👶 we emerged half formed

s3e17

• 📺: hacking through the jokes
• 💽: overwhelmed with choices
• 🦸: four names are better than one
• 🎥: a glowing indie

This is going to be a brief update as I've been sick for a few days and today is no exception. Hoping I'll be better soon to catch up and prepare some of the future issues.

📺 New Shows

🕴️ A Man in Full S1 (Netflix) — Thursday

Jeff Daniels stars in this show from David E. Kelley, based on a Tom Wolfe novel with Regina King directing three of the six episodes.

🎭 Hacks S3 (HBO) — Thursday

It's back! One of the best comedies on TV. If you haven't watched this, you should definitely check out the first two seasons and then hop aboard. It stars Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder, who has her own comedy special coming to HBO soon as well.

⚽ Welcome to Wrexham S3 (Hulu) — Friday

Picking up the pace a bit here as the season they are going to be covering here just wrapped this past weekend. The last season of the show kicked off in September. Reynolds and McElhenney also just bought into a Mexican league team.

👑 Tales of the Empire S1 (Disney) — Saturday

Another animated Star Wars show for Disney+.

Wednesday

• Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Disney) 3:15
• Palm Royale (Apple) 1:9
• X-Men '97 (Disney) 1:8
• Loot (Apple) 2:6
• The Big Door Prize (Apple) 2:3

Thursday

• The Girls on the Bus (HBO) 1:9
• A Gentleman in Moscow (Showtime) 1:6
• Conan O'Brien Must Go (HBO) 1:3
• A Man in Full (Netflix) S1 [Full season]
• Hacks (HBO) 3:1

Friday

• Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show (HBO) 1:6
• Sugar (Apple) 1:6
• Franklin (Apple) 1:6
• Welcome to Wrexham (Hulu) 3:1-2

Saturday

• Tales of the Empire (Disney) S1 [Full season]

Sunday

• Last Week Tonight (HBO) 11:10
• Parish (AMC) 1:6 [Finale]
• The Sympathizer (HBO) 1:4
• The Jinx: Part Two (HBO) 2:3

💽 Release of the Week

MERCYLAND by Shelter Boy

Upbeat British (sounding, at least) indie pop rock. There were three albums in the running for me this week, but this one hit the sweet spot in the Venn diagram of being lesser known and still upbeat and poppy enough to have mainstream appeal.

🏃 Runner-ups

All Born Screaming by St. Vincent

The big release of the week. I loved it. St. Vincent has such a unique sound and she continues that here, but brings in more rock sensibility on some tracks that make it a true standout.

Grumpster by Grumpster

Reminiscent of the Pop Punk days of All Time Low mixed with A Day To Remember. It traverses that high-pitched Cute is What We Aim For vibe with the throaty yelling of hardcore a bit too much to really appeal too broadly, but was still a great ride.

Hovvdy by Hovvdy

This is a bit too soft for me, but if it's your kind of thing, it's really a great album.

A couple more...

• Lawn Girl by Mandy
• Let's Start Degeneracy by Microwave
• The All Allan Hour by Allan Rayman
• Affection by Bullion & Panda Bear
• Mimi by Corridor

🦸 No. 1's

Bear Pirate Viking Queen (Image) #1

Sean Lewis is a really intriguing writer. I first discover him with his Saints series at Image that surprised me in a lot of different ways. He hasn't gone on to write much (if at all) for the big two, but he's continued to write unique Image books and has also been writing a lot in the world of Spawn. This, to me, his biggest creator-owned launch since coming on the scene and I hope it delivers.

The Whisper Queen: A Blacksand Tale (Image) #1

Chip Zdarsky returns to the world of Blacksand with Kris Anka. Will be cool to see if they continue to push out miniseries in this world for years to come.

The White Trees (Image) #1

This is a collected edition of two issues that preceded the above in the Blacksand world from 2019.

Space Ghost (Dynamite) #1

Space Ghost!

Barbaric: Born in Blood (Vault) #1

I finally just picked up the first Barbaric trade. I've heard great things and it's the book that has basically lifted Vault into a real published.

More #1's

• The Blood Brothers Mother (DSTLRY) #1
• Lester of the Lesser Gods (Dark Horse) #1
• Blood Hunt (Marvel) #1

🦹 New Releases

What more can I honestly say about these two books that I've been yelling about for over 18 months now. They are both superb. You are hopefully already reading both at this point.

• What's the Furthest Place From Here? (Image) #18
• Kaya (Image) #18

🎥 New Movies

📺 I Saw the TV Glow

A24 indie supernatural horror starring Justice Smith and Brigette Lundy-Paine.

🍂 The Fall Guy

The big studio film of the week starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt. You've probably seen enough about this one.

🐅 Wildcat

Maya Hawke stars as Flannery O'Connor in this movie directed by Ethan Hawke. Reviews are middling.

💡 The Idea of You (Amazon Prime)

Anne Hathaway in a rom-com for Amazon Prime.

🐢 Turtles All the Way Down (HBO)

The adaptation of the John Green book about a girl with extreme anxiety. I feel like watching this will put me in my own anxiety spiral.

🥣 Unfrosted (Netflix)

Jerry Seinfeld with his feature film directorial debut, and he chose... this..? He's also out there complaining about "woke culture" ruining comedy...

That's it... apologies for the briefness. I hope to do better next week.

Stay sane and be kind,

—kevin humdrum

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