit of its living on the edge charm for me. And though I’m not done with my backlog I decided that starting a half hour show with Kominsky Method could slot right in and the first two episodes show promise. Along with some serious Thanksgiving downtime will look to sample Little Drummer Girl and Dirty John below.
Streaming: The Last Kingdom (Netflix, Monday), The Bureau (SunN, Wed), No Activity (CBSAA, Thursday), Frontier (Net, Fri).
The procrastinator lists items that may not be on your regular season pass, though notation does not imply recommendation. Times noted are typically PST.
Before starting in on Patriot I felt like I needed to knock off a few other streaming options. I wrapped up Goliath and while I like the characters the second season just got ridiculous and still relatively difficult to follow as a seasonal case and while I should call it a day I just need to wrap up Fortitude. And I think I need to give some fresh eyes to the remaining Ozark oh wait and I still have some Sabrina, that hit a bit of a lag midway but still some good stuff in there.
Streaming returns: Narcos (Net, Friday).
The procrastinator lists items that may not be on your regular season pass, though notation does not imply recommendation. Times noted are typically PST.
So last weekend I decided to dust off my old Heathers dvd and alas the case was empty. When I went to check my blue ray player to see if it was inside alas the drawer would not open. And after trying the recommended steps online to no avail it brings up the age old question is it time to send my player/discs the way of my cds and cd player? I downloaded the cds that I wanted and now mostly stream music, but I actually don’t have these movies in owned form anywhere. Heathers was available for view on Netflix and I could theoretically buy them via Amazon, is that what one does? What amount of money makes sense? Will those movies really always be available to me? Should I just let my remote pause whenever I run across them playing in real time?
And now although they’ve been sitting there getting dusty I’m now eager to watch each of these movies again:
What dvds do you have still gathering dust or have you moved on to all things digital?
No early buzz to point to a yes or no on the new findings but I am cautiously optimistic for a new season of odd Patriot.
Returning streaming: The Great British Baking Show (Net, Friday), Patriot (Am, Friday).
The procrastinator lists items that may not be on your regular season pass, though notation does not imply recommendation. Times noted are typically PST.