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Might as well bump this rather than turn the other one into a sequel to the movie thread.  Although, maybe that's appropriateite.

Watched The Apprentice last night.  It certainly took a view point, but wasn't the hit piece I assumed.  Particularly the first half.  Honestly the first half was a great movie, and had they just framed it there, it could have been a Best Picture nominee.  I think the accidentally almost created a great movie about NYC's comeback, viewed through the viewpoint of Trump.  It was when they went away from that, it went off the rails.

But it's not nominated for Best Picture, it did get two Best Actor nominations, and both were great.

First, Sebastian Stan as Trump.  I always complained that Ramy Malek reminded me like a guy doing an impression of Frankie Mercury, he wasn't Mercury.  Stan wasn't worried about nailing the voice, over the mannerisms, like he was on SNL.  And I will say, the current guy does a decent job, for what that role is supposed to be, as opposed to Baldwin, who was terrible, awful, frankly, probably the worst ever, we didn't like that.  But man, if I had an acting class I would show Stan playing Trump vs. Johnson playing Trump.

But is was Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn who stole the show.  Cohn was before my time, but I've seen clips, and my god.  I think Strong may be our new Daniel Day Lewis.  He steals every scene he's in, as he did in Succession.  Would be quite a year for him to win a Tony and an Oscar in the same year, the year after being nominated for an Emmy, for 3 different roles (and he previously won an Emmy for that role).

Thanks for bumping this thread... Was just thinking about another thing.

Not so much a TV "show" as it is a competition series, but have any other golfers been watching the TGL thing? It's a little ridiculous, being simulator golf on TV, but it's a fun time-waster compared to much of anything else on TV...

I wanted to like it, but it's just LIV, golf with no stakes, and all parties seem aware.  I would almost rather them tackle some difficult putt putt courses

They're definitely having some growing pains. The best match to date was Tiger's team vs Rory's team, but that was partly because it's the only one that hasn't really been a bit of a blowout. Even the one from last night, Morikawa's team took an early lead and never let it get close. They could improve a lot with it.

But unlike LIV they didn't pretend to have stakes, or actively take the most unlikable players to start their series, and it doesn't take multiple days to watch... So the fact that it's a 2 hr diversion is fine. Meaningless, but at least a little bit fun.

But as I said, they need to improve it from here.

Yeah, I just kind of wonder if they could do more fun things with the courses, since they are virtual.

I've gotten completely sucked into Severance. It's so damned weird. I just hope it doesn't turn out to be like Lost. That show got too lost in its own lore and history and kind of "lost" its way. There's a fine line between fun and frustrating when it comes to these types of shows.

I tried to watch the first couple of episodes but just couldn't get into it.  Maybe I'll try again.

A show that seems similar to Lost, though, that I have been enjoying, is Silo.  I'm almost done with the first season, and it's pretty interesting.

A show that seems similar to Lost, though, that I have been enjoying, is Silo.  I'm almost done with the first season, and it's pretty interesting.

I want to give that one a shot, since I've read the entire book trilogy and really enjoyed it. 

We finished Yellowstone, then did 1883, and now are working through the first season of 1923. 

1883 was depressing af. 

I have not read the Silo books but know lots of people who liked them.

I could never get into Yellowstone, not sure why.  My folks love it and constantly want to talk about it, but I have nothing to offer.

My folks watched Landman, because I'm in the energy industry, and now they may never talk to me again.

I loved Landman. I like a good cartel crime show. Some of the scenes and situations with the daughter were very cringey though.

That was a call from my mom in their retirement community in Florida.  I had to ensure her that our young children would be even more shocked than she was if we allowed them to watch it