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  1. Watched the first episode. Started the second episode and then turned it off. We’re HBO junkies so sex and nudity don’t bother us. They also aren’t enough to keep us watching an otherwise boring show. The plot was terrible. Lily Depp felt lifeless and totally unsympathetic. They did nothing to make us want to root for her character. The Weeknd was a total sleezeball creeper. Hard pass.
  2. Didn’t particularly love this season. I thought Joan is Awful and Beyond the Sea were both decent and the most like previous Black Mirror seasons. I like the episodes that are based on some element of technology or near-future society gone awry. The other three episodes each felt like mini horror films. Lock Henry was good in that regard but didn’t feel like a Black Mirror episode. Demon 79 was okay, Mazey Day was awful. I didn’t feel any of them were unique stories.
  3. The outside world seems fine, or at least much better than the Silo residents are led to believe. No surprise there. There’s a small group of people (Mayor Holland, Sims, their henchmen) within the Silo who are actively maintaining the lie, and presumably this has been going for ~130 years, getting handed down over generations. So the big question becomes, why would anyone living in the Silo cover up the truth about the outside world, thereby maintaining their own lifelong captivity? Is it possible that Holland and others actually have access to the outside world? Or maybe they don’t fully understand the situation either, and they are maintaining the lie for some unknown reason they falsely believe to be true? I’m doubtful we will get any of the answers this season.
  4. The reveal in this episode was something most viewers hopefully suspected from the very beginning, which makes it feel like not much of a reveal. Beyond that, nothing much happened. Is there one episode left in the season? Im not expecting much to happen. Maybe Juliet goes to find the door.
  5. So wait, you started a thread to ask how much force can be used to remove someone from your property, but now you’re telling us how much force can be used? And regardless of whether or not it’s legal, it’s insane to me that on multiple occasions you have had to physically push someone off your property. Normal people go their whole lives without ever doing that. Do you have an antagonistic personality that escalates social interactions with solicitors?
  6. What is going on in your life or where you live that you are having the physically push people off your property? The thought of ever having to do that even a single time is insane to me.
  7. Was the 96 hours based on 5 people alive for the entire time? I suppose there’s that tiny chance 1-2 people could kill the other 3-4 people and buy themselves more time. Even if that did happen, it’s highly unlikely that more time, even double the time, would amount to being rescued. Plus, they would become murderers in the final hours of their lives.
  8. Was the 96 hours based on 5 people alive for the entire time? I suppose there’s that tiny chance 1-2 people could kill the other 3-4 people and buy themselves more time. Even if that did happen, it’s highly unlikely that more time, even double the time, would amount to being rescued. Plus, they would become murderers in the final hours of their lives.
  9. This whole thing feels like the flat earth rocket man, Elizabeth Holmes, and the Fyre Festival team got together to plan an underwater business venture.
  10. Maybe White Gladis attacked the sub? If so, good for her. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/gladis-whale-orca-boat-attacks-gibraltar-b2347572.html
  11. Maybe this is actually an elaborate kidnapping attempt by the people running OceanGate. Get a couple of billionaires to voluntarily get locked into a small container under the guise of having exclusive access to see the Titanic, tell the public the submarine is missing, transport the sub to an undisclosed location, then hold the billionaires hostage and demand a large ransom from their families.
  12. I know I shouldn’t be surprised by human stupidity at this point, but Hamish Harding surprises me a little bit. I only know what I read on his wiki, but he has previously been on a sub that went to the Challenger Deep. You would think he would have enough experience to recognize the red flags here, but maybe that experience just made him cocky and careless?
  13. I thought the show was more interesting when it was focused on the mystery of the silo, where it came from, what’s outside, etc. Over the last 2-3 episodes it has shifted towards the power struggle between Juliet and judicial/mayor, which feels pretty generic to me. Also, I think the actor playing Sims is not that great. I looked him up and was surprised to see that’s Common, who apparently switched to being an actor a long time ago and I’ve been oblivious. Many of his lines are flat and his inflection seems off. Reminds me of Vin Diesel. I like Juliet and Billings, but the rest of the characters I’m struggling with.
  14. I have a ton of cherry tomatoes right now. Also some cucumbers, Shishito peppers, bell peppers, and San Marzano tomatoes.
  15. Maybe now they can get a new sub and sell a tour to see the wreckage of the first sub. It’s a good business model that can generate new opportunities for itself.
  16. Just finished reading The Wager by David Grann. Really enjoyed it. He reminds me of Erik Larson in the way he researches and writes about historical events. About to start The Lost City of Z.
  17. Sad to hear about Cormac. Probably my favorite author.
  18. Yes, we did watch it. It gives a glimpse of the food culture but his specific recommendations are now out of date. Still a little helpful though. Love Bourdain so I’ll take any advice he ever gave.
  19. Yeah, somewhat. I booked 2 hotels, one in Alghero in the northwest and one in Porto Rotondo near Costa Smeralda. We decided to skip Cagliari and the southern part of the island due to only having a week, and we are most interested in the eastern coast with its dramatic cliffs and various beaches. We can hopefully charter a boat up the the Maddalena archipelago as well. I need to quit procrastinating and book flights.
  20. So I opened up the HBO Max max app because I saw this new series The Idol premiered and I wanted to watch the trailer. Normally a new drama series by a proven director like Sam Levinson would be front and center when you open the app, but instead, I see that wanker Guy Fieri shoving food into his mouth and marketing God knows what bullshit reality eating show. I have to scroll down and hunt for The Idol and then there is no option to actually watch the trailer, so I have to go to YouTube for that. [Roy]Fuuuuuck…[/Kent]
  21. The first 3 episodes of Silo were magical but now they are trying too hard to virtue signal about not sharing relics from your exes and it beats you over the head about the threat of cleaning, so woke to the point that it’s not even funny anymore.
  22. Our 5 month old will be staying with grandparents while we go to St. Barth.
  23. Just got back from Napa and Carmel. About to go to St. Barth. Later in the summer will be Sardinia. Might squeeze in a Colorado fly fishing trip.
  24. I’m also of the opinion that Tom has emotionally moved on from Shiv. She asked him if they had a future and he was pretty damn apathetic with his “I honestly don’t know” response. Gone are the days of him eagerly welcoming her back. Shiv and the entire Roy family shat all over him for a long enough period of time that he gave that dream up. He’s now accepting the CEO position as the only remaining positive that he can get in this situation. Shiv can fuck whoever she wants, which she always did anyways. Their marriage is a sham that holds a small amount of convenience but nothing more.
  25. Loved it. Pretty much a perfect finale that delivered exactly what it needed to and stayed true to the overall series.
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