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Hate to admit it, but I am a sucker for "musical" shows...loved Glee for instance.

 

Been faithfully watching "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" for two years now, which led me into watching Jane the Virgin...which i also enjoy.

 

Love this song/clip from Crazy Ex...you will as well if like old Gene Kelly movies...the double entendre's are fantatstic..especially for broadcast TV.

 

 

K, let the beatings begin!

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Just started Goliath on Amazon with Billy Bob Thornton, excellent first episode

 

A few weeks late on that one, I hit it up and reviewed back then ;)

The Man in the High Castle returns for season 2 on Amazon this Friday. Very interesting show and worth a watch.

 

Meh. Ruined one of my favorite novels.

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Hate to admit it, but I am a sucker for "musical" shows...loved Glee for instance.

 

Been faithfully watching "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" for two years now, which led me into watching Jane the Virgin...which i also enjoy.

 

Love this song/clip from Crazy Ex...you will as well if like old Gene Kelly movies...the double entendre's are fantatstic..especially for broadcast TV.

 

 

K, let the beatings begin!

I liked Jane the Virgin but I slowly lost interest as the season progressed.

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A few weeks late on that one, I hit it up and reviewed back then ;)

 

Meh. Ruined one of my favorite novels.

I haven't read the book yet and I'm looking forward to it. I used to let movies/shows ruin great books and then I decided that both mediums stand on their own as artistic works; nothing can ruin a great book for me. But I'll never understand those script writers who would try to recapture the scope of a book, anyway. I think that's a mistake every time. Heck, there have been authors of the very books themselves who managed to screw it up with a lesser screenplay.

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I haven't read the book yet and I'm looking forward to it. I used to let movies/shows ruin great books and then I decided that both mediums stand on their own as artistic works; nothing can ruin a great book for me. But I'll never understand those script writers who would try to recapture the scope of a book, anyway. I think that's a mistake every time. Heck, there have been authors of the very books themselves who managed to screw it up with a lesser screenplay.

 

Excellent point.

 

One of my favorite Hollywood stories is about what happened when F. Scott Fitzgerald -- who desperately wanted to be a screenwriter at this point -- was working for MGM. I'm blatantly plagarising the rest from Lew Hunter's book on screenwriting:

 

"Everyone at the studio thought the draft was the greatest creation since sliced apricots. But the wily old studio head, Louis B. Mayer, was not fooled. After he read the script, he had to pass by Fitzgerald's office door on his way to what they called "rushes", now "dailies". L. B. opened F. Scott's door and as quickly closed it after his wise declaration: "Mr. Fitzgerald, we cannot shoot adjectives!"

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I haven't read the book yet and I'm looking forward to it. I used to let movies/shows ruin great books and then I decided that both mediums stand on their own as artistic works; nothing can ruin a great book for me. But I'll never understand those script writers who would try to recapture the scope of a book, anyway. I think that's a mistake every time. Heck, there have been authors of the very books themselves who managed to screw it up with a lesser screenplay.

It shares little if anything with the book.

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Excellent point.

 

One of my favorite Hollywood stories is about what happened when F. Scott Fitzgerald -- who desperately wanted to be a screenwriter at this point -- was working for MGM. I'm blatantly plagarising the rest from Lew Hunter's book on screenwriting:

 

"Everyone at the studio thought the draft was the greatest creation since sliced apricots. But the wily old studio head, Louis B. Mayer, was not fooled. After he read the script, he had to pass by Fitzgerald's office door on his way to what they called "rushes", now "dailies". L. B. opened F. Scott's door and as quickly closed it after his wise declaration: "Mr. Fitzgerald, we cannot shoot adjectives!"

 

 

Was the screenplay about Fitzgerald's boat that sank? It made for a good song....even if the singer turned into a terrorist.....but a whole movie? I doubt it. They already did that about Titanic anyway.

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The Man in the High Castle returns for season 2 on Amazon this Friday. Very interesting show and worth a watch.

 

I binged S2 earlier today and it was much better than S1. But one little gripe I had with the S2 finale

 

 

The war was averted when Himmler took action. Really, they made Himmler into a hero character? Mother F*cking Himmler :o

 

And if you don't know who Himmler was, A you're an idiot and B he was one of the biggest pieces of sh*t that humanity has ever wasted a sperm and an egg

 

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Anyone tried OA yet? I'm about halfway through, it's nuts but I like it.

I watched E1. I thought the first 15 minutes were weird but somewhat intriguing. At times I found it coarse, other times preachy, ridiculously unrealistic, slow,.....land that's weird because they have already explained a lot.

 

On the credits I saw Brad Pitt is an executive producer, which explains the preachy part. E2 will either get me into it or it will be the last episode I watch. Not enough Herschel in E1 btw.

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