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Gets some kudos for filming at Salford Lads Club (Smiths fans will know)

But I think this show jumped the shark last series and ain’t coming back
 
ranbalam said:
Seriously, Severance is some of the best TV I've seen in a long time. Anybody else watching it?
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Yes! It’s interesting cause initially I thought it was pretty bleak, but as it’s gone on it couples that feeling with some solid humor. I’m enjoying where it’s going so far.
TenderLovingKiller® said:
Watching Winning Time. I am enamored. It’s looks great and John C. Reilly is fantastic.

Also, the actors playing Jabar, Nixon, West and especially Magic are quite good!
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I am curious to check this out. Honestly I really dislike the Lakers, but I still feel this’ll be a fun show even if I’m not a fan of the team.
 
I didn’t think The Dropout would be that good, but I’m enjoying it a lot. Is there clunky dialogue to throw you into mid 2000s nostalgia? Absolutely. But I enjoy that. I already know the Theranos story well having read the great book Bad Blood. I also liked the documentary about it from a few years ago. I thought the fictionalized version would be totally unnecessary but I like it a lot. I mean it’s a compelling story anyway, and Amanda Seyfried is great as Elizabeth Holmes.
 
Bennnnn said:
Yes! It’s interesting cause initially I thought it was pretty bleak, but as it’s gone on it couples that feeling with some solid humor. I’m enjoying where it’s going so far.
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That's where I am too. E1 was all dark but E2 provided some elements that reminded me of a Kaufman film. Or David O Russell, which I mentioned in an earlier post. I guess that's not too surprising since Ben Stiller worked with him on Flirting with Disaster.
 
Roku has the first couple episodes free of the new show From that's on Epix. It's by the producer of Lost and has the actor who played a Micheal on Lost. The wife and I watched the first two episodes tonight and it's got some good tension and the premise has me intrigued. Enough that I might need to sub to Epix for a bit.
 
Finally all caught up with Succession. What a brutal season finale. I think that was the best season of the show so far, it needed that inter-family drama and conflict. I can't immediately recall what happened in seasons 1 & 2 since it was the Roy family vs. everyone else.

Just for fun I'm going to rank my favorite characters from most liked to most hated.
  1. Greg
  2. Tom
  3. Siobhan
  4. Kendall
  5. Roman
  6. Logan
Roman almost became my most hated throughout the season but Logan took it back at the end of the season. Logan Roy is easily my most hated tv character of all time. I despise him with ever fiber of my being. I need him to finally croak in the next season but of course that will never happen.

One quote that stayed with me after I heard it in episode 6:

Tom (to Kendall): "I’ve seen you get fucked a lot, I’ve never seen Logan get fucked once.”
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That's the whole show in a nutshell.
 
wokeupnew said:
Finally all caught up with Succession. What a brutal season finale. I think that was the best season of the show so far, it needed that inter-family drama and conflict. I can't immediately recall what happened in seasons 1 & 2 since it was the Roy family vs. everyone else.

Just for fun I'm going to rank my favorite characters from most liked to most hated.
  1. Greg
  2. Tom
  3. Siobhan
  4. Kendall
  5. Roman
  6. Logan
Roman almost became my most hated throughout the season but Logan took it back at the end of the season. Logan Roy is easily my most hated tv character of all time. I despise him with ever fiber of my being. I need him to finally croak in the next season but of course that will never happen.

One quote that stayed with me after I heard it in episode 6:



That's the whole show in a nutshell.
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It's difficult picking most hated characters from that show, they are all truly awful. But why the hate for Roman? I think I would have put Kendall & Tom above Roman.
 
Andy said:
It's difficult picking most hated characters from that show, they are all truly awful. But why the hate for Roman? I think I would have put Kendall & Tom above Roman.
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I didn't like Tom a lot in the previous seasons but the jail storyline and the way Shiv treated him really made me feel bad for him. Plus I liked how he was nice to Greg most of the time. What he did to Shiv was shady, but over the course of the season and even the end of season 2 when they had that discussion on the beach, it made sense at the end.

Roman is just an awful person. Extremely immature, a grade-A D-bag. His whole sex perversion thing with Gerri, being friendly with the fascist candidate, belittling Shiv constantly. He needs to get punched in the face badly. He's a damaged person, sure, but a lot that is inexcusable behavior.

Kendall I've always been neutral towards. I liked him at the beginning of the season obviously, but it started collapsing fast. It just seemed like he's full of himself, case-in-point with his ridiculous birthday party. That must have cost at least half a million dollars by the way, insane to put all that together for just one party.

The only 2 characters that I actually like are Greg and Tom, Shiv I'm 50/50. I'm very interested to see where she goes from here with the Tom situation.
 
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wokeupnew said:
I didn't like Tom a lot in the previous seasons but the jail storyline and the way Shiv treated him really made me feel bad for him. Plus I liked how he was nice to Greg most of the time. What he did to Shiv was shady, but over the course of the season and even the end of season 2 when they had that discussion on the beach, it made sense at the end.

Roman is just an awful person. Extremely immature, a grade-A D-bag. His whole sex perversion thing with Gerri, being friendly with the fascist candidate, belittling Shiv constantly. He needs to get punched in the face badly. He's a damaged person, sure, but a lot that is inexcusable behavior.

Kendall I've always been neutral towards. I liked him at the beginning of the season obviously, but it started collapsing fast. It just seemed like he's full of himself, case-in-point with his ridiculous birthday party. That must have cost at least half dollars by the way, insane to put all that together for just one party.

The only 2 characters that I actually like are Greg and Tom, Shiv I'm 50/50. I'm very interested to see where she goes from here with the Tom situation.
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I don't think I like any of them TBH. They are all very manipulative. Sounds weird but I think Roman is probably more honest than the others, he's basically a child. I think they all show some humanity at times, but it's just a facade. It's great TV.

I do wonder if it's close to what life is like in the Murdoch household.
 
ranbalam said:
I think the show does a great job of swaying the viewer into liking a certain character, then like two episodes later showing you that that character is indeed also awful. So you root for Shiv for awhile, then Roman, maybe even Kendall...but it never lasts.
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except for Greg!

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wokeupnew said:
Roman is just an awful person. Extremely immature, a grade-A D-bag. His whole sex perversion thing with Gerri, being friendly with the fascist candidate, belittling Shiv constantly. He needs to get punched in the face badly. He's a damaged person, sure, but a lot that is inexcusable behavior.
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also, I hate how he always caves and ends up siding with Logan and will throw his siblings under the bus to try to position himself as the heir apparent. He never takes any risks or tries to actually accomplish anything.
 
Winning Time premiere was a lot of fun. I think I'm sticking with it. It wasn't quite what I was expecting, and maybe it's not perfect. But it does a lot of stuff that I enjoy, especially how fast paced and fun it was.


The newest episode of The Dropout was also really great, one of the best so far.
 
Bennnnn said:
Winning Time premiere was a lot of fun. I think I'm sticking with it. It wasn't quite what I was expecting, and maybe it's not perfect. But it does a lot of stuff that I enjoy, especially how fast paced and fun it was.


The newest episode of The Dropout was also really great, one of the best so far.
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Agree on both counts. I enjoyed Inventing Anna enough (I'm a Julia Garner Stan) but The Dropout is so much better.
 
tvham said:
Agree on both counts. I enjoyed Inventing Anna enough (I'm a Julia Garner Stan) but The Dropout is so much better.
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I haven’t checked out Inventing Anna yet. I’m less aware of that whole story than the Theranos one, but I know of some of it. I’ve been meaning to give it a shot, but I haven’t heard much about it.
 
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