[TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Franklin
Did any of you see the John Wayne movie where he played a German freighter captain in WWII? How about when Wayne played Ghengis Khan? Or when Sean Connery played a Russian? Or a Spaniard? Yeah, as in those instances, Michael Douglas makes no attempt whatsoever to sound unlike himself in his portrayal of Benjamin Franklin. I suppose it is better than if he attempted an accent, but it is distracting. I know in these enlightened times, television and films are produced for global audiences, but at the end of a long day, not everybody wants to read subtitles while people speak in foreign languages. I actually enjoyed the first episode, but I don’t know that the story was made better by forcing audiences to hear Michael Douglas do that to the French language. Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4AOfUPVRDQ9V5xLmKihoELa9Z030BO4cVcb%2BJdbpTK01Q%40mail.gmail.com.
[TV orNotTV] Star Trek Discovery season five
I’ve nicknamed the series “volume up volume down” because it feels like I’m adjusting the sound level every few minutes, as the show cannot resist hard transitions from subdued dialogue scenes to explosive action sequences. It took me until the fifth season to really understand what most annoys me about the show. In the film “Tomorrow Never Dies”, James Bond discovers the dead body of one of the great loves of his life, aka Teri Hatcher, and is devastated. Moments later, he’s in a chase sequence driving his BMW from the back seat using a remote control touchpad on his phone. And he’s laughing and couldn’t be having a better day. Put mildly, Bond did not waste a lot of time grieving. It felt wrong and it made me wonder if that was a choice made by the actor, the writer, or the director. It made me believe that Bond just doesn’t give a sh*t. Or those in charge of the franchise don’t give a sh*t. And that’s Discovery. The crew is tasked with hunting down the most dangerous Deus Ex Machina in all of history. If it falls into the wrong hands, the universe is doomed. But as the captain is flying around in her space suit chasing the bad guys as explosions and certain death await her, she’s having the time of her life. Or later when she’s on a Star Wars speeder bike clearly stolen from George Lucas’ garage, and a landslide is hurtling towards them threatening to take the lives of tens of thousands of villagers, she’s cracking jokes. The characters are angry or on the verge of tears, then suddenly smiling annd laughing and whooping it up. In the future, nobody takes things too seriously. So why should I care about their peril? Why should I get invested in the story or the characters when they clearly don’t? In their attempt to make Discovery a fun space adventure, they made it bipolar. The characters care about something only if doing so furthers the story. Emotions aren’t felt; they are contrived. Consequently, I end up hate-watching this series instead of watching it. Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4Du%3DchprwyNJ8OA%2BOmVOUjMp6uwq53_%3DBcmJ%2B_q7fpqWg%40mail.gmail.com.
[TV orNotTV] Re: 'The Show the Pros Watch' Moves tto CW
C-Dub announces it's been leased by NBC Sports to show the final eight races *this* season... https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2024/04/11/the-cw-network-broadcast-final-eight-races-nascar-xfinity-series-2024/ (link) Only seven events in three rounds make up the playoffs in the XS (vs 10 / 4 in Cup), so this deal will include the last "regular season" race, at Bristol the night before the big guys contest the finale of their opening round... B Moi, to James Dinan, 7/28/2023: James: And, often, create enough havoc to win, which only results in prize money, because prior to each season each applicant to compete, must name the primary series (Cup, xfinity, or the again-Craftsman Tools-sponsored truck series) they will race in (generally by the majority of races entered) The other shoe here is whom Nexstar pillages from other companies to present the races... or if a whole new set of faces are recruited, to reflect the series' alleged younger demo... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/d114ded3-a296-4a1b-ba92-8f1f67ac2c6bn%40googlegroups.com.
[TV orNotTV] 'Talk' Going, New Soap Replacing It?
The CBS daytime talk show will end its 15-year run, during which it went far afield from creator Sara Gilbert's original "'View' with working moms" premise, in December--no indication yet if the soap "The Gates," the first new daytime soap in over 25 years, will be replacing it, but I'd bet on it: https://www.thewrap.com/the-talk-canceled-15-seasons-cbs/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/266bb932-bff5-4dde-afdc-6cc2b1129ca3n%40googlegroups.com.
[TV orNotTV] Re: RIP Robert McNeil of McNeil Lehrer Newshour
Some music in honor of Mr. McNeil, that famous theme song expanded upon by its composer Bernard Hoffer: https://youtu.be/kuQ5OV6uTD8?si=FFmSlX0w1Zwh_t2f On Saturday, April 13, 2024 at 12:23:00 AM UTC-5 Steve Timko wrote: > The current version is a shell of the show's glory years. > > > https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/12/business/robert-macneil-pbs-news-death/index.html > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/43c2a9b4-1b75-4413-8839-e09a30249381n%40googlegroups.com.
