We use this as an ice breaker sometimes when we have staff meetings here at Stage 32 so I thought this would be a great way to break the ice and get to know one another! Feel free to comment where you're from and what you're watching or have watched recently or what you may be looking forward to checking out.
To introduce myself...I'm Brandy. I have been with the Member Help Team here at Stage 32 since this past June, so I"m fairly new here.
I'm here in California, and I just finished watching season 2 of "Only Murders in the Building" on Hulu. I love it! If you love a good and quirky "Wes Anderson" vibe but also love a good "whodunnit," you'll like it too.
Last film I saw in the cinema was "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice." As a die hard fan of the original film, I didn't go into it looking for a repeat of what had already been done. I'm glad some his the main character's story that was cut from the original story was included here and ya gotta love the nostalgia vibes brought on by the use of practical effects. Sometimes to move forward, you have to look back, knowhatimean?
I just saw the trailer for the upcoming version of "Nosferatu." The original film is over 100 years old so I'm excited to see who the filmmakers up the ante. I'm sure it was much easier to scare people in 1922 than it is now in 2024 lol I'm also looking forward to Blumhouse's production of "The Wolfman," as i am a diehard fan of the Universal Movie Monsters. I also really enjoyed the 2010 version with Benicio Del Torro. And Danny Elfman set off the drama nicely with an amazing score!
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Hi, Brandy Camille. Hope you're doing great! I'm from North Carolina.
I saw Alien: Romulus, Deadpool & Wolverine, and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice this month. Fantastic movies! So fun! I watched Brande Roderick's Horror Thriller Wineville yesterday (www.stage32.com/lounge/vip/Ask-Me-Anything-AMA-Friday-9-27-to-Saturday-9...). I like the movie, and I'm always happy to support indie filmmakers!
I saw the Nosferatu trailer today. Can't wait to see it, Wolf Man, and Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein, which I read today wrapped filming!
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Brandy Camille Funny (ironically) enough now that I write screenplays I don't actually go to theaters to see movies... It's all about streaming platform series drops for me now. Last movie I saw at the cinema was Dune 2. Series-wise The Penguin is my current obsession. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is likely the best fantasy production, EVER. Trigger Point is my latest BritBox addiction. Zack Snyder's Twilight of the Gods is pretty good. And for my clandestine ops fix The Old Man. What I have been anticipating the most is the HBO Dune series.
Maurice Vaughan If you haven't seen it you might enjoy From which is now on season three, but may be be too graphic for you.
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From is on my watch list, Mike Childress. Harold Perrineau is a talented actor!
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Maurice Vaughan I didn't realize that his daughter is an actress until I started Kaos.
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I am watching and absolutely loving The Penguin. No spoilers please. In South Africa we get everything later than you guys.
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I didn't know Harold Perrineau had a daughter, Mike Childress. Kaos is on my watch list too. Jeff Goldblum is one of my favorite actors. My favorite Jeff Goldblum role is either Ian Malcolm from Jurassic Park or David Levinson from Independence Day.
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I've been watching a bit of this and that on television. I love watching at least one episode of everything that makes it to air so last week, I watched every drama (I'm not a huge sitcom person so didn't dive into those). The one that really got my attention was one from last year called The Irrational. I binged the entire first season this past week in-between catching up on other shows.
At this point, I do have a running ranking of the new shows. I've already taken some off my list to keep watching because they're not for me.
I'm also a OMITB fan though this current season is dragging for me a bit.
Movie-wise, the last one I saw was also Beetlejuice Beetlejuice with friends. I'm probably going to catch some others that are arriving to streaming over the next month and then go to a bunch in November including Wicked (I'm a HUGE fan of the musical).
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My "breakfast cartoon" right now is FUTURAMA.
For my "solo show" I'm sort of testing the waters in a few places -- I watched a few eps of HANDMAID'S TALE and am somewhere between intrigued and disgusted, not sure if I'll finish season 1 or not. I watched the 1st ep of CASTLE ROCK and not sure if I like it or not, will watch ep 2 soon. Also been watching some movies the last few days to see stuff on Netflix and Hulu before they expire.
For the "show with the mrs", we're watching LOIS & CLARK: THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN because my dad shipped me my old DVD box sets.
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Travis Seppala Castle Rock is stupendous, but I am a bit biased as a former Stephen King superfan...
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Hi Brandy! Great to meet you and thanks for kicking things off. I’m William, tuning in from Tanzania. Recently, I’ve been re watching the classic Breaking Bad—I know, a bit late, but it's one of those shows you can’t get enough of. As for films, I’m excited about checking out Dune: Part Two—the visuals in the first one were stunning, and I’m a sucker for epic storytelling.
I haven’t seen Only Murders in the Building yet, but your description has me curious, so I’ll definitely add it to my watchlist. And I totally get what you mean about practical effects—there’s something about them that CGI can’t replicate.
Looking forward to engaging more with the community here!
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I'm watching "The Old Man" (since I am one) on FX. "Only Murders in the Building" (since I'm a contemporary with Steve Martin and Martin Short). Someone should start an "Old Geezers" network.
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Michael Elliott if you really want to get into some Jeff Bridges, talk to me about Tron and The Big Lebowski if you really wanna be friends lol And I'm going to tell my age and say my fandom of the comedic duo of Steve Martin and Martin Short started with the "Father of the Bride" films...although I was only 4 years old when the first one was released lol
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I am currently watching Person of Interest which didn’t originally run here in the UK but has recently become available through Prime Streaming. Thoroughly entertaining show and ahead of its time despite being released only 15 years ago.
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Currently, week-to-week I'm watching- From S3 on MGM+, Rings of Power S2 on Prime, The Circle S7 on Netflix, Only Murders in the Building S4 on Hulu, All American Homecoming S3 on CW, and Last Week Tonight on Max. I also just finished binging Monster S2 on Netflix and The Perfect Couple on Netflix.
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Ashley Renee Smith my home girl Sam was on The Circle a couple seasons ago and she won. And John Oliver is my jam! I thought when Disney redid The Lion King, they couldn't do any better than Rowan Atkinson as Zazu but John Olliver nailed it! And I love his political commentary!
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Oooh good question! I'm on the last episode of The Perfect Couple. That intro is killer. So charismatic and creative. It hooks me every time.
"Monk" - I got the first season on DVD for my birthday, and I've already worked my way through half of it (every time I go visit my parents, we watch one episode per visit).
Hi Brandy, I just finished strange days