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TV/Movie Talk [Public] / Re: What TV series are you watching right now?
« Last post by EB on January 07, 2024, 03:18:58 AM »
Just finished up Bodies on Netflix, a crime/mystery/time travel mind bender. It kept my interest, was worth the watch. Not sure how closely it mirrors the graphic novel, so putting that on my read list for comparison.
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TV/Movie Talk [Public] / Re: What TV series are you watching right now?
« Last post by She-la-te-da on January 05, 2024, 12:47:49 AM »
I find I'm missing watching See, even if it was a bit of a "suspension of belief" thing. I read where the show runners had actual vision experts on set/advising, and some of the actors were visually impaired to some extent or other. Made it more interesting in hindsight, actually.

I'm wrapping up another Canadian show, Blood Ties. It's certainly no Angel, or Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but it's had some nice moments. I totally don't buy the actor playing the vampire, though, as he doesn't hit the typical stereotype in the right ways.

Still watching For All Mankind, though I'm now seeing it as weekly episodes. I'm being hit and miss on some other shows, like Foundation. I'm not sure I'm going to like it. None of the characters have done it for me yet.
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TV/Movie Talk [Public] / Re: What TV series are you watching right now?
« Last post by Hopscotch on December 20, 2023, 03:10:39 AM »
...sold his soul to the devil for eternal life (though perhaps there is more to that than meets the eye).

More to eternal life than meets the eye, dear English teacher? (pardon, couldn't resist)
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Book Talk [Public] / Re: What are you reading now?
« Last post by APP on December 20, 2023, 01:39:35 AM »
I’m just finishing reading book 4 of T. A. White’s Firebird Chronicles. The series has been outstanding, and I’ve just pre-ordered book 5, which is scheduled to be released later this month.
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TV/Movie Talk [Public] / Re: What TV series are you watching right now?
« Last post by Bill Hiatt on December 20, 2023, 01:18:59 AM »
Not long ago, I finished School Spirits (on Netflix, though it was produced by Paramount and aired on Paramount+)

As a former high school teacher, I do find school-centered stories hard to resist. In this series, a high school girl dies and finds herself trapped in the high school, together with other students and one teacher who have died there over the years. She tries to figure out who killed her. But meanwhile, her fellow spirits may have secrets, and the key to moving on to the afterlife may be different from what they believe it is.

I'm currently working on Wynona Earp, the fantasy series based on Wyatt Earp's great granddaughter, Wynona and Waverly. Wynona in particular has a mission to send the revenants (bad guys Wyatt killed) back to Hell by shooting them with his old gun. She is sometimes assisted by Doc Halliday, who has apparently sold his soul to the devil for eternal life (though perhaps there is more to that than meets the eye).
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Book Talk [Public] / Re: What are you reading now?
« Last post by Bill Hiatt on December 20, 2023, 12:59:38 AM »
I'm nearing the end of Book 2 in Sarah J. Maas's Throne of Glass series. I bought the whole thing at once because there was a very affordable box set. Earlier, I'd been enthralled by another of her series that opened with A Court of Thorns and Roses.

What can I say? Her world-building is great. Her characters are great. Her pacing is great. If you like fantasy at all, you will at the very least like her writing.
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Book Promotion Board [Public] / It's Christmastime...
« Last post by RiverRun on December 20, 2023, 12:53:31 AM »
I'm giving away a free short story for Christmas. In case you want to read about Jane Eyre for Christmas Grin

Link is good until January 7th.

https://dl.bookfunnel.com/mjdqbtvsg6

A Christmas secret will challenge Jane's wits once more.

Jane has returned to to her former home of Morton with Mr. Rochester to accompany her. But an invitation to a Christmas party at Mr. Oliver’s soon becomes more than a polite social occasion. Jane is drawn into an unlikely puzzle involving a missing treasure and a dashing but unwanted helper. If she succeeds, she will be able to deliver Rosamond Oliver from a perplexing dilemma. A sneak peak into the forthcoming Jane Rochester mystery, The Recipient of Secrets.
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Book Talk [Public] / Re: What are you reading now?
« Last post by Vijaya on December 20, 2023, 12:40:56 AM »
I'm reading a delightful collection of short stories by Mary Ladd Gavell, I CANNOT TELL A LIE, EXACTLY, published after her death. More about it here: https://www.austinchronicle.com/books/2001-08-31/82792/
Also finished VIRGIN'S PROMISE: Writing Stories of Feminine Creative, Spiritual and Sexual Awakening by Kim Hudson--it's the feminine archetypical journey. I like how she compares and contrasts the Hero with the Virgin.
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TV/Movie Talk [Public] / Re: What TV series are you watching right now?
« Last post by Hopscotch on December 19, 2023, 12:47:30 AM »
Sometimes it's nice to have the bad guys be bad. The good guys be good. A plot that's all about evil's comeuppance. And an entertaining cast of wholesome ass-kicking heroes.

That amply describes the last season "Entrapped" of Netflix's Scandi-noir series Trapped in which the fat slob Viking hero cop metes out lots of jolly comeuppance to vast evils but loses the girl and ends in prison for doing right.
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TV/Movie Talk [Public] / Re: What TV series are you watching right now?
« Last post by PJ Post on December 18, 2023, 08:50:41 AM »
I got through a couple of seasons of See, and yeah, the premise is a bit...whatever. I try to just accept stuff like that and get on with the story. I love SFF and always give it the benefit of the doubt. It was pretty good as I recall.

I started season 2 of Reacher...



Sometimes it's nice to have the bad guys be bad.
The good guys be good.
A plot that's all about evil's comeuppance.
And an entertaining cast of wholesome ass-kicking heroes.

 :tup3b :tup3b :tup3b
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