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🔗 Buffy the Vampire Slayer

https://imdb.com/title/tt0118276

April 8, 2021

I did not watch this as it came out- I was a little young when it started and busy with my life by the time I was a teen. I started watching Buffy from the beginning 8 years ago when it was on Netflix, but then it was moved off and we watched it on Facebook Watch and then to Hulu, which we just recently got. A lot has happened in those 8 years and the whole last season was colored by Charisma Carpenter's startements of how terrible Whedon is. Veronica Mars. We watched Angel concurrently with Buffy so that we could watch where the crossovers happen. I absolutely believe Carpenter and I wish there was something I could enjoy without knowing that slimy people were behind it. I wish Gellar had more gumption about making statements like Carpenter does, but I also understand if she wants a break from that mess. It's easy to get typecast. As with everyone else, "Once More With Feeling," was a lot of fun. I think if you want to watch a show that takes place in SoCal with a blonde, early college-aged woman tackling issues like sexual assault in the early 2000s, you'll do better to watch

🔗 Murder Among the Mormons

https://imdb.com/title/tt13987620

March 8, 2021

Having been Mormon and interested in Mormon history, the Hoffman forgeries and bombings were not unknown to me and I new the basic story. This fleshes out what I knew, but leaves out some key aspects: that one of the keys aspects of putting Hoffman on the suspect list was the differing story he told about how he was blown up in the car vs. the story that forensics found (that he wasn't fully sitting in the car, otherwise how would he have been blown across the street). It doesn't go into why we was there messing with the bomb in his car, either.

But very importantly, it completely skips the women involved, particularly Kathy Sheets. Because she wasn't a targeted victim, the documentary doesn't go into her story or the people she left behind. Leave it to men- tangentially-related-to-Mormonism to leave women out of their documentary. I'd also be interested in what has happened to Hoffman's wife in the years since. They interviewed her, but mostly on the past. She's still around so maybe that was left out for privacy reasons.

🔗 The Americans

https://imdb.com/title/tt2149175

February 4, 2021

We started watching this years ago and have been watching through the DVDs we get from Netflix. We have finally finished! I really came to love the characters and story. Definitely not a story that could have been told much earlier than when it came out- it would not have worked so close to the Cold War, but it's so good. I love Russell's and Rhys' performances and the dedication to the era and setting.

Regarding the ending, I think everyone ended up doing what I expected, except for Paige. I didn't mind her ditching her parents on the train; Russia wasn't home for her, but you don't go back to the scene of the crime, especially since she had done some espionage herself. The more thought-out action would be to take the new identity she was given and go some place else for 5 years and work or go to school, and then contact her brother when it was "safer." But back to the house right away? No.

Definitely not a show for the squeamish. But the story and arc are very good if you put the time in. Recommended.

2020

🔗 BoJack Horseman

https://imdb.com/title/tt3398228

September 21, 2020

I didn't start this show until this year, which was probably a failing. It's really good and they push the boundaries of animation, have great visual gags, and lots of alliteration and puns. It is both a serious look at depression and addiction, as well as witty and humorous. There are whole episodes that are just an attempt to try something new and I think it's great that Netflix allowed the creators so much freedom. Good character develoment and growth, too.

🔗 Hollywood

https://imdb.com/title/tt9827854

September 15, 2020

I watched this at the recommendation of a friend from high shcool. I started watching it when my husband was out of town and when I finished the first episode, I knew I'd have to stop because he would want to watch it with me. I even woke up the next day after watching the first episode thinking, "I really want to keep watching. Do I really have to wait?" I did wait and I really liked it. The ending was a little too shiny, but the last episode IS called "A Hollywood Ending" so it fulfilled the expectations.

🔗 Atelier

https://imdb.com/title/tt4790548

August 10, 2020

The American title of this show is "Atelier" but the Japanese title is "Underwear". It's a very sweet dramedy series that I watched while donating platelets for the past few months. One season long, it is a complete story of itself. I enjoyed the acting and also the politeness but also frank honesty of the Japanese people they captured here. I found that a lot happened each 50 minute episode- I would often forget what had happened at the beginning of the episode until it was referenced back and would think, "Was that this episode? It seems so long ago!"

 

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