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Based on the best selling books from real-life retired Navy SEAL Jack Carr. The story follows Navy SEAL Lt Commander James Reese, who miraculously survives a brutal ambush that wipes out his entire team. It turns out this is actually a conspiracy & he is the lone survivor of the cover-up. They had no idea just how far a motivated SEAL could go when he has nothing left to lose, and is on a mission for one thing: revenge.

G&G called this one. Excellent. Chris Pratt with another win. Good role. Jai Courtney is intimidating and ominous. Kind of funny that I kept thinking Pratt’s buddy looked like Taylor Kitsch and ended up actually being Taylor Kitsch. Now, that is some good acting. Also, it’s eerie how much Pratt looks like Chris Kyle.

Binged the entire new season of Cobra Kai yesterday. Wow, what a fantastic show! This might be my favorite season.

Someone recommended this one to me. Have not watched it yet. A brain chip separates worker from outside life and vice versa, so they don’t know what goes on in their other life.

Severance — Official Trailer | Apple TV+

How far would you go to achieve a perfect work/life balance?

From Ben Stiller and creator Dan Erickson, Severance centers around Mark Scout (Adam Scott), a leader of a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives.

This experiment in ‘work-life balance’ is called into question as Mark finds himself at the center of an unraveling mystery that will force him to confront the true nature of his work… and of himself.

Happened to catch a Quinn Howard review of the first four episodes of this show. I saw on Witcher thread that Gigga reads Liu Cixin, so here are two episodes of it.

【Synopsis】In 2007, an abnormal disturbance occurred in the basic sciences on Earth. The whole scientific world was jittery. The mysterious suicide of scientists, countdown, the Science Boundary, the Three-body Problem game… Nanomaterials researcher Wang Miao was taken to the Joint Operations Center by the police officer Shi Qiang and sneaked into an organization called Science Boundary for investigation. In the mist, Wang Miao got contact with an organization called ETO and surprisingly found that the commander-in-chief was Ye Wenjie, the mother of the scientist Yang Dong who committed suicide. With the constant fight between ETO and the operations center, Wang Miao and Shi Qiang gradually confirmed the existence of the world in the Three-Body Problem game. All things originated from the desperate struggle for survival between two civilizations. With the joint efforts of the Joint Operations Center and scientists, Wang Miao, Shi Qiang, and others regained hope and faith, leading everyone to continue the fight against the invading Trisolarans in the future.

Set against the backdrop of China’s Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An alien civilization on the brink of destruction captures the signal and plans to invade Earth. Meanwhile, on Earth, different camps start forming, planning to either welcome the superior beings and help them take over a world seen as corrupt, or to fight against the invasion.

Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel

“War of the Worlds for the 21st century.” – Wall Street Journal

The Three-Body Problem is the first chance for English-speaking readers to experience the Hugo Award-winning phenomenon from China’s most beloved science fiction author, Liu Cixin.

Set against the backdrop of China’s Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An alien civilization on the brink of destruction captures the signal and plans to invade Earth. Meanwhile, on Earth, different camps start forming, planning to either welcome the superior beings and help them take over a world seen as corrupt, or to fight against the invasion. The result is a science fiction masterpiece of enormous scope and vision.

Who has ever watched Frasier? My Ma and I have been watching it often and sure enough, its pretty funny for an old sitcom.