January 18
Posts for Oscar-nominated shorts programs?
Following the release of Oscar nominations, ShortsTV usually arranges theatrical and streaming releases of the films in the three shorts categories. I've made posts for these in the past, but the past two years I've run into technical issues. Are these posts worthwhile, and if so, can anyone suggest a good way to handle these? [more inside]
January 16
Pony request: How to watch (TV)
Many of the shows discussed here sound really interesting, but we have no idea how to watch them. Is it on a network? Is it streaming? What network? What service? [more inside]
January 11
Booklist for 2019
I thought I would share the books I’m planning on reading and posting about this year (so far) in case anyone wants to read along. Of course, anyone is welcome to post about these books and I’m sure some have been posted about before. [more inside]
January 9
You’re the Worst final season
So, the final season of You’re The Worst supposedly starts tonight, but I can’t seem to get it clear whether it’s going to be on FXX or that FX+ pay stream service. I looked at my cable listings yesterday and FXX didn’t show YtW tonight.
January 7
Rivers of London?
Pusskillian and I ended up vaguely contemplating a Rivers of London/Peter Grant novels book club independently, and I was wondering if there was anyone else who would be interested (she just finished her reread, I'm on my first read of Foxglove Summer)
* How far apart should we post the books? Or just have one post for everything?
* I'm sort of assuming that we want to include the novellas, but do we also want to include the graphic novels?
Indigenous Book Club?
I'm wondering if there's any interest in a FanFare bookclub that focuses on reading Indigenous writers. [more inside]
January 4
Winter 2019 Anime Season
It is upon us, because time somehow continues to pass. Anichart, MyAnimeList [more inside]
January 3
Firefly rewatch?
My yarn shop is showing Firefly again by popular demand, so I figured I'd comment about it. Anyone else interested? It's been almost 4 years since the threads here were active. Would we do a new rewatch thread, or just repopulate the current open posts? (I'll be watching one episode a week starting mid-January.) [more inside]
January 2
Any interest in the Kinsey Millhone alphabet series by Sue Grafton?
As stated in the 2017 MetaFilter post, Sue Grafton was "a prolific author of detective novels known for an alphabetically titled series that began in 1982 with ‘A Is for Alibi’…” Her Kinsey Millhone books are quick, delightful and great fun to read. Would anybody be interested in finishing the alphabet with me? [more inside]
December 19
Any interest in overthinking 'The Little Drummer Girl'?
This question refers specifically to the recent miniseries adaptation of the 1983 John le Carré novel of the same name. [more inside]
December 6
Interest in a Tournament of Books club?
The Tournament of Books is a March-madness style match up of contemporary fiction. The actual competition starts in March, but the longlist is already posted and the shortlist will be announced in January.
Would there be interest in a 2019 Tournament of Books book club? [more inside]
November 28
No Activity (US or AUS)
Both versions are fantastic but Tim Meadows excels in the US version. The second US season just dropped. Any interest in a discussion or comparison of the two versions?
November 27
GBBO - "Beginnings"
I just noticed yesterday that Netflix now has what its labeled "The Great British Baking Show - The Beginnings." The first episode (which I'm currently watching) is labeled "Season 1" but there are multiple statements that make it sound like it's not the actual first season. [more inside]
November 21
Pony Idea: TV Episode Ranges
For new TV seasons that get dropped all at once, which is fairly common these days, episode-by-episode is too granular and spammy, but a whole season in one post is awkward for spoiled and unspoiled alike. I think posting half a season at a time would work pretty well for these shows, so being able to select a range of episodes for a post seems like a good idea. [more inside]
November 15
ContraPoints?
I'm wondering if there's interest in discussing the ContraPoints YouTube videos and, secondarily, how it'd fit on FanFare. [more inside]
November 8
Romanian New Wave
I've been watching as many of these as I can get my hands on of late, as they are usually pretty terrific, if extremely bleak and dark. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days, Graduation, The Death of Mr. Lăzărescu... I'm probably going to be posting a fair number of these over the next few weeks and then wrapping up with an FPP when I run out of films. Anyone who would like to follow along can do so. I'll be posting under the #romanianfilm tag and including links on where to find the films wherever possible. [more inside]
November 5
World Chess Championship
The World Chess Championship 2018 is an chess match between the reigning world champion since 2013, Magnus Carlsen, and challenger Fabiano Caruana to determine the World Chess Champion. [more inside]
November 3
House of Cards, Claire's season?
The final eight episodes are up on netflix. Most reviews are about offscreen politics and complaints - any metafilter fans who support #metoo and love the vicious Claire Underwood?
November 2
What to do about the Good Place podcast?
The Good Place podcast is great and adds a ton of cool detail to the show. It comes out on Friday morning after the Thursday night episode.
But is it okay to post about it in the episode Fanfare? [more inside]
October 30
The Bechdel Cast?
Is anyone else listening to The Bechdel Cast, a podcast that looks at how women are portrayed in films?
I feel like we could have some interesting conversations about the films and the podcast episodes about them, but you kinda need to have both seen the film in question and have heard the podcast, so participation would probably be super low. [more inside]
October 26
Lexx
Anyone interested in a watch-through of Lexx? [more inside]
October 23
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown?
I tried looking but I haven't seen any conversational topics on it. I haven't watched the final season yet, mostly because I feel I'd find it hard to deal with since I'm still pretty shocked he's gone. Would anyone else be interested in watching the last season? I could also set it to the entire series, but I'm not sure what would work best for a show like this.
October 19
Mike Flanagan Appreciation Society
Given how fantastic The Haunting of Hill House is, I've been revisiting the other works of writer-director Mike Flanagan. They are consistently terrific. Anyone interested in a series of posts for Absentia, Before I Wake, Oculus, etc.?
October 18
Salt Fat Acid Heat on Netflix
There's a lot to love about Salt Fat Acid Heat, but when I try to add it to FanFare, I get this message:
"The show that you requested currently exists on IMDB, but information about it is not yet available to us. We have added it to our queue and will approve it as soon as we can. Sorry about the delay." What does it mean that the info is not available? The IMDb listing seems complete.
There She Goes - BBC4
This looks really interesting - "A young girl with a learning disability makes her way through life. " ... stars David Tennant (Doctor Who etc) and Jessica Hynes (Spaced, W1A). Anyone interested in a fanfare post for it?
October 16
Dancing Queen?
Anyone interested in FanFare posts for Dancing Queen (Alyssa Edwards new show on Netflix)? I'd probably do just one post for the whole season since it's only 9 episodes.
September 27
American Vandal Season 2 - Mrs. Wexler’s role
How did Mrs. Wexler play in to Kevin’s confession? [more inside]
September 22
American Vandal Season 2 Grossout Factor
I am easily grossed out. I loved American Vandal season 1 but I hear season 2 is super gross. Can I get a judge's ruling on HOW gross? [more inside]
September 21
Maniac on Netflix
Should we do a full season discussion or per episode?
September 20
Series Posts vs Individual Episodes
Is there any agreement on Binge-worthy series and if they merit a single entire series post, or do most people prefer individual episode posts? [more inside]
September 9
Fall 2018 Anime Season
Time for another season of new shows for the upcoming Fall season. [more inside]
September 7
The Flash TV - Inhumane prison - asking for a little spoiler
Does the show ever meaningfully address the inhumanity of their jail? I stopped somewhere in season 2 because the good guys should not be running a worse Gitmo. I imagine this has been addressed before, but the search function only brought up episode caps. I really dislike spoilers, but this I would need to know. It's okay if they don't - there's so much Supernatural I haven't got to yet. Thanks!
August 31
Creating a thread for an entire book series (trilogy)?
Apologies if it's been discussed before, but I couldn't find what the protocol would be for creating a thread for a book series rather than a single book (much like posting for a season rather than each episode), or if it would be better to post book-by-book. [more inside]
August 25
The Children Act (2017 movie, released 2018)
Legal drama adapted by Ian McEwan from his 2014 novel, starring Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci and Ffion Whitehead. Has this had a wide enough distribution to make it worth discussion here? It's just got a limited release in the UK, and I understand it's gone straight to streaming in the USA. (IMDB, BBC)
German language film/tv club?
Anyone interested in a biweekly/monthly club where we watch something in German and chat? Open to any genre/theme/vintage. [more inside]
August 13
Lodge 49?
Heard Terry Gross interview the creator on NPR today and the show sounds cool.
August 11
BlackkKlansman, anyone?
Curious whether someone's already preparing a post for discussion for this. Just saw it and am curious to hear other thoughts.
August 6
The Next Voyage
There's been some talk of another Trek series rewatch now that our Voyager rewatch is wrapping up. So, as we did before, let's hash out some deets! [more inside]
August 3
Making It?
I wanted to suggest the Nick Offerman/Amy Poehler craft show, but it doesn't show up on IMDB so I can't officially do it.
July 15
Temporary TV doldrums
With so many good shows having ended their seasons in the past few months, are there any newer television-like-entertainment-products that people are liking? FFT include any streaming service. [more inside]
[Netflix] Any interest in Sacred Games season review?
Netflix first big budget Indian production and it is damn good.
Sacred Games [more inside]
July 6
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
Surprise, surprise, another Friday the 13th is right around the corner, and with that another episode of the Friday the 13th slow burn movie club. I will post the movie to Fanfare next Friday, the 13th, so you have a week to watch if you are inclined. [more inside]
July 3
Star Trek Discovery discussion
This thread about the S7 Voyager episode Prophecy sprawled into a discussion of Star Trek Discovery's merits and treatment of Klingons. I am moving it here to allow broader discussion.
All aired Star Trek should be considered fair game here. [more inside]
July 2
Nanette?
I wanna discuss Hannah Gadsby’s Nanette, y’all. Do Netflix specials get classified as TV or movies?
June 30
Interest in "Kiss Me First"?
I just saw the first episode. of Netflix Original "Kiss Me First". It's based on a YA novel of the same name, but they added in some VR elements (makes for better TV I guess, but it's not the main point of the show). Great camera work, writing, and acting - watch the first two minutes and see how the director can say so much with just a simple camera pull - had me hooked for the whole ep. Any interest in an episode by episode or even just a "Full Series watch"?
June 20
Summer 2018 Anime Season
Summer lineup on MyAnimeList and AniChart. I predict there will be punching, zapping, transformations, power ups, and scenes of people waxing rhapsodic about the freshly served food they just bit into. Anything look good to you? [more inside]
June 6
Plus Ultra! (My Hero Academia Interest Post)
Wondering if there's enough people watching My Hero Academia (currently available on crunchyroll [memail me if you want a guest pass]). If you don't know it's an anime about a superhero high school in Japan. It looks at themes of what it means to be a hero (and a villain) in a world filled with super powers. [more inside]
June 5
After El Ministerio del Tiempo... ?
I'm enjoying watching El Ministerio del Tiempo with y'all. I've been watching it partially to help with my Spanish, and I'd like to find another equally addicting Spanish-language show to watch when we're through. Would anyone be interested in joining me? If so, does anyone have recommendations? Someone told me that Money Heist / La Casa de Papel was great, but I know nothing about it. [more inside]
June 1
Break out your space blanket ponchos, Better Call Saul fans
The show is coming back August 6th, per this AV Club article. [more inside]
May 27
Cowboy Bebop: 20th Anniversary
CB was originally run in 1998 and it is 2018 and that seems like a good point for a rewatch! [more inside]
The Break with Michelle Wolf
I not on FanFare much but just saw the first episode of The Break with Michelle Wolf on Netflix and wonder if others have seen it/are interesting in discussing it. Am not proposing to discuss entire season necessarily and not sure how this works. So should I just wait to see if someone else proposes discussing the season as it goes along or ... ? Dunno if y'all do one-offs or really how this works. (I read the FAQ, honest!)
May 21
Colony Season 3?
Colony Season 3 [more inside]
May 14
Only show things that also have books?
Is there a way to only view items that have both a book and a tv/movie version? [more inside]
May 11
Can we set up a Eurovision 2018 post?
Eurovision is tomorrow!
May 9
Horror Book Club?
Just a thought for people who enjoy reading horror like I do. [more inside]
May 8
Aggretsuko?
Just wondering if anyone else has work issues and watches the red panda of rage. Is it worth discussing here? [more inside]
May 7
Fallback shows?
What shows, in our age of universal infinite access, do you rerun as comfort viewing when the hunt for novelty wears thin? Personally, I run TNG, the Jeremy Brett Holmes, Poirot, and the Fry and Laurie Jeeves and Wooster - all, not incedentally, prestige series from the late eighties and nineties (although Poirot really hits its stride much later).
May 4
Cobra Kai
The two episodes are free on YT.
After watching, YouTube Red just got the most unlikely new customer.
Ralph Macchio and William Zabka reprise their roles as Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence from 1984's The Karate Kid. It's 34 years later. It's underdog vs asshole once again. Or is it?
Peppered with clips from the original movie and sequel, the themes are familiar but jumbled and amusing, and contrasted with more modern themes. Kept me smiling the whole time. Looks to be ten half-hour episodes.
This is one of the most clever reboots I've seen. Nostalgic, yet fresh. Will likely binge watch this weekend if I can get out of some grubby work.
May 1
Anyone interesting in Wakfu?
A few notes from my viewings of Wakfu:
The show just showed up on Netflix. It is French production, but the English dubbing is very good.
Nice blending of American and Japanese animation styles.
Definitively a kids show, but with adult jokes.
The end credit animations can be adorable.
Mostly strong female characters with caveats.
Episodes are short, less then 30 minutes.
Fan fare has it in their TV list now.
April 30
Blood and Ashes!
Who is interested in doing a first read/reread of The Wheel of Time? [more inside]
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