@Arkturos said(just quoting myself for context)
Took me a while -- not just because of Netflix's raising of fees, but more having to do with the trauma of the first two seasons -- but now I have watched the first episode of "Alice in Borderland" season three.
Wow! How the tension builds even before the first game.
I do also have some lighter or at least less intense items in my watch-queue.
TBH, with two more episodes to go for "Alice in Borderland" S3, episodes 2, 3, and 4 came across as "product with the same flavor" with some overcomplicated dialogue and really only one satisfying moment for me.
Partway through that trawl I checked the reviews on IMDB and would agree with some of the reviewers that Netflix was just milking it and might do so again for S4.
However, given one of the apparent themes of the show, perhaps I feel subliminally impelled to complete the series.
@Drewnogal saidIt is worth watching. We already know much about the trial and what happened next but this film is about circumstances and developments we didn't know of. You will appreciate it.
I’ve just got to see that! I’ve seen a few clips of it. His German accent is fantastic!
I did finish watching "Alice in Borderland" S3, but even though it ended in satisfying way, it still seemed like "weak tea" or "thin broth" and certainly just a money-grab by Netflix.
There were two movies I wanted to watch before they left Netflix: "The Sentinel" (1977, which I hadn't seen) and "Dracula" (1979, the one with Frank Langella, which I had seen back in the day).
I already knew the ending of "The Sentinel" from hearing classmates talk about it at the time it came out, but the first half hour seemed like such a random hodge-podge of characters and scenes that I have stopped there for now. It's hard to imagine how any of what I saw could be woven into future story developments and payoffs.
As for "Dracula", I had only started to watch it last night (only about 25 minutes in), but I'm glad I did. It seems that everyone involved in the production knew what they were doing. Such confidence and craft. One can certainly admire the scenes involving the ship, given the practical challenges that must have been involved. The way Langella's Dracula hands his cloak to the butler when he arrives for dinner! So far the colors seem washed-out compared to my memory of the film, and I don't know if that's because they only had a faded print to work with (in which case I hope somebody does a restoration) or whether that was an artistic choice for the beginning and the colors become richer later on.
@Arkturos saidSo, that turned out to be a good episode, both visually and script-wise. Maybe I'll watch the others in the set.
"Devil's Diner" ep 4: "ANGER: Snake Wine"
I think that artistically things are popping in Viet Nam and Indonesia.
Hong Kong got suffocated. Thank goodness for Taiwan, though. However, I'm not sure Jing-Hua or Bryan can sing worth beans; therefore so much for dual careers such as Andy Lau and Louis Koo have (or have had). Maybe Berant will bring it for the win.
@Arkturos saidPretty cool how "Agnes de Mille" has a resemblance to Carolyn Jones.
Finally watching "Wednesday" season 2. Just needed to wait for the right time to watch it.
In the first season, I thought it was cool that "Enid" seemed to be influenced by both Harley Quinn and Jess Bush's Nurse Chapel.
In the second season, that was very nice that Enid made a little aparment in a trunk for Thing.