What did you watch on Netflix/Hulu/other streaming sites?

[Gemme]

Originally Posted by deb0670

I am streaming a show called The Mentalist on the Roku Channel. It is so good.

I remember watching that show! Simon Baker and Robin Tunney had great energy together and I love his natural accent.

[Orema]

Riches on Amazon Prime



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM7MFXbjy8k

Just binged the first season of this soap opera and I’m enjoying it, on the most part. The season ending was a disappointment but overall the show is good, exciting and everything that a Tyler Perry production isn’t, thank goodness. I’m here for this.

It takes place in London but it feels like Chicago to me.

[Orema]

Showtime had a free preview for a few days and I caught up on The Chi. The Chi, along with Pose, has some of the best LGBTQ+ representation I’ve seen on the small screen. Also caught up with City on a Hill, it’s okay, but nothing to write home about. Though Kevin Bacon is better since he dropped the scratchy voice—that didn’t work at all.

I also caught a couple episodes of George and Tammy. The acting is superb. Can’t turn away when Michael Shannon (playing George Jones) is on the screen. And Jessica Shastain (playing Tammy) is just as good. This series will certainly receive some awards.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjrEeuQ5838

From Showtime’s YouTube page: Starring Oscar winner Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye) and Oscar nominee Michael Shannon (Bullet Train), GEORGE & TAMMY chronicles the country music power couple, Tammy Wynette and George Jones, whose complicated-but-enduring relationship inspired some of the most iconic music of all time. Remembered as the “First Lady of Country Music,” Wynette’s most successful song “Stand by Your Man” remains one of the most iconic and best-selling country singles by a female artist. Known for his once-in-a-lifetime voice, George Jones’ song “He Stopped Loving Her Today,” is still widely called the greatest country song of all time. With over 30 number-one country songs between them, including duets “We’re Gonna Hold On,” “Golden Ring” and “Near You,” George and Tammy’s legacy, both musically and romantically, remains one of the greatest love stories ever told.

YouTube is showing some episodes of George and Tammy for free: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_V1dem3FzY

[GeorgiaMa'am]

Originally Posted by Orema

. . . George Jones’ song “He Stopped Loving Her Today,” is still widely called the greatest country song of all time.

It's certainly the saddest country song of all time. I get a little sad just thinking about it.

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I watched the new QAF on Peacock. It was only 8 episodes, and then it got canceled - as well it should. I didn't think it was very good, and certainly not epic like the original BBC or American Queer as Folk.

[GeorgiaMa'am]

I just finished watching Better Call Saul, and wow it was great. I even paid extra to see the final season, season 6 which is currently only available for sale (I got it for only $10 though, because I am an Amazon Prime member. It was worth every penny.)

Better Call Saul is good enough to stand on its own, but if you've seen Breaking Bad (and if you haven't, you should), Better Call Saul cleans up a lot of loose ends from Breaking Bad. I won't spoil it for you, but I'll just say BCS encompasses a longer time line than BB. It's jaw-dropping, funny and satisfying.

[GeorgiaMa'am]

I've gotten about halfway through the episodes of Wednesday on Netflix. It's definitely creepy and kooky, mysterious and spooky. It's also a whole lot of fun! I did not know until I started watching it that it was directed by Tim Burton. Danny Elfman is involved in the music too! So if you like Tim Burton movies (such as Edward Scissorhands) you'll like Wednesday. It's the same type of humor, very dark - as are the sets. The music is very Danny Elfman-esque (think Beetlejuice). Also, the sound is low - my hearing is kind of bad and I had to turn the volume way up to hear everything, as I seem to have to do with all Tim Burton movies. But other than that, I have no complaints. Wednesday Addams the character is deadpan, snarky and creatively vengeful. All the members of the Addams family seem to be moving through the everyday colorful world in black and white. It's a neat filmmaking trick - they blend in visually, but they don't either. Tim Burton seems to improve his craft with every project he works on. I'm thoroughly enjoying this series.

[Orema]

Will Trent on Hulu. Very good, fun, thoughtful.

With some nice eye candy for this mature lesbian.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy9PoT19ujk

[GeorgiaMa'am]

I watched Baz Luhrmann's Elvis, and it was really good! It explained a lot of things that I never quite understood about the Elvis phenomenon, as I am just barely old enough to have not really understood what the big deal was. I saw Elvis live, actually, once when I was four and once when I was seven (I think) - that would be leather outfit Elvis, and then white outfit pudgy Elvis. I saw him both times with my parents, and to me, Elvis was my dad's music.

ANYWAY, the film was great. It was more or less chronological, covering from when Elvis was a child until his death. I especially appreciated how much the film incorporated the black music that had such a big influence on Elvis. Colonel Tom Parker is definitely cast as the evil magician behind the scenes, and played brilliantly by Tom Hanks. (It was interesting to see Tom Hanks in a role where he was not playing the nice guy.) Elvis is portrayed as a not too smart country boy, who could sing his ass off, and knew how to make girls swoon. I thought Austin Butler did a great job of playing Elvis throughout most of his lifetime. The soundtrack was really good, and I have heard a few songs from it on the radio, but I am definitely going to listen to the entire album now.