Colin Jost?

Auction at the Saints game

Disney’s Cruella @ the Grandview

A Quiet Place, Part II @ the Riverview

She used to work in a diner, never saw a woman look finer. I used to order just to watch her float across the floor…

In the not-so-distant past, I was very much an advocate for cord-cutting. Everyone likes to bag on the cable companies, but to be honest, the only real issues I’ve had with them my entire life are cost and channel selection. The former always goes up and the latter never seemed to include exactly what I wanted. Cord-cutting seemed to be the solution – just let me pay for the channels I want. Unfortunately, the TV provider also being the internet bandwidth provider makes it difficult to get one without the other. The last time we moved, Comcast basically offered me internet plus a bunch of channels for the same price as just internet (which also turns out to be a very good deal if you like live sports).

Today, I seem to have a bit of everything (and the amount I pay to Comcast continues to rise). I have an old AppleTV connected to our Sony set, which streams multiple services that I get billed for in addition to Comcast: Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Apple TV+, Disney+ and CBS All Access (which we just added so Colleen could watch The Stand). At some point, I need to catalog all of these accounts, see how much I’m paying in total and decide if we really get that much value out of them. In normal times? Probably not. During a stay-at-home pandemic? Likely a bargain.

My list of lists page has always had movies and TV shows I want to watch. Here are some recent things I’ve finished (or just started) since my best of 2020 post:

• Dark, Netflix (seasons 1-3): Armon told me to watch this German science fiction series about murder and time travel. It’s got subtitles, so you really have to pay attention. That’s good advice even if it was in English, as there is a large cast and it gets confusing very quickly. I did like it overall, but to be honest, it was a battle to finish all three seasons.
• Letterkenny, Hulu (season 9): I love this Canadian comedy and was super excited for a new season, but flew through all seven episodes in one sitting and now it’s gone again. Pitter Patter.
• Disenchantment, Netflix (part 3): Matt Groening’s medieval cartoon series is more Futurama than Simpsons, but the trio of Bean, Elfo and Luci make me laugh. Similar to Letterkenny, season/part 3 was over way too fast.
• Lupin, Netflix (season 1, part 1): Another foreign language Netflix original (France), this mystery thriller with subtitles demands attention. With only five episodes online now (out of ten shot for season one), it’s a quick watch. Cliff hanger warning: hopefully the second half of the season gets released soon so we can find out what happens to Omar Sy’s excellent character Assane Diop.
• Kim’s Convenience, Netflix (seasons 1-4): this Canadian comedy series set in Toronto has some of the best husband-wife and parent-child jokes of any show we’ve watched. Almost done with season four (and very happy to read there will be at least two more seasons coming).
• Night Stalker, Netflix: The New York Post (of all places) said this four-part true crime documentary about serial killer Richard Ramirez was “too graphic,” but we found it very interesting. I believe most of this happened while Colleen and I were in high school, but I only had a vague recollection of the case.
• Snowpiercer (movie): This 2013 science fiction thriller was on my watch list for a long time, as part of our recent Bong Joon-ho kick (Parasite, Okja, The Host). Can’t remember which service it popped up on, but we recently learned this is now also a series on TNT (with two seasons).
• Peaky Blinders, Netflix (season 1): With five seasons of this BBC show available, I wasn’t sure if I wanted to commit the time to a period piece set in post-WWI Birmingham, but now it’s almost like a British Sopranos for me, to be honest. Will continue onward.
• The Aristocats: I like that Disney+ has almost all of the old Disney animated movies to watch whenever you want (no more “available for a limited time on VHS” crap). When I read that some of the old movies now have disclaimers at the beginning, I decided to re-watch this one first. More details can be found on their “Stories Matter” website.
• Behind the Scenes of The Mandalorian, Disney+: I know I just linked to something different on the Star Wars website, but the behind the scenes series on Disney+ is really good (after you’ve watched both seasons). This franchise is in such good hands: Dave Filoni, Bryce Dallas Howard, Carl Weathers, Robert Rodriguez and Jon Favreau (who was a guest on Letterman the one time I got to see it in person) all seem like such cool, dorky people.

Thinking back on how many hours I’ve spent watching these, it’s a good thing at least some were also spent on the treadmill…

UPDATE: Per Kid Two, *she* pays for Hulu and also said I forgot about Amazon Prime Video…

The train in Snowpiercer, though

That Han Solo thing is made of soap – per CMK

Didn’t taste like piss and flies to me

This is so great – thanks, CK

Change my plan, get HBO Max for free

1935-2020

You are part of the Rebel Alliance and a traitor! Take her away!

Lunes and Kylie

http://extension765.com/soderblogh/18-raiders

You are a smelly pirate hooker. Why don’t you go back to your home on Whore Island?

My mistake. Four coffins.

Casino promos (100 points each)

Wish I could’ve pulled the other two colors

The Beaver House

Dynamite Magazine, August 1979

That’s pretty cool, actually – WTG, Let’s Encrypt

And that’s why you get less money, you don’t think…

Inspired by Miyazaki-san

…that will take a really long time.

Damn, SWCT, that mission took forever

“Boy with Apple” is used as the concierge of the year award at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel

Star Wars Card Trader is rocking it

Gorillaz: The Complete Backstory

I’d say that’s about right – thanks, BK!

The world is full of guys. Be a man. Don’t be a guy…

Cecil’s hot pastrami + Toy Story 4

The agriculture building really outdid itself this year

Jules, you give that fucking nimrod $1,500, I’ll shoot him on general principle…

The truth is you’re the weak. And I’m the tyranny of evil men. But I’m tryin’, Ringo. I’m tryin’ real hard to be the shepherd…

X Fest 2019, Minneapolis

Add in Star Wars and it was a great time to be a nerdy kid

That was never a character, right?

I’d just as soon kiss a Wookiee…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/magazine/wp/2019/04/30/feature/the-case-of-dorothys-stolen-ruby-slippers/

Especially May the Fourth

Catherine says he’s been holding out for a management position…

We lived there a long, long time ago

Grandpa, that money was for tobacco!

They were like little movies, which is what I was always trying to do: A little movie every week…

We are the music makers…

Man goes into cage, cage goes into salsa. Shark’s in the salsa. Our shark.

Hell, they’re all disgruntled. I ain’t running no damn daisy farm. My motto is “Do it my way or watch your butt!”

Strange, isn’t it? Each man’s life touches so many other lives. When he isn’t around he leaves an awful hole, doesn’t he?

This app has it’s moments

Oddly enough, this was delayed to my old work address, where Officer Kingsbury from MPD received it

I guess a healthy bottom line doesn’t mean much if to get it, you have to hurt the ones you depend on. It’s people that make the difference. Little people like you…

Liked how Ralph kept saying Eboy

Shut up, you American. You Americans, all you do is talk, and talk, and say “let me tell you something” and “I just wanna say.” Well, you’re dead now, so shut up!

I’ve seen the Exorcist about a hundred and sixty-seven times, AND IT KEEPS GETTING FUNNIER EVERY SINGLE TIME I SEE IT…

Watching the movie now…

Well, I’m a mushroom-cloud-layin’ motherfucker, motherfucker!

We are Siamese if you please. We are Siamese if you don’t please…

I’m tellin’ ya baby, they kicked your little ass there. Boy, they whooped yer hide real good…

This brought back all the feels

…or Vegas works, I guess

You don’t want the bumpers, life doesn’t give you bumpers…

The first one is better than I remembered

First wet ride during the challenge

What an incredible smell you’ve discovered…

Is this the start of something wonderful and new? Or one more dream that I cannot make true?

La La Land Day, part II

They better leave the Tower alone in Florida