2019.02.25
Just watched Season 3 finale.
The time skipping narrative finally feels sincere coming from the perspective of an old man with failing memory, but if this story was just told in a straight linear form would it have been as interesting to watch?
I like the little nods to the supernatural, as old and young versions almost see each other a few times.
The aging make-up is the best I've ever seen.
Twist ending averted is fine, except the son saved the note and invited over dad's friend, so there's the strong hint someone will know the whole story. Unless the ghost visits dad again and drops the clue all over again, starting the search once more. And why wouldn't she? BTW, if they mentioned how she died I never caught it. I kept waiting for it to be a plot point.
Sunday, February 24, 2019
Friday, February 22, 2019
Russian Doll (2019)
2019.02.22
Finished.
2019.02.25
Does this genre have a name? I just think of it as Groundhog's Day movies. But I think it goes back much further, wouldn't "It's a Wonderful Life" be a primitive ancestor? Off to tvtropes for the answer... and the first link is to /GroundhogDayLoop. Though there are many of these stories, I guess Groundhog's Day really does deserve to be the namer.
And as good as Groundhog's Day is, these stories all have the same problem: its extremely entertaining to set up the loop and watch our hero experiment with it, but then, because its a story, some sort of conclusion has to be forced on to it. Of course it can be very hard to come up with some new metaphysics to explain this, so its easier to just not explain it (Groundhog, Russian Doll) but it leaves one a little unsatisfied. I can think of at least one example where the looping method is explained, Edge of Tomorrow, but that movie also has a forced happy ending, and so is unsatisfying at the end for a different reason.
2019.02.27
Not thinking about this show at all, its kind of unmemorable, but it was fun and I would happily watch hours more if anything like it was available.
Finished.
2019.02.25
Does this genre have a name? I just think of it as Groundhog's Day movies. But I think it goes back much further, wouldn't "It's a Wonderful Life" be a primitive ancestor? Off to tvtropes for the answer... and the first link is to /GroundhogDayLoop. Though there are many of these stories, I guess Groundhog's Day really does deserve to be the namer.
And as good as Groundhog's Day is, these stories all have the same problem: its extremely entertaining to set up the loop and watch our hero experiment with it, but then, because its a story, some sort of conclusion has to be forced on to it. Of course it can be very hard to come up with some new metaphysics to explain this, so its easier to just not explain it (Groundhog, Russian Doll) but it leaves one a little unsatisfied. I can think of at least one example where the looping method is explained, Edge of Tomorrow, but that movie also has a forced happy ending, and so is unsatisfying at the end for a different reason.
2019.02.27
Not thinking about this show at all, its kind of unmemorable, but it was fun and I would happily watch hours more if anything like it was available.
Tuesday, February 5, 2019
Fyre Fraud (2019)
The Hulu one.
I don't think I finished watching it, but who cares, I get the gist of it.
I don't think I finished watching it, but who cares, I get the gist of it.
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