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Trig Discipline posted:Yeah I really liked that one. In The Flesh is also an interesting take on the zombie genre, basically the idea is that there was a zombie outbreak but they got a vaccine and were able to turn the zombies back into people, more or less. Sorta exploring how you manage to live with neighbors who you watched eat your child or spouse last year. In The Flesh is excellent. Very similar to (the good) Being Human show, and I think it aired around the same time.
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Pajser posted:Katla is just horrifyingly depressing. I mostly
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BetterLekNextTime posted:We finished Rake (the Australian one, on Netflix), which has become one of favorite shows. I don't know that the last season was really necessary and I don't know that the finale couldn't have been better, but yeah, 100% recommend. The main protagonist reminds me a bit of Duchovny in Californication, although I think I like Richard Roxbrough's character even more (and the show was maybe a shade less gratuitous). There were times when Rake went too over-the-line silly but somehow it still worked for us. Qmass fucked around with this message at 12:48 on Jun 23, 2021 |
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Qmass posted:yeah it suffered from the trend of needing to one up the previous season and losing the subtlety that added to the show (not that its subtle very often) but it was still mostly entertaining to the end. The first couple seasons were fantastic TV. Yup, we still enjoyed the last season a lot, it just came off as more of a sometimes clumsy political farce rather than the Cleaver Greene vortex of chaos from the earlier seasons. Trig Discipline posted:Yeah I really liked that one. In The Flesh is also an interesting take on the zombie genre, basically the idea is that there was a zombie outbreak but they got a vaccine and were able to turn the zombies back into people, more or less. Sorta exploring how you manage to live with neighbors who you watched eat your child or spouse last year. Does it come off as a political allegory? I sure read your description like the zombies are taking off their MAGA hats.
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BetterLekNextTime posted:Does it come off as a political allegory? I sure read your description like the zombies are taking off their MAGA hats. It's a couple of different political allegories, none of them Trumpian. Wrong country, wrong time. I'd say more but it's a bit of a spoiler.
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FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF  So, as a child I grew up with a show called Reboot. Great little CGI cartoon with some interesting plots. I never did finish it for whatever reason back then. I acquired it all and begun watching. Still holds up! Even the CGI visuals. After season 3 I kinda got sidetracked and its taken a while to finish season 4, the final season. Tonight, I finished it. See first line of post. I dont wanna spoil it for anyone who may be in the same boat as I was, but I'm left yearning for more and the history of the IP since the last episode has been probably a step worse than whatever the TV equivalent is of development hell. Anyway, maybe a tad obscure to resonate with anyone else.
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I feel you. I don’t know you or your life story, but in this respect, we are family.
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My format? Guardian. To mend and defend.
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The Sopranos. I'm on the last season and don't want it to end.
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I'm watching Battlestar Galactica. I watched it once years ago and know nothing else about the universe. However, back then I basically skipped the Baltar/Cylon plotline. Like whenever you got a closeup of a sweaty dishevelled Baltar staring into the middle distance you knew there was going to be a 5-10 min. montage of nebulous dream visions and that just wasn't interesting to me so I skipped it. I'm still in the early seasons but as I recall there's going to be a lot more of that going forward. Do I need to care about the Baltar/Cylon stuff? Is it worth it?
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Baltar is like the best character on the show. Followed closely by Starbuck, Adama, Tigh, and several others. Yes, he will grow on you after being very sniveling early on.
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Does anyone like Yellowstone? I watched the laboriously long pilot episode and I think all the characters are either dull or I despise them. I can't really tell the sons apart because they all have big beards and cowboy hats. I'm not sure if I'm supposed to be rooting for the guy that owns a ridiculous amount of land and is the ultimate nimby that doesn't allow cities to build any housing.
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Owling Howl posted:I'm watching Battlestar Galactica. I watched it once years ago and know nothing else about the universe. However, back then I basically skipped the Baltar/Cylon plotline. Like whenever you got a closeup of a sweaty dishevelled Baltar staring into the middle distance you knew there was going to be a 5-10 min. montage of nebulous dream visions and that just wasn't interesting to me so I skipped it. what the gently caress
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Owling Howl posted:I'm watching Battlestar Galactica. I watched it once years ago and know nothing else about the universe. However, back then I basically skipped the Baltar/Cylon plotline. Like whenever you got a closeup of a sweaty dishevelled Baltar staring into the middle distance you knew there was going to be a 5-10 min. montage of nebulous dream visions and that just wasn't interesting to me so I skipped it. I skip the dinosaurs every time I watch Jurassic Park. I just want the Dodson stuff.
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Mu Zeta posted:Does anyone like Yellowstone? I watched the laboriously long pilot episode and I think all the characters are either dull or I despise them. I can't really tell the sons apart because they all have big beards and cowboy hats. I'm not sure if I'm supposed to be rooting for the guy that owns a ridiculous amount of land and is the ultimate nimby that doesn't allow cities to build any housing. Yellowstone is apparently super popular, but I couldn't get past the pilot either. What a weird show.
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I’m pretty sure it’s like a dad show, like Ray Donovan or something
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Dark Mage posted:The Sopranos. I'm on the last season and don't want it to end. Get ready to hate the shows you used to love because literally everything pales in comparison now
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BetterLekNextTime posted:Does it come off as a political allegory? I sure read your description like the zombies are taking off their MAGA hats. There's definitely an element of allegory there but if anything I felt like it was about Europe post-WWII. Honestly you could stretch it to match almost any time any country does something absolutely appalling and then has to live with themselves/their neighbors afterwards.
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I feel like I'm always about a month behind on this thread. Just started season 2 of Black Summer. I don't think I've seen any other show like it. Minimal dialogue, lots of continuous action scenes, very visceral. I'm not sure if it is good or bad but I really enjoy it.
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Escobarbarian posted:I’m pretty sure it’s like a dad show, like Ray Donovan or something It's certainly for older people. My parents loved Yellowstone.
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codo27 posted:Get ready to hate the shows you used to love because literally everything pales in comparison now I learned to live with that after the exquisite first three seasons. I don't rewatch entire series very often -- the only two were Lost and Atlanta; the latter because it's pretty short -- but I'd seriously consider doing it for the Sopranos.
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I've started watching Bordertown, which follows the life of a top cop who moves to a town close to the Russian border - set in Finland. I thought it was quite interesting that the first case went on for like, four episodes! I'm way more used to cases in shows like this being wrapped up across 1-2 eps. Seems good so far
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clown shoes posted:I skip the dinosaurs every time I watch Jurassic Park. I just want the Dodson stuff. No one cares about Dodgson.
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Some friends and I have been watching Legion and we'll be watching the last episode tomorrow. It's been a weird show, and I've enjoyed it for trying lots of things, but I've just not really enjoyed the sum of it's parts. Carry/Kerry and Farouk are absolutely great though.
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I’m pretty sure a significant fraction of the Yellowstone audience watches to cheer for the evil land baron who owns everything and can boss around everyone.
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Mu Zeta posted:Does anyone like Yellowstone? I watched the laboriously long pilot episode and I think all the characters are either dull or I despise them. I can't really tell the sons apart because they all have big beards and cowboy hats. I'm not sure if I'm supposed to be rooting for the guy that owns a ridiculous amount of land and is the ultimate nimby that doesn't allow cities to build any housing. It's my only guilty pleasure at the moment.
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Just binged through Halt and Catch fire in like 2 weeks. I actually cried multiple times during the final season. That's a first for me. Highly recommend it and I don't know that I've ever seen a show finish on such a profound note. Just incredible.
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FLIPADELPHIA posted:Just binged through Halt and Catch fire in like 2 weeks. I actually cried multiple times during the final season. That's a first for me. My partner and I have been binging this after reading the suggestions in this thread. This is the first show since The Leftovers that’s played with my emotions and made me care so much about the characters. Currently on episode 3 or 4 in season 4 and can’t wait to see how it ends.
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Took three days total to complete our watch of Bridgerton. Total cotton candy softcore porn with melodrama and gorgeous costume design and people. It's addicting, ridiculous, dramatic and fluffy but god help me I enjoyed the crap out of it.
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FLIPADELPHIA posted:Just binged through Halt and Catch fire in like 2 weeks. I actually cried multiple times during the final season. That's a first for me. HACF is one of AMC's most underrated shows. A great show about computing that isn't as whacky or intense as Mr. Robot, which is great in its own way. I'm eager to see what Chris^2, the creators, come up with next.
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Never watched HACF when it was on, but I enjoyed binging Startup on Netflix. Maybe I'll give it a shot.
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MightyJoe36 posted:Never watched HACF when it was on, but I enjoyed binging Startup on Netflix. Maybe I'll give it a shot. The first season has some rough spots but after that man it's great
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Retrowave Joe posted:There’s an alternate ending to HACF on Youtube that is lovely. It doesn’t change the plot, it simply replaces the track playing over the final scene with the creators’ original choice, which they couldn’t get due to costs. I won’t link it for spoilers sake, but here it is: This still hits: "Let me start by asking a question."
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I've been jumping around binging a few shows, Boardwalk Empire, Perry Mason, and The Man in the High Castle. And earlier I watched Leatherheads and right now I'm watching Dodgeball Why do I mention this? Because son of a bitch if entirely unintentionally, Stephen Root has shown up in every single one of them.
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Retrowave Joe posted:There’s an alternate ending to HACF on Youtube that is lovely. It doesn’t change the plot, it simply replaces the track playing over the final scene with the creators’ original choice, which they couldn’t get due to costs. I won’t link it for spoilers sake, but here it is: God drat this is somehow even more powerful. Thanks for sharing this. That photo of Gordon chokes me up every single time I watch this scene.
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