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TenderLovingKiller® said:
Agreed, Even after watching it all the way through 3 times prior I was still picking up things I had missed while going through Mad Men for a fourth time. I think once you know the characters and main plot well you can focus more on their interactions nuances that you miss initially while figuring those things out. I noticed the same thing during my recent rewatches of Deadwood, Mad Men, Sopranos, Band Of Brothers and currently The Wire. Great TV get even better the more you rewatch it.
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I'm on a third pass of The Sopranos, this time with closed captions on. Not only is the show still outstanding, I am picking up way more of the lingo/slang as well. But damn, the violence towards women is pretty unbearable at times. And, Omar from The Wire was in two scenes of Sopranos in an episode of S3.
 
It's disappointing, but not surprising, that Chris Chibnall has been as bad for Doctor Who as I expected. Jodie Whittaker was wasted in the role.
 
kvetcha said:
It's disappointing, but not surprising, that Chris Chibnall has been as bad for Doctor Who as I expected. Jodie Whittaker was wasted in the role.
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Agree ,..the dr who writing has nose dived off a cliff ...amateurish and preachy...no subtly .. utter crap now
 
Gavaxeman said:
Agree ,..the dr who writing has nose dived off a cliff ...amateurish and preachy...no subtly .. utter crap now
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Moffat could be preachy and too-clever, but he was fun. I loved Series 10 and I'm so disappointed seeing the show's potential squandered the past few years.
 
kvetcha said:
Moffat could be preachy and too-clever, but he was fun. I loved Series 10 and I'm so disappointed seeing the show's potential squandered the past few years.
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Same here ..got all the classic era Who DVD and new stuff thru to series 10..haven’t bothered with 11 & 12 ..was a real chore to even watch them at all ..it’s gone from a must watch family Saturday night tv to something I put on by myself in the hope it might not be as bad as I fear ..only to be disappointed again ..the last series ending was bananas ...still haven’t bothered watching the New Year’s Day special yet
 
So after a few years of waiting because I don't get the channel; thanks to Peacock I was finally able to start 'Yellowstone'.

I'm only one episode in (which was two hours I think), but for me there's too much going on - who's doing what and why, who is who and who is related to who, etc.

I'll give it a little while longer but I found myself initially to be more overwhelmed than entertained.
 
KenKaniff said:
So after a few years of waiting because I don't get the channel; thanks to Peacock I was finally able to start 'Yellowstone'.

I'm only one episode in (which was two hours I think), but for me there's too much going on - who's doing what and why, who is who and who is related to who, etc.

I'll give it a little while longer but I found myself initially to be more overwhelmed than entertained.
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This was me with Deadwood. I didn’t quite understand everything. I kept going with 2 more episodes but I wasn’t hooked so I stopped. I know everyone raves about it but I couldn’t get into it.
 
wokeupnew said:
This was me with Deadwood. I didn’t quite understand everything. I kept going with 2 more episodes but I wasn’t hooked so I stopped. I know everyone raves about it but I couldn’t get into it.
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I haven’t seen Yellowstone but I think a lot of shows that just kind of drop you into the world without much exposition expect the audience will figure it out as the story progresses. I also think that is one of the reason I have been enjoying rewatching so many of these peak TV shows again. Since you already know all the characters you can focus on other things you may have missed.
 
Hollywood said:
Just finished binge watching the first 2 seasons of The Mandalorian and all is well with the force ✨🙏😊
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Just started watching this tonight.

Really glad I bought my sister a Disney plus subscription for Christmas for her Christmas present for her to use because I just had a feeling that she wanted it and I got it for her because I care so much about what she wants. And I’m such a good brother that, out of the goodness of the spirit if the season of giving, I helped her create a password for her account to set it up on her smart tv (and maybe also on my phone in case she needs me to fix something on her account at some point).

I’m pretty sure she’ll find something on there that she enjoys - she’s got to, right?
 
Indymisanthrope said:
We spent last summer watching an episode of Taskmaster every evening to wind down. Such low stakes and good humor was the warm blanket we needed at the time. Need to catch up.

Has there ever been a bigger falloff than going from Deadwood to John From Cincinnati?
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Luck was pretty good though (strictly from a show standpoint, not from a bunch of dead horses standpoint).
 
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