Just one acquisition this week, Corporate, and that’s already got a premiere date, which I’ll reveal in a mo. But a couple of other, previously acquired shows also have premiere dates now.
I know I said a summer airdate, but apparently it’s summer now, for this Belgian show at least. It sees Veerle Baetens playing an amnesiac who becomes a key suspect in a missing person’s case, so has to reconstruct her memories to clear her name. However, her mind fills in the gaps in her memory caused by the amnesia using dreams, hallucinations and nightmares, making the show a bit trippy.
Without a doubt the funniest Comedy Central programme I’ve ever seen, Corporate is a biting, nihilistic look at working for a giant corporation. Starring show creators and writers Matt Ingebretson and Jake Weisman as two junior executives at a genuinely evil mega-corporation, the shows alternates between pastiching the soul-destroying, abusive nature of corporate culture and the desire for the sweet release of death from said culture. Also in the cast are Lance Reddick (The Wire, Fringe) as the company CEO and Anne Dudek (House, Covert Affairs) as one of our ‘heroes’ mid-level bosses.
Do yourself a favour and watch what is almost certainly going to be one of TMINE top’s shows of 2018.
Episode reviews: 1, 2-4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9-10
Following on from Absentia, Gone and other “citizens of the world” (ie shows without a real country of origin), we have this new AXN comedy detective drama starring Jerry O’Connell (Sliders, Carpoolers, The Defenders) as a detective on hit US TV show Call Carter who has to return to his hometown after an embarrassing public meltdown in Hollywood. There, he taps into his acting experience to become a real detective, while dealing with all his childhood baggage.
Obviously not a hugely new concept – cf Pulaski, The World of Eddie Weary and The Grinder – Jerry O’Connell is something of a show killer and AXN shows tend to be bland in their desperate attempt to be American, without actually being American, but it might be good.
Even if the trailer suggests otherwise.
More birthday celebrations last week (and probably work next week because of the Bank Holiday) means WWW is likely to be FWW for the next few weeks at least. Still, given that seems to work for DC, why not for WWW, too?
Not a huge amount of news this fortnight, mind: Patty Jenkins has confirmed that Wonder Woman 2 will be set in the 1980s, while Joss Whedon has defended his own unmade script for Wonder Woman:
Joss Whedon addresses the online criticism of his "Wonder Woman" script (Watch) https://t.co/8yElDD3WpG pic.twitter.com/EE7CzyYMy9
— Variety (@Variety) April 24, 2018
But that’s your lot, so let’s head straight to the comics. Just the usual suspects, as far as I know, although of course that number is set to diminish very soon. So after the jump, let’s talk about Wonder Woman #45, Justice League #43, The Brave and the Bold #3 and the final issue of Trinity, #22.
As previously advertised, today’s the day Netflix made Syfy (US)’s Happy! available to stream for UK viewers. And this morning, I got an email from Netflix to let me know this fact, entitled “Rob, we just added a TV programme you might like”.
Huh.
Let’s read how they describe Happy!
A boozy ex-cop turned hit man thinks he’s losing his marbles when a cartoon unicorn only he can see urges him to rescue a girl kidnapped by Santa
All accurate – although arguably Happy himself is a uni-donkey, not a unicorn, even if he claims to be a horse (of course). The question is: why did Netflix think I would like Happy!?
I mean they’re not wrong. By the end, I liked it very much. But they can’t have read this ‘ere blog or else they’d have known I’d already seen it, which means some algorithm deep in the bowels of Netflix has worked this out for itself, presumably based on my past viewing choices, shows I’ve browsed and the list of shows I’ve flagged to watch.
Now have a look at the description again. I wonder what I’ve been watching that made the algorithm think that.
And if you can work it out, I believe Cambridge Analytica would like to offer you a job.
PS I’ve watched Netflix’s trailer for Happy! Largely it’s the same as Syfy’s except it’s been edited somewhat. Now, I can understand why they might edit the trailer since anyone can view it, I presume, and there were one or two things in the original trailer that would probably be a bit much for kids – who might be inclined to watch it because of the delightful Happy (unicorns are so hot right now).
However, Netflix has also rated the show a 15. I think that’s possibly a bit of a stretch, given some of the content, but it’s possible. Yet I’m still worried that they might have edited it from an 18 to make it that lower certificate. I’ve no idea why they’d want a lower certificate, but I’m worried.
So let me know if you spot some edits. How will you know? Well, if you get through episode seven and still want to know the answer to that, I’ll have my answer for sure.
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