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I saw it as a kid, then again with my own kid in my late 30s.

I hated it, but I loved it. I finally knew the origin of images that had haunted me for decades. Harvey Korman pouring a beer into the top of his head, a torn apart bantha doll, weird wookiees, animated Boba Fett.
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 1:59 PM on November 17, 2022

The rifle starts the movie. The rifle ends the movie.
The rifle is a character and it finally speaks.
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 1:51 PM on November 17, 2022

The problem, for me, with the wife-character is that she is the first person who knew the man he killed. She should react more forcefully to his vastly different personality.
No concern or querying about a medical or psychological event.
I found that weird.
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 11:09 AM on March 11, 2021

Me too, Ber.
I find myself giggling way more than I thought I would.
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 10:09 AM on March 4, 2021

I watched this when it came out.
A year later I took a new job and ended up in Salt Lake City on a business trip.
I was dealing with a committee of teachers from around the state. I was previously a teacher and not entirely comfortable with a corporate education job.
On the first day we went to the room where lunch was being served. Lunch was a spaghetti casserole, tater tots, and salad.
I sat at a table full of people I did not know and under my… [more]
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 8:38 AM on March 1, 2021

Well, after reading your compelling description, I have to watch this!
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 7:20 AM on February 25, 2021

I started watching this without having been told anything about it and am enjoying it.
It has shown me that standards of beauty and their variations around the world are just indecipherable to me.
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 12:32 PM on December 8, 2020

"I'm thinking the thing he recorded was not just his own death but possibly also that Filip is with Marco - since he knows Drummer is close to Naomi."

He also recorded the reveal that the target of the gravity bombs wasn't the Belt. Learning that would lead one to see that the use of Martian military technology is likely to be used against Earth (or less likely, Mars).
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 8:06 AM on December 19, 2019

I screamed through Season 1.
Now that I am on Season 2, I am still enjoying it, but it has taken me a month to get to the beginning of the sixth episode. I put it on, watch maybe 5 minutes, and fall asleep.
The next night I go back and it's the thing I want to watch, find where I fell asleep, turn it on, fall asleep within five minutes. It's weird.
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 8:19 AM on November 25, 2019

I am one to usually turn my nose up at musical episodes, but this one was awesome.
Goofy and pointless at times, yes. But so good.
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 6:48 PM on March 29, 2019

Well they showed me "Beyond the Aquila Rift" first and I haven't given enough of a shit to watch the rest of them.
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 8:43 AM on March 21, 2019

Did anyone notice that Isaac's eyes changed from stark blue circles to something with depth, like cones? Or was I just hallucinating?
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 7:03 PM on March 4, 2019

What was the deal with pneumatic tube and the roach? I have no idea what Alice's plan was.
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 9:08 PM on February 8, 2019

That makes sense. Thanks!
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 7:13 PM on February 9, 2019

I watched it this weekend because of this post.
It was definitely worth it.
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 7:00 AM on February 4, 2019

My wife is not a fan but watches it with me and the kid.
She laughed a few times at this one.
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 9:30 PM on November 24, 2018

The positive nature of this show is a breath of fresh air in this world.
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 7:55 PM on September 11, 2018

I loved this movie and I am tired of zombies.
That says a lot.

Also, this movie does more to show a governments response to a strange outbreak than every other movie's deserted military positions and whatnot. The wrist timers and spring loaded spikes . . . gah.
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 1:49 PM on June 15, 2018

"And to think that we’re not even halfway through the season!"

This felt so much like a season ender, to me.
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 8:08 AM on May 18, 2018

I have made timpano quite a few times.
It is definitely an event kind of dish. I made it once before a buddy was shipped off to Iraq.
It isn't difficult to make (even the crust, don't be put off by that step). It's just a dish that requires a bunch of prep steps (cook the pasta, make the sauce, cook and slice the eggs, slice the meats and cheeses, make the crust, assemble all of the ingredients with an eye to presentation of the slice, bake it in time to have it hot but… [more]
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 2:56 PM on May 11, 2018

Because I want you to make it, I dug up the recipe.
(I also want to make it now. Shhhhhh.)

Timpano Alla Big Night
From "Cucina & Famiglia" (William Morrow)
By Joan Tropiano Tucci and Gianni Scappin
16 servings

For the dough:
4 cups all-purpose flour
4 large eggs
1 teaspoon kosher salt
3 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 cup… [more]
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 3:36 PM on May 11, 2018

This episode made me feel like they are writing the same story again, for the however-many-th time. That the characters never learn or grow from their previous experiences.
I hope they prove me wrong.
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 6:44 AM on May 3, 2018

Why would a zombie in a place where brains are money leave an incriminating brain in the head of a dead person?
I get wanting to prove they were not a zombie, but the video . . .
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 11:46 AM on May 2, 2018

Also, did they actually say that Peyton was now the mayor? Because I missed that big time.
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 11:47 AM on May 2, 2018

Of course that happened . . .
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 8:27 AM on April 18, 2018

I am liking the flashback element of this.
I had a half-formed idea idea last night that this was a method made to keep the method of reveal fresh for a third season. Totally gonna have to through that one.
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 1:37 PM on March 26, 2018

Ken calling Dirk "Svlad" was funny.
Makes me think the Svlad Cjelli thing will come up later.
There is a later, right?
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 10:03 AM on December 18, 2017

I think Eleanor just convinced Michael that he shouldn't continue trying to be good.
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 10:28 PM on November 4, 2017

We call them portables where I am. I've worked in one before and it really has nothing in common with a boat in a junkyard.

My buddy taught in a portable and I taught in a classroom in the main building.
My classroom was much more akin to a boat in a junkyard than my friend's portable was!
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 7:46 AM on November 6, 2017

White chocolate shrimp.
I lost it.
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 7:56 PM on October 19, 2017

Am I weird for wanting to watch Kristen Bell burp on her cast mates over and over and over?
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 8:28 AM on October 24, 2017

My thought on the head-shot proof Zombies was "Where the fuck is Roberta's machete?"
In real life separating a head from a body is hard, but in zomb-pocal-utopia it's a breeze.
Once the head and the body are separate, what happens to the body? No sensory input and no mouth to bite, so who cares if it keeps running around.
Any more five minutes segments of shooting a single zombie and I might start sleeping through the show.
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 8:33 AM on October 16, 2017

I feel like I do today.
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 9:31 AM on October 19, 2017

Holy crap. I forgot there was a Citizen Z.
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 8:38 AM on October 11, 2017

And Rollins dishing out hugs with a rationale behind it might have been one of the funniest parts of an already funny show.
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 12:26 PM on October 9, 2017

I watched it, but I really am not sure if I enjoyed it.
There were cringe-worthy moments and there were moments where it was like I was watching a ST show. I ain't ponying up for the real ST show, so I imagine I will give this a little time to prove itself.

Totally agree, amtho.
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 12:32 PM on October 6, 2017

Thanks for posting!
My dvr didn't record this so I had to hunt down the first three episodes.
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 11:24 AM on April 7, 2017

My takeaway is that Tig Notaro must be one of the bravest person I have ever seen.
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 10:22 AM on January 23, 2017

Yeah, my 9 year old said "He's coming back." when Fenn flew away.
Totally predictable.
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 1:17 PM on November 10, 2016

I just finished it. So pessimistic and anti-humanistic.
Blah.
I'll take Z Nation any day over . . . that.
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 9:17 PM on October 23, 2016

I've been reading this for months. I need more reading time and a son that doesn't insist I read his current favorite NOW. (Though I wouldn't trade that last for anything.) I agree, felt totally different than the first book.
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 1:37 PM on August 20, 2016

I think Tom Hollander's character, Corcoran, is the most compelling.
His menacing, laconic delivery is just great.
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 7:08 AM on May 3, 2016

I was left unclear as to what the Flotilla is and how Mexico is planning on keeping people out of the country by protecting thousands of miles of shoreline during a zombie apocalypse.
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 7:19 AM on May 2, 2016

This was much better than I thought it would be.
Not fast paced and not flashy. Yet, at least.

I like how they wrote the story into modern Egyptian history.
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 1:10 PM on April 28, 2016

Hmmmm . . . where could they find a big battery for a cobbled together electro magnet?
Maybe in their big electric car . . .

And when Monty's mom's gambit failed Allie didn't have backup hiding in the woods?
That seemed a bit short sighted for a genius AI.

And if you really want to get at people in this world where everybody seems to be killing people all of the time, you mention what bastards they are for killing so many… [more]
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 12:16 PM on April 18, 2016

My impression with Monty was that he did shoot his mom in the arm to stop her from hurting Octavia, but she was pod-peopled and it didn't stop her so he had to put her down.

What I found weird was that he later got upset that he killed her because now they might know how to remove the chips. But he was at the drop ship so they could acquire the means to do just that. But as of the end of the show, they don't have a tried, repeatable method which makes his lashing out seem odd to me.
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 12:35 PM on April 18, 2016

I missed this show when it was on and didn't see it until I stumbled across it on Netflix a few years back. I have no idea why I watched it. Did I just need noise in the background while working late? Do I just like Donal Logue that much? I have no idea. But it's been on my queue ever since and I refuse to take it off.
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 11:46 AM on April 13, 2016

I have a New Mexican friend with a Mexican wife. The live near Bernalillo and the Pueblos up there. I agree that BCS doesn't do a great job reflecting the diversity of the state, but from the stories I hear, you could make a whole other show about the tensions and relations between Mexicans, Hispanic New Mexicans, and Native American New Mexicans without ever once mentioning an Anglo New Mexican (or worse, a Texan).
I'd watch that show.
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 9:03 AM on April 7, 2016

In my house, we have a former lawyer and a former teacher. There is a hardly a show on television to watch that doesn't engender rolled eyes and critiques of the verisimilitude of the career representation. I think we might just need to bring in a cop in order to never be able to watch a TV show again. My wife rolled her a eyes a good bit at this last episode.
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 12:45 PM on April 7, 2016

2ht, I don't think calling those novels "dreadfully written" actually captures the full extent of just how dreadfully written they were. It would take someone with a weapons-grade thesaurus to accurately describe those books. Just thinking about their existence has caused the onset of a malaise that shall not leave me for weeks.
I received two of them with a bottle of whiskey from my wife and son for a birthday. Whiskey usually makes me happy.Not this time.
posted to FanFare by Seamus at 9:15 AM on April 4, 2016