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[MarciKS]

@MarciKS, there’s a constant intake of new shows on NF. Something for everyone.

I'm thinking of switching cuz they have a larger library and I'm just sitting here on Paramount watching reruns and it's been a long time since they added anything new I'm interested in.

 

[ChiroDoc]

I started watching Wonder Man, which is being touted by Disney-Hulu as the best Marvel series. I wasn't going to watch but saw,
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, the lead actor (previously unknown to me), who plays Simon, being interviewed by Michael Strahan which stirred a little interest, so I decided to check it out. It's about an actor who's a PITA because he always wants to alter the script. His dream is to play Wonder Man. He meets Trevor (Ben Kingsley) who turns him on to the Wonder Man casting and ostensibly wants to help him but there's something else going on.

IMO they are spending too much time on Simon trying to get work as an actor in a town that will not hire super powered actors due to a very bizarre incident with a blow-out star who used his superpowers freely and publicly. Not enough time is spent showing Simon's powers. The script is getting redundant. I also think they should have shown certain scenes at least one episode earlier, cut out the redundancy and perhaps whittled it down to 6 episodes instead of 8. I'm half way though next to last episode and am getting bored. Just read the Wiki synopsis, so I'll keep watching (maybe FF through it) to see how it plays out. If there's a S2, I don't know if I will watch it.

Very nice review, Miss Diva. I was drawn to the series because Ben Kingsley is in it. He was good, and carried many of his scenes, but the writing should have been better. I hadn't known anything about the Wonder Man superhero, so I presumed the story was tongue in cheek or a send up (like Birdman).

It took until Williams had an anger/shock wave episode that I realized he had super powers. But you're right, the script needed to show him displaying his powers more in order to drive that aspect home. Plus, a guy who actually had superpowers looking to get hired to play Wonder Man is a bit much. I also think that Abdul-Mateen was miscast. I didn't believe him in the role.

 

[Pepper]

Warm, funny, poignant comedy special PostMortem Sarah Silverman in the best I have ever seen her.
She became what most of us here are. Adult Orphans.
I approached it from Sarah’s perspective. I also approached it through the dying parents as that is the stage I currently am in.
All stars for this lovely and funny performance.

The best she’s ever done.

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