What television shows are you watching?

[Narz]

Trying to find good shows on netflix, want to watch better call saul but mostly watch TV with my girlfriend who's way ahead of me on that (not sure what season but alot).

Most of Netflix seems like utter crap. I tried Kimmy Schmidt and Master of None but found them both overrated.

I did like the Brazilian series 3% but it was only season.

 

[Synobun]

Trying to find good shows on netflix, want to watch better call saul but mostly watch TV with my girlfriend who's way ahead of me on that (not sure what season but alot).

Most of Netflix seems like utter crap. I tried Kimmy Schmidt and Master of None but found them both overrated.

I did like the Brazilian series 3% but it was only season.

Medici: Masters of Florence is very good.

 

[Ajidica]

Trying to find good shows on netflix, want to watch better call saul but mostly watch TV with my girlfriend who's way ahead of me on that (not sure what season but alot).

Most of Netflix seems like utter crap. I tried Kimmy Schmidt and Master of None but found them both overrated.

I did like the Brazilian series 3% but it was only season.

A Very Secret Service is a French spy comedy, sort of like a French version of Archer crossed with OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies; that I found quite funny.

 

[Narz]

Thx dudes!

 

[bernie14]

@Narz Sense8!! a little of EVERYTHING...including the rare but occasional orgy!

"It’s a celebration of human connectedness, a hippy-dippy ballad of love and understanding that grinds its teeth at repressive or orderly governments and corporations. This nakedly political show somehow manages to be free-spirited, rather than dull or polemical; its good intentions often border on goofy naiveté in a way that’s charming rather than grating"

Pretty accurate review

 

[Arakhor]

Medici: Masters of Florence is very good.

I've seen th first episode of that. It does appear quite as dramatic as Borgia: Faith and Fear, but I do like period mediaeval/Renaissance costumes.

 

[EgonSpengler]

Trying to find good shows on netflix[...].

I don't know what your tastes are, so just throwing out some things that I really liked:

Halt and Catch Fire, season 1 is a character drama that introduces fictional characters to historical events, a la Mad Men and Manhattan (the tv series, not the Woody Allen movie). 69 Metacritic, 78% Rotten Tomatoes. If you enjoy it, I liked season 2 even more than season 1.
Daredevil, season 1 is a violent vigilante drama, a la Death Wish and The Dark Knight, that makes the villain the real star of the show. 75 Metacritic, 98% Rotten Tomatoes. If you enjoy it, go to season 1 of Jessica Jones before season 2 of Daredevil, (and if you like them both, they team up in The Defenders in August).
The Killing, season 1, a remake of Denmark's Forbrydelsen, is a supremely grim crime drama, a la Prime Suspect and The Fall. 84 Metacritic, 100% Rotten Tomatoes.
Luther, season 1 is another in the long line of excellent British crime dramas. 83 Metacritic, 100% Rotten Tomatoes.

 

[Kyriakos]

I don't know what your tastes are, so just throwing out some things that I really liked:

Halt and Catch Fire, season 1 is a character drama that introduces fictional characters to historical events, a la Mad Men and Manhattan (the tv series, not the Woody Allen movie). 69 Metacritic, 78% Rotten Tomatoes. If you enjoy it, I liked season 2 even more than season 1.
Daredevil, season 1 is a violent vigilante drama, a la Death Wish and The Dark Knight, that makes the villain the real star of the show. 75 Metacritic, 98% Rotten Tomatoes. If you enjoy it, go to season 1 of Jessica Jones before season 2 of Daredevil, (and if you like them both, they team up in The Defenders in August).
The Killing, season 1, a remake of Denmark's Forbrydelsen, is a supremely grim crime drama, a la Prime Suspect and The Fall. 84 Metacritic, 100% Rotten Tomatoes.
Luther, season 1 is another in the long line of excellent British crime dramas. 83 Metacritic, 100% Rotten Tomatoes.

I had a brief look at Luther on youtube. Although i like Idris Elba, imo bbc/british tv series suffer usually from having very 'little England' attitude and humour. Sherlock is another example of this ^^
Even the better ones, eg the recent 10 little soldiers (with many stars in the cast, and based on a story by Agatha Christie). Another example is that one with the once and future X files actress.

 

[EgonSpengler]

I started watching GLOW over the weekend (Netflix), and I don't regret it. There are a handful of laugh-out-loud moments in the first few episodes, and I really like the cast, almost none of whom I've ever seen before. As an aside, the episodes are something like 35 minutes long, fitting neither of the traditional broadcast tv timeslots.

 

[Kyriakos]

I am watching The Mist (tv series). Based on the same S.K. novel that the eponymous 2007 (iirc) movie was based on.
Well, currently it is ep3 and no monsters have been shown, and what has been shown is really low-level plot (done 100000000 times already) which i am sure won't matter at all when the monsters do show up. Why did they botch this? :/ What was very good about the movie was exactly that it spent virtually no time trying to present a subplot.

 

[EgonSpengler]

I am watching The Mist (tv series). Based on the same S.K. novel that the eponymous 2007 (iirc) movie was based on.
Well, currently it is ep3 and no monsters have been shown, and what has been shown is really low-level plot (done 100000000 times already) which i am sure won't matter at all when the monsters do show up. Why did they botch this? :/ What was very good about the movie was exactly that it spent virtually no time trying to present a subplot.

I watched the first ep of The Mist, and it did nothing for me. I chalked it up to being the pilot, and most pilots suck. Still, with so many things on my docket, I don't know if I'm in any rush to get back to it.

 

[sophie]

I was watching Downward Dog...until it got cancelled

 

[Kyriakos]

I watched the first ep of The Mist, and it did nothing for me. I chalked it up to being the pilot, and most pilots suck. Still, with so many things on my docket, I don't know if I'm in any rush to get back to it.

It does suck. What (very VERY little) has been shown of the monsters by the end of ep3 is imo very underwhelming and not as stylish as the 2007 movie counterparts.
And the writers tried to turn this into a story not centered on the monsters, which - given the original material - was not a good idea, let alone that the story they wrote is boring and done to death already.

 

[Perfection]

I just got through all of the MCU Television series
Agents of Shield is great - first season is okay, but it picks up steam
Agent Carter has a strong first season - second season is okay
Daredevil has a fantastic first season and a good second season
Jessica Jones is great
Luke Cage is fantastic
Iron Fist sucks (what were they thinking?)

 

[VicRatlhead5199]

I think Iron Fist was rushed out because they wanted to push Defenders forward. It didn't get the same script editing and production time as the others. I'm not one of those "Danny should be Asian" guys but the dude they got to play Danny Rand is either talentless or phoning it in. The biggest disappointment though, was the fight choreography. It might pass on normal TV but after two seasons of Daredevil, Marvel's greatest martial artist was done poorly.

 

[Perfection]

I dunno how much I can fault Finn Jones as much as the writers and directors.

But yeah, the fight choreography was a major letdown.

It probably could have been workable if it was given real care (and some interesting villains) but it's rushedness is clearly evident.

 

[EgonSpengler]

I just got through all of the MCU Television series
Agents of Shield is great - first season is okay, but it picks up steam
Agent Carter has a strong first season - second season is okay
Daredevil has a fantastic first season and a good second season
Jessica Jones is great
Luke Cage is fantastic
Iron Fist sucks (what were they thinking?)

Pretty much agree, on all counts.

Until Agent Carter and Jessica Jones came along, Agents of SHIELD was the only Marvel cinematic property that put women front and center, and there's still just the three, out of I-don't-know-how-many movies and shows. (The way Scarlett Johansson's character has been treated is an embarrassment, and I still think she's damned cool.) I think AoS may also have the only Asians starring in the entire MCU. Benedict Wong, Jessica Henwick, Elodie Yung and Pom Klementieff have recently brought the grand total to 6, if you want to include supporting characters, but for a few years it was Ming-Na Wen and Chloe Bennett, and then nothin' but the wind and tumbleweeds (Dichen Lachman, Mark Dacascos and Parminder Nagra were also in AoS, in smaller roles, but unless I'm forgetting someone, you can still count all of the Asians in the entire MCU on your fingers).

Daredevil has really taken advantage of its long-form stories to make some of its villains and anti-heroes fully-formed characters. Vincent D'Onofrio's Wilson Fisk is one of my favorite supervillains of all time (maybe #2), and Jon Bernthal's Frank Castle exceeded all my expectations.

The problems with Iron Fist are almost too many to list in this space, but a central flaw is that the titular character is neither super nor a hero. I mean, I don't know what we're all doing here, with these shows, if the main character isn't going to be either one.

 

[civvver]

I am watching Zoo on netflix. It's completely ridiculous premise but I like it. Season one is like chock full of unintentional comedy. Season 2 turns into generic awful sci fi stuff with stupid love triangles thrown in, way less fun to watch.

The premise is animals have this gene that is making them evolve super fast so they become smart enough to attack humans recognizing them as a threat and all the animals start working together with like esp or something. So you get like bats and rats attacking people, dogs and horse too along with lions and tigers and bears. It's just really humorous.

 

[Perfection]

Pretty much agree, on all counts.
Until Agent Carter and Jessica Jones came along, Agents of SHIELD was the only Marvel cinematic property that put women front and center, and there's still just the three, out of I-don't-know-how-many movies and shows. (The way Scarlett Johansson's character has been treated is an embarrassment, and I still think she's damned cool.) I think AoS may also have the only Asians starring in the entire MCU. Benedict Wong, Jessica Henwick, Elodie Yung and Pom Klementieff have recently brought the grand total to 6, if you want to include supporting characters, but for a few years it was Ming-Na Wen and Chloe Bennett, and then nothin' but the wind and tumbleweeds (Dichen Lachman, Mark Dacascos and Parminder Nagra were also in AoS, in smaller roles, but unless I'm forgetting someone, you can still count all of the Asians in the entire MCU on your fingers).

Wai Ching Ho?

Daredevil has really taken advantage of its long-form stories to make some of its villains and anti-heroes fully-formed characters. Vincent D'Onofrio's Wilson Fisk is one of my favorite supervillains of all time (maybe #2), and Jon Bernthal's Frank Castle exceeded all my expectations.

The problems with Iron Fist are almost too many to list in this space, but a central flaw is that the titular character is neither super nor a hero. I mean, I don't know what we're all doing here, with these shows, if the main character isn't going to be either one.

Hard to a hero when your biggest enemy is Harold Meachum.

 

[EgonSpengler]

Wai Ching Ho?

Right, how could I forget her? Also the guy who played Nobu and the guy who was the warlord at the beginning of Iron Man. I've seen both actors before, but I don't know their names.

Hard to a hero when your biggest enemy is Harold Meachum.

What the heck kind of accent was he doing? I'm not familiar with it, but it's a big country. I was reminded of Famke Janssen attempting a Boston accent in Monument Ave *shiver* and of Billy Bob Thornton's impression of non-Southerners doing a Southern accent.