What are you watching (bingeing) these days?

[NormalDan]

I mean, it’s almost Christmas break so I’m bound to watch it, but I’ll be irked by that plot device!

[OldTimer]

Just wondering. Do you react this way to all shows with a premise that you don’t like? Or are you looking for a reason not to like something a lot of others like?

[NormalDan]

@OldTimer

Do you react this way to all shows with a premise that you don’t like?

If we replace “don’t like” with “don’t make sense” then, yes I do.

@OldTimer

Or are you looking for a reason not to like something a lot of others like?

Let’s not be so passive aggressive, it’s nearly Christmas!

[OldTimer]

Wasn’t really trying to be passive aggressive, some folks don’t want to like what a lot of others do. Sometimes they get very petty to be different (not saying you are being petty).

So what other shows do you not watch/like due to them not making sense?

[NormalDan]

@OldTimer

So what other shows do you not watch/like due to them not making sense?

Tough to think of one to be honest. I will say it irks me how much Star Wars ignores the whole concept of air-free space/inertia/etc, but I still like it because of other redeeming qualities. At least Star Trek tries to deal with that. Big fan of Interstellar though.

I don’t think it’s an unreasonable standard for shows to have a coherent plot. Even if it’s based in fiction it can still be coherent.

[NerdAlert]

Didn’t Kim Basinger own a town?

[John.S.Mill]

maybe they own the land of the town.

Kind of like how some of the houses in the US are on leased land from the native americans

[soyleche]

@OldTimer

Or are you looking for a reason not to like something a lot of others like?

Unpopular Opinions

[John.S.Mill]

How many people actually watched Terminator 1 is what I wanna know.

[OldTimer]

Well Elizabethtown is one of my favorite movies (2005, 28% from professional reviewers, 66% from movie goers). Also Mr. Right with Sam Rockwell and Anna Kendrick (2015/45%/56%).

[NormalDan]

@NerdAlert

Kim Basinger

Very interesting!

In 1989 actress and Georgia native Kim Basinger and other investors bought 1,751 acres (709 ha) of the town’s 2,000 privately owned acres for $20 million from Braselton Brothers Inc, intending to turn it into a tourist destination.[10] Five years later, on the eve of personal bankruptcy, she and her partners sold the land for $1 million.

Braselton, Georgia

Looks about what I expected. You can do it but it ranges in logistical nightmarishness depending on how developed the town is.

[NerdAlert]

Not a challenge for me because I genuinely enjoy all of Kevin James’ films.

[PatientZombie]

oh, you’re the one

[John.S.Mill]

I’ve started Shameless as my fall-asleep show, now that I’m done with the Good Place.

Should last me a while since there’s like 10 seasons.

[PatientZombie]

finished Sherlock, very good.

did the show have a hiatus? the seasons aren’t consecutive

[OldTimer]

@John.S.Mill

’ve started Shameless as my fall-asleep show, now that I’m done with the Good Place.

Should last me a while since there’s like 10 seasons.

There is also a British version that came out well before the Showtime version.

[NerdAlert]

@PatientZombie

oh, you’re the one

There are dozens of us. Dozens!

[PatientZombie]

I liked King Of Queens, but his movies do very little for me

[dr_t_non-fan]

I think it skipped a year while Martin was out riding the dragon.

No, not that one. The one Cumberbatch played.

Yes, it did not air every year. And two “seasons” are just one episode.

Fifth season is still up in the air.

[NerdAlert]

Hitch: super cute
Here comes the boom: surprisingly poignant
Paul Blart: fun
Grown Ups: lighthearted
True Memoirs: rewatchable

I’ve never seen a Kevin James movie I would not watch again, except perhaps Chuck and Larry, and that’s more because of Sandler.

But truthfully I find James very attractive, and I’m not joking. He does it for me. So I enjoy watching his stuff.