Awful television, borderline left-wing propaganda. In fairness so was The West Wing, but at least that had some artistic worth.
Television Anyone recommend me any TV Shows?
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Awful television, borderline left-wing propaganda. In fairness so was The West Wing, but at least that had some artistic worth.
Utopia, british thriller/dark comedy/drama. really fecking good.
Quite enjoyed the first series of The Bridge, US version. Not able to get into the second series at all. Maybe just way I'm feeling just now, cannot settle with anything. But the story doesn't seem to be quite as engaging. If I had to recommend a series to follow it would be Life On Mars and Ashes to Ashes. Great writing, elements of comedy, real British drama, excellent cast. So clever and easy to watch, amazing attention to detail from the music to the setting, to even the language. Brilliant. Ever seeking something that has its balance and quality
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Battlestar Galactica
Really liking Fargo, I'm on episode 6 now and it's one of the best new shows I've seen for a while. 8/10 show for sure, is it wraps up well that could reach to a 9/10.
Just finished Vikings season 2 recently, really entertaining and worth a watch if you like a bit of action and don't mind a vague history lesson.
Also recently got into Hannibal, great thriller, very dark and intelligent.
Also recently got into Hannibal, great thriller, very dark and intelligent.
I watched the first three seasons of Boardwalk Empire then just stopped. I kinda enjoyed it but at that time, I was also watching GOT and Breaking Bad so it kind of fell behind. I never picked it up again.
Is it worth getting back into season 4 considering I thought of it as okay? Does it stay the same level, get worse or ideally get better?
Is it worth getting back into season 4 considering I thought of it as okay? Does it stay the same level, get worse or ideally get better?
I'm not enjoying BG as much as I thought I would, given how hyped up it is and how highly it had been recommended to me. I think it's good, just not that good. Still waiting to finish it before I have a final opinion though.
The Wire will apparently get an HD restoration treatment by HBO. Guess it was good idea to save myself and go the-wire-virgin for that eventuality.
Finished Rescue Me recently. Really enjoyed it.
Strange to have a show with such an unlikeable protagonist though. Tommy Gavin is an asshole but the show works. Loads of great offensive humour too.
Strange to have a show with such an unlikeable protagonist though. Tommy Gavin is an asshole but the show works. Loads of great offensive humour too.
I would definitely watch season 4 it is good and it seems to set up season 5 which will be the last one. From the trailers it looks amazing and seems like many stories are going to come full circle in an explosive fashion.
Thanks that's all I needed to know. Will resume once I'm done with season 1 of the Shield
Great series but a pace that will lose most viewers - I've been really impressed with how strong it has been
Where have you heard this mate? Was going too re-watch it soon but I guess I'll wait!
I gave up after season 3. Does it still give a unforgivable amount of screen time to the most boring characters on the show despite showing very little of some of the most interesting mob figures in American history ?
Here are couple of sources...
http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/the-wire-remastered-hbo-1201296048/
http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/09/02/hbo-the-wire-remastering/
Reading about some people wanting 16:9, hope they don't mess with that. It's made with 4:3 in mind, if they go 16:9 route, we might see a lot of shitty cropping jobs.
I'd say we see a bit more of the mob side to show in season 4. Apparently there was plans for a spin off that followed Luciano and Lansky so the writers didn't feel they had to dwell on the mob side too much. But now it has been limited to 5 seasons I doubt we will see the spin off.
Season 5 however does look like it will be the best of the lot. So for that I would give season 4 a try.
My Top 3:
Breaking Bad (best Episode: "Ozymandias")
Game of Thrones (best Episode so far: "The Rains of Castamere")
Sons of Anarchy (best Episode so far: "Laying Pipe")
I have watched episodes 3 and 4 of the fifth season of SoA yesterday and I have to say after watching These epsiodes I have to put the Show in the same bracket as BB and GoT in my personal ranking. Still completely shocked.
Great Shows not far behind: Vikings, Rome, The Shield
I also like Shows like Gilmore Girls, One Tree Hill, Dawsons Creek, Everwood etc.
Credit to OC California - I did a rewatch with my wifey and the first 3 seasons of this Show are really great. Calling it just another teenage Soap opera would not do this Show any justice.
Most People are calling "The Wire" the best Show of all time. I stopped at the beginning of season 3 as I found it too boring.
Nest on my to buy list are probably Deadwood and True Detective. Maybe band of Brothers as well...
Breaking Bad (best Episode: "Ozymandias")
Game of Thrones (best Episode so far: "The Rains of Castamere")
Sons of Anarchy (best Episode so far: "Laying Pipe")
I have watched episodes 3 and 4 of the fifth season of SoA yesterday and I have to say after watching These epsiodes I have to put the Show in the same bracket as BB and GoT in my personal ranking. Still completely shocked.
Great Shows not far behind: Vikings, Rome, The Shield
I also like Shows like Gilmore Girls, One Tree Hill, Dawsons Creek, Everwood etc.
Credit to OC California - I did a rewatch with my wifey and the first 3 seasons of this Show are really great. Calling it just another teenage Soap opera would not do this Show any justice.
Most People are calling "The Wire" the best Show of all time. I stopped at the beginning of season 3 as I found it too boring.
Nest on my to buy list are probably Deadwood and True Detective. Maybe band of Brothers as well...
We have the same taste.
I've been watching Freaks and Geeks this week. Can I sue them for stealing my life story before I lived it? It's fantastic, especially because it hits close to home. 
The shield is pure gold. It gets better every season
Anyone seen Hell on Wheels? I love it. It's abit like a railway era gritty western, with good characters and development.
Can't go wrong with any of those. All three are in my top 10. However, if you found The Wire somewhat boring, I don't know if you'd necessarily like Deadwood. Band of Brothers is probably a little more up your alley; a lot of action and a lot of emotion, without either becoming too melodramatic. Plus, its only ten episodes, unlike Deadwood which has 30+ episodes
I've been watching Freaks and Geeks this week. Can I sue them for stealing my life story before I lived it? It's fantastic, especially because it hits close to home.
You a freak or a geek?
It's definitely one of those shows that is completely relatable. Even the stuff that isn't right out of my own experiences still has something all too personal about it. I've never played Dungeons and Dragons before, but that scene when they all play it, I don't know, there's something really funny and touching about it, still one of my favourites
Definitely geek. Sam's love life is disturbingly similar to mine. I haven't finished it yet so I don't know if there's a happy ending or what (just finished the Neal ventriloquist episode), but I even did something similar to the mascot thing hoping to impress a girl, though not quite so bad. At the same time, it was much worse.
Also, I wasn't quite as nerdy as the geeks.
I've watched two episodes of Hawaii Five-O now and I love it
The scenery, colours and filming are gorgeous as well
The scenery, colours and filming are gorgeous as well
Are you watching season 4? I've not bothered after not really enjoying season 3, which felt like the writers had expected to be cancelled and had to throw together some stories, especially as the season 2 finale was the perfect way to end the show.
Lilly Bell is almost certainly perfect though.
Yes, I hated the season 2 finale, dramatic as it was, and felt like not bothering to watch the show thereafter. Needless to say, I did and I actually quite liked season three, probably due to low expectations. The episode before the finale was gold however the finale itself was very disappointing and I now hate the direction season 4 is taking and I have only watched the first episode thus far but I feel like it may be leading to something big(hopefully).
Indeed, Lily bell is one fine piece of work. She reminds me somewhat of Scarlet Johansson, except prettier.
AMC have a Walking Dead spin off planned for next year.
Anyone tried Knick or Outlander yet? Both getting good reviews.
Yeah, only seen the pilots for both but enjoyed both of them.
I quite like The Knick, but it is quite slow, and I think for you to really enjoy it you'd ideally have some knowledge of medicine or at least be interested in it.
Another spinoff after the Breaking Bad spinoff?
So much for that golden era of cable television. Guess it's Amazon and Netflix left to rescue it (aside from HBO, obviously)...
I ventured into this thread to get a suggestions but there are so many different tv shows on the last page itself.
Just watched The Runaway a 6-episode series about sort of gang/crime set in the 60s-70s London. Stars Jack O'Connell and I found it really good. Jack is a fantastic actor imo.
Amazon are putting out some really interesting original shows. Just watched five pilots these last few days of 'Red Oakwoods' (coming of age comedy drama set in early 80s), Hysteria (about a the outbreak of a disease spread by social media, sounds lame but the pilot was promising), Hand of God (about morally corrupt Judge on downward spiral of vigilante justice supposedly ordered by God himself, starring Ron Perlman of Hellboy) and 'Really' (drama) and 'The Cosopolitans'. One of these will be dropped as Amazon are seeking feedback by subscribers to help pick which shows will be continued. In addition to other shows they have like 'Bosch' and the upcoming family drama 'Transparent' (excellent pilot btw, show is created by Jill Solloway who also created the critically acclaimed HBO show 'Six Feet Under) they might be doing too much at once. The competition with Netflix is heating up and I like it
Has anyone here watched both Borgia shows? The showtime one (the Borgias) that was cancelled after season 3 and the Canal plus/Netflix one (Borgia) shot on location in Italy and the Czech republic? I liked both shows but I give the Canal plus one the edge, just.
I need a new show to watch.
Just blitz watched all of Person of Interest to date. Seen Breaking Bad, Sopranos, Fargo, Arrested Development, Parks and Rec, Rectify and a lot of others which I can't remember.
Just blitz watched all of Person of Interest to date. Seen Breaking Bad, Sopranos, Fargo, Arrested Development, Parks and Rec, Rectify and a lot of others which I can't remember.
Spartacus or Game of Thrones.
Seen both too