TV Series (Opinions, Recommendations, Flaming, etc) ***BEWARE POSSIBLE SPOILERS***

[PFSIKH]

On 1/16/2023 at 9:52 AM, IndianaJet said:

Episode 1 was spectacular.  HBO has another monster show (literally and figuratively)

The first two episodes have been really good.  

[greenwichjetfan]

I love that this thread started out in 2015 with me hoping that a bunch of Jets fans would be able to give me some advice on what to watch, and has morphed into this. 

Haven't clicked on this thread in months, but it looks like the list of things I need to watch now are:

1) Andor (@Nolder your review of it not being too star wars-y actually brought this to the top of my list. As much as I love the original star wars, I've basically hated everything since with the exception of Rogue One and Mando season 1) - Disney
2) Kaleidescope - Netflix
3) The Bear - Hulu
4) Clarkson's Farm - Amazon
5) Last of us - HBO

I also still need to watch 1923. I haven't watched any of the YellowStone original show, but I loved 1883.

[PFSIKH]

4 hours ago, greenwichjetfan said:

I love that this thread started out in 2015 with me hoping that a bunch of Jets fans would be able to give me some advice on what to watch, and has morphed into this. 

Haven't clicked on this thread in months, but it looks like the list of things I need to watch now are:

1) Andor (@Nolder your review of it not being too star wars-y actually brought this to the top of my list. As much as I love the original star wars, I've basically hated everything since with the exception of Rogue One and Mando season 1) - Disney
2) Kaleidescope - Netflix
3) The Bear - Hulu
4) Clarkson's Farm - Amazon
5) Last of us - HBO

I also still need to watch 1923. I haven't watched any of the YellowStone original show, but I loved 1883.

I am just getting around to Yellowstone.  Way behind the power curve.  It is not some layer upon layer show you need a venn diagram to understand.  It is simple enjoyable entertainment.   Like porn.  It blew my mind when I heard Kelly Reilly real voice outside the show. #SheIsBritish

[JetPotato]

Can I skip Yellowstone and still watch the Harrison Ford show? Or is this like where if you miss one Marvel movie, you'd be completely lost on the overall storyline?

[undertow]

Looking for something to binge watch today...anyone watch Cabinet of Curiosities?

[nycdan]

Just stumbled onto a NetFlix show called Physical:100.  Basically, it's a real-life version of Squid Games without the killing.

https://www.netflix.com/title/81587446

You will say "no way, that's gonna be awful".  And it is.  But in a way you can't help yourself from watching.  Think the old Superstars competition to find the best overall athlete in a group.

Once you get into it, it's actually really entertaining.  The contests get creative as they go along and there are some really sick athletes in this. 

Thank me later.

[Dcat]

So we really didn't like the 1st season of Your Honor all that much, notwithstanding Cranston's usual brilliance.  Hated watching his idiot son ruin everything for them show after show.  Well apparently, they realized this when they wrote him off and so far season 2 has been really good.  We've watched 2 episodes.  

Cranston is the sh*t. He really is.  

Anyone else watching?

[chirorob]

Clarkson's  Farm Season 2 finally came out.

Still very good.  There will be a season 3, but no more after that.  He said mean things about Meghan Markle, and Amazon is cancelling him.

[T0mShane]

The Last of Us has been mostly bad.

[JetPotato]

6 hours ago, T0mShane said:

The Last of Us has been mostly bad.

Up and down for sure. Episode 3 was incredibly good. The kid ruins the rest of the show for me. She's awful. 

[T0mShane]

7 minutes ago, JetPotato said:

Up and down for sure. Episode 3 was incredibly good. The kid ruins the rest of the show for me. She's awful. 

3 was awesome. It’s Pascal killing it for me. I’m not sure why they decided to play Joel as this one-note decaying wimp all the time, but goddamn man. Sack up.

[JetPotato]

53 minutes ago, T0mShane said:

3 was awesome. It’s Pascal killing it for me. I’m not sure why they decided to play Joel as this one-note decaying wimp all the time, but goddamn man. Sack up.

Masculinity is evil, man. Are you not reading the memos from management?

[greenwichjetfan]

Just heard about Lucky Hank. Odenkirk looks like he'll be in his element based on the trailer and it's got Lieberstein as a writer. Should be funny and sad. Will have to give it a shot.

[Lith]

8 hours ago, T0mShane said:

The Last of Us has been mostly bad.

Watched the first episode.  Had no interest in watching anything past that.  

Been having a real hard time finding anything decent to watch this past month.  Hunters season 2 was disappointing, which is understating how bad I thought it was.  Kaliedoscope was meh -- about a criminal mastermind who did not seem to be much of a mastemind.  The Recruit -- made it through season 1, but I have no interest in seeing season 2 when it comes out.  Not funny enough to be a comedy and not realistic enough to be a drama.  Non-sensical garbage. Just started watching Jack Ryan season 1.  Better than the Recruit, but thats not saying much.  Even tried the show "You".  One episode and done.

I usually watch binge one or two shows between the end of football and start of baseball -- last few years was a great run (Narcos, Expanse, Peaky Blinders, Breaking Bad, Succession), but so far nothing this year that has been worth my time.

[Jet_Engine1]

I've been rewatching The Expanse (which somehow got better with time), and Chernobyl,  the greatest miniseries ever made. 

Last "new" thing I watched was Andor with my kids, and enjoyed it immensely.  

 

[Jet_Engine1]

On 2/27/2023 at 6:49 AM, T0mShane said:

The Last of Us has been mostly bad.

The game bored me, so no interest. 

[T0mShane]

On 2/27/2023 at 3:18 PM, Lith said:

Watched the first episode.  Had no interest in watching anything past that.  

Been having a real hard time finding anything decent to watch this past month.  Hunters season 2 was disappointing, which is understating how bad I thought it was.  Kaliedoscope was meh -- about a criminal mastermind who did not seem to be much of a mastemind.  The Recruit -- made it through season 1, but I have no interest in seeing season 2 when it comes out.  Not funny enough to be a comedy and not realistic enough to be a drama.  Non-sensical garbage. Just started watching Jack Ryan season 1.  Better than the Recruit, but thats not saying much.  Even tried the show "You".  One episode and done.

I usually watch binge one or two shows between the end of football and start of baseball -- last few years was a great run (Narcos, Expanse, Peaky Blinders, Breaking Bad, Succession), but so far nothing this year that has been worth my time.

Same situation. I have such an extremely hard time staying with shows because they’ll hit a narrative speedbump that I can’t get past, or they’ll try to staple an idiosyncrasy onto a peripheral character in an effort to flesh them out that simply doesn’t play and it eats at me. I had high hopes for Last of Us because I enjoyed the game and I loved “Chernobyl,” but it’s been a mess. The last series I made it all the way through was Breaking Bad. I watched 75% of Better Call Saul and Narcos, but never got back around to them. I got fed up with Peaky Blinders after they killed off Tom Hardy. Let me know if you find anything new.

[nj meadowlands]

21 hours ago, T0mShane said:

Same situation. I have such an extremely hard time staying with shows because they’ll hit a narrative speedbump that I can’t get past, or they’ll try to staple an idiosyncrasy onto a peripheral character in an effort to flesh them out that simply doesn’t play and it eats at me. I had high hopes for Last of Us because I enjoyed the game and I loved “Chernobyl,” but it’s been a mess. The last series I made it all the way through was Breaking Bad. I watched 75% of Better Call Saul and Narcos, but never got back around to them. I got fed up with Peaky Blinders after they killed off Tom Hardy. Let me know if you find anything new.

Maybe you should keep watching

[nj meadowlands]

Also, I thought Last of Us has been mostly decent aside from the last episode, which was quite crap.

[T0mShane]

35 minutes ago, nj meadowlands said:

Maybe you should keep watching

Peaky?

[PFSIKH]

Last of Us Ep8 was better than the previous couple.  

I did not play the game so I do not have any opinion of the show as it relates to the game.  I just wonder if it would be better if it was independent of the game to allow the writers to flesh out different things.

 

[JetPotato]

4 minutes ago, PFSIKH said:

Last of Us Ep8 was better than the previous couple.  

I did not play the game so I do not have any opinion of the show as it relates to the game.  I just wonder if it would be better if it was independent of the game to allow the writers to flesh out different things.

 

It's a weird show. There have been some absolutely great episodes and some stunningly boring ones.

[Vader]

Last of Us has been almost anthology like 

[Flightattendant]

Anyone watch severance?

[T0mShane]

On 3/7/2023 at 11:25 AM, PFSIKH said:

Last of Us Ep8 was better than the previous couple.  

I did not play the game so I do not have any opinion of the show as it relates to the game.  I just wonder if it would be better if it was independent of the game to allow the writers to flesh out different things.

 

They definitely should have just gone in a different direction than the game. This last episode? In the game you play out that scenario as Ellie, but you/she escapes and has to stealth-murder every dude in the town during a driving snowstorm. It was awesome, but the show bypasses all of that to focus on Ellie vs the one guy

[Jimmy 2 Times]

On 3/11/2023 at 8:27 AM, Flightattendant said:

Anyone watch severance?

I fell asleep halfway through the first episode, but I'm going at it again tonight. 

[Flightattendant]

2 hours ago, Jimmy 2 Times said:

I fell asleep halfway through the first episode, but I'm going at it again tonight. 

I enjoy it, but I feel like you have to submerge yourself in the idea to fully enjoy the show.

[PFSIKH]

Last of Us season finale landed with a meh for me.

I liked the episode, but like a few of the episodes I felt like more could have been done.  Especially when it is quarter until nine (Central time) when it is over.  

Overall I would give the show a solid C+.

[Jimmy 2 Times]

On 3/12/2023 at 8:59 PM, Flightattendant said:

I enjoy it, but I feel like you have to submerge yourself in the idea to fully enjoy the show.

A few episodes in and am definitely going to finish the season.  Very interesting. 

[Jet_Engine1]

If you liked Next Gen era Star Trek, Picard Season 3 is pretty good. Ignore Seasons 1-2. 😆