Good ongoing tv series?
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I've been really enjoying Colony. It's on its second season right now, about midway through. It is a show set in present day following a rebellion movement against alien occupiers of Earth. It shows what it's like within the collaboration and within the resistance.
First season was great. Second season so far is even better.
Edit: Turns out the second season is done. I've delivered sad news to myself. Third season is coming out next year!
First season was great. Second season so far is even better.
Edit: Turns out the second season is done. I've delivered sad news to myself. Third season is coming out next year!
I'm watching "Better Call Saul"
I'm currently watching Riverdale (Twin Peaks meets rebooted Archie Comics). Some of the relationships have been completely reimagined - Archie has so far been involved with Miss Grundy (decades younger than the comic book character), Valerie of Josie and the Pussycats, and he's finally gotten around to Veronica; Betty and Jughead are dating, Reggie is a half-decent person, and there's not one family in the whole show that doesn't have either divorced parents, a parent in jail, or someone suspected of having murdered Jason Blossom. One of the Twin Peaks actresses is in the show.
Margaret Atwood's novel The Handmaid's Tale has been adapted for TV. It's shown on Wednesdays on Hulu and Sundays on Bravo (for Canadians, since we can't watch Hulu). The first couple of episodes are on tonight, and I have been forewarned that it's a lot grimmer than the 1990 movie. And if anyone plans to watch it, be aware that it was not originally intended as anti-Trump/Tea Party propaganda, nor was it intended as anti-Muslim. The novel was published in 1985, and the TV series was announced well before Trump won the election.
But it is a very timely series, given what's been going on during the last 10-15 years. And if anyone here wants some insight into feminism, you'll see that some women can be every bit as vicious to each other as some here have claimed they have been to men.
And a guilty pleasure has been Outlander, in which a British army nurse accidentally goes back in time from 1945 to 1743, falls in love with a Highlander whose clan is divided over whether or not to support the Jacobites, and learns to adapt to a culture 200 years before she was born. It's based on a series of novels by an author who has some of the most arrogant ideas about fanfic I've ever read (some stories are probably better written than her novels).
I don't know how accurate the history is, and don't honestly care. I just really, really, REALLY like the lead actor, and enjoy watching men in kilts.
The third season will be shown this fall.
Margaret Atwood's novel The Handmaid's Tale has been adapted for TV. It's shown on Wednesdays on Hulu and Sundays on Bravo (for Canadians, since we can't watch Hulu). The first couple of episodes are on tonight, and I have been forewarned that it's a lot grimmer than the 1990 movie. And if anyone plans to watch it, be aware that it was not originally intended as anti-Trump/Tea Party propaganda, nor was it intended as anti-Muslim. The novel was published in 1985, and the TV series was announced well before Trump won the election.
But it is a very timely series, given what's been going on during the last 10-15 years. And if anyone here wants some insight into feminism, you'll see that some women can be every bit as vicious to each other as some here have claimed they have been to men.
And a guilty pleasure has been Outlander, in which a British army nurse accidentally goes back in time from 1945 to 1743, falls in love with a Highlander whose clan is divided over whether or not to support the Jacobites, and learns to adapt to a culture 200 years before she was born. It's based on a series of novels by an author who has some of the most arrogant ideas about fanfic I've ever read (some stories are probably better written than her novels).
I don't know how accurate the history is, and don't honestly care. I just really, really, REALLY like the lead actor, and enjoy watching men in kilts.
The third season will be shown this fall.
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Fargo, man. Season 3 just started.
Was the original movie a Coen brothers one? I can't say i liked it. Saw it a few months after it got released to cinemas. At the time it had a slightly less linear plot than the majority of other films, but did it really need to spawn a tv series? ^^
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The frst two seasons of Fargo were great, haven't seen the new one. If you're into space opera style SF, The Expanse is the closest we got to that genre in a long time and it's just great in general.
Also, there's a TV adaption of American Gods that's starting just about today. I'm really looking forward to it and hope it will do the book justice.
Also, there's a TV adaption of American Gods that's starting just about today. I'm really looking forward to it and hope it will do the book justice.
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The Path on Hulu about a cult has some good acting (except for aaron paul)....enjoy Colony a great deal, Outlander is my wife's FAV (it's a romance novel but the production and acting is great) People of Earth a TBS comedy about an alien abduction (they prefer to be called “experiencers”) support group was pretty funny IMO.
I liked the Fargo TV series MUCH more than the movie...season one was spectacular, season two was very good, jury's out on season three....
I liked the Fargo TV series MUCH more than the movie...season one was spectacular, season two was very good, jury's out on season three....
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Better Call Saul is fantastic, great characters and direction. It's a bit of an anomaly for me, as I don't usually watch serial dramas.
I should have mentioned The 100. I'm way behind, but it's on Netflix so I'll probably take a weekend to catch up on the season I've missed.
Apparently Reign (wildly historically inaccurate series about Mary, Queen of Scots) is still going. I'll have to see if I can find that somewhere online.
Apparently Reign (wildly historically inaccurate series about Mary, Queen of Scots) is still going. I'll have to see if I can find that somewhere online.
I've been watching The Blacklist for the past four years. James Spader is fantastic in it. The odd episode is rather implausible, but hey, it's TV and you're supposed to suspend disbelief, right? 
Sadly, I've heard that it may be cancelled this year. It's on the bubble. If it does get cancelled, it would be a shame, it's a really well done show.
Its spin-off, The Blacklist: Redemption is not as good, and is looking at cancellation after about twelve episodes. I think it just needs a little more time to find it's audience. The last few episodes were quite good.
And don't even get me started about Sons of Anarchy. Fantastic program, but sadly, not available on Netflix right now. But you might want to get the DVD sets. It's that good.
Sadly, I've heard that it may be cancelled this year. It's on the bubble. If it does get cancelled, it would be a shame, it's a really well done show.
Its spin-off, The Blacklist: Redemption is not as good, and is looking at cancellation after about twelve episodes. I think it just needs a little more time to find it's audience. The last few episodes were quite good.
And don't even get me started about Sons of Anarchy. Fantastic program, but sadly, not available on Netflix right now. But you might want to get the DVD sets. It's that good.
Another Better Call Saul fan here. A lot of people are complaining the series is too slow however.
I'm going to hold off watching season 3 of Fargo until all of it has been aired, but I think the first 2 seasons are amongst the best television ever made.
I'm going to hold off watching season 3 of Fargo until all of it has been aired, but I think the first 2 seasons are amongst the best television ever made.
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Indeed. The casting department, for instance, must have been staffed by geniuses. Ted Danson is only improving with age.
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I'm enjoying Billions and Silicon Valley at the moment. SV is really funny if you had contact with the industry, because their spoofs are spot on.
Twin Peaks season 3 starts in a month from now. Picks up 25 years after season 2 ended.
26 years. Cause they had issues last year ^^
I've just seen the first 3 episodes of The Handmaid's Tale. Fair warning: This is not a good time to pick an argument with me about feminism or Christian fundamentalism. Yes, there are some sympathetic male characters in the show.
The episodes are posted on YouTube, if anyone wants to see them (I predict they will be removed soon, though).
The episodes are posted on YouTube, if anyone wants to see them (I predict they will be removed soon, though).
Well, S3 is delayed a year, so it opens 26 years after S2 ended. But when does S3 take place - I believe its planned to take place 25 years after the events of S2, in order to match up with Laura Palmer's now famous prediction.
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