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03-16-2018 , 03:24 PM

#7301

kingofcool

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watching a german show called "Bad banks". Pretty good pilot.

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03-17-2018 , 08:36 PM

#7302

parisron

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2 part series Tonight and Tomorrow on Oxygen.
Aaron Hernandez Uncovered, should be pretty interesting since that was one messed up story that happened.

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03-18-2018 , 07:52 PM

#7303

Huehuecoyotl

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Season 2 of The Expanse is on Amazon video

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03-18-2018 , 10:33 PM

#7304

Yeti

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Originally Posted by master3004

I think the secret to getting sucked into BB is knowing that it becomes great later on and allowing yourself to really connect with the characters in the first 5-6 episodes. If you go in expecting hot meth action from the word go, you're gonna have a bad time.

they cook meth on the very first episode. a man's body is dissolved in acid in episode 2.

i'm not singling you out because i see this all over the internet, but this idea that breaking bad is a slow burn is one of the stupidest things ever.

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03-18-2018 , 10:37 PM

#7305

ChrisV

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The start is fine, but it gets slow a bit later. I actually gave up on it in season 2 because it looked like it was going nowhere. Picked it up again later.

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03-19-2018 , 01:10 AM

#7306

filthyvermin

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watching them figure out how to deal with body and the guy tied up in the basement is great! one of the better parts of the whole series.

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03-19-2018 , 02:49 AM

#7307

White Stuff

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Originally Posted by ChrisV

The start is fine, but it gets slow a bit later. I actually gave up on it in season 2 because it looked like it was going nowhere. Picked it up again later.

same.

Last edited by White Stuff; 03-19-2018 at 02:51 AM. Reason: obviously glad I picked it back up again, still have sopranos, wire and deadwood which I left around 2nd season..

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03-19-2018 , 05:15 AM

#7308

kioshk

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Originally Posted by Yeti

Yeti is 100% right on this, and master is wrong.

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03-19-2018 , 06:34 AM

#7309

Eltin

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Started watching it's always sunny in philadelphia, cant find it anywhere better than 360p, but i enjoy it so far, only 2 eps in.

Also the leftovers 3 episodes in, its okay, but i have read such good things about season 2 so im going to stick with it.

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03-19-2018 , 01:17 PM

#7310

nyc999

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I don't think Breaking Bad is slow moving or bad/meh at the start. However I do think it may be the only show in history which improves with each season.

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03-19-2018 , 02:51 PM

#7311

Kurn, son of Mogh

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Originally Posted by nyc999

I don't think Breaking Bad is slow moving or bad/meh at the start. However I do think it may be the only show in history which improves with each season.

I'd suggest that Black Sails improved in every season.

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03-19-2018 , 04:14 PM

#7312

patron

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The Breaking Bad issue is because one of master's statements is true, and the other is not.

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Originally Posted by master3004

I think the secret to getting sucked into BB is knowing that it becomes great later on and allowing yourself to really connect with the characters in the first 5-6 episodes.

This part is true. Lots of people are sucked in from the start, but he's addressing Grue's comment and those people who aren't. For those people, if you stick with it, it does get better, and you may get sucked in later.

Nyc and Chris and others commented on this, and most of us have seen the graphs of improving ratings by episode over each season.

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If you go in expecting hot meth action from the word go, you're gonna have a bad time.

This is the part that's not true, that Yeti addresses.

With all of the above in mind, I agree with almost every single BB post on this page.

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03-19-2018 , 05:48 PM

#7313

The Apex

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Originally Posted by Eltin

I think Hulu added it’s always sunny

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03-19-2018 , 05:49 PM

#7314

Yeti

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there's a valid comment to be made about the fact that early on the show is very good but not elite, or at least certainly not GOAT-calibre. this can be seen by looking back at the old threads.

nowadays of course it's essentially impossible to start watching breaking bad without knowing what you're getting into. which is why it's so silly when people act like it's a slog to get through the early stuff, given a) it's not slow at all, and b) they are good and you know it's going to get better.

halt and catch fire got better and better too by the way!

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03-19-2018 , 06:13 PM

#7315

filthyvermin

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star treks, next generation, ds9, voyager, and enterprise all got better over time.

the original series started off elite af. i mean think about others shows that came out at the same time! so incredibly inferior

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03-19-2018 , 09:00 PM

#7316

kingofcool

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ap bio is funnier than expected.

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03-20-2018 , 08:37 AM

#7317

applesauce123

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I watched BB seasons 3-5 first, then went back and watched 1 and 2. Doing it that way I thought season 1 was the best. I felt like the lack of structure in the meth operation in season 1 is what put it above the other seasons.

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03-20-2018 , 02:50 PM

#7318

kioshk

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Originally Posted by Yeti

halt and catch fire got better and better too by the way!

heh, man ain't that the truth. I tried out a few season 1 eps right after I finished the finale, they were all over the map.

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03-20-2018 , 06:58 PM

#7319

Irieguy

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High Maintenance is the best show currently on TV (even though there is only 1 ep left this season.) if you happen to have missed it I am jealous.

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03-20-2018 , 07:01 PM

#7320

Yeti

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should we watch just the tv show or the web series as well?

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03-20-2018 , 09:55 PM

#7321

72off

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Originally Posted by Yeti

partially true

didn't really notice it until i re-watched the series, but there are a few lengthy stretches where there isn't much "action"

which is completely intentional, but probably what ppl are referring to

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Originally Posted by Eltin

both excellent choices, though there are threads for both
(from S5 on in Sunny, and beware of spoilers in the other ldo)

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03-20-2018 , 10:17 PM

#7322

txdome

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Originally Posted by Yeti

should we watch just the tv show or the web series as well?

High Maintenance is probably the funniest show on TV now.
The web series are great. Same thing as HBO show except 1 story per show instead of two and some of the TV characters are introduced there. If you have access to HBO the web stuff is ondemand there.