Funnily enough, I could never get into Donnie Darko… Not all kinds of “strange” work for me. The OA was different, I sensed really strong David Lynch vibes but after watching both seasons, I’d say that the main difference is that you need to watch, for example, Twin Peaks with an open mind, while The OA needs to be watched with an open heart - if that makes any sense!
I’ve always paid more attention to art that deals with individuals, rather than society, that’s why it worked for me, especially the second season. The emotion of it, the fates of main characters, rather than the puzzle that my mind believes has to be solved and have the story completed. I honestly wasn’t looking for that sort of pay-off, I just wanted that whatever happens next happens with proper emotional depth. It did it for me, though there are some rather weird storytelling choices in the second season.
Past the halfway mark of Reacher S2 as they get a step closer to finding out whether their old pal was in on any of this shenanigans…
Preferred it when the dude worked alone, this one has too much of a “let’s get together round a table for a group chat” (whilst talking as fast as humanly possible) feel to it.
It rather depends on whether the show was intended to be binge watched or not. Masters of the Air works weekly because they are largely self contained episodes. Enjoying Shogun so far as well.
I watched that with one of our kids and they had no idea what the white noise after closedown on on the TV screen was. They actually don’t remember analogue TV.
Luxury! We had to fiddle with the twiddly tuning dial whilst your sibling held the ariel in a particular angle at the window. When you got back to the sofa you discovered that the channel was in bloody Welsh!
That is when it is totally ok the throw the tv out of the window. And back then they wete so heavy it no doubt would take 2 people to puck the bastard thing up
For a few years my screen would slowly climb up until the top of the TV program entered the bottom of the screen and it would scroll up constantly. Ah, good times.
My Uncle used to be a tv repair man…which was convenient…he used to take the back off the tv, check all the valves and replace the odd one…the good old days eh!!!
