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Post by Wolfgang on Jun 25, 2015 15:28:14 GMT -5
Mildred Pierce
Kate Winslet, Guy Pierce, Evan Rachel Wood. I'd rate it 3/5 stars. Slightly better than mediocre. At 5 episodes, this miniseries is somewhat long. I pity people who are drawn to parasites. They are unable to see that their significant others and relatives are either leeches or simply godawful people.
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Post by tomclen on Jun 26, 2015 10:47:41 GMT -5
We started watching Sons of Anarchy a few weeks ago. My wife stopped after just 1 1/2 episodes. Not her thing.
I kept watching, thinking this could be Soproanos on bikes. Just started season 2 and I'm more disappointed each episode. I keep waiting for it to get good. But it just doesn't have the drama and realism of Sopranos. Frankly is a little hokey and almost stupid at times. (IMO.) I may give it a few more episodes, hoping it will improve.
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Post by gnu2vball on Jul 9, 2015 17:45:29 GMT -5
Third season of Ray Donovan started well. It's on freeview, I think. Ian McShane might have a recurring role.
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Post by tomclen on Jul 10, 2015 15:05:51 GMT -5
Finally got to see this. Loved the show up until the last episode... I agreed, it seems like the writers could not come up with an ending worthy of the fantastic build-ups. Just finished watching True Detective season 1. Agree on the final episode. The entire series was great. Very realistic. Real human dialogue. Great character development. Everything seemed so believable. One of the best TV dramas ever. But, (SPOILER!) that final episode just seemed totally unrealistic. You can not have someone stab you in the stomach and then pick you up off the ground with the knife and hold you off the ground for 45 seconds and still live...and not only live, but have the strength to repeatedly head-but your assailant?!?! That is just impossible to believe. And the arrival of dozens of cops so quickly was also unrealistic...especially since the two investigative detectives thought Rust was a whacko. Why suddenly are they going to scramble the entire department? Great show for 7 1/2 episodes. Then it was 20 minutes of typical TV fantasy horse-crap.
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Post by gnu2vball on Jul 10, 2015 18:15:23 GMT -5
I agreed, it seems like the writers could not come up with an ending worthy of the fantastic build-ups. Just finished watching True Detective season 1. Agree on the final episode. The entire series was great. Very realistic. Real human dialogue. Great character development. Everything seemed so believable. One of the best TV dramas ever. But, (SPOILER!) that final episode just seemed totally unrealistic. You can not have someone stab you in the stomach and then pick you up off the ground with the knife and hold you off the ground for 45 seconds and still live...and not only live, but have the strength to repeatedly head-but your assailant?!?! That is just impossible to believe. And the arrival of dozens of cops so quickly was also unrealistic...especially since the two investigative detectives thought Rust was a whacko. Why suddenly are they going to scramble the entire department? Great show for 7 1/2 episodes. Then it was 20 minutes of typical TV fantasy horse-crap. Good summary.
Season "2" - an entirely different storyline is also good. ALTHOUGH, the first episode is off-putting. There are a lot of characters to introduce and it's hard to see any connection. Episode two brings things together and by episode three it's really humming along. Vince Vaughn can do a lot more than comedy. What season 1 did for Louisiana tourism, this one does for LA.
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Post by OptimusPrime on Jul 10, 2015 23:38:05 GMT -5
Falling Skies (s3) What a sucky series. S1 was good! S2 sucked bad! S3, I think even the cast gave up acting!
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Post by Edmond on Jul 12, 2015 1:40:39 GMT -5
Wayward Pines
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Post by X-Play on Jul 12, 2015 14:48:58 GMT -5
Mr.Robot is only on it's third episode but it is very good so far.
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Post by WahineFan44 on Jul 18, 2015 18:08:32 GMT -5
Watched Terra Nova on netflix, got canceled after one season, but the one season was great IMO. I like dystopian shows, so I guess Im a little biased.
I am excited for the walking dead spin off though, it looks great
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Post by mikegarrison on Jul 18, 2015 18:18:28 GMT -5
Watched Terra Nova on netflix, got canceled after one season, but the one season was great IMO. I like dystopian shows, so I guess Im a little biased. It was OK. Started well, I thought, but took a left turn into Lost-style obfuscation and conspiracy drama.
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Post by WahineFan44 on Jul 18, 2015 18:28:06 GMT -5
Watched Terra Nova on netflix, got canceled after one season, but the one season was great IMO. I like dystopian shows, so I guess Im a little biased. It was OK. Started well, I thought, but took a left turn into Lost-style obfuscation and conspiracy drama. True. Didn't like the conspiracy part of it, with the company coming back in time. Felt they rushed that too much. Should of made the first season about exploring the land. It had great potential. I also think they could of developed the characters better, especially the oldest daughter and her boyfriend.
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Post by mikegarrison on Jul 18, 2015 20:25:56 GMT -5
It was OK. Started well, I thought, but took a left turn into Lost-style obfuscation and conspiracy drama. True. Didn't like the conspiracy part of it, with the company coming back in time. Felt they rushed that too much. Should of made the first season about exploring the land. It had great potential. I also think they could of developed the characters better, especially the oldest daughter and her boyfriend. They pretty much knew they were going to be canceled. The series was just too expensive to produce. So they were pretty desperate to generate some buzz as the season was ending.
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Post by WahineFan44 on Jul 18, 2015 20:37:53 GMT -5
True. Didn't like the conspiracy part of it, with the company coming back in time. Felt they rushed that too much. Should of made the first season about exploring the land. It had great potential. I also think they could of developed the characters better, especially the oldest daughter and her boyfriend. They pretty much knew they were going to be canceled. The series was just too expensive to produce. So they were pretty desperate to generate some buzz as the season was ending. Wow Didn't know that. I was bummed to see that it was canceled though. I liked it. Another one, was Siberia. Super Super Cheesy, but decent
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Post by Not Me on Jul 19, 2015 15:19:02 GMT -5
Watched Terra Nova on netflix, got canceled after one season, but the one season was great IMO. I like dystopian shows, so I guess Im a little biased. I am excited for the walking dead spin off though, it looks great I liked that show too.
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Post by Wolfgang on Jul 20, 2015 2:26:25 GMT -5
The Missing (2014)
Good show. Child goes missing in 2006. The parents and police search. 2006 and 2014 stories are interleaved.
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