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General => Misc. Fun Stuff => Topic started by: AVSJason on December 30, 2019, 05:56:04 PM
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I find people asking me for recommendations on shows to watch, especially those I like to binge. I recently watched the first season of Watchmen, and His Dark Materials both of which I really enjoyed. They have some serious themes that can be relevant in our current society, while providing an interesting story line that kept me wanting more. When I am looking for something a bit more on the lighter side I like goofy comedies especially mockumentaries like People Just Do Nothing, Norseman and Man Like Mobeen. What are some good shows people on here like to watch?
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I'm about 2 episodes away from finishing 3 seasons of Sneaky Pete on Amazon. I find it pretty compelling and fun, and impossible to predict how things are going to turn out, which helps maintain the tension.
Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, also on Amazon, was a real treat.
On Netflix, I thought Atypical was quite well done.
Then there's The Americans which was hard to turn off!
Jack Ryan is another good one.
Will be interested in recommendations from others!
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Schitts Creek (Netflix--give it a few episodes and you'll grow to love the characters)
Derry Girls (Netlix -- Irish comedy that's set in the early 1990s. Put on subtitles if you have a hard time with the accents)
Breaking Bad
Better Call Saul
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I've pretty much only binge watched Homeland, and the series Band of Brothers and The Pacific. But the few network shows on cable we've watched over the last few years ( Bones, Revolution, Extant, Under The Dome, Salvation ) we have DVR'd multiple weeks worth and then roll through them a bunch of episodes in a row.
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I'm about 2 episodes away from finishing 3 seasons of Sneaky Pete on Amazon. I find it pretty compelling and fun, and impossible to predict how things are going to turn out, which helps maintain the tension.
Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, also on Amazon, was a real treat.
On Netflix, I thought Atypical was quite well done.
Then there's The Americans which was hard to turn off!
Jack Ryan is another good one.
Will be interested in recommendations from others!
I am about to start Sneaky Pete, I like Goivanni Ribisi. I cant really think of anything I have seen him in I didnt like. Good Omen on Amazon was very entertaining, I also like Carnival Row. I havent checked out Jack Ryan yet, I still just see Jim from the office every time I see it in the listing lol
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I am about to start Sneaky Pete, I like Goivanni Ribisi. I cant really think of anything I have seen him in I didnt like. Good Omen on Amazon was very entertaining, I also like Carnival Row. I havent checked out Jack Ryan yet, I still just see Jim from the office every time I see it in the listing lol
Carnival Row was quite good as well, as well as Good Omens.
Definitely understand your reaction to Jim/Jack Ryan, but he comes across quite credibly here, so could shake off his other persona pretty easily!:)
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Schitts Creek (Netflix--give it a few episodes and you'll grow to love the characters)
Derry Girls (Netlix -- Irish comedy that's set in the early 1990s. Put on subtitles if you have a hard time with the accents)
Breaking Bad
Better Call Saul
Schitts Creek was a great find, I agree give it a couple episodes and you will feel like your watching a real family completely out of their element. It took me probably three seasons to realize the son is actually Eugene Levys son in real life. I havent seen Derry Girls yet but its on my list, I really like the Uk comedy genre for some reason. Breaking Bad and Better Caul Saul are great too, I havent seen El Camino but thats on the movie list. Brain Cranston tends to bring his A game whatever he is in, I have been a fan of his since Malcolm in the Middle.
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Carnival Row was quite good as well, as well as Good Omens.
Definitely understand your reaction to Jim/Jack Ryan, but he comes across quite credibly here, so could shake off his other persona pretty easily!:)
Ill give it a look at some point, we are currently living in a golden age of content so its hard to see it all :). If the worst problem I encounter in the new year is an abundance of viewing content Ill call it a good year.
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Ones I watched and liked.
Carnival Row
Sneaky Pete
Good Omens
Breaking Bad
Jack Ryan
Americans
Outlander
Lost In Space
Zoo
Soundtrack
The Crown
Into the Badlands
There are more, I just can't remember them all.
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Into the Badlands was very good, I wish there were going to be more episodes. It ended at a good point in the story where they certainly could have given more but it was also a good spot to stop. AMC has come out with some good shows over the past few years.
A couple more shows I thought that I find binge worthy,
- Always Sunny In Philadelphia (Its hard to say my favorite show but this always gets brought up)
- Peaky Blinders
- Dexter
- Banshee
- Penny Dreadful
- The Wire
- Veep
- Shameless
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Schitts Creek was a great find, I agree give it a couple episodes and you will feel like your watching a real family completely out of their element. It took me probably three seasons to realize the son is actually Eugene Levys son in real life. I havent seen Derry Girls yet but its on my list, I really like the Uk comedy genre for some reason. Breaking Bad and Better Caul Saul are great too, I havent seen El Camino but thats on the movie list. Brain Cranston tends to bring his A game whatever he is in, I have been a fan of his since Malcolm in the Middle.
Jason, did you know the waitress in Eugene Levy's daughter? It's a total family affair...read the credits and see how many Levy's there are. For us, every episode is LOL funny.
I'll also give a second endorsement for the following shows:
Lost in Space (Netflix)
The Crown (Netflix)
The Man in the High Castle (Amazon)
Outlander (Starz - (first 3 seasons streaming on Netflix)
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Jason, did you know the waitress in Eugene Levy's daughter? It's a total family affair...read the credits and see how many Levy's there are. For us, every episode is LOL funny.
I'll also give a second endorsement for the following shows:
Lost in Space (Netflix)
The Crown (Netflix)
The Man in the High Castle (Amazon)
Outlander (Starz - (first 3 seasons streaming on Netflix)
No I didnt know that about his daughter being the waitress, I will have to pay attention to the credits for once. The show is very funny, I have been a big Eugene Levy fan since I saw Dog Show years ago. His eyebrows kill me, he looks like two caterpillars fell asleep one his forehead. Its interesting to see how so many people in tv and movies are related.
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Into the Badlands was very good, I wish there were going to be more episodes. It ended at a good point in the story where they certainly could have given more but it was also a good spot to stop. AMC has come out with some good shows over the past few years.
A couple more shows I thought that I find binge worthy,
- Always Sunny In Philadelphia (Its hard to say my favorite show but this always gets brought up)
- Peaky Blinders
- Dexter
- Banshee
- Penny Dreadful
- The Wire
- Veep
- Shameless
I have seen those also. Liked most of them.
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One show that has not been listed is Letterkenny. It is a short 30 min. show with 6 episodes per season and season 8 has just come out. It is on Hulu. Bring the redneck out in everyone.
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One show that has not been listed is Letterkenny. It is a short 30 min. show with 6 episodes per season and season 8 has just come out. It is on Hulu. Bring the redneck out in everyone.
I have watched most of Letterkenny. Some of the Canadian humor was funny.
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Ones I watched and liked.
Zoo
There are more, I just can't remember them all.
This is an old mini series (Our Zoo) that I really had hoped it would continue. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3620824/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3620824/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)
Another outstanding show. Ozark Jason Bateman just fits this series.
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This is an old mini series (Our Zoo) that I really had hoped it would continue. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3620824/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3620824/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)
Another outstanding show. Ozark Jason Bateman just fits this series.
Ozark. Forgot about that one. Really liked that one. Wish they would do another season. :)
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Ozark. Forgot about that one. Really liked that one. Wish they would do another season. :)
Ozark was good, I think they have plans to do a couple more seasons but Im not sure when. I know Jason Bateman just did a show with HBO called the Outsider, which I will be checking out once its released.
Over the past couple years I have become more a fan of animated series, I really like shows like Archer, Venture Brothers, F is for Family, Troll Hunters, 3 Below to name a few.
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The German science fiction time travel series Dark on Netflix. It is almost a requirement to binge in order to keep track of who is who in each timeline.
I found the English language dub to be horrible but I prefer to watch original language with subtitles anyway. Plus the German language version has Atmos audio while the dubbed version does not. Two seasons so far. The end of the second seems to point to a new direction for a possible third.
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Surprised nobody has mentioned The Expanse, which is GREAT SF. Based on the book series by James SA Corey (pen name for Daniel Abraham & Ty Franck - currently at 8 with the concluding 9th volume arriving later this year - this is not George RR Martin ???::) ). Ran on Syfy for 3 seasons then canceled but Amazon, which already had streaming rights, snapped it up quickly. Jeff Bezos is a big fan so it's likely this gets a full run of the books. S4 dropped in Dec 19 so there aren't a huge number of episodes to catch up - 46. The first few eps do take a little bit of work figuring out the characters and universe. Very worth the learning curve though and some big "wow" moments.
Second/third/whatever on some other shows - Carnival Row, Homeland, Breaking Bad & Better Call Saul, Penny Dreadful, Dexter (warning - finale is close to GoT in frustratingly bad series endings). Wife & I have been loving Schitts Creek - as mentioned it took a couple of episodes to get the characters but they are hysterical once it clicks.
Billions is another I've really enjoyed. S5 just started but I only finished S4 a few weeks ago and it was fantastic with an incredible setup for S5.
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Speaking of dubbed foreign productions... Money Heist, but only the first 2 seasons. Really clever and "wheels within wheels" heist plot and interesting characters. The English dubbing of the original Spanish production is quite good. Apparently it was designed as a limited series, which makes total sense given the premise, but it was so successful that Neflix took over for more. Well, S3 IMO just went way over the top with a bunch of stuff off the track of the original that I couldn't stomach (super aggressive character conflict and extremely in your face sexual rants as opposed to very intricately planned events) and I'm told S4 is more of the same. So, watch 2 seasons and enjoy a good story.
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Been streaming a lot the last 40 some odd days -
Picard - wife and I loved it.
Homeland - Season 8. Great end to a great series.
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel - I enjoyed all three seasons. Great show.
Tales From The Loop - both my wife and I really liked this show. Interesting slow burn sci fi !
Jack Ryan - I'm watching it now. Excellent story and great production values like Homeland.
Going to give Electric Dreams a try.
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We just finished Season 8 of Homeland (didn't love it as much as Chris did...I found the final 3 episodes frustrating).
Our new show is "The Ranch" on Netflix. Sam Elliott is one of the stars (along with Austin Kutcher and Danny Masterson). I've never been a fan of Kutcher (never watched "That 70's Show") but have always liked Elliott. We are in Season 4 now and really enjoy it. It's more of a "Dramedy" than a comedy, but it has a lot of LOL moments. Only negatives is there are ample drug references (that don't really need to be there) and to say this family has a drinking problem would be an understatement! Regardless, give it a look.
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Ozark was good, I think they have plans to do a couple more seasons but Im not sure when. I know Jason Bateman just did a show with HBO called the Outsider, which I will be checking out once its released.
Over the past couple years I have become more a fan of animated series, I really like shows like Archer, Venture Brothers, F is for Family, Troll Hunters, 3 Below to name a few.
Jason, you mention animated series. We are still watching Avatar: The Last Airbender, which is pretty well done. My kids loved it when they were younger and encouraged us to watch it.
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We just finished Season 8 of Homeland (didn't love it as much as Chris did...I found the final 3 episodes frustrating).
I can definitely see that and we did a bit too - like a lot of shows I think they were struggling a bit with how to get where they wanted to go and did a couple of things that seemed contrived and not in character. That said... I'm also a big fan of Kamasi Washington and seeing him get an extended cameo playing live and introducing his entire 9 person ensemble was one of the most amazing music cameos I've ever seen. Someone there really likes Kamasi - they've used his music before.
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We just finished Season 8 of Homeland (didn't love it as much as Chris did...I found the final 3 episodes frustrating).
Our new show is "The Ranch" on Netflix. Sam Elliott is one of the stars (along with Austin Kutcher and Danny Masterson). I've never been a fan of Kutcher (never watched "That 70's Show") but have always liked Elliott. We are in Season 4 now and really enjoy it. It's more of a "Dramedy" than a comedy, but it has a lot of LOL moments. Only negatives is there are ample drug references (that don't really need to be there) and to say this family has a drinking problem would be an understatement! Regardless, give it a look.
Agree with you on Homeland. My wife and I loved The Ranch too until a wtf just happened moment that we had to Google. Pretty much downhill from there.
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Agree with you on Homeland. My wife and I loved The Ranch too until a wtf just happened moment that we had to Google. Pretty much downhill from there.
Oh no...something NOT to look forward to in The Ranch? Hopefully it's in Season 8!
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Oh no...something NOT to look forward to in The Ranch? Hopefully it's in Season 8!
Unfortunately not...
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Unfortunately not...
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What season are you in? I think season 3 (or Part 5) is when it “jumps the shark”. In writers defense, their hand was forced to some extent.
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Jason, you mention animated series. We are still watching Avatar: The Last Airbender, which is pretty well done. My kids loved it when they were younger and encouraged us to watch it.
I havent seen that series, I did see the movie and I enjoyed that. I think I have another show to add to my list. I recently watched the first season of Solar Opposites, its from the same guys who do Rick and Morty. Its a very strange show but I tend to like those.
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What season are you in? I think season 3 (or Part 5) is when it “jumps the shark”. In writers defense, their hand was forced to some extent.
I think we are on Episode 7, Part 4 (almost done with Season 2).
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I think we are on Episode 7, Part 4 (almost done with Season 2).
Yep, I just checked and it’s Part 5 so enjoy it while it lasts! Haha
By the way, I tend to be opinionated so I asked my wife again what she thought and she agrees parts 1-4.5 are way better!
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Yep, I just checked and it’s Part 5 so enjoy it while it lasts! Haha
By the way, I tend to be opinionated so I asked my wife again what she thought and she agrees parts 1-4.5 are way better!
Good to know...if we don't like the turn it takes are you saying it's better not to watch it? Is it a complete waste of time?
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I'm really enjoying Jack Ryan. It's taken the place of Homeland now that it's over.
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Good to know...if we don't like the turn it takes are you saying it's better not to watch it? Is it a complete waste of time?
No, not a complete waste but I’m slightly OCD about finishing even bad shows. Happy to discuss in more detail once you reach that point!
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One show that has not been listed is Letterkenny. It is a short 30 min. show with 6 episodes per season and season 8 has just come out. It is on Hulu. Bring the redneck out in everyone.
Letterkenny is a great show, it makes me think of a strange mix of Trailer Park Boys meets Always Sunny. The dialogue is so snappy and the basic dynamic that the worlds consists of three types of people, hicks, skids and jocks makes for some entertaining episodes.
Has anyone seen the Netflix series Ragnarok?
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Letterkenny is a great show, it makes me think of a strange mix of Trailer Park Boys meets Always Sunny. The dialogue is so snappy and the basic dynamic that the worlds consists of three types of people, hicks, skids and jocks makes for some entertaining episodes.
Has anyone seen the Netflix series Ragnarok?
Yes, watched that when it first came out. Waiting for season 2.
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What season are you in? I think season 3 (or Part 5) is when it “jumps the shark”. In writers defense, their hand was forced to some extent.
Down to the final 3 episodes. I see exactly what you mean...the show is damn depressing now with a few laughs mixed in. Another thing, the writers really show their disdain for middle-America with this show. Literally every character is a drunk or drug addict. Pretty sad.
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What we do in the Shadows (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7908628/) Not what I had expected. Thought it had some really funny ideas and loved all the episodes. Give it a look see for your self. on HULU
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Yes, watched that when it first came out. Waiting for season 2.
I finally got around to watching it, I enjoyed it. I was expecting a Marvel Thor as a teen kind of theme but was pleasantly surprised with it being a closer tie to the Norse Mythology. I watched it with subtitles to start and tried out the dubbed English, dubbed over dialogue has come a long way since the old Kung Fu movies I remember.