I hope they never acknowledge it, tbh. I don’t want some wink to the camera like “gosh isn’t it weird how people keep dropping dead whenever you’re around”, just let a formula be a formula

All I can say this show gives me joy. I don’t care at all that she finds herself with a new job and a new situation every week. 

Think about it dude, if a bunch of aggressive and pushy foreigners just rolled up to your house unannounced, shouting at you in a language you don’t know about some nonsense about being related which wasn’t exactly proven or true; they just got the info about who you are from some local prostitutes, how do you think…

But that’s the point you’re still missing. It wasn’t insulting to Italians; it was actually insulting the Americans for annoying the local Italians for their self-serving needs and unrealistic stereotypes and ideals. That’s always been the point of The White Lotus series; the clash and contrast these rich vapid…

You missed the point of the family reunion scene. It’s supposed to be making fun of clueless Americans going on these family ancestry trips to Italy expecting some kind of happy scene straight out of a Barilla commercial and other stereotypes. It was hilarious and perfect.

hey, actual sex worker here, and for the millionth time: we don’t “sell our bodies” (in fact, i’m sitting here, in mine, right now!) we sell our time and our companionship. there’s really no need to parrot one of the most ignorant and cliched descriptions about our profession in service of your review. thanks!

Exactly, EFNY’s story might be campy when you look at it in script alone (especially with “Snake! Hey I thought you were dead.” which was a call back to a John Wayne film) but the lighting, the low budget effects enhancing the grit and realism somehow, the tension... all of that gets missed.

This 100%.

I feel like a lot of these remakes come from people who don’t understand anything past the surface level stuff that could be applied to anything. Any piece of art is a product of its time, to a certain extent but, Escape from New York is the kind of product of its time that almost certainly doesn’t work…

Yeah, it really played on old leaded-gas times NYC when it was a crime ridden hellhole which no one under the age of 35 even had a chance to see. Now NYC is just...a tourist trap with bad traffic. I think that’s part of why EFLA is so goofy at its base level because even at the worst of it Los Angeles just didn’t have…

What you say here is very much the case!

C’mon folks

Escape from Mar-a-Lago

I would be okay with them re-purposing/tweaking one of the better lines of the original:

“I’m the President!”
“President of what?”

. . . would watch.

Welp they’re going down his list of films

My guess as to why she never told them it was Sauron is that 1) they would not have forged the rings if they knew that was the case, and 2) she needs the rings in order for the Elves to stay in Middle Earth, so 3) she can continue her quest to destroy Sauron. What I find interesting about that choice is that it…

one foot at a time lol

I think, to your first point, it’s gotta be Gandalf, unless the show commits to some serious misdirection. His comment to Nori about following your nose is almost verbatim what he says to Merry in the Mines of Moria, regarding the air not being so foul from a certain direction. It’s a heavy-handed wink and nod to his…

The only real notes I have for season 2:  MORE DWARVES

If they didn’t show up way before him, they’re probably staggering around in disheveled robes, moaning and killing fireflies.

One thing I love is the way they established Adar as a power, it feels like he is a legit rival to Sauron. Sure, he’s not as magical, but he’s got the orcs on his side and a home-field advantage at this point.