PFSIKH Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenwichjetfan Posted January 26, 2023 Author Share Posted January 26, 2023 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFSIKH Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetPotato Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undertow Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 Looking for something to binge watch today...anyone watch Cabinet of Curiosities? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycdan Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dcat Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 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? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chirorob Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T0mShane Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 The Last of Us has been mostly bad. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetPotato Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T0mShane Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetPotato Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 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? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenwichjetfan Posted February 27, 2023 Author Share Posted February 27, 2023 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lith Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet_Engine1 Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet_Engine1 Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T0mShane Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj meadowlands Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 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 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj meadowlands Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 Also, I thought Last of Us has been mostly decent aside from the last episode, which was quite crap. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T0mShane Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 35 minutes ago, nj meadowlands said: Maybe you should keep watching Peaky? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFSIKH Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 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. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetPotato Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 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. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vader Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 Last of Us has been almost anthology like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flightattendant Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 Anyone watch severance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T0mShane Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy 2 Times Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flightattendant Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFSIKH Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 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+. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy 2 Times Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet_Engine1 Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 If you liked Next Gen era Star Trek, Picard Season 3 is pretty good. Ignore Seasons 1-2. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolder Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 On 1/26/2023 at 9:09 AM, 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. If I could suggest a number 6 to your list (and to everyone) The Night Agent on Netflix was a surprisingly good show. Had some Jack Bauer from 24 vibes IMHO and while I think they ended it with a season 2 in mind it has a perfect ending point if they never make it. On 1/27/2023 at 5:24 AM, JetPotato said: 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? You can skip Yellowstone but I kind of think you would be better off at least watching 1883 first. On 2/27/2023 at 3:49 AM, T0mShane said: The Last of Us has been mostly bad. Yeah. I don’t think I’ll be coming back for season 2. Don’t get me wrong when they followed the storyline the game set out was when the show really hit its high points (and I even kinda got over Pascal not fitting my idea of Joel) but so much time was wasted every episode it’s like the show was trying to do everything BUT show us Joel and Ellie’s story which is all anyone really wants from a last of us show. Anyway whatever this show is or was it’s only downhill from here so I’m jumping out now before the sh*t really hits the fan. On 2/27/2023 at 12:18 PM, Lith said: Even tried the show "You". One episode and done. Aw man you didn’t like You? Love that show. It’s like the spiritual successor to Dexter. I can understand not everyone is into the internal monologue though. Also I’ll say if you didn’t like it after the first episode you made the right decision because it stays pretty much the same and anything you probably didn’t like only continues or gets “worse”. On 2/27/2023 at 12:18 PM, Lith said: 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. My opinion may not be worth much to you after I just said I like You but like I started this post with The Night Agent was pretty good and I’d recommend that if you’re looking for something to watch. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAM SAM HE'S OUR MAN Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 On 2/27/2023 at 6:49 AM, T0mShane said: The Last of Us has been mostly bad. Sick of zombie shows . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larz Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 So the mandolorian finally woke up. Not sure about the buzz coming out about the finale being super sad tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T0mShane Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 6 hours ago, Nolder said: Yeah. I don’t think I’ll be coming back for season 2. Don’t get me wrong when they followed the storyline the game set out was when the show really hit its high points (and I even kinda got over Pascal not fitting my idea of Joel) but so much time was wasted every episode it’s like the show was trying to do everything BUT show us Joel and Ellie’s story which is all anyone really wants from a last of us show. Anyway whatever this show is or was it’s only downhill from here so I’m jumping out now before the sh*t really hits the fan. I kind of felt the opposite—that the Joel and Ellie scenes were an anchor to the show. I get that Pascal’s m.o. is to be the smoldering, tortured anti-hero, but he was just so one-note that watching him became a slog. I’m guessing that Mazin engineered it that way to contrast with Bella Ramsey’s spriteliness but I don’t feel like she’s ready to carry that much of the show. Reminded me of the Mulder-Scully dynamic, but if you cast, like, Maggie Gyllenhall as Scully. It didn’t help that Mazin was antagonistic toward all critiques, imo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolder Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 2 hours ago, T0mShane said: I kind of felt the opposite—that the Joel and Ellie scenes were an anchor to the show. I get that Pascal’s m.o. is to be the smoldering, tortured anti-hero, but he was just so one-note that watching him became a slog. I’m guessing that Mazin engineered it that way to contrast with Bella Ramsey’s spriteliness but I don’t feel like she’s ready to carry that much of the show. Reminded me of the Mulder-Scully dynamic, but if you cast, like, Maggie Gyllenhall as Scully. It didn’t help that Mazin was antagonistic toward all critiques, imo. Yeah...I mean there is definitely a lot one could nitpick at I just tried my best not to because I already came into the show kinda negative due to disliking the casting. My way of dealing with it was giving the show just a ton of leeway it probably doesn't deserve lol. For example, yes, Ellie was brash and foul mouthed in the game but IMO the show took this character trait to an extreme. It seemed like every other word was "f**k" and it got tiresome real quick even with the limited amount of time we spent with Ellie per episode. The infected were always really cool though A+ to the team for that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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