Well there were all the iconic Budweiser commercials that didn't have celebrities. The Clydesdales, the frogs, the Bud Bowl.

I hate how it's a self-fulfilling prophecy. You might not find something particularly engaging and you slip out your phone, but then you aren't paying attention enough that it will ever be engaging to you. So even if you try to put the phone away and pay attention, you'll lose interest because you missed out on becoming invested in the character and stories since you were looking at your phone.

Like when netflix put all their new big shows on billboards instead of seinfeld? Premiere in 5 days , dont cancel your subscription.

Ahhhh yea that one is rough

You seem completely sane

They also had no reason to go to Greece. They could have gone straight back to the navy ship they came from.

Episode 8 of season 1 is the one about the Baldwin son though. But you’re right, other than that storyline, the show’s not dark.

the characters sucked so it was hard to invest in the experiment.

As I replied to one of the promotional tweets, I think the gimmick is really interesting and would be perfect if applied to an intriguing and engaging TV show such as 1899.

The show itself was fairly typical/expected, but it was still entertaining and well done. Just your typical cheap TV viewing, like The Recruit or whatever else. I wouldn't say it was bad, but it isn't anything to care about.

Still I think the gimmick has some potential if used on something better and where the story lends itself to randomized telling.

I think it’s incredibly cringe worthy but I still watch it… I never go into anything with any expectations. I find it hilarious that norville is against drugs and his father looks like a true shaggy interpretation. Half of the students are always high and it reminds me of what my high school was like

It's a realistic alternate universe to the one you are currently living in where events unfolded a bit differently. Watch something else if you want to lift her spirits.

Because they were both married to other people while the affair was going on.

Its one of those shows where you are not sure if the creators are super sublime satirists of today's ( wokeist ) culture , or just bumbling idiots

And truly the best works of satire often are this way.

We will never know if its genius or shit. And its really up to everyone to decide by them selves.
( I know panic is already setting in , seeing that collective mind will be unable to guide you on this one. But you are on your own kid... on this one )

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The episode order is randomized per account, with the final episode always being the same. So, if you have four profiles on that one account, you'd all have the same order, but your neighbor with their own account might have a different order than yours.

that's the pettiest thing I've read this year, and basically boils down to "anyone who doesn't like Velma is a - ist asshole". Like a reverse Critical Drinker video, but at least the Scotch is funny because he doesn't take himself that seriously

Ultimately, the first two seasons were about people coming together to get things accomplished.

I am currently on a mission yo watch every episode of every scooby doo show (I'm not much of a movie person but I've seen my fair share). I was excited about velma when I saw it was coming out because it was different. However, after watching the first 2 episodes I had a knee-jerk reaction like everyone else did that it was an awful show. I kept watching when new episodes came out and it's actually not as bad as the first two episodes make it seem. Is it great not by any stretch but does it deserve this much hate no. It as pretty easy to just move along and watch what you want to watch instead of hating on a show that isn't even finished yet.

It does have so much hope.

If you think it’s depressing now, then yes. It will always be depressing.

People are always going to die for space exploration. That’s part of space exploration. And that’s not just this show. But any show that’s even close to realistic about the cutting edge of space technology. It’s incredibly dangerous.

dozens and dozens, which would be a pretty long and boring list, from Alec Guinness in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy to Olivia Colman in anything she's ever done (even her early Mitchell & Webb "numberwang" sketches), Stephen Rea in The Honourable Woman, the entire cast of TNG and DS9, James Gandolfini in The Sopranos, Steve Coogan as Partridge, Jared Harris in The Crown, Hugh Laurie in House, David Suchet in Poirot...

I had to go on a crash diet last year to get my blood pressure down to a sane number, and I've been avoiding travel shows because they always have tons of food I would desperately prefer to salad. Have the recent episodes held up?

I think the heist was shown as a flashback.

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Surprised to hear you guys are finding it depressing/dark. Maybe it's because all the other stuff I watch, but I find watching likeable mostly good people working hard to solve problems the opposite of depressing.

Yea situations get intense and dire, and there's high stakes, but depressing/dark/dour? Not to me. If anything I find the idea of a reality were government cares at least a tiny bit about scientific progress incredibly invigorating, but maybe those elements don't come into play until a bit later.