So… Next summer at the earliest. Bummer, but understood.

Season 1 was fantastic and I enjoyed season 2, so I’m looking forward to season 3.

and Melania will be… In prison, I guess?

Has Melania committed any crimes? With Trump the list of crimes is endless. For his children, the list of crimes is endless. But are there any known (technically, suspected) crimes that belong to Melania?

I ask because I assume in 5-10 years she’ll be putting out books and giving interviews about all the crazy shit she witnessed, but didn’t participate in.

By all accounts she’s a terrible person, but would she be in jail?

I’ve also not read the full story, although have read all of GRRMs “Beware the Butterflies”, which contains spoilers.

Perhaps pacing issues is the best way to look at it, but I also forgave a lot of Game of Thrones season 6 & 7 for their pacing issues, with the assumptions that the pace was off I ordered to tell the final story properly. (As we all know, it wasn’t just pacing… Or pacing issues so extreme that it ruined actual issues.)

The biggest individual scene that comes to mind in season 2 is Rhaenys & Meleys bursting through the floor. It was a cool scene, but it just seemed so out of character and reckless. It’s overall minor and I can rationalize it, but apart from the shock it felt odd.

The second big thing is Daemon. I’m not sure what he was doing all season. Part of that might just be we need to use Matt Smith since we’re paying him, but after season one his season two story just seemed so strange and weak.

I’m far from writing the show off, but season 2 was definitely weaker than season 1, and with an especially weak ending. I fully expect season 3 to win me back, especially with season four being a planned ending. But if GRRM is worried, I’m worried. He might be wrong, and I hope that for the overall story he is.

That’s not too surprising. He already retired once and was brought back to save things. I don’t see him putting up a fight to continue until the end of 2026, but I’m sure he’ll get the full payout once whomever is taking over, takes over.

To add these types of shows also have an infinite possibility of problems that characters can deal with.

Crimes be happening.

Disease be happening.

Laws be happening, see also crimes be happening.

Every week something is happening.

Ongoing HBO shows?

The Pitt stands out first. White Lotus. We have Euphoria and The Last of Us, although I expect them to be over (finished production or far enough along) before Netflix has fully acquired them.

Dune: Prophecy will probably get cancelled, but it’s getting lucky with a second season already.

IT: Welcome to Derry will probably keep going.

The Rehearsal will continue in some form, someone will pay Nathan for his high grades at a Canadian university.

The Chair company, once acquired, probably but could go either way.

John Oliver will continue to get full creative freedom, otherwise he’ll find somewhere else to go.

Hacks will probably continue, or come to an end before the acquisition is over.

And then you have DC Studios as a whole, I can’t predict that, but it’s got legs.

And that’s just shows I’m familiar with.

like a treasure vault

You mean a biiiig chest, a chest so big I can walk in.

That’s good to hear. I really enjoyed season 1, I was enjoying season 2, although it had some problems, but really the issue was setting us up for a great finale and then just ending.

I expect season 3 to start with a bang and hopefully they don’t do that again.

Now there is a concern that some of the problems in season 2 only continue to get worse. GRRM has made it clear he thinks things are heading that way, but I’ll wait and see. I made it to the end of Game of Thrones so I can’t be hurt that bad again.

Yes.

First Star Trek Discovery as a show is a generally ok show. It has good moments, it has bad moments, it has boring moments. It should have more good moments, but it has what it has.

As a Star Trek show, which is defined as the original Star Trek and 90s Trek (Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager and maybe Enterprise depending who you ask), it isn’t that. Strange New Worlds is mostly that.

Discovery is a lot more action heavy with a lot of focus on a particular character as opposed to a whole crew. We’re not asking as much about humanity or philosophical questions.

Now Picard is a weird one. Each of the three seasons are wildly different. Season 1 is the style you would expect from Discovery. Season 2 was a big what if season. Season 3 was a one last ride nostalgia adventure.

Yeah, I mentioned fish, or zsh, only because day to day shell and scripting shell can be different.

If you want to script, bash is the way to go. For day to day, any personal preference is fine.

As you’ve mentioned in other threads, bash is a hard requirement for the OS, so if it’s already installed, and the default on most Linux distros, bash is probably the best option.

The dash shell isn’t designed to be user interactive. It’s a lightweight scripting shell/language.

The ksh shell is an older standard shell. Years ago I worked for a company that ran corporate Unix systems and on those systems only ksh and tcsh were available. Ksh was the default, and as someone only familiar with bash it was a bit different but mostly the same. So there is at least one point for maybe choosing ksh.

However my personal shell preference is zsh. When I write scripts I do so using bash. The two shells are 99% similar on a day to day basis, but I prefer zsh for a user interface. So I use one for day to day and the other for scripting.

Other threads have also mentioned fish, which is also a great choice if you don’t know where to start.

Are zsh or fish “heavier” or “bloated”, maybe. But remember to consider your attack surface. If your house is on fire it doesn’t matter of you fix the leaky faucet in bathroom or the kitchen.

Looks like a better breakdown of this data is available over at https://www.nielsen.com/data-center/top-streaming-shows-artey-awards/

With the exception of Stranger Things the top streamers all have one thing in common, at the end of every episode everything is largely reset. Sure shows like Grey’s Anatomy or Law and Order have overall stories, but anything super important is covered by the recap at the start of the episode. If you miss or forgot an episode, no big deal.

Which is also why I think so many of these shows are so popular. It’s no secret people watch shows and use their phones, tablets, etc. and all of these shows lend themselves to it.

Also with the exception of Bluey we’re looking at 20+ episode seasons. And I struggle to think of a 20+ episode streaming (only) show. I think the closest is The Pitt at 15 episode seasons.

I liked the first season of this show… until I didn’t. As a concept I want it to work, but I’ll probably wait for the reviews of season two before I dig in. The trailer looked cool, but it could be nothing of substance and all flash.

I mean as a general rule you should probably watch something before reviewing it. I understand where your skepticism is coming from but you can’t just call something slop without seeing it.

(Unless you want to shit on Secret Invasion, no one is going to defend that.)

Just finished watching and it’s an excellent series.

If you haven’t seen anything since Endgame that’s fine, the show is largely standalone and anything you need to know will be clearly explained to you. (Honestly as long as you’ve seen Iron Man 3 you’re covered, you don’t even need to remember that film well, it’ll fill you in.)

As this article says the joy of the show comes from the relationship between our lead actors, Ben Kingsley and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, with plenty of other great actors and characters who pop in along the way.

The first episode does a good job of setting up the overall story but I think by the second is where is really starts to shine.

That’s a great cast and I enjoy a proper one off miniseries. A bit of a whodunnit, I’m in.

I almost never watched him until COVID hit. Colbert, as well as Trevor Noah at the time and Seth Meyers really improved their shows during and after COVID.

They all got much more relaxed and made the shows feel much more authentic. I think Colbert has actually swung the most back towards “professional”, but he still general brings a more relaxed vibe.

Corrections is a gem and Closer Look is excellent. He also has some fun reoccurring sketches like “Leave Him Alone” guy starring Lutz and “Jokes Seth Can’t Say”. He’s also a fun interviewer, much more loose and relaxed.

Long way of saying after Colbert he’s my #1 in late night.

In recent interviews he’s said he knows what he wants to do next, but doesn’t want to say. I expect he’ll take a little while off and shift more into acting, possibly stage acting, but that’s just a guess.

I think he’ll avoid politics for a little while, at least until Trump is gone.

the series finale of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will air Thursday, May 21.

Such a shame, but I look forward to whatever Colbert does next.