Season 3 of Harley Quinn is up now on HBO Max!
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OFMD is on my list. Not sure I wanna sign up to HBO again to see a pirate showā¦
You could do what I did and binge it all on in-flight entertainment on a long plane journey.
Hmmmm. Probably more expensive than a month of HBO but I could pick up some snacks overseas to make up for it? 
The only show Iām currently watching is still Better Call Saul and itās almost over. I have no idea how theyāre going to wrap the entire thing with 2 episodes left but thatās always how it seems to go. Like we can sense the trajectory is aiming at the ground now, but it seems like they could spend another season to get to the landing (or crash) if they wanted. Instead thereās 2 episodes. 
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The Sandman exceeded all my expectations and was actually a really great adaptation of the comic series.
Yes they changed some things and removed others, but overall, I canāt believe they were able to pull this off. Hereās hoping Netflix lets them adapt the whole thing. I think they could do it in three seasons, based on season one.
If you had asked me if I ever thought there would be a good and faithful adaptation of The Sandman, I would have said no. Iām glad I was proven wrong.
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The Bear (FX series on Hulu) was super quality television. Great acting, great writing, great shooting and editing. Really was a great drama that was succinct (8 episode season, all episodes are 25-30ish minutes long) and just resonated with me. Fair warning if youāve ever worked back of house in a restaurant or any similar enterprise it goes hard on some of the toxicity that is endemic there.
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Good. That Toxic shit is, was, and always will be bullshit, and it never made a single good chef or hospitality worker, it just broke them. The good chefs that came out of it came out in spite of, not because of it.
Are the rest of the episodes as slow as the pilot?
Yeah, thatās my usual gripe, but this was egregious. Felt like I waited around for 45 minutes of CGI cutscenes.
Things that matter after episode 1
- Dude was trapped, now heās not
- Has to get his tools back and fix his house
- His employee is mad the boss is back
Did I get it all?
I donāt know how to answer your question because I didnāt find the first episode to be slow at all. In fact, I loved the first episode so much that I watched it twice in a row before moving on to the second one.
The Sandman may be a comic book, but itās not about superheroes. If you went into this show expecting action and fast pacing, this is not the show for you.
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A kid got old and died in the time dude was sitting inside a bubble.
I found it a very poor use of time to spend so much on
Spoiler
a dad and kid who are both dead at the end of the episode.
Itās a tale as old as time, maybe Sandman isnāt going to be your show :-p might I suggest Paper Girls :-p
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I did like Corinthian. If you canāt get Batou eyes, I guess, uh, teeth? are a close second.
The date is September 1. The premiere will be simultaneous in multiple countries, though, so check the article for your time zone.
There are several Star Trek episodes that basically do this. 
Rymās signifier isnāt a fox, itās Q.
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Iāll admit that took an alarming moment before I remembered John De Lancie.
You know, the bad one didnāt even occur to me when I posted.
Now that Iām looking at pictures, I have an idea for a dubious photoshop involving our esteemed hosts.
Same. I feel like all the fanboy criticism is baseless. Because yes, an adaptation will Yknow adapt things to the medium and I think this accomplished it pretty deftly. Hereās hoping they finish it out. 3 seasons feels right!
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Apparently the Rings of Power was not a whole season drop. There are just two episodes, and I watched them both.
Itās not too bad actually. Better than usual live action US TV, but still TV.
My biggest gripe with it is my gripe with most TV. It asks nothing. Specifically, it asks nothing of the audience.
Itās not abstract or allegorical in any way. Just 100% laser focused on providing answers. Mostly to the question āwhat happens?ā.
As predicted, the writers were too cowardly to tell the epic tales of Maiar, Valar, the first age or most of the second age.
They did spend one scene acknowledging the existence of Feanor, Silmarils, etc.
The Elrond parts of the story I think are closest to the existing canon.
I think this is going into the pile of things I watch once, and never again.
Itās been too long since any TV show has appeared that is worth even one re-watch, let alone several.
The way things are going, Iām not holding my breath.
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Whatās the last TV show that did that for you?