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wilhelmina_dOne mild, possibly spoilerish comment in a paragraph below, but it doesn't give anything away about what happens plot-wise.
I've been watching a couple new shows on Hulu and I figured they were worth mentioning. Like every other streaming service trying to survive in the cord-cutting world, Hulu has started to produce their own shows. I've enjoyed several of them - YouTube Red's Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television* and Netflix's Alias Grace are two excellent examples. Hulu's Handmaid's Tale has of course had serious critical acclaim, though I still struggle to love it. I have to think of it as "A" Handmaid's Tale and not "The" Handmaid's Tale. But I digress. I wanted to talk about two Hulu shows I've recently watched that I really enjoyed.
The first is Futureman, which I finished in two days because I *had* to know what happened next. I'll start by saying that Seth Rogan is an executive producer - that should be all the warning you need about whether or not you want to watch it. Frankly, I loved it, but it was raunchy, twisted, lame in some ways, and not for everyone. To explain the plot, it's kinda like Back to the Future meets the Last Starfighter meets Ted. I thought it was drop dead funny. Josh Hutcherson proves to have unexpected comedic ability, in an understated, earnest way. I came to love the characters no matter how out there things got. And they got very, very, very out there. But it was fun to watch.
The other show I am enjoying is Dimension 404. In style and format it's very much an homage (*cough*ripoff*cough*) to the Twilight Zone, but it does it so well that I think it can get away with it. These are sci fi tales that really are deeper than they appear, yet are enjoyable to watch in and of themselves. The acting is top notch. Patton Oswalt's performance was particularly enjoyable as I really related to his character and the situation in which he found himself. (OK, if you've seen the episode I'm clearly talking subtext and not actual scary tentacle monsters.) Bonus - Rod Serling's shoes are filled by Mark Hamill and he does a fantastic job.
I highly recommend both shows.
I've been watching a couple new shows on Hulu and I figured they were worth mentioning. Like every other streaming service trying to survive in the cord-cutting world, Hulu has started to produce their own shows. I've enjoyed several of them - YouTube Red's Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television* and Netflix's Alias Grace are two excellent examples. Hulu's Handmaid's Tale has of course had serious critical acclaim, though I still struggle to love it. I have to think of it as "A" Handmaid's Tale and not "The" Handmaid's Tale. But I digress. I wanted to talk about two Hulu shows I've recently watched that I really enjoyed.
The first is Futureman, which I finished in two days because I *had* to know what happened next. I'll start by saying that Seth Rogan is an executive producer - that should be all the warning you need about whether or not you want to watch it. Frankly, I loved it, but it was raunchy, twisted, lame in some ways, and not for everyone. To explain the plot, it's kinda like Back to the Future meets the Last Starfighter meets Ted. I thought it was drop dead funny. Josh Hutcherson proves to have unexpected comedic ability, in an understated, earnest way. I came to love the characters no matter how out there things got. And they got very, very, very out there. But it was fun to watch.
The other show I am enjoying is Dimension 404. In style and format it's very much an homage (*cough*ripoff*cough*) to the Twilight Zone, but it does it so well that I think it can get away with it. These are sci fi tales that really are deeper than they appear, yet are enjoyable to watch in and of themselves. The acting is top notch. Patton Oswalt's performance was particularly enjoyable as I really related to his character and the situation in which he found himself. (OK, if you've seen the episode I'm clearly talking subtext and not actual scary tentacle monsters.) Bonus - Rod Serling's shoes are filled by Mark Hamill and he does a fantastic job.
I highly recommend both shows.
