Favorite TV Show(s)

[Rainmaker]

15 hours ago, Strandly said:

Banshee.

I watched a few episodes of Justified and was pretty disappointed; I thought there would be a lot more action.  Plus the best actor in the show wasn't even the star, it was the guy who played Boyd imo.  I'd like to find another action-y show like that to watch though.  Preferably something not "dumb". 

Justified was great . . well, it was terrible . . but somehow I really enjoyed watching it.  Maybe it was the scenery or something.  I just remembered about The Outsiders.  I meant to watch it but I forgot . .I see it's on Hulu so I'm going to give it a shot.  It looks like it might take all the ridiculousness of Justified and add in some real violence . . .could be a winner. 

Banshee sounds pretty good/bad, too.  Oh . .another one is Longmire.  That one kind of reminds me of an updated Walker Texas Ranger . .you know, where the bad guys always lose and usually end up getting punched out by the star.  I'm a little luke-warm on Longmire, though . .it's border-line *too bad* .  .. but enjoyable in small doses. 

[Warren Zevon]

   Banshee has a pretty good, outrageous first season.  The second has a great moment or two, but after that I felt it got old, real fast.  

  I've been working too much to binge on Narcos season 2, but the first two episodes picked right up where the first ended.  

[JetFan1983]

I just finished Long Way Round (2004), which Netflix recently put up. It's a documentary series about Ewan McGregor and his friend Charley Boorman driving motorcycles from the UK all through Asia and Siberia across to Alaska and down to New York City. I very much enjoyed it and would recommend it. 

[nevets88]

I'm sick of the zombie genre but found myself watching Dead Set on US Netflix because it's only 5 20 minute episodes and created by Black Mirror creator, Brooker. Probably also because stupid reality show contestants get zombied.

Also watching Atlanta and feeling out what High Maintenance is like. 

[nevets88]

I wish I could cast a vote for Josiah Bartlet this election. 

 

[Rainmaker]

On 9/4/2016 at 4:11 PM, Rainmaker said:

Justified was great . . well, it was terrible . . but somehow I really enjoyed watching it.  Maybe it was the scenery or something.  I just remembered about The Outsiders.  I meant to watch it but I forgot . .I see it's on Hulu so I'm going to give it a shot.  It looks like it might take all the ridiculousness of Justified and add in some real violence . . .could be a winner. 

Banshee sounds pretty good/bad, too.  Oh . .another one is Longmire.  That one kind of reminds me of an updated Walker Texas Ranger . .you know, where the bad guys always lose and usually end up getting punched out by the star.  I'm a little luke-warm on Longmire, though . .it's border-line *too bad* .  .. but enjoyable in small doses. 

I watched most of The Outsiders.  Definitely not a "winner", lol.  The acting was OK.  It was definitely more violent than Justified but the suspension of disbelief required was just too great.  A lot of shows contain things that "could never happen" .. but The Outsiders is almost exclusively made up of things that could never happen.  As far as something to have on in the background while you're coding .. it was "ok" . .to watch it "straight up" might prove more difficult.     

[nevets88]

THE NUMBERS!

[nevets88]

Caught up w/Halt and Catch Fire, season is really good, especially as it progresses. This under the radar show is amazing.

[nevets88]

Westworld is intriguing, I have mixed feelings on it so far, some of the writing seems out of place and the cast is amazing but one main character feels miscast. Also, the production feels a little derivative.  I felt the same way about Game of Thrones' pilot episode, ambivalence wise, so we'll see but still, must see teevee for now. 

 

[iacas]

On 9/30/2016 at 8:40 AM, nevets88 said:

Caught up w/Halt and Catch Fire, season is really good, especially as it progresses. This under the radar show is amazing.

So much better than Mr. Robot.

This season is really good, yeah.

[nevets88]

1 hour ago, iacas said:

So much better than Mr. Robot.

This season is really good, yeah.

Some great storytelling this season - Joe, Gordo, his wife and Cam have great, compelling arcs. That bit in the latest episode where the FBI agent threatens Ryan with the packet sniffer - that made no sense though but not a big deal, I get that the writers are trying to convey that Ryan felt like he was pretty much caught.

I didn't even start S2 of Mr Robot because the first episode didn't hook me, it sounds like it wasn't that good.

 

[iacas]

Yeah the packet sniffer thing was so dumb.

[nevets88]

On 10/6/2016 at 7:08 PM, iacas said:

Yeah the packet sniffer thing was so dumb.

Happy to see it got renewed for season 4, despite abysmal ratings. 

NSFW - New Black Mirror season coming. A show for our times to tell us just how f*** up we are, but you can't stop watching. Brooker's Dead Set, ostensibly about zombies, but a scathing commentary on reality tv, is also on US Netflix now, it's only 6 20 minute episodes, and if you despise reality tv and want to see reality tv stars, albeit fictional, die horrible deaths, this is the show for you.

 

[Vinny Cap]

On Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at 8:59 AM, nevets88 said:

THE NUMBERS!

Hey, you found my ball... I Lost it playing on 8/15.

Pretty cool!

[nevets88]

Mickelson on Lois & Clark in the early 90s:

 

[JetFan1983]

I recently finished the six episode Docudrama series Egypt on Netflix. I thought it was excellent if you're into Egyptology. It's three separate stories: 1) The discovery of Tutankhamen's Tomb 2) Belzoni the Explorer and 3) the first translation of hieroglyphics through the Rosetta Stone. 

The first one was my favorite, the last one, my second favorite. Fascinating stories. I'd highly recommend it to anyone into this kind of thing. All the bad reviews of the series say it's boring, so if you're that type, you're best off not bothering, but I was very entertained by it. I want to visit these ancient sites now. Great series IMO. 

[RussUK]

Really enjoying Task Master on Dave (for the guys in the uk) and getting into Westworld on Sky Atlantic. Stellar cast inc. Anthony Hopkins and Ed Harris and that guy who played Cyclops in the X-Men. Worth a watch.

[nevets88]

Only halfway through the new season of Black Mirror and I'm like this:

But it's pretty "good" so far.