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?
I enjoyed the new Reacher series on Amazon Prime. I've read a few Reacher books on airplanes or beaches. This series seems pretty faithful to the series and is a lot better than the movie with Tom Cruise.
Good way to kill a few hours but it's admittedly not deep or sophisticated or nuanced or meaningful. [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.
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.
I had pretty much the same experience. Tried the first episode and it was reminding me of show like Alias and not too bad. Then I got to the dumb as hell first spoiler… [Reply]
Originally Posted by Buehler445:
So is Euphoria a good watch? I thought it looked like a chick flick. Not a hard and fast position, just first glance scrolling by.
It's highly stylized and very youth drama, but there isn't a lot out there that can compete with its bluntness and occasional beauty.
Chick flick might fit it, but it's a little grimier and more raw than a 'girlie' show.
Did you see 'Kids' when it came out? Or the British show 'Skins' more recently.
Basically up to date exploration and dramatization of navigating the perils of being a modern teen, drinking, drugs, sex, parties, betrayals, trying to fit in, being ostrasized, fucking up, paying the consequences, etc.
But what sets it apart is the execution. A lot of the drama is set by the cinematography and blocking. Some frames are literally a work of art. And the music and voiceovers and flashbacks and imagery are all very evocative.
It's heightened in much the same way being a near-adult teen is heightened, more dramatic, more consequential, more devastating, etc. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Baby Lee:
It's highly stylized and very youth drama, but there isn't a lot out there that can compete with its bluntness and occasional beauty.
Chick flick might fit it, but it's a little grimier and more raw than a 'girlie' show.
Did you see 'Kids' when it came out? Or the British show 'Skins' more recently.
Basically up to date exploration and dramatization of navigating the perils of being a modern teen, drinking, drugs, sex, parties, betrayals, trying to fit in, being ostrasized, fucking up, paying the consequences, etc.
But what sets it apart is the execution. A lot of the drama is set by the cinematography and blocking. Some frames are literally a work of art. And the music and voiceovers and flashbacks and imagery are all very evocative.
It's heightened in much the same way being a near-adult teen is heightened, more dramatic, more consequential, more devastating, etc.
I’ll give it a look. Thanks. I didn’t see Skins or kids.
I did, however enjoy (shamefully) Sex Lives of College Girls. That is assuredly much lighter than Euphoria, but maybe I won’t hate the subject matter as much as I’m anticipating. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Buehler445:
So is Euphoria a good watch? I thought it looked like a chick flick. Not a hard and fast position, just first glance scrolling by.
Originally Posted by Baby Lee:
Did you see 'Kids' when it came out?
Yeah...I thought the same. Not as raw/dry as Larry Clark...but Kids two decades later...
It's not a "nice" show...might be more comparable to Spring Breakers....which was directed by Harmony Korine....who wrote Kids. That's a great movie too...
If you liked Kids...you would probably dig Mid90s...another A24 gem. Trent Reznor/Atticus Ross (NIN) did the soundtrack... [Reply]
Originally Posted by Baby Lee:
Not looking up previous conversations on this, but I know they're somewhere in this thread, . . . anyway TWO WEEKS, fellas. . . .
eDave and lewdog got me hooked on this one.
Oh, boy. Never watched a season 'live' before. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Coochie liquor:
We’re halfway through it. Good so far. But I think we should have watched The Immortal movie between seasons 2 and 3.
Wow. Saw your post yesterday and immediately watched The Immortal. Excellent. I actually think that's best watched after season 5 episode 1 when he finds out the truth. [Reply]
