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Finally getting around to watching "Peaky Blinders" and just into season one and loving it. We shall see how the characters develop (or not)
Yes, you're right about Sinatra. I read about him some time back and he was a complex guy with some rough patches in his life. He did many good films, such as Suddenly and On The Town. And, of course, he had a fine singing voice. However, even as a kid I found a hardness in his manner and speech which I guess only those who have suffered being bullied as kids would note. Maybe that is why I never liked him that much.
Thanks for the heads up - really looking forwards to the rest of the show.
We started this on Sunday. After the first episode my wife said "this isn't very good."Then you might want to check out "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" streaming on Amazon as it has the same writer / producer, Amy Sherman-Palladino, behind it and - after the first few bumpy episodes - the series hits a good stride with machine-gun-fire dialogue.
I've never watch GG, so I can't compare, but my girlfriend and I have been amazed at the quality of the dialogue on TMMM (again, get through the first few episodes - although, even by the second episode it's improving).
We started this on Sunday. After the first episode my wife said "this isn't very good."
I told her "Be patient, Fading Fast says it gets better."
Wife: "Who?"
By the end of episode 3 last night I think she was hooked.
...I guess I will have to try Mrs. Maisel again at some point, since everyone says it gets better. I started watching, but was immediately turned off by the strident Jewish stereotypes and overwrought fifties stylization in just the first scene...
I haven't attempted the second season yet because I struggled to get through the first season. I think it was the fifth or sixth episode before I finally began to see why so many people liked it, I just wasn't one of them. I thought they captured "The 80s" fairly well but, like you, I'm not nostalgic about that decade. I might try season 2 if/when I find myself desperate for something to watch, but I'm not sure I want to waste nine hours watching a show I really don't care about.I'm working my way through the second season of Stranger Things.
I didn't like the first season, and I don't like this one. I'm immune to the eighties nostalgia (I was already in my 30s then), I find a lot of the dialog cringeworthy, the plot's half-baked retreads of ideas from better films/shows, and I'm still mystified why the show is such a phenomenon. But hey, I'm a tough critic and an incipient geezer... the alleged genius of lots of popular mainstream stuff eludes me...
The Chin! At some point, I will get to this show.Two episodes of "Ash vs. The Evil Dead". Not quite sure where it's heading but I'm laughing my head off at it right now. I didn't know there was that much fake blood in the world.
Worf