TV/Movies Megathread

[Josephus]

Do you know about Andrew too? How he's provably not the favourite anymore

I googled a bit and it seems that my memories of the two youngest kind of merged and I couldn't tell them apart.  For example, I thought Andrew had married Fergie.

Didn't he?

[Valmy]

Yeah he did. Edward, the aspiring media moghul, married somebody named Sophie who I had never heard of. Despite her name she is not French, but nobody's perfect.

[Sheilbh]

Yeah he did. Edward, the aspiring media moghul, married somebody named Sophie who I had never heard of. Despite her name she is not French, but nobody's perfect.

I'd never thought of Sophie as a French name

[Admiral Yi]

@Beeb

I watched an episode or two at my father's insistence.

One thing I noticed right off the bat is the father is a totally deracinated 3rd gen or so who had to learn to speak with a broken Korean accent and doesn't do a great job.  OTOH they do seem to have cast ethnic Koreans, as opposed to Chinese or Japanese actors.

I can vouch that Korean Christians are pretty culty and freaky.

I also found it pretty lame.

If you want to a much better take on the same topic, check out the book "My Korean Deli."  White boy in NYC marries into Korean family, takes over running the convenience store.  Nonfictional.  White boy leaves a job working with George Plimpton on Paris Review.

[Admiral Yi]

Didn't he?

Woops.

Which one was the helicopter pilot?

[Sheilbh]

Woops.

Which one was the helicopter pilot?

Andrew. Edward's the youngest getting bullied at school.

[Valmy]

Yeah he did. Edward, the aspiring media moghul, married somebody named Sophie who I had never heard of. Despite her name she is not French, but nobody's perfect.

I'd never thought of Sophie as a French name

It is Sophia but Frenchified.

If somebody is named Sophie it doesn't mean they are French but it is French enough that I will at least check 

[Admiral Yi]

Andrew. Edward's the youngest getting bullied at school.

OK, then back to square one.

Edward is the one I have not a single memory of.

[Valmy]

Andrew. Edward's the youngest getting bullied at school.

OK, then back to square one.

Edward is the one I have not a single memory of.

Yeah, me neither, I was not aware he existed until this conversation.

[Barrister]

@Beeb

I watched an episode or two at my father's insistence.

One thing I noticed right off the bat is the father is a totally deracinated 3rd gen or so who had to learn to speak with a broken Korean accent and doesn't do a great job.  OTOH they do seem to have cast ethnic Koreans, as opposed to Chinese or Japanese actors.

I can vouch that Korean Christians are pretty culty and freaky.

I also found it pretty lame.

If you want to a much better take on the same topic, check out the book "My Korean Deli."  White boy in NYC marries into Korean family, takes over running the convenience store.  Nonfictional.  White boy leaves a job working with George Plimpton on Paris Review.

Yeah I thought what might speak to you wasn't the convenience store angle, but the religion angle.  I also had a feeling the accent was pretty wonky but what do I know?

[Admiral Yi]

Yeah I thought what might speak to you wasn't the convenience store angle, but the religion angle.  I also had a feeling the accent was pretty wonky but what do I know?

As to the convenience store angle, my experience has been they are usually in shitty neighborhoods and the workers are protected by bulletproof glass and engage in an unending war of attrition with their customers.  Not brightly lit places where they engage in inoffensive middle of the road sitcom banter with the colorful characters that pass through.

But then again maybe it's different in Canada.

[Barrister]

Yeah I thought what might speak to you wasn't the convenience store angle, but the religion angle.  I also had a feeling the accent was pretty wonky but what do I know?

As to the convenience store angle, my experience has been they are usually in shitty neighborhoods and the workers are protected by bulletproof glass and engage in an unending war of attrition with their customers.  Not brightly lit places where they engage in inoffensive middle of the road sitcom banter with the colorful characters that pass through.

But then again maybe it's different in Canada.

Toronto is pretty gentrified.  It being quite large and brightly lit is probably just a necessity because of needing to shoot a TV show there.

But now that I think about it, the gentrified neighbourhoods probably mean increased rents...

[Sheilbh]

Toronto is pretty gentrified.  It being quite large and brightly lit is probably just a necessity because of needing to shoot a TV show there.

But now that I think about it, the gentrified neighbourhoods probably mean increased rents...

But everyone still needs a convenience store, surely?

[Admiral Yi]

But everyone still needs a convenience store, surely?

Not if you have a gas station or supermarket handy.

[Malthus]

Yeah I thought what might speak to you wasn't the convenience store angle, but the religion angle.  I also had a feeling the accent was pretty wonky but what do I know?

As to the convenience store angle, my experience has been they are usually in shitty neighborhoods and the workers are protected by bulletproof glass and engage in an unending war of attrition with their customers.  Not brightly lit places where they engage in inoffensive middle of the road sitcom banter with the colorful characters that pass through.

But then again maybe it's different in Canada.

I have literally never seen a convenience store like you describe in Toronto; my guess is that the retail experience is simply different here.