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Steve Kournianos said:
Happy Valley.

Also This is England ‘86, ‘88 and ‘90. Hardcore realism.

I can relate to their 80’s nostalgia way more than Stranger Things, although ST1 was excellent.

Don’t have time for too much TV but the UK shows are the one that usually appeal to me. Better acting and far better writing
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These have been great, thanks for mentioning.

The old Ricky Gervais Show podcasts from XM c. 2003 are probably my favorite thing ever, with him, Stephen Merchant, and Karl Pilkington. Whole show is on YouTube.
 
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chosen said:
HBO's "Years and Years" is in the running for top mini-series this year.
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Watched it last week. Is this your opinion or a critics view? A little too many (British) cliches for my liking but it was holding my attention until the end.
 
Alright you sons of bitches because of you guys, I finally gave Stranger Things a look see this weekend as my girl was off to see her family in Montreal and the best way I can explain my thoughts are that I'm already mid way thru season 2....lol.

I got hooked from the get go and you guys were right....great f***ing show as tho it's not in my top 10 ever as that list is tough to crack,, it definitly has creeped to just outside of it.

For those of y'all who are keeping score the Maxie Top 10 of 21st century is The Wire, Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, OZ, Sopranos,Homeland, Justified, Peaky Blinders, The Americans and The Shield.

Stranger Things has firmly brought itself thru it's terrific acting, awesome nostalgic depictions of the 80's which was when I was in my 20's and excellent story telling into that 11-15 range which for me includes Sons of Anarchy, Fargo, True Detective and Better Call Saul. So welcome Stranger Things to my top 15 of the 21st century and thanks fellas for the recommendation to give it a shot.

On another note, I did watch "The Boys" and I liked it. Didn't think I would seeing I'm not a big Marvel comics and superheros type guy but the approach the writers took in this one hooked me pretty good. Definitely worth a binge for anyone looking for a show.

OK time to watch episode 8 of City on the Hill and hopefully it's not just the same ole same ole tho I'm not very confident about this...hah.
 
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Finally sat down and watched Valerian and The City of a Thousand Planets, as well Ready Player One.

The kids particularly enjoyed the latter because they got many of the "pop culture" references and nods.
 
Maximus said:
Alright you sons of *****es because of you guys, I finally gave Stranger Things a look see this weekend as my girl was off to see her family in Montreal and the best way I can explain my thoughts are that I'm already mid way thru season 2....lol.

I got hooked from the get go and you guys were right....great ****ing show as tho it's not in my top 10 ever as that list is tough to crack,, it definitly has creeped to just outside of it.

For those of y'all who are keeping score the Maxie Top 10 of 21st century is The Wire, Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, OZ, Sopranos,Homeland, Justified, Peaky Blinders, The Americans and The Shield.

Stranger Things has firmly brought itself thru it's terrific acting, awesome nostalgic depictions of the 80's which was when I was in my 20's and excellent story telling into that 11-15 range which for me includes Sons of Anarchy, Fargo, True Detective and Better Call Saul. So welcome Stranger Things to my top 15 of the 21st century and thanks fellas for the recommendation to give it a shot.

On another note, I did watch "The Boys" and I liked it. Didn't think I would seeing I'm not a big Marvel comics and superheros type guy but the approach the writers took in this one hooked me pretty good. Definitely worth a binge for anyone looking for a show.

OK time to watch episode 8 of City on the Hill and hopefully it's not just the same ole same ole tho I'm not very confident about this...hah.
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Looking forward to watching The Boys....however nothing you've said has made me want to watch ST -- as a matter of fact, I'm more convinced that it's not for me.
 
Maximus said:
Alright you sons of *****es because of you guys, I finally gave Stranger Things a look see this weekend as my girl was off to see her family in Montreal and the best way I can explain my thoughts are that I'm already mid way thru season 2....lol.

I got hooked from the get go and you guys were right....great ****ing show as tho it's not in my top 10 ever as that list is tough to crack,, it definitly has creeped to just outside of it.

For those of y'all who are keeping score the Maxie Top 10 of 21st century is The Wire, Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, OZ, Sopranos,Homeland, Justified, Peaky Blinders, The Americans and The Shield.

Stranger Things has firmly brought itself thru it's terrific acting, awesome nostalgic depictions of the 80's which was when I was in my 20's and excellent story telling into that 11-15 range which for me includes Sons of Anarchy, Fargo, True Detective and Better Call Saul. So welcome Stranger Things to my top 15 of the 21st century and thanks fellas for the recommendation to give it a shot.

On another note, I did watch "The Boys" and I liked it. Didn't think I would seeing I'm not a big Marvel comics and superheros type guy but the approach the writers took in this one hooked me pretty good. Definitely worth a binge for anyone looking for a show.

OK time to watch episode 8 of City on the Hill and hopefully it's not just the same ole same ole tho I'm not very confident about this...hah.
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Game of Thrones, The Shield, The Wire and Breaking Bad are some of my favorite shows ever. For me, 24 is up there as well.

I couldn't get into Justified for whatever reason when I started watching it a long time ago, and it's rated highly.

Fargo is on my backlog show list.
 
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Rangerfan4life90 said:
Game of Thrones, The Shield, The Wire and Breaking Bad are some of my favorite shows ever. For me, 24 is up there as well.

I couldn't get into Justified for whatever reason when I started watching it a long time ago, and it's rated highly.

Fargo is on my backlog show list.
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My ex-wife and I gave 24 a shot in like, 2013.

We called out 3 days in a row and watched it all day. Great show.
 
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zephyr said:
Looking forward to watching The Boys....however nothing you've said has made me want to watch ST -- as a matter of fact, I'm more convinced that it's not for me.
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I really wasn't trying to recruit you or anyone to watch Stranger Things to be honest. Besides, I figured everyone but me had already watched the show from what I recall reading on this thread a month or so ago. I happened to like it as I tried to not have any preconceived notions going into it.

In fact, I purposely did not read any plot stuff other than it was a weird show and that kids in the 80's were the headliners. By my not delving too deeply into the ST plot line that definitely proved to be the correct call.

As they say Z...different strokes for different folks.

On the other hand, I did toss a shout out to "The Boys" and that those who haven't seen it, should give it a look see.
 
Rangerfan4life90 said:
Game of Thrones, The Shield, The Wire and Breaking Bad are some of my favorite shows ever. For me, 24 is up there as well.

I couldn't get into Justified for whatever reason when I started watching it a long time ago, and it's rated highly.

Fargo is on my backlog show list.
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Justified is an acquired taste and it's not for everyone...I'll give you that. Not a question in my mind it's the most underrated of all the great TV series created in the last 20 years and why it's clearly in my Top 10.

Way I look at it is if you can at least make it to Season 2 which IMO was the best of the 6 seasons, I don't see how one doesn't come away with the same thought process as myself. I say give it another chance and if you never made it to Season 2...start there than and see what happens.
 
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I really wasn't trying to recruit you or anyone to watch Stranger Things to be honest. Besides, I figured everyone but me had already watched the show from what I recall reading on this thread a month or so ago. I happened to like it as I tried to not have any preconceived notions going into it.

In fact, I purposely did not read any plot stuff other than it was a weird show and that kids in the 80's were the headliners. By my not delving too deeply into the ST plot line that definitely proved to be the correct call.

As they say Z...different strokes for different folks.

On the other hand, I did toss a shout out to "The Boys" and that those who haven't seen it, should give it a look see.
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I knew you weren't trying to recruit -- but since we've been "on the same page" on a number of things, I valued your opinion.
 
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Justified is an acquired taste and it's not for everyone...I'll give you that. Not a question in my mind it's the most underrated of all the great TV series created in the last 20 years and why it's clearly in my Top 10.

Way I look at it is if you can at least make it to Season 2 which IMO was the best of the 6 seasons, I don't see how one doesn't come away with the same thought process as myself. I say give it another chance and if you never made it to Season 2...start there than and see what happens.
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Love Justified.....
 
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aufheben said:
These have been great, thanks for mentioning.

The old Ricky Gervais Show podcasts from XM c. 2003 are probably my favorite thing ever, with him, Stephen Merchant, and Karl Pilkington. Whole show is on YouTube.
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I didn't closely read this whole thread earlier on, so my bad if it was mentioned - but have you watched Extras?
 
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Watched it last week. Is this your opinion or a critics view? A little too many (British) cliches for my liking but it was holding my attention until the end.
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Just started watching that because of Russell Tovey....only two eps in but enjoying it so far.
 
aufheben said:
I watched it once, definitely funny. Wasn’t it pretty short?

My favorite series by Gervais was Derek.
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Yeah 12 episodes. It was genuinely laugh out loud funny. Awkward too. I watched in when it came out, and recently all over again. Found it funnier the second time around. Maybe cause it’s so different from anything being done nowadays.
 
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Yeah 12 episodes. It was genuinely laugh out loud funny. Awkward too. I watched in when it came out, and recently all over again. Found it funnier the second time around. Maybe cause it’s so different from anything being done nowadays.
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An Idiot Abroad is great too. Lirl



Karl went from producer to joining the broadcast as well. He came up with so many insane game shows. The Complete Rockbusters alone is almost 4 hours. :laugh:


 
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Call me extremely late to the show but I JUST saw Good Fellas last week. What's even worse is I was born and raised in Oxone Park so it was pretty cool to see that the whole base of operations was somewhere I've passed plenty of times. My uncles used to tell me stories of the block parties they'd throw but I never really put much thought into them lol
 
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