Which television shows are you watching? Part III

[Takhisis]

Avatar is great. I know many don't agree, but so is Korra.

100% agreement with Syn-chan.

 

[civvver]

I haven't watched since Negan stood in the open in front of a barrage of like 20 people with assault rifles and just sauntered away a-okay. So, two? three? years ago.

I bet he's still alive. He's alive, isn't he? I don't mind being spoiled.

putting it in spoiler:

Spoiler :

Yes he's alive. Of course Rick and company won vs the saviors but Rick said they couldn't kill Negan, they needed to imprison him as a symbol of justice to show everyone they were different. Then the show did a time jump 5 or so years into the future, I don't remember if they said exactly how long it was and I just forgot or if it was never stated. Negan was still locked away in Alexandria but just escaped due to some circumstances that wouldn't really make sense without a lot more explanation. But now it's getting really interesting because Negan hooked up with another group of villains called the Whisperers. The Whisperers are a group that lives in the woods very much like a pack of wolves. They wear masks made from walker corpses' skin so they walk around with the walkers imitating them and that's how they survive. Then of course they killed a bunch of people from Alexandria and there's basically a war going on. So I am not sure if Negan is actually joining them to get some revenge or if he's trying to infiltrate them to help Alexandria.

If you want more details I'll share, quite a bit has happened in three seasons (mostly a lot of main people have died). I think that's when you last watched.

 

[Synobun]

That's hilarious.

I'll probably do a re-watch binge of it eventually. I assume it's being ended soon? I might start watching again when it's in its final stretch so that I can catch up on everything I've missed and then be done with it forever.

Just finished season 2 of The End of the F***ing World. Another short show that can be watched in a matter of a couple hours. I was hesitant that it could continue the novelty of the first season, and that hesitation was reinforced when I saw that the first episode was about a new character. Made me worried that it'd be "season one but with somebody else now." But it got better. A decent watch.

 

[civvver]

That's hilarious.

I'll probably do a re-watch binge of it eventually. I assume it's being ended soon? I might start watching again when it's in its final stretch so that I can catch up on everything I've missed and then be done with it forever.

Just finished season 2 of The End of the F***ing World. Another short show that can be watched in a matter of a couple hours. I was hesitant that it could continue the novelty of the first season, and that hesitation was reinforced when I saw that the first episode was about a new character. Made me worried that it'd be "season one but with somebody else now." But it got better. A decent watch.

I don't know what the plans are. Ratings are way down but it's still AMC's highest rated show so I could see them milking it for a while, but almost everyone is off the show.

Spoiler :

Rick is gone, he got taken away by some people right before the time jump so we don't know if he's alive or not. I'm sure he'll make a cameo in a spin off series or in the main one at some point.
Maggie went to live with that old lady with the windmill schematics. So she's alive and they reference her but she's off the show. She went to make some other tv drama apparently and asked to get written off. It was done very hastily.
Carl died before the final showdown with Negan.
Only OG's left are Carol and Darrel, and then Michone is still around, she might as well be an OG.

They're making some new spin off called Brave New World. I know nothing about it but Fear the Walking Dead was a terrible show. I liked season 1 a lot actually, it was a very interesting perspective on the zombie apocalypse cus you saw it actually happen in real time, unlike the main show where Rick just wakes up and it already happened. But it quickly went downhill in season 2 and I stopped watching somewhere in season 3. It was not different from the main show at all plot wise at that point, just people trying to survive kind of in the country, and the characters were far less interesting.

 

[Synobun]

I agree about FTWD. I thought it had a lot of promise and then pretty quickly drove off a cliff.

Another spin-off... meh.

 

[Laurana Kanan]

They're making some new spin off called Brave New World.

It's called The Walking Dead: World Beyond. AMC just released a new trailer.

 

[civvver]

Oh snap I totally messed up the name. World Beyond.

Spoiler :

Those guys look a lot like the people who took Rick. Looks like a tie in.

 

[tjs282]

Is this a re-watch or a first-time viewing? Avatar is great. I know many don't agree, but so is Korra.

First time for me, and liking it so far. Who/what is Korra?

Once you're through with those, may I peddle The Dragon Prince, sir? Same writers as the above.

TDP is already long-since queued as well, but thanks for the additional recommend.

And you can watch it with your kids, if that matters.

Having exhausted every other interesting-looking animated series on Netflix, Son the Younger is already doing a second run-through on Avatar (high praise indeed!), which he started soon after I did -- but he watches 2 eps at a time, so is now most of the way through Book 2 while I'm still only about 2/3 through Book 1.

(I generally prefer watching 1 ep per series per viewing-session, rather than binging).

He saw the live-action movie as well (somewhere), but didn't like it -- and he's usually quite easily pleased, so it really must have been terrible.

OTOH, His Nearly-Teenage Majesty is now faaaar tooo kooool to watch 'kid-stuff' these days, especially not with his old man (parents are, like, such a drag)...

 

[Synobun]

First time for me, and liking it so far. Who/what is Korra?

A continuation of Avatar. Different avatar, of course. The next in the cycle. No spoilers. It's a slightly older/more mature take on the universe but still kid-friendly. If you end up really liking Avatar, I suspect you'll at least think Legend of Korra is decent.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

I started Battlestar Galactica over again but I've seen it so many times that it no longer holds my attention. It's kind of sad, to be honest. I've gotten the same way with Futurama which was a real personal tragedy.

 

[Synobun]

I started Battlestar Galactica over again but I've seen it so many times that it no longer holds my attention. It's kind of sad, to be honest. I've gotten the same way with Futurama which was a real personal tragedy.

Watch Gilmore Girls.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

nah

Edit:
The CGI on BSG aged alright as they didn't over do it. The main problem is that some of the textures in some shots are shockingly low resolution. If I can count pixels on the side of the basestar, you're doing CGI wrong.

 

[Synobun]

You can't even tell the cylon CGI in Gilmore Girls. It's that good. No uncanny valley at all.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

That's really funny, I literally lol'd

 

[Zkribbler]

Recovering from an illness, I've bee planted in front of my TV. I'm binge watching Coupling , Cheers , and starting yesterday Wings .

 

[Laurana Kanan]

Up to episode 4 of The Mandalorian, still the best thing from Disney other than RO.

Also up to episode 4 of See - wouldn't have thought a show about blind people post apocalypse would be so engaging. Maybe it's just 'cause I love Jason Momoa though.

And, finally up to episode 4 of His Dark Materials. There's still several things I don't quite get, but it's been enjoyable thus far. Dafne Keen, the actress that plays Lyra has really started to shine in the role. So much better than the actress in the movie version. I bought the trilogy of books a couple weeks ago, but I think I'll wait until the season is over before delving into them. Don't want to ruin any surprises.

Two more weeks until The Expanse comes back!

 

[tjs282]

Finished Luke Cage S1 and decided to watch the first episode of Iron Fist, just for an introduction to the character in his own neighbourhood, before I started on Defenders. Wasn't bad though, might well watch the rest.

 

[Arakhor]

And, finally up to episode 4 of His Dark Materials. There's still several things I don't quite get, but it's been enjoyable thus far. Dafne Keen, the actress that plays Lyra has really started to shine in the role. So much better than the actress in the movie version. I bought the trilogy of books a couple weeks ago, but I think I'll wait until the season is over before delving into them. Don't want to ruin any surprises.

You'll definitely get a different experience reading the novels after seeing the TV series. The series is pretty faithful though, with a couple of major diversions to get around labour laws relating to Keen still being a minor.

 

[Gorbles]

I didn't expect to wander into here to see people watching The Legend of Aang. Currently binging it on Netflix myself, then I'm firmly back into iPlayer for His Dark Materials (which is sounding very good!) and a catching up on Who.

Hoping Netflix adds Korra at some point, but no idea how possible that is.

 

[Synobun]

I didn't expect to wander into here to see people watching The Legend of Aang. Currently binging it on Netflix myself, then I'm firmly back into iPlayer for His Dark Materials (which is sounding very good!) and a catching up on Who.

Hoping Netflix adds Korra at some point, but no idea how possible that is.

Netflix was the opposite for me. Had Korra for years before it ever had Avatar. Although I see that Korra is gone now...

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I recently finished watching the second season of Wild District. This is a fantastic Colombian show about a reformed guerrilla fighter trying to survive in society and a female prosecutor attempting to combat corruption in Bogota/Colombia. It had a very strong first season and I was hesitant to see how the second season could build upon it. It was great, and the cliffhanger at the end of the season was done perfectly. If you can understand Spanish or don't mind subtitles, and you like serious shows, I would highly recommend this.

I'm usually suspicious of international media, perhaps unfairly, because I'm used to the standardized quality and approach of North American media. That's not to say that the quality is always good, but there's an industrialized component to it that helps in grounding and expectation (I hear Yung shrieking in pained agony in the distance). I find it difficult to pay attention to visual media as a sole focus, and if I don't know the language, well, that's what I have to do in order to have any hope of understanding what's going on.

I eventually broadened my horizons with the very unfamiliar society and people of the UK. (There was once a day that I would turn off anything with a British accent as I didn't want to bother trying to decipher dialects. As a side note, watch Derry Girls and Bodyguard.) Then Australian media (Pine Gap, watch it.). But I've now watched a handful of foreign language shows that have been truly fantastic even compared to the production line of NA media. The Rain is an excellent Danish show. Babylon Berlin is quite enticing and German (I need to watch its second season...), and now Wild District for the Northwest Latin America palate. And of course, who could forget Kingdom—a Korean show about dynasty politics and zombies.

Honourable mention to Immortals, a Turkish show about vampire politics in Istanbul.

I tried the last season of Jessica Jones. I wasn't the biggest fan of its first two seasons. Barely passable, and I watched them mostly due to crossover contamination. I think I made it two episodes into season 3 before giving up. Just not a good show. Of all the cancellations, this is the one I'm least unhappy to see. I liked Iron Fist more than this. Yeah, I said it.

Anyways, now I'm re-watching Gilmore Girls. It's been years since I've done a re-watch, and I've avoided it because it was formative for me and I was afraid to see what I'd think while in my deep, dark hole of existential despair. I had this same worry with Smallville and Deep Space Nine, both worries I dashed last year with the realization that they were comforting still. I restrain a sob during every episode thus far so I'm not sure how comforting it really is, but it's something I can watch without stressing out. I don't really expect much more. It is interesting to see how my perspective on relationships and family has changed between the first time I watched this show and this third re-watch.

I might start a new show soon to watch concurrently. I'm not sure what. The second season of Babylon Berlin is certainly an option. Or the latest season of Bojack, although I found the previous season pretty terrible. I have a bunch of shows on my Netflix list but none of them are really jumping out at me with "Watch me now!" Especially since a good percentage of them will involve re-watching earlier seasons. I haven't even looked at Prime lately. I know I have one or two seasons to catch up on with Man in the High Tower. There's also, uh... that one show... I don't know. I'll figure it out. Maybe I'll just get Disney+.