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Post #61 » by **MickeyDavis** » Wed Aug 28, 2024 6:30 pm

I bailed on Slow Horses after a couple of episodes, I don't remember why. I've heard it's pretty good though. Season 4 drops next week, should I start over?

KidA24 · Post #62 » by **KidA24** » Thu Aug 29, 2024 3:20 am

MickeyDavis wrote:I bailed on Slow Horses after a couple of episodes, I don't remember why. I've heard it's pretty good though. Season 4 drops next week, should I start over?

I truly have enjoyed it. Admittedly, a roundabout slow start, but if you don't enjoy Gary Oldman, you probably won't be all in.

Post #63 » by **MickeyDavis** » Thu Aug 29, 2024 3:53 am

KidA24 wrote:
MickeyDavis wrote:I bailed on Slow Horses after a couple of episodes, I don't remember why. I've heard it's pretty good though. Season 4 drops next week, should I start over?

I truly have enjoyed it. Admittedly, a roundabout slow start, but if you don't enjoy Gary Oldman, you probably won't be all in.

I like him so I'm going to watch.

Dick Tate · Post #64 » by **Dick Tate** » Thu Aug 29, 2024 4:42 pm

VEEP

My wife and I dumped HBO around the turn of the century and finally decided to sign up again a couple years ago. I put VEEP on the watchlist then but we never got around to checking it out until a few months ago. A couple episodes into season 4 now.

I don't think it was possible to pick a better time to watch this show for the first time. :lol:

Post #65 » by **MickeyDavis** » Thu Aug 29, 2024 4:49 pm

I'm liking Bad Monkey quite a bit.

Post #66 » by **ReasonablySober** » Thu Aug 29, 2024 5:56 pm

New Terminator dropped today. Looks awesome.

Ron Swanson · Post #67 » by **Ron Swanson** » Thu Aug 29, 2024 6:54 pm

Veep is a Top-10 all-time comedy for me. Also late on this as usual, but I loved Mrs. Davis. Just the perfect mix of absurdism, thoughtfulness, and originality. Lindelof is a genius with philosophical and religious satire.

emunney · Post #68 » by **emunney** » Thu Aug 29, 2024 7:23 pm

Ron Swanson wrote:Veep is a Top-10 all-time comedy for me. Also late on this as usual, but I loved Mrs. Davis. Just the perfect mix of absurdism, thoughtfulness, and originality. Lindelof is a genius with philosophical and religious satire.

Could almost hear all the best parts of my brain lighting up watching Mrs. Davis.

Post #69 » by **ReasonablySober** » Thu Aug 29, 2024 8:33 pm

I need to rewatch Ms. Davis. The reveal episode was just amazing. One of the funnest hours of TV in years.

Matches Malone · Post #70 » by **Matches Malone** » Fri Aug 30, 2024 2:07 pm

Anybody watch Kinds of Kindness? I usually don't mind weird, quirky movies but this one didn't do it for me. Too all over the place and some of the scenes felt like visual and dialogue diarrhea.

HaroldinGMinor · Post #71 » by **HaroldinGMinor** » Fri Aug 30, 2024 2:56 pm

I watched Bottoms. Meh.

Post #72 » by **MickeyDavis** » Fri Aug 30, 2024 3:51 pm

Got around to seeing The Harder They Fall. Great cast, I enjoyed it. It's over the top.

Post #73 » by **humanrefutation** » Tue Sep 3, 2024 3:32 am

I want to love The Rings of Power but the snail pacing and overwrought dialogue and boring ass subplots make me want to quit it. I'll stick with it and hope it gets better, though.

TroyD92 · Post #74 » by **TroyD92** » Tue Sep 3, 2024 4:41 am

humanrefutation wrote:I want to love The Rings of Power but the snail pacing and overwrought dialogue and boring ass subplots make me want to quit it. I'll stick with it and hope it gets better, though.

I have so many things to say as an avid Tolkien enthusiast. I try as hard as i can to enjoy anything in the lotr universe and take it on its merits. i WANT to love Rings Of Power as well, but god its so boring. Why do the Orcs have families now? Like what the **** is happening lol. Also I have no idea how they managed to make Galadriel so unlikable. it's actually impressive they turned a 5k+ year old elf into a teenager.

emunney · Post #75 » by **emunney** » Tue Sep 3, 2024 3:15 pm

humanrefutation wrote:I want to love The Rings of Power but the snail pacing and overwrought dialogue and boring ass subplots make me want to quit it. I'll stick with it and hope it gets better, though.

Sounds very true to Tolkein tbf

Post #76 » by **ReasonablySober** » Tue Sep 3, 2024 3:39 pm

Read on Twitter

emunney · Post #77 » by **emunney** » Tue Sep 3, 2024 4:45 pm

ReasonablySober wrote:

Read on Twitter

Some nice reminders of low-key classics like Review and [infrequently-mentioned GOAT darkhorse] Better Things. Happy to see they got the right BSG episode in there. Awesome to see The Leftovers so worthily high.

Many of these shows have so many great episodes that this list had to be super difficult to compile, but this looks like a really thorough job to me and I'm not going to nitpick it.

emunney · Post #78 » by **emunney** » Tue Sep 3, 2024 4:51 pm

Still plugging "Signal 30" for Mad Men though.

Post #79 » by **humanrefutation** » Tue Sep 3, 2024 6:14 pm

ReasonablySober wrote:

Read on Twitter

I don't think they repeated any shows on this list, which surprises me considering that there are shows that have multiple great episodes that weren't included. But it was pretty nice to see Bojack Horseman's underwater episode on there.

Post #80 » by **humanrefutation** » Tue Sep 3, 2024 6:15 pm

emunney wrote:
humanrefutation wrote:I want to love The Rings of Power but the snail pacing and overwrought dialogue and boring ass subplots make me want to quit it. I'll stick with it and hope it gets better, though.

Sounds very true to Tolkein tbf

True, that's the reason why I never got through the books. But it's less forgivable in a visual medium.