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Finished watching The Perfect Couple on…

Rustypuppy — Sun, 16 Feb 2025 02:11:59 GMT

Finished watching The Perfect Couple on Netflix yesterday. Meh. The murder reveal at the end made sense, but the little bit “after 6 months” was a very weird catchup interaction between two characters.

Since it was based on a book, I thought that last scene maybe made more sense if you’d read the original source … except maybe not, as the murderer in the limited TV series is different than in the book ?!

Today, I finally figured out why The Perfect Couple felt familiar in a way …. it’s like the 2.5 star version of the 5 star Knives Out (common girl amongst rich eccentric family).

So, IMHO, watch Knives Out instead of The Perfect Couple - you’ll save 4 hours and get a much better story and more interesting characters.

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Binge finished the Korean drama “Doom…

Rustypuppy — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:02:04 GMT

Binge finished the Korean drama “Doom at Your Service” on Netflix.

Premise is a woman who has 3 months to live due to brain cancer makes a contract with Doom (Death/Destruction/bad stuff that happens to humans). She finds out, after the fact, that there’s a severe consequence if she breaks the contract early - the person she loves the most will die…. so in order to save the world and herself, she tries to fall in love with Doom.

The variations of how they both try to manipulate and deal with the terms of the contract is the bulk of the show. Some light comedy, much more drama and feelz, so have the Kleenex box nearby for the last few eps.

There’s also a substory of the woman’s best friend figuring out her own love triangle.

The characters are interesting and Doom’s house is amazing in a seriously singular-vision interior designer way. Some of the extreme traits for the side male characters gets annoying to me, but I’ll assume it’s for comedic effect for the intended Korean audience.

The pacing felt weird at times, but there are enough moments that mattered for me to keep watching. I also really wanted to find out who the friend chose in the love triangle (it’s was a guy I liked - yay!).

#doomatyourservice #korean #kdrama #TV #TVstr #netflix #rustypuppyTV

Endgame (2011) is a rewatch for…

Rustypuppy — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 16:19:50 GMT

Endgame (2011) is a rewatch for me, new to Mom. A good show if you like Leverage or solving mysteries that don’t need a dead body in every episode.

Premise is a Russian chess master can’t leave his hotel due to the trauma of seeing his fiancée killed in a drive-by shooting in front of the hotel. Shawn Doyle plays the lead (loved him in The Expanse and Star Trek: Discover). The A story is the case that is solved in each ep; B story is the investigation of why his fiancée was killed.

There’s one season of 13 episodes, though if you don’t want to see a cliffhanger that is never resolved because the show didn’t get a second season, don’t watch the last ep.

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Watched the Kevin Hart movie LIFT…

Rustypuppy — Fri, 19 Jan 2024 00:03:58 GMT

Watched the Kevin Hart movie LIFT on Netflix. I like heist movies and this one was a lot of fun with some cool spins on the Why of the first heist. Also wonderful to see Vincent D’Onofrio, as I’d only known him as Kingpin in the Marvel TV shows.

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#31days - 60 minutes of walking to…

Rustypuppy — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 23:00:26 GMT

#31days - 60 minutes of walking to selected songs from Song of the Bandits, a Korean historical drama on Netflix.

#justdoit #proofofwalk #stayhealthy #korean #tunestr #netflix

Wanted something quick to watch during…

Rustypuppy — Sun, 10 Dec 2023 00:28:51 GMT

Wanted something quick to watch during lunch, so I tried the first ep of Blue Eye Samurai on Netflix, assuming I wouldn’t watch any further because the teaser didn’t do much for me and it had labels of gore/sex/violence which I don’t like in excess. It’s English voice actors because it’s not an anime.

One hour later, it was like waking up, back in my living room.

1. It’s a very painterly animation style - freeze any frame and it’s gorgeous. No defining lines, other than faces, so the differentiation of things is done with color and value (light/dark).

2. It’s smart - the samurai’s upbringing feeds into how phenomenally good he is with a blade, compared to “he’s the hero therefore he’s a badass.”

3. Each ep is an hour, not half an hour, so you have time to get immersed.

4. Yes, gore/sex/violence but not in excess or gratuitously, as those scenes do inform characters and/or plot.

5. The final battle of the first ep is stunning.

6. Ignore the teasers and watch the trailer if you want a glimpse of what’s going on. If nothing about the trailer completely repels you, give the first ep a try.

So yeah, going to binge my way through that show. :D

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Watched the Chronicles of Narnia movies…

Rustypuppy — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 01:29:16 GMT

Watched the Chronicles of Narnia movies yesterday. The CG and special effects hold up wonderfully. I’d forgotten Lion, Witch, & the Wardrobe can be a Christmas movie, and how creepy the sea serpent was at the end of Voyage of the Dawn Treader.

While looking for images, I found an article that Netflix is likely creating their own movies/series of Narnia … which could be really interesting because they have the rights to all of the books, so lots of choices as to which stories, and in what order, they decide to tell them.

#narnia #disney #filmstr #movies #netflix

Had a huge headache so binged…

Rustypuppy — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 07:53:27 GMT

Had a huge headache so binged that last 5 sps of Song of the Bandits on Netflix. Really, really enjoyed it. They let the audience in on more information about some of the characters than what they know of each other, so when they come together …. yeah, anticipation and stress.

Five of the songs (in English) are available, but I can’t find the background music anywhere. It’s so beautiful.

And, while I’ve never been interested in drawing people, some of the scenes in those last eps, I really want to create character portraits.

It has an ending of the main plot line, and wraps up most things while starting a few others. The articles I found said Netflix hasn’t decided if there will be a second season, while some thought the “rest” might be coming later, as this show was only 9 eps and similar Korean shows are 12-16 eps.

Here’s the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd9Pc-XlW7Q

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Time for more Song of the…

Rustypuppy — Sat, 02 Dec 2023 05:34:03 GMT

Time for more Song of the Bandits eps!

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Finished watching the Korean romcom “King…

Rustypuppy — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 05:35:44 GMT

Finished watching the Korean romcom “King the Land” - enjoyed it a lot. Liked one of the songs enough to buy it on iTunes. You can listen to it on YouTube here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n1p_M3sv_mk

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