OT: TV and Movies

PintSizedBox10 · Post #141 » by **PintSizedBox10** » Tue Jul 18, 2023 12:53 am

Has anyone watched Invasion on Apple TV? I'm only two episodes in but I can't tell if I'm enjoying the show or watching it to simply find out wtf is going on. It's been a sloooow burn at the start so I'm praying it picks it up a few gears.

Post #142 » by **ReasonablySober** » Tue Jul 18, 2023 1:05 am

PintSizedBox10 wrote:Has anyone watched Invasion on Apple TV? I'm only two episodes in but I can't tell if I'm enjoying the show or watching it to simply find out wtf is going on. It's been a sloooow burn at the start so I'm praying it picks it up a few gears.

Until season two of Yellowjackets, Invasion was the worst season of TV I've ever stuck with. It absolutely does not pick up.

M-C-G · Post #143 » by **M-C-G** » Tue Jul 18, 2023 2:04 am

New season of Foundation on Apple TV. Really love the casting and storyline in season 1

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Ayt · Post #144 » by **Ayt** » Tue Jul 18, 2023 2:40 am

Couch Potato wrote:
Ayt wrote:
Ryan5UW wrote:
Ooh, good call. I just wrapped up Lincoln Lawyer over the weekend and needed something new.

You haven't watched The Wire? Bro! It is so **** good.

I never watched the Wire yet either.

So, why are you here posting instead of watching The Wire? :lol:

Load that **** up.

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ReasonablySober wrote:
PintSizedBox10 wrote:Has anyone watched Invasion on Apple TV? I'm only two episodes in but I can't tell if I'm enjoying the show or watching it to simply find out wtf is going on. It's been a sloooow burn at the start so I'm praying it picks it up a few gears.

Until season two of Yellowjackets, Invasion was the worst season of TV I've ever stuck with. It absolutely does not pick up.

I'm not sure what they were doing with that show but I kept watching just to see if it went anywhere. It didn't.

buckboy · Post #145 » by **buckboy** » Tue Jul 18, 2023 2:45 am

I am extremely jealous of those of you who get to watch the Wire for the first time.

Ryan5UW · Post #146 » by **Ryan5UW** » Tue Jul 18, 2023 3:59 am

Ayt wrote:
Ryan5UW wrote:
MickeyDavis wrote:Dead time before football and basketball, good opportunity to re-watch The Wire. One of the GOAT. The fact that it's now dated (pagers, pay phones, etc...) makes it even better IMO.

Ooh, good call. I just wrapped up Lincoln Lawyer over the weekend and needed something new.

You haven't watched The Wire? Bro! It is so **** good.

Guilty :ashamed:

Post #147 » by **ReasonablySober** » Tue Jul 18, 2023 4:49 am

I first watched the wire when I was younger and didn't really get what was going on. Much better on the second viewing when I knew the characters and had a handle on everything. Still not gonna re-watch seasons two or five, though. Not great.

Plossum · Post #148 » by **Plossum** » Tue Jul 18, 2023 7:15 am

Bah season 2 of the wire was awesome.

Ron Swanson · Post #149 » by **Ron Swanson** » Tue Jul 18, 2023 12:50 pm

ReasonablySober wrote:
PintSizedBox10 wrote:Has anyone watched Invasion on Apple TV? I'm only two episodes in but I can't tell if I'm enjoying the show or watching it to simply find out wtf is going on. It's been a sloooow burn at the start so I'm praying it picks it up a few gears.

Until season two of Yellowjackets, Invasion was the worst season of TV I've ever stuck with. It absolutely does not pick up.

Co-signed. I got 3-4 episodes in and dropped it. A shame because Sam Neill rules.

machu46 · Post #150 » by **machu46** » Tue Jul 18, 2023 12:53 pm

ReasonablySober wrote:I first watched the wire when I was younger and didn't really get what was going on. Much better on the second viewing when I knew the characters and had a handle on everything. Still not gonna re-watch seasons two or five, though. Not great.

I watched it for the first time probably like 5 years ago. I thought Season 2 was great honestly. I think we fell off with one season to go though and never finished.

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buckboy · Post #151 » by **buckboy** » Tue Jul 18, 2023 1:07 pm

I wish they had ended at season 4 (aka the greatest season of TV ever).

5 was fine, but 4.......oh baby.

Post #152 » by **MickeyDavis** » Tue Jul 18, 2023 1:55 pm

buckboy wrote:I wish they had ended at season 4 (aka the greatest season of TV ever).

5 was fine, but 4.......oh baby.

Agreed, 5 was good but 4 set a high bar.

jimmybones · Post #153 » by **jimmybones** » Tue Jul 18, 2023 5:17 pm

MickeyDavis wrote:Dead time before football and basketball, good opportunity to re-watch The Wire. One of the GOAT. The fact that it's now dated (pagers, pay phones, etc...) makes it even better IMO.

One of my favorite facts about The Wire is that the only music in the show is music being played in the scene - by a character or in the background.

Ron Swanson wrote:Our recent HBO re-watch list has been Leftovers, The Wire, and currently Rome. All great shows that hold up fine despite some dated elements. I might give Boardwalk Empire another shot, but Season 1 was a slog (it's worth it for Michael Shannon though). I think some series hold up better than others. True Blood just feels like a show that could only be shocking and culturally relevant when it came out (vampires were huge in the late 2000's-early 2010's). Idk, maybe it was just never my thing.

Couldn't get into Boardwalk Empire either. That, Deadwood and Yellowstone are on my list of shows I started but never made it through season one - I'm betting all are good and worth sticking it out. I actually struggled with season one of The Wire, with the slow burn style - but now it's one of my favorite shows ever.

Post #154 » by **MickeyDavis** » Tue Jul 18, 2023 6:15 pm

Boardwalk Empire and Deadwood I both enjoyed quite a bit. Steve Buscemi is great. Deadwood never got to wrap up (thanks David Milch and John from Cincinnati) but they eventually got to do a movie.

WeekapaugGroove · Post #155 » by **WeekapaugGroove** » Tue Jul 18, 2023 6:28 pm

Deadwood worked because Ian McShane/Al Swearengen and Timothy Oliphant/Seth Bullock were absolutely perfectly cast.

Al Swearengen would be on my Mt Rushmore of all time TV characters.

So many great quotes. I like 'Pain and damage don't end the world. Or despair or **** beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man and give some back'

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Siefer · Post #156 » by **Siefer** » Tue Jul 18, 2023 7:21 pm

ReasonablySober wrote:
PintSizedBox10 wrote:Has anyone watched Invasion on Apple TV? I'm only two episodes in but I can't tell if I'm enjoying the show or watching it to simply find out wtf is going on. It's been a sloooow burn at the start so I'm praying it picks it up a few gears.

Until season two of Yellowjackets, Invasion was the worst season of TV I've ever stuck with. It absolutely does not pick up.

Man, Yellowjackets S2 is such a bummer. The first season had plenty of messy bits, but it did a lot right, and had some of my favorite moments of last year. I'm not surprised that a show that felt like a happy accident struggled to recapture the magic in S2, but I did not expect it to fall to pieces like it did.

Spoiler:

buckboy · Post #157 » by **buckboy** » Tue Jul 18, 2023 8:28 pm

Love me some Alexander Payne. I'll be in on this one.

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Post #158 » by **ReasonablySober** » Wed Jul 19, 2023 12:01 am

Sounds like Barbie is incredible.

Post #159 » by **MickeyDavis** » Wed Jul 19, 2023 2:45 pm

First 2 of the new Justified were good.

Licensed to Il · Post #160 » by **Licensed to Il** » Wed Jul 19, 2023 3:05 pm

MickeyDavis wrote:First 2 of the new Justified were good.

I tried to watch last night but they were not available till midnight, my time. WTH?

Glad to hear the new version is good.