The current binge watch.
I can't wait for dark to open some wine and fire up two episodes. I almost didn't start this knowing it was a one season wonder, likely leaving viewers hanging at the end. Still, the subject matter drew me like a moth to a flame. We're about halfway through and having fun. The episodes are a little heavy handed portraying the NYC police as complete knuckle draggers. Gretchen Mol did nothing for me in Boardwalk Empire, in this I can't get enough of her screen time. Jason O'Mara does have some Steve McQueen thing going on. Harvey Keitel and Michael Imperioli thus far play 2D cartoon characters.

Life On Mars which started as a British series had become a global curiosity.  Around the world in six different countries a cop hits his head waking up to doing law enforcement in decades past. I'll definitely check out the U.K. source material. 

​Thumbs up to art department for bringing NYC circa 1973 to life.

I can't wait for it to get dark...
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Halston is a hot mess. 
Ewan McGregor playing fashion designer Roy Halston Frowick is something I can watch all day. Krysta Rodriguez is equally impressive as Liza Minnelli. I could watch a series on Halston and Minnelli partying through the 70's and 80's, which in fact is some of the best stuff of the Netflix mini-series Halston. Like some moments on Mad Men the historical bread crumbs of brands and products you remember were fun. The structure of the five episode mini-series was lacking, at times dragging things a bit too long but mostly not spending enough time developing other important elements of the story. In particular Gian Franco Rodriguez's Victor Hugo, the evolution from Village People like cheap trick to deep artist seems like fast food. It's hard to really feel anything for Halston's fall at the end. He lives his last days out with big checks, servants, and a driver taking him up and down the Pacific coast in a Rolls Royce. Worth checking it out.

John Nolan is Mr. Rogers with a badge and a gun.
The Rookie finishes season three without being a complete woke train-wreck. There is nothing deeply nutritional about The Rookie. The ABC cops and robbers show is a simple shoot 'em up dramedy. With the horrible death of Gorge Floyd sparking the BLM Summer of Love you knew season three would be different. The danger of course would be the show being brooding, dark and completely different than what fans have been tuning in for. The producers don't take the bold risk of turning one of the main characters into a bad racist cop. They bring in Brandon Routh that you knew at moment one was the new racist cop character. There is nothing deep about this new villain. Just when you think another non-binary pansexual is about to be shoved in your face the show resists doing the cliché. Each episode provides a mostly balanced morality lesson ripped from the headlines. The wobblers lesson was almost offensive because the episode ignores the reality of big city prosecutors being soft. Which leads to more crime. Season three ends on a contrived cliffhanger. Despite my apparent bitching I'll watch season 4. 

Television continues doing Star Wars right.
​With order 66 the empire begins. The animated Star Wars: Clone Wars has always been highly recommended to me. I only have so much time for sci-fi cartoons, that time is devoted to Rick & Morty and Star Trek: Lower Decks. Disney+ has put together a Clone Wars essential episodes, which could probably be paired down a bit. I used that to get up to speed on the newly hyped Star Wars: The Bad Batch. We're only half way in really digging seeing how the republic falls and the empire begins. This is good stuff that adults and older children can enjoy together.  Expect to hear more.  Highly suggested. 

Sources Close to Zach Snyder Clear the Air.
We have spoken to our sources deep inside Camp Snyder about the breaking news today.

"Monday, Wednesday and Fridays, Zach is supportive to the idea of continuing work with Warner Brothers on his vision of the DCEU. On Tuesday and Thursdays, Zach is burned out and bummed by the way Warner Brothers has treated him.  Zach asks for fans to be patient, he's close to figuring out how big a check the WB needs to cut. He is confident he can do the Michael Dorn Star Trek project and any needed DCEU work".

Whedon Web will stay on top of any developments. Expect some Batfleck news on Wednesday. ​

Breaking News
Sources on Twitter reveal that Chevy Chase is playing Joe Biden for an Air Force One skit tomorrow night on SNL. So far it is just a one time appearance unless real world events demand otherwise. ​

Let the Easter Egg hunt begin.
Have you needed to slow down the action to 6 frames per second, to let's say get a good look at an Easter Egg in your favorite film? With Amazon's latest version of Fire Stick you can do just that. Precision Frames Per Second allows you to slow what you're watching down to low as 3 frames per second.   

"This isn't just something a booger eater in your house can use for nipple slips. For example in Justice League, at the 1:53:40 mark you can slow things down to see the exact moment Ray Fisher's heart breaks as he says booyah", Mark Grey, Amazon Prime Services.

We can't wait to use this feature while screening Ready Player One. 

Daisy Ridley corrects the record and millions of Star Wars fans suddenly cried out in happiness. 

In an interview for Blot’s forthcoming issue, Daisy Ridley’s press promotion for Chaos Walking naturally lead to some Star Wars talk. We thought we’d seen the last of Rey in The Rise of Skywalker. Even though it all felt “resolved” to Ridley, she maintains that it’d be crazy to call anything done, as she remarks below.
 
“I mean, never say never. I’m always open to a revisit. They pay me a lot, I mean a lot of money. Also, the beautiful thing is it’s this wonderful, huge universe with all of these stories that have yet to be told. That means more Rey action figures. You know I get a cut of that, right? We all complain about doing another Star Wars film but it’s not like I have to work with Joss Whedon”.