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01-30-2019 , 08:31 PM

#8801

REDeYeS00

always sloppy

Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 30,078

lots of people seem to be sleeping on Deadwood for their top 5 or 10 lists.

understanding Justified is an Elmore Leonard thing, i'm pretty sure the popularity of Raylan Givens and the show would not have been as extreme if Seth Bullock never existed.

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01-31-2019 , 02:56 AM

#8802

Gaddy

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 4,395

Deadwood is in my top 10. The reason Justified is higher is that Deadwood didn’t get a proper ending.

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01-31-2019 , 12:13 PM

#8803

electricladylnd

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 5,569

Has anyone watched all 3 episodes of The Passage? Is it worth watching?

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01-31-2019 , 01:00 PM

#8804

Slighted

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 17,540

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Originally Posted by electricladylnd

Has anyone watched all 3 episodes of The Passage? Is it worth watching?

i have and probably not. im a huge vampire/syfy guy and im only slightly intrigued so far.

ymmv ofcourse, but i feel like there has been a ton of shoving the characters down your throat in order to try and get you to like them, and none of them are likable other than the little girl sometimes.. feels like there has been 7 minutes of story in 3 hours of show.

not really game breaking spoilers but for those that hate them.. my take on the show with plot points

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01-31-2019 , 02:16 PM

#8805

fidstar-poker

I'm gonna need a hacksaw

Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 35,309

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Originally Posted by filthyvermin

sex education

i think some people were complaining that it's not funny? it's not really a comedy. it's more a drama than a comedy. the second to last episode was the best episode of the season imo.

Have now finished the season and agree with this. Definitely cut down on the laughs and upped the drama as the season progressed.

Solid show that reminds me exactly why being a teenager sucks.

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01-31-2019 , 11:35 PM

#8806

KansasCT

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 10,090

Do you have to be a Star Trek fan to enjoy The Orville? never watched the show (Star Trek) before.

Last edited by KansasCT; 01-31-2019 at 11:40 PM.

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02-01-2019 , 12:07 PM

#8807

robert_utk

Not From the UK

Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,831

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Originally Posted by REDeYeS88

Deadwood is my favorite subscription channel show of all time. If it had it’s final season, it could have been my all-time fav in any media.

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02-01-2019 , 12:11 PM

#8808

robert_utk

Not From the UK

Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,831

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Originally Posted by KansasCT

Do you have to be a Star Trek fan to enjoy The Orville? never watched the show (Star Trek) before.

Hmmmm. This is tough.

IMO, The show is an exact clone of later seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation from the late 80’s to early 90’s, with **** jokes added.

I love it, because I loved ST:TNG and laugh at **** jokes.

You have the opportunity to watch it with virgin eyes & ears and report back what you think.

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02-01-2019 , 09:08 PM

#8809

Grue

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 5,667

uhhh not at all getting the love for Russian Doll after 1 episode, going to try one more but massive yikes at the pilot.

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02-01-2019 , 09:34 PM

#8810

Grue

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 5,667

Ok it's getting a little better.

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02-02-2019 , 01:46 PM

#8811

housenuts

1st Quartiled the 500

Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 57,234

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Originally Posted by parisron

Into the Dark: The Body
A horror anthology series with each episode inspired by a holiday.

The 1st episode/movie on Hulu was a pretty decent Halloween Horror movie. Plenty of stupid stuff in it but overall good.

how was the rest of this?

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02-02-2019 , 01:58 PM

#8812

parisron

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Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 21,673

Never watched them. The reviews didn't look that great so just passed.

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02-03-2019 , 01:16 AM

#8813

702guy

self-banned

Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 9,328

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Originally Posted by KansasCT

Do you have to be a Star Trek fan to enjoy The Orville? never watched the show (Star Trek) before.

no...altho the orville is obv heavily influenced by star trek but with a tad more humor.

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02-03-2019 , 06:07 AM

#8814

patron

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Oct 2015 Posts: 3,841

Deadly Class is a really entertaining watch. It's billed as "a coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of late 1980s counterculture, which follows a disillusioned teen recruited into a storied high school for assassins," and it's exactly what you think it would be after reading that description.

The Russo Brothers are exec producing it since they loved the graphic novel that it's based on so much. They got the writer to come on board as well, and it shows. It's intentionally trope-y and comic book-y, but if you can accept that, it's done quite well and is a good watch. Do recommend. (3 episodes aired so far, SYFY, Wednesdays)

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02-03-2019 , 03:07 PM

#8815

Kamikam

veteran

Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 2,766

Billions. After recently catching up on The Man on The High Castle (pretty good) and The Americans (really great), I started watching Billions. Finished the first season last night. It's not bad, but haven't loved it either. I would probably still keep watching if I didn't hear that it kinda goes downhill after first season. That's how you guys felt about it too ?

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02-03-2019 , 03:37 PM

#8816

The Apex

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 3,602

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Originally Posted by Kamikam

I’ve also only watched season 1 seemed meh. Prob will return at some point, I don’t normally sub showtime. I had a chance when I subbed for Escape at Dannemora but never entered my mind.

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02-03-2019 , 04:10 PM

#8817

another loser

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I'm liking Russian Doll.

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02-03-2019 , 05:39 PM

#8818

Yeti

Abominable

Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 23,209

Kamikam, don't know who you heard that from but billions S2 is definitely better than billions s1. sepinwall can be an idiot so i'm loathe to cite him too much, but i believe he stopped six episodes into S1, and refused to watch more even tho a lot of his readers and his real life friends were telling him to get back on it.

at the end of S2 he made a post along the lines of 'yep i'm caught up and yep this is the most fun show on tv' - a sentiment i strongly agree with. keep going.

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02-03-2019 , 05:40 PM

#8819

Yeti

Abominable

Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 23,209

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Originally Posted by Grue

uhhh not at all getting the love for Russian Doll after 1 episode, going to try one more but massive yikes at the pilot.

i would be very curious to see netflix internal numbers on how many people stop watching russian doll after part or all of the first episode, especially if they aren't aware of the critical acclaim it's getting. for a pilot i thought it was dreadful.

how are you enjoying the rest? i will keep going, but haven't yet.

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02-03-2019 , 05:44 PM

#8820

parisron

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Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 21,673

I have not watch Russian Doll but the IMDB reviews look real good.

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02-03-2019 , 06:41 PM

#8821

Grue

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 5,667

I finished Russian Doll yesterday. Its.. OK. Wouldn't recommend really. Its 8 ~25 minute episodes so a quick watch. If you watched ep 1, watch ep 2 for sure as its a big improvement. It wasn't really what I expected and the lead was a kind of bizarre person.

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02-03-2019 , 06:47 PM

#8822

702guy

self-banned

Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 9,328

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Originally Posted by patron

Deadly Class is a really entertaining watch.

I tried to get into Deadly Class..but couldn't. The 1987 throwback is cool, but I think the problem is that pretty much all of the characters are unlikable. And all they're is learning to kill other people, when they're not trying to kill one another. idk just was kind of a chore to watch imo and I gave up ep3. Too bad, would love a 1-2 punch of The Magicians (which I do like) and another SyFy show.

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02-03-2019 , 08:28 PM

#8823

CheckRaise

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Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 22,060

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Originally Posted by Kamikam

It's not the highest tier of tv but it's a fun show to watch, dont agree that it goes downhill either. I think if you enjoyed S1 you'll like the others

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02-03-2019 , 08:43 PM

#8824

master3004

Revisionist Historian

Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 56,508

S2 of billions really ramps things into high gear, if you were meh to yeah not bad on S1, watch S2. Its a ton of fun.

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02-04-2019 , 01:43 AM

#8825

parisron

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Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 21,673

The World's Best - I don't like the judges or the format. If the acts were any good I could just fast forward more than I do on AGT, but it appears the acts suck too.