Television Anyone recommend me any TV Shows?

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Watching Death’s Game after someone recommended it on here.

When he comes back as the baby :lol: proper belly laugh :lol:

oh the baby thing got dark quick
:lol: yes on both of those.

I’m 5 episodes in, it’s very good, the girl from Parasite is very unconvincing as Death, though, but the other actors are all great.
 

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:lol: yes on both of those.

I’m 5 episodes in, it’s very good, the girl from Parasite is very unconvincing as Death, though, but the other actors are all great.
Yeah I’ve been surprised at how good some of them have been. Especially the model in ep 4.
 

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Only heard of Deaths Game from this thread, great recommendation.
I could see the ending coming a hundred miles off but even so, it's a brilliant watch.

Fallout I loved too. I get why some are a bit on the fence or think that it was just "decent" but it's right up my street; and I'll admit Walton is just my guy crush, I'll watch anything he's in, I'm positive he could make any show or movie 25% better just by appearing.
 

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Assuming you've seen the film, is the story entirely similar? I weirdly re-watched it about a month ago and I'm worried that it's going to be repetitive.
I watched the film, but it was years ago, so i can vaguely remember what happened. The series is slow but its well made. It has way better cinematography than the three body problem.
 

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I've been watching Ripley.

It's enjoyable but it's basically "what if no one in The Talented Mr. Ripley was likable or having fun."
 

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I've been watching Ripley.

It's enjoyable but it's basically "what if no one in The Talented Mr. Ripley was likable or having fun."
People in the movie were likable?
Haven't been a fan of any of the adaptions i've seen, even if they were well made. So think i'll skip this
 

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Yeah, the characters in the movie are very likable. Dickie is a guy who is fun to be around with (at least for a bit) and you can understand why Tom is seduced by the lifestyle and by him. Marge is friendly and warm, Freddie is annoying but in a very funny way for the audience. Tom is weird and needy but you can also see how his suck-up puppy-eyed ways can sway people.

In the show Tom is creepy and offputting, and the others are boring rich people who never crack a smile.
 

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Finished Death’s Game

Very good overall. Fun series and all the stories tied together nicely. Some great acting considering it’s basically 12 people playing one person.

I wasn’t too fussed about the ending and not sure if him restarting means essentially none of that ever happened, which is never satisfying. But still. Also it felt a bit too heavy on the whole suicide is bad thing. It seemed to want to paint it as a very black and white selfish thing that is easy to not do cause you know, it’ll make your mum sad.
 

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Yes it is, you greasy haired Chris Angel mind freak looking motherfecker.

It is as good as watching kids fall off bikes. feck, I could watch kids fall off bikes all day. I don’t give a shit about your kid.
I would watch my kid fall off the bike.
 

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Am 5 episodes into The Expanse. Its a bit of a grind so far but seems to have potential will stick at it.
 

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Am 5 episodes into The Expanse. Its a bit of a grind so far but seems to have potential will stick at it.
Some people love it, I always thought it was... fine. it's definitely a cool depiction of what space travel could actually be but the characters are in general quite bland. It does get better than the first few episodes, though. Season 2 and 3 are both very good.
 

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Some people love it, I always thought it was... fine. it's definitely a cool depiction of what space travel could actually be but the characters are in general quite bland. It does get better than the first few episodes, though. Season 2 and 3 are both very good.
Cheers it looks beautiful but needs someone to get behind so far.
 

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People in the movie were likable?
Haven't been a fan of any of the adaptions i've seen, even if they were well made. So think i'll skip this
I love Patricia Highsmith but most of her characters are not really likeable in the standard sense. Personally, I don't mind that because they are usually all interesting and explore psychological themes that I think are relatable even if the characters are not the type of Hollywood protagonist that we are conditioned to root for.
 

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Platform 7 is a 4 part British ghost/thriller. I really enjoyed it for the first 3 episodes but the 4th wasn't as good. Still worth a watch if you like that sort of thing.
 

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I'm currently semi hate-watching Bodkin. A mystery easily hooks me and I like Will Forte but as an Irish person, the quaint Irish "charm" is annoying.
 

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I'm currently semi hate-watching Bodkin. A mystery easily hooks me and I like Will Forte but as an Irish person, the quaint Irish "charm" is annoying.
I heard it was a series of Irish clichés looking for a plot of sorts to attach to. It sounds really annoying and I think my (Irish) wife might just hate it.
 

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binned off Bodkin on episode 2 or 3, shite

what was that wolf thing all about anyway? All felt very contrived
 

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Looking for new reccos. Updated my list, Ctrl F to see if it's there already.

I have already seen:

11.22.63
1899
24
24 Hours In Police Custody
Adventure Time
After Life
Alice In Borderland
All Of Us Are Dead
Always Sunny In Philadelphia
American Vandal
Andor
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Arcane
Archer
Arrested Development
Atlanta
Attack on Titan
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Baby Reindeer
Band of Brothers
Barry
Beef
Better Call Saul
Big Mouth
Blackbird
Black Books
Black Mirror
Blue Eye Samurai
Blue Lights
Bob's Burgers
Bojack Horseman
Breaking Bad
Brooklyn Nine Nine
Chernobyl
Chuck
Community
Cosmos
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Dark
Death's Game
Death Note
Detectorists
Detroiters
Devs
Dexter
Eric Andre Show
Explained
Fallout
Fleabag
Flight of the Conchords
For All Mankind
Futurama
Game of Thrones
Generation Kill
Hannibal
Happy
Happy Valley
House MD
House of Cards
House of The Dragon
How To With John Wilson
I Think You Should Leave
Inside No. 9
It's A Sin
Joe Pera Talks With You
Jury Duty
Last Week Tonight w/ John Oliver
Legend of Korra
Lost
LOTR: Rings Of Power
Love, Death & Robots
Mare of Easttown
Master of None
Mindhunter
Misfits
Modern Family
Mr Inbetween
Mr Mercedes
Mr Robot
Narcos
Nathan For You
One Punch Man
Only Murders In The Building
Oz
Ozark
Parks & Rec
Peep Show
Physical 100
Portlandia
Prison Break
Queen's Gambit
Race Across The World
Rectify
Review
Rick & Morty
Schitt's Creek
Scrubs
Severance
Sharp Objects
Sherlock
Silicon Valley
Six Feet Under
Slow Horses
Solar Opposites
South Park
Squid Game
Stath Lets Flats
Station Eleven
Stranger Things
Succession
Suits
Taskmaster
Ted Lasso
The Bear
The Boys
The End of The fecking World
The Good Place
The Last Dance
The Last Of Us
The Leftovers
The Mandalorian
The Night Of
The Office (both versions)
The Pacific
The Rehearsal
The Simpsons
The Sopranos
The Thick Of It
The Traitors
The West Wing
The Wire
The Witcher
This Country
Time
Veep
Walking Dead
Watchmen
Welcome To Wrexham
What We Do In The Shadows
White Lotus
Workaholics
Yellowjackets

I've seen some but stopped watching:

30 Rock
Abbott Elementary
Boardwalk Empire
Dahmer
Demon Slayer
Fargo
Gomorrah
Homeland
Money Heist
The Americans
The Sinner
True Detective
Westworld
You

Heard of but not really interested in:

Battlestar Galactica
Billions
Black Sails
Boba Fett
Bosch
Cobra Kai
Dopesick
Firefly
Goliath
Marvel stuff
Power
Star Trek
The Expanse
The Morning Show
Wheel Of Time
Yellowstone
Medical shows
Cowboy shows
Most of the shows set in eras I don't care about like Vikings, Rome, etc..

Aware of but not in the mood for just yet/plan to watch soon:

Three Body Problem
Mad Men
Shogun
The Shield
 

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Looking for new reccos. Updated my list, Ctrl F to see if it's there already.

I have already seen:

11.22.63
1899
24
24 Hours In Police Custody
Adventure Time
After Life
Alice In Borderland
All Of Us Are Dead
Always Sunny In Philadelphia
American Vandal
Andor
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Arcane
Archer
Arrested Development
Atlanta
Attack on Titan
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Baby Reindeer
Band of Brothers
Barry
Beef
Better Call Saul
Big Mouth
Blackbird
Black Books
Black Mirror
Blue Eye Samurai
Blue Lights
Bob's Burgers
Bojack Horseman
Breaking Bad
Brooklyn Nine Nine
Chernobyl
Chuck
Community
Cosmos
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Dark
Death's Game
Death Note
Detectorists
Detroiters
Devs
Dexter
Eric Andre Show
Explained
Fallout
Fleabag
Flight of the Conchords
For All Mankind
Futurama
Game of Thrones
Generation Kill
Hannibal
Happy
Happy Valley
House MD
House of Cards
House of The Dragon
How To With John Wilson
I Think You Should Leave
Inside No. 9
It's A Sin
Joe Pera Talks With You
Jury Duty
Last Week Tonight w/ John Oliver
Legend of Korra
Lost
LOTR: Rings Of Power
Love, Death & Robots
Mare of Easttown
Master of None
Mindhunter
Misfits
Modern Family
Mr Inbetween
Mr Mercedes
Mr Robot
Narcos
Nathan For You
One Punch Man
Only Murders In The Building
Oz
Ozark
Parks & Rec
Peep Show
Physical 100
Portlandia
Prison Break
Queen's Gambit
Race Across The World
Rectify
Review
Rick & Morty
Schitt's Creek
Scrubs
Severance
Sharp Objects
Sherlock
Silicon Valley
Six Feet Under
Slow Horses
Solar Opposites
South Park
Squid Game
Stath Lets Flats
Station Eleven
Stranger Things
Succession
Suits
Taskmaster
Ted Lasso
The Bear
The Boys
The End of The fecking World
The Good Place
The Last Dance
The Last Of Us
The Leftovers
The Mandalorian
The Night Of
The Office (both versions)
The Pacific
The Rehearsal
The Simpsons
The Sopranos
The Thick Of It
The Traitors
The West Wing
The Wire
The Witcher
This Country
Time
Veep
Walking Dead
Watchmen
Welcome To Wrexham
What We Do In The Shadows
White Lotus
Workaholics
Yellowjackets

I've seen some but stopped watching:

30 Rock
Abbott Elementary
Boardwalk Empire
Dahmer
Demon Slayer
Fargo
Gomorrah
Homeland
Money Heist
The Americans
The Sinner
True Detective
Westworld
You

Heard of but not really interested in:

Battlestar Galactica
Billions
Black Sails
Boba Fett
Bosch
Cobra Kai
Dopesick
Firefly
Goliath
Marvel stuff
Power
Star Trek
The Expanse
The Morning Show
Wheel Of Time
Yellowstone
Medical shows
Cowboy shows
Most of the shows set in eras I don't care about like Vikings, Rome, etc..

Aware of but not in the mood for just yet/plan to watch soon:

Three Body Problem
Mad Men
Shogun
The Shield
Where did you stop watching True Detective? If you haven't seen the 1st and 3rd seasons, I'd recommend.
 

Mike Smalling

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I've seen 1 and 2 I think.
I know there are differing opinions on this, but I thought season 3 was quite good. Not fantastic or anything, but definitely an enjoyable and self-contained detective story with a decent plot, good characters and performances.
 

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Looking for new reccos. Updated my list, Ctrl F to see if it's there already.

I have already seen:

11.22.63
1899
24
24 Hours In Police Custody
Adventure Time
After Life
Alice In Borderland
All Of Us Are Dead
Always Sunny In Philadelphia
American Vandal
Andor
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Arcane
Archer
Arrested Development
Atlanta
Attack on Titan
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Baby Reindeer
Band of Brothers
Barry
Beef
Better Call Saul
Big Mouth
Blackbird
Black Books
Black Mirror
Blue Eye Samurai
Blue Lights
Bob's Burgers
Bojack Horseman
Breaking Bad
Brooklyn Nine Nine
Chernobyl
Chuck
Community
Cosmos
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Dark
Death's Game
Death Note
Detectorists
Detroiters
Devs
Dexter
Eric Andre Show
Explained
Fallout
Fleabag
Flight of the Conchords
For All Mankind
Futurama
Game of Thrones
Generation Kill
Hannibal
Happy
Happy Valley
House MD
House of Cards
House of The Dragon
How To With John Wilson
I Think You Should Leave
Inside No. 9
It's A Sin
Joe Pera Talks With You
Jury Duty
Last Week Tonight w/ John Oliver
Legend of Korra
Lost
LOTR: Rings Of Power
Love, Death & Robots
Mare of Easttown
Master of None
Mindhunter
Misfits
Modern Family
Mr Inbetween
Mr Mercedes
Mr Robot
Narcos
Nathan For You
One Punch Man
Only Murders In The Building
Oz
Ozark
Parks & Rec
Peep Show
Physical 100
Portlandia
Prison Break
Queen's Gambit
Race Across The World
Rectify
Review
Rick & Morty
Schitt's Creek
Scrubs
Severance
Sharp Objects
Sherlock
Silicon Valley
Six Feet Under
Slow Horses
Solar Opposites
South Park
Squid Game
Stath Lets Flats
Station Eleven
Stranger Things
Succession
Suits
Taskmaster
Ted Lasso
The Bear
The Boys
The End of The fecking World
The Good Place
The Last Dance
The Last Of Us
The Leftovers
The Mandalorian
The Night Of
The Office (both versions)
The Pacific
The Rehearsal
The Simpsons
The Sopranos
The Thick Of It
The Traitors
The West Wing
The Wire
The Witcher
This Country
Time
Veep
Walking Dead
Watchmen
Welcome To Wrexham
What We Do In The Shadows
White Lotus
Workaholics
Yellowjackets

I've seen some but stopped watching:

30 Rock
Abbott Elementary
Boardwalk Empire
Dahmer
Demon Slayer
Fargo
Gomorrah
Homeland
Money Heist
The Americans
The Sinner
True Detective
Westworld
You

Heard of but not really interested in:

Battlestar Galactica
Billions
Black Sails
Boba Fett
Bosch
Cobra Kai
Dopesick
Firefly
Goliath
Marvel stuff
Power
Star Trek
The Expanse
The Morning Show
Wheel Of Time
Yellowstone
Medical shows
Cowboy shows
Most of the shows set in eras I don't care about like Vikings, Rome, etc..

Aware of but not in the mood for just yet/plan to watch soon:

Three Body Problem
Mad Men
Shogun
The Shield
Marianne on Netflix.
 

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Looking for new reccos. Updated my list, Ctrl F to see if it's there already.

I have already seen:

11.22.63
1899
24
24 Hours In Police Custody
Adventure Time
After Life
Alice In Borderland
All Of Us Are Dead
Always Sunny In Philadelphia
American Vandal
Andor
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Arcane
Archer
Arrested Development
Atlanta
Attack on Titan
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Baby Reindeer
Band of Brothers
Barry
Beef
Better Call Saul
Big Mouth
Blackbird
Black Books
Black Mirror
Blue Eye Samurai
Blue Lights
Bob's Burgers
Bojack Horseman
Breaking Bad
Brooklyn Nine Nine
Chernobyl
Chuck
Community
Cosmos
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Dark
Death's Game
Death Note
Detectorists
Detroiters
Devs
Dexter
Eric Andre Show
Explained
Fallout
Fleabag
Flight of the Conchords
For All Mankind
Futurama
Game of Thrones
Generation Kill
Hannibal
Happy
Happy Valley
House MD
House of Cards
House of The Dragon
How To With John Wilson
I Think You Should Leave
Inside No. 9
It's A Sin
Joe Pera Talks With You
Jury Duty
Last Week Tonight w/ John Oliver
Legend of Korra
Lost
LOTR: Rings Of Power
Love, Death & Robots
Mare of Easttown
Master of None
Mindhunter
Misfits
Modern Family
Mr Inbetween
Mr Mercedes
Mr Robot
Narcos
Nathan For You
One Punch Man
Only Murders In The Building
Oz
Ozark
Parks & Rec
Peep Show
Physical 100
Portlandia
Prison Break
Queen's Gambit
Race Across The World
Rectify
Review
Rick & Morty
Schitt's Creek
Scrubs
Severance
Sharp Objects
Sherlock
Silicon Valley
Six Feet Under
Slow Horses
Solar Opposites
South Park
Squid Game
Stath Lets Flats
Station Eleven
Stranger Things
Succession
Suits
Taskmaster
Ted Lasso
The Bear
The Boys
The End of The fecking World
The Good Place
The Last Dance
The Last Of Us
The Leftovers
The Mandalorian
The Night Of
The Office (both versions)
The Pacific
The Rehearsal
The Simpsons
The Sopranos
The Thick Of It
The Traitors
The West Wing
The Wire
The Witcher
This Country
Time
Veep
Walking Dead
Watchmen
Welcome To Wrexham
What We Do In The Shadows
White Lotus
Workaholics
Yellowjackets

I've seen some but stopped watching:

30 Rock
Abbott Elementary
Boardwalk Empire
Dahmer
Demon Slayer
Fargo
Gomorrah
Homeland
Money Heist
The Americans
The Sinner
True Detective
Westworld
You

Heard of but not really interested in:

Battlestar Galactica
Billions
Black Sails
Boba Fett
Bosch
Cobra Kai
Dopesick
Firefly
Goliath
Marvel stuff
Power
Star Trek
The Expanse
The Morning Show
Wheel Of Time
Yellowstone
Medical shows
Cowboy shows
Most of the shows set in eras I don't care about like Vikings, Rome, etc..

Aware of but not in the mood for just yet/plan to watch soon:

Three Body Problem
Mad Men
Shogun
The Shield
I don't see Tokyo Vice anywhere, you'd love it.

In the heard of but not interested bit, I think you'd love Dopesick, Goliath (season 1), Yellowstone (first few seasons), Rome.

Currently I'm enjoying Conan O Brien Must Go, good fun light watching.
 

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I don't see Tokyo Vice anywhere, you'd love it.

In the heard of but not interested bit, I think you'd love Dopesick, Goliath (season 1), Yellowstone (first few seasons), Rome.

Currently I'm enjoying Conan O Brien Must Go, good fun light watching.
Seems interesting enough.

Someone else recommended me Dopesick and I just stubbornly refused to even consider it, and I plan to continue that. Same with the others I think. It can even be really good but if the setting is cowboys/medical I find it hard to care.
 

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Seems interesting enough.

Someone else recommended me Dopesick and I just stubbornly refused to even consider it, and I plan to continue that. Same with the others I think. It can even be really good but if the setting is cowboys/medical I find it hard to care.
Dopesick is far more a legal drama/thriller than medical one.