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Thread: Looking for new series to watch
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11-09-2018, 01:01 AM #676
HOMECOMING + MR. ROBOT
Plowed through all 10 episodes of Homecoming (Amazon Prime) on Monday.
Great cinematography.
Solid cast.
Great score, too.
Intriguing story, but you kind of figure out the "twist" pretty quickly.
Runs solid until about episode 7, then derails a tad.
The ending is a might smidgen sappy.
But it's worth a watch, imho, regardless of its shortcomings.
Mostly succeeds due to the combination of music and interesting camera work, which help to create a unnerving sense of surrealism for the first several episodes, leaving you wondering wtf is going to happen next more often than not.
As a result of mostly digging Homecoming, I ended up diving into Mr. Robot (same creative team), which I am 2.5 seasons into and am digging, even though it borrows heavily from The Matrix and Fight Club (as well as David Lynch). As with Homecoming, it has a great cast, great score, slick cinematic visuals, and even though you figure out a lot of the twists pretty easily, it's still a rousing mindf$%k more often than not. Again, the pacing, cast, music, and neon noir visual stylings make up for any shortcomings, imho.
Both series prove that Bobby Cannavale is an American treasure, at least in thespian terms.
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11-09-2018, 08:01 AM #677It makes perfect sense...until you think about it.
I suspect there's logic behind the madness, but I'm too dumb to see it.
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11-09-2018, 09:10 AM #678Registered User
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Julia is indeed a quality actress, but her mouth has gone all kattywumpus.
#shallowfan
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11-09-2018, 10:06 AM #679
The podcast is definitely intriguing me after glancing at the cast, not to mention I've actually never invested time in a single podcast yet, so I'm kind of stoked to re-live the old AM radio days of my youth when I used to listen to E.G. Marshall's Mystery Theater late at night and get the willies. I just hope that having seen the Amazon series first won't ruin the imagination needed to really get gripped by the podcast
https://www.gimletmedia.com/homecoming
I am also kinda geeking on the similarities between Homecoming and Mr. Robot, both stylistically (no surprise since it's the same creative team) and visually (again, not a great surprise, but also cool to see stuff that appeared in Mr. Robot in the early seasons popping up in Homecoming, even though those images were also in the podcast, so it's probably more coincidence than anything, but weird coincidence nonetheless: I'm talking about the fish tanks and fish, primarily).
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11-15-2018, 02:29 AM #680Mike Pow
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12-24-2018, 06:55 PM #681Registered User
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Counterpart season 2, much to my pleasant surprise, is even better than season 1 (so far). I stumbled a little with the first episode, simply because my geezer memory of the first season couldn't keep up, but I got back up to speed and it's been riveting.
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01-16-2019, 05:20 AM #682
---POSSIBLE SPOILERS----
just finished watching season 2. a bit crazier than season 1, but super funny. this series is becoming my favorite comedy. i love all the references to other science fiction movies and how it plays into the plot. season 1 has last starfighter (or ender's game), terminator and back to the future, season 2 has mad max and the matrix, and looks like season 3 will be going into hunger games/running man territory.Last edited by Ripzalot; 01-21-2019 at 05:16 AM.
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02-27-2019, 11:27 PM #683
Detectorists was so damn good. Just finished the third season on Hulu.
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03-03-2019, 03:49 AM #684
This series is fascinating. Just started season 1.
https://youtu.be/_tmkFW4eun4
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03-04-2019, 02:39 AM #685Minion
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Gotham 5 season
Of course, the first season is my favorite.
But I just can’t help but watch the new season .. I wonder what the creators of the series invented in the 5 season
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03-04-2019, 09:47 AM #686
anybody catch the michael jackson thing last night? Scare-y shit, with the parents being pretty much the worst of it.
"Can't you see..."
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03-05-2019, 03:11 AM #687Mike Pow
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03-08-2019, 08:03 PM #688Registered User
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03-08-2019, 08:14 PM #689
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03-12-2019, 09:15 PM #690Skiing powder worldwide
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Looking for new series to watch
Widow on Amazon is great.
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03-12-2019, 09:39 PM #691
Season 2 of “Tin Star” on Amazon is up; not as good as season 1. This time the story veers between slow, plodding, stretches of pure boredom and explosive bursts of wtf violence. Tim Roth is awesome, as always, and the rest of the cast do a good job, but the whole thing feels really dragged out.
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03-12-2019, 10:26 PM #692
Started watching For the People and really enjoying it.
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03-13-2019, 09:11 AM #693
Just started getting into this one. Nearly done with the 1st season. REALLY compelling show. Agree about your character analysis. Sometimes you just get annoyed with some of them, but thankfully the overall story pulls you through.
Rufus Sewell is PERFECT as the Obergruppenführer. Great casting choice right there.
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03-18-2019, 11:02 AM #694Registered User
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Just discovered “Better Things”. Fantastic show. Louis CK wrote the first two seasons. Granted, the guy is a pervert, but he is a brilliant, funny pervert.
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03-19-2019, 09:56 AM #695Registered User
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Netflix “Formula 1 Drive to Survive” I found totally addictive. They hardly mention the top two teams, Mercedes and Ferrari, but focus on the rest of the field, and still make it interesting. All the jockeying between drivers trying to get or keep a spot. The influence that money has over talent in some cases. Teams on the verge of going bust. Lots of human interest stories, without getting too sappy about it. Lots of pointed, direct comments when mistakes are made or expectations not met.
And lots of good driving, and plenty of crashes.
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03-19-2019, 02:55 PM #696
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03-19-2019, 06:21 PM #697
Ricky Gervais' "After Life" on Netflix was pretty good. Just a six episode series, though. Pretty standard Ricky fair, but always good for a few chuckles.
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03-23-2019, 03:41 AM #698Registered User
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06-18-2019, 06:08 AM #699
Last night, just perusing through the "Recently Added" sections of Amazon Prime, I stumbled upon this:
Not sure how I missed knowing about this as I have really dug most of NWR's cinematic output (Drive, particularly, but also Only God Forgives, Neon Demon, Bronson, as well as the Pusher series...need to re-visit Valhalla and Fear X, though!)
Gonna start the binge this week, for sure.Last edited by dookey67; 06-18-2019 at 04:00 PM.
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06-18-2019, 06:46 AM #700
Anyone else start Perpetual Grace Ltd on Epix? Three episodes in and it’s good. Maybe really good. Hopefully they keep it up.
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