What TV series are you watching at moment?

4 eps into black mirror s4, this is so so sad... The only episode I liked so far was the one with the lowest rating, Crocodile. This series is now no more made for people like me.

GIRLS - keep swinging between laughing at her an being excruciatingly annoyed by her. had to take a break from watching it for the later reason.

  On 2/17/2018 at 1:36 PM, MDM Chaos said:

GIRLS - keep swinging between laughing at her an being excruciatingly annoyed by her. had to take a break from watching it for the later reason.

 

I've watched a bit of this over the years, it's really draining to watch for that reason (not just her but the ensemble of characters) but it's interesting that a show existed with such off-putting (at times) but honest characters. It's got some pretty slick satire of modern times in it - not just NYC millennials but also baby boomers, trust babies, "artists" etc. 

  On 2/17/2018 at 1:57 PM, joshuatx said:

 

  On 2/17/2018 at 1:36 PM, MDM Chaos said:

GIRLS - keep swinging between laughing at her an being excruciatingly annoyed by her. had to take a break from watching it for the later reason.

 

I've watched a bit of this over the years, it's really draining to watch for that reason (not just her but the ensemble of characters) but it's interesting that a show existed with such off-putting (at times) but honest characters. It's got some pretty slick satire of modern times in it - not just NYC millennials but also baby boomers, trust babies, "artists" etc. 

 

 

yeah she is witty, and has some good observations. but sometimes it's way too self indulgent which can be dull to watch. it's generally well written though.

babylon berlin is lush.

K. I'm going to watch that.

  On 2/17/2018 at 1:36 PM, MDM Chaos said:

GIRLS - keep swinging between laughing at her an being excruciatingly annoyed by her. had to take a break from watching it for the later reason.

 

first two seasons of girls is really really good. rest is a shitty soap opera. but shoshanna's rack. that's what kept me

I'm enjoying Altered Carbon way more than I should. Such shame. wow. 

  On 2/18/2018 at 1:42 PM, Gocab said:

I'm enjoying Altered Carbon way more than I should. Such shame. wow.

do you like anime? have you seen this?

 

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In a futuristic dystopian world where memories are literally stored, bought and sold and rich have all the privileges, a young amnesiac is trying to find out who he is.

Edited February 18, 2018 by THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON

I'm not that big on anime, but I like Satoshi Kon's stuff a lot. What this?

  On 2/17/2018 at 3:17 PM, eugene said:

babylon berlin is lush.

still very good.

it's a funny mix of verhoeven's black book, moulin rouge, noir and netflix. the main characters are slippery and multi-thronged and are interesting to follow. in the background are the commie and (soon to be) nazi forces working to reshape germany of that era, the latter, the creeping militarism and nationalism and the spaces it fills is especially well portrayed. the commie thing is a little sillier, especially the invincible kardakov. it leans more towards pulp than towards serious, historical beardstroking and realistic and sophisticated screenwriting, but it does deliver all the necessary goods when it comes to providing the former. the production, the visuals and sounds, the acting, it's all terrific.

  On 2/18/2018 at 2:01 PM, Gocab said:

I'm not that big on anime, but I like Satoshi Kon's stuff a lot. What this?

yeah paranoia agent is pretty dope, and perfect blue is also cool.

 

well i mentioned Kaiba because the theme is similar to Altered Carbon, which you said you digged...

Edited February 18, 2018 by THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON

 

  On 2/17/2018 at 3:17 PM, eugene said:

multi-thronged

 the fuck is that...

More than one throng

the trip s03 - i remember having more laughs in the previous seasons but it was cool nonetheless....

shall i follow rob brydon in my later years was funnier than anything in s2

  On 2/20/2018 at 10:11 AM, dr lopez said:

shall i follow rob brydon in my later years was funnier than anything in s2

  On 2/18/2018 at 2:23 PM, eugene said:

 

  On 2/17/2018 at 3:17 PM, eugene said:

babylon berlin is lush.

still very good.

it's a funny mix of verhoeven's black book, moulin rouge, noir and netflix. the main characters are slippery and multi-thronged and are interesting to follow. in the background are the commie and (soon to be) nazi forces working to reshape germany of that era, the latter, the creeping militarism and nationalism and the spaces it fills is especially well portrayed. the commie thing is a little sillier, especially the invincible kardakov. it leans more towards pulp than towards serious, historical beardstroking and realistic and sophisticated screenwriting, but it does deliver all the necessary goods when it comes to providing the former. the production, the visuals and sounds, the acting, it's all terrific.

 

and of course it goes fucking stupid in season 2, aping the worst high end american tv moves and cliches. just can't win with this shit nowadays.

https://youtu.be/xVQwMoSeX3I

Tried to watch the new X-men show "Legion" but it immediately lost me when the scene in which the "dream-builder" mutant performed telepathic communication on a broken reel to reel to find clues about the protagonist. It expects the viewer to believe that the reel-to-reel had a brain and eyes and witnessed what happened in the room before being smashed to pieces. I couldn't suspend my disbelief on that one and stopped watching. In addition to that, the show relies heavily on stealing storyline elements from Inception, Mr. Robot (most notably Mr. Robot) and 12 Monkeys and characters themselves are very flat and uninteresting for the most part. I felt like the director was trying to make the lead character sympathetic, but he comes off as overwhelmingly narcissistic and having a god delusion (goes with the schizophrenia diagnosis at least).

 

It's getting more difficult to find anything worth investing the time into watching anymore. :(

Heh, I thought Legion was decent, they had some fun with the concept and took it pretty far out there. Superhero stuff is straight up nonsense and suspension of disbelief anyway, so little things like that didn't bother me much.

  On 2/21/2018 at 7:01 AM, Entorwellian said:

Tried to watch the new X-men show "Legion" but it immediately lost me when the scene in which the "dream-builder" mutant performed telepathic communication on a broken reel to reel to find clues about the protagonist. It expects the viewer to believe that the reel-to-reel had a brain and eyes and witnessed what happened in the room before being smashed to pieces. I couldn't suspend my disbelief on that one and stopped watching. In addition to that, the show relies heavily on stealing storyline elements from Inception, Mr. Robot (most notably Mr. Robot) and 12 Monkeys and characters themselves are very flat and uninteresting for the most part. I felt like the director was trying to make the lead character sympathetic, but he comes off as overwhelmingly narcissistic and having a god delusion (goes with the schizophrenia diagnosis at least).

It's getting more difficult to find anything worth investing the time into watching anymore. :(

  On 2/21/2018 at 7:05 AM, Gocab said:

Heh, I thought Legion was decent, they had some fun with the concept and took it pretty far out there. Superhero stuff is straight up nonsense and suspension of disbelief anyway, so little things like that didn't bother me much.

although it starts pretty ok, at the end of the series, when they have a fight/war, it gets pretty superhero silly... lets see where the second season takes us, but it's better to keep my hopes down...

i remember having a huge urge to re-watch the first episodes but when i did it i actually lost interest...

Edited February 21, 2018 by THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON

new season of Mozart in the Jungle dropped on Friday and nobody told me??? god damn

Watched the episode "San Junipero" of Black Mirror with my conservative (in some ways) family and it was a bit awkward. It's the episode that centers on a lesbian relationship. Probably would have enjoyed it more if I watched it alone. Thought the set design was quite cool, like a lot of Black Mirror.

Channel Zero: Butchers Block - Not too bad for the SyFy channel. Some creepy moments for "TV horror". Elements are borrowed from other films many would know, but with it's own spin. What American Horror Story should be as an anthology "horror" series. And no Evan Peters is an added bonus.

 

I'm down/10

Edited February 22, 2018 by olo