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(@seemaxrun)
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Talk about TV pilots & series [network AND streaming]


   
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This is an old, long gone series, but worth your time. Jim Henson's The Storyteller is on Amazon Prime now. Scripts by Oscar-winner Anthony Minghella. Amazing visuals. The titular character is played by John Hurt. My favorite episodes are 2, 3, and 5.


   
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  Modern Love is back on Amazon prime. 8 new episodes based on different NYTimes Modern Love essays. 

‘Modern Love’ Season 2 Is Here. So Where Are the Original Essayists Now?
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/15/style/modern-love-season-2-amazon.html?referringSource=articleShare

 


   
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Have I mentioned recently how much I love Wayne on Amazon? I love this character. You learn right off meeting Wayne, you can knock Wayne down, but Wayne will not stay down — ever.

(Warning, cursing and violence enclosed)

Meet Wayne:


   
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Season 2 of the Witcher. Finally! Yay yay yay!


   
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Just discovered this series, FOR ALL MANKIND, on Apple Plus, it’s really great and has great reviews. Based on an alternate history/reality where the Russians beat the US to the moon, mixed with real life events and people. 


   
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@michele 

This might be one of the few places where watching TV isn't looked at as a bad thing. I watched the first season and it was a mixed bag for me. Some episodes in the anthology were amazing and others were blah. 


   
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@seemaxrun 

Good one. I just started the second season.


   
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@chad The Witcher? I love The Witcher.

Screenwriting is I think one of the only professions in which you'll hear a fellow professional say "I'm not watching enough TV." (smile)


   
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If you don't mind a lot of sex and nudity (albeit well-done and not gratuitous), this show is worth the investment and comes in tidy 30 minute-ish installments. A bonus is that the scripts for the first (and only so far) season are available for purchase on Amazon. 


   
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@seemaxrun 

Yes and I do too. When Game of Throne's ended, I had an existential crisis. I went through The Last Kingdom before finding the Witcher. I still have a preference for The Last Kingdom but sadly, it is now DOA. 


   
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@chad the season 2 finale was incredible 


   
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@michele I have been mildly curious about Modern Love. Oddly, that image? Suddenly amps up my interest. Talk about an image that captures a moment in time. A very long moment while we're living  it. Pandemic and romance/relationships.

 

Oh you can't tell which I'm replying to. The elbow bump.


   
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Maybe everybody else has already seen this. I'm way behind on television. But this opening -- while weirdly, is not an introduction to the world this series is set in, which is rural Kentucky -- is a great intro to the main character, Raylan Givens. I was told to watch the first episode, and if that didn't grab me, it wasn't my show. Well it's my kind of show not because it's crime or shoot-em-up or whatnot but because it's characters and world created by Elmore Leonard. I'm thrilled to know that somebody other than Scott Berg can do a kickass adaptation of Elmore Leonard.

If that doesn't work I'll be editing until I get it to, fair warning!

Pooks


   
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Yay, it worked!


   
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