verushka70

Well, maybe I'll check out PoI in reruns or wherever it's streaming. There's been stuff I didn't like much first time around that I gave a second chance and was glad I did, so maybe it's one of those.

GoT I keep meaning to start (well, re-start), but at this point the time commitment is daunting.

I wonder if you and I have problems with authority &/or conformity, lol. "Hype backlash" is exactly the right term to describe that instant "well if everyone's watching it, and every media outlet is covering it, FORGET IT" reaction you and I seem to have to over-hyped stuff.

I found the first Magic Mike movie to have kind of a meandering plot. But besides being a perfect context for and illustration of the drifting-into-shit-and-enjoying-the-ride(a-bit-too-much) characterization of The Kid (as well as briefly showing the temporary and unstable nature of decent paying work for unskilled/non-college educated guys in things like construction), that meandering plot was sort of what I liked about MM: it's probably the least tightly plotted Soderberg flick, like, ever.

(Plus if you squinted, it almost had some class politics subtext, portraying Dallas' entrepreneurial empire-building bullshit ethos as merely the brand new drag for the same old capitalist profiteer agenda of fucking over the other guy and the little guys if it'll make you more $$.)

So a random plot for MM XXL is, rather than off-putting, even more of an enticement. (Plus the eye candy doesn't hurt.) As is the fact that all the guys aren't assholes and the emphasis on female sexuality. Am adding to my list of "to watch, and soon."

Channing Tatum I've never found more than generically attractive in photos, but in MM there was something about his personality or the way he inhabits his body, that made all of his charm weirdly humble and self-deprecating in a way that made his character very likable. Probably that's just the way he played the character, but since it's autobiographical-ish, it does seem like he's not an asshole. I can't recall if I've seen him in anything else, though. Must not have been memorable if I did.

I didn't expect to get sucked into Mr. Robot the way I did -- that caught me off-guard. I can totally see why you stopped watching and wanted to wait until there were more episodes! Because after I finished watching the whole season, I was a little bereft and all "oh, shit, what happens next?!" So I'm looking forward to the upcoming season, too, and the questions (both the almost philosophical as well as practical questions) posed by the climax/end of S1 are pretty intriguing.

One of my co-workers/friends told me I should watch Sense8, too. And it's in my queue... just haven't gotten around to it. Since you mention it as being up my alley, though, I'll be moving it up in the queue...