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Watched the movie, Nightmare Alley. A good film with a fine cast, I found it a tad too long for the story it told.
 
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The world would be a sweeter place if there were more "Mr. Deeds"
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HBOMax’s Search Parter (started on Turner) has no redeemable characters. It is understandable if viewers want them all to die.
 
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A friend told me about it the other day. Not sure if I'm interested at this point. We'll see I guess.
 
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Has anyone watched The Wheel of Time? (Amazon; began last November)

My son-in-law has all 14 (!) books in the series, and I’ve slogged my way through about half of them. They’re as overwhelming in terms of five quintillion+ characters and innumerable plot lines as the GoT books, and frankly, I wouldn’t mind cheating with a TV version, if it were any good.
 
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VolNExile said:
Has anyone watched The Wheel of Time? (Amazon; began last November)

My son-in-law has all 14 (!) books in the series, and I’ve slogged my way through about half of them. They’re as overwhelming in terms of five quintillion+ characters and innumerable plot lines as the GoT books, and frankly, I wouldn’t mind cheating with a TV version, if it were any good.
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I read all 14 books a couple of years ago and I know what you mean. I enjoyed the books.

The TV series was pretty bad if you have read the books. The casting was just awful and they changed the main story line of the main characters from the gitgo. I watched the first season, but may not watch the second if there is one.
 
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Danl said:
I read all 14 books a couple of years ago and I know what you mean. I enjoyed the books.

The TV series was pretty bad if you have read the books. The casting was just awful and they changed the main story line of the main characters from the gitgo. I watched the first season, but may not watch the second if there is one.
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Yeah, that’s what I was afraid of. Ok, preparing to slog on.

— I do like the books, but it’s the same way that I like Thanksgiving dinner. Once is great; day in, day out is pretty exhausting.

I’m oddly haunted by the (book) scene where they’re wandering around after trying to Travel via a Gateway and winding up in a wilderness in which (we would recognize) there are jet contrails in the sky above. Oops, wrong parallel reality
 
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VolNExile said:
Or, prosaically, because everyone, actors, writers, and staff, had signed contracts for the next year and needed to move on. The fans are way more invested in more more more than those in the actual production.
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Considering the pause between book 5 and 6/7, I think you are right. I wonder if his ending will depart greatly from the movie?
 
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I just finished the first episode of The Last Kingdom. That first battle was heartbreaking. Clever strategy for the Danes, the Saxon fell right in.

I'm interested enough to watch the second. Not a fan of Brida yet, but hoping that changes. Hope I don't have to wait long for Sven to get what's coming to him. Lol. Already hate that Martha flocker.

Besides Uhtred, there's no one that I can say is a favorite yet. The ones I woulda picked are already dead. Lol.
 
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Behr said:
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I just finished the first episode of The Last Kingdom. That first battle was heartbreaking. Clever strategy for the Danes, the Saxon fell right in.

I'm interested enough to watch the second. Not a fan of Brida yet, but hoping that changes. Hope I don't have to wait long for Sven to get what's coming to him. Lol. Already hate that Martha flocker.

Besides Uhtred, there's no one that I can say is a favorite yet. The ones I woulda picked are already dead. Lol.
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Uhtred is one of my all time favorite characters.
Give it a chance. Alfred the Great is a complex character in the show too. Hate, Hate, Hate the queen though
 
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