{"id":264,"date":"2023-05-18T13:14:09","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T18:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.nightmare.org\/?p=264"},"modified":"2023-05-18T13:14:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T18:14:09","slug":"march-23-watch-party-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.nightmare.org\/?p=264","title":{"rendered":"March 23 – Watch Party Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have been stumbling around the “dial” lately, since we finally cut the cord a few months ago, getting used to watching TV a new way. Most of the shows I watch are on my paid services. I will occasionally drop in on some of the commercial driven TV apps (PlutoTV, Tubi, Stirr, Crackle, etc.). Since I have been back in the office more days than I WFH, my sleep schedule has become that of a wonky, old man. I’m very lucky if I make it up late enough to catch an episode of X-Files<\/em> on Comet TV. But going to bed early also means I am up (sometimes very<\/em>) early, and I have found my old friends the detectorists<\/em> helping me happily welcome in the day. I have seen all the episodes before, and unfortunately there are not that many of them, but it is a nice start to the day.<\/p>\n

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I’m working through some other series; finished New Girl<\/em> and King of the Hill<\/em>, slowly slogging my through all the seasons of The Simpsons<\/em>, also picking up eps of Futurama<\/em> and Bob’s Burgers<\/em> when I can. Hulu recommended How I met your Mother<\/em> when I watched the last ep of New Girl<\/em>. I had never watched it before and I’ve given a few episodes a try and it is generally not funny. I will probably wander my way through at least the whole first season but it feels like a lesser tier sitcom (see Friends<\/em> or Big Band Theory<\/em>).<\/p>\n

A show I have found pretty enjoyable on one of the apps is The R.I.P. files<\/em>. I’m always a sucker for a paranormal show, but most of the ones on now are so bad, fake, and so contrived that I don’t watch them much any more. This one is a few years old, has a sceptic\/scientist as part of the crew, and seems at least somewhat plausible. The first season’s episodes are under 30 mins, season 2 episodes are longer so far. IIRC this show is on Crackle.<\/p>\n

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Other enjoyables: Finished The Mandalorian<\/em>, it is the best of the new live action SW shows. Some of the footage is absolutely beautiful sci fi. I am getting caught back up on Stranger Things<\/em>. Found a fun new British show with a bunch of my favorite actors called The Rig<\/em>. It is pleasant mix of The Fog<\/em> meets Lost<\/em> meets The Abyss<\/em>. Just a few episodes into this one but so far chef recommends.<\/p>\n

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I found a show on Netflix (or maybe it found me) called Ragnorok<\/em> (not the terrible Marvel film, but a series from Norway) where a Norwegian teenager is slowly turning into Thor and learning about some other Gods and Giants in town.<\/p>\n

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Final mention is the movie Resurrection<\/em>. A weird psycho\/thriller with “make you think ending” and commentary on abusive life situations. How to you interpret the ending?<\/p>\n

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That about wraps it up. I suffered through a Marvel Thor movie because Natalie Portman was in it. Another AntMan movie is on Disney + that I will probably put on in the background at some point soon. Waiting for a month of free time to sign up for a free month of Paramount + to binge a number of shows lurking over there (Picard<\/em>, D&D<\/em> Movie, Yellowjackets<\/em>, etc.).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have been stumbling around the “dial” lately, since we finally cut the cord a few months ago, getting used to watching TV a new way. Most of the shows I watch are on my paid services. I will occasionally drop in on some of the commercial driven TV apps (PlutoTV, Tubi, Stirr, Crackle, etc.). […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"index","bgseo_robots_follow":"follow","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movies","category-reviews","category-tv"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t