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Part of it, I think, is the unfortunate business side of things. I know Lost originally was a 2-3 season idea that was too popular to end so soon on the corp account. With The Leftovers you can see what a difference in format and expectations can deliver. Many of these shorter format series...

Im curious what makes 8 episodes a slog, but 24 episodes engaging? House may have started that way, but it certainly was serial in the background. Though, the episodic gimmick gets old fast, at least for me. Like Homeland, eventually you find it hard to believe anyone would employ this person...

I go on Ultimate Guitar for tabs and chords when I want to learn a song. Much of it is fan written transcribes and holy moley do folks get nasty about folks posting their idea of how a song goes. No clue why, its just somebody sharing how they play it? 🤷‍♂️ While I appreciate knowing if its a...

I gamed with @Retreater for a year or so online at the tail end of the pandemic. Was a good time. I dont currently game with any EN Worlders, but would if something popped up.

Unless they were wearing a motorcycle helmet.... What nobody else!?

Nailing a finale is hard, but I think the overall floor is just much higher now. I read a NY Times article about how the floor has come up so much in this age of television thats its hard to imagine a truly bad show anymore. The alternative of course is its harder to achieve cream of the crop...

I'd like to hear the reasons beyond "I like that format" though. Folks love to talk about the good old days of 24 episode season TV. They put out a few examples of long running series like DS9, B5, Buffy, West Wing. What they dont mention is that 9/10 other shows are pretty much unwatchable...

Its interesting because I think criticism have morphed into a deeply cynical and negative culture. I dont recall a time folks were ever not critical, but it seems like they take things to extreme distances. So, you dont like the controls of the latest video game? Its fine to say so. Instead you...

No idea how those U.S. pizza buffets stay open at those prices. The food must be practically poison.

Been thinking about movies as I have not posted on them yet. I cant disagree with Casablanca its a stone cold classic.

Im...pretty much the opposite. I live for the long form drama. Though, I could see splitting the difference with the limited series.

Yeah, my usual breakfast is something very light. I only get breakfast occasionally on weekends. I'd kill for a decent baguette but none to be found around the twin cities.

Sounds like a good deal. My local breakfast diner does a 12 dollar eggs, potatoes, and toast deal. The eggs are to order but they do an American fry style potato. They are actually pretty excellent, but the portion is like 7 potatoes worth on a single plate. I can never finish them, and I dont...

We have fresh water walleye here in the midwest U.S. I like it better than cod. Based on prices Zard is sharing, we are probably about double that after tip. Breakfast used to be much closer in price, but its gotten just as expensive as lunch and dinner.