review

I’d heard good things about the mini-series, All the Light We Cannot See, that went up on Netflix a while ago. I read the book back in 2016, which I enjoyed (gave it an 8/10), though honestly I couldn’t remember much of it other than that it was set in World War II. After watching it, my memories of the book didn’t exactly come flooding back, so I can’t evaluate it as a good or bad adaptation, though I can say I only gave it a 7.5/10, so that would seem to imply I thought the book was better. (Also,

I realized yesterday that I really dropped the ball with my year in review post, because I left off one of the most original, fun TV shows that we watched: One Piece. If you haven’t heard about it, it’s a live action adaptation of the anime series of the same name. Typically when those adaptations have been done, they’ve changed themselves to fit the norms of whatever the new media is. In other words, anime has some zany characters and costumes and general design. Live action shows will tone those down to make the show feel more realistic. One Piece

I had heard great things about The Bear (streaming on Hulu) for a good long while. That said, I’d never actually paid much attention to what it was about. I knew it was somehow classified by the Golden Globes as a comedy (though I’ve never really understood what makes a comedy vs a drama to the Golden Globes, and this hasn’t helped at all), and I knew it was about a chef running a restaurant. That’s about it. So maybe it’s not surprising that it took a long time for me to actually watch the show. I’ve got a streak

Slow Horses is an excellent example of why Netflix is so shortsighted. It started on AppleTV+ a while ago, and it made a bit of a splash, but not really that much. It was a good show, and I enjoyed it a lot, but it wasn’t a show that was getting much in the way of buzz. It’s right in line with a number of other Netflix shows that have come out over the last while. Lockwood & Co and 1899 leap to mind. Both of them were great shows, but didn’t immediately have everyone chattering about them like Wednesday