Sneaky Pete on Amazon, I enjoyed the heck out of it.
Me, too. I also love Bosch, and am very excited for the new season released a week from today. Great, old-school cop show where the detectives actually do detective work.
As far as regular tv, I've just begun The Americans. Intriguing enough thus far.
Watched a season of Blindspot and it was bland as hell. Pro tip, if you are going to have a bad ass military chick as your main character, make sure she doesn't run or fight like a girl.
Prioritize Mr. Robot
Quote from: Bret on April 14, 2017, 01:31:44 PM
Me, too. I also love Bosch, and am very excited for the new season released a week from today. Great, old-school cop show where the detectives actually do detective work.
Will check that one out.
Quote from: Crewe on April 14, 2017, 04:28:13 PM
As far as regular tv, I've just begun The Americans. Intriguing enough thus far.
Watched a season of Blindspot and it was bland as hell. Pro tip, if you are going to have a bad ass military chick as your main character, make sure she doesn't run or fight like a girl.
Prioritize Mr. Robot
I have heard that about Mr. Robot. What season are they in now?
Slowly catching up on 24: Legacy. I like it, the new guy is cool. As long as people let go of Jack Bauer, they'll be fine with this one too. Speaking of Jack Bauer, Designated Survivor has been pretty good through the first six episodes (yes, I realize it's already past midseason...I'm a bit behind haha).
Just to prove how far behind I am, I'm still slowly making my way through Season Two of Daredevil.
Now also need to check out the new season of Doctor Who. :)
I hate 24 after the second season because the writers forgot their own concept. Jack Bauer gets stabbed in the shoulder and loses a lot of blood at about 1:15, then by 3:30 his shoulder and arm are both good as new. Huh???
Remember that season where he kicked his heroin addiction in something like four hours?
Daredevil Season 2 was pretty good. It has a few meh episodes, but overall pretty damn nice.
I enjoyed Luke Cage also.
Quote from: Bret on April 17, 2017, 03:06:12 PM
I hate 24 after the second season because the writers forgot their own concept. Jack Bauer gets stabbed in the shoulder and loses a lot of blood at about 1:15, then by 3:30 his shoulder and arm are both good as new. Huh???
Remember that season where he kicked his heroin addiction in something like four hours?
Yeah, I didn't really let the LOLWTF moments take away from the show for me too much. The story and the character is what drew me in.
Quote from: Bret on April 17, 2017, 03:06:12 PM
I hate 24 after the second season because the writers forgot their own concept. Jack Bauer gets stabbed in the shoulder and loses a lot of blood at about 1:15, then by 3:30 his shoulder and arm are both good as new. Huh???
Remember that season where he kicked his heroin addiction in something like four hours?
youre oversimplifying 24 IMO but I get your point and Im with norm, and besides, isnt that tv? the wounded just for wounded sake of main characters.
The ubiquitous graze or through and through is laughable, and as noted, recovery times are amazing. I think it was Blacklist, main character gets his leg obliterated, not just a simple slug, but demolished, but yet, here he goes, not even a limp.
Back to 24, Seasons 1-4 were really well done. Season 5 is a favorite among fans too, but to me it felt like they had so much success they felt they had to increase the drama by amping up the action which meant more scenarios that werent fleshed out before putting them on screen. I always did really like the backstories though, extremely well done there.
The new 24, I gave it a chance and was rather meh about the formula. Wasnt bad, wasnt great but I havent been back.
Also abandoned Blacklist and Blindspot, paint by numbers tv.
Re: Mr. Robot; I know after I watched season 2 there was no season 3 yet and that was last year so maybe 3 has aired? or maybe due this fall? Not sure.
incidentally, Im out of shows now while waiting for S5 of the Americans to finish in the meantime Im spinning the office again till I find something else.
Ive already gone through The Sopranos, The Wire, The Shield and Deadwood again too so theres no falling back there. Somebody mentioned Vikings to me, or something similar...anyone recommned that or anything else?
Not the typical genre mentioned here, but Master of None on Netflix was pretty damn good. Raced through both seasons pretty quickly.
Quote from: TheNorm on May 26, 2017, 09:31:27 AM
Not the typical genre mentioned here, but Master of None on Netflix was pretty damn good. Raced through both seasons pretty quickly.
Absolutely loved season 1. Planning on watching season 2 on a long flight coming up this weekend. Can't wait.
Quote from: TheNorm on May 26, 2017, 09:31:27 AM
Not the typical genre mentioned here, but Master of None on Netflix was pretty damn good. Raced through both seasons pretty quickly.
I see that on NF but for some reason never gave it a thought, maybe I will now. Thanks
Quote from: thaima1shu on May 26, 2017, 11:58:34 AM
Quote from: TheNorm on May 26, 2017, 09:31:27 AM
Not the typical genre mentioned here, but Master of None on Netflix was pretty damn good. Raced through both seasons pretty quickly.
Absolutely loved season 1. Planning on watching season 2 on a long flight coming up this weekend. Can't wait.
Yeah, let me know what you think when you finish-couldn't stop watching.
I finally watched Breaking Bad and Mad Men within the past year. Worthy of all the acclaim.
Now we're watching Better Call Saul.
If you want something you can stream, Black Mirror on Netflix is amazing. Also, if you missed it during it's first season, Westworld on HBO is great.
watched Black Mirror on a lark, had no idea what it was, devoured it lol
the very first episode in season 1 is hard to watch, but after that it is good. Like a modern day Twilight Zone.
Alright norm, I'm in the midst of an Office rewatch, again, because I have exhausted my entire queue.
However, I did remember and took your suggestion for Master of None and gave it a look.
Think I'll see how this plays out 😜
Ah yeah that reminds me, I finished season 2 of Master of None. I may have actually liked it even better than the first season.
LetterkennyThere is a small town of 5000 people in Midwestern Ontario called Letterkenny. These are their problems.The show is advertised very poorly, and it comes off as a cheap knockoff of Corner Gas and Trailer Park Boys. But looking beyond that and actually giving it a decent chance, this is perhaps one of the funniest TV shows I've ever seen. The dialogue is snappy, the wit is sharp, and the stories the episodes tell is pretty good. I'm not very fond of the Katy character or the Skid characters, but I suppose the show pretty much relies on them to represent actual character archetypes.
9/10The language is a bit colourful, but they're otherwise safe for work. These are the pilots that the director used to sell the show to the networks.
Me and my wife just finished all 12 seasons of Super Natural on Netflix. Current season 13 supposed to start This October the 12th on primetime CW-21. If you like monsters, vampires, werewolves, angels , demons, and other supernatural beings, this show is for you. I like the Main characters of the show, lots of funny moments thrown into the seriousness of the show.
Anyone else watch this show ?
Quote from: rollntider on July 11, 2017, 11:02:19 AM
@Sakura Netflix?
CraveTV, possibly Netflix, but I don't think so. Not having CraveTV and not wanting to use it because they want you to let them use malware and ads, I instead went to my friendly neighborhood site for people with peg legs and eye patches.
How I Met Your Mother this series change my life.
Watched last chance u season 2 on netflix, not as good as season 1 and by the end of the football season I think the HC should be fired. The HC reminds me of the little league coaches that coached my son , they did not know WTF they were doing. I think they should do another season, but somewhere else.
Quote from: thaima1shu on July 10, 2017, 11:45:26 AM
Ah yeah that reminds me, I finished season 2 of Master of None. I may have actually liked it even better than the first season.
That's pretty much where I'm at too, absolutely loved it.
Quote from: amckenzie on July 27, 2017, 01:46:22 AM
How I Met Your Mother this series change my life.
Great series, but I tend to absolutely ignore the last few episodes. Wouldn't say it ruined the entire show for me, but...disappointing.
Battle Star Galactica should retcon the last season.... it was great until then.
The Fall
Just perusing NF to find something heavy that would enthrall me and this did not disappoint.
Gillian Anderson is magnificent as lead on a team established to capture a serial killer in Belfast.
A big difference here is, there is no whodunnit stage, the killer is known straight away, plus, this series was developed just for this, meaning its not a 10 season arc follwing multiple cases in an hour long CSI setting or even one story stretched out over5 or so, its 6 hour long episodes per, with only 3 seasons.
No spoilers, but this show is very in depth, dialog driven and covers many areas most shows of this genre fail to do, or fail to do well IMO.
Take a look and let me know what you think.
On the light side, Im still plowing through Master of None.
Quote from: Crewe on June 01, 2017, 02:05:42 PM
watched Black Mirror on a lark, had no idea what it was, devoured it lol
Yeah, we watched Seasons 1-3 last year and just finished season 4 last night. As far as the new season goes, we loved every episode except maybe Alligator. Black Museum, the final episode of season 4, seems to be the majority LEAST favorite on the internet, but we both really enjoyed it.
Quote from: Bucfever on January 13, 2018, 05:53:48 PM
Quote from: Crewe on June 01, 2017, 02:05:42 PM
watched Black Mirror on a lark, had no idea what it was, devoured it lol
Yeah, we watched Seasons 1-3 last year and just finished season 4 last night. As far as the new season goes, we loved every episode except maybe Alligator. Black Museum, the final episode of season 4, seems to be the majority LEAST favorite on the internet, but we both really enjoyed it.
seriously? I thought this was the only episode that stayed true to the Black Mirror style in S4.
I could've sworn someone else reviewed this but couldn't find it anywhere. In any event, Ill tack on...
Comedians in cars getting coffee.
Jerry Seinfeld
Ever since he came on the scene (and I mean way way before Seinfeld) I never really cared for him. Never hate because I appreciated his talents, he has some great bits but just never a top comedian in my books. Carlin, Pryor, Seinfeld...? nah
That said, I actually kinda like this series. Its what a talk show should be, just free association, talk about whatever you want, no need for a point, or a movie plug.
You can really tap in to his terrific observations and rapport with his friends. His smug nature is befitting this type of show, he knows it and cherishes the situation. ive also found him to be quite profound, almost akin to Carlin in the sense that he realizes how pointless it all is and the absurdities in this world, add to that he almost, almost, feels detached. Not in the grand style of Carlin, but similar.
I started out selecting just a few episodes that featured people I really liked, Reiner/ Brooks, Steve Martin, JLD, Tina Fey, George Wallace, Larry David, President Obama; and ended up watching quite a few more and enjoying them.
Its also fun to see how they interact with everyday people watching them in these diners and coffee shops. At one point he asks Sarah Jessica Parker, what do you think everyone believes we are doing here? It was as if it was a direct attack on the 4th wall, if it had been a sitcom.
Its hardly a laugh fest, but more of a fun chuckle littered 15 minute romp that sometimes leads to deeper thought, at least for me.
Insightful and charming and with 15-20 minute episodes, even if you hate it, its over before you can turn it off.
Give it a look.
4/5
That's a series I need to watch eventually. I hear Don Rickles had one that was very similar too, on Youtube, before he passed away.
yea,Rickles was in an episode here, forgot about that
Quote from: Crewe on January 13, 2018, 06:11:23 PM
I could've sworn someone else reviewed this but couldn't find it anywhere. In any event, Ill tack on...
Comedians in cars getting coffee.
Jerry Seinfeld
Ever since he came on the scene (and I mean way way before Seinfeld) I never really cared for him. Never hate because I appreciated his talents, he has some great bits but just never a top comedian in my books. Carlin, Pryor, Seinfeld...? nah
That said, I actually kinda like this series. Its what a talk show should be, just free association, talk about whatever you want, no need for a point, or a movie plug.
You can really tap in to his terrific observations and rapport with his friends. His smug nature is befitting this type of show, he knows it and cherishes the situation. ive also found him to be quite profound, almost akin to Carlin in the sense that he realizes how pointless it all is and the absurdities in this world, add to that he almost, almost, feels detached. Not in the grand style of Carlin, but similar.
I started out selecting just a few episodes that featured people I really liked, Reiner/ Brooks, Steve Martin, JLD, Tina Fey, George Wallace, Larry David, President Obama; and ended up watching quite a few more and enjoying them.
Its also fun to see how they interact with everyday people watching them in these diners and coffee shops. At one point he asks Sarah Jessica Parker, what do you think everyone believes we are doing here? It was as if it was a direct attack on the 4th wall, if it had been a sitcom.
Its hardly a laugh fest, but more of a fun chuckle littered 15 minute romp that sometimes leads to deeper thought, at least for me.
Insightful and charming and with 15-20 minute episodes, even if you hate it, its over before you can turn it off.
Give it a look.
4/5
Agree, love the series