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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2020 19:02:53 GMT -5
I applaud you for sticking through lol. I watch regularly until probably season 10... i dont think i've seen any of 13/14. 1-5 are the best I wish they had found a way to stop the God/Lucifer/Angel storyline because right now, it just seems like they're spinning their wheels. They should've come up with something else like Greek mythology or some lost civilization like Atlantis, Shangri-La, or El Dorado. Also, it wouldn't hurt to transport them out of North America and into some other land. omg yes. The angel storyline (and the Lucifer one too) should've ended sooooo long ago. I would've enjoyed Greek mythology so much. the dying/not dying bothers me. I think this is the last season, or next idk. but rightly so.
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Post by Wolfgang on Jan 7, 2020 14:09:27 GMT -5
This is Us
Started watching the first season. Surprising twists that I NEVER saw coming -- one in each of the first three episodes. That's where I am. When I first skimmed the summary on the DVD, it said "family drama" and my immediate reaction was "boring..." but actually, it's quite good.
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Post by dgo on Jan 8, 2020 9:33:21 GMT -5
Since azvb and some others are fans of musical theater, will anyone try to catch the new show on NBC tomorrow, Zoey's Exceptional Playlist? It was promoted on the Golden Globes show in commercials and I had not heard of it before then. Watched it last night with my daughter. I may watch it again, but won't be too distraught if I miss it. After the first 20 minutes, my opinion (as stated to my daughter) was "undecided, but leaning negative." By the end, my opinion was "undecided but neutral." She had similar feelings. Probably not the kind of response they're hoping for since we're both in their demographic wheelhouse. And I saw what I can only assume was supposed to be a big twist coming from a mile away. I predicted it very early in the episode. When I did, my daughter asked if I thought they would do it in the pilot, and I predicted that they would because they always try to have a big hook in the first episode.
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Post by bbg95 on Jan 8, 2020 9:56:40 GMT -5
This is Us Started watching the first season. Surprising twists that I NEVER saw coming -- one in each of the first three episodes. That's where I am. When I first skimmed the summary on the DVD, it said "family drama" and my immediate reaction was "boring..." but actually, it's quite good. Yeah, the first season is really good. I still need to catch up on the subsequent seasons (I got about halfway through Season 2, and then I must have gotten distracted by something else). There's just too many entertainment options to keep up with everything.
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Post by v0lleym0m on Jan 10, 2020 17:59:17 GMT -5
A friend recommended "Messiah" (Netflix) and I am about five episodes in and may binge the rest of it this weekend. Really good. You really have to work through the subtitles the first episode or two but then that becomes fewer and farer in between.
Subtitles don't bug me too too much but I know it was hard for Volleydad to follow along.
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Post by bbk on Jan 11, 2020 11:28:14 GMT -5
Did anyone see the Live from a Studio Audience? Jimmy Kimmel and Norman Lear presented shows that were unchanged from the original scripts. I saw both shows which are about an hour to 90 minuites. They featured 2 All in the Family episodes, 1 from The Jeffersons and 1 from Good Times. The actors ranged from Woody Harrelson, Jamie Foxx, Viola Davis, Marisa Tomei. A fun trip to the 70's.
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Post by Wolfgang on Jan 20, 2020 3:58:50 GMT -5
Detectorists (s1)
Not bad. Funny show. Not funny in a burst-your-belly ha ha way. But funny.
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Post by Wolfgang on Jan 20, 2020 3:59:25 GMT -5
Taboo
The Tom Hardy series. Another good one. Only watched one episode, however.
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Post by volleylearner on Jan 20, 2020 12:35:17 GMT -5
Murder Call (1997), Prime Video: Traditional cop whodunit with somewhat expanded set of characters set in Australia. Enjoyable (for me to make it through all the episodes of a show is unusual), though by the last few episodes they clearly felt a need to make the murders more disgusting to keep people's interest.
Virgin River (2019), Netflix: Watched all of Season 1 but doubtful I'll keep going when Season 2 comes out. Started out well but half-way through the season decided to be more of a soap opera than a drama with reasonable characters. Guess that's why I don't read romance novels.
Danger Man (a.k.a. Secret Agent), Prime Video: Finished "Series 1" (39 half-hour episodes) and just started Series 2 (hour-long, better music). Shows its age in production, but still quite enjoyable.
[As an aside, the whole Series/Season thing with foreign shows has me pretty baffled. Seems like it is probably just a funding concept and unrelated to anything else.]
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Post by azvb on Jan 22, 2020 11:29:39 GMT -5
Since azvb and some others are fans of musical theater, will anyone try to catch the new show on NBC tomorrow, Zoey's Exceptional Playlist? It was promoted on the Golden Globes show in commercials and I had not heard of it before then. I watched the first episode last night. It got old fast, but I got more interested by the end. I’ll give it a chance.
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Post by yoda on Jan 22, 2020 16:48:07 GMT -5
Since azvb and some others are fans of musical theater, will anyone try to catch the new show on NBC tomorrow, Zoey's Exceptional Playlist? It was promoted on the Golden Globes show in commercials and I had not heard of it before then. I watched the first episode last night. It got old fast, but I got more interested by the end. I’ll give it a chance. I got about half way through it but could not stay with it.
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Post by jayj79 on Jan 23, 2020 1:32:24 GMT -5
[As an aside, the whole Series/Season thing with foreign shows has me pretty baffled. Seems like it is probably just a funding concept and unrelated to anything else.] are you talking about how the Brits will sometimes refer to "series 2" where as Yanks would call it "season 2"? (though they're starting to use the term "season" across the pond more and more now). or are you referring to something else?
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Post by mikegarrison on Jan 23, 2020 4:40:26 GMT -5
British television just seems to work differently. US "seasons" are almost always 22 episodes (or 13 for a half-season), and British "series" are usually anywhere from 4-10 episodes. US cable/streaming shows actually seem to follow more of a British model, usually.
Typically a US "season" is written expecting (or at least hoping for) an extension for another year, while British "series" are often written to be mostly stand-alone. Successful shows do usually get another series (or many, many more series, like Doctor Who), but most of the time if you watch one that didn't get renewed it's not the abrupt "what happened?" situation that many non-renewed American shows suffer.
For US shows, traditionally the goal was to get at least five seasons, which would give them a supply of 110 episodes. This was enough to be attractive to the syndication market because it allowed independent stations to show an episode every week without needing to repeat episodes for a couple of years.
Of course the whole "syndication" market is gone now, replaced first by VCRs, then DVDs, then streaming on-demand. And independent over-the-air stations are mostly gone now too, replaced by cable and streaming channels.
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Post by bbg95 on Jan 23, 2020 10:28:18 GMT -5
British television just seems to work differently. US "seasons" are almost always 22 episodes (or 13 for a half-season), and British "series" are usually anywhere from 4-10 episodes. US cable/streaming shows actually seem to follow more of a British model, usually. Typically a US "season" is written expecting (or at least hoping for) an extension for another year, while British "series" are often written to be mostly stand-alone. Successful shows do usually get another series (or many, many more series, like Doctor Who), but most of the time if you watch one that didn't get renewed it's not the abrupt "what happened?" situation that many non-renewed American shows suffer. For US shows, traditionally the goal was to get at least five seasons, which would give them a supply of 110 episodes. This was enough to be attractive to the syndication market because it allowed independent stations to show an episode every week without needing to repeat episodes for a couple of years. Of course the whole "syndication" market is gone now, replaced first by VCRs, then DVDs, then streaming on-demand. And independent over-the-air stations are mostly gone now too, replaced by cable and streaming channels. For network television in the US, you are right, but 13 or fewer episodes has been the model for prestige cable shows for a while now.
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Post by azvb on Jan 23, 2020 12:13:32 GMT -5
Last season for Schitt’s Creek. Moira has joined Liz Lemon and Leslie Knope as my all time favorite characters. Phyllis and Kelly Kapoor are in there, too.
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