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I always ignored those shows because I thought Danny McBride was a one-trick pony -- a loud, obnoxious, stupid jackass, from movies like Hot Rod and Pineapple Express. I didn't think I would enjoy whole shows like that, but my wife and I are loving Righteous Gemstones. We'll definitely try Vice Principals next, since we loved Walton Goggins on Justified.
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Nov 3, 2022 14:46
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Been working my way through Banshee based on some talk earlier in this thread, on s2e5 right now. I’m way more invested in this “idiot big fish in small pond lie and murder each other” show than I expected. Antony Starr is so drat good with the barely contained rage facial expressions, there’s like a dozen times in each episode I’m sure he’s going to snap on someone he shouldn’t. But instead he just keeps on making the idiot choice to stay, and it keeps on teetering on all blowing up. What’s a similar series I can pick up after? Mainly looking great visceral action scenes and flawed characters.
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Nov 3, 2022 15:36
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Slothful Bong posted:Been working my way through Banshee based on some talk earlier in this thread, on s2e5 right now. Banshee is loving and fighting. Amazon's Reacher is frenching and fighting. I also hear good things about HBO's Warrior.
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Nov 3, 2022 15:38
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Slothful Bong posted:Been working my way through Banshee based on some talk earlier in this thread, on s2e5 right now. Warrior is made by the same people. The Boys has Starr in a brilliant role and pretty raw fights/gore. I feel like I'm missing some, might think of it later.
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Nov 3, 2022 17:55
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Spartacus, if you haven’t seen that, though be aware the first 3 episodes of the first season are bad before starting to jump massively in quality.
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Nov 3, 2022 18:01
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Dave Angel posted:Spartacus, if you haven’t seen that, though be aware the first 3 episodes of the first season are bad before starting to jump massively in quality. I'd say you have to watch through the episode Shadow Games to really get hooked with Spartacus. That's the exact episode when everything comes together and the rest of the series onward (with maybe one or two clunky episodes here and there) keeps the stakes/intrigue up.
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Nov 3, 2022 18:08
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:I always ignored those shows because I thought Danny McBride was a one-trick pony -- a loud, obnoxious, stupid jackass, from movies like Hot Rod and Pineapple Express. I didn't think I would enjoy whole shows like that, but my wife and I are loving Righteous Gemstones. We'll definitely try Vice Principals next, since we loved Walton Goggins on Justified. His own shows play on that type of character in really interesting ways.
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Nov 3, 2022 19:04
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I went through Reservation Dogs yesterday. Cool show. Some episodes where definitely better than others. It's weird that the main actress of that 17 year old is just barely younger than me, but that's just how that works, I guess. She acts well.
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Nov 3, 2022 19:10
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Slothful Bong posted:Been working my way through Banshee based on some talk earlier in this thread, on s2e5 right now. Warrior (HBO Max) -- from the same showrunner as Banshee, and the guy who plays Job on Banshee is awesome in it too. Incredible fight choreography and just general badassery. Justified (FX/Hulu) -- another show full of small town criminals with delusions of grandeur and a badass lawman keeping them in check; much better writing than Banshee, and two outstanding leads. Reacher (Amazon Prime Video) -- kind of like "Banshee Lite," but still fun. Jett (HBO Max) -- a gritty crime show with a cool, competent, capable female antihero protagonist, surrounded by psychos.
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Nov 3, 2022 20:21
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Ooh hell yeah thank you all! This is a solid couple months of shows at my rate of watching. And it also reminded me I never finished Kingdom or Into the Badlands, so I gotta add those to the list too!
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Nov 3, 2022 20:28
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Slothful Bong posted:Ooh hell yeah thank you all! This is a solid couple months of shows at my rate of watching. And it also reminded me I never finished Kingdom or Into the Badlands, so I gotta add those to the list too! You said: Slothful Bong posted:Antony Starr is so drat good with the barely contained rage facial expressions, there’s like a dozen times in each episode I’m sure he’s going to snap on someone he shouldn’t.
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Nov 3, 2022 21:31
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:You said: Also Deadwood was wrapped up pretty beautifully more than a decade later with the movie. It's a great finale to the show and I think it had some of the best final scenes of any show that I've seen. Just a really good series from beginning to end. Makes me hopeful the rebooted Party Down will also be really good.
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Nov 3, 2022 21:37
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Coincidentally I am rewatching Deadwood after many years and am really enjoying it. I remember watching it years ago and being somewhat confused by the dialogue but now it's super easy to follow so maybe I'm just not as dumb as I was back then haha. Ian mcshane gives one of the all-time great performances, and the supporting cast is just solid. Brad Dourif is particularly outstanding.
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Nov 4, 2022 00:04
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:Warrior (HBO Max) -- from the same showrunner as Banshee, and the guy who plays Job on Banshee is awesome in it too. Incredible fight choreography and just general badassery. I haven’t seen Reacher but the other three shows on here are really good
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Nov 4, 2022 00:56
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I am very jealous of someone watching Deadwood for the first time.
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:I always ignored those shows because I thought Danny McBride was a one-trick pony -- a loud, obnoxious, stupid jackass, from movies like Hot Rod and Pineapple Express. I didn't think I would enjoy whole shows like that, but my wife and I are loving Righteous Gemstones. We'll definitely try Vice Principals next, since we loved Walton Goggins on Justified. If you are enjoying The Righteous Gemstones....and already love Walton Goggins....then you really have to check out Vice Principals. Goggins is fantastic and so is the entire show. McBride's character, Kenny Powers, in Eastbound & Down.....is the obnoxious, stupid jackass to which you refer. One of the funniest shows of all time if you can handle the stupidity.
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Nov 4, 2022 02:18
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Slothful Bong posted:Been working my way through Banshee based on some talk earlier in this thread, on s2e5 right now.
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FLIPADELPHIA posted:Coincidentally I am rewatching Deadwood after many years and am really enjoying it. I remember watching it years ago and being somewhat confused by the dialogue but now it's super easy to follow so maybe I'm just not as dumb as I was back then haha. I love Deadwood's writing but I have to admit that even to this day, after countless viewings, I still watch it with the subtitles enabled. I've seen its dialogue described as "King Jamesian" and I feel like that's pretty accurate.
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Nov 4, 2022 02:28
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:Warrior (HBO Max) -- from the same showrunner as Banshee, and the guy who plays Job on Banshee is awesome in it too. Incredible fight choreography and just general badassery. Jett is good shame we only got one season - as criminal as only getting one season of Quarry, which is also badass
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Nov 4, 2022 02:47
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watching through two korean shows Cheer Up and The Shadow Detective Both have been enjoyable for different reasons.
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On season 2 of mindhunter. I hadn’t even heard of it until I saw a tweet about it the other week. Might be the best Netflix original I’ve seen. Very much has the mark of a David fincher film. Can’t believe there’s not more of it.
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Nov 4, 2022 08:09
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Oh my god this Wizard of Oz episode of A League Of Their Own. Absolutely a crime this show hasn't been renewed yet, and I'm partly to blame for sitting on it for so long. But if you like sports dramas, queer dramas, comedy dramas or just, you know, dramas, I'd highly recommend this show. Also it's a good show if you liked GLOW. Also just watch it.
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Nov 4, 2022 08:30
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Show’s a banger, watch it if you like baseball and 1940s-set comedy and gay women
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Escobarbarian posted:Show’s a banger, watch it if you like baseball and 1940s-set comedy and gay women And total smokeshow D'arcy Carden. isaboo posted:Jett is good I wish Quarry was on HBO Max. Sounds like something I'd like a lot.
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Nov 4, 2022 12:28
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:Justified (FX/Hulu) -- another show full of small town criminals with delusions of grandeur and a badass lawman keeping them in check; much better writing than Banshee, and two outstanding leads. I just wanted to add that Justified is packed with incredible supporting performances as well. Margo Martindale won an Emmy for her work as season two's big bad (much deserved, she was brilliant and terrifying), but the regulars are incredible as well. There's three or four characters that have enough depth that they could carry their own show.
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Nov 4, 2022 14:10
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Ramrod Hotshot posted:On season 2 of mindhunter. I hadn’t even heard of it until I saw a tweet about it the other week. Might be the best Netflix original I’ve seen. Very much has the mark of a David fincher film. Can’t believe there’s not more of it. I thought the detective’s personal life drama stuff was godawful and I can still hardly believe they were part of such a good mystery/thriller show. I skipped all the personal storylines for my rewatch and it was just sooooo much better. I never advocate skipping scenes/things in movies or tv shows, but those were so disconnected to anything else going on that I really don’t think anything of worth is lost by skipping them.
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Nov 4, 2022 14:18
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Thr wife and I just started The Mole reboot on Netflix and we'll probably be finished by Monday. We both loved that show on ABC back in the early aughts
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Ramrod Hotshot posted:On season 2 of mindhunter. I hadn’t even heard of it until I saw a tweet about it the other week. Might be the best Netflix original I’ve seen. Very much has the mark of a David fincher film. Can’t believe there’s not more of it. It’s a very well made show! Also hilarious that the young fbi guy is actually Agent Smith ugh what a poo poo movie.
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Nov 4, 2022 18:27
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TV Zombie posted:watching through two korean shows I’m a complete noob regarding Korean media (haven’t even watched more than 1 ep of Squid Game) but I somehow got onto Glitch on Netflix and I’m maybe half-way through. If the twist is what I think it is that she’s crazy and the new friend is just her alter ego/personality brought on by her childhood trauma and substance abuse , it’s not going to be surprising but it’s got a lot of funny parts and I’ll keep watching.
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Nov 4, 2022 19:17
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BetterLekNextTime posted:I’m a complete noob regarding Korean media (haven’t even watched more than 1 ep of Squid Game) but I somehow got onto Glitch on Netflix and I’m maybe half-way through. If the twist is what I think it is that she’s crazy and the new friend is just her alter ego/personality brought on by her childhood trauma and substance abuse , it’s not going to be surprising but it’s got a lot of funny parts and I’ll keep watching. I’m thinking that the spoiled part may be the case for The Shadow Detective though it’s origin is from a different place.
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Nov 4, 2022 19:24
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I am extremely sorry to report Glitch falls off a cliff in the 3rd season. They were very obviously informed they had one season to wrap! This! poo poo! Up! and wound up dropping characters, plot threads, and half-baked answers all over the place. The first 2 seasons were very good, though!
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Das Boo posted:I am extremely sorry to report Glitch falls off a cliff in the 3rd season. They were very obviously informed they had one season to wrap! This! poo poo! Up! and wound up dropping characters, plot threads, and half-baked answers all over the place. Are you talking about the Australian Glitch? Agree, first season was best and I didn’t even finish Season 3.
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Nov 4, 2022 19:43
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If u like Korean shows on Netflix watch EXTRACURRICULAR
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Nuts and Gum posted:It’s a very well made show! Also hilarious that the young fbi guy is actually Agent Smith ugh what a poo poo movie. And the original King George in Hamilton on Broadway, which you can see on Disney+.
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Nov 4, 2022 20:02
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Oenis posted:Mole: Yeah, it was either Joi was the mole, or just inhuman levels of incompetency for her. I would've given her the benefit of the doubt and pinned her as the obvious mole 100%. Also how was she not eliminated when towards the end she was so convinced that Will was the mole? Mole: I read an interview with those contestants where she made her final judgement call because she thought (and so did Avori) that Sandy had previously gone all-in on Kesi and was eliminated, therefore it influenced their final decision to be not-Kesi. (Turns out Sandy went all-in on Avori on her own elimination)
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Nov 4, 2022 20:10
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Elite is fantastic if you're okay with subtitles. Just finished Season 1 and it reminded me of Skins, but with a ~murder~
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Nov 4, 2022 21:29
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BetterLekNextTime posted:Are you talking about the Australian Glitch? Agree, first season was best and I didn’t even finish Season 3. OH. Yeah, I didn't realize there was another version. Whoops!
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Das Boo posted:OH. Yeah, I didn't realize there was another version. In case it's not clear it's a totally different show and not a remake. The Korean one is about a young woman who believes she sees aliens and that they kidnapped her boyfriend, so she enlists the help of a long lost childhood friend to investigate. Last night I finished The Bastard Son and the Devil Himself on Netflix. This is a contemporary supernatural coming of age story set mostly in England and France. I actually thought it was pretty good at least compared to other shows in the genre. Most of these shows either revel in some super-opulent rich kids society and/or lean way into teen melodrama. It's not that there's none of this in The Bastard Son but it's toned down and is more of a quest/journey. It probably spends a little too much time giving backstory to everything and I don't think the ending is very surprising but it stays interesting by hitting different locals and getting different glimpses of witch society as the season spins out. The magic logic is not always 100% like there's a dude who can freeze time and the people who are frozen stay frozen when he dies, but later on someone else uses this power and it breaks when he's stabbed , and it doesn't really dwell too much on most of the powers anyway, although one of the main characters Annalise has a pretty bad-rear end one 'decimation', which basically separates things into their component parts, and it looks pretty wild when it happens to people .
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Slothful Bong posted:Been working my way through Banshee based on some talk earlier in this thread, on s2e5 right now. I would add Black Sails to other suggestions.
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