Ludwig (2024) 1x01 + American Sports Story: Aaron Herandez 1x03 + Mr McMahon (2024) 1x01-1x04 + 1
Ludwig (2024) 1x01
Idiot BBC1 comedy drama about a missing twin and a puzzle obsessed twin. Puzzle twin takes his missing twin’s place at work. Missing twin is a cop. Puzzle twin solves a murder and fancies his estranged brother’s wife and has social anxiety. I’ll check out 1x02.
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Pray The Gay Away 🏟🏈♂️
Aaron has a new galpal and lived in a permanent quasi sexual frenzy. No emotional backstory. Tim Tebow helps Aaron with his terrible intrusive thoughts. Aaron is self loathing made flesh. Coach has angry astonishment. Aaron gets high and cheats on drug tests. Rumours abound at campus. Aaron has poor emotional regulation and building resentment.
Coach has considerable forbearance. Rumours abound among the team. Aaron is intrinsically vile, despicable and depraved, vexatious and spurious and creates unnecessary drama whenever he goes. There is incomprehensible footy lingo. Tim Tebow helps Aaron. Mommy has a boyfriend. Aaron is told to get drafted by the NFL to avoid outside scrutiny. Dull.
Best Lines:
“Is he high right now?”
“Our of control today. Even for you.”
“They don’t even try!”
“End up in the Hall Of Fame.”
“Or prison!”
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Junior
A 6 part biography of the pro wrestling impresario. Vince, Hogan, the vile Stephanie, the gold digging son in law Triple H, The Rock, an embittered Bret Hart, a geriatric Shane and other talking heads speak. Tony Atlas speaks and Bret Hart is full of himself. Vintage footage. Vince’s awful father is discussed. Paul Heyman speaks. Vince had a terrible upbringing. Vince looks old. Linda speaks. Pro wrestling is Americana. Old photos are shown. Tony Atlas wears a tie but no sleeves. Mr T is mentioned as is Cyndi Lauper. Lawsuits are mentioned.
Best Line:
“Billionaire bad guy boss.”
“Nobody talks about it as mattering.”
“Listen to the crowd.”
“The Woodstock of professional wrestling!”
“Ultimate yuppie honour.”
“Verbiage I never heard.”
“I fear no man.”
“YOU FAT BAG OF WIND!”
Heat
Vince did a sing and dance routine. Hogan sabotaged Jesse Ventura’s attempt at unionisation. Andre The Giant is discussed. Hulkamania faded. The steroid trial kicked off. As did sex scandals. Jimmy Hart shows up. I thought he was dead. A muck raking reporter smugs. Overly dramatic and full of lies. Ted Turner and WCW lurk. Hogan jumped to WCW. Interviews for this began in 2021. Hogan was threatened with 17 years in jail for steroids. Serious, serious problems all round.
Best Lines:
“Lot of men drop!”
“Burning will.”
“Scandal shows.”
“Storytelling contrivance.”
“Some of the worst human beings walking the face of the earth. “
Screwjob
The New Generation with Bret Hart showed up. The Monday night wars kicked off. 🩷🩷🩷🩷. Dastardly stuff was done. Bret Hart obsessed over the belt. He didn’t win it. He was granted it. HBK speaks. He sounds like a 3 pack a day smoker. What happened in Montreal was a set up. Bret Hart lies. The wild overreaction to Montreal is bizarre. Bret Hart whines.
Best Lines:
“Oozing machismo.”
“Less than nuanced.”
“Out cold like a summer fish.”
“Destroy it and then eat it.”
Attitude
Trish Stratus speaks. Vince does not walk he struts. Vince creates the evil tyrant boss Mr McMahon. The Attitude era. HBK wore tiny shorts. The Undertaker speaks. His real voice is so different. Where is Roman Reigns? Steve Austin speaks. ECW is discussed. Mike Tyson is discussed. Steve Austin’s real life alcoholism and domestic violence is not discussed. Poor Shane the onetime heir apparent corporate son was cast out due to his bitch sister and her steroid sucking hobosexual husband. The Rock speaks. Blows away the envelope of good taste. Sable is finally mentioned. Vulgar absurdity.
Best Lines:
“Never liked the good guys.”
“Punk rock indie federation. “
“Got uncocky real fast.”
“This can’t possibly be legal.”
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Grotesquerie (2024) 1x01
Pilot
Niece Nash v evil! No names co star. Nice opening credits. A family are horribly murdered. A crazy homeless man screams. Bizarre conversations. A man is in a coma. A nun lurks. Wtf is tactical wire? The nun is a journalist covering crime and into cults. This was dull. Why are so many tv shows a letdown and not what I hoped? Underlit. Brimstone is discussed.
Best Lines:
“Place of justice and refuge.”
“No more hope and no more order.”
“Far higher cost.”
“Horrible news and cataclysms.”
“WHY ARE YOU FIRING YOUR GUN?”
