What TV series are you watching at moment?

  On 7/25/2019 at 6:40 PM, lickneonlights said:

Any new / not so new good recommendations? Thirsty for some good show. I'm left with The Handmaid's Tale at the moment (jesus, what a snoozeville) and no other ongoing shows which is a bit of a bummer. "Dead to Me" with Linda Cardellini was alright but kinda quick. After that I couldn't get into anything new. 

If you haven’t checked out the Expanse yet, now is the time. S4 drops in December!

  On 7/25/2019 at 9:49 PM, Lada Laika said:

If you haven’t checked out the Expanse yet, now is the time. S4 drops in December!

I've been hesitant to give it a go because of some mixed reviews, although I'm a huge sci-fi fan (I mean who isn't). I'll check it out, thanks!

  On 7/25/2019 at 8:28 PM, Tim_J said:

yeah i don't know why it felt like something out of family guy or american dad, maybe it's too short to form an opinion yet...

Yeah that's what I'm hoping. And that's EXACTLY what I thought, that it feels like a family guy joke or something. Just entirely bland. The reason I'm worried even though we have no context, is that they chose to show it as the first preview. Not a good sign.

  On 7/25/2019 at 10:18 PM, lickneonlights said:

I've been hesitant to give it a go because of some mixed reviews, although I'm a huge sci-fi fan (I mean who isn't). I'll check it out, thanks!

It’s good. I’m a little hesitant about where they’ll go with season 4, but it’s good. Well worth the watch. 

  On 7/26/2019 at 7:07 AM, chenGOD said:

It’s good. I’m a little hesitant about where they’ll go with season 4, but it’s good. Well worth the watch. 

I know book 4 isn’t the most popular but it’s one of my favorites of the series and I’m excited to see how they unfurl it (and inevitably how much of book 5 gets rolled into the second half). 

Man, i thought the first two seasons of The Expanse kinda sucked. Mostly bc a few of the main characters just bugged the shit out of me. I'm looking at you, Holden. You too, Miller.

edit: have not seen S3

  On 7/26/2019 at 7:20 AM, Lada Laika said:

I know book 4 isn’t the most popular but it’s one of my favorites of the series and I’m excited to see how they unfurl it (and inevitably how much of book 5 gets rolled into the second half). 

I haven't read any of the books, it just seems like:

I'll reserve judgement until after of course.

I think the fact that the authors mapped out an entire outline of the series in advance helps them avoid that kind of stuff (side-eyes George RR Martin). 

Ah didn't know that - good to hear!

Now I just need the final season of Mr Robot to air....

  On 7/25/2019 at 10:18 PM, lickneonlights said:

I've been hesitant to give it a go because of some mixed reviews, although I'm a huge sci-fi fan (I mean who isn't). I'll check it out, thanks!

I love this show, and am looking forward to next season.

Also huge fan of The Prisoner. 

terrible attempt at making a science fiction show by basically ripping off two of the last biggest sci-fi films (the arrival and interstellar+alien covenant) then mixing the two together because- why ripoff one when you can do both?

basically aliens arrive on earth and everyone is like- how do we communicate with these things? are they here to kill us all or are they peaceful? (first film successfully ripped off)

there is another story about a ship that's on an interstellar voyage to find out where that ship that landed from earth came from (this is the alien covenant part)- and shake things up, you have a crew made up of 20 somethings that spend most of their time arguing pop culture and making references to why they don't think the other is cool. 

the interstellar part is ripped off in one episode- then the other episode is basically solaris. all this is acted terribly and written very lazily (because they basically ripped everything off)

The Arrival you say??

^^ fiddlesticks! i meant, arrival

Holden is annoying but the Expanse is damn good sci fi. If you are into that

The Virtues was pretty brilliant.

i thought the ending was kinda lame in how it was conceived with those two stories back to back concluding with big drama and theatrics instead of rawness that preceded it.

i watched 2 or maybe 3 episodes of the expanse and i thought it was atrocious... i mean, the scenes in the ship where barely watchable but the detective ones where horrendous... and i didn't even had high hopes for it, was just looking for something to burn some time... now i'm curious and might give it another go...

  On 7/27/2019 at 7:38 PM, Tim_J said:

i watched 2 or maybe 3 episodes of the expanse and i thought it was atrocious... i mean, the scenes in the ship where barely watchable but the detective ones where horrendous... and i didn't even had high hopes for it, was just looking for something to burn some time... now i'm curious and might give it another go...

that's the kind of reviews that make me want to NOT give it a go lol. I mean I just imagine it'd be like a B-movie type of cheap sci-fi flick.

  On 7/27/2019 at 7:43 PM, lickneonlights said:

that's the kind of reviews that make me want to NOT give it a go lol. I mean I just imagine it'd be like a B-movie type of cheap sci-fi flick.

don't take my word for it, maybe it's the production value that's really low or something... i shouldn't care about it if there's a good plot behind it...

  On 7/27/2019 at 4:10 PM, eugene said:

i thought the ending was kinda lame in how it was conceived with those two stories back to back concluding with big drama and theatrics instead of rawness that preceded it.

I think you're supposed to derive something from the contrast.

  On 7/27/2019 at 7:55 PM, whosebrian said:

I think you're supposed to derive something from the contrast.

Exactly.

What a brilliant show, just finished watching it too. Stephen Graham, fucking hell, what a man. He doesn't just act, he fucking LIVES. As well as every other character – including the kids – how the hell did they get literally everyone to act so brilliantly? It feels like watching a documentary even, or just someone filming regular people living. You completely forget these are actors acting.

A terrific job, and a confession for Shane Meadows in a way, which adds weight too. Bravo.

New season of Veronica Mars is pretty kick-ass so far. Really feeling the Coen influence on this one, and not having to fill 20 network mandated episodes is a huge boon to maintaining tension and momentum. 

The Boys. Fun and funny. Loving it.

The third season of The Handmaid's Tale. Like season two it seems pretty uneven so far. 

Finished Chernobyl. Definitely really good. IDK about #1 imdb level good, but it was a good watch, though bit depressing. One of those shows or movies where watching it once is good enough.