What TV series are you watching at moment?

[Joyrex]

I've been re-watching the old ITV series from 1967/68, The Prisoner - someone's uploaded really high quality versions recorded off Granada television in France:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC06hwuEqDl_sRkh4gfO1I2g

They've only put up 11 of 17 so far, so hopefully the remaining 6 (oh!) will get put up...

[whosebrian]

I always watched the KTEH episode order with the Scott Apel commentary.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Prisoner_episodes#KQEH

[colunga]

Pretty Little Lies

hoo boy they just threw that last episode together - 6th episode was kind of wtf- feels like they rushed it

[chenGOD]

Just finished season 3 of The Expanse. Decent SF, with lots of nods to some of the classics of the genre. Not too much drama, just enough to be somewhat relevant to the plot (the Naomi/Holden deal). Apparently Season 4 is scheduled for December, which I think will be the downfall of the show - they should have wrapped it up at the end of Season 3 - too many options will lead to messy storylines.

[cruising for burgers]

14 hours ago, kichiguy said:

too good old to die young was totally my cup of tea, quite possibly the best thing i've seen all year, warts & all. but i can see how it might not be so for others.

:^)

[Lada Laika]

On 7/22/2019 at 1:14 PM, joshuatxuk said:

finished Stranger Things season 3

I cannot think of another season of another show with such a literal dull and sluggish start that gradually picks up momentum to the point where I was genuinely wanting more at the season finale - to my own surprise actually

really hope they wrap it up with season 4, as much as they salvaged it I feel like they are stretching it already and the series needs a conclusion for it's own sake legacy wise. making a concluding movie wouldn't be a bad idea

They’ve been stretching since season 1 blew up and they had to scrap the anthology series aspect because Netflix wanted to keep the same cast. The fact that season 2 and 3 are watchable at all is miraculous.

Just give me a Robin & Steve spinoff show about constantly gaining and losing minimum wage jobs already. 

[Guest]

Any new / not so new good recommendations? Thirsty for some good show. I'm left with The Handmaid's Tale at the moment (jesus, what a snoozeville) and no other ongoing shows which is a bit of a bummer. "Dead to Me" with Linda Cardellini was alright but kinda quick. After that I couldn't get into anything new. 

[d-a-m-o]

On 7/23/2019 at 5:08 PM, Joyrex said:

I've been re-watching the old ITV series from 1967/68, The Prisoner - someone's uploaded really high quality versions recorded off Granada television in France:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC06hwuEqDl_sRkh4gfO1I2g

They've only put up 11 of 17 so far, so hopefully the remaining 6 (oh!) will get put up...

Big fan here, you’re a man of taste joydad.

[DavieAddison]

Just finished watching the Sopranos for the first time. Lives up to the hype. 

[Joyrex]

1 hour ago, d-a-m-o said:

Big fan here, you’re a man of taste joydad.

Even better - it's on Amazon Prime if you have that in the same quality!

[cruising for burgers]

On 7/20/2019 at 3:16 PM, Brisbot said:

SPOILER! It's bad

yeah i don't know why it felt like something out of family guy or american dad, maybe it's too short to form an opinion yet...

[Lada Laika]

3 hours ago, lickneonlights said:

Any new / not so new good recommendations? Thirsty for some good show. I'm left with The Handmaid's Tale at the moment (jesus, what a snoozeville) and no other ongoing shows which is a bit of a bummer. "Dead to Me" with Linda Cardellini was alright but kinda quick. After that I couldn't get into anything new. 

If you haven’t checked out the Expanse yet, now is the time. S4 drops in December!

[Guest]

28 minutes ago, Lada Laika said:

If you haven’t checked out the Expanse yet, now is the time. S4 drops in December!

I've been hesitant to give it a go because of some mixed reviews, although I'm a huge sci-fi fan (I mean who isn't). I'll check it out, thanks!

[Brisbot]

8 hours ago, Tim_J said:

yeah i don't know why it felt like something out of family guy or american dad, maybe it's too short to form an opinion yet...

Yeah that's what I'm hoping. And that's EXACTLY what I thought, that it feels like a family guy joke or something. Just entirely bland. The reason I'm worried even though we have no context, is that they chose to show it as the first preview. Not a good sign.

[chenGOD]

8 hours ago, lickneonlights said:

I've been hesitant to give it a go because of some mixed reviews, although I'm a huge sci-fi fan (I mean who isn't). I'll check it out, thanks!

It’s good. I’m a little hesitant about where they’ll go with season 4, but it’s good. Well worth the watch. 

[Lada Laika]

12 minutes ago, chenGOD said:

It’s good. I’m a little hesitant about where they’ll go with season 4, but it’s good. Well worth the watch. 

I know book 4 isn’t the most popular but it’s one of my favorites of the series and I’m excited to see how they unfurl it (and inevitably how much of book 5 gets rolled into the second half). 

[luke viia]

Man, i thought the first two seasons of The Expanse kinda sucked. Mostly bc a few of the main characters just bugged the shit out of me. I'm looking at you, Holden. You too, Miller.

 

edit: have not seen S3

Edited July 26, 2019 by luke viia
cuz editing

[chenGOD]

11 hours ago, Lada Laika said:

I know book 4 isn’t the most popular but it’s one of my favorites of the series and I’m excited to see how they unfurl it (and inevitably how much of book 5 gets rolled into the second half). 

I haven't read any of the books, it just seems like:

Spoiler

With all the wormholes, the storyline could get very messy very quickly.

I'll reserve judgement until after of course.

[Lada Laika]

I think the fact that the authors mapped out an entire outline of the series in advance helps them avoid that kind of stuff (side-eyes George RR Martin). 

[chenGOD]

Ah didn't know that - good to hear!

Now I just need the final season of Mr Robot to air....

[onecaseman]

On 7/25/2019 at 1:18 PM, lickneonlights said:

I've been hesitant to give it a go because of some mixed reviews, although I'm a huge sci-fi fan (I mean who isn't). I'll check it out, thanks!

I love this show, and am looking forward to next season.

 

Also huge fan of The Prisoner. 

[Nebraska]

terrible attempt at making a science fiction show by basically ripping off two of the last biggest sci-fi films (the arrival and interstellar+alien covenant) then mixing the two together because- why ripoff one when you can do both?

basically aliens arrive on earth and everyone is like- how do we communicate with these things? are they here to kill us all or are they peaceful? (first film successfully ripped off)

there is another story about a ship that's on an interstellar voyage to find out where that ship that landed from earth came from (this is the alien covenant part)- and shake things up, you have a crew made up of 20 somethings that spend most of their time arguing pop culture and making references to why they don't think the other is cool. 

the interstellar part is ripped off in one episode- then the other episode is basically solaris. all this is acted terribly and written very lazily (because they basically ripped everything off)

 

[Lada Laika]

The Arrival you say??

[Nebraska]

^^ fiddlesticks! i meant, arrival

[marf]

Holden is annoying but the Expanse is damn good sci fi. If you are into that