#tv stuff

[cassmouse]

'She wants us to' was such a crazy statement from someone who didn't even want to take Jackie's jacket off her corpse a few hours before

[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

I will say, after seeing how a lot of people reacted to DDBA episode 5, unless the show is a comedy, I’m now fully convinced TV shows can never return to the format of having 20+ episodes with some episodes being standalone.

It’s not even that DDBA episode 5 was bad, a lot of people actually liked it. But I’ve seen so many comments about how it’s useless filler, doesn’t belong in the show, it’s a mistake, they should’ve either cut it out or added it to episode 6, and so on. I’ve also seen backhanded praise from people who said that while they enjoyed episode 5, it was smart of Marvel to release both 5 and 6 since if this week only had episode 5, the show would’ve gotten backlash.

If a great deal of today’s audience can’t even handle one standalone episode that wasn’t even that bad, what makes you think today’s audience can handle a show with 20+ episodes in which several episodes are standalone/don’t progress the main storyline? It makes me a little sad since it makes shows like Buffy, Lost, 24, or even Agents of SHIELD feel like products of their time.

(EDIT: Just to add on to this, here’s an example of what I mean. The Dos Cavazos react channel straight up skipped episode 5 after watching all the episodes that came before. If they did record a reaction, they definitely chose not to upload it to their YouTube channel since their episode 6 reaction is available)

[shallowseeker]

They’re not cuddling. It’s just easier to share commentary when they sit this close.

[ironworked]

Isn't it so funny that there's 10+ pre/post episode interviews for 9-1-1 for multiple sites, and yet we have no idea

if there are budget issues or restrictions, and/or negotiations for a s9 renewal

what happened with cast contracts when the show changed networks

if anyone is re-negotiating their contract this year/right now

if someone from OG might move to 9-1-1 Nashville

if Gavin McHugh (Christopher) wants to continue acting, or acting in LA, or being a regular in the show

which of these, if any and to which extent, are influencing Eddie's SL on 8b

etc

...what are entertainment journalists even doing?

I'm not saying they need to know all of the above for certain, but they should at least have some answers! some insider knowledge or sources to allow them to speculate a bit on the possibilities at least.

[owltypical]

finally got around to watching some of the old agatha christie's poirot show starring david suchet and yes, finally, i knew it had a good reputation and i'm so glad that reputation was correct, i've seen so many bad and mediocre poirots out there but that is hercule poirot, without question, nailed him immediately

i'm also utterly entranced by the opening credits, they're the most aggressively '80s/early '90s thing i've seen in a while and they're kind of hilarious

like why did they send him to the phantom zone

[bisexualbrainrots]

idk if I can explain this correctly but I think I understand how the office fans feel when it comes to loving michael (+ his development) with the way I fell harder and harder for ava while watching the show. I know they're different characters in all senses but I swear I kind of liked ava at the beginning but the way I grew to love her so much??? yeah I get it now the office fans

[swan2swan]

An underutilized trope in today's shows (unless I've not been paying attention, which is possible, there are only so many hours in a day and so many shows I can watch), is the classic arc of "Characters we never see but whose lives are constantly updated via the on-screen characters".

I'm not talking "occasionally we learn about our characters and their relatinoships with unseen acquaintances via dialogue", I mean "One character has an increasingly bizarre series of updates about someone else who is leading a very exciting life that we are not directly privy to." Sometimes they can connect in a dramatic upswing, sometimes it's just a complex series of dots that become more and more difficult to connect the more we hear.

Two prominent examples being Dr. Kelso's son (?) from Scrubs, and Jason's offscreen, never-seen family (singular?) from Home Movies.