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I'm in a show hole, need suggestions

M2MPrinciples said:
Paradise was awesome.

I've been watching the King Of The Hill reboot on Hulu and love how they adapted it for the current times.
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I think I'm on the 4th or 5th episode and they've dropped Hank Hill into today's world really well.
 
Watching season 3 of squid games. Not into it. They’re dragging it out way too much for me.
 
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Started and finished Eastern Gate on HBO Max in the last 2 days. It's awesome. It's probably a better remake of Le Bureau than the actual remake The Agency was last year. It's mostly about a Polish spy trying to stop Belarus and Russia from instigating a war with Poland set right now while the war with Ukraine is going on. Subtitles of course.
 
Started watching American Primeval (Netflix) this week. Directed by Peter Berg. With Betty Gilpin, Taylor Kitsch, Dane DeHaan, and Shea Whigham. The American West (Utah) and the warring factions of the US Gubmit, the Mormons, and the "Indians." It is brutal and dark and ugly, but the productions is of such a high quality that all the ugliness is rendered beautifully. Well acted.

Fisk (Netflix) is back for season three. Cute comedic look at a curmudgeonly single woman attorney in Australia.

I actually watched Leanne (Netflix) all the way through. It's from Chuck Lorre, the guy who did Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men, etc. So, it's not deep. I do like Leanne Morgan's standup, despite that accent. Her sister on the show is Kristen Johnson (Third Rock from the Sun). It's a light, easily-digestible sitcom. Not going to change the world, but it was amusing.

Hostage (Netflix). British action drama about a fictitious Prime Minister and factions vendetta-bent on undermining her and her politics. It looks and feels like a serious-ish series, and yet there are some consistent dumb things.
So, there's a kidnapping, assassination attempt(s), and threats to heads of state, yet the security detail is close to non-existent. They just walk out into the street, do press conferences on the street with no security... Can't be how it really is in the UK, right? Ugggh.

Some other stuff. Like a bomb that does more structural damage than it should, considering its size, and how it somehow lets certain people in its path just wake up and walk away.
Still, it's a decent watch. I saw the credits but still didn't even recognize Julie Delpy until episode 4...

Platonic (Appletv). I guess Seth Rogen isn't as popular here as i would have expected. Anyway, this is season two of a show that wasn't great in season one. As much as I love Rosebyrne, this show probably makes you dislike Rogen even if you didn't previously. I mean, maybe not in a serious way, because it's a role, but it's not an endearing role. There are some fun moments, and Rosebyrne is always funny and charming, but i wouldn't actually recommend this to anyone.

Untamed (Netflix). Eric Bana and Sam Neil. Some bad stuff happens in the great wilderness of a national park. Decent watch, but not a super memorable classic.

Night Always Comes (Netflix, movie). Vanessa Kirby. "Emotional crime thriller about a woman's frantic mission to save her family's home." Again, not bad, but i don't think i'd recommend it, unless you're a particular fan of Kirby or Jennifer Jason Leigh, who plays her mother. "Gritty, dark."
 
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CuseTG2003 said:
Watching season 3 of Dark Winds. So good.
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I just started watching it (season 1). I don’t typically like ‘mystical’ stuff embedded into my crime dramas—Twin Peaks excepted—but this is okay. Kinda weird to have a bit of a comedic element in Rainn Wilson’s buffoonery, but somehow it doesn’t pull the train off the track.

Still seems odd that George RR Martin and Robert Redford are producers. Just read they both make cameos in season 3, so I have that to look forward to… which is nice.
 
Zelda Zonk said:
Started watching American Primeval (Netflix) this week. Directed by Peter Berg. With Betty Gilpin, Taylor Kitsch, Dane DeHaan, and Shea Whigham. The American West (Utah) and the warring factions of the US Gubmit, the Mormons, and the "Indians." It is brutal and dark and ugly, but the productions is of such a high quality that all the ugliness is rendered beautifully. Well acted.

Fisk (Netflix) is back for season three. Cute comedic look at a curmudgeonly single woman attorney in Australia.

I actually watched Leanne (Netflix) all the way through. It's from Chuck Lorre, the guy who did Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men, etc. So, it's not deep. I do like Leanne Morgan's standup, despite that accent. Her sister on the show is Kristen Johnson (Third Rock from the Sun). It's a light, easily-digestible sitcom. Not going to change the world, but it was amusing.

Hostage (Netflix). British action drama about a fictitious Prime Minister and factions vendetta-bent on undermining her and her politics. It looks and feels like a serious-ish series, and yet there are some consistent dumb things.
So, there's a kidnapping, assassination attempt(s), and threats to heads of state, yet the security detail is close to non-existent. They just walk out into the street, do press conferences on the street with no security... Can't be how it really is in the UK, right? Ugggh.

Some other stuff. Like a bomb that does more structural damage than it should, considering its size, and how it somehow lets certain people in its path just wake up and walk away.
Still, it's a decent watch. I saw the credits but still didn't even recognize Julie Delpy until episode 4...

Platonic (Appletv). I guess Seth Rogen isn't as popular here as i would have expected. Anyway, this is season two of a show that wasn't great in season one. As much as I love Rosebyrne, this show probably makes you dislike Rogen even if you didn't previously. I mean, maybe not in a serious way, because it's a role, but it's not an endearing role. There are some fun moments, and Rosebyrne is always funny and charming, but i wouldn't actually recommend this to anyone.

Untamed (Netflix). Eric Bana and Sam Neil. Some bad stuff happens in the great wilderness of a national park. Decent watch, but not a super memorable classic.

Night Always Comes (Netflix, movie). Vanessa Kirby. "Emotional crime thriller about a woman's frantic mission to save her family's home." Again, not bad, but i don't think i'd recommend it, unless you're a particular fan of Kirby or Jennifer Jason Leigh, who plays her mother. "Gritty, dark."
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Agree with you review of Hostages. Right on with the spoiler alerts. I was like what? in many situations.
 
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Zelda Zonk said:
Started watching American Primeval (Netflix) this week. Directed by Peter Berg. With Betty Gilpin, Taylor Kitsch, Dane DeHaan, and Shea Whigham. The American West (Utah) and the warring factions of the US Gubmit, the Mormons, and the "Indians." It is brutal and dark and ugly, but the productions is of such a high quality that all the ugliness is rendered beautifully. Well acted.

Fisk (Netflix) is back for season three. Cute comedic look at a curmudgeonly single woman attorney in Australia.

I actually watched Leanne (Netflix) all the way through. It's from Chuck Lorre, the guy who did Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men, etc. So, it's not deep. I do like Leanne Morgan's standup, despite that accent. Her sister on the show is Kristen Johnson (Third Rock from the Sun). It's a light, easily-digestible sitcom. Not going to change the world, but it was amusing.

Hostage (Netflix). British action drama about a fictitious Prime Minister and factions vendetta-bent on undermining her and her politics. It looks and feels like a serious-ish series, and yet there are some consistent dumb things.
So, there's a kidnapping, assassination attempt(s), and threats to heads of state, yet the security detail is close to non-existent. They just walk out into the street, do press conferences on the street with no security... Can't be how it really is in the UK, right? Ugggh.

Some other stuff. Like a bomb that does more structural damage than it should, considering its size, and how it somehow lets certain people in its path just wake up and walk away.
Still, it's a decent watch. I saw the credits but still didn't even recognize Julie Delpy until episode 4...

Platonic (Appletv). I guess Seth Rogen isn't as popular here as i would have expected. Anyway, this is season two of a show that wasn't great in season one. As much as I love Rosebyrne, this show probably makes you dislike Rogen even if you didn't previously. I mean, maybe not in a serious way, because it's a role, but it's not an endearing role. There are some fun moments, and Rosebyrne is always funny and charming, but i wouldn't actually recommend this to anyone.

Untamed (Netflix). Eric Bana and Sam Neil. Some bad stuff happens in the great wilderness of a national park. Decent watch, but not a super memorable classic.

Night Always Comes (Netflix, movie). Vanessa Kirby. "Emotional crime thriller about a woman's frantic mission to save her family's home." Again, not bad, but i don't think i'd recommend it, unless you're a particular fan of Kirby or Jennifer Jason Leigh, who plays her mother. "Gritty, dark."
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I know a person that was a historical consultant on American Primeval and she was, uh, not impressed by their accuracy portraying the Mormon faith. Which, it's a show and entertainment, but she said they did some weird things really sensationalizing parts of the mountain meadows massacre while trying to make it seem legitimate by trying to draw dialogue from direct Brigham Young quotes or something like that.

I've just kind of accepted that instances where my faith will be accurately represented in media are pretty rare.
 
OttoinGrotto said:
I know a person that was a historical consultant on American Primeval and she was, uh, not impressed by their accuracy portraying the Mormon faith. Which, it's a show and entertainment, but she said they did some weird things really sensationalizing parts of the mountain meadows massacre while trying to make it seem legitimate by trying to draw dialogue from direct Brigham Young quotes or something like that.

I've just kind of accepted that instances where my faith will be accurately represented in media are pretty rare.
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Helps to watch from complete ignorance! I didn't know they were recreating actual events. Just thought it was a new story that incorporated some historical figures. But, now i need to research that massacre...
 
recently watched BECOMING LED ZEPPELIN on Netflix. fantastic if you like real rocknroll !
wish i could have seen it real loud on IMAX. never been to one. but i did get to see SONG REMAINS THE SAME at the LANDMARK late nite way back.

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Zelda Zonk said:
Started watching American Primeval (Netflix) this week. Directed by Peter Berg. With Betty Gilpin, Taylor Kitsch, Dane DeHaan, and Shea Whigham. The American West (Utah) and the warring factions of the US Gubmit, the Mormons, and the "Indians." It is brutal and dark and ugly, but the productions is of such a high quality that all the ugliness is rendered beautifully. Well acted.

Fisk (Netflix) is back for season three. Cute comedic look at a curmudgeonly single woman attorney in Australia.

I actually watched Leanne (Netflix) all the way through. It's from Chuck Lorre, the guy who did Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men, etc. So, it's not deep. I do like Leanne Morgan's standup, despite that accent. Her sister on the show is Kristen Johnson (Third Rock from the Sun). It's a light, easily-digestible sitcom. Not going to change the world, but it was amusing.

Hostage (Netflix). British action drama about a fictitious Prime Minister and factions vendetta-bent on undermining her and her politics. It looks and feels like a serious-ish series, and yet there are some consistent dumb things.
So, there's a kidnapping, assassination attempt(s), and threats to heads of state, yet the security detail is close to non-existent. They just walk out into the street, do press conferences on the street with no security... Can't be how it really is in the UK, right? Ugggh.

Some other stuff. Like a bomb that does more structural damage than it should, considering its size, and how it somehow lets certain people in its path just wake up and walk away.
Still, it's a decent watch. I saw the credits but still didn't even recognize Julie Delpy until episode 4...

Platonic (Appletv). I guess Seth Rogen isn't as popular here as i would have expected. Anyway, this is season two of a show that wasn't great in season one. As much as I love Rosebyrne, this show probably makes you dislike Rogen even if you didn't previously. I mean, maybe not in a serious way, because it's a role, but it's not an endearing role. There are some fun moments, and Rosebyrne is always funny and charming, but i wouldn't actually recommend this to anyone.

Untamed (Netflix). Eric Bana and Sam Neil. Some bad stuff happens in the great wilderness of a national park. Decent watch, but not a super memorable classic.

Night Always Comes (Netflix, movie). Vanessa Kirby. "Emotional crime thriller about a woman's frantic mission to save her family's home." Again, not bad, but i don't think i'd recommend it, unless you're a particular fan of Kirby or Jennifer Jason Leigh, who plays her mother. "Gritty, dark."
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Hadn't heard of Fisk, so your mention got me to try it. Finished season 1. Very funny!
 
OttoinGrotto said:
I know a person that was a historical consultant on American Primeval and she was, uh, not impressed by their accuracy portraying the Mormon faith. Which, it's a show and entertainment, but she said they did some weird things really sensationalizing parts of the mountain meadows massacre while trying to make it seem legitimate by trying to draw dialogue from direct Brigham Young quotes or something like that.

I've just kind of accepted that instances where my faith will be accurately represented in media are pretty rare.
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After I watched the series I texted one of my Mormon friends and asked if he’d seen it. I told him it really depicts Mormons as pretty dang awful. He told me he hadn’t but that he knew about the series and didn’t want to watch it cause it would piss off his wife “even though it’s probably true”🥸 (his words not mine) .

Needless to say he’s not much of a believer any more .
 
STEVEHOLT said:
After I watched the series I texted one of my Mormon friends and asked if he’d seen it. I told him it really depicts Mormons as pretty dang awful. He told me he hadn’t but that he knew about the series and didn’t want to watch it cause it would piss off his wife “even though it’s probably true”🥸 (his words not mine) .

Needless to say he’s not much of a believer any more .
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Not a lot of peaceful and nice ways to gain land and power back in those days...or these days for that matter.
 
Briancuse said:
Season 3 was a disappointment
It feels like they ran out of material. Should have ended it after 2
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Sounds like season 4 is in the works. The final scene in the alley way with KB as the recruiter is the tip off supposedly that they are going to run an American version of “the game”.
 
I ripped thru Shoresy a few weeks ago. My Canadian hockey people are all in on it.

Some amazing chirping scenes for sure.
 
chugg21 said:
Not a lot of peaceful and nice ways to gain land and power back in those days...or these days for that matter.
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True. But they REALLY went out of their way to torch the Mormons.
 
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