All this talk about series, how network TV Sucks, and how hard it is to find quality shows, and some excellent shows that fly under the radar, I need a comprehensive review of all the series I need to see.
For good entertainment, I would be willing to buy DVD sets. But I've recently picked up HBOGO by kiping it from my parents, and recently got Netflix and Amazon Prime.
Here is a listing of shows that I currently own or have seen all the episodes of. If it isn't on the list, just assume I haven't seen it.
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Great Shows – Must See
Game of Thrones
Mad Men
Longmire
Burn Notice
House
Spartacus
House of Cards
Justified
True Detective
Breaking Bad
The Assets
The Wire
Sherlock (BBC)
The Americans
The Walking Dead
Deadwood
Netflix: Daredevil
Jack Taylor
Luther
Bosch
Good shows
Travelers
Ozark
The Leftovers
Conviction
Medici
The Last Kingdom
Firefly
Dollhouse
The Good Wife
Hell on Wheels
Big Bang Theory
Falling Skies
Suits
White Collar
Agents of SHIELD
Arrow
Boss
Rome
Orange is the New Black
Orphan Black
The Knick
Goliath (Amazon)
Iron Fist
Show Me a Hero
Hell on Wheels
Shooter
Mediocre
Robin Hood (BBC)
Vikings
How I met your Mother
Scrubs
Chuck
That 70's Show
Top Gear
Graceland
Hung (HBO)
Gotham
Conviction
Crap Camelot
Top Shot
Defiance
Legends of Tomorrow
Here is a listing of shows that I'm currently watching
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Great
Good
Boardwalk Empire
Westworld
Mediocre
Crap
Here is a listing of shows on my list to watch (mostly due to this thread)
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The Sopranos
24
Fargo (missed getting it on the DVR :-) )
Band of Brothers
The Pacific
The Comeback
6 Feet Under
John Adams
Battlestar Glactica
Friday Night Lights
I work a fuckton, so it is hard for me catch a series while it is on to get it on the DVR, but I recognize the entertainment value and am willing to go after the Must See shows. Accordingly, I'm not necessarily looking for anything that is still running. I'm up for watching stuff that has run its course.
So what say you, Planet? Which shows should I see?
Originally Posted by Detoxing:
Holy **** did it suck. I mean.....ooooof it was bad. My wife didn't finish the series. I did, only because it was so laughably bad i just had to see if it could get worse.
It did.
It's been a long time since i've seen a series so poorly written. Avoid this shit at all costs.
I'm only 3 or 4 episodes in but the "Take Your Daughter to Work Day" bit made me laugh. It isn't the funniest show, but I've enjoyed it so far. [Reply]
Originally Posted by HemiEd:
Hmmm, not sure I actually gave it enough time. Maybe two episodes? Did you enjoy it? Do you think it is worth another look?
I am on season two of Imposters, truly enjoying it.
Yeah, it’s a satire of thriller movies/shows. Not serious. What was chalked up as bad writing was intentional tongue-in-cheek mockery of the genre.
Originally Posted by Coochie liquor:
Getting ready to start Suburra : Blood on Rome on Netflix. Anybody seen it yet? 3 seasons.
I enjoyed the first season. Didn’t make it through the second but mostly due to other shows getting aired and just forgetting about it. Would definitely be willing to pick it back up at some point. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Simply Red:
that Resident Alien apparently has quite a little following.
I enjoyed the first season, the second season seems to be starting out a little bit uneven to me. There's a lot of loose ends to be tied up from the first season. Maybe it's going to take some time for the actors to get back into character because the interactions seem a bit 'off'. [Reply]
I watched In From the Cold. Ex Russian Spy made a life in America and gets recruited to help the CIA. I wanted to like it. I really REALLY did. I loved the Americans, the chick looked hot. Production value looked good. Hoooo boy was it dumb. It did a few things right, I enjoyed most of the action, the acting of the 90's Berlin stuff was fairly compelling. I didn't hate the performance of the CIA guy and the IT guy.
But I was all the way out during the
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Body Morphing scene
in the first episode. Hung in there hoping it would come around. I was pretty into it when she went
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All Commando bitch when they took her daughter. That was good.
But then
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The heel turn at the end...:-) And Jesus CHRIST did they really want that John Wick sledgehammer scene in there, but for the love of everything holy she was completely incapable of competently swinging a sledge. They would have been much better off to let her swing a 6lb and teach her how to do it.
But hey, at least she wasn't wearing a bra. I like titties.
I'm sure they want that thing to make a second season. I'm probably out. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Buehler445:
I watched In From the Cold. Ex Russian Spy made a life in America and gets recruited to help the CIA. I wanted to like it. I really REALLY did. I loved the Americans, the chick looked hot. Production value looked good. Hoooo boy was it dumb. It did a few things right, I enjoyed most of the action, the acting of the 90's Berlin stuff was fairly compelling. I didn't hate the performance of the CIA guy and the IT guy.
That's a shame. I almost started it last night but started Reacher instead. I thought it sounded like something I'd really enjoy. [Reply]
Originally Posted by heapshake:
That's a shame. I almost started it last night but started Reacher instead. I thought it sounded like something I'd really enjoy.
Meh. Watch the first episode. Then read the first spoiler. If it doesn't bother you, fire away. It's possible I'm being overly critical. [Reply]
Originally Posted by duncan_idaho:
Were you guys aware this is a satire series?
I read that after. I guess that makes it better, but now im just kinda mad at it because it wasn't funny enough nor obvious enough to be satire. The source content that it's making a parody of isn't even all that memorable for me to go, "OOOOH it's a parody of...". And on top of that it wasn't funny enough to go, "oh, this is clearly a comedy". [Reply]
