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[Bella Odessa]

Since it's getting cold out, I've started my annual rewatch of Yuri!!! On Ice. I'm still a sobbing mess. 

 

Gonna rewatch Sherlock, and a few Christmas specials of Doctor Who soon too lol

Edited November 14, 2021 by Bella Odessa

[OREOBOREALIS]

Twitch streamer had watchparty for Midnight Mass on netflix so i decided to take part on watching it.

Pretty good but very strange and freaky show. I recommend it for pinge watching.

Edited November 16, 2021 by Mktz1

[darthYENIK]

Started the live action Cowboy Bebop on Netflix.  After one episode I’m impressed.  Love the cast, and they really do a good job capturing the tone and style of the original.

[Bella Odessa]

For a really crappy show, 13 Reasons Why has a lit soundtrack. 

[Mister Pink]

15 hours ago, Bella Odessa said:

For a really crappy show, 13 Reasons Why has a lit soundtrack. 

Completely forgot about that show. I watched the first season, and maybe some episodes of the 2nd but then stopped as it was getting a bit sh*te. Can't remember why. But I did enjoy the first series.

[Craigsters]

I watched Fear the walking Dead season 7  episode 7 - The Portrait , and this episode has the air time of November 27th 2021 on it's episode thumbnail , I guess having AMC+ gives me early access  or someone jumped the gun and showed  the episode early?

[Bella Odessa]

1 hour ago, Mister Pink said:

Completely forgot about that show. I watched the first season, and maybe some episodes of the 2nd but then stopped as it was getting a bit sh*te. Can't remember why. But I did enjoy the first series.

I just could not for the life of me get into the series. Like, it was just too unrealistic and way over the top for me.

[Craigsters]

I'm going to try and watch wheel of time on amazon prime, even they'll I don't care for Rosamund Pike acting 

 

watched a bit and it' has to much ambient music and Twilight like, not for me

Edited November 24, 2021 by Craigsters

[Failed Again]

This Polish TV show on Netflix is Fun.

ULTAVIOLET,,,not the movie of same name

An online community of amateur sleuths use technology to solve crimes -- and make quirky friends -- in their quest for justice.

Watch Ultraviolet | Netflix Official Site

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7514746/mediaviewer/rm2823719681/?ref_=tt_ov_i

Edited November 24, 2021 by Failed Again

[DexMacLeod]

On 11/23/2021 at 6:36 PM, Mister Pink said:

Completely forgot about that show. I watched the first season, and maybe some episodes of the 2nd but then stopped as it was getting a bit sh*te. Can't remember why. But I did enjoy the first series.

 

Yeah, I think I had to give it up somewhere in the final season. Just got worse and worse every year. Definitely a show that should have just been a one and done.

 

 

For me, I've been watching Dexter: New Blood. I don't remember the original series finale being nearly as bad as people claim it to be but the show over all had gotten really repetitive and probably went on 3 or 4 seasons longer than it should have.

 

New Blood offers a refreshing twist on the original but at the same time is comfortingly familiar. If you liked the original that is. Watching is a little bittersweet knowing this is likely the final end for Dexter, though.

 

I also started Yellowjackets. Just base on the premise it feels like something that should be right up my alley but almost nothing about it is working for me. I was kind of hoping for a more modern take on Lord of the Flies with girls, and they keep teasing that, but the writers seem relentlessly devoted to focusing the bulk of their time on much less interesting things.

 

I'll likely finish the season just because I've got Showtime cheap for a couple months but it's definitely not something I'm going to sign up for more of next year.

 

Speaking of Showtime, anyone got any new-ish TV show recommendations from them? I've seen the "classics" Dexter, Californication, Weeds, but I haven't had Showtime in at least five years. I tried a couple episodes of Billions and really didn't like it and sort of lost interest in Homeland around season three.

[Mexicola9302]

Gonna do a rerun of Game of Thrones, this time in UHD 2160p with HDR, finally no more blocky pixels. Hooray.

[Mister Pink]

I just finished the first 2 series of Narcos: Mexico. Excellent show. I need to go back and finish the original Narcos that focusses on the Cali Cartel. For some reason I stopped watching it. 

 

I'd love a GTA that dealt with the Mexican and Colombian cartels. Inspired by Sicario and Narcos. 

[Mexicola9302]

On 12/2/2021 at 1:43 AM, DexMacLeod said:

 

Yeah, I think I had to give it up somewhere in the final season. Just got worse and worse every year. Definitely a show that should have just been a one and done.

 

 

For me, I've been watching Dexter: New Blood. I don't remember the original series finale being nearly as bad as people claim it to be but the show over all had gotten really repetitive and probably went on 3 or 4 seasons longer than it should have.

 

New Blood offers a refreshing twist on the original but at the same time is comfortingly familiar. If you liked the original that is. Watching is a little bittersweet knowing this is likely the final end for Dexter, though.

 

I also started Yellowjackets. Just base on the premise it feels like something that should be right up my alley but almost nothing about it is working for me. I was kind of hoping for a more modern take on Lord of the Flies with girls, and they keep teasing that, but the writers seem relentlessly devoted to focusing the bulk of their time on much less interesting things.

 

I'll likely finish the season just because I've got Showtime cheap for a couple months but it's definitely not something I'm going to sign up for more of next year.

 

Speaking of Showtime, anyone got any new-ish TV show recommendations from them? I've seen the "classics" Dexter, Californication, Weeds, but I haven't had Showtime in at least five years. I tried a couple episodes of Billions and really didn't like it and sort of lost interest in Homeland around season three.

Just watch "Shameless US", yeah sure it's not new-ish, but definitely a damn good show, incase you haven't watched that yet. The cast is great, and overall it's a damn fun to watch show, it's dramatic and funny at the same time. I still haven't watched the last season, but i probably do that after i finished my Game of Thrones rerun. Oh yeah it's great watching GoT in such high resolution, back when i watched it for the first time, it was often a blocky pixel mess, not in UHD it just looks great.

 

William H. Macy plays such an useless asshole of a father it's unbelievable, i never liked that actor in anything before, but in Shameless US he is great.

 

I also liked Dexter, Californication and Weeds. They were all good shows.

 

If your into geeky stuff, and also like HBO series, i can recommend "Silicon Valley", it's so damn funny i had to laugh real hard sometimes, the cast is awesome, especially the "satanist" character, damn he is awesome. I almost binged the whole series, also will do a rerun of it at some point, maybe in a year or two.

Edited December 13, 2021 by Mexicola9302

[OREOBOREALIS]

Finally started to watch the City of God movies tv series spinoff City of Men Cidade dos Homens.

I used to watch it sometimes back in the days as kid when it was coming from tv back in 2005-2009 or something.

Unfortunately only some episodes are available on youtube and cant find where to watch rest.Well maybe dvd release is available somewhere.

 

Its like the movie city of god but bit more amateurish feeling and not as violent although still shows the hard reality of kids living in favela slums of brazil.

Ive been planning to start for years to watch it. i actually started one time to watch but then kind of forgot/wasnt motivated at the time to watch it.

Edited December 23, 2021 by Mktz1

[Mister Pink]

I remember watching that City of Men. It's been so long I can't remember much of it. It was the probably the first time I viewed a TV series based on a the film. 

 

Speaking of TV series based on films, I'd recommend Gomorrah. I've only watched first season but it was really engaging. Suburra too. Suburra is criminally underrated. 

 

As it's based on real events of the Mafia, you can look up news articles relating to both shows. 

 

Gomorrah

 

 

Suburra

 

[Mexicola9302]

50 minutes ago, Mktz1 said:

Finally started to watch the City of God movies tv series spinoff City of Men Cidade dos Homens.

I used to watch it sometimes back in the days as kid when it was coming from tv back in 2005-2009 or something.

Unfortunately only some episodes are available on youtube and cant find where to watch rest.Well maybe dvd release is available somewhere.

 

Its like the movie city of god but bit more amateurish feeling and not as violent although still shows the hard reality of kids living in favela slums of brazil.

Ive been planning to start for years to watch it. i actually started one time to watch but then kind of forgot/wasnt motivated at the time to watch it.

I tried watching the series, but felt BS to me somehow, after that really really AWESOME movie.

 

In my country a music star spoke the lines of the main actor, a dude that is hated now Xavier Naidoo. But he did his job very very well doing the voice acting, but i never liked that musician. Apparently he hates jews for some reason.

 

Else i currently am at S07E01 of my Game of Thrones rerun, damn it's worth it watching all of that in that high res.

Edited December 24, 2021 by Mexicola9302

[OREOBOREALIS]

2 minutes ago, Mexicola9302 said:

I tried watching the series, but felt BS to me somehow

i actually like amateurishness and low budget feeling of it

[Mexicola9302]

1 minute ago, Mktz1 said:

i actually like amateurishness and low budget feeling of it

I just stopped watching it after i noticed it. It was just a few minutes in.

[OREOBOREALIS]

24 minutes ago, Mexicola9302 said:

I just stopped watching it after i noticed it. It was just a few minutes in.

it gets better when you continue watching it.

yeah i know its kinda hard to get motivated to watch it because its kind of what ever when first watching the first episodes but its not even meant to be on level of breaking bad etc 

Edited December 24, 2021 by Mktz1

[Mexicola9302]

I started watching Succession last night, saw the first 2 episodes, it seems interesting. I want them to fail miserably and wanna see how they get poor, all these spoiled adult brats. Hopefully the series leads there in the end. HBO series barely ever have a happy end, so yeah i got the feeling it might become true. The only somehow nice character seems to be the weird cousin that lost his job in that amusment park it seems.

 

I know 3 seasons are released already, a 4th will get in production too. Gonna watch season 1 and 2 and half of season 3 over the next few days probably.

 

After that i maybe watch Doom Patrol season 3 and Witcher season 2.

 

Oh yeah and i watched the last season of Shameless US, it was a pretty good ending, not too cheesy or a real happy end. But i somehow saw it coming. But it's a shame that Shameless US ended, i could have watched that for 2 more seasons.

[DEALUX]

The Dexter sequel (New Blood) is actually quite alright. It definitely feels a lot like the old show. I mean it helps that I came at it with low expectations given the sh*t the entertainment industry has churned out in the past year.

[Mexicola9302]

I watched South Park Post Covid The Return of Covid yesterday, damn it was good, it's a bit over an hour long. Amazon's Alexa in the future, damn i had to laugh in these scenes.  

[DexMacLeod]

On 1/5/2022 at 7:44 AM, DEALUX said:

The Dexter sequel (New Blood) is actually quite alright. It definitely feels a lot like the old show. I mean it helps that I came at it with low expectations given the sh*t the entertainment industry has churned out in the past year.

 

Yeah, I really, really liked New Blood right up until the final few minutes. Kinda preferred the original ending, honestly.

[Failed Again]

This is Really good.

Great cast, writing and visuals.

 

on Prime US (AMC+) ATM

 

Just finished season1

Great show

Edited January 31 by Failed Again

[sifu]

I recently got into "The Sinner", it's good. Crime and a bit of mystery in the mix. Bill Pullman as a detective is great to watch. Halfway through season 2.

[Donald Lov]

Finished season 2 of HBO's Succesion recently and man... I got to admit, I've never been a fan of post-The Wire HBO, never got on the bandwagon. Everything is very expensive, great actors, stellar production, but the drama was never there for me. Succession has changed that. Not gonna spoil it, but the end of season 2 is one of the finest writing I've ever encountered in a TV show, very Shakespearean. It had been a great while since HBO and mass entertainment in general could provide such dramatic subtlety.

[Mexicola9302]

I started watching "Evil" yesterday, it's pretty good, usually im not into religious stuff, but seeing Michael Emerson as a truly evil psychopath is entertaining.

A skeptical female clinical psychologist joins a priest-in-training and a blue-collar contractor as they investigate supposed miracles, demonic possession, and other extraordinary occurrences to see if there's a scientific explanation or if something truly supernatural is at work.

 

 

First i thought, hmm it's a bit ridiculous, all the demons BS and all, but after seeing 12 episodes of the first season yesterday, no it's not so ridiculous, it's actually quite interesting.

 

I only started watching it because of Michael Emerson, i mean Mike Colter and the rest of the cast is good too, but yeah i liked Michael in "Lost" and "Person of Interest". He can play the good guy, the bad guy and the inbetween guy. And oh yeah plays a very good bad guy in that series.

 

Edit: I watched the first season of "Reacher" yesterday, it was actually kinda fun to watch. The cast was pretty good, lots of action, some funny moments, but without the other ppl from the cast, the mainactor can't really pull it off. If the second season plays somewhere else without the rest of the cast, it might really really suck, well depends what the new cast would be. The first season is just 8 episodes long, so it's not so long to watch, it can be binged easily.

Edited February 12 by Mexicola9302

[Big Molio]

Just finished Reacher season 1 on Amazon. Not bad. I can't attest to whether the character and series closely matches Lee Child's literary character and story because I haven't read any of the Jack Reacher novels, but the general buzz seems to indicate that they do.

 

Looking forward to Vikings: Valhalla which drops on February 25th on Netflix. The original Vikings show was awesome I thought. Loved it.

[sifu]

Blasted through all 4 seasons of THE SINNER, damn. 3rd season was probably the best. Harry really got into the case, in too deep.

[Mister Pink]

On 2/6/2022 at 12:45 PM, Notorious_Jack said:

Finished season 2 of HBO's Succesion recently and man... I got to admit, I've never been a fan of post-The Wire HBO, never got on the bandwagon. Everything is very expensive, great actors, stellar production, but the drama was never there for me. Succession has changed that. Not gonna spoil it, but the end of season 2 is one of the finest writing I've ever encountered in a TV show, very Shakespearean. It had been a great while since HBO and mass entertainment in general could provide such dramatic subtlety.

This is a very good endorsement for me. Huge fan of The Wire and while I enjoyed some things like The Deuce and Boardwalk Empire, I wasn't gripped by anything since. However, Succession keeps cropping up as a HBO great. I must watch it.