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If you read the interview in the OP, the showrunner says that the mystery elements are going to trickle out slowly and that he has a six season (?!) story arc in mind for the show. As i've said elsewhere on the forum, it's as if he wants a mash up of The X-Files, This Is Us and CSI, but the show needs more X-Files and less of the rest. Well I can certainly say that This Is Us is a much better version of that concept than Manifest is. This Is Us manages to get a tear out of me pretty much every episode. I haven't felt emotionally affected by Manifest even once, I don't think. Awesome! Well Halloween is fast approaching, so definitely watch it sooner than later! I will be interested in hearing your thoughts. If you enjoy family movies, then you should definitely check out the film. It's a lot of fun. As for the special, in my opinion, the whole thing was just weird. Like I said earlier, the tone felt off and there was also just a lot of shit that I couldn't care less about, like various musical acts that performed. There were a lot of people in the crowd though, and everyone seemed to be having fun, so it's whatever I guess. Unfaithful? Wow. That was quite a while back. Just looking at his filmography, since Unfaithful's release, I can see that I also watched Chicago, Brooklyn's Finest, Hachi, and the somewhat underrated Amelia. Of his more recent films, it looks like Norman and possibly Arbitrage are worth a look, so I think I'll check those out. As you say, he doesn't seem too broken up about being ousted from mainstream Hollywood, so that's good. It really is a shame how political Hollywood is, and how they are only willing to accept a narrow range of thinking. Just yesterday, a friend of mine sent me an e-mail recommending the show, though his praise amounted to: "This is a cop show, on network TV, and it managed not to completely suck ass." I think they should use that quote in their marketing campaign. Yeah, exactly, the whole tone and feel of the thing was, as you say, off putting. It just didn't feel right. A documentary would've been cool. I do like the idea of there being some live element as well, but not what they gave us. The funny thing is that, while I can't point to any single thing that wasn't especially non-family friendly, there was something about it that didn't FEEL family friendly. I dunno. It was dumb and seems like a wasted opportunity to give fans something memorable. Interesting article, thanks. I guess I'll need to check out some of these more recent indie films he's done. Sounds like some of them may be worth the time. I think the last movie I saw with him was 2009's Hachi: A Dog's Tale, which was a sweet and touching little movie. Yeah, I didn't like it. I'm not sure exactly what I was expecting, but I know I didn't expect what they gave us. It just wasn't fun. I was actually a little bit surprised that it was aimed at older fans who grew up with it instead of younger folk who are within the original target age range, but I guess it makes sense since it an anniversary celebration. I didn't think that was good or bad but it did surprise me. This is not exactly what I thought it would be. I think it's just a situation where you have to acknowledge that you have branching continuities. I guess ultimately you end up with something like four different groups of related movies. I would need to rewatch them all to do this--Rocky II in particular is very hazy in my mind--but I agree that Rocky IV is #1. So awesome! If you are an Amazon Prime member, there's a 50-minute documentary on there called Rocky IV: The American Punch that you should check out. Other than that, I think you have Rocky way too low. I would probably have it in the second or third spot. In that interview that was just posted in another thread, the showrunner says: "I’m sure there will inevitably be elements that the viewers watch and are waiting for something to come of it, and then, after a time, you’ll say, 'Wait a minute, why didn’t that pay off, in some way?' The audience may latch onto something that they thought was significant, but that the writers did not intend to make significant." That does make me wonder if the shadow person is one of those elements. If so, that's dumb. In a way I feel like this show is not sure what it wants to be. It's like a mash-up of The X-Files, This Is Us and NCIS, with none of it done especially well. As I've said before, I think the show is best when it focuses on the central mystery, but it doesn't do that nearly enough. Hmm, I can't say that occurred to me but you could be right. It's obviously been up in the air as to whether or not Ben and his wife's relationship will survive. Sometimes I think it will, at others it seems doomed. Very often it feels like they're trying to force it when neither is really feeling it anymore. Thanks for posting. Good find. This concerns me: "Every episode will be a pretty even balance between relationship drama moving the ball forward in the key relationships that we’re tracking in the episode, and pushing along mythology while also carrying a close-ended procedural story of the week." So it sounds like the narrative pattern that we've seen so far will continue. That is not encouraging to me. Instead of trying to drag this thing out for six seasons and padding it with a lot of relationship drama and procedural elements I really think they should've gone for a single closed-ended season with most of the focus on the mystery. It's hard for me to imagine that this show will still be on the air six years from now but I guess we'll see what happens. I found the S2 premiere to be extremely slow and it felt like it lacked direction. Just a real slog. In fact, it took me three tries to get through it. I have a couple of friends who have finished the season and they both said it doesn't get better and that it feels like the writers rushed to get S2 out without having a good story. I may still go back to it eventually and finish it up, though. I've seen Stranger Things, yeah. Great show. I started Daredevil back when it first premiered and didn't really get into it. I think I get enough superheroes from movies. Watching superhero TV shows is just not something I'm interested in. I'll check out Dark. You never saw him move anything but the expected parts. I thought Neil was likable, just introverted. And his wife seemed like a good woman. A rock for the family. A character need not be a fun-loving jokester to be likable. Ha, well, I do have Netflix but I haven't been loving everything they've been putting out lately. I'm still wrapping up S2 of The Crown, which is a great show, but not the kind of show that I can sit and binge. I'm also trying to get through S5 of House of Cards to prepare for the new season, but that is proving to be a grind. I loved the first season of Ozark but the S2 premiere REALLY disappointed me and I haven't been able to bring myself to go on to the second episode. If you have any recommendations I'd be interested in hearing them.