Haven’t watched it (I suspect it’s on a pay-streaming that’s tricky to get in the UK) but Nicholas Lyndhurst is in it, and he’ll steal every scene with comedy god timing because he’s just a master at this stuff. If they give him decent material he could make up for some of the lost actors.
From what I’ve heard you still miss David Hyde Pierce though, because let’s face it, he’s just irreplaceable.
It’s streaming on paramount plus. Just watch, which is generally reliable about these things, says you can get that in the uk. Dunno how expensive (in either country…) though.
Yeah you can. Through Amazon Prime (is how how I get it) but there may be other ways to get it direct.
I just watched a 4 hour video about plagiarism on YouTube. I can’t believe I did, but it was just weirdly compelling. I didn’t know any of the people involved, or anything about the online culture that spawned them, but it was interesting nonetheless.
Was that from hbomberguy? It’s in my queue.
See also any Folding Ideas video.
I assume it is this video, someone in one of my discords recommended it.
If you fancy more, there’s also this (shorter) Todd in the Shadows video about how what isn’t plagiarised in Somerton’s stuff is often just completely made up:
That’s the one, yeah.
(I’m not particularly interested in more analysis of Somerton being awful, it was the wider scope and focus on content mills and plagiarism that interested me.)
My partner had also heard that it was really good… he’s probably going to watch it.
Well seldom do I dislike a film by Martin Scorsese and I didn’t completely dislike this one but it is WAY too long for the story it has to tell. It does make some relevant comments on the treatment and exploitation of indigenous peoples and that is good. The performances are fine. It is just about 80minutes too long and ends in a manner that suggested to me that Scorsese wanted it to be longer.
Not a bad film but I think one viewing was enough. Unusually I’d like to see a non-director’s cut of this film.
And we have finished the first season of Ted Lasso.
I am so not into sports. But this was just nice all around. Good laughs, too. Just what I needed when it is cold weather outside and “sick cold” on the inside.
I believe we will continue watching.
Now question: is the portrayal of the British football fans accurate?
I’d say it’s probably just as accurate as the portrayals of professional footballers and football club owners…
To be honest I’ve never heard of Somerton before and I haven’t watched the video, it seemed a bit too long for my YT habits.
But found it interesting that different corners of the internet brought the video to my attention 
I had not heard of him either. The YT algorithm has many flaws for creators, but it is good at finding these kinds of convergences. I subscribe to Todd in the Shadows; in his video, he mentioned that his video was “in the can” since August (and just delayed posting out of professional courtesy).
I failed to report that a couple of nights ago I finished the BeastMaster. I had left it before he arrives to that eerie temple with the “tall huggers”: their hugs melted people. Literally.
The movie was still entertaining passed that point, the acting was stiff, but then again, is an 80s B movie. After meeting with an ageless John Amos, an interesting dungeon crawl, and the final battle where everybody stops to let baddie and hero have a duel, it ended in a very predictable way, but I enjoyed revisiting childhood memories.
Funny aside: I must admit Marc Singer level of fitness for the movie was quite something. Unlike the 80s standards set by the likes of Arnie and Sly, he had a very athletic body, very believable.
Is Succession all that? I know it’s majorly hyped. I’ve watched about 6 episodes and it’s not really grabbed me. Is it worth persevering, dya think?
I turned on the TV last night and this was what was playing, and I was really surprised to see Nicholas Lyndhurst there. Not a piece of casting I would have anticipated.
(I can’t tell you anything more, though – the original show never appealed to me, so I didn’t stay to watch this one.)
He’s Frasier’s English friend, named (and I am not making this up) Alan Cornwall.
I mean, you got a 5* performer there, but it’s not a move anyone expected. (Delighted for Nick to get that American network money though).
Caught the last of the Doctor Who trio, with Neil Patrick Harris cast as the Celestial Scene-Stealer—Toymaker, sorry—and it reinforced my conviction that Russell T. can’t tell the difference between “satisfying” and “self-indulgent” when it comes to endings. Hugely annoying when, as in this case, everything leading up to it was pretty good, including some decent scares for the kids.
I tend to agree with the above.
Great moments, weirdly unthreatening enemy.
Loved that even with all the Disney money they still had a puppet reminiscent of kids TV in a role that was never explained.