The town he's looking at is actually wonderful. It's made up of thousands of american retirees and is basically a huge resort. It's called San Miguel de Allende and it's gorgeous. He's going to go down there and stay for a week, get the feel of the place and the people. It has walmart and other familiar shopping experiences, US-trained doctors and first-rate medical facilities, etc.
And the violence there is less of a threat than it is in America.
He says if the wall goes up, it will be like a double edged sword as walls tend to keep people in as much as out. He says there are many places like SMA and they won't be very secret for long.
I would have chosen canada too until I heard about these kinds of places in mexico. I'm getting too old for the cold, and I'm perfectly happy being around other old(er) people. If I was younger than I would be worried about what kinds of fun things there would be to do there, clubs, etc. Now I just want quiet. And warmth.
Mexican resorts are like the most surreal thing. Inside it feels like you're on some rich guy's property, but step outside just a bit and it's a jungle slum out there.
oh man i'm rewatching asoue and it's insane how many vfd logos and references i missed. and i was looking for them on the first watch too! if this series ends uo being anywhere near as dense as the books, i will be a happy guy
That bit from, what, the first or second episode "I can't seem to find the sugar bowl" and I was just like "so it's gonna be THAT kind of series." They're really killing it so far, and I've only seen up until Part 1 of Book 2.
They're definitely already revealing more things earlier on than I remember the books doing, but still not in such an unsubtle way that a first-timer would have it all spoon-fed. And it was also smart to include all this new material for those who think they know every little twist going in. Somehow most of it doesn't actually run contrary to the books, probably have Handler's being in charge of teleplay to thank for that.
I think they must have realized that problem to an extent because they put a lot of effort into having an actual "narrator" character to communicate whatever couldn't be just "shown." And it's not just a lazy afterthought either, Warburton is surprisingly great at delivering the exposition.
Mine too, although I think maybe my favorite specific moment so far was that line from NPH playing Olaf playing Stephano about preferring long-form television to film, followed by a long flirtatious look at the camera. Shots fired.