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Nicci Kadilak's avatar

Very happy to see that Silo made the cut! I hope it’s as good as it looks, and (unpopular opinion) that it differs enough from the books that it’s not entirely predictable for me, someone who has read the series at least twice and maybe three times.

Also. Cobra Kai. This one is train-wreck good for me at this point, and I completely agree with you about Daniel vs Johnny even though the first episode just had me rolling my eyes at what an insufferable dick Johnny was.

Here are some of my unsolicited opinions about Cobra Kai:

William Zabka is a better actor than Ralph Macchio, but the kids are better than the adults across the board. Xolo Maridueña, in particular, aside from having the most amazing name on the planet, has the best teenage boy pout I’ve ever seen, and I used to look at pouty teenage boy faces for a living.

The show pogo-bounces back and forth over the shark multiple times per season, but if you can suspend your disbelief and be ok saying “Oh, come on,” at least once an episode, it’s entertaining enough to watch.

I won’t spoil anything, but there are a couple of characters that I just really don’t like, but they’re the ones you’re not supposed to like, so I guess - good casting and directing? 😂

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Kevin Alexander's avatar

"What are you into at the moment? "

Watching: The Wire- and only 20 years behind everyone else! I think we're almost done w/Season 3? Some seriously good writing/character arcs. All those people that used to rave about the show? The mees about chess? I get it now.

Listening: Graham Parker & The Rumour's "Stick It to Me" record. It was in the cutout bin. That should be a felony.

Reading: "That'll Be the Day" by S.W. Lauden. You might recognize him from Medium. He's got a Substack now, too. It's called "Remember the Lightning."

He's releasing a chapter of "that'll be the Day" each week, and I thought it'd be fun to just read them as they came out- a nice antidote to bingeing everything else.

I made it 7 weeks before just buying it. It's fun, light reading (said as praise).

P.S. Zabka has a reputation of being a genuinely nice guy. After seeing him spend the 80s as the guy we loved to hate in movies, I can't wrap my head around it.

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