The Tube.

[Emphyrio]

Just finished Top of the Lake Season 1 on Netflix with the missus. I have no idea where I would start attempting to critique it. Utter shite!

If that's the one with Elizabeth Moss I'm thinking of, ya, it was shit. Good cast, nice scenery if I'm remembering correctly but fuckin dull. It got fairly good reviews too.

Watched an ep or two of Liseys Story. I should probably stop expecting much from Stephen King adaptations at this stage. Crap.

[jobrok1]

Season 2 of 'See' has kicked off.

I enjoyed season 1. It's quite slow for the most part but it suits the premise and it's well made, so enough to keep me interested.
The fights/kills are absolutely brutal nearly every time.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Michael K. 'Omar Little' Williams has passed away at the age of 54. Being the stand out best character in a show defined by the richness of its character explorations took some doing, but he did it. Excellent also in The Night Of, which I just rewatched recently. To paraphrase a line from Birdman, he was an actor, not a celebrity.

[Carnage]

That's a shame, he was good in anything I've seen him in.

Just finished Deceit there, I thought it started well but fizzled out fairly quickly. Worth watching though. Great performances all round.

[Eoin McLove]

Michael K. 'Omar Little' Williams has passed away at the age of 54. Being the stand out best character in a show defined by the richness of its character explorations took some doing, but he did it. Excellent also in The Night Of, which I just rewatched recently. To paraphrase a line from Birdman, he was an actor, not a celebrity.

Shit news. I only watched him in something last week and he was indeed a fine actor.  How did he die?

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Nothing official said yet, but I've seen a fentanyl OD rumour. Nothing more than that for the moment though.

[Caomhaoin]

Very good actor, no age at all. I did not like the Omar character personally, but that's not to take away from the ability of the man. RIP.

[101_North]

Sad news indeed. A fantastic actor. Just recently rewatched Hap and Leonard on Prime and he was great in that!

[Ollkiller]

Omar calling. Such a performance in The Wire and was great as Chalkey White in Boardwalk Empire. A sound fella too by all accounts.

I did not like the Omar character personally.

Did he steal your stash ya.

[Emphyrio]

He was the best character I thought. Really liked the way they went with the character and he got some great dialogue.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

A red carpet clip from a few years back, Wendell Pierce (Bunk) spontaneously gushing his admiration for Williams:
https://twitter.com/WendellPierce/status/1435173304655036416

[StoutAndAle]

Bad times. Michael K. Williams was a pretty great actor and seemed fairly deep with lots of insights.

I listened to him being interviewed by Marc Maron on WTF last February and he was telling Maron (a former addict himself) that he was currently clean but "All I got is today".

Just checked - that interview is up now - out from behind the paywall if anyone wants to listen to it. Probably make for some chilling listening though seeing as Williams is upbeat and positive about being clean/sober/looking forward to the future in a chat from barely 6 months ago.

He was only recently in John Swab's "Body Brokers" too about opiate/dope addicts who are paid by rehab clinics to bring other junkies so that the private rehab facilities can game the US health insurance system.

[Caomhaoin]

Nice from The Bunk alright

[Necro Red]

Started watching Ratched on netflix. I didn't think it would be as dark and the soundtrack is also great. Only 4 episodes in now and it has my attention. Hopefully it is consistent

[Eoin McLove]

Ratched started out ok but soon lost the run of itself. Some of the acting was just shocking. Sophie Okonedo playing a bi polar character was clearly gunning for an Oscar but her performance was ludicrous. When I began watching it I thought it felt original and interesting but by the end of the first series I'd abandoned all hope. I think there's a second series but I won't go near it.