A COFFEE BREAK WITH ME

  In this last month I've been doing a full immersion in a tv show that I had only heard about before, but always underestimated; i'm talking about "The Office", US version. I approached this show after watching, under advice, a couple of very funny scenes and so I decided to start from the beginning and try to give a closer look. And so during my smartworking every lunch break and every evening my TV or pc was tuned to Netflix or Amazon Prime Video to watch a few episodes. Well I must say that I haven't regretted it at all, in fact I found all seasons always funny, very good characters especially as representatives of different types of employees (I know something about it being also a character in my "the office"), the dynamics always exaggerated but never too far from the real dynamics that you can live in an office. There are 9 seasons in total and certainly the first 7 fly away very, very quickly and there is always something to laugh about; t...

Nell'ultimo mese ho fatto una full immersion in una serie di cui prima avevo solo sentito parlare, ma che avevo sempre sottovalutato e considerato di serie b, The Office, nella versione US. Mi sono avvicinato alla serie dopo aver visto, sotto consiglio, un paio di scene molto divertenti e per questo ho deciso di iniziare dall'inizio e provare a dare un'occhiata più in dettaglio. E quindi durante il mio smartworking ogni pausa pranzo ed ogni serata la mia tv o il mio pc era sintonizzato su Netflix o Amazon Prime Video per vedere qualche episodio. Beh devo dire che non me ne sono affatto pentito, infatti, ho trovato nel complesso le varie stagioni sempre divertenti, i personaggi validi soprattutto come rappresentanti di diverse tipologie di impiegati (ne so qualcosa essendo anche io personaggio del mio "the office"), le dinamiche sempre esagerate, ma mai troppo distanti dalle vere dinamiche che si possono vivere in un ufficio.  Le stagioni in totale sono 9 e sicuram...

  EN Lately there has been a lot of conversation about this movie and the feedback is often conflicting, from those who love it to those who hate it, so I had to give my opinion in this blog. The quickest way to give a summary of the plot for me was to Google "Plot Don't Look Up" and the few words ahead are a more than satisfying result for my purpose: "A pair of astronomers become aware of the existence of a meteorite on a collision course with Earth. The two scientists try to warn everyone on Earth that the meteorite will destroy the planet in six months." Yes, because I don't want to talk about the storyline here, but some thoughts on the movie. And I'll be Spoiler free. The first thing that impressed me about the film is its ironic mood, but that was to be expected considering the previous films of the director (for example Anchorman, The Big Short or Vice). The use of humor is perfect for the topic, which is very similar to what happens toda...

  I would never have thought it, but I feel the need to spend few words about a new Netflix tv show.  And I would never have said it because this show is animated and serves as a prequel to a videogame that, before seeing it, I had never even heard of.  The show is Arcane, available on Netflix since November 21, placed in a universe of a videogame - League of Legends (LOL).   The show made a lot of buzz and received a lot of positive comments. Thanks to all this, a second season has already been announced and will be released after 2022. But what is Arcane about?  Well, I'll summarize what struck me most about the story. But I don't want to give you a complete summary, but only few short thoughts in the style of this blog. Obviously, no spoilers. Basically, it's the story of two sisters who come from the slums of a city that has really two different cities in one, the rich and "shining" city Piltover and the poor, degraded and forgotten lower part, ...