What TV show did you last watch a season of on DVD/Blu-ray?

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What TV show did you last watch a season of on DVD/Blu-ray? May 5, 2020 13:55:42 GMT Raimo47 likes this

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Apr 25, 2020 22:17:35 GMT Raimo47 said:

Apr 22, 2020 13:38:20 GMT @deblovesbeccy said:

Hi again Raimo47

How have you been lately and how are things going with the Coronavirus in your country? They are slowing down here and there is a good chance they are going to ease some of the Social Distancing rules on the weekend and I don't think it means any of us will be able to return to work yet and that most likely won't be until they drop the Shutdown Laws but we should be able to have more people over our house again and that means my family will be able to come over to watch the WWE pay per views with us again like the upcoming 'Money In the Bank' event. They have opened some beaches again but only for surfing and swimming and we can't walk on the sand or sit down or we could face getting fined but it is a step in the right direction and if things continue on this pass with less of us being diagnosed with the Coronavirus every day we could see some more of the restrictions axed.

I don't think we should get too far ahead of ourselves yet and should take things one step at a time 'cause there is a chance it could flair up again and get worse like some scientists are predicting and they are saying it could be 'The Calm Before the Second Storm.' It won't be over completely until we have a vaccine and we still have people dying of it here and most of them are people from the 'Ruby Princess' and old people in nursing homes but we had a guy in his 40s pass away from it and that is the second person I have heard passing away from it in their 40s in the last month and it's worrying people that young can die of it and I am not that far off 40 myself and am turning 39 this year and I hate getting older  and would rather stay in my 30s forever but I have always seen age as just a number and don't feel that different than I did when I was in my 20s.

Beccy and I had a great Easter this year with my family at my Sister's house and I got a lot of Easter eggs and presents and Beccy did too and we spoiled each other and bought each other presents that we didn't know about and I ate a lot of Easter eggs and was full by the end of the day and I haven't had any more since last Sunday but will probably have some tomorrow or the next day 'cause we still have some other eggs we haven't even opened yet and I have a Darrell Lea Rocklea Road filled egg which you can see below and Darrell Lea eggs have always been my favourite Easter eggs but they sadly stopped making the Turkish Delight and Honeycomb ones which were my favourites and they have gotten smaller and gone up in price and do you have things going down in size and up in price in your country 'cause that has been happening here in Australia for at least the past 20 years and nearly everything keeps shrinking and the companies don't think we notice it but we do.

Our favourite part of Easter was giving my Nieces and Nephew their Easter eggs and presents and our pets and as you most likely know cats and dogs can't eat chocolate but they bring our other stuff for them especially dogs around Easter and we got them Easter shaped goodies and chewies and they got more plush toys including one that lights up and sings 'Bingo' and other songs. That is good to hear people can still take pets for walks where you live and we took our Malshis for a walk again today and that is the only time I am leaving our house now apart from going to my Sister's house and to the shops a few times and our state has stronger restrictions for what people can do outside than other states 'cause we have had the most cases and deaths from the Coronavirus but we still have people ignoring that and one of the houses in the street behind us had a party recently and two parents completely ignored the Social Distancing rules and threw their son a huge birthday party with over 50 people at their house and that had big signs up and decorations and couldn't have made it more obvious to the police especially with all the cars in the street the neighbours reported.

Thanks for letting me know what has been going on in your country too and I am glad to hear you can park on your street now and where we live we have shops to the right of us and we usually take our Malshis on walks that way and on the left we have a bush area and there are farms with cows and when you go further there are Schools and shops and more farms  and we live in a rural area but we have a lot of shops and shopping centres on the right and a lot of things are closed down at the moment but a number of things are staying open and it's weird seeing the places that are closed down 'cause I have lived in this area all my life and am used to seeing them open and our shopping malls have hardly any people walking around 'cause most of the shops are closed and I think when everything reopens it will take a while for it to go back to the way it was and I don't think everyone will just rush out and shops that reopen won't get as many customers either but I think by this time next year or am hoping so everything will be back to normal and I miss going out to places and seeing friends.

I am sorry to hear you haven't seen your friends and relatives since February and might not see them again until June and do you stay in contact with them on the phone and internet 'cause I talk to mine on the phone and on emails and I have family members who live in other states and towns far away I talk to on emails and we only usually get to see them when they come here but with all this they haven't been able to come and one of my Aunts sadly had to cancel coming here. Wow. You have had a lot of jobs over the years and I have heard of most of those but what are electrical designers and environmental designers and what do you have to design? I don't think I have ever heard of those jobs and what would you say the most difficult job you have had was? My first job was working at a bookshop and that was the easiest job I had but it didn't pay much which was why I eventually left and got another job.

With 'Supernatural' it is still unknown when the latest episodes are going to air and you are still a few seasons behind but you might be interested to know there were seven episodes left of Season 15 to air and five were filmed but they haven't been able to produce them so it is believed the show won't come back now until December or next year and it will be either Season 16 now with the last seven episodes and possibly some bonus ones or part two of Season 15. It is pretty disappointing 'cause we made it to the final season and wanted to see how it was going to end and now we have to wait but we will probably be up to date with each other by the time those episodes air. I am glad you are enjoying Season 12 and Castiel and Crowley were fun together and have you seen the episode where he saves Castiel from dying when they face a Prince of Hell and admits he likes them?  There is another Prince of Hell that turns up in the next season and without spoiling who they are I can say another Archangel returns next season that you probably won't expect to see. I am surprised you haven't heard of Rick but this song (Jessie's Girl) might stand out to you 'cause it was one of his biggest hits.

Hi Deb,

thanks for asking, I have been fine. The situation with the coronavirus gets worse, though. It seems that the restrictions will last until summer, but because the number of infections and deaths is still quite low, there may be some loosening of the restrictions. The isolation of Uusimaa has been stopped, but otherwise there haven't been any changes. The death toll is currently 186, which is considerably lower than in our neighboring country Sweden, where the death toll is 2192. It seems that their policy of using almost no restrictions at all is not working very well. I have stayed in contact with my friends and relatives on the phone, especially on WhatsApp. I live alone, so sometimes this social distancing feels somewhat lonely, but fortunately with today's technology it is easy to stay in contact with them all. Besides, as an introvert I want to spend some time alone anyway.

It's good to hear that you both had a great Easter and you got to eat those Easter eggs. That Darrell Lea Rocklea Road filled egg looks really good. I didn't eat any Easter eggs, but I ate a few chocolate bars. I haven't really noticed any reduction in size of the products, but perhaps that is due to the differences between our countries. I couldn't watch that video you posted due to copyright reasons, so I searched it from youtube and listened it. It didn't sound familiar, but that is probably due to that I never listen to radio, so I don't usually recognize popular songs.

I turned 40 earlier this year, so we are almost the same age. I wouldn't worry about younger people who have died of coronavirus. Most of those people had probably some health problems like obesity or some serious disease like cancer etc. I don't feel any different than I did in my 20s, either. I have lost my hair and started to wear glasses, but otherwise there isn't that much difference.

Electrical designers design wiring schematics and layouts for electrical circuits. Usually the project is an apartment building, public building (school etc.), row house, detached house or sometimes even a power plant or some other industrial building. Wiring diagrams are produced using software like AutoCAD. I have also created some new electrical symbols which other designers are now using. Environmental design may include lots of different tasks like urban planning (designs for streets, parks, buildings etc.), research of soil contamination, groundwater, surface water etc. and sample taking.

The most difficult job I have had was probably electrical designer. Not the designing itself, but everything else in large projects, especially if the project managers were incompetent. The easiest job I have had was probably postal worker. The only requirements were that I had to be able to read and write. I really liked that job, especially when I did only night shift, but it had the same problem as your first job: the wage was too low.

The last episode of Supernatural that I watched was Ladies Drink Free (the episode with Claire) so I have seen the episode in which Crowley saved Castiel. Although I like all the seasons, I think that the seasons 9-12 have been especially good. It almost feels like the next season is better than the previous one and thus I have liked this season very much. The story arc with Crowley, Lucifer and Lucifer's child is great and I also like the British Men of Letters story arc, which is steadily becoming better and more interesting. I have already told that I like the mythology of this show and therefore I of course liked Ramiel and Dagon and it was also interesting to see how Crowley became the king of hell. The more I see Rowena the more i like her. It was also interesting to see their family together in Family Feud. Another thing that I like is that they still make episodes about vampires and werewolves. I like to see episodes with my favorite monsters and it was also good to see Claire and the Alpha vampire. If the show comes back December, it probably means that I'll have to wait for about a year until I can watch those episodes from DVD.

Edit: I have finished Season 12 and the last few episodes were great, especially the second last episode, Who We Are. I'm not sure yet what I think about the alternate reality Earth, but I think I'll like Season 13 too, because I like the story arc with Lucifer and Jack. You mentioned that one of the archangels returns and I know now that it is Gabriel, because he was in one of the pictures on the Season 13 DVD box. The only characters (and actors) that are mentioned in that box are Sam, Dean, Castiel, Lucifer and Jack, so it seems that Lucifer will probably be able to come back from that alternate reality, and it will be interesting to see what happens to Mary. In my opinion Crowley and Rowena died too soon, but on the other hand I liked that they died, because if they face such a powerful and evil villain such as Lucifer, there should be at least some casualties.

Hey Raimo47

I'm back. How are you going and did you have a good week? A lot of things have changed here again since I last wrote to you and some for the better and others for the worse and our Premier has officially eased some of the Shutdown Laws here in New South Wales and we can now have small gatherings at our house again which I am really happy over and we had my Sister, Brother In Law, Nieces and Nephew over for dinner on Friday night which was the day the restrictions were eased and we went to my cousin's house for dinner on Saturday. I had my Aunt over yesterday and we are going to have dinner with my Uncle and her on Thursday night and we have some friends coming over to visit us over the next week and have been invited to their hoses but we are taking things slowly at the moment and aren't rushing out everywhere. Aside from going to my Sister's house which is right near us and going to the shops and taking Occy and Sally for walks my Aunt and Uncle's house was the first place I have been since the Shutdown Laws were introduced but it is good being able to go out again.

Aside from being able to have small gatherings and visit our people's houses again we can also go on drives and we are allowed to drive as far as Byron Bay which is up the top of New South Wales and hours away so we can drive to a lot of different places again now and some of our non essential shops have reopened like clothes shops and shoe shops and more are planning on reopening in the coming weeks. The Premier has also been talking about the possibility of reopening restaurants and cafes as long as they adhere to social distancing rules and only have a certain amount of people in them at a time spread out. Shops have also started dropping restrictions on multiple items now the panic shoppers have mostly stopped and we can buy more toilet rolls, tissues, paper towel, wipes, hand sanitizer, pasta and other items that were limited and while I think it is going to be a while before things go back to normal here since we still don't even have a vaccine for the Coronavirus it is good to see things getting back to some form of normality again.

I am sorry to hear the situation with the Coronavirus has been getting worse in your country and the restrictions are going to last until summer and what I like about the easing of the restrictions here is they are taking things one step at a time and aren't easing all of them at once 'cause I think it would be a big mistake to do that and there is a good chance the amount of cases of people getting the Coronavirus would rise. Over here the Northern Territory has eased a lot more things than our state has and are going to be easing more this month and people will be able to go to restuarants, movie theatres, concerts and sporting events there soon which has some people very worried it could see an increase in cases and it already has seen since the Laws were slightly eased but thankfully it hasn't been a significant number. Our Death toll is still rising here in Australia and it was at 96 the last time I saw it and what has contributed to it is a Nursing Home here called Newmarch House and as of tonight 16 of the residents there have died of the Coronavirus and multiple residents and staff members including another three today have tested positive to having the Coronavirus.

It has become just as controversial here as the Ruby Princess now 'cause staff kept it hidden for a while and didn't bother informing the family members of the residents who live there and the infected nurse who was believed to have started it all which they have ruled out now and are saying was only one of the people who had the Coronavirus and there must have been more had ties to a former passenger on the Ruby Princess cruise ship and she had been working there and at some hospitals in different areas. The Nursing Home isn't that far away from where we live and sadly one of the towns we go to when we can go out like normal has become a hot spot for the Coronavirus now which is very worrying 'cause that is rather close to us and people who live there come to our town and other towns around here and the Hot Spots all seem to be changing and the places that were the worst before have been deemed safe and has that happened in your country and have you got any got any new Hot Spots near your area?

Yeah. You bring up a good point about today's technology being able to help people stay in contact with one another during this pandemic and people didn't have the things we have now years ago when they had the Spanish Flu so it would have been harder for them than it is now. I imagine living alone would be lonely at times and during this it would be worse 'cause you can't go out much to see people but you being an introvert would help. Aside from having Beccy I have all our pets too so I am never alone here and I was never somebody who wanted to live alone and after my parents abandoned me I moved in with my Sister and lived with her until I moved out with Beccy into our first house and I am a social butterfly and enjoy talking a lot. I thought we might be around the same age and I think it feels different when you have children 'cause then you have to be more mature and responsible (or you should since sadly some parents are hopeless) and I am glad we didn't have kids 'cause we can do a lot of things that couples who have kids can't and have naughty fun some days (heehee) and our pets require a lot of responsibility and like having children in some ways.

Thank you for explaining all those jobs to me and I are all interesting occupations and I can't say I know much about them and would probably be lost doing them myself (lol) but it sounds like you are very experienced in those fields and I hope you are able to get a new job you enjoy 'cause I think that is the best thing you can get when it comes to work and if you have a job you don't like it is bound to make you miserable and I enjoy my job and am looking forward to going back to it once this is all over. Thank you for sharing your thoughts about the episodes of 'Supernatural' you have watched and the update and Claire was one of my favourite additions in the latter seasons and I liked the relationship she had with Castiel and Sam and Dean and it must have been very weird for her character seeing Castiel in her Father's body and we didn't get to see much of Jimmy but from what little we did he seemed very different than Castiel and I think it was confirmed Jimmy is officially dead but strangely another person another Angel I won't name yet is possessing turned out to still be alive and I am still confused over how he survived.

It was sad to see Crowley go and apparently it was the actor's decision to leave the show 'cause he wanted to do something different and it is still unknown if he will appear in the final season but I am hoping Claire and him return. A certain somebody else you mentioned might still be alive and you will be surprised over what happens with them. Yes. The returning Archangel was Gabriel and for years many fans wanted him to return to the show and thought he was killed off too early and they found a way to bring him back and I enjoyed the episodes with him and they have a big face off with Lucifer in the upcoming season and I think it was even better than the face off at the end of Season 5 and it connects back to Season 5 with what they do. What do you think of the Alternate Michael? He is more like the other universe's Lucifer and is a real nasty piece of work who hates humans and destroys everything in his way and you will see a few characters return with alternate versions including a popular reoccuring one who was killed off but I think Mary's return was the biggest surprise in the show and I never expected that.

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What TV show did you last watch a season of on DVD/Blu-ray? May 6, 2020 10:55:29 GMT

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Finished Season 1 of Legacies on DVD.

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Having just recently finished the final season of The Originals, I pretty much went straight into this show.

I guess that in episode 1 of the show a Hope voice-over was to be expected, but I kind of grew tired of voice-overs for the starts/ends of episodes some time ago. There’s just nothing new/interesting done with them, I find.

Hope and Alaric arriving as a bad-arse supernatural team was a neat way to introduce them and then they busted into a church to stop an exorcism on werewolf guy whose name turned out to be Rafael (it's the first time I can recall seeing more of a ‘traditional’ werewolf transformation in the TVD/TO universe, as in TVD it started off as a lot of crunching noises and screaming and slight changes, then we got werewolfy Hope in TO and now we get a 'typical' transformation and obviously CGI wolf Hope in TO was a precursor to what they’re gonna have here – ie. CGI wolves.)

Sparkly fireworks for the 'Legacies' title card caught me off guard, as it looked like something that was provided by Jubilee from the X-Men (but I guess they had to set it apart from the TVD/TO title cards which were basically the same).

Good to see continuity with TO where Hope had referred to Josie and Lizzie as the mean girls and here they acted very much like that to her. According to them they’d tried befriending her, but she didn’t want to (I'm guessing that's not entirely true).

Ugh, the return of Landon and his hair (or should that be 'Landon's hair and Landon', since his hair seems more memorable than him?). I appreciated the flashbacks to episodes of TO. Hope not wanting to get close because her parents died makes a certain kind of sense.

'Klaus Mikaelson: The Great Evil' being a chapter in one of the books in the library amused me. Stefan Salvatore got a museum named after him - I'm sure he'd appreciate that.

Can't say Lizzie losing control and mystically trashing her room was particularly endearing (weirdly, the actress playing her - Jenny Boyd - kind of reminds me of Hudson Leick/Callisto from Xena: Warrior Princess. I'm not sure why). Lizzie really stuck her foot in it with Rafael.

Josie's ex, Penelope (the ‘equal opportunity evil temptress’) who smooched MG, annoyed me from the start (speaking of, I thought it was a nice callback to early days TVD when Alaric said he could sympathise with MG not wanting to go by his actual name - I remember when everyone on TVD was commenting how 'weird' Alaric's name was).

They weren't even trying to hide the Harry Potter-ness when they came up with 'Wickery' (complete with sparkly football). It's amusing they tried Quidditch and it didn't quite work out.

It was just the first episode and already there was a party (like TVD, I'm assuming there's going to be a lot of those).

I liked seeing Hope and Alaric training together (complete with magic flips from Hope). Meanwhile, there was some nice continuity with Lizzie and Alaric and him saying she inherited her ‘issues’ from her mother’s side of the family (Jo was sister to Kai, who WAS a nutjob). Trying to give her calming techniques was good too, and I enjoy the father/daughter dynamic.

I can't say Josie setting her ex on fire (or at least her arm, anyway) bothered me too much since I don't like her ex (though it shows Josie isn't necessarily the 'good one' of the twins). Bad luck for Josie that the next guy Lizzie set her sights on was who Josie was interested in.

Hope’s cool, Landon’s boring - that's all I have to say regarding them as a potential couple. When Hope went to Josie to do dark magic to find Landon, who'd stolen a mystical knife (another mystical knife? It'll never compare to 'Papa Tunde's mystical knife of ludicrous torment' from TO, I'm sure - even though it started glowing at the end with Landon on the bus), and she apologised to the rat before sacrificing it...I felt sorry for the rat.

There was a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo from Sheriff Matt when Alaric and Hope were talking to him before they found gross corpses on the bus Landon had been on (making it appear he'd killed the other passengers, which was slightly intriguing). Hope voice-overing that she’s going to be the villain of his story or whatever interested me. Yes, it does depend on who is telling a story as to who is presented as the 'hero' and 'villain'.

Most important question: where was Caroline? Most likely answer: they can't convince Candice Accola (now Candice King) to guest star.

In episode 2, I didn’t care about the Lizzie/Josie/football game of losing on purpose and dealing with opposing mean team storyline (and I still don’t like 'equal opportunity evil temptress' Penelope either). Landon and Rafael bore me, though sometimes it seems like they think of each other as more than friends.

Oh joy, human dragons (because that was SO GREAT in Supernatural...NOT). There were alright effects used for the actual dragon...at least in the far away shots, anyway. Not so much the closer shots of it (they probably should’ve just stuck to showing its shadow).

Alaric seems to treat Hope as his 'enforcer' who enlists her to go after/kill who he wants, but gives her a stern talking to when she wants to get stabby (and it's not on his behalf). Alaric = hypocrite because he kills dragon girl but warns Hope against becoming like Klaus (then again, dragon girl burned a busload of people so...).

Lizzie is bratty with her temper tantrum-throwing, but occasionally shows vulnerability with how she wants her dad to love her and her sister more than Hope (who apparently wants Landon dead...can’t argue with that). And now there are gargoyles, but still no Caroline (boooo!).

Episode 3 started with a gargoyle flashback (it seemed the show was ripping off ‘Blink’/the Weeping Angels from Doctor Who a bit).

Still don’t care about Landon or Rafael and their making money off his werewolf parkour skills. Why do Hope and Rafael like Landon so much? He so boring.

Germy from TVD guest-starring was very meh, and he sounded bored (probably ticked he got kicked off Chicago Fire).

MG’s vamp pal, Kaleb, feeding on mean girl Dana and compelling her (after MG compelled her earlier - she's gonna wind up with brain damage or used/abused like Caroline was by Damon in Season 1 of TVD) while saying he’s not hurting anyone...um...really?? I don't like him or his "vamps before tramps" mentality.

Josie is mad at Alaric for seemingly putting Hope above them because they have 'secrets' together (oh, don't start in on that, Josie. The last thing this show needs is characters whining about 'secrets and lies'). On the plus side, Josie bonded with Hope and seemed to be friendly with her and Hope stood up for her against Lizzie who 'threw her under bus', but then Josie was pissed Alaric jumped in front of Hope to save her from knife-wielding gargoyle and basically said right in front of her he should’ve let her get stabbed/possibly die? Not cool, Josie. The poor gargoyle was guarding Alaric and got killed for his trouble (though he did give Lizzie greyscale, so...)

Caroline’s off 'recruiting' apparently - that's supposed to be the excuse for why she's not around.

Episode 4 started with MG's nightmare within a nightmare - firstly a giant gorilla (apparently it was Gorilla Grodd from The Flash - a TVD-verse/DC-verse crossover nobody even realised), then Ghost Face from the Scream films (which, coincidentally, I just rewatched on Blu-ray this week).

Alaric being the Giles to Hope’s Buffy in training with fighting sticks and talking throughout is something I don't mind (though Alaric is certainly not up to Giles' standard of mentor and Hope has a ways to go before she kicks arse as much as Buffy).

I found lizzie amusing with her over-the-top 'hero' talk, her "I volunteer as tribute.", and reassuring bitten Dana that she had the mother of all hickeys/she was "just a little slutty". Meanwhile, I still don’t like Kaleb, his "vamps before tramps" BS, his flippant attitude towards the death of Dana, or him biting and compelling girls into forgetting. Speaking of Dana, she got what was probably one of the WORST deaths ever in the TVD-verse: literally vomiting up her insides until nothing was left but skin, hair and a lot of black goo - ICK! This serious matter seemed brushed off far too easily.

I was amused by Hope getting Landon off her back by telling high school girls who came to her rescue that he kept trying to give her his mixtape.

And then later on when she was sporting cute ears that were given as a gift to her by the girls.

I saw elsewhere the slow-motion moment towards the end of the episode called the ‘Hero Strut of Slime-Covered Hope, Lizzie and Josie’...and I think that pretty much summed it up (they were covered in exploded spiderman guts).

Josie wanted to learn offensive spells, not just defensive, as Hope knew them and that was what helped save them. Lizzie’s jealousy of Hope was wearing thin, while Josie having to siphon magic by kissing Rafael in spiderman’s web was a bit eyeroll-worthy. The alpha werewolf, Jed, forcing Rafael to confess how he triggered his curse - that...happened, as did Matt appearing in the episode (I have to say, his cameos have been rather lacklustre thus far). I couldn't really take his threatening Alaric (if he didn’t sort out his school kids) and Alaric doing the same back seriously. It's interesting how each episode seemingly ends in a way that directly leads into the next episode.

In episode 5, I wouldn’t have known it was Amy Manson as the dryad had I not seen her name in the guest stars credits (at least not until she started speaking, anyway). She was very 'otherworldly'-looking, I thought.

Oliver, who didn’t remember her, seemed rather random/pointless, but at least let Alaric and Dorian know that’s why no one remembers these mythical creatures exist. It was sad that the dryad couldn’t control herself and fought them to take the knife, which resulted in Dorian offing her (they could’ve tried to stop her some other way) and then him taking her to a place where she turned into a nice tree.

I thought it was very Harry Potter-esque with the voting (and the votes flying up out of the chest like in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire). Lizzie was funny with her premature victory speech practicing. I hated that Kaleb, manipulator of MG, got elected by tricking MG. Meanwhile, Josie won instead of Lizzie thanks to shit-stirrer, Penelope (who I wish would get gone), Lizzie was upset over Josie getting the most votes and not even being runner-up (later she magicked the punching bag to bits, had sandy sex with Rafael and consequently made me think of Anakin Skywalker's sand speech), good on Hope for just basically saying "I’m a tribrid and represent me.", and Landon left - yay!

I didn't like the fact that Rafael only did the deed with Lizzie because he was pissed at Josie for not voting to keep Landon at school and so he decided to have a one-night stand with her sister.

Other random thoughts this episode:

School politics = blah.

Locked up Kaleb is eligible to be voted for?

I thought the bus was going to hit Hope and Landon as they smooched, but instead it was just providing backlighting, apparently.

Episode 6 felt like the best episode so far, as no Landon and no Kaleb automatically made it better, plus we got to see Jo from TVD again! Alaric immediately aiming the crossbow at her made sense, I guess (last time on TVD it was some other person in her body), but I still felt bad for her. Jo was gracious/mature about Caroline birthing/raising her kids. When Alaric said Jo was the love of his life, I couldn't help but think, "Too bad, Jenna and Isobel!".

I felt bad for Josie as, unlike Lizzie, she seemed genuinely happy to see her mum back and wanted to spend time with her. I then felt a bit sorry for Lizzie when jerky Rafael was saying he was mad and Lizzie was "there" (in reference to the sex he had with her just because Josie voted for Landon to get the boot - like, way to make it romantic, Raf. "You were there." is totally the reason every girl wants to hear some guy got with them). Lizzie looked happy with MG until Raf showed up and kind of made her forget about him. Bad time to tell Lizzie you don’t want to be with her, Raf. ON HER BIRTHDAY?!

I didn't like Dorian and Emma - and even Alaric - for most of the episode, since they were so against Jo (thankfully, by the end Alaric realised this was his last chance with her). When Jo was warning him about the Parker 'Merge' thing that’ll happen at age 22 for the girls, it made me think that either the show hopes to last long enough for the girls to reach that age or there's going to have to be a time jump.

Apparently the real reason Caroline's not around is because she's trying to find a way of getting the girls out of 'the Merge' happening to them (feels more like the writers were just struggling to think up excuses for Caroline to not be present).

Hey...we got zombies! MG saying everyone knows to go for a walker’s head and Penelope saying "Just call it a zombie." was the first time ever that I liked anything she said. Some nice violence with the zombies - including Hope slicing a face in half and the delayed sliding off like in Underworld. I like that Hope has her own 'Avengers Squad'/'Super Squad'.

I thought the show did a good job of having a very emotional goodbye to Jo (up until now, the show hadn't really managed anything of that level emotion-wise). I was glad Lizzie apologised for being rude to Jo, and Jo was very understanding (not sure she really got to know Lizzie well enough to talk about her 'big heart', though).

The necromancer which the episode ended with was OTT with the dramatic music starting and stopping and felt way too cheesy. I thought it was a character playing dress-up and trying to scare Alaric and Dorian (who just seemed as annoyed as I was by him).

In episode 7 we had no Lizzie or Josie, but frickin’ Kaleb was back being a bad influence on MG.

Alaric telling the necromancer literally nobody knew who he was when he was boasting, plus Hope calling him out on his saying the same things umpteen different ways, was amusing.

I like Hope and Raphael together better than Hope and Land-yawn.

It was weird that the necromancer talked about locks like they were keys (the stuff he was saying would've sounded more right if he'd said 'keys'). When he told Hope that Klaus was watching over her (a la Hayley in TO final) and needed peace, I thought it strange there was no mention of Elijah (and even in death Klaus is a creeper).

Episode 8 was just Hope and Alaric on a road trip, but at least Ayelet Zurer guest-starred (yay!)...though Landon was back (boooo!).

Alaric constantly quizzing Hope, much to her annoyance, was somewhat amusing.

I was worried something bad would happen to the dog after Landon fed it some of what he was eating, but luckily it was just unconscious. Still...poor pooch.

Alaric catching Hope and Landon making out on bed was another amusing moment, as was the merman turning up and the reactions to it. Despite Landon’s mum going into 'Satan’s mud bath' (aka Malivore) after being injured (which is what makes people forget about all the mythical creatures), Hope remembered everything (I guess thanks to her being a tribrid/supernatural turducken - ie. witch/vampire/werewolf). I wish we'd gotten more episodes with Ayelet Zurer's character, as she was the first adult character (other than Alaric) to really stand out/make much of an impression.

Episode 9 was the requisite 'nightmare' episode (which these types of shows always seem to have).

Lizzie and Josie were still missing...but Kaleb was still around (grrr).

So many rip-offs from BtVS ‘Nightmares’ episode, I thought - Landon taking a test that he didn't know any answers to, the pencil breaking, suddenly appearing in his underwear, telling himself to wake up, etc.

Never have I heard the words 'night hag' mentioned so many times (she was also called 'oneiroi' and 'dream demon' - a monster of many names, apparently).

Kaleb a member of Hope's 'Avengers Squad'? Boooo! He got the Hannibal Lecter mask and A Clockwork Orange treatment for vamps in his nightmare, while Raf dreamed of himself turning whilst tied to a tree (with Hope making a move on him) and MG had a dream about himself becoming a 'Ripper' - complete with girl’s head falling off.

At least Hope didn’t hide the mystical urn in a soap dish like Damon did with the moonstone (instead she hid it under her pillow - which I'm sure is somewhere no one will look).

Episode 10 was interesting after we saw the title card of ‘Lizzie Saltzman’s Legacies’ and the fact that a genie was involved (no, I don't care that she kept 'correcting' Lizzie on her name. You're blue and grant wishes - you're a genie!).

Fat, bearded, day-drunk Alaric was somewhat amusing (though, liker Fat Thor in Avengers: Endgame, a pretty cheap joke).

Nice to know Lizzie can utter a frustrated “son of a bitch!” that would make Dean Winchester from Supernatural proud. She also learned of 'the Merge', but forgot it after making her last wish and was - according to the genie - apparently going to go 'mad' because on some level she remembered it...or something? That bit was confusing. While it was interesting seeing the different realities (and how Hope kept turning up in all except one, much to Lizzie's annoyance), this episode certainly wouldn't give the BtVS Season 3 episode 'The Wish' a run for its money (that one is still the standard I compare all others of this ilk to). Hope tried to invite Lizzie to help cast a spell, but she refused - so I don't buy the story that we were told at the start of the season about her 'trying' to make friends with Hope and Hope refusing. Seems like quite the opposite to me.

In episode 11, my thought process was pretty much "Yay! Unicorn! Boo! to Alaric and Dorian wanting to off it! Yay! to Hope stepping front to save it! Boo! to unicorn keeling over/dying from slug!".

Hope ‘slug drunk’ was amusing.

Everyone else was slug drunk too except Lizzie who had a bracelet that zapped her whenever she said something mean.

The talent show was boring - too much singing (Kaleb, Emma - and Alaric - Josie, Landon...what was this, a musical?). Lizzie calling Landon ‘thrift store hobbit’ amused me at least.

As if I didn't dislike Kaleb enough, after her good job singing, MG had to make Kaleb applaud her like everyone else was (which shows just how full of himself Kaleb is. He's happy to accept applause from others, but not give it).

How did Alaric not see a slug was in his drink? Consequently, his eyes turned a cartoonish green and he threw the urn into a lake.

Episode 12 ended up turning into another road trip episode. All Emma’s screaming got on my nerves. The road trip with 7 people packed into a van was like the road trip from hell. Lizzie being at Hope’s throat the whole time and petulantly asking Alaric "Are we there yet?" got annoying. Josie’s vomiting would've been horrible to be stuck with too. We got a rather forced episode title mentioned by Josie regarding a mummy being on Main Street. The reveal that Josie was the one who drove a wedge between Hope and Lizzie because she feared Lizzie would go after everyone she liked left me thinking that was some faulty logic/motivation on Josie’s part. Unless Lizzie is bi and I missed it (which I may have), Josie has no reason to worry about her going after Hope like she has with guys that Josie's had a thing for.

Why’d we get guest star Kaleb so much and not MG (who is a regular)? Evidently they're trying to make his character more significant, but I ain't interested. Dorian acting immaturely about Alaric and Emma kissing and him punching Alaric/quitting just made him look like one of the students.

So long, urn-which-got-tossed-into-Satan's-mud-bath-at-the-end!

I thought episode 13 had some weird editing in the beginning, with choppy jumping around. Apparently, Paul Wesley (aka Stefan Salvatore) directed it. I don't remember his directing being so distracting previously.

MG and his father not knowing he was A) still alive, and B) a vampire made for some interesting stuff...too bad Kaleb was also involved (speaking of, he should’ve taken responsibility for MG’s losing control later in the episode, since he encouraged him to feed on people and Dorian had warned him that MG was vulnerable to turning all Ripper-y, but no, all Kaleb could say was that anyone who had a problem with MG would have to come through him. I just rolled my eyes at that, same as I did when he called MG's parents 'monsters'. It's easy to slap labels on people, but MG's father only just learned two shocking revelations in a row and wasn't even given time to process. Shut up, Kaleb).

MG killed Landon, and for a moment I thought the show might've really 'gone there'...but, sadly, no. I was glad to see that Alaric knew Hope needed a minute, but would heal MG from Raf’s bite despite what he'd done to Landon (shows how good she is). Grrr, we were almost rid of Landon...but then he turned out to be a phoenix (I guess this show must've seen all the phoenix speculation back in early Teen Wolf days and since it never amounted to anything on that show, they decided to use the idea here). It was a nifty effect at least, I'll give them that. Though how convenient for Landon that he's reborn from his ashes complete with clothing (not that I was interested in seeing a nekkid Landon).

In episode 14, Hope & Lizzie (Hizzie?) was my new favourite pairing now that Lizzie was acting civil towards Hope and wanting to help her win the Miss Mystic Falls pageant (whilst also helping her vent).

Their pinky swear at the end of the episode, where they promised to help each other get Josie and Landon back, was kind of cute.

I was glad shit-stirrer Penelope left (though she still manged to cause trouble before she left - reading everyone's diary entries, mentioning 'the Merge' and that Hope was wearing the dress Klaus gave to Caroline in TVD).

Gorgon girl was mildly interesting, but just turned out to be a lackey for MG's mum (who I never liked - and that turned out to be good instincts, as she was revealed to be working for evil Triad).

I quickly got sick of Landon being angry at Hope after learning she knew about his mum taking the plunge into Satan's mud bath. Yes, she lied...but everyone lies. Get over it.

Roman from TO was back...and with longer hair (oh joy).

Episode 15 gave us the story of Landon's lineage/creation - he’s a mud robot’s descendant (ha-ha!). Prism Landon and his interaction with Hope was better than real Landon. He was actually likeable. Hope learned what 'the Merge' was and Alaric finally told the twins. To my surprise, Roman helped out Hope (and was at least less petty than Landon was with his jealousy last episode).

Great time to leave the school, Emma...just as Triad stormed the school.

Episode 16 (aka Season 1 final) seemed to have all the snappy dialogue the show lacked throughout most of the season crammed into this one. Seriously, there were SO MANY good one-liners from various characters that I can't even remember them all. However, I think my favourite was Lizzie's comment to Josie about that face she always seems to make.

She's not wrong.

The Triad goons were pretty lame. The head goon had his gun aimed at various characters multiple times and only *once* did he actually bother using it - which resulted in Josie getting shot to save Lizzie. I thought both Kaylee Bryant and Jenny Boyd did a good job (possibly their best work) in this episode with the scene of the twins making up (but still arguing as they did so) because they thought one of them was going to die. I liked hearing Lizzie call Hope their 'friend' after how they started out the show.

That bloody skull fountain was pretty weird-looking (apparently Alaric had it in place to use as a last resort against the students if they turned feral, since it nullified magic - hey, Travelers-from-TVD reference...bleh, I hated the Travelers from TVD). I honestly don't blame him for having a fail-safe. At least he was honest to everyone about it (though that honesty will probably come back to bite him).

MG's speech to Kaleb about being 'better' by *not* killing the Triad goon is the reason why I prefer the MG character to Kaleb. I liked seeing MG stepping up/being awesome (I just wish we could've been rid of Kaleb. Hell, I even grew to like Jed - the werewolf who hates Landon and was not nice to Raf in the early episodes - more than Kaleb. At least in part because they're not trying so hard to 'make Jed happen' like they are with Kaleb. It honestly felt like Kaleb had more screentime than Lizzie/Josie/MG/Raf at times this season, which would be fine...except they're regulars and he's a guest star. It should be the other way around. I know that, sadly, we're stuck with him). I don't mind Gorgon girl or that she helped out MG, but I hope we've seen the last of MG's mum.

Hope and Landon had some good exchanges this episode...too bad it took until the season final for that to occur. I enjoyed his reactions to the Headless Horseman (“seeing eye horse”/”emotional support horse”? HA! It's a shame that the show didn't decide to have a crossover with Sleepy Hollow like it did with The Flash). What was it with this episode and skulls/bones? First, the bloody skull fountain and then the spinal whip? It was funny that Landon joked about 'phoenix combat' and how lame it was, but then he spinal-whipped his mud bro and (seemingly) killed him, which impressed Hope. Of course, Hope fully embraced her Buffyness and kicked Headless Horseman arse which would make almost anything Landon did look lame by comparison (I liked that he enjoyed watching her kick arse). She then made the full transition into being Buffy by sacrificing herself via taking a swan dive into Satan's mud bath (after discovering her ‘purpose’ in being a supernatural tureducken - ie. the only thing to close Malivore, much like Buffy’s blood was the only thing to close the hell dimension). Though, unlike Buffy, she managed to magic Landon's mud bro into mimicking her and so he went right along with her into the goo.

Both Danielle Rose Russell and Matt Davis did a good job with their emotional goodbye to each other (I think they're the 'heart' of this show. It started with them, after all), but I think it would've been even more effective had it not taken place over the phone. I guess Raf is stuck in werewolf form until Hope can be brought back to change him back (though can't the twins magic him back to human form somehow?). The fact we heard him talk about his mind being all screwy and somewhere between his human and wolf form at one stage (if I remember correctly) makes me think he might be the only one who'll remember Hope - which is what she's going to need to be brought back again.

I'd known before even starting this show that it was going to be quite a bit different to TVD and TO. I'd heard there was things like dragons and gargoyles, so those didn't come as much of a shock to me when watching. I like Hope the best. I'm glad we got to know her on TO first, as she anchors this show. Her quasi father/daughter relationship with Alaric is good (much better than her 'romantic' relationship with Landon at any rate). Josie and Lizzie were characters I wasn't too sure about in the beginning, but they got more interesting as the season went on (and when they weren't missing from several episodes in a row). Josie started out as 'the nice one', but showed over time that she could get pretty 'dark' and ruthless, while Lizzie probably made quite a few people hate her (and I must admit I wasn't that fond of her in the beginning), but I grew to like her a bit more over the course of the season. She actually got quite a few amusing lines and showed there was more to her than just being a 'bitch'. Most of all I was thankful that she and Hope were eventually getting along - too bad their new friendship was cut short (now Lizzie gets to see what a Hope-less world is really like).

Of the guy characters, MG probably came off looking the best. He was a decent guy who just unfortunately became friends with someone he probably shouldn't have. Raf was okay some of the time (though annoyed me at times too). I liked him and Hope together. As for Landon...well...at least he got mildly interesting/tolerable in the final couple of episodes. Here's hoping he continues to improve next season. The best thing he did, however, was inspire Lizzie to come up with all the amusing nicknames she gave him.

While this show certainly wasn't on the same level as the first seasons of TVD or TO, at least it wasn't as bad as the later seasons of those shows. It felt like a cross between early days BtVS and Harry Potter. It showed promise and hopefully Season 2 will be where things really kick into gear. Unfortunately, I'll be waiting a while until the next season comes out on DVD here and I get to see it (I was also annoyed to discover there were no extras on the Season 1 DVDs. Bah!).

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Season one and two of "Better call Saul". Neither Jimmy nor Chuck are likable or that interesting characters. Kim Wexler and Howard Hamlin are better and more likable characters. But the show has its best moment with Mike, Nacho and Co.

I miss Heisenberg.

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May 6, 2020 11:31:10 GMT bluerisk said:

Apr 26, 2020 9:12:27 GMT Feologild Oakes said:

Ally McBeal- Season 1

Guilty pleasure thing?

No because i don`t have any guilty pleasures, i find it silly and stupid to feel guilty or feel embarrassed about enjoying a tv show or movie.

I am not an intelligent man

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May 5, 2020 13:55:42 GMT @deblovesbeccy said:

Apr 25, 2020 22:17:35 GMT Raimo47 said:

Hi Deb,

thanks for asking, I have been fine. The situation with the coronavirus gets worse, though. It seems that the restrictions will last until summer, but because the number of infections and deaths is still quite low, there may be some loosening of the restrictions. The isolation of Uusimaa has been stopped, but otherwise there haven't been any changes. The death toll is currently 186, which is considerably lower than in our neighboring country Sweden, where the death toll is 2192. It seems that their policy of using almost no restrictions at all is not working very well. I have stayed in contact with my friends and relatives on the phone, especially on WhatsApp. I live alone, so sometimes this social distancing feels somewhat lonely, but fortunately with today's technology it is easy to stay in contact with them all. Besides, as an introvert I want to spend some time alone anyway.

It's good to hear that you both had a great Easter and you got to eat those Easter eggs. That Darrell Lea Rocklea Road filled egg looks really good. I didn't eat any Easter eggs, but I ate a few chocolate bars. I haven't really noticed any reduction in size of the products, but perhaps that is due to the differences between our countries. I couldn't watch that video you posted due to copyright reasons, so I searched it from youtube and listened it. It didn't sound familiar, but that is probably due to that I never listen to radio, so I don't usually recognize popular songs.

I turned 40 earlier this year, so we are almost the same age. I wouldn't worry about younger people who have died of coronavirus. Most of those people had probably some health problems like obesity or some serious disease like cancer etc. I don't feel any different than I did in my 20s, either. I have lost my hair and started to wear glasses, but otherwise there isn't that much difference.

Electrical designers design wiring schematics and layouts for electrical circuits. Usually the project is an apartment building, public building (school etc.), row house, detached house or sometimes even a power plant or some other industrial building. Wiring diagrams are produced using software like AutoCAD. I have also created some new electrical symbols which other designers are now using. Environmental design may include lots of different tasks like urban planning (designs for streets, parks, buildings etc.), research of soil contamination, groundwater, surface water etc. and sample taking.

The most difficult job I have had was probably electrical designer. Not the designing itself, but everything else in large projects, especially if the project managers were incompetent. The easiest job I have had was probably postal worker. The only requirements were that I had to be able to read and write. I really liked that job, especially when I did only night shift, but it had the same problem as your first job: the wage was too low.

The last episode of Supernatural that I watched was Ladies Drink Free (the episode with Claire) so I have seen the episode in which Crowley saved Castiel. Although I like all the seasons, I think that the seasons 9-12 have been especially good. It almost feels like the next season is better than the previous one and thus I have liked this season very much. The story arc with Crowley, Lucifer and Lucifer's child is great and I also like the British Men of Letters story arc, which is steadily becoming better and more interesting. I have already told that I like the mythology of this show and therefore I of course liked Ramiel and Dagon and it was also interesting to see how Crowley became the king of hell. The more I see Rowena the more i like her. It was also interesting to see their family together in Family Feud. Another thing that I like is that they still make episodes about vampires and werewolves. I like to see episodes with my favorite monsters and it was also good to see Claire and the Alpha vampire. If the show comes back December, it probably means that I'll have to wait for about a year until I can watch those episodes from DVD.

Edit: I have finished Season 12 and the last few episodes were great, especially the second last episode, Who We Are. I'm not sure yet what I think about the alternate reality Earth, but I think I'll like Season 13 too, because I like the story arc with Lucifer and Jack. You mentioned that one of the archangels returns and I know now that it is Gabriel, because he was in one of the pictures on the Season 13 DVD box. The only characters (and actors) that are mentioned in that box are Sam, Dean, Castiel, Lucifer and Jack, so it seems that Lucifer will probably be able to come back from that alternate reality, and it will be interesting to see what happens to Mary. In my opinion Crowley and Rowena died too soon, but on the other hand I liked that they died, because if they face such a powerful and evil villain such as Lucifer, there should be at least some casualties.

Hey Raimo47

I'm back. How are you going and did you have a good week? A lot of things have changed here again since I last wrote to you and some for the better and others for the worse and our Premier has officially eased some of the Shutdown Laws here in New South Wales and we can now have small gatherings at our house again which I am really happy over and we had my Sister, Brother In Law, Nieces and Nephew over for dinner on Friday night which was the day the restrictions were eased and we went to my cousin's house for dinner on Saturday. I had my Aunt over yesterday and we are going to have dinner with my Uncle and her on Thursday night and we have some friends coming over to visit us over the next week and have been invited to their hoses but we are taking things slowly at the moment and aren't rushing out everywhere. Aside from going to my Sister's house which is right near us and going to the shops and taking Occy and Sally for walks my Aunt and Uncle's house was the first place I have been since the Shutdown Laws were introduced but it is good being able to go out again.

Aside from being able to have small gatherings and visit our people's houses again we can also go on drives and we are allowed to drive as far as Byron Bay which is up the top of New South Wales and hours away so we can drive to a lot of different places again now and some of our non essential shops have reopened like clothes shops and shoe shops and more are planning on reopening in the coming weeks. The Premier has also been talking about the possibility of reopening restaurants and cafes as long as they adhere to social distancing rules and only have a certain amount of people in them at a time spread out. Shops have also started dropping restrictions on multiple items now the panic shoppers have mostly stopped and we can buy more toilet rolls, tissues, paper towel, wipes, hand sanitizer, pasta and other items that were limited and while I think it is going to be a while before things go back to normal here since we still don't even have a vaccine for the Coronavirus it is good to see things getting back to some form of normality again.

I am sorry to hear the situation with the Coronavirus has been getting worse in your country and the restrictions are going to last until summer and what I like about the easing of the restrictions here is they are taking things one step at a time and aren't easing all of them at once 'cause I think it would be a big mistake to do that and there is a good chance the amount of cases of people getting the Coronavirus would rise. Over here the Northern Territory has eased a lot more things than our state has and are going to be easing more this month and people will be able to go to restuarants, movie theatres, concerts and sporting events there soon which has some people very worried it could see an increase in cases and it already has seen since the Laws were slightly eased but thankfully it hasn't been a significant number. Our Death toll is still rising here in Australia and it was at 96 the last time I saw it and what has contributed to it is a Nursing Home here called Newmarch House and as of tonight 16 of the residents there have died of the Coronavirus and multiple residents and staff members including another three today have tested positive to having the Coronavirus.

It has become just as controversial here as the Ruby Princess now 'cause staff kept it hidden for a while and didn't bother informing the family members of the residents who live there and the infected nurse who was believed to have started it all which they have ruled out now and are saying was only one of the people who had the Coronavirus and there must have been more had ties to a former passenger on the Ruby Princess cruise ship and she had been working there and at some hospitals in different areas. The Nursing Home isn't that far away from where we live and sadly one of the towns we go to when we can go out like normal has become a hot spot for the Coronavirus now which is very worrying 'cause that is rather close to us and people who live there come to our town and other towns around here and the Hot Spots all seem to be changing and the places that were the worst before have been deemed safe and has that happened in your country and have you got any got any new Hot Spots near your area?

Yeah. You bring up a good point about today's technology being able to help people stay in contact with one another during this pandemic and people didn't have the things we have now years ago when they had the Spanish Flu so it would have been harder for them than it is now. I imagine living alone would be lonely at times and during this it would be worse 'cause you can't go out much to see people but you being an introvert would help. Aside from having Beccy I have all our pets too so I am never alone here and I was never somebody who wanted to live alone and after my parents abandoned me I moved in with my Sister and lived with her until I moved out with Beccy into our first house and I am a social butterfly and enjoy talking a lot. I thought we might be around the same age and I think it feels different when you have children 'cause then you have to be more mature and responsible (or you should since sadly some parents are hopeless) and I am glad we didn't have kids 'cause we can do a lot of things that couples who have kids can't and have naughty fun some days (heehee) and our pets require a lot of responsibility and like having children in some ways.

Thank you for explaining all those jobs to me and I are all interesting occupations and I can't say I know much about them and would probably be lost doing them myself (lol) but it sounds like you are very experienced in those fields and I hope you are able to get a new job you enjoy 'cause I think that is the best thing you can get when it comes to work and if you have a job you don't like it is bound to make you miserable and I enjoy my job and am looking forward to going back to it once this is all over. Thank you for sharing your thoughts about the episodes of 'Supernatural' you have watched and the update and Claire was one of my favourite additions in the latter seasons and I liked the relationship she had with Castiel and Sam and Dean and it must have been very weird for her character seeing Castiel in her Father's body and we didn't get to see much of Jimmy but from what little we did he seemed very different than Castiel and I think it was confirmed Jimmy is officially dead but strangely another person another Angel I won't name yet is possessing turned out to still be alive and I am still confused over how he survived.

It was sad to see Crowley go and apparently it was the actor's decision to leave the show 'cause he wanted to do something different and it is still unknown if he will appear in the final season but I am hoping Claire and him return. A certain somebody else you mentioned might still be alive and you will be surprised over what happens with them. Yes. The returning Archangel was Gabriel and for years many fans wanted him to return to the show and thought he was killed off too early and they found a way to bring him back and I enjoyed the episodes with him and they have a big face off with Lucifer in the upcoming season and I think it was even better than the face off at the end of Season 5 and it connects back to Season 5 with what they do. What do you think of the Alternate Michael? He is more like the other universe's Lucifer and is a real nasty piece of work who hates humans and destroys everything in his way and you will see a few characters return with alternate versions including a popular reoccuring one who was killed off but I think Mary's return was the biggest surprise in the show and I never expected that.

Hi Deb,

it's nice to see you again. I have had a good week. Summer is getting closer and it is my favorite time of the year and it's getting warmer and the days are getting longer. I like the light summer nights and in June I can read books outside after midnight without any artificial light. In Northern Finland the sun never sets during the summer and here where I live we only have about 2 hours of semidarkness in June. The only annoying thing has been that I saw a job advertisement about a job that I could probably get, but it is in Kemi, and that city is about 700 km north from where I live, so I'm not going to apply for it.

It's good to hear that you got to meet your relatives and I also met my parents after this abnormally long pause. I haven't visited other people's houses, but I met my parents outside and during the summer I'll be probably able to meet my sister's family as well.

Based on your posts I have thought that you probably like talking in real life too

and it's good that you don't have to be alone. I like being alone, but only if it is balanced by a healthy social life. I remember that you have told in some other thread how your parents abandoned you and it's good to hear that you have had a happy life despite that and that you have a good relationship with your sister. Not having kids certainly has its positive sides. When I was younger I thought that I'd like to be a father, but when it didn't happen, I had no regrets. I also agree that it is important to have and interesting job, and having an awful job makes one's life miserable.

Here the situation has remained pretty much the same and the hot spots haven't changed. There have been over 2000 confirmed infections in our capital Helsinki, but I live in a small city and we have had only about 30 infections. In the last 2 weeks there haven't been any new infections in my municipality. We have lots of lakes around here and many people have summer cottages, so there is a risk that some people from other cities come to their cottages and infect local people when they go to grocery stores etc. Some municipalities get over 50 % population growth during summer weekends due to people from other cities visiting their cottages. One municipality even had a 70-80 % temporary population growth because of this.

The governmant decided to reduce the restrictions and the schools start again for two weeks before summer vacation. Some sporting events will be allowed as well, but music festivals and other public events with large crowds are still prohibited.

The last episode of Supernatural I have seen was episode 8, The Scorpion and the Frog. I haven't seen much of the Alternate Michael yet, but so far I have liked him. He seems like a formidable villain, and I have really liked Asmodeus. Ketch has returned and Lucifer is also back from the alternate reality, so it looks like this season has lots of great villains. It has also been interesting to see Lucifer without his powers. I still like the story arc with Jack and it seems that the quality of this show has remained high or even improved. Crowley's death has been the only downside, but I understand if the actors want to try different things, especially on tv-shows that last many seasons. I have been wondering about what happens to angels and demons when they die, and now it has been explained.

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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on May 16, 2020 13:54:19 GMT

Just finished Season 1 of Doom Patrol on Blu-ray.

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When watching Season 1 of Titans on Blu-ray a while ago, I found myself more interested in the characters from the 'Doom Patrol' episode of that show than the actual Titans characters. The Doom Patrol characters were just so quirky (but likeable). At that point I wanted to see more of them than any of the main characters in that show. Well...I got my wish with this series. I knew it was going to be 'weird', but there were certainly some surprises with just how weird it got. Also surprising for me was how it didn't quite live up to my expectations.

I really enjoyed the first episode. Alan Tudyk’s narration/breaking the fourth wall as Mr. Nobody was great. He was the perfect actor for this sort of thing, as he can make things that aren't that funny highly amusing and things that are already funny even MORE amusing just with his delivery.

Brendan Fraser’s character of Cliff Steele/Robotman dropping f-bombs left and right was something I wasn't quite expecting, but Fraser's delivery was what made it funny. Whereas when we heard Diane Guerrero's character of Crazy Jane dropping f-bombs all the time, it wore a bit thin, as her delivery wasn't nearly as funny as Fraser's. Speaking of him, he's certainly looking different to how he once did (I'd already seen that back when I watched him in Season 3 of The Affair, but it still took some getting used to here whenever we saw Cliff in human form). It was pretty messed up that his wife got decapitated in a car accident, he ended up as just a brain in a robot body and he was made to believe his daughter had also died. They did a good job showing him slowly adjusting to his new self, learning to walk, etc.

I was a bit surprised by Rita Farr’s backstory. In the 'Doom Patrol' episode of Titans, she seemed so nice/friendly, always smiling and chipper, etc.

So I wasn't expecting her to be the type who hated the 'unsightly' one-armed cameraman, as he kept distracting her and ruining the takes on the film she was appearing in (of course, then she had her accident and became unsightly herself - an obvious lesson in how to treat others). It took a moment to adjust to this being the type of character she was, as I hadn't really gotten that 'vibe' from her in the one Titans episode I'd seen her in previously (I should really rewatch that episode at some point just to compare how she was in that to how she was presented here. I may have just forgotten that she acted the same way). April Bowlby did such a good job as Rita. Her voice and the way she delivered her lines were pitch-perfect. Her line deliveries were also often amusing (but she was able to totally bring it in the emotional moments/scenes too).

Praise should also be given to the actor who 'played' Robotman (since it apparently wasn't Brendan Fraser in the suit - which makes sense, as you don't get actors well-known like him and then keep them 'hidden' in costume for the majority of their screentime). The two actors who brought Robotman to life worked well together to make it absolutely believable that the voice was coming from the character we saw onscreen. The mannerisms and everything else the actor in the suit did physically helped with that.

It was the same thing for Matt Bomer voicing Larry Trainor/Negative Man and the actor who was in those bandages. Speaking of, Larry seemed the most 'balanced'...although he had a blue electricity spirit inside of him who would emerge at the most inopportune times. Every time the spirit would rip itself free of Larry's body and he'd collapse, I found it morbidly amusing for some reason (I also noticed Julie McNiven from Supernatural and Mad Men playing Larry's wife). I thought we would've gotten more stuff between Larry and Rita, as they seemed to have a 'friendship' of sorts. While we did see them interact and have some one-on-one scenes, I was expecting more than what we got. I wanted to know how they reached the stage where Rita could speak for Larry at times, how he'd end up being persuaded by her to do or not do things and how they could be 'short' with each other, but still care for one another. I really would've appreciated more screentime spent on developing that relationship.

To my annoyance, more time was spent on Crazy Jane (who quickly became my least favourite 'main' character in the show). Although her character's multiple personalities promised something very interesting...the trouble was I couldn't stand most of them. Jane herself was pretty rude (her foul mouth got tiresome pretty quickly), especially to poor Rita and Cliff. I couldn't for the life of me understand why Cliff was so desperately trying to befriend her (other than she somehow reminded him of his own daughter - though she was nothing like her). Considering almost every exchange they had involved her abusing him, I couldn't comprehend why he was so nice to her/put up with her abuse (both verbal and physical). As for how she treated Rita - it seemed like Jane was especially vicious towards her ALL THE TIME. I never heard one single non-hostile word come out of Jane's mouth in regards to Rita. Considering I actually liked Rita, Jane's animosity towards her just gave me another reason not to like the Jane character. We met her other personalities later into the series - some of which I didn't mind/kind of liked, but most of her personalities (including her own) were quite the turn-off.

I was glad they recast the role of Niles Caulder from the 'Doom Patrol' episode of Titans with Timothy Dalton in this show. The actor who played the role on Titans didn't leave any sort of impression whatsoever, so this was a definite step up. However, I wasn't expecting Caulder/Timothy Dalton to be mostly absent from so much of the show. Sure, we got little snippets of him here and there, but considering every episode included 'Special appearance by Timothy Dalton' in the opening credits, it seemed a bit weird that half the time it felt like he barely appeared at all.

I'd seen a clip of Rita turning into the giant blob on YouTube before ever watching this first episode of the show in which that happened, so it wasn't unexpected. Still, for a character named Elasti-Girl (how was The Incredibles movie able to get away with using that name for one of their characters exactly?), I expected a lot more stretchiness and a lot less blobbiness. I felt so bad for Rita that this sort of thing would happen to her quite often. She was more than paying the price for her 'shallowness' that we saw in her origin/flashback scene. While the effects used for blobby Rita weren't necessarily the 'best' ever, they were as good as one could expect from a TV show budget, I thought. The effects used for Mr. Nobody, however, were pretty neat (showing pieces of him missing).

I'm a fan of the song ‘People Are Strange’, so I appreciated the use of it at the end of the first episode, as it fit well (I just wished the show had actually used the version of the song by The Doors instead), especially with the donkey farting words (which I couldn’t make out when I watched).

The start of the second episode almost felt like a 'season final' of sorts, with the town getting sucked into a hole along with Caulder in the bus and Jane who dove in after him...not to mention the talking cockroach.

Although Cliff's reactions to all the weird stuff could be amusing, I was with Rita when she said "We get it, Cliff!" after he uttered his umpteenth "Holy shit!". He did amuse me, though, after he'd said something twice near the start of the episode and then managed to trick Rita into doing the same near the end of the episode (her reaction/saying how she saw what he was doing and didn't like it was funny too). Also amusing was Mr. Nobody's mean comments to the trio of Rita, Larry and Cyborg (speaking of Cyborg, his dad came across as a hypocrite when he was calling the others circus freaks when Cyborg himself wasn't exactly normal-looking). They weren't nice, but they were at least funny (unlike Jane's nasty comments). I got a laugh out of the pictures of all the townsfolk victims including the cockroach and Mr. Nobody again breaking the fourth wall.

Baby Doll (whose name immediately made me think of Emily Browning's character from the movie Sucker Punch) was annoying, especially her voice, and was another of Jane's personalities I didn't like. I felt bad for Cliff when he made Jane a sandwich with the crusts cut off and she threw it back at him/was harsh about his daughter. Why I don't like Jane is that she seems perpetually angry/aggressive. Some relief from that would go a long way.

Rita getting squeezed down the donkey's throat was...interesting. I didn't like that the donkey exploded, though. On top of exploding donkey, there was also a lot of blood/gore with Vic getting chopped up to become Cyborg and seeing Larry's burned self. Regarding Cyborg - he was a bit more interesting than the version in the Justice League movie, but he could also be a jerk sometimes (especially to poor Rita who seemed to get it from almost everybody). He was quick to assume the 'leader' role in Caulder's absence, but certainly made his fair share of mistakes whilst chastising the others for theirs. He wasn't Jane-level annoying, but wasn't a favourite of mine either.

The third episode gave us more backstory on Larry, Cliff patting a cat (but unable to feel it, which was an aww-worthy moment), Cyborg and Rita interaction, not much Caulder, and most unexpected of all...Animal Vegetable Mineral Man at the end. I was NOT expecting to see a dude with a second head that was that of a Velociraptor.

The personality of Hammerhead was like Jane...but turned up to 11. Hammerhead was even more aggressive, more foul-mouthed and more unlikeable than Jane. I quickly tired of that personality, who just seemed like a vile bitchy character, and I hated whenever she showed up. Silver Tongue didn't seem that different either, as she was yet another aggressive foul-mouthed personality. The only notable difference was that she could literally use words as weapons - as things she said physically appeared in the air as words that could then become deadly as she used them to inflict physical harm.

That^ was a pretty neat power (and some cool effects used to bring it life), but other than that she was not a character I liked either. Jane was a hypocrite when it came to seeing Cliff tearing people apart, since she killed people/inflicted serious harm on others herself.

I wasn't that into episode 4. Yes, it featured Mark Sheppard (Crowley from Supernatural) as what was obviously a John Constantine rip-off, named Kipling, but I'd grown so sick of his character in Supernatural that I was tired of seeing the actor himself (even though he was playing a different character here). He had some interesting powers, but that was about it. He really came across as a discount Constantine. I liked that we FINALLY got to see Rita use her powers like I thought we were going to right from the beginning - ie. her stretching her arm to push Kipling against a wall.

Too bad it ended up being the only instance we saw of her doing anything like that. Such a waste. At least she got to have some development as she bonded with the character of Elliot who was like a human book and talked him out of offing himself. I noticed she managed to keep it (and herself) together with no meltiness, which was a nice change.

Hammerhead was still a bitch, telling Cliff that her existence had a point and his didn’t. The blue singing horse head was another bit of amusingly fun weirdness.

Episode 5 saw the return of the talking cockroach. Him chatting with the rat about cheese amused me, though I'd thought the cockroach was being voiced by Alan Tudyk, but it turned out Curtis Armstrong was providing the voice (he played Booger in Revenge of the Nerds and Metatron in Supernatural - who I came to know as 'Boogertron' thanks to seeing that name for him somewhere).

While Jane just continued to swear and yell a lot, I actually didn't mind her personality of Dr. Harrison. She was the complete opposite of Jane/Hammerhead/Silver Tongue - she was quiet and calm and didn't feel the need to use f-bombs as every other word she uttered (in contrast, Cliff’s constant “WTF?”s continued to be amusing because Brendan Fraser made them amusing). I liked the personality of Penny Farthing too for the same reason.

Rita showed she had a heart (despite being hard on herself about what sort of person she was). The ashing effect on Elliot and others reminded me of Avengers: Infinity War. Oh, and Cyborg lost an arm.

In the sixth episode, I was glad to see Cliff telling off Cyborg’s dad, who was a hypocrite for calling the others weirdos. Cliff also amused me with his constant mentioning of his daughter’s ‘Face Hole’ page/account.

We got to meet the old version of the Doom Patrol (I was SO GLAD when one of the teachers shut up Jane for a brief moment...if only it had lasted). It was an interesting reveal that the old Doom Patrol were in fact old, had lost their battle with Mr. Nobody and were in an old folks home for super people.

'Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)' on the jukebox sending people mad was weird/amusing, but especially funny was Animal Vegetable Mineral Man's failed attempt at robbery as the raptor head started biting his human head.

The seventh episode was one involving group therapy for the characters (as suggested by Cliff) and shown from each character's perspective/point of view...including the son of the rat Cliff ran over in the bus, Admiral Whiskers, who went all Inigo Montoya from The Princess Bride on Cliff, seeking revenge for the death of his mother and making Cliff go crazy by climbing inside a hole in his arm after Mr. Nobody told him to. That conversation between Admiral Whiskers and Mr. Nobody was especially amusing.

It was interesting to learn further backstory on Rita, which revealed how she modeled herself on an actress she was a fan of/met as a child. Jane’s always such a vindictive bitch to Rita that I can’t tell the difference between her and Hammerhead. I pretty much always feel sorry for Rita whenever she has to interact with Jane or her personalities, but it was especially sad when her leg sank through the grate and she was forced to crawl through the dirty griminess.

Cliff wanting everyone to talk out their feelings evidently didn't go so well.

I imagine there were probably a lot of people who enjoyed the eighth episode involving Danny the Street, who was literally a 'sentient, genderqueer, teleporting street'...but I wasn't that fussed on the episode myself. I get what sort of 'message' they were going for, but the writing was about as subtle as a train smash with trying to get it across to the audience. Did it have to be so obvious/heavy-handed?

Karen, who was deemed the 'worst' personality of Jane's, was another one I actually liked. Sure, she was manipulative of others, but at least I found her entertaining (which is more than I could say for Hammerhead, who I thought was the actual 'worst', as she just continued to be a horrible bitch to Rita, even going so far as to threaten to kill her. She was also going to kill Doug, who was about to marry Karen. Hammerhead was a dangerous personality who Caulder really should've found a way to keep in check).

The only funny part, I found, was Rita saying "I don’t know what that is, but it sounds youthful and irritating." in reference to Karen saying that her and Doug were "endgame".

I got sick of hearing Cliff apologising to Jane, since she was the one who should've been apologising to him (and Rita) for all the abuse she dished out. So Cliff's therapy session didn't work out, boo-freakin'-hoo. Jane (and her other personalities) did MUCH worse.

Which was why, in episode nine (the Jane-focused episode), I kept wondering what she’d done to deserve Cliff’s devotion to her and him putting up with all her abuse. The only decent personalities of Jane (to me) were Dr. Harrison, Karen (who really didn’t seem that bad), Driver 8 (the train girl) and Penny Farthing. There may have been one or two other decent personalities, but I can't remember them.

The actress who played Jane did a decent job with the different personalities...but it certainly wasn't up to the same standard as Tatiana Maslany's performances in Orphan Black. I mean, they didn't even have the same actress here playing ALL the personalities we saw. They had different actresses for some of the parts.

While I found the tenth episode pretty boring, at least we got to see what Rita and Cyborg got up to (since we missed out on their perspectives in the previous episode), but the Beard Hunter guy was annoying and gross (seeing close-ups of his mouth/face, plus him literally eating beard hair from out of the sink was possibly the grossest thing on this series - and considering some of the other stuff that was shown, that's really saying something). I wished he'd gotten offed at the end (though I liked Rita putting a tracker on him and Cyborg complimenting her for it - as she so rarely seemed to receive praise from anyone).

Caulder and his cave woman = DULL/BORING.

I liked how, in the eleventh episode, they made a point of showing Rita asking Larry if he was okay (still, I would've liked more screentime devoted to their 'friendship' - which the writers easily could've spared by reducing the amount of screentime Jane's annoying personalities ate up). We also saw Larry was starting to get along with his blue electricity spirit now, along with him saying goodbye to his secret lover (a shame he wasn't closer to his wife, who he seemed to nonchalantly mention died of cancer).

I got so tired of Jane being a bitch to Rita, criticising her/blaming her for 'losing' Beard Hunter. She never apologises to Rita and was again a hypocrite for saying the 'agro thing' wasn't working for Cyborg when all she ever is is 'agro' herself. And how I wish someone had criticised HER for losing Cyborg to the Bureau of Normalcy like she criticised Rita.

I liked seeing Cliff and Rita interacting more (and with him away from Jane for a change). They were fun together (and we learned what Rita's real name was). I felt sorry for Cliff when his daughter was talking up her adoptive dad right in front of him...and then later a giant alligator jumped out of the water at him (which he got the gold watch back from for his daughter).

The twelfth episode involved Cyborg captured by Bureau of Normalcy goons, his dad formulating a plan to get him out, Rita hidden inside Cliff (I enjoyed the part where she turned off the big magnet that was holding him up on the ceiling and he dropped down on the scientist bitch who'd been giving him crap earlier as Rita noted he was useful/helpful), the team getting captured, Larry separated from his spirit that was put in a tube (but he wouldn't leave it behind when they escaped. I liked seeing Rita again asking him if he was okay), an unexpectedly funny scene involving one of the Normalcy goons (who Jane had broken the arm of in the previous episode) dancing to 'The Sign' by Ace of Base while preparing to torture Jane with nasty-looking implements (speaking of Jane, she only ever seems to be decent to Cyborg, Larry and sometimes Cliff, but never Rita...which I find annoying), Karen showing up again (and being entertaining, unlike Jane), the gang releasing all the inmates (which didn't seem so wise, since some of them were no doubt bad/dangerous), Mr. Nobody tricking Cyborg into seemingly punching his dad to death and, most notable of all, literal rampaging butts on legs (the vicious kind with teeth) attacking the Normalcy goons.

The thirteenth episode introduced us to Flex Mentallo (that name immediately reminded me of the Superman villain Metallo). Rita’s 'shameful' secret didn't seem that 'bad' to me, but at least it led to her having a good monologue with an old guy played by Ed Asner (who turned out to be Mr. Nobody in disguise. I was amused when he thought the episode was over but then realised there was more to go).

It was weird to see Jane actually express concern for Larry when it seemed like he was dying without the spirit inside him and he'd coughed up blood into his face bandages. It felt a bit OOC for Rita to come in and make a remark about him bleeding on the carpet, when really it should've been her there to help comfort him/show concern over him.

Too bad for Flex that his wife disintegrated once they recognised each other (which led to him 'flexing' and causing destruction to Doom Manor - which had already gotten damaged multiple times before).

Mr. Nobody was being very 'meta' at the end with talk of 13 meandering episodes and now finally we got to the super hero show everyone originally tuned in for (complete with him wearing a Doom Patrol hat, shirt, blanket, and there being the cast poster from the show on display).

The fourteenth episode included what was, I think, possibly the funniest thing on the show ever: namely the scene where Flex flexed...but made the wrong flex and caused everyone to orgasm (except Cliff, who felt nothing and had to fake it to fit in).

I was also amused at the start of the episode when we saw how Mr. Nobody (before he became Mr. Nobody) was fired from his evil employers but his wife was super supportive of him/nonchalant about the whole 'evil' thing up until she learned of his firing.

The show and its characters continued to be strangely literal with things, in this case the white space between the comic book panels actually involving the characters winding up in a white space.

Mr. Nobody took them back to before they ended up 'freaks', trying to convince them to stay there, but they weren't having it (I especially liked Rita saying eff you to Mr. Nobody).

After the seemingly too easy defeat of Mr. Nobody by Cyborg, we then got a Groundhog Day scenario where everyone was working as a team (complete with costumes), but got killed by a giant toy robot over and over again as Caulder watched on until eventually he figured out they were all still in the white space. It was funny how everyone was giving Mr. Nobody crap for his lame/predictable motivations for being a bad guy and wanting revenge. The episode ended with the revelation that Caulder was responsible for what happened to them all (I wondered how exactly he managed that. It also made Caulder appear to be as much a villain as Mr. Nobody when you really thought about it).

The fifteenth episode/season final started with an amusing recap/'Previously on...' from Mr. Nobody.

Once again I felt bad for Rita, as even her students were bitches to her. Meanwhile, Jane was actually decent to Caulder’s kid (too bad she couldn't ever be decent to Rita as well).

I was annoyed to find, when checking out the deleted scenes on my Blu-rays, that we were robbed of a sweet scene between Rita and Larry where they wished each other good luck on the plan and hugged! How dare they delete something I actually wanted to see (more of the Rita/Larry friendship), when there was plenty of other stuff I couldn't care less about which they should've deleted instead! Damn it, show!

Something else of note about the deleted scenes on the Blu-rays was that any cussing was censored for some strange reason.

I was NOT expecting the 'big epic battle' to end up involving a giant cockroach and rat tonguing each other.

Nor was I expecting all the gang (except Larry) to be shrunken down, after walking out of the cockroach, and Mr. Nobody - along with the Beard Hunter - trapped in a painting. I don't think ANYONE could've predicted that would be how the season ended.

On the whole, I thought the show started out in a very promising way. After watching the first episode, I was eager to watch more, but as the season went on my enjoyment kind of waned a bit due to several things/characters I disliked. I can see now what you meant by not particularly liking the way the characters treated each other, @deblovesbeccy (it did make it difficult to enjoy them as a 'team').

The show did manage to make the absurd 'work'. There was some seriously ridiculous stuff, but it didn't really verge into 'ridiculously bad' territory too much. I can't say I'm anxiously awaiting Season 2 (like I thought I would've been back when I first started the show). It's a pretty good series, often funny, always weird, but also frustrating at times and not as 'great' as I'd been led to believe/expected it to be. My enjoyment would've improved with a few changes made, I think. Despite my quibbles, I still liked it better than Season 1 of Titans, at least.

One thing I can praise about the show, though, is its opening credits and theme music. I prefer the version of the theme that plays over the opening credits to the sped-up version that plays over the end credits (though it's good too). The show's theme just fits the series so well, summing it up in musical form as well as image form - the shots chosen to 'represent' each character in the opening do so perfectly.

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Post by mszanadu on May 24, 2020 1:25:11 GMT

After a couple of seriously fun weeknights of watching before bedtime

I actually just finished up this past Thursday night

the final yet very eerie episode from the first 2 seasons of Twin Peaks on DVD (1990-91)

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Also last night followed it up to finalize it with the movie also on DVD - Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me from 1992

( what I also call - The Lost Twin Peaks Extended Episode ) .

My next following set of TV Shows on DVD will perhaps be

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Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital from 2004

Carnivàle from 2003 to 2005

The Prisoner from 1967

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I finished Season 1 of Insatiable on DVD and Season 1 of Fear the Walking Dead on Blu-ray pretty much around the same time.

Say, that'd^ make for an interesting crossover - Fear the Insatiable Walking Dead.

HirundoRustica - I know you've watched both of those^ shows. What were your thoughts on their first seasons and the shows' characters?

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May 27, 2020 22:06:00 GMT Chalice_Of_Evil said:

I finished Season 1 of Insatiable on DVD and Season 1 of Fear the Walking Dead on Blu-ray pretty much around the same time.

Say, that'd^ make for an interesting crossover - Fear the Insatiable Walking Dead.

HirundoRustica - I know you've watched both of those^ shows. What were your thoughts on their first seasons and the shows' characters?

Well...s1 of Insatiable I absolutely loved, while s1 of Fear the Walking Dead I hatewatched. S1 of Insatiable was highly enjoyable, quirky, funny and with characters I liked. S1 of FtWD was the opposite for me. It got much better in the last half of s2, though, after they killed off one of the characters I hated the most.

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May 28, 2020 16:32:40 GMT HirundoRustica said:

May 27, 2020 22:06:00 GMT Chalice_Of_Evil said:

I finished Season 1 of Insatiable on DVD and Season 1 of Fear the Walking Dead on Blu-ray pretty much around the same time.

Say, that'd^ make for an interesting crossover - Fear the Insatiable Walking Dead.

HirundoRustica - I know you've watched both of those^ shows. What were your thoughts on their first seasons and the shows' characters?

Well...s1 of Insatiable I absolutely loved, while s1 of Fear the Walking Dead I hatewatched. S1 of Insatiable was highly enjoyable, quirky, funny and with characters I liked. S1 of FtWD was the opposite for me. It got much better in the last half of s2, though, after they killed off one of the characters I hated the most.

It’s interesting to hear you say that^. I thought Insatiable was a bit ‘hit and miss’, myself. There were things I liked (it could be quite funny at times), but also things I didn’t (certain characters were super-annoying and the show itself seemed to not entirely know what it wanted to ‘be’, as it felt to me like it strayed off course from what it started out as. Plus, at times I wondered if this show was verging into ‘supernatural’ territory).

Debby Ryan was really good in the role of Patty, I thought. I already knew she could play comedy, but this was certainly a ‘darker’ comedy than I’d seen her in previously. She also handled the more ‘dramatic’ stuff well too. The most effective scene, I found, was towards the end of the season when Patty felt abandoned by everyone and fell back into bad habits by gorging herself on an entire cake. It was a very effective use of just sound over the end credits too, as all you could hear was her continuing to eat (in between sniffling). I wonder how many times she had to play that scene (hopefully not too many, for the sake of her digestion).

I was slightly surprised at some of the ‘jokes’ they got away with. There were some very ‘touchy’ subjects that they treated with humour, but for the most part they worked. Some of the other stuff didn’t. I eventually got used to the OTT-sounding Southern accents. Dallas Roberts (who I’ve seen in a few things, but I mainly remember from The Good Wife) seemed to be playing ‘Bob A’ as not very ‘straight’ right from the very beginning, so it didn’t really come as much of a surprise when it was revealed later into the season that he wasn’t really so 'straight' after all. I’m also always distracted by how much Dallas Roberts looks like the late John Ritter. One thing I did like about his character was the names he kept coming up with for ‘Bob B’ (the writers must’ve had lots of fun with alliteration there).

Christopher Gorham is another actor I recognise from things (most notably the TV series Covert Affairs and the mini-series Harper’s Island). I can’t say I liked his character much. About the only really notable thing regarding him was the ‘joke’ of how they kept finding ways/excuses to get his shirt off (Jacob from Twlight would be jealous).

Patty’s best friend, Nonnie, was a decent character for a good percentage of the season, but once she got a girlfriend I found she became a bit irritating. I get that she had all these pent-up feelings towards Patty, and Patty did need to hear them, but Nonnie seemed to turn really aggressive towards her and it didn’t make for ‘fun’ viewing. I think I ended up liking Donald Choi more as a ‘friend’ character than Nonnie. He seemed like a decent person, but wasn’t afraid to call out others (including Nonnie) on their crap.

Meanwhile, the guy who Patty had a thing for (well...one of them) was appropriately named Brick...since he had all the personality of one. To be fair, though, there were occasionally times he amused me (one was when he was scrubbing off the LGBTQ words that he mistook for 'graffiti’ inside the building and then was informed it was the graffiti on the outside he was supposed to be removing). He got a few amusing lines, I’ll give him that...but otherwise I found him pretty dull/boring. His girlfriend (who had the most ridiculous name in the show - and that’s really saying something) wasn’t likeable at all. She immediately acted bitchy towards Patty, then suddenly became her ‘friend’ out of nowhere for an episode, then turned back into bitchy mode after she realised Brick and Patty were involved. She took things too far when she drugged Patty. I was hoping we were rid of her after she was shipped off to rehab...but no such luck.

Dixie Sinclair was super-irritating. Her voice and personality grated...but she did get an amusing line here and there. Her mother was worse, as she didn’t really amuse me at all. I was surprised by how well Alyssa Milano looks these days. She’s fared better than some stars of shows from the late 90’s (Beverly D’Angelo from the National Lampoon’s Vacation films, however, has gone the messed-up plastic surgery route with her face, I see. It was difficult to look at). Patty’s other potential love interest, Christian, was just the typical ‘bad boy’ character - full of himself, thinking ‘no’ means ‘yes’, being a bad influence, and by the end of the season revealing he was truly twisted by trying to convince Patty to kill Brick’s g/f. While I was a bit surprised to see Patty bash his head in, I can’t say I was sad to see him get offed (assuming he *is* in fact dead. Yes, he did seem pretty dead...but it just shows how ‘undefined’ this show’s genre is when I can’t tell if he’s going to miraculously/implausibly spring back to life or not). When she mentioned to Bob A that she'd also possibly offed Beverly D'Angelo's character...that seemed to come out of nowhere, like it was just added on at the last minute as an extra thing to 'hook' viewers into watching next season. I honestly thought an entire scene must've been missing.

On the whole, I quite liked the show, but I can’t say I’m ‘anxiously awaiting’ the next season. I’ll most likely check it out whenever it gets released here on DVD, but I’m in no rush for it.

As for Fear the Walking Dead...I didn’t hate this show’s first season as much as you clearly did.

When it started, the first thing I thought was that church opening reminded me of Cillian Murphy’s character Jim wandering through the church in the film 28 Days Later. My second thought was that Nick’s shirt was too small for him (either that or he was wearing the shirt of the girl whose name he kept calling out over and over - Gloria...which immediately made me think of the song ‘Gloria’ by Van Morrison). I then thought that the dude finding the girl zombiefied was reminiscent of the movie Zombieland when Jesse Eisenberg’s character finds Amber Heard’s character has turned. Nick’s slow-motion (and, it must be said, goofy) running seemed like just an excuse to show off his upper torso to those viewers who’d be into such things (of which I can’t imagine there’d be that many).

I vaguely recall you telling me ages ago that you hated the Nick character (and possibly the actor who played him as well). I can understand your dislike for him. His character really didn’t seem to serve a purpose other than to relapse into doing drugs and getting taken - all to give the other characters a reason to do the things they did.

I’d seen that some people didn’t like Nick’s mum, Madison, and while she could be annoying at times, I didn’t entirely hate her (though she irritated me quite a bit towards the end of the season when she was all like “No! Torture bad!” and then suddenly switched to “But we need to find Nick! Torture good!”, then flipped back to “Torture bad!” after that). I didn’t mind the father, Travis (and it’s one of the few times I can say Cliff Curtis hasn’t annoyed me in a role), but he too changed his tune when it suited his character.

As I’m sure you’re aware, my main reason for checking this show out was Alycia Debnam-Carey (

). Were the writers just unimaginative with her character’s name being Alicia or what? Anyway, she didn’t really have much to do in this first season, but at least I didn’t want her dead, unlike some of the other characters who I wished could’ve ended up as zombie food - and, yes, I’m calling them ‘zombies’ since that’s what they are - despite both this show and TWD insisting on calling them anything but ‘zombies’. If it walks like a zombie and talks (well, more like grunts/growls) like a zombie...THEN IT’S A ZOMBIE! Quit thinking that calling them ‘walkers’ or whatever makes it sound more ‘serious’/’mature’, show! A character in the TV series Legacies said it best...

The son, Chris, and ex-wife, Liza, of Travis weren’t particularly ‘fun’ or ‘likeable’. In the case of the son, he was about as useless and mopey as Nick (I didn't approve of him and Alicia destroys someone's house. So what if they weren't coming back? Why destroy perfectly good things? That was someone's household. What is it about the zombiepocalypse that makes everyone toss common decency out the window?), and as for Liza...she seemed okay up until near the end of the season when she was with that woman doctor and basically told her, “Save my ex-husband and my kid...screw his new family! Let ‘em die!”. After that, I was ready for her to be offed, so it wasn’t entirely surprising that at the end of the final episode that was indeed what happened (though I will say I was totally thinking the same thing when she asked Madison to shoot her and Madison said she couldn’t ask her to do that, and Liza pointed out Madison had asked her in one of the early episodes to do exactly that if she got bitten...so Madison was being pretty hypocritical there, I thought).

I can’t say I thought much of the Salazar family. The father was a jerk/rather rude (yes, he gave Travis and his son/ex-wife shelter, but he seemed to think that gave him free rein over their own house once they got there and to do whatever he liked. Then there was his torture of the army dude). I guess his wife was okay (though we didn’t really get to know her), but his daughter, Ofelia, (who hadn't annoyed me too much) became unlikeable when Madison wanted to tell her unsuspecting neighbours what the army was going to do, and she told her not to because they didn’t 'help' them when Nick/Liza/etc were taken (as if they could've done anything) So...for that they should die?

Truth be told, I was just mainly annoyed that they made a point of showing a neighbour walking their dog (meaning the dog wasn’t going to make it. This added to me already being mad about them offing a dog earlier in the season. He had every chance to get away from the zombie - the door to outside was open - but the poor pooch was written as being ‘stupid’ enough to stay put and become zombie food even though he knew zombies were bad news as evidenced by all his barking at them. That dog would’ve hightailed it ASAP...but I guess writers just had to have the poor canine die so they could have that moment with the zombie feeding on it before getting his head blown off).

Anyway, it was interesting seeing things pre-zombiepocalypse and how long it took before everyone became aware what was happening. With only six episodes, the season felt like things were just getting going by the time it reached its season final. I’ve got four more seasons to watch on Blu-ray as yet. Will let you know my thoughts as I watch each season.

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May 29, 2020 8:55:25 GMT Chalice_Of_Evil said:

May 28, 2020 16:32:40 GMT HirundoRustica said:

Well...s1 of Insatiable I absolutely loved, while s1 of Fear the Walking Dead I hatewatched. S1 of Insatiable was highly enjoyable, quirky, funny and with characters I liked. S1 of FtWD was the opposite for me. It got much better in the last half of s2, though, after they killed off one of the characters I hated the most.

It’s interesting to hear you say that^. I thought Insatiable was a bit ‘hit and miss’, myself. There were things I liked (it could be quite funny at times), but also things I didn’t (certain characters were super-annoying and the show itself seemed to not entirely know what it wanted to ‘be’, as it felt to me like it strayed off course from what it started out as. Plus, at times I wondered if this show was verging into ‘supernatural’ territory).

Debby Ryan was really good in the role of Patty, I thought. I already knew she could play comedy, but this was certainly a ‘darker’ comedy than I’d seen her in previously. She also handled the more ‘dramatic’ stuff well too. The most effective scene, I found, was towards the end of the season when Patty felt abandoned by everyone and fell back into bad habits by gorging herself on an entire cake. It was a very effective use of just sound over the end credits too, as all you could hear was her continuing to eat (in between sniffling). I wonder how many times she had to play that scene (hopefully not too many, for the sake of her digestion).

I was slightly surprised at some of the ‘jokes’ they got away with. There were some very ‘touchy’ subjects that they treated with humour, but for the most part they worked. Some of the other stuff didn’t. I eventually got used to the OTT-sounding Southern accents. Dallas Roberts (who I’ve seen in a few things, but I mainly remember from The Good Wife) seemed to be playing ‘Bob A’ as not very ‘straight’ right from the very beginning, so it didn’t really come as much of a surprise when it was revealed later into the season that he wasn’t really so 'straight' after all. I’m also always distracted by how much Dallas Roberts looks like the late John Ritter. One thing I did like about his character was the names he kept coming up with for ‘Bob B’ (the writers must’ve had lots of fun with alliteration there).

Christopher Gorham is another actor I recognise from things (most notably the TV series Covert Affairs and the mini-series Harper’s Island). I can’t say I liked his character much. About the only really notable thing regarding him was the ‘joke’ of how they kept finding ways/excuses to get his shirt off (Jacob from Twlight would be jealous).

Patty’s best friend, Nonnie, was a decent character for a good percentage of the season, but once she got a girlfriend I found she became a bit irritating. I get that she had all these pent-up feelings towards Patty, and Patty did need to hear them, but Nonnie seemed to turn really aggressive towards her and it didn’t make for ‘fun’ viewing. I think I ended up liking Donald Choi more as a ‘friend’ character than Nonnie. He seemed like a decent person, but wasn’t afraid to call out others (including Nonnie) on their crap.

Meanwhile, the guy who Patty had a thing for (well...one of them) was appropriately named Brick...since he had all the personality of one. To be fair, though, there were occasionally times he amused me (one was when he was scrubbing off the LGBTQ words that he mistook for 'graffiti’ inside the building and then was informed it was the graffiti on the outside he was supposed to be removing). He got a few amusing lines, I’ll give him that...but otherwise I found him pretty dull/boring. His girlfriend (who had the most ridiculous name in the show - and that’s really saying something) wasn’t likeable at all. She immediately acted bitchy towards Patty, then suddenly became her ‘friend’ out of nowhere for an episode, then turned back into bitchy mode after she realised Brick and Patty were involved. She took things too far when she drugged Patty. I was hoping we were rid of her after she was shipped off to rehab...but no such luck.

Dixie Sinclair was super-irritating. Her voice and personality grated...but she did get an amusing line here and there. Her mother was worse, as she didn’t really amuse me at all. I was surprised by how well Alyssa Milano looks these days. She’s fared better than some stars of shows from the late 90’s (Beverly D’Angelo from the National Lampoon’s Vacation films, however, has gone the messed-up plastic surgery route with her face, I see. It was difficult to look at). Patty’s other potential love interest, Christian, was just the typical ‘bad boy’ character - full of himself, thinking ‘no’ means ‘yes’, being a bad influence, and by the end of the season revealing he was truly twisted by trying to convince Patty to kill Brick’s g/f. While I was a bit surprised to see Patty bash his head in, I can’t say I was sad to see him get offed (assuming he *is* in fact dead. Yes, he did seem pretty dead...but it just shows how ‘undefined’ this show’s genre is when I can’t tell if he’s going to miraculously/implausibly spring back to life or not). When she mentioned to Bob A that she'd also possibly offed Beverly D'Angelo's character...that seemed to come out of nowhere, like it was just added on at the last minute as an extra thing to 'hook' viewers into watching next season. I honestly thought an entire scene must've been missing.

On the whole, I quite liked the show, but I can’t say I’m ‘anxiously awaiting’ the next season. I’ll most likely check it out whenever it gets released here on DVD, but I’m in no rush for it.

As for Fear the Walking Dead...I didn’t hate this show’s first season as much as you clearly did.

When it started, the first thing I thought was that church opening reminded me of Cillian Murphy’s character Jim wandering through the church in the film 28 Days Later. My second thought was that Nick’s shirt was too small for him (either that or he was wearing the shirt of the girl whose name he kept calling out over and over - Gloria...which immediately made me think of the song ‘Gloria’ by Van Morrison). I then thought that the dude finding the girl zombiefied was reminiscent of the movie Zombieland when Jesse Eisenberg’s character finds Amber Heard’s character has turned. Nick’s slow-motion (and, it must be said, goofy) running seemed like just an excuse to show off his upper torso to those viewers who’d be into such things (of which I can’t imagine there’d be that many).

I vaguely recall you telling me ages ago that you hated the Nick character (and possibly the actor who played him as well). I can understand your dislike for him. His character really didn’t seem to serve a purpose other than to relapse into doing drugs and getting taken - all to give the other characters a reason to do the things they did.

I’d seen that some people didn’t like Nick’s mum, Madison, and while she could be annoying at times, I didn’t entirely hate her (though she irritated me quite a bit towards the end of the season when she was all like “No! Torture bad!” and then suddenly switched to “But we need to find Nick! Torture good!”, then flipped back to “Torture bad!” after that). I didn’t mind the father, Travis (and it’s one of the few times I can say Cliff Curtis hasn’t annoyed me in a role), but he too changed his tune when it suited his character.

As I’m sure you’re aware, my main reason for checking this show out was Alycia Debnam-Carey (

). Were the writers just unimaginative with her character’s name being Alicia or what? Anyway, she didn’t really have much to do in this first season, but at least I didn’t want her dead, unlike some of the other characters who I wished could’ve ended up as zombie food - and, yes, I’m calling them ‘zombies’ since that’s what they are - despite both this show and TWD insisting on calling them anything but ‘zombies’. If it walks like a zombie and talks (well, more like grunts/growls) like a zombie...THEN IT’S A ZOMBIE! Quit thinking that calling them ‘walkers’ or whatever makes it sound more ‘serious’/’mature’, show! A character in the TV series Legacies said it best...

The son, Chris, and ex-wife, Liza, of Travis weren’t particularly ‘fun’ or ‘likeable’. In the case of the son, he was about as useless and mopey as Nick (I didn't approve of him and Alicia destroys someone's house. So what if they weren't coming back? Why destroy perfectly good things? That was someone's household. What is it about the zombiepocalypse that makes everyone toss common decency out the window?), and as for Liza...she seemed okay up until near the end of the season when she was with that woman doctor and basically told her, “Save my ex-husband and my kid...screw his new family! Let ‘em die!”. After that, I was ready for her to be offed, so it wasn’t entirely surprising that at the end of the final episode that was indeed what happened (though I will say I was totally thinking the same thing when she asked Madison to shoot her and Madison said she couldn’t ask her to do that, and Liza pointed out Madison had asked her in one of the early episodes to do exactly that if she got bitten...so Madison was being pretty hypocritical there, I thought).

I can’t say I thought much of the Salazar family. The father was a jerk/rather rude (yes, he gave Travis and his son/ex-wife shelter, but he seemed to think that gave him free rein over their own house once they got there and to do whatever he liked. Then there was his torture of the army dude). I guess his wife was okay (though we didn’t really get to know her), but his daughter, Ofelia, (who hadn't annoyed me too much) became unlikeable when Madison wanted to tell her unsuspecting neighbours what the army was going to do, and she told her not to because they didn’t 'help' them when Nick/Liza/etc were taken (as if they could've done anything) So...for that they should die?

Truth be told, I was just mainly annoyed that they made a point of showing a neighbour walking their dog (meaning the dog wasn’t going to make it. This added to me already being mad about them offing a dog earlier in the season. He had every chance to get away from the zombie - the door to outside was open - but the poor pooch was written as being ‘stupid’ enough to stay put and become zombie food even though he knew zombies were bad news as evidenced by all his barking at them. That dog would’ve hightailed it ASAP...but I guess writers just had to have the poor canine die so they could have that moment with the zombie feeding on it before getting his head blown off).

Anyway, it was interesting seeing things pre-zombiepocalypse and how long it took before everyone became aware what was happening. With only six episodes, the season felt like things were just getting going by the time it reached its season final. I’ve got four more seasons to watch on Blu-ray as yet. Will let you know my thoughts as I watch each season.

Some characters in s1 of Insatiable were indeed annoying, but the season was still overall enjoyable for me. S2 got much darker, and some of the enjoyment, for me, anyway, was lost.

I think the main reason why I found most of the characters annoying in s1 of FtWD was how utterly STUPID everybody acted all the time. Yeah, I get they were just 'normal' people who were thrown into a zombie apocalypse, but it got tiresome very quickly. True, I didn't much care for Nick at first, but once he kicked his drug habit he became more likeable. Yeah, Chris was the most unlikeable character for me. And if you thought he was 'not fun'/'not likeable' now...just you wait until s2...ugh. The show has evolved quite a bit over the seasons, thankfully, and it's very different to how s1 was now. It'll be interesting to see what you think of the rest of the seasons.

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