Finished Station Eleven
Fuuuuck that was good. Probably top10 TV shows of all time there. Gonna sweep the 2021 TV show awards for sure. I'm guessing it'll win overall best show, best lead actress, best score (goddamn that score by Dan Romer elevates every single scene), best adapted screenplay and will be up there for cinematography and directing. Maybe best supporting actor has a chance too.
I feel bad for the Last of Us show even if it's got good staff. Being a similar post-apocalyptic survival thing, also on HBO, coming a year after Station Eleven it is going to get compared hard, and I have a feeling it'll get stuck in the shadow of this. Oh well.
Also the title font is A++
It's too bad HBO doesn't do 4k or HDR/DV because that show is full of a lot of crisp nature shots of white snow and green brush. If they shot it in 4k (which I assume they did), if they ever release a physical 4k release of this I'd totally pick it up. Gorgeous show. Mackenzie Davis was so.freaking.good. Did not expect that from the few other things I've seen her in.
Station Eleven feels like the kind of once in a blue moon cinema events that are why the film format has been a global hit for over a hundred years. It's just why people watch movies & good TV.
And finished Ted Lasso S2 which was great, but Nate subplot was not so great. Still a quality show, had some good episodes/subplots but I think S1 was better and near flawless. Hopefully S3 is not too annoying in terms of some subplots. I saw a dating profile of someone that said they play D&D as a Goliath Barbarian based on Roy Kent and that sounds amazing haha.
Finishing up Star Wars: The Bad Batch. Fun little show. After this not sure what Star Wars thing I should watch next since I'm not a big SW fan. I guess maybe it's finally time to start on Mandolorian S2. S1 was kinda zzz with some high points though. Also I only watched the first samurai anime Visions short so I should probably check out the rest.