{"id":4695,"date":"2022-12-18T22:29:41","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T04:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thechunk.com\/blog\/?p=4695"},"modified":"2022-12-18T22:29:45","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T04:29:45","slug":"covid-watching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thechunk.com\/blog\/archive\/covid-watching\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID Watching"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I wrote this in March 2021 and never published it. I have no idea why. It&#8217;s not just about COVID and now it&#8217;s sort of dated as I have watched a lot of other things since. Maybe this should be a recurring theme. And given the implosion of Twitter, we should all go back to blogging anyway. So, here&#8217;s the original post unchanged: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve had some life changes that have meant that I have more time and control over evening television lately. It&#8217;s meant that I&#8217;ve had time to watch more of what I want instead of compromising with the other three members of the household.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s what I can recall watching over the last month or so:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fargo\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I hadn&#8217;t finished the first season on FX but I thought it was great at the time and always wanted to go back to it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The subsequent seasons (3) have been a mixed bag but it&#8217;s all generally pretty good. I think season 2 was my least favorite of the four so far.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gonzo\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Learned some things about early Hunter that I didn&#8217;t know, but he sure did become a victim of his own success. I didn&#8217;t know about his Jimmy Buffett connection<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Speedwalking\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Europeans generally do a much better job of coming of age movies than Americans. This is another example.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Haunting of Bly Manor\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Henry Thomas does an interesting British accent<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It&#8217;s appropriately creepy. Waiting to see if my daughter wants to join<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cobra Kai\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>First season was great. We&#8217;ve stalled on the second season. I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s as good. In fact, now that I&#8217;ve watched the entire season, the finale was really just terrible. Even my 11 year old agreed. I don&#8217;t think we&#8217;ll watch the third season.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ozark\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>First season was great. The exchange in the car between Bateman and Linney when he describes his take on her lover&#8217;s demise sold me on it or they might&#8217;ve lost me. It&#8217;s a mixed bag but still recommended. I&#8217;ll watch the fourth season when it arrives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>El Camino &#8211; interesting add on to Breaking Bad. I shouldn&#8217;t have waited so long to watch this.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gits &#8211; I ended up re-watching some of Hype because that&#8217;s where I remember seeing the most about Mia Zapata. I was not into them at the time. Super tragic about her and how that affected the band. At least they caught the dirtbag who killed her.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I&#8217;m Now &#8211; Mudhoney &#8211; confirmed my love for this band.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mentors &#8211; legendary from t-shirts of people like Scott Ian and James Hetfield. Who knew El Duce could actually play.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rambo &#8211; Last Blood &#8211; super violent and not all that great.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>D.O.A. &#8211; covered most of the Sex Pistols US tour including the Dallas and San Antonio dates<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Skinhead movie with Tim Roth<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Game of Thrones<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Squid and the Whale\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I forgot that he also did Marriage Story which I watched in March as it became clear I was about to embark on my own divorce (the catalyst for all of this freedom to watch what I want for the first time in as long as I can remember)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The dad is insufferable but Jeff Daniels does a good job. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Various YouTube things. Mostly:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>First We Feast (aka Hot Ones)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3 Years Apart<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Two Minutes to Late Night (with Gwarsenio Hall)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ratched\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lily convinced me to watch this one. She&#8217;s an American Horror Story fan and it seems like stylistically, they&#8217;re related<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It&#8217;s supposed to be a prequel to One Flew Over the Cuckoo&#8217;s Nest, but it&#8217;s very loose in my opinion. Very Kubrick influenced in the visuals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Great British Baking\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This is the one that I and both younger kids can watch together. We just finished the most recent season where Peter won. We&#8217;ve watched a few other seasons in the past. I miss Sandy. I can&#8217;t imagine anyone other than Prue and Noel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wrote this in March 2021 and never published it. I have no idea why. It&#8217;s not just about COVID and now it&#8217;s sort of dated as I have watched a lot of other things since. Maybe this should be a recurring theme. 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