Legion World Forums LEGION COMPANION The Anywhere Machine So what are you WATCHING? Part 2

Ann, I really liked Penny Dreadful. It's not masterpiece but it's fun. Love the setting, etc.

Thanks for the vote of confidence, Jorge. I'm going to watch the first episode either tonight or tomorrow.

Couldn't get into Penny Dreadful. The cast seems to have had more fun making it than I had watching it. It did have more verve than most modern TV shows, but it was just sooooo unrelentingly gross and ugly.

I'm enjoying classic Looney Tunes cartoons on DailyMotion. Watched Porky Pig in "The Pest Who Came to Dinner," the one with the termite who speaks with a "French" accent. It was directed by my favorite Golden Age of Animation director, Art Davis.

Over 20 years later, Davis directed a remake-of-sorts for DePatie-Freleng: the Ant and the Aardvark in "Rough Brunch." I have that one on DVD.

I'm watching so much stuff right now. Recently I finished High Score Girl, How To Keep A Mummy, Santa Clarita Diet Season 2, SSSS Gridman, and Zombie Land Saga.

Oh and Umbrella Academy!

While doing my taxes, I ended up watching all of the Tidying Up With Marie Kondo shows on Netflix. Not a true binge-watch, as it took me at least a week-and-a-half to get all the papers organized, sorted, or shredded, depending on their age.

I guess a lot of people are hostile to the show, and I don't really get why. Kondo is not being dictatorial about her plan. Nobody has to do the regimen if they don't want to. And as with many other "Lifestyle" shows, you can apply some of her prinicples to how you arrange your space, and eschew the ones which don't work for you. (Or that you like, but can't commit to at this time.)

I hope there'll be more of these, and that they'll challenge her a bit by maybe doing some home-organizing in, say, cold climates like Alaska or the U.S. Midwest. You need a lot more bulky clothing in those places than you do in So. Cal. So I'd want to see how she'd modify her tips to deal with that.

Lucifer. I kinda feel like this should be in the "listening too" section, cause it's got some great music that I pay more attention to.

Dharma and Greg. Show holds up surprisingly well. Scene stealer of the show was Edward. Kitty (Susan Sullivan) was still smokin hot, funny, and smart. Honestly though, a little of Abby and Larry go a Looooonnnnggggg way.

Lately I've been checking out a lot of YouTube videos about understanding how Narcissists behave. Interesting stuff.

Miranda. UK show starring Miranda Hart. Very tall lady makes fun of her crazy life and poor dating history. She's very sweet on the show, and the lead is Tom Ellis from Lucifer. For once, I openly laughed out loud and didn't just grin or go "heh". The one where she and her mother go to the psychiatrist...busted out laughing. My wife asked what was so funny.

Fallen back into the hole of strange Asian telenovelas with gay leads. At least the writing and acting has improved to my last visit. I still find it odd that “conservative” Thailand produces more gay-lead drama than “liberal” Hollywood

Whose line is it anyway?

I'm pretty fond of both The Good Place and Schitt's Creek right now.

(Fans of SCTV should take note of the latter, in particular. Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara are perfect as the down-at-the-heels former rich folks: making the best of their new circumstances in a rural Great White North town.)

"Schitt's Creek" LOL Never seen it, but I love the title! That's the kind of toilet-humor pun I wish I had come up with myself!

Ironically, there's very little toilet humor in the show itself. Though I think you see the former patriarch of a million-dollar empire cleaning motel bathrooms from time to time.

Just watched bios on Joan Jett, Gilda Radner, and Jerry Lewis. Look, don't ask me, I just watch the stuff.

The Six Million Dollar Man. yeah, cheezy and goofy at times, but holds up well. Well, except for some of the clothes.

I was just reading an article out the Six Million Dollar Woman, and ... Thread Security carry thoth over to the What Are you reading thread...

Star Trek Picard. Liked it. I found the new characters fascinating. The finale wasn't quite up to the standard of the buildup but still had some excellent acting.

and as always, American Housewife cause....Katy Mixon. Grrroowwwwllllllll.

I've been on a Sam Peckinpah kick lately. Just watched Ballad of Cable Hogue the other night and it's def now one of my top 5 all time westerns. What a beautifully tragic performance from Jason Robards!

Kappa, I *love* Ballad of Cable Hogue.

If only it had been more commercially successful, then maybe Peckinpah could have shed the "Bloody Sam" image once and for all.

I also love The Wild Bunch, Ride the High Country, The Killer Elite...

Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid is rough-edged, but it has a lot of heart and soul.

I wish The Getaway had had a different female lead. Ali McGraw was just...ew.

I even kind of like SP's last movie, The Osterman Weekend. Great cast, with Meg Foster and Helen Shaver more than holding their own in the company of all those alpha-dudes.

Osterman Weekend is way more fun than it has any right to be! How can you not love Craig T Nelson with a kickass mustache karate chopping dudes?

I even like Convoy cuz it has Kris Kristofferson playing basically trucker Jesus

I tried and failed to get my brother to watch The Wild Bunch. The step into Westerns was just too far for him. Even though it's a lot more than that.