Day #20 of the 30 Days of Television Challenge

[shadowkat]

This is Day #20 of The 30 Days of Halloween Meme

The prompt is A paranormal or supernatural fantasy film, book or television series you enjoy or are currently obsessed with

I drew a blank and then I remembered..

His Dark Materials

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[cjlasky7]

I watched it again a few nights ago, then obsessively looked up every possible detail about the production:

Dead of Night (1945); produced by Ealing Studios

Ealing is famous for its comedies-- like The Ladykillers or Kind Hearts and Coronets--but their one horror movie was a doozy. The granddaddy of the modern horror anthology film, featuring Michael Redgrave as a ventriloquist with a very independent minded dummy:

https://youtu.be/8UCJz617E8s

[shadowkat]

And...you're back to the obscure 1940s,50s, and 60s classics.

Sigh.

[cjlasky7]

...you're back to the obscure 1940s, 1950s and 60s classics.

Yep.

You asked, what are you currently obsessed with? Dead of Night is what I really latched onto recently; rewatching made me appreciate its far-reaching influence in the horror genre.

Look, it's not like I don't have an obsessive interest in a current horror TV series. You know I do! But I've talked What We Do In the Shadows to undeath around here, and I wanted to go somewhere else.

I like to go spelunking in pop culture. I do it with music, TV, and film. In this Halloween challenge, I've included everything from the early 1920s up to right now. It's all good. This is how my brain works.

It's also how my wife and I are dealing with the stress in our lives. We don't have Netflix or Disney+ or CBS All Access (we watch too much TV as it is), so we root around in the archives: yesterday, we watched Peter Cushing in Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) and Abel Ferrara's remake of Body Snatchers (1993). (Good-to-OK on both.)

So I'm not trying to aggravate you! Really!

(Hm. I say that to my wife a lot, too...)

[shadowkat]

If it was just you, it wouldn't be an issue. The problem is that EVERYONE responding to all the memes appears to be either over the age of 60 and/or reluctant to recommend anything that aired in the 21st Century or within twenty years of it, for every single meme or question - unless I demand it.

I mean one or two, not a problem. But everything?? Stuff aired in the 21st. There's a lot of good things airing now - better things actually. Far better.

Otherwise I wouldn't have said anything. But after a while - it was like, okay, am I the only one watching television, films, and listening to music that actually aired in the 21st Century or within twenty years of it? Ugh.

[shadowkat]

You appear to have Hulu...because you have access to various things that I didn't.

[wendelah1]

I have season one of this series on hold at the library. Is there going to be a second season? Probably--there were three books in the series. It looks great.

[shadowkat]

Yes - the second season premiers in November. They filmed it prior to March, everything was completed except a few editing/post-production items which they completed over the summer, and one character centric episode that wasn't essential to the plot and could be added later.

So it does have a second season. And to my knowledge has been renewed for at least three seasons. It's produced in the UK - so most likely won't have as many issues with production.

Television is actually doing okay. They figured out how to do it safely with COVID. They test everyone and then put them in a bubble for a specific period of time, then let them go. Or they have them wear masks up to the action, and also test constantly. No drinks, no food, they just pretend.

I've been watching General Hospital - and with a few exceptions? You can't tell it was filmed during a pandemic.

Oh - the Witcher started filming again to in the summer.