What TV Shows Are You Watching?

belinmad said:
Good interpretation of Asimov’s saga. Decent acting, hefty production, good cgi. I enjoyed it, definitely reminded me of my teenage years as a scifi geek.
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You should try for all mankind. It’s a sci-fi crossed with a soap opera.
 
Dropbear said:
Resident Evil has been ok. The flashbacks really make for two separate stories/timelines that intersect at points. 7/10

Next I’ll either pick up Irma Vep or maybe wait for the Sandman to come out on Friday.
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I'm only half way through it.

The earlier storyline is great because of Paola Nunez.

The latter one is interesting because it's not as depressing as The Walking Dean's dystopia. I don't see why the remaining normal humans don't just embrace the Umbrella corporation. Steady pay, some form of normality in life, the baddies are kept out.
 
belinmad said:
Yeah, saw 2 episodes, couldn’t get into it
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I stuck with it up to about half way through s2, but it really didn’t do much for me either. Space soap/drama with some very questionable alt history twists.
 
Dropbear said:
I stuck with it up to about half way through s2, but it really didn’t do much for me either. Space soap/drama with some very questionable alt history twists.
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Questionable history choices? The whole thing is an alternate history.
 
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Started this last night.

Basically, a group of once Long Island, NY neighbors who graduated college reunite while trying to navigate work, living in NYC, sex and goals.

Written and co-staring Edward Burns.

Not bad after 2 eps. Nothing serious and has been done before.

Apple TV found this for me!
 
ter1413 said:
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Started this last night.

Basically, a group of once Long Island, NY neighbors who graduated college reunite while trying to navigate work, living in NYC, sex and goals.

Written and co-staring Edward Burns.

Not bad after 2 eps. Nothing serious and has been done before.

Apple TV found this for me!
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Sounds positively awful
 
Grand Potentate said:
Yes that’s the whole point!
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Nah. I like well thought out alt history books, but this is just throwing random stuff into the timeline without thought to its cascading impacts.

Plus, there is no explanation of what has thrown them off our timeline. They could have started with the premise of an ahistorical singularity and run it down a few decades.
 
Dropbear said:
Nah. I like well thought out alt history books, but this is just throwing random stuff into the timeline without thought to its cascading impacts
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Well it’s alternate history. Seems like they went with the likely other choice in the early scenarios.

Dropbear said:
Plus, there is no explanation of what has thrown them off our timeline. They could have started with the premise of an ahistorical singularity and run it down a few decades.
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Yes there is! The whole thing that sets them down the different path is SPOLIERS

the Russians getting to the moon first
 
I await the economist view that the Soviet Union just isn't capable of economically and in some ways technologically leapfrogging the US after Yuri Gargarin.
 
I recommend reading some Turtledove or Birmingham as examples of well crafted alt history.
 
The Sandman is shaping up to be everything I’d hoped it would be - both true to the story and a worthy adaptation. My only gripe so far is the casting of Death.
 
Dropbear said:
The Sandman is shaping up to be everything I’d hoped it would be - both true to the story and a worthy adaptation. My only gripe so far is the casting of Death.
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Eh she was only in one episode so it wasn’t that bad. I’m almost done with the series so far and have been skipping over a lot of the dumb parts. Makes it much more watchable. The whole episode with the guy with the ruby was pretty terrible.
 
The Woodstock 1999 documentary, now that was one festival you wouldn't want to have gone to. From the venue, bands (based on those included in the documentary), women getting groped and raped, to the final burning down the house finale.
 
I enjoyed the Mandolorian and Obi-Wan. I am waiting for series two of Carnival Row. Thoroughly enjoyed A Discovery of Witches. Only mainstream US TV series I watch is The Blacklist. The reboot of Jack Reacher was good until the last episode.
 
I finally finished Resident Evil. I don't understand the hatred on social media for it. Was it ever going to be art? I never played any of the games for more than an hour but they were always campy.

Paola Nunez as crazy psychotic CEO. How is she 44?

Paola Nunez dancing to my favourite Albanian singer? Priceless.

 
Fwiffo said:
I finally finished Resident Evil. I don't understand the hatred on social media for it. Was it ever going to be art? I never played any of the games for more than an hour but they were always campy.

Paola Nunez as crazy psychotic CEO. How is she 44?

Paola Nunez dancing to my favourite Albanian singer? Priceless.

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It really takes a left turn from the video games and the games are not pleased.
 
Watched the new AMC show Moonfall. Solid Sci-fi about the earth colonizing the moon with an AI meant to help eventually repopulate and fix the earth after climate catastrophe. Nothing amazing but it scratched a nice itch.
 
Grand Potentate said:
It really takes a left turn from the video games and the games are not pleased.
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If they were digitally illiterate baby boomers then the backlash online would be less. Got it.

I don't see how it is any more or less of a left turn than the previous theatrical movies.
 
QuandoDio said:
So, In other words after Westworld S1 (which was fantastic btw), don't bother watching other seasons?
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pretty much. there was actual hope this season would salvage something along those lines and then they released this turd of a season finale where nothing made sense and its all just another vague mystery with no hope of satisfying conclusion.
 
Grand Potentate said:
pretty much. there was actual hope this season would salvage something along those lines and then they released this turd of a season finale where nothing made sense and its all just another vague mystery with no hope of satisfying conclusion.
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I love how everyone who encounters another person/robot on this show has a little pre-prepared speech about something or other that in no way advances the storyline. :lol "I'm now going to stand here for 30 seconds and say something in a profound voice that is actually quite meaningless and non-sensical."
 
Pimpernel Smith said:
Watched the last episode of Better Call Saul, distinctively underwhelming.
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im half way through and its a real snooze fest. the previous episode really sucked as well. have to say i'm at least glad its in color again. the black and white episodes were getting OLD.
 
You could say that about a lot of rehashes. I think the worst is when a book turns into a movie turns into a television series. How does that work? Lincoln Lawyer comes to mind.
 
Grand Potentate said:
im half way through and its a real snooze fest. the previous episode really sucked as well. have to say i'm at least glad its in color again. the black and white episodes were getting OLD.
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Don't worry, there's more in monochrome to come, it ends in whimper rather than a spectacular finale.
 
On average I can get through about 5 to 10 minutes of an episode of Kardashians before I need to turn it off to save what's left of my brain power.
 
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