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Started The Night Agent with Hubby, and we'll be watching more!

I started the new season of Perry Mason, and while off to a slower start, I'll keep watching. I'm a couple of episodes behind . . .
 
Maister said:
Mrs. Maister has been hooked recently on a show called Manifest. I may have to watch it.
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Do it!

We really liked Manifest but I'll admit that we were a bit nervous when Netflix picked it up. IMO, Netflix has a history of dramatically changing the vibe of a show when they take it over so I was skeptical. In this case, though, they did a stand-up job when it changed networks, so to say. I think they may have improved the already-good show when taking it over.

And I love that the fans basically pushed Netflix into it. After the show was cancelled, fans binge-watched the series and pushed it to #1 on Netflix for several weeks, demanding that it be picked up and the storyline be finished.
 
I finally got caught up on The Mandalorian last night. Since I'm the only one in the family who cares about that show, I have to watch it piecemeal during lunches.
 
My wife and I started The Big Door Prize on AppleTV the other day and really like that one so far. It's definitely an interesting concept. The series is based on a book and it has me hooked enough to request the book at my library. I must not have been the only one thinking that because I'm now 3rd on the waitlist.


luckless pedestrian said:
Following Yellowjackets new season as well as Ted Lasso, Rabbit Hole, and finished Liasion - all really good!

Watching The Recruit on Netflix too which is good
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Rabbit Hole looks really good and I want to watch it but my wife keeps telling me to wait because she wants to watch it too. I think I'm about ready to start that one on my own. Liaison looks good too.

I watched a preview for The Recruit and I cannot tell if that one looks any good or like trash but I'll probably give it a shot anyway.

It seems like there have been a slate of pretty good spy/espionage shows in the past couple years. There's another show called Citadel that stars Priyanka Chopra and produced by the Russo brothers coming out later this month that looks really good. It's already been renewed for a second season before a single episode has aired so I think that's a good sign?
 
I was really saddened when I watched Watchmen and then read that HBO and the creators had absolutely no plans to make a second season. It was sooooo good!
 
WSU MUP Student said:
I was really saddened when I watched Watchmen and then read that HBO and the creators had absolutely no plans to make a second season. It was sooooo good!
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Having seen it, so far, where else could they go?

Granted I haven't watched the last episode yet, so...
 
Until watching Mandalorian Episode 7 of Season 3, I was formulating an idea that the Mandalorians were an analogue to gun loving white nationalists, but then Moff Gideon showed up in that outfit, and now, I have to re-think my premise, or reject it entirely.
 
Wannaplan? said:
Until watching Mandalorian Episode 7 of Season 3, I was formulating an idea that the Mandalorians were an analogue to gun loving white nationalists, but then Moff Gideon showed up in that outfit, and now, I have to re-think my premise, or reject it entirely.
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I'd say the Mandalorians are more analogous to the Hessians of the American Revolution period.
 
mendelman said:
I'd say
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I am trying to channel the idea that science fiction is not really about science and it is not really about fiction, thus my interest in trying to think more deeply about the writer's work on the Mandalorian and consider if it might have something to say about today's life and times.
 
Wannaplan? said:
I am trying to channel the idea that science fiction is not really about science and it is not really about fiction, thus my interest in trying to think more deeply about the writer's work on the Mandalorian and consider if it might have something to say about today's life and times.
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Pro-tip: Stars Wars franchisee has never really ever been Science Fiction.

It's just been WWII reimagined In Space wrapped with faux-mysticism.

Now, Blade Runner is some good sci-fi. Also see: Robocop.
 
mendelman said:
Pro-tip: Stars Wars franchisee has never really ever been Science Fiction.

It's just been WWII reimagined In Space wrapped with faux-mysticism.

Now, Blade Runner is some good sci-fi. Also see: Robocop.
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So here you are, choosing to do some weird gatekeeping thing, interpreting culture for me?
 
is anyone following Ark or Barry?

I feel like I am back to "regular tv" watching things that get dropped a certain day of the week lol
 
DVD said:
I have to gatekeep mendelman. Star Wars was not about WWII. It was a Western in space.
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But...space nazis.

Am I Right Chicago Fire GIF by NBC
 
luckless pedestrian said:
is anyone following Ark or Barry?

I feel like I am back to "regular tv" watching things that get dropped a certain day of the week lol
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This is the way.

When we were younger this state of affairs was perfectly normal. You watched your favorite show every, say, Thursday and had to wait until next Thursday to see the next episode. You had something to discuss with others who are also watching the show and there's a feeling of anticipation associated with the show's next airing. Bingeing on shows can be enjoyable in its own fashion but even the traditional tv viewing model has its own charm. After all, aren't there countless neurochemistry studies that prove that the net endorphin levels released are ultimately greater having a single slice of chocolate cake several times over a week compared to woofing an entire cake down in one sitting? One reaches 'saturation' at a certain point.
 
Maister said:
This is the way.

When were younger this state of affairs was perfectly normal. You watched your favorite show every, say, Thursday and had to wait until next Thursday to see the next episode. You had something to discuss with others who are also watching the show and there's a feeling of anticipation associated with the show's next airing. Bingeing on shows can be enjoyable in its own fashion but even the traditional tv viewing model has its own charm. After all, aren't there countless neurochemistry studies that prove that the net endorphin levels released are ultimately greater having a single slice of chocolate cake several times over a week compared to woofing an entire cake down in one sitting? One reaches 'saturation' at a certain point.
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I enjoy both bingeing and the traditional. I mostly binge watch, but Season 1 of House of the Dragon was one episode a week last summer and I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed the "appointment TV" on Sunday nights.
 
btrage said:
I enjoy both bingeing and the traditional. I mostly binge watch, but Season 1 of House of the Dragon was one episode a week last summer and I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed the "appointment TV" on Sunday nights.
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'Appointment TV' also provides the opportunity to 'digest' shows more thoroughly. Pick up on nuances that might pass one by when watching multiple episodes back to back in rapid succession.
 
The wife and I are on Season 3 of Succession. The first 2 episodes were kinda slow and we weren't sure about the show, so we watched something else. We were looking for something to watch and decided to give it another try and have liked it this time around.
 
Anybody watching White House Plumbers on Max? For me, the shining performance is Justin Theroux's G. Gordon Liddy. Amazing! But then there's the guy playing E Howard Hunt's son, which is, how shall I say this? His performance is not even mid.

Max is billing this series as a comedy, however, given the context of today's issues, the overall feel of the show is a little too on the nose for my tastes. Calling it a comedy is generous. Maybe in a broad sense with fifty years of hindsight, the stuff CREEP pulled off is indeed comedic, but in reality, it was serious as a heart attack, and through today's lens, the writer's on this series seem to revel in their cynicism mistaking that for comedy.

I cannot find the comedy in the show. We have yet to get beyond the middling political antics at the national scale.
 
Wannaplan? said:
Anybody watching White House Plumbers on Max? For me, the shining performance is Justin Theroux's G. Gordon Liddy. Amazing! But then there's the guy playing E Howard Hunt's son, which is, how shall I say this? His performance is not even mid.

Max is billing this series as a comedy, however, given the context of today's issues, the overall feel of the show is a little too on the nose for my tastes. Calling it a comedy is generous. Maybe in a broad sense with fifty years of hindsight, the stuff CREEP pulled off is indeed comedic, but in reality, it was serious as a heart attack, and through today's lens, the writer's on this series seem to revel in their cynicism mistaking that for comedy.

I cannot find the comedy in the show. We have yet to get beyond the middling political antics at the national scale.
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That is why I gave up on it halfway through the second episode.

Also, the 'comedy' was hacky and overwrought in my opinion.
 
Jury Duty on Freevee is a hoot. It's a documentary style comedy where the court, judge, bailiffs, attorneys, plaintiff, defendant, and 11 jurors are all actors. And one regular guy who has been told they're filming a documentary about jury duty but doesn't realize the whole thing is staged and thinks its all legit.
 
Anyone following Silo or The Leftovers - Silo is pretty good, The Leftovers is okay

Anyone see the season finale of Barry - won't spoil it but it was very well done
 
"Astrid" is a French detective show whose main character is autistic and has intuitive skills the normal folks do not have.
 
Finished The Leftovers on Apple TV but it was HBO - the first few episodes were a little whatever but it gets better and the ending is not what I thought would happen so I do recommend it if you don't mind strange stuff
 
Wife and I just finished The Mick on Netflix. We enjoyed it. Kaitlan Olson from Always Sunny stars.

I just downloaded The Righteous Gemstones and we started it last night. I was too tired to really pay attention, but the wife likes it. John Goodman, Danny McBride and one of the guys from Workaholics with a megachurch empire.
 
Strange New Worlds is the heir of the original Star Trek series. Every episode is a standalone and there's much less emphasis on season-long story arcs. And unlike, say, Discovery, they don't spend half the show talking about their feelings. I like that.
 
I didn't think I liked Pete Davidson but my wife and I decided to give Bupkis a shot and are really enjoying it.

estromberg said:
Wife and I just finished The Mick on Netflix. We enjoyed it. Kaitlan Olson from Always Sunny stars.

I just downloaded The Righteous Gemstones and we started it last night. I was too tired to really pay attention, but the wife likes it. John Goodman, Danny McBride and one of the guys from Workaholics with a megachurch empire.
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The Mick was fantastic. We were sad when that one didn't get renewed.

Righteous Gemstones was another favorite of ours though I think I only watched about 2/3rds of the second season for whatever reason. I was thinking about going back and re-watching the 2nd season from the beginning now that season 3 has begun.

Walton Goggins is fantastic in that show.


 
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