I’m working through Star Trek, watched TNG and DS9 and on Voyager now. I’ve always been aware of it but somehow never realized how good it is! Which is nice because now I feel like I discovered a treasure trove, there are so many shows and movies.
I've really been digging this one. I was hoping they'd show what's going on outside, but I've been really pleasantly surprised otherwise. And of course it's way way too tempting to spoil it by looking up the books' synopses.
im a little disappointed. Saw the hype and currently watching, im just not getting the grand scale of things, and the set pieces seems recycled. But overall a good watch so far.
Just watched Star Trek The Next Generation for the first time! Loved most of it...though it has some middling and really bad moments. About to watch all the TNG movies next!
I watched the pilot episode...it was hard going from HD TNG to SD DS9. Maybe some time off and I'll come back to it and not notice the quality difference!
Mr. Robot. I didn't realize that they had added two more seasons since I last watched it. It's been a great watch with all the big internet shifts lately.
How come nobody ever told me Battlestar Galactica was so good? I’m on season 2. I love the stories I really love the casting choices (where did they find the actress for Starbuck she’s perfect) but one thing I could do without is the cinematography. Woof
I just started watching BSG for the first time and I'm amazed myself. I love Sci-Fi but never really thought to check it out before for whatever reason
The whole show is incredible until the finale. Be ready for some really weird anti-climactic shit to happen and otherwise just enjoy the fuck out of the ride to get there.
Woah that's crazy! A while back I watched every single task master I could find on youtube. I liked it up until the last couple seasons where I felt it became too scripted... I've never met someone else who's seen it
Same here. Honestly the first close to 10 seasons were amazing, but I think they started to run out of really great comedians, and like you mentioned the spontaneity that made it so amazing when it was new started to cannibalize itself with new contestants playing things up to match a comedy formula.
I guess all comedians try to be funny, but the latest series struck me as much less genuine and fun.
The Expanse is probably my favorite; certainly one of my top 5. Like every fan, I recommend reading the books. They moved their subreddit to Mastodon.
TLK can get a little repetitive and characters make obviousy bad decisions, but when you get to the end, the story comes together as a whole. Overall, its a good show.
Did the expanse get cancelled or am I misremembering that? I loved it, but once I heard it wasn’t getting renewed I just forgot about it to save myself the trauma.
I've just started watching Neon Genesis: Evangelion. 3 episodes in and I'm pretty confused why this is so highly regarded... I'll watch a little more but if the quality continues like this I'll just stop.
definitely not everyones cup of tea, it's controversial for a reason. I still suggest people who aren't getting into it to try to stick with it, because the payoff of watching the final episodes (which were famously so hated it led to death threats), followed immediately buy the end of evangelion film is worth it for the insanity of it all.
if you aren't deeply into it and theorycrafting your way through it by episode 5 or so then you probably aren't going to enjoy the rest. it does ramp up the crazy as it goes on but mostly it leaves things up to the viewer to come up with their own meaning of what it all means, which wont work for some.
If it doesn't click, put it aside for a while then maybe try again by going down the path of the rebuild movies which are an alternate, condensed retelling that tends to be more accessible.
I haven't given up on it yet. My issue is that 90% of the anime so far is angst and melodrama. In my experience 90% of all anime is angst and melodrama so it shouldn't be surprising, but people talk so highly about Evangelion saying it's this transcendent experience and it's just generic mecha anime so far. Except maybe with a dash more soft pedophilia.
Currently binging Justified in preparation for the new one. I haven't fully rewatched it since it first aired, and I'd forgotten just how awesome it is. I feel like it's a show that got lots of critical praise but never really the viewership it deserved and has been somewhat forgotten, which is sad because it's fantastic. So many awesome characters and so much wonderful writing.
I read some of the books first, but Gary Oldman is so utterly, utterly perfect as Jackson Lamb that when I last read one I couldn't help but hear Oldman's voice whenever Lamb had. aline. The TV show is so well cast.
Its surprisingly good. My wife and I have watched shows together for years as a decompression method at the end of the day. Most times these days its limited to like 1 show a night.
Unfortunately I am usually tasked with finding new content when we end something. There are times where I or she loses interest and it just becomes something for either of us to watch in our spare time. But I try to keep that rare.
Our rule is 4 episodes before we did. This one....hoooked in the first episode. Got me for the disgusting fart humor (I didnt even recognize oldman), got her with the normal spy/cop/agent things she lies.
The Great on Hulu is shockingly entertaining. My wife started watching it because she enjoys that mildly anachronistic and gorgeous/well produced trend lately and it sucked me in way more than I'd have expected.
Yeah I have mixed feelings also. It definitely wouldn't get made with the same script today, but also it is how that demographic talks and it's an excellent snapshot of the materialistic culture of the 2000s.
I've been rewatching and binging Whose Line Is It Anyway (the U.S. version). I forgot what a masterpiece this show was. It's an all time classic forsure!
Anyone else love this show or have any others they'd recommend?
It did have a pretty good storyline all the way through. There were some moments I thought could have been done slightly different but it’s still in a top 10 list when asked what is a favorite or watch again list.
Black mirror... Since season 6 just came out after 4 years, the second episode made me lose some sleep. Also binging band of brothers, which I've somehow never seen.
I'm watching Chicago Med right now. I'm on season 3 and it's still ok. I like medical shows, I started this one because I read that it had an autistic doctor and I like to check the representation, albeit I get mad more times than I would like
Finishing up Star Wars rebels with my wife so she’s prepared for the new Ashoka series, and we also started that 70s Show for the first time. Currently laughing our (dumb)asses off!
i suggest Masterchef series if you like cooking, Scrubs, Breaking Bad (u probably watched it already), the good doctor (japanese series, the english one is not that hot), and any number of jdramas and pre-2000 anime.
oh and that medical drama Code Black. it's pretty good.
If you like the Masterchef format, watch the Australian one. It's so much better than either the US or UK versions. It's about the cooking and the chefs getting better so much more than just the competitive drama.