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[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Drunken Welfare Man!

Percy is/was the funniest character.

 

[Peasy]

I really miss the simplicity of white lotus season 1. That's what really drew me in the first season. Wasn't a big fan of season 2 and enjoyed season 3 more but really wasn't a fan of the main ending. It just felt so Hollywood and not something I'd expect from this show. Season 1 did such a great job showing the destruction that wealthy people leave behind them while on a vacation at one of the resorts and the obliviousness that follows them. They did a great job showing how the local culture is exploited for rich peoples benefits. It really showed the toxic side of the tourism industry. With each season I've felt they've strayed further and further away from their roots.

Season 1 was the most simple on a surface level, but I think it easily had the most depth as well as the best dialogue and characters.

 

[Jovavic]

Took a break from Always Sunny after the first four seasons, needed to get away from Charlie's voice for a bit. Watched the first two seasons of Reacher and it's pretty good all around, nothing really outstanding or lacking.

 

[Bounces R Way]

I don't know how popular Common Side Effects is but I would highly recommend. Pharmaceutical grand global mushroom conspiracy but make it animated. Lots of diverse and dynamic characters with a complex and engaging plot.

Even if you're a never cartoons person I would say it's worth giving it a go.

 

[Peasy]

Started watching the Pitt recently. Think im 5/6 episodes in. I've never really watched a hospital type show in the past (never seen House/ER/Scrubs/Greys etc) as theyve never really appealed to me, but kept hearing great things about The Pitt so decided to check it out.

Been really impressed. Can't say I have any complaints about what I've seen, everything about the show is just extremely well done.

 

[frisco]

I just finished watching Legacy: The Real Story Of The LA Lakers. It was pretty exciting throughout. 10 one-hour chapters. I'm a Lakers fan so probably no surprise that I liked it. So much drama around that franchise the filmmakers just needed to capture things as they were. A key was that got everyone to sit down and talk. There wasn't a person critical to the "plot" that they didn't get to give their side of the story. At least among the living.

I like it was patterned after the Last Dance Chicago Bull thing. The focus was on 1979 onward when Jerry Buss bought the team. If I were to say anything negative it would be it may have been too focused on Buss and his children, but they are a crucial part of the story.

Onwards to Sex And The City Season Five.

My Best-Carey

 

[Ceremony]

This is the greatest moment in television history

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This is the second greatest:

Third is Not Penny's Boat

 

[StreetHawk]

Started watching the Pitt recently. Think im 5/6 episodes in. I've never really watched a hospital type show in the past (never seen House/ER/Scrubs/Greys etc) as theyve never really appealed to me, but kept hearing great things about The Pitt so decided to check it out.

Been really impressed. Can't say I have any complaints about what I've seen, everything about the show is just extremely well done.

You will like it. I finished the finale yesterday. It's kind of ER meets 24. You get some personal insight into the characters and a handful of non standard cases. But, I do like that it shows the waiting room area at times to capture the realism of the strain on a typical ER where people are waiting several hours to see a doctor. Cast is a fair representation of how a medical staff would be comprised of.

 

[Shareefruck]

Watched the first two seasons of Severance. Great premise (and I do like the general visual look as well as the intro) that initially got me pretty excited, but gets progressively worse and worse as it gets further and further removed from introducing the intricacies of its neat premise, with what felt like not a lot to offer beyond that, and also annoyingly falling into the usual trappings of mystery-box-type shows, in my opinion. Would make a great single episode of Black Mirror, or maybe a movie. The early scenes of episode 1 and 2 that show the ins and outs of someone experiencing it felt pretty damn cool to me (and again, got me excited about the show as a whole), but nothing else strongly engaged me in the same way again after that. In particular, there was a lull in the middle of season 1 that I struggled to get through because I got so little out of it, and season 2 has pretty much lost me.

Still though, that premise is inspired enough that I don't feel bad at all about it being a pop culture phenomenon/water-cooler-talk type of show. Could be worse.

 

[TCTC]

Still haven't gotten around to watch The White Lotus. But now that the third season is done I feel like binging it.

What's the general tone of the show? Is it more comedic, more drama, something inbetween?

 

[Turin]

This is the second greatest:

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Third is Not Penny's Boat

Lost was super enjoyable to watch with my wife since it kept us asking questions the whole time but man I'm still not sure about the payoff.

 

[Bruins4Lifer]

Still haven't gotten around to watch The White Lotus. But now that the third season is done I feel like binging it.

What's the general tone of the show? Is it more comedic, more drama, something inbetween?

It's in between. I've heard it referred to as a tragicomedy, which I think is fitting. There's an air of existential dread among the storylines of each season, and it sort of feels like you're watching a car crash in slow motion.

 

[Peasy]

Still haven't gotten around to watch The White Lotus. But now that the third season is done I feel like binging it.

What's the general tone of the show? Is it more comedic, more drama, something inbetween?

First season is definitely more of a comedy compared to the other 2 seasons. Seasons 2 and 3 definitely more of a mix between the two.

 

[Jack Straw]

Watched the first two seasons of Severance. Great premise (and I do like the general visual look as well as the intro) that initially got me pretty excited, but gets progressively worse and worse as it gets further and further removed from introducing the intricacies of its neat premise, with what felt like not a lot to offer beyond that, and also annoyingly falling into the usual trappings of mystery-box-type shows, in my opinion. Would make a great single episode of Black Mirror, or maybe a movie. The early scenes of episode 1 and 2 that show the ins and outs of someone experiencing it felt pretty damn cool to me (and again, got me excited about the show as a whole), but nothing else strongly engaged me in the same way again after that. In particular, there was a lull in the middle of season 1 that I struggled to get through because I got so little out of it, and season 2 has pretty much lost me.

Still though, that premise is inspired enough that I don't feel bad at all about it being a pop culture phenomenon/water-cooler-talk type of show. Could be worse.

I think it would have been a really cool movie.

 

[Ceremony]

Lost was super enjoyable to watch with my wife since it kept us asking questions the whole time but man I'm still not sure about the payoff.

I think I remember liking the ending the last time I saw it. The problem I've had watching this time is I've spent every episode remembering what happens. Oh he dies! She dies! She does this, that, etc. Ironic given S6. But I'm not sure how it will go. I'm a few episodes into S4 and the sheer thrill of S1/2 is long gone. But what an experience those first 40/50 episodes are.

 

[Romang67]

So... White Lotus season 3 kinda sucked, eh?

The first two seasons, other than Tanya's ending in season 2 (which I feel was the worst part of season 2) were all about rich powerful people drastically overreacting to mundane situations, causing havoc because of their overreactions, and having nothing change because that's what happens to rich powerful people. It takes the regular arc that characters go through in summer vacation movies, cuts it off JUST before the life-changing moment, and ties it together in a loop. Just beautiful subversions of the summer vacation movie.

Season 3 was all about EXTREME THINGS HAPPENING EXTREMELY! YEAH! WOOO! EXTREME! It took, to me, the worst part of the first two seasons, and decided that needed to happen to most characters.

It also had way too many characters, many of which had no character arc. On the front page on Max, 6 of the 14 pictured characters were either not actually characters as much as they were just drivers of someone else's story, or they didn't have an arc at all. That's not counting the large number of largely pointless characters who are not pictured there.

Goddamn I was disappointed by this season. The first two have been two of my go-to seasons to just sit down and binge.

 

[DaaaaB's]

Watched 1883 last week and thought it was ok. Sam Elliott is by far the best part and some the other acting was good too. The main character was well acted but she was a bit too much for me and some of her scenes were laughable. Her narration was pretty cliche and at times flat out cringy. Of course, Taylor Sheridan had to get in his usual commentary about cities ruining America and so on.

I thought McGraw and Hill were ok at acting but a little stiff at times. Found them odd casting choices as their characters have a 5 year old boy and apparently had another kid when they got to Montana despite clearly being in their 50's. Like someone else said, the show had a weird way of portraying natives. Overall, I enjoyed it well enough but I'm a sucker for westerns and love a good cattle drive. It was no Lonesome Dove though.

 

[Bruins4Lifer]

Watched 1883 last week and thought it was ok. Sam Elliott is by far the best part and some the other acting was good too. The main character was well acted but she was a bit too much for me and some of her scenes were laughable. Her narration was pretty cliche and at times flat out cringy. Of course, Taylor Sheridan had to get in his usual commentary about cities ruining America and so on.

I thought McGraw and Hill were ok at acting but a little stiff at times. Found them odd casting choices as their characters have a 5 year old boy and apparently had another kid when they got to Montana despite clearly being in their 50's. Like someone else said, the show had a weird way of portraying natives. Overall, I enjoyed it well enough but I'm a sucker for westerns and love a good cattle drive. It was no Lonesome Dove though.

Yeah, I hated Isabel May's narration in 1883. Definitely tempered my enjoyment of the series hearing those voice-overs so often. Not sure if you're interested in 1923, but be warned, Sheridan brought her back to do those same narrations in it as well. Only slightly toned down.

 

[Lt Dan]

I just watched Silicon Valley

Gilfoyle is an all time great TV character

 

[Rodgerwilco]

Starting Blacklist right now. Not sure I’ll be able to slog through it, as I don’t usually binge shows.

I watched some of it years ago when it was new but never really dove into it full-on.

 

[Rodgerwilco]

God this show is f***ing hilarious, we're 8 episodes in and loving it. Very well casted and great performances from everyone. Danny McBride is a comedy genius. Every character just hits the mark for the parody of a mega-church televangelist family. Interesting that despite it being a comedy series there are actually some nice serious moments to be had as well.

 

[DaaaaB's]

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God this show is f***ing hilarious, we're 8 episodes in and loving it. Very well casted and great performances from everyone. Danny McBride is a comedy genius. Every character just hits the mark for the parody of a mega-church televangelist family. Interesting that despite it being a comedy series there are actually some nice serious moments to be had as well.

Is Danny McBride any different in this than he is in everything else he's ever been in?

I find him to be very annoying. The definition of a comedic actor who just throws everything against the wall and hopes something sticks.

 

[Rodgerwilco]

Is Danny McBride any different in this than he is in everything else he's ever been in?

I find him to be very annoying. The definition of a comedic actor who just throws everything against the wall and hopes something sticks.

No he’s not really much different, but his style of comedy does it for me lol.

 

[Peasy]

The Rehearsal season 2.

Nathan Fielder is just a comedic genius. There is no one on the planet that can do what he does. The way he can just take a super serious topic and put such a comedic spin on it is unmatched. His ideas are just so out there and ridiculous. Really curious to see how this season plays out.

 

[Rodgerwilco]

The Rehearsal season 2.

Nathan Fielder is just a comedic genius. There is no one on the planet that can do what he does. The way he can just take a super serious topic and put such a comedic spin on it is unmatched. His ideas are just so out there and ridiculous. Really curious to see how this season plays out.

Can't wait to watch this one. I absolutely loved the first season of The Rehearsal and pretty much all of Nathan For You. He really is on another level.