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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Saturday, February 06, 2021 - 12:35 pm 
Baby Jax mom. It was very good watch the first season first so it makes sense.
Thanks, Fan3. I have it in Hulu. I hate coming in in the middle of a series, so I avoid it at all costs. Always have to start at the beginning!
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Mizinvanccouver
Member
02-21-2003
| Monday, February 08, 2021 - 9:35 am
Anyone watching the Australian tv series " Five Bedrooms"? I watch it in Canada on the Women's Network. If you watched the Australian series "Offspring" it has the actress who played the lead characters sister in it. It is a comedy/drama.
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Rieann
Member
08-26-2006
| Tuesday, February 09, 2021 - 6:24 pm
Miz, I have Five Bedrooms on my watchlist.
The subject of deep fake technology was in a good series on Peacock called The Capture. An inspector investigates the case against a soldier accused of killing his barrister. I’m not sure what streaming service carries it in Canada. It originally aired on BBCOne.
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Uncle_ricky
Member
07-02-2007
| Saturday, February 13, 2021 - 6:22 pm
Mame, thank you for your comment - I'm sorry I didn't respond sooner!
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Sunday, February 14, 2021 - 4:37 pm
I recorded Clarice. Has anyone watched it yet and is it DVR-worthy?
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Pamy
Member
01-01-2002
| Sunday, February 14, 2021 - 6:15 pm
it was ok, kind of slow. I will give it 1 or 2 more eps. I love the cast though
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Monday, February 15, 2021 - 3:19 am
Okay, then I will hold off on watching and wait for your opinion after a couple of more episodes. I value your and others opinions about shows that are worth watching and those that are worth ditching on the DVR.
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Pamy
Member
01-01-2002
| Monday, February 15, 2021 - 8:17 am
Lexie, The Equalizer was great, watch that one 
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Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Monday, February 15, 2021 - 11:02 am
Clarice was okay. It’s getting slammed by critics though. Pretty hard to be the TV sequel to a historic top five category Oscar winner. Rather strangely, it’s also hampered by the fact that for some reason, they can’t or don’t directly reference Hannibal Lecter, though they are referencing all the rest of it. Baffling.
I liked it well enough to watch a second episode.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Monday, February 15, 2021 - 11:45 am
Lexie, my hubby is a huge "Silence of the Lambs" fan. He loved "Clarice." I watched it with him. I thought it was good. Often first episodes seem slow cause they have to introduce all the new characters and we have to get "comfortable" with them. I thought it was a good start.
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Rieann
Member
08-26-2006
| Monday, February 15, 2021 - 2:21 pm
Rather strangely, it’s also hampered by the fact that for some reason, they can’t or don’t directly reference Hannibal Lecter, though they are referencing all the rest of it. Baffling.
It is probably a legal issue. I remember the series Hannibal have trouble securing the rights to tell the Silence of the Lambs story on their show. This show seems to be able to reference the story but cannot say the name Hannibal Lecter. Nutty. This is just my guess.
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Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Monday, February 15, 2021 - 2:50 pm
Probably.
I’ll add that the misogyny displayed by the FBI agents makes this almost intolerably frustrating to watch.
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Monday, February 15, 2021 - 6:08 pm
This is the Random Discussions thread so I thought I could put this here.
A couple of days ago I was watching something on TV ("Ridiculousness" maybe?) and they started talking about phobias, so I started asking Alexa what various fears were called, from the fear of the sky to the fear of cats to the fear of Jupiter, and finally to the fear of toilet paper.
Anyhow, when I asked "What do you call the fear of toilet paper?" I got an answer that cracked me up! Alexa made a joke, but I think it wasn't intentional. Alexa looked it up on the web and told me what she found. I think some human made a joke that went over Alex's head and she(it) passed it along as if it were honest-to-god truth.
You need to use these exact words when you try it...
"Alexa, What do you call the fear of toilet paper?"
Here is what I got as an answer. I put it in a spoiler box because it's funnier when Alexa gives this answer than when I do.....so ask your Alexa before you read the answer!
Spoiler
Click below to view spoiler | Question: Alexa, What do you call the fear of toilet paper?
Answer from naive (she/it-will-believe-anything) Alexa: It's the classic fear of missing out, only it's toilet paper. |
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Pamy
Member
01-01-2002
| Monday, February 15, 2021 - 6:19 pm
LMAO!
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Monday, February 15, 2021 - 6:52 pm
Pamy, did you ask Alexa first or just read my spoiler box?
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Pamy
Member
01-01-2002
| Monday, February 15, 2021 - 8:36 pm
just read your box but I read it in Alexa's voice LOL
( I dont have Alexa, I have a Hey Google)
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Mizinvanccouver
Member
02-21-2003
| Tuesday, February 16, 2021 - 7:09 am
Couldn't see a Disney+ thread so posting here. My daughter and I just started watching "Wanda Vision" on Disney+. At the moment there are 6 episodes, 26 minutes each. We quickly watched the first 4 last night. It is a bit confusing at the beginning but by episode 3 you have a better understanding of what is happening.}
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, February 16, 2021 - 9:06 am
My son follows the Marvel universe stuff so he has been giving me some knowledge as the show goes along. I really like it.
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Sadiesmom
Member
03-13-2002
| Tuesday, February 16, 2021 - 6:08 pm
I belonged to a weekly game group for a year. On game was to name a fear, we all had to define it and then guess if any one was right.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Friday, February 19, 2021 - 5:50 pm
This Sunday night on HBO starts a 4 part docu-series call Allen v. Farrow.
https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/allen-v-farrow
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Saturday, February 20, 2021 - 12:22 pm
I just added that one to our list, Naja!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, February 20, 2021 - 7:34 pm
Anyone looking at Debris on NBC, starting March 1?
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Saturday, February 20, 2021 - 8:27 pm
Miz and Mamie, DH and I just binged on the first 5 eps of WandaVision and yes, it gets good and starts to make sense by the 3rd ep. Hooked now.
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Monday, February 22, 2021 - 1:15 pm
I didn’t really care for the pilot of Resident Alien but the next three episodes improved. Don’t think the occasional vulgarities & grossness add to the show, however “realistic” they may be.
It’s a bit like Northern Exposure crossed with 3rd Rock from the Sun with some Mork-style narration, but the alien is much more dangerous and his mission is much darker. Just not sure any darker & more dangerous than some humans can be.
The tone veers from horrifying to hilarious to haunting, sometimes within moments.
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Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Monday, February 22, 2021 - 3:22 pm
I haven't quite caught up (still have one episode to see from last week) but so far I'm enjoying it. It's a quirky mix of drama, humor, macabre humor with a bit of horror thrown in. A real fish out of water thing.
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