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Slow Horses (2022)
Too much violence ruined a great start.
The TV show is cursed by a need to use violence to deliver excitement and drama.
Slow Horses has characters which are unmet in entertainment delivery opportunity since Barney Miller. The characters are special. Or they were.
Slow Horses is like.... Barney Miller on steroids without enough ammunition to deliver a high enough body count to score better viewer ratings.
It's too bad. Slow Horses has certainly inspired me to "not" read the book. I have to assume the book is violence oriented.
Oh well. The whole sorting garbage start added enough of an element of momentary realism to trap me. Then I had to wonder if I was watching Band of Brothers or a really warped version of Get Smart.
It's too bad Slow Horses devolves from a higher plane of writing into shoot outs. Have we lost our ability as an audience to process drama in the details?
There is just too much violence in entertainment now. Slow Horses best saving grace is it's characters. The characters details are too often over shadowed by the violence. That's a loss. But the show still has it's characters. It's just hard to keep attention focused upon to the details that inspire us to feel attached to these.... people. Thanks to the acting and the subtle character development; the show is still entertaining even with the over use of violence.
I'll watch the show up until it ends or it becomes unwatchable.
Someone will write, then produce, a better version of this television show and it will be much more fun without too much violence.
Mil Colmillos (2021)
This will get in your head. Then it will stay there.
This television series gets complicated at a pace that isn't predictable. It's subtle enough while using a few shock moments. There are points in more than one episode where you might have to pause the video and watch it several times. The series starts off like an action adventure dystopian show then it evolves into an Edgar Allen Poe visual novel where you're yearning to see an H. P. Lovecraft twist for icing and closure. Well... the viewer isn't getting to turn off the TV that easily. The mystery element always remains. This is one of those great TV shows that gets into your head.. and it stays there. I'm hoping for a season 2 now. Or at lease a movie trilogy to wrap up several elements and story lines that can be spun off from it.. The cast is good enough; better than expected. The music works. The visuals are not overly used. When they are used the viewer is left with a conundrum regarding their use. It's worth talking about. It's one of those shows you can talk about with friends. I believe the producers and directors intended it to be complicated. This is a great watch for people who are highly imaginative and creative thinkers.
This Giant Beast That is the Global Economy (2019)
Be entertained while being educated!
This is great entertainment and it is informative.
This isn't as serious as a Noam Chomsky lecture. The show might not leave you feeling angry at the system. You can enjoy it from any point on the political spectrum. You can sit down and watch it with older children, spouses, and friends, to find common denominators for conversations.
The show really is very entertaining and informative. I hope there is second season.
Try it out.