Television

Mr Moore said:
from what I understand, a lot of the soundtrack is altered on the Netflix versions due to rights issues. People rave about how good the music is in it. I should just watch it.
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interesting. I didn't notice anything that would make it seem like the music was missing/different/off. They use a lot of Nick Cave in it, definitely adds to the overall theme.
 
wokeupnew said:
Haven't posted about it here, but I recently finished watching Peaky Blinders and it's really good. I was surprised to see that it hasn't really won any major awards/nominated for Emmy's which was surprising because the last 2 seasons of it were some of the better television I've seen over the past few years. Anyone else watch it and have some thoughts?
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I think I've seen all of it except the newer season that's due in a week or two? Overall I thoroughly enjoyed it - Tom Hardy chews every scene he's in away. Will say that I thought Adrien Brody's character was laughably bad to me, but beyond him - everything else is pretty fantastic.
 
Clint Howard said:
I think I've seen all of it except the newer season that's due in a week or two? Overall I thoroughly enjoyed it - Tom Hardy chews every scene he's in away. Will say that I thought Adrien Brody's character was laughably bad to me, but beyond him - everything else is pretty fantastic.
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I didn't like Hardy's character at the beginning when he first appeared but I liked his friendship with Tommy later on. And yeah, Brody's character was ridiculous with his over the top accent. My girlfriend and I mocked it right after he said something, it was hilarious.
 
Damn Devs has been good so far. It retains the Garland directorial and writing style while having characters that feel a bit more starkly defined, if slightly cartoonish, which I think helps it work as a TV series. I love that he just went for it thematically, I was hoping the tepid response to Annihilation wouldn’t result in dumming down, and if anything this is even brainier.

One minor disappoint has been the horrible file compression on the series. Looks like FX put it through their usual deep fryer before sending over to Hulu, which is a shame because the show looks quite nice.
 
I'm all caught up on streaming/cable shows and looking for some new ones. I've watched and love: Atlanta (re-watched), Snowfall, Dispatches from Elsewhere, Everything's Gonna Be Okay, Back to Life, Brooklyn 99, Watchmen, Kidding and like: The Bold Type, On My Block, Gentefied, I Am Not Okay with This, Breeders, Hunters, The Mandalorian, Good Girls, Schitt's Creek, & The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

I'm considering: Veep, The Leftovers, Broadchurch, Pose, & Devs.

Any other shows you guys love that I should check out?
 
NateOEB said:
I'm all caught up on streaming/cable shows and looking for some new ones. I've watched and love: Atlanta (re-watched), Snowfall, Dispatches from Elsewhere, Everything's Gonna Be Okay, Back to Life, Brooklyn 99, Watchmen, Kidding and like: The Bold Type, On My Block, Gentefied, I Am Not Okay with This, Breeders, Hunters, The Mandalorian, Good Girls, Schitt's Creek, & The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

I'm considering: Veep, The Leftovers, Broadchurch, Pose, & Devs.

Any other shows you guys love that I should check out?
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If you are looking for JOY and laughing - watch Veep and Pose. The Leftovers and Broadchurch are excellent but can be heavy. I'm gonna check out Devs too.

Insecure is a great one to check out. I've been watching The Carol Burnett show on Amazon and it's a lot of fun!

The Expanse is pretty darn good. Ozark is coming back soon, so it's a good time to get caught up. Luther is also coming back so that might be a good one too.
 
I finished Hunters last night

wow, what a crock of shit. Someone please give me those 10 hours back. Also, I keep going back and forth between it being super campy and it having some horrible acting in it
 
NateOEB said:
I'm all caught up on streaming/cable shows and looking for some new ones. I've watched and love: Atlanta (re-watched), Snowfall, Dispatches from Elsewhere, Everything's Gonna Be Okay, Back to Life, Brooklyn 99, Watchmen, Kidding and like: The Bold Type, On My Block, Gentefied, I Am Not Okay with This, Breeders, Hunters, The Mandalorian, Good Girls, Schitt's Creek, & The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

I'm considering: Veep, The Leftovers, Broadchurch, Pose, & Devs.

Any other shows you guys love that I should check out?
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I'm finally watching Good Girls ... Such a fun show. I don't know what took me so long.
 
wokeupnew said:
Haven't posted about it here, but I recently finished watching Peaky Blinders and it's really good. I was surprised to see that it hasn't really won any major awards/nominated for Emmy's which was surprising because the last 2 seasons of it were some of the better television I've seen over the past few years. Anyone else watch it and have some thoughts?
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Thought it was superb up until the last series ..
 
Started McMillions, I'm one episode in and I'll probably finish it, but not at a 'must watch pace'
Going to start The Plot Against America. I just read the novel in the fall, pretty cool timing because I had no idea HBO was making a series of it.
I am caught up on Saul - excellent as always.
I might start Sherman's Showcase - anyone hear of or watch this?
 
The Westworld premiere was...promising. Now that it’s more based in the real world, I am more engaged in what happens going forward. It still felt maybe a little lacking in some areas but I think it has potential to really grow into something better. I’ve always enjoyed the ideas they’re playing around with, it’s just been the execution that doesn’t always land.
 
Indymisanthrope said:
Did this already start? I think I read this shortly after it came out, and I remember being confused because I hadn't realized when I started it that it was an alternate version of history, so I'm pretty sure I missed a lot.
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Yep, it started last night but I watched Saul instead. When I started reading the book I was like, wow I didn't know all this...then eventually realized it was fiction.
 
Season 3 looks cool from the trailers, so I will hopefully get caught up soon. I never watched Season 2 of Westworld, so right now I'm finishing up a rewatch of season 1 (since it's been a while), then will watch season 2 and hopefully catch up in the next week or two.

Also, the last couple episodes of Avenue 5 have been just insanely prescient with everything that's going on now. Really glad I stuck with that show. I just recently found out that Armando Ianucci was working on a Ph.D on Milton at Oxford before getting into comedy. It feels like his brand of satire, though it works for laughs, has more of a polemical undercurrent which I could definitely see in Death of Stalin, but didn't really pick up on in Veep - and it's just immensely satisfying. It does a much better job of capturing what's truly terrifying about the blind faith placed in political or corporate figureheads, the rejection of facts/science, the actual cost of incompetence etc. than any think-piece I've read. It's not just the general bland nihilism that's behind most satire - it's like a righteous indignation that feels grounded in a worldview that seems like it's reasonable enough to be labeled simply as: "common sense" - but it's filtered through comedy, so it's doesn't feel preachy or self-righteous at all - you can kind of pick and choose how much you want to watch it through that lens and enjoy it on any level that you want. And I just love that this particular iteration of his brand of satire is masquerading as a dumb little show about luxury space travel - like a cross between the Orville and the second half of Wall-E that no one was asking for haha.
 
People, I need some advice here.
We're in sort of quarantine so all I do is watching series on Netflix.
A couple of years ago I watched Iron Fist, that was incredibly bad that not even the hot main actor could save it. I never watched another Marvel series (except Inhumans, because Iwan Rheon, but shit, that was even worse than Iron Fist).
So a couple of days ago I read that David Tennant was on Jessica Jones, and I have a crush on Tennant so I watched it and THAT SHOW WAS AMAZING. Loved that the bad guy had some super power, that she has super powers but she's also complex and fucked up, and the secondary characters actually add something to the story.
But then I knew that I wanted to watch the rest of Jessica Jones I had to watch Dardevil, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, The Defenders and The Punisher.
So, I'm in quarantine and I said why not, let's watch this shit.

Daredevil was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BOOOOOORINNNNNNNGGGGGGG.
Ffs, I can't believe I watched two seasons of that crap. I actually didn't watch it. I could press play, watch five minutes, go to the store and buy some groceries, then come back and nothing had happened. He is an idiot, and the bad guys are so stupid and boring. I want to watch people with special powers, not a blind guy who knows karate and a bad guy who has anger issues.

Sorry for the rant.
My question is:
Has anybody watched the whole universe of series? Is it worthy to watch the rest, or the bad guys are ninja drug dealers in the rest of the shows (mainly Luke Cage, Jessica Jones and The Defenders -there's no way in hell IM gonna watch Iron Fist again, not even if he's naked the whole season)
 
Waitressboy said:
People, I need some advice here.
We're in sort of quarantine so all I do is watching series on Netflix.
A couple of years ago I watched Iron Fist, that was incredibly bad that not even the hot main actor could save it. I never watched another Marvel series (except Inhumans, because Iwan Rheon, but shit, that was even worse than Iron Fist).
So a couple of days ago I read that David Tennant was on Jessica Jones, and I have a crush on Tennant so I watched it and THAT SHOW WAS AMAZING. Loved that the bad guy had some super power, that she has super powers but she's also complex and fucked up, and the secondary characters actually add something to the story.
But then I knew that I wanted to watch the rest of Jessica Jones I had to watch Dardevil, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, The Defenders and The Punisher.
So, I'm in quarantine and I said why not, let's watch this shit.

Daredevil was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BOOOOOORINNNNNNNGGGGGGG.
Ffs, I can't believe I watched two seasons of that crap. I actually didn't watch it. I could press play, watch five minutes, go to the store and buy some groceries, then come back and nothing had happened. He is an idiot, and the bad guys are so stupid and boring. I want to watch people with special powers, not a blind guy who knows karate and a bad guy who has anger issues.

Sorry for the rant.
My question is:
Has anybody watched the whole universe of series? Is it worthy to watch the rest, or the bad guys are ninja drug dealers in the rest of the shows (mainly Luke Cage, Jessica Jones and The Defenders -there's no way in hell IM gonna watch Iron Fist again, not even if he's naked the whole season)
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I have to say I find all the super heroes tv shows a bit light , and normally give up on them after a couple of shows ..the exceptions would be “Legion” which was brilliant and “The punisher” for the insane violence
 
Anyone watching Kingdom on Netflix? It's the feudal-Korea zombie thing with subtitles...

Anyway, it's good, it's gory, and I'm really enjoying it... maybe not the best thing to watch during a pandemic tho
 
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