Fun and adventure!
Together these gloriously intoxicating things make life feel a whole lot less banal, excitingly more possible and thrillingly exciting in a way that commuting to work and paying your taxes simple does not.
Thankfully while real life may not always have them in multitudinous abundance, TV/streaming does, and no better is this illustrated, at least in this post, than in these four shows profiled here, all of which have one or the other, or quite likely, both.
Not boring at all, right?
Not even a little bit and all we have to do now is wait for them to make their way to our TV screens and devices, the better to brighten the dreary coldness of day-to-day life.
Or if you’re lucky, make your already wonderful life just that little bit better … or a lot …
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Avenue 5 takes us to a not-so-distant future where space tourism is a booming business. While manning a luxury spacecraft owned by Herman Judd (Josh Gad), Captain Ryan Clark (Hugh Laurie) finds himself in over his head when the ship is thrown disastrously off-course—turning what was meant to be an eight-week cruise into an eight-year journey. Picking up five months after failing to reroute the vessel, season two follows the crew—including fiery engineer Billie (Lenora Crichlow), unpredictable head of customer relations Matt (Zach Woods), and faithful right-hand Iris (Suzy Nakamura)—as they struggle to lead, calm, control, and, if need be, hide from increasingly unruly passengers. On Earth, they’re lauded as heroes, and in space, everyone can hear them scream. (courtesy Gizmodo via HBO)
The eight episodes of Avenue 5 (S2) start streaming on HBO and HBO Max on 10 October.
National Treasure: Edge of History
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The Disney+ Original series, National Treasure: Edge of History is an expansion of the National Treasure movie franchise told from the point of view of a young heroine, Jess (Lisette Olivera), a brilliant and resourceful DREAMer in search of answers about her family — who embarks on the adventure of a lifetime to uncover the truth about the past and save a lost Pan-American treasure. (courtesy Disney.com)
National Treasure: Edge of History premieres its first two episodes on 14 December on Disney+.
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Created by James Rallison and Ethan Banville, Oddballs follows James, a bubble-shaped boy, whose observations on life fuel his comedic rants at everyday annoyances and elevates them to laughably absurd heights. Along with his best friends Max (a talking crocodile) and Echo (a girl who claims to be from the future), James’ ridiculous schemes to question norms often result in disaster. (courtesy Wikipedia)
Oddballs debuts on Netflix on 7 October 2022.
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A princess assembles a party to join her on her quest to rescue her abducted twin brother. The series is a sequel to the 1988 fantasy film Willow, with Ron Howard set to be executive producer alongside Jonathan Kasdan, Wendy Mericle, and Jon M. Chu. Chu will direct the series’ pilot, with Kasdan and Mericle serving as showrunners, Warwick Davis reprising his role as Willow Ufgood, and Bob Dolman serving as a consulting producer. (synopsis courtesy Willow Wiki)
Willow premieres on Disney+ on 30 November.