What does the Screen Actors Guild have to do* with a director credit, lol.

You mean DGA?

The reason I didn't give it much of a chance is because these Netflix crime/thiller shows have fooled me enough with their bad writing. I've lost patience. It's got nothing to do with being "grounded in reality."

I loved The Accountant btw.

I stopped watching 5 minutes in. No cops back him up when he chases after the suspect? When it does something that dumb that quickly, there's no point in continuing.

Maybe. Need to see if they stick the landing.

I signed up for Showtime last week just for season 2, and will cancel as soon as it's over. There's probably a lot of people doing that.

Season 1 was shot during the height of Covid restrictions. That, plus budgetary issues, I think led them to doing a LOST trick where they just focused on the principal cast, and occasionally had background extras moping around.

I remember there were scenes where it was supposed to be the entire group, and you only saw principals with no background actors at all. That was definitely a Covid thing.

Get an antenna. Over the air TV is still a thing.

There are also free ad-supported streaming services like Tubi and freevee.

Daisy Jones & The Six

ETA: I picked up the book 2 weeks ago after watching the first 3 episodes. I finished it last night. TBH I don't know if the book was all that great. It's good beach read I guess. I'm more in love with show.

Yeah, seems it's poorly reviewed. That being said, the volume of discourse in this sub seems out of whack. It's the show the sub loves to hate.

I definitely prefer a forced diet of one episode per week, as it's easier to manage the pressure of staying caught up. When it's a season dump of a super popular show, you have to hurry up and finish it in a weekend or else you could be spoiled by dipshits on the internet.

Season 6 finale would be a good place to stop, and just imagine your own resolution from there, if that's what you wanted. I don't believe in slogging though if you're beginning to hate it.

Most streaming platforms are in the red. It's an unworkable model in its current form*.

>The game took place in 2013 then it jumps 20 years in the future.

The game was released in 2013, yeah? There's nothing special about that year otherwise. So the outbreak started in present day, and the main story takes place in an alternate future.

With the show, they decided to set the main story in an alternate present. So they just subtracted 20 years from 2023.

Had they set the outbreak in 2023, then it might invite unintended logic questions related to the world's prior pandemic experience (Covid). Best to avoid of all of that and do the opposite of what the game did.

Yellowjackets had one of the best pilots in years. If that first episode wasn't enough to hook you, then probably don't bother with the rest.

Sitcom and "necessary viewing" are like oil and water. Just starting watching the 90's show, I'm sure you'll be fine.

For years, people would credit Lost to JJ Abrams, despite him stepping away almost completely after the pilot.

I've heard of it. Never played it. Never will. Not a gamer.

But I'm excited for the show, as I'm a fan of Pascal and Craig Mazin.

It should be called a Boxing day special. So inaccurate!

I was super into this show for the first 3-4 seasons, but I fell off.

Those shows didn't popularize director rotation. It's how TV has been made for decades.

>I'm genuinely surprised that there isn't more dysfunction and disconnect in the quality and cinematography

A director stepping in is expected to stick to the formula, the look and feel of the show that's already been established. That's why a TV director traditionally has less creative authority.

I watched the first episode or two and it was so cliche it felt like that Kristen Bell thriller, except it wasn't a satire.

That's unnecessarily harsh. Producing for only one platform (HBO Max) limits revenue potential. Zaslav acknowleged that not long ago, and stated intentions to license more of their content to other platforms.

The boarding school setting is just derivative in general.

> It's why the board voted Chapek as CEO instead of the person Iger groomed.

I mean all these articles are saying Iger picked Chapek...

What western came out a week ago? Or did you just misunderstand the comment.