OT: Hurricanes Lounge XLVI: Really, It's All About Beer and Bojangles

[DaveG]

For newer shows, if you have Prime, highly recommend Jack Ryan and Reacher

First season of Jack Ryan was outstanding. Second season was pretty meh. It was trying a bit too hard to ape Clear and Present Danger due to the setting and it missed the mark.

Narcos is another solid one that I'm re watching, though I haven't caught beyond season two yet.

 

[Svechhammer]

First season of Jack Ryan was outstanding. Second season was pretty meh.

Agreed with that. 3rd season was very good, just started the 4th

 

[NotOpie]

Two I forgot....Peaky "f***in" Blinders and Homeland....both world class

 

[To Be Determined]

Meh. More of a "The Peripheral" guy.

I was so f'n pissed that got canceled.

 

[Porvari]

Andor is incredible, a show with an IQ of at least 170.

Mon Mothma telling us that she's "raising money" is probably the most gripping scene in all of Star Wars.

 

[geehaad]

How the hell has no one mentioned Shoresy in a hockey forum??

It is the only series I've ever watched more than once, and I did so 2 weeks after the initial viewing, and within 2 months I'd watched it 3 times. I'm not going to say it's better than all these others, but ...c'mon now, hockey fans.

 

[hblueridgegal]

Succession, Broadchurch (original) and Mad Men for me. Of the overtly criminal, I liked Homicide: Life on the Street. Loved Andre Braugher and the cast - so well acted.

Love Somebody Somewhere on Max - gets little to no publicity but a fabulous comedy about the struggle.

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

Breaking Bad was the best of TV

I'm a huge movie guy and not a TV guy at all, although with a few exceptions. Reasons for this include:
1. The way tv shows are created is generally a lot more studio driven with episodes even within the same seasons having different directors and different creative visions that don't exactly align with the big picture season/series perfectly. They often feel staggered to me. And while obviously there has been a huge trend towards television, I don't find that television generally has the same quality as high quality films (a lot of movies these days don't either so not just unique to tv).
2. I often don't have the time or interest to keep up with the number of episodes to follow along in a timely manner. I don't binge watch anything.
3. I'm a big screen guy and tv shows aren't shown on the big screen for the most part
Disclaimer: I'm referring to traditional "series" with storylines lasting across seasons, etc. I love various sitcoms and animated tv shows that you can just sit down and watch any random 30 minute episode and have it be light hearted, funny, easy to watch mindlessly -- Cosby Show, Fresh Prince, King of the Hill, South Park, older Family Guy, etc. That is different than what I refer to with "tv shows" above.

All that said, there are a few exceptions that come to mind. Breaking Bad is one of them and was incredible. But I will say, I thought Better Call Saul was significantly better and is one of the greatest works of art ever created across any medium. Huge huge fan of BCS.

Others include Twin Peaks, True Detective season 1, and 24 (yes give me shit I know, but a unique show that I find to be hilarious and was a blast to watch live as episodes came out back in the day).

 

[WreckingCrew]

I'm a big fan of the historically based shows like Vikings, Last Kingdom, and Turn

 

[To Be Determined]

for "peak tv" everyone usually goes hbo plus breaking bad, but fx was making a lot of great stuff, too.

the shield and justified were, and remain, two of my favorite drama tv shows.

true detective season 1 is the best thing hbo ever did. oz doesn't get enough love for being a trailblazer and showing hbo what could be.

and i enjoy weird stuff. @AhosDatsyukian if you like the films of Alex Garland, Devs is a tv show he did that has a similar vibe. and mrs. davis on peacock is batshit and i loved it.

for columbo fans, and rian johnson enjoyers, poker face is something you need. as long as you can deal with natasha lyonne's voice.

 

[raynman]

I watch very little TV other than anime, and hockey.

Silo is good. We like that. expanse was pretty good. (Mars colony FTW) Family guy is pretty funny because they don't care who they offend.

Doing a rewatch of The Expanse now. Amos is one of my favorite characters of all time.

 

[Unsustainable]

I'm a huge movie guy and not a TV guy at all, although with a few exceptions. Reasons for this include:
1. The way tv shows are created is generally a lot more studio driven with episodes even within the same seasons having different directors and different creative visions that don't exactly align with the big picture season/series perfectly. They often feel staggered to me. And while obviously there has been a huge trend towards television, I don't find that television generally has the same quality as high quality films (a lot of movies these days don't either so not just unique to tv).
2. I often don't have the time or interest to keep up with the number of episodes to follow along in a timely manner. I don't binge watch anything.
3. I'm a big screen guy and tv shows aren't shown on the big screen for the most part
Disclaimer: I'm referring to traditional "series" with storylines lasting across seasons, etc. I love various sitcoms and animated tv shows that you can just sit down and watch any random 30 minute episode and have it be light hearted, funny, easy to watch mindlessly -- Cosby Show, Fresh Prince, King of the Hill, South Park, older Family Guy, etc. That is different than what I refer to with "tv shows" above.

All that said, there are a few exceptions that come to mind. Breaking Bad is one of them and was incredible. But I will say, I thought Better Call Saul was significantly better and is one of the greatest works of art ever created across any medium. Huge huge fan of BCS.

Others include Twin Peaks, True Detective season 1, and 24 (yes give me shit I know, but a unique show that I find to be hilarious and was a blast to watch live as episodes came out back in the day).

If you have Max, True Detective, Season 1, is something else.

 

[Porvari]

If you have Max, True Detective, Season 1, is something else.

I thought it was magic until they switched to 2012 for good, at which point it turned, ironically, into a very 1995 show, Profiler-style.

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

If you have Max, True Detective, Season 1, is something else.

Yes that's one I mentioned that I've seen and liked a lot. It's really more like a long movie than a tv series. Same director and writer for all the episodes, it concludes and is unrelated to future seasons which I haven't seen. And McConaughey and Harrelson were phenomenal and big name hollywood stars.

My main point in my reply was buried because I rambled on in that post lol, but it was that I thought Better Call Saul was even better than Breaking Bad; of course one must first see Breaking Bad. If you haven't seen BCS, seriously it's incredible.

for "peak tv" everyone usually goes hbo plus breaking bad, but fx was making a lot of great stuff, too.

the shield and justified were, and remain, two of my favorite drama tv shows.

true detective season 1 is the best thing hbo ever did. oz doesn't get enough love for being a trailblazer and showing hbo what could be.

and i enjoy weird stuff. @AhosDatsyukian if you like the films of Alex Garland, Devs is a tv show he did that has a similar vibe. and mrs. davis on peacock is batshit and i loved it.

for columbo fans, and rian johnson enjoyers, poker face is something you need. as long as you can deal with natasha lyonne's voice.

Funnily enough, I watch pretty much every single genre of film except Horror -- which appears to be what most of Garland's works are (and I haven't seen any of his films). Don't know why, I've just never really been drawn in by Horror films.

 

[Lempo]

I thought it was magic until they switched to 2012 for good, at which point it turned, ironically, into a very 1995 show, Profiler-style.

Damn you Traci Lords and your power drill.

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

Doing a rewatch of The Expanse now. Amos is one of my favorite characters of all time.

Amos is fantastic. So many great moments. Him and Avasarala finally meeting was comedic gold.

 

[To Be Determined]

Funnily enough, I watch pretty much every single genre of film except Horror -- which appears to be what most of Garland's works are (and I haven't seen any of his films). Don't know why, I've just never really been drawn in by Horror films.

i'm not a fan of horror, either. i never thought of garland that way. but i'm mainly associate him with ex machina and annihilation which, come to think of it do have some heavy horror flavor, but i think of more as sci-fi with violence instead of horror with sci-fi. those two movies, and the show devs, all have a certain tone that i enjoy. it is a bit weird and hard to explain.

Edit to add, now that i am thinking about it, i'm pretty forgiving of horror when it is sci-fi. alien may be the best horror movie ever, but i still don't think of it as horror. but just so i remain inconsistent, i do consider event horizon horror.

about the only thing i will flat-out refuse to watch is the torture porn shit that got so popular after hostel and saw.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Renewed for a 37th season

Trust me, it just gets worse from there

 

[Stickpucker]

Meh. More of a "The Peripheral" guy.

This was good. I thought it wasn't getting season 2?

I enjoyed Shogun and only murders in the building on Hulu.

I'm a big fan of the historically based shows like Vikings, Last Kingdom, and Turn

Last kingdom was really good.

Vikings fell off for me when the 2nd Gen of vikings were coming into their own.

 

[Stickpucker]

I've been enjoying Korean series lately.

Extrodinary Attorney Woo
Uncle Samsik
Ghenna the judge from hell
Payback

 

[Negan4Coach]

I was so f'n pissed that got canceled.

Those books IMO rehabilitated William Gibson as an author, who went from my favorite in the 1980s to complete garbage in the 1990s. Same arc as U2.

 

[Svechhammer]

Hey remember that discussion about Andrew Tate from like a week or 2 ago

 

[Borsig]

Hey remember that discussion about Andrew Tate from like a week or 2 ago

I mean I remember bigger news from a couple weeks ago. Never heard of Andrew Tate.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

I mean I remember bigger news from a couple weeks ago. Never heard of Andrew Tate.

He and his brother are two of the most prominent faces of the ridiculous "alpha male, macho man" mindset. They also traffic women, and managed to avoid authorities in that regard for the longest time. Their downfall was an argument over Twitter with Greta Thunberg, where one of Andrew's responses included a pizza box from a local restaurant that allowed Romanian authorities to arrest them.

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

i'm not a fan of horror, either. i never thought of garland that way. but i'm mainly associate him with ex machina and annihilation which, come to think of it do have some heavy horror flavor, but i think of more as sci-fi with violence instead of horror with sci-fi. those two movies, and the show devs, all have a certain tone that i enjoy. it is a bit weird and hard to explain.

Edit to add, now that i am thinking about it, i'm pretty forgiving of horror when it is sci-fi. alien may be the best horror movie ever, but i still don't think of it as horror. but just so i remain inconsistent, i do consider event horizon horror.

about the only thing i will flat-out refuse to watch is the torture porn shit that got so popular after hostel and saw.

Yeah I’m with you, I like some movies that could be characterized as “horror” like Alien, The Shining, but not the ones as you mention that are more torture porn type and the classic stereotype jump scare type stupid horror movies where the main characters are always just oblivious idiots and they all seem to have the same basic elements just repeated over and over again.

My brief peak at Garland's works I saw what stood out most was the 28 days later series which I only saw the first one once when it came out but my recollection is it fit that latter description. And then most his other movies I don't know anything about except they are listed as horror genre. But yeah if I get some time maybe I'll check his stuff out.

Ex Machina is actually on my list of movies to watch that I haven't seen yet so I'll probably start with that one. Annihilation cast intrigues me although the plot not so much but if I like Ex Machina I'll give that one a look.