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My wife and I finally decided to begin Schitt's Creek over the holidays. We're now about halfway through season 4 and are really enjoying it.

It also reminded me how much I love Chris Elliott and then I was sad to see that I cannot stream his series from the '90s, Get a Life, anywhere.
 
Watched The Portable Door on Prime Video (also on MGM+). A bit Harry Potter-ish but quite different too. My wife and I enjoyed it quite a bit. An Australian co-production between The Jim Henson Company and Story Bridge Films. Based on the 2003 novel of the same name, the first in Tom Holt's J.W. Wells & Co. series.
 
Maister said:
Did anyone else watch the UK version of Ghosts that broadcast on CBS/Paramount last night? I think I prefer the American version to the original British. Thorfin the viking is a much funnier barbarian type than the caveman, for example.
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I have watch a few of the Original British eposides. I prefer the American version. I like Thorfin, but I prefer vikings over cavemen.

Northern Exposure is my current binge. I discovered that it was on Amazon Prime this weekend.
 
I started watching Beef on Netflix because the lead got a Golden Globe award - it's a good show, but it's not a comedy

is this a trend, calling dark drama comedy - they are calling The Curse comedy on Hulu and it's not a comedy

maybe social satire but I haven't laughed at either of these shows - they aren't bad but it's not comedy
 
luckless pedestrian said:
I started watching Beef on Netflix because the lead got a Golden Globe award - it's a good show, but it's not a comedy

is this a trend, calling dark drama comedy - they are calling The Curse comedy on Hulu and it's not a comedy

maybe social satire but I haven't laughed at either of these shows - they aren't bad but it's not comedy
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I think that's marketing more than anything. Sell a show as being something more than it is.
 
....and then when they were done they plucked his eyeballs out!

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Late to the party, but have enjoyed 1 and a half seasons of Sex Education on Netflix (my wife had been watching it, got me started on it a couple weeks ago). I've always been a fan of Gillian Anderson, and she's part of a great cast on this show. Curious to see where the show goes from where I'm at.
 
The wife and I watched LA LA Land yesterday. I enjoyed the movie. Having lived in L.A., I enjoyed the settings they used around the city. It captured why some people see it as a magical place. I knew little about the movie before hitting play and it turns out it's a bit of a musical. I'm not usually that into musicals but this one did it just right. I will say the ending was frustrating. I won't say what happened for anyone who hasn't seen it, but it was pretty confusing as it unfolded, and I didn't like the way it resolved, but my wife was reading stuff on the internet and apparently that was the point. I would recommend it, and might watch it again. I think it was on Netflix.
 
Doohickie said:
The wife and I watched LA LA Land yesterday. I enjoyed the movie. Having lived in L.A., I enjoyed the settings they used around the city. It captured why some people see it as a magical place. I knew little about the movie before hitting play and it turns out it's a bit of a musical. I'm not usually that into musicals but this one did it just right. I will say the ending was frustrating. I won't say what happened for anyone who hasn't seen it, but it was pretty confusing as it unfolded, and I didn't like the way it resolved, but my wife was reading stuff on the internet and apparently that was the point. I would recommend it, and might watch it again. I think it was on Netflix.
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I tried to watch but could never get into it.
 
Big Owl said:
I have watch a few of the Original British eposides. I prefer the American version. I like Thorfin, but I prefer vikings over cavemen.

Northern Exposure is my current binge. I discovered that it was on Amazon Prime this weekend.
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Really? I know for years they had issues with the series because they didn't own the syndication rights to all of the music they used.
 
luckless pedestrian said:
I started Death and Other Details - not bad - good for light viewing
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This is, hopefully, on my list to start tonight and then finish Fargo season 5.

Fargo has been stellar. I didn't know Juno Temple had this in her since my only experience with her was Ted Lasso...which is very different than her character in Fargo.
 
Whose Yur Planner said:
I tried to watch but could never get into it.
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I almost didn't make it through the opening number, to be honest. Once I resigned myself to, "Oh, it's a musical," it was okay to watch. Also, as someone who's lived in Los Angeles, even though I didn't spend a lot of time in the same neighborhoods they used as sets, there was a certain familiar resonance for me. I also enjoyed the lighting effects for some of the scenes. It was pretty theatrical.
 
mendelman said:
This is, hopefully, on my list to start tonight and then finish Fargo season 5.

Fargo has been stellar. I didn't know Juno Temple had this in her since my only experience with her was Ted Lasso...which is very different than her character in Fargo.
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Yep. Fargo season 5 finale was excellent.

Highly recommend.
 
WSU MUP Student said:
My wife and I finally decided to begin Schitt's Creek over the holidays. We're now about halfway through season 4 and are really enjoying it.

It also reminded me how much I love Chris Elliott and then I was sad to see that I cannot stream his series from the '90s, Get a Life, anywhere.
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We finished Schitt's Creek last night. What a fantastic show! I'm sort of miffed at myself that we waited this long to actually watch it.
 
joscoffee said:
"Leverage" was a good brain-off show to marathon.
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The original Leverage was fun. The successor show, 'Leverage Redemption,' is much less so. The biggest problem with the new one is the lack of Hardison. So much of the original show's humor came from the friction between Hardison and Eliot. The replacement crew are competent actors but the chemistry just ain't there. When I watched the original show I always thought Timothy Hutton's character was the least appealing of the group, but only after he was removed did audiences learn how critical his role was to the show's chemistry. With Nate gone, other characters have to pick up the responsibility factor. That works well with Sophie, but absolutely not well with Parker (who is supposed to be insane).
 
Maister said:
The original Leverage was fun. The successor show, 'Leverage Redemption,' is much less so. The biggest problem with the new one is the lack of Hardison. So much of the original show's humor came from the friction between Hardison and Eliot. The replacement crew are competent actors but the chemistry just ain't there. When I watched the original show I always thought Timothy Hutton's character was the least appealing of the group, but only after he was removed did audiences learn how critical his role was to the show's chemistry. With Nate gone, other characters have to pick up the responsibility factor. That works well with Sophie, but absolutely not well with Parker (who is supposed to be insane).
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^^^All of this - the "Redemption" version lacks Hardison and Eliot constantly sniping at each other, Nate and his anger, and Parker's insanity ("20 pounds of crazy in a 5 pound bag"). Also, Noah Wiley's character is a complete waste of space.
 
Getting back to watching The Bear on season 2 - it is such a good show

and the new Truman vs the Swans on Hulu is really good
 
Maister said:
We had to watch the first two seasons of Shetland with subtitles on before getting used to them enough that we could consistently understand the actors.
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There's a Dougray Scott-lead series (Crime) on Britbox I turned off 20 minutes into S1E1 because I couldn't understand a single word - I'll get back to it a some point with the subtitles turned on.

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Crime (TV Series 2021– ) ⭐ 7.3 | Crime, Drama, Mystery

1h | TV-MA
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bureaucrat#3 said:
I keep trying to make it through the first season. The show is funny, but the people in the show are just so horrible. I get that they're supposed to be, but they drive me crazy.
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This is exactly why I couldn't get into it when I tried about a year ago.
 
bureaucrat#3 said:
I keep trying to make it through the first season. The show is funny, but the people in the show are just so horrible. I get that they're supposed to be, but they drive me crazy.
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Faust_Motel said:
I think if you stick with it they become redeemable- but it's pretty much the arc of the entire series. Contrast to Curb Your Enthusiasm where it's just terrible people all the way down.
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I agree with FM. By the end of the series, all of the main characters seemed like pretty good people. Yes, they may have been somewhere between a bit out of touch and outright delusional, but they still seemed genuinely good with good intentions. The horribleness/obliviousness of the Rose family is what initially put me and my wife off (we had watched the first few episodes a few times over the years) but I'm glad that we stuck with it this time.

Also, whenever I'm working in the kitchen and the recipe says to fold in whatever ingredient all I can think of is this clip now:

 
WSU MUP Student said:
I agree with FM. By the end of the series, all of the main characters seemed like pretty good people. Yes, they may have been somewhere between a bit out of touch and outright delusional, but they still seemed genuinely good with good intentions. The horribleness/obliviousness of the Rose family is what initially put me and my wife off (we had watched the first few episodes a few times over the years) but I'm glad that we stuck with it this time.

Also, whenever I'm working in the kitchen and the recipe says to fold in whatever ingredient all I can think of is this clip now:

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I had the opposite reaction - thought the first few seasons were great comedy but by the end of the series it had turned into overly sentimental drek.
 
Started Northern Exposure this weekend. I didn't see the show 30 years ago so it's truly all new to me. Some things (e.g. homophobia) probably wouldn't fly today, but the situational humor holds up quite well.
 
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