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Frant
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 Posted: Tue, 9th Jan 2024 12:49 Post subject: Bingeworthy or not? |
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I've been bingeing some tv-shows lately, mainly old ones.
The Fall of the House of Usher: 8/10 <- bingeworthy
Wayward Pines: 7/10 - first season is good, the second season isn't as good
Counterpart: 9/10 <- very bingeworthy, one of the better tv-shows I've seen
Currently bingeing Fringe. I had forgotten how silly the first season could be. I do remember that it gets better in subsequent seasons.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!
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Frant
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| Posted: Tue, 9th Jan 2024 17:38 Post subject: |
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Oh, I forgot to recommend the following show:
The Lost Room - a 3-part miniseries that share some of the mindfuck stuff from Counterpart, Fringe etc. while being unique at the same time. I love this show and I've watched it probably 6-8 times so far.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!
"The sky was the color of a TV tuned to a dead station" - Neuromancer
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| Posted: Tue, 9th Jan 2024 18:09 Post subject: |
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| Frant wrote: | Oh, I forgot to recommend the following show:
The Lost Room - a 3-part miniseries that share some of the mindfuck stuff from Counterpart, Fringe etc. while being unique at the same time. I love this show and I've watched it probably 6-8 times so far. |
Thank you! Will watch!
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| Posted: Tue, 9th Jan 2024 22:38 Post subject: |
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Oh nice I completely forgot about Counterpart, I started watching season 1 when it originally aired but dropped off after 2-3 episodes. Love JK Simmons. Does it have a good conclusion after 2 seasons?
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| Posted: Tue, 9th Jan 2024 23:45 Post subject: |
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Longest thing I properly binged, and I mean back to back watching the entire run of seasons and the subsequent movie without breaks for anything else except sleep/work, was Breaking Bad.
Ignored it for years, and thank fuck I finally didn't.
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| Posted: Wed, 10th Jan 2024 03:29 Post subject: |
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| bani789 wrote: | | Oh nice I completely forgot about Counterpart, I started watching season 1 when it originally aired but dropped off after 2-3 episodes. Love JK Simmons. Does it have a good conclusion after 2 seasons? |
Unfortunately, no  It was canceled and ended with a cliffhanger  |
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Neon
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DXWarlock
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| Posted: Thu, 11th Jan 2024 19:01 Post subject: |
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@Neon
Id second Oz.
I dont watch much TV anymore, well never did really other than science channel [when it was good], comedy and cartoon network. And episodic shows even less. Even shows I did like that went episodic-ish I lost interest in.
But I enjoyed OZ a lot, a bit overly flamboyant and 'for tv' theatrical tropes about inside a prison, along with a few of the plot hooks now and then a hair drawn out for the sake of viewer investment on length. some of the situations IRL would have been dealt with by docking boots on the yard within the same day. But suppose watching men just talk shit and later that day prowl the yard in packs waiting for someone to signal beef is being paid, would be boring..lol
But can recommend it to anyone that wants a decent gritty prison drama show.
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Il_Padrino
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| Posted: Thu, 11th Jan 2024 19:13 Post subject: |
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It's very bleak though. I think I gave up after season 4 or so
There must have been a door there in the wall, when I came in.
Truly gone fishing.
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| Posted: Thu, 11th Jan 2024 19:28 Post subject: |
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Prison and Hospital-series are hard to binge for me. Tried both OZ and E.R.
Gets boring pretty quickly.
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DXWarlock
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| Posted: Thu, 11th Jan 2024 19:33 Post subject: |
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@Il_Padrino
See I thought roughly the opposite, a sort of soap opera-y 'the most extreme hard edges sanded off' prison drama.
Of course they focused on the things people want to watch a show about prison for. They made the situations both gritty, but also 'interesting for viewers' (Which most of what goes on would be repellant unredeeming and boring if presented correctly).
Sort of like how Breaking Bad, while about the meth world. Gets into the weeds about the violence and rough world of meth labs. Each character is 'compelling', and is nothing like if you just watched actual turf wars over who 'owns' an area. And how 'VERY violent, but boring' that would be to watch.
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-Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times. -G. Michael Hopf
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Il_Padrino
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DXWarlock
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| Posted: Thu, 11th Jan 2024 21:31 Post subject: |
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OH yea, i remember that. Those scene sorts are cheesy and overly soap opera trope: It didn't really happen its was all a dream!
Other than the now and then scenes like that of "We have to put in some old tired TV series staples in here", or weird/force B plots sometimes, overall I thought it was compelling enough to watch despite me disliking any type of non-episodic story lines in shows.
-We don't control what happens to us in life, but we control how we respond to what happens in life.
-Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times. -G. Michael Hopf
Disclaimer: Post made by me are of my own creation. A delusional mind relayed in text form.
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| Posted: Thu, 11th Jan 2024 21:51 Post subject: Re: Bingeworthy or not? |
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| Frant wrote: | I've been bingeing some tv-shows lately, mainly old ones.
The Fall of the House of Usher: 8/10 <- bingeworthy
Wayward Pines: 7/10 - first season is good, the second season isn't as good
Counterpart: 9/10 <- very bingeworthy, one of the better tv-shows I've seen
Currently bingeing Fringe. I had forgotten how silly the first season could be. I do remember that it gets better in subsequent seasons. |
Counterpart is probably the best show I have ever seen.
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| Posted: Fri, 12th Jan 2024 23:48 Post subject: |
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Axed by the woke era. Kinda ironic.
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| Posted: Sun, 14th Jan 2024 09:42 Post subject: |
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Counterpart was very good. I can't remember how it ended but the idea was very interesting. One of his best works.
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Przepraszam
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| Posted: Sun, 14th Jan 2024 09:43 Post subject: |
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I binged this last year. This show is fucking nuts in all positive ways. I was hooked up from the first season.
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| Posted: Mon, 15th Jan 2024 16:44 Post subject: |
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I still need to watch usher.
All episodes of S1 of Ted dropped and I have been busy bingeing that - if you like Family Guy etc you'll love it.
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| Posted: Tue, 16th Jan 2024 12:54 Post subject: |
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Warrior is binge worthy & so is Banshee.
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Il_Padrino
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| Posted: Wed, 17th Jan 2024 19:28 Post subject: |
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Snowpiercer is pretty good too.
Severance is a very good sci fi/mystery
There must have been a door there in the wall, when I came in.
Truly gone fishing.
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| Posted: Wed, 17th Jan 2024 19:52 Post subject: |
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| Horrordee wrote: | I still need to watch usher.
All episodes of S1 of Ted dropped and I have been busy bingeing that - if you like Family Guy etc you'll love it. |
2nd for Ted. It’s better than I thought it would be.
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vurt
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| Posted: Thu, 18th Jan 2024 10:41 Post subject: |
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Counterpart is so boring (2.5 episodes in). Does it get like a ton better and more interesting?
I mean the main character(well, i guess you can say 2) isn't downright awful (decent actor) but perhaps a 4/10 in terms of how much you care for him, very anonymous and dull. The only background you have on him is that he has a wife that he visits and that he has a "special" work. He really has zero personality (unless you count being very dull) or depth.
Also i didn't see a single other character even worth remembering so far. I don't care for series with 1 half decent character, no matter if the plot itself is interesting or not, i really like very character driven series (breaking bad, sopranos - tons of characters that could have their own spin-off shows)
Series i can still binge:
Breaking Bad
Sopranos
Curb your Enthusiasm
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| Posted: Thu, 18th Jan 2024 11:20 Post subject: |
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| vurt wrote: | | Counterpart is so boring (2.5 episodes in). Does it get like a ton better and more interesting? |
ImmOO, nah
| vurt wrote: | Series i can still binge:
Breaking Bad
Sopranos
Curb your Enthusiasm |
Same! And Boardwalk Empire, The Wire, Deadwood etc. They have a premiumness to them
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vurt
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| Posted: Thu, 18th Jan 2024 15:42 Post subject: |
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Ok, i'll skip it then.
Boardwalk Empire, yes, i should rewatch that. Deadwood and The Wire i'm burned out on i've noticed. I also tried The Shield, wow, that had aged terribly!
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Il_Padrino
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| Posted: Thu, 18th Jan 2024 15:52 Post subject: |
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Six Feet Under is an underestimated gem from the same era as the classics.
There must have been a door there in the wall, when I came in.
Truly gone fishing.
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| Posted: Thu, 18th Jan 2024 18:43 Post subject: |
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I found these 4 shows rewatchable thou I am not sure about their bingeworthiness:
Into The Badlands (3 seasons of mindless wuxia fights, just a guilty pleasure)
12 Monkeys (sci fi show based on the movie. Thou, by god, the protagonist was a miscast)
Haven (it's one of those police procedurals with a seamless supernatural component)
Travelers. (Sci Fi tv show). I know the show was panned here but I liked it.
I can also recommend:
Devs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devs_(miniseries)
A beautiful Alex Garland's 8-episode miniseries on the nature of reality, human role in it and quantum AI's potential omnipotence.
Silo. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silo_(TV_series) great sci fi distopian show. Premise is similar to the movie "City of Ember", only this one is for adults.
If you liked Lost Room, you might also like
Locke & Key
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locke_%26_Key_(TV_series)
It is aimed at young adults thou. First and second seasons are all right, third - worse.
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (miniseries of 7 episodes)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Strange_%26_Mr_Norrell_(miniseries)
a seven-part British historical fantasy.
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shame that, as you said, the first season is a repellent for newcomers, moreso nowadays where episodic plot seasons aren't a thing. From second season onwards it's a delight.
