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Nina Metz
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TV and film critic for the Chicago Tribune https://www.chicagotribune.com/author/nina-metz/ Newsletter: Nina Watches Everything https://buttondown.com/NinaWatchesEverything
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Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · 2d
Why is the reboot of “Law & Order” so bad?

I get into it in this week’s newsletter

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Why is the reboot of “Law & Order” so bad?
It’s as if everyone forgot how to make the show.
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Phineasferatu @phineas.bsky.social · 30m
“We all have to figure out how to live together” is only extended to eliminationists and never to the ones they are trying to eliminate
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feral streep @seanpaulmahoney.bsky.social · 1h
lol how would you be unaware of what a transphobic pice of shit JK Rowling has been for the last 10 years?
"I was not aware of that, no," Knightley said when asked about the boycott. "I'm very sorry. I think we're all living in a period of time right now where we're all going to have to figure out how to live together, aren't we? And we've all got very different opinions. I hope that we can all find respect."
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Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · 32m
Interestingly, because of climate change we haven’t had typical winters where it’s of months and months of perma-snow and brutal temps (the last few years, when it does snow, it melts within a day or two which is *odd*) but when it’s cold? Baby, it is COLD. The wind takes no prisoners
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Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · 35m
Truer words! You’re right, it’s there in the name: car coat (not for outside lol!)
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Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · 36m
I remember coat shopping a few years ago and seeing some that had no closures and being confused; the salesperson was like “you can just hold it closed if you’re cold” so I guess the idea is that you will never have to carry or push anything ever lol
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ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 43m
We had to do all kinds of contortions to keep our feet out of this one.
A small entrance way of a 1920s apartment building with vintage single pane glass doors and a colorful vintage tile floor.
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Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · 44m
It’s funny I was thinking the same. I believe she lives in Dallas and this is a very Dallas conception of what a coat needs to do (in addition to looking great, which of course it does!)
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Bom Tellino @bomtellino.bsky.social · 1h
It’s been said but it bears repeating: in addition to the people being abducted, all Chicagoans are being psychologically terrorized. Seeing feds driving/walking around and videos of violent attacks in places you know and love will fuck you up. Get ready, it’s coming to all of America soon.
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Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · 51m
I live in a city where the wind is like “Don’t bring a knife to a gun fight!” so I don’t mess around lol
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Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · 57m
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Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · 58m
It’s a wool blend (vs. 100% wool) which is also unserious for real weather

I love a stylish coat! But it needs to do THE THING which is keep you warm! I guess if you live a life of going from house to car to building this kind of coat works? But city life/waiting for public transportation? No
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Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · 1h
Carla Rockmore has a car coat that she’s selling (in great colors of course) and it’s a nice coat but supposedly one of the selling points is no buttons?!

A coat that you can not close — with buttons, a zipper or self belt — is unserious! Not for REAL weather

carlarockmore.com/products/woo...
Carla Rockmore modeling a hot pink colored knee-length wool coat with a shawl color. The coat is meant to be with open at all times because there is no mechanism to close it
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Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · 1h
I didn’t love the French version either, alas
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 2h
One tiny whistle from a passerby and these enraged ICE/Border Patrol dudes threatening a bicyclist for recording them leap into their $70,000 Jeep Wagoneer and flee the scene.

Interesting. Community whistles.
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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 3h
ICE / Border Patrol threatening to arrest a cyclist for following and recording in Chicago
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Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · 2h
It’s not like a Hallmark Christmas movie at all 🤷🏻‍♀️

You can dislike the can-women-have-it-all? premise but it’s executed with real charm and humor and finesse
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Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · 3h
I’m not even into vampire stories and yet I’m in the bag for this show, highly recommend! It’s just made with such high quality! The writing, performances, all of it … and it’s FUNNY
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Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · 3h
I have!

I’ve actually been listening to a lot of Ann Cleeves audio books (the Jimmy Perez ones “Shetland” is based on as well) and mannnn, I like the show for the most part but the books really are so much better! Especially the Vera Stanhope ones
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Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · 3h
Disclaimer that is is based on my long ago memory, but I just came away feeling like there was this undercurrent of her being punished for being so … reckless? Naive? Sexual? I mean, her assailant WAS punishing her, clearly. Was the movie’s subtext doing that too, instead of challenging it?
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Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · 3h
The theory most streamers work from (if you believe it) is that a bazillion short-episode runs of a season or two compel more people to subscribe than fewer but long-running high quality shows 🤷🏻‍♀️
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Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · 3h
You know, I genuinely don’t know

I think it starts with what gets greenlit and perhaps the skill level of whoever is in those decision-making positions?

But it’s a shift that syncs up specifically with streaming, so the last 10 years or so
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Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · 4h
It’s been fun watching them again!

But it underscores the poor quality of newer procedurals at the moment (not just the reboot but other shows as well)
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Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · 4h
I wonder (even tho this detail is true to life) that the contrast of her being a teacher for deaf children — an “angelic” profession in a surface sense — contrasted with a personal life filled with casual sex — “jezebel” in a surface sense — felt like a commentary that didn’t sit well with me?
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Sèafra @woodward.ca · 4h
Highly recommend reading this blog. It's an incredibly good dissection of why the original L&O kicks the ass of every other iteration of the show. It's also an very well laid out diagnosis of why most of the "second screen" writing in TV today is so boring. Content can never be art.
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Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · 5h
The reboot of “Law & Order” is a Temu version of the show

The original (the first 20 seasons!) stands the test of time, whereas the reboot plays like a cheap knockoff relying on empty tension to fill in the gaps. A tremendous bummer!

My newsletter this week is an in-depth compare & contrast
Why is the reboot of “Law & Order” so bad?
It’s as if everyone forgot how to make the show.
buttondown.com
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Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · 4h
Thank you for reading!

It’s my newsletter so if people are compelled to subscribe, even better
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Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · 4h
Pay and opportunity discrimination is REAL

However =/= therefore quality has gone down. People historically marginalized by Hollywood are still working and still want opportunities. It’s studio executives (who largely were and still are white men) who greenlighting projects
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Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · 4h
I don’t disagree! But I’m always asking if any movie/show: What are you *saying* about this ugly truth? I think I tend to push back on the idea that simply presenting an ugly truth is a sufficient artistic argument. I generally think movies/shows need a POV. What do you think the POV is here?
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