What TV series are you watching at moment?

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  On 11/28/2020 at 4:50 PM, Nil said:

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!!! indeed

Edit: Has it really been three years since What did Jack do? Jesus Christ.

Ok maybe it needs a new thread, but I was wondering what kids tv series you all rate?

Have watched Avatar and Dragon Prince with the kids recently (both amazing) and now we have a void to fill for programming that is not mindless/toy advertisements.

  On 11/29/2020 at 5:12 PM, Extralife said:

Ok maybe it needs a new thread, but I was wondering what kids tv series you all rate?

Have watched Avatar and Dragon Prince with the kids recently (both amazing) and now we have a void to fill for programming that is not mindless/toy advertisements.

Masha and the Bear is ace. We're also watching Duck Tales (the original series, dunno about the reboot), and she loves The Adventures of Puss in Boots, DC Superhero Girls and Miraculous.

  On 11/28/2020 at 12:46 AM, Nebraska said:

and i never watched ds9. one of my friends swears by it but he recommended starting with specific episodes- which i've never had the patience to do- and thus never watched it. 

i also agree with star trek being something "they could still do something awesome with", but i think they just need good writers. this whole philosophy that we should cater to short term attention span audiences by producing jj abrams influenced trek series' that always take place before TOS just doesn't work imo- not to mention how much they don't even resemble trek in look.

another major problem for me is the casting. i always loved TNG and VOY characters. i think michelle yeoh would've worked great if she was cast as (maybe?) a tal shiar or vulcan. maybe even a betazoid but as it stands, it's like they threw together a united colors of benetton casting call and told everyone to just pretend they're working for NASA. 

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In the interest of continued peace in the Alpha Quadrant, I will happily re-watch Voyager, and I hope you will watch DS9  

I'm not a fan of JJ Abrams, always found his work "meh", and I think he missed the point with Star Trek with the films. I  managed 2 episodes of Discovery, but it was just full of 'plosions and people running around corridors. You've got a whole galaxy - and time - to play with, and they keep trying to add to the history around TOS. That being said, I did finally get around to watching Enterprise this year, and bar a patchy first season, I really enjoyed it, though that last episode...

I'd like to see a Trek series that has something a little bit more positive to say about the future, showing us being the "better angels of our nature". Have a show that can act as a pull to get people into science, and fit in some of the great discoveries from astronomy and physics from the last decade. 

  On 11/30/2020 at 4:23 PM, Shimon_Shimon said:

In the interest of continued peace in the Alpha Quadrant, I will happily re-watch Voyage, and I hope you will watch DS9  

will start ds9 tonight.

  On 11/30/2020 at 10:00 PM, Nebraska said:

will start ds9 tonight.

  On 11/27/2020 at 11:11 AM, MaartenVC said:

I'm watching Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994) with the gf on Netflix.
It's surprisingly fun and addictive to watch. We like it very much.
In years past I kept ignoring all things Star Trek related, cause I thought it looked like a silly Star Wars clone.
Jeez, by the nine divines, was I wrong.
About a month ago I decided to give this old series a shot...
...It's now one of my favourite TV series of all time. I love it.
I'm not convinced by any of the newer series and movies however.
They look waaay off the mark; like they don't understand what Star Trek is all about.
Anyway, tldr: I'm enjoying ST-TNG a lot right now. 

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I grew up watching that show and still love it. It was fun to see crossover episodes when TNG and DS9 were on tv at the same time. A weird thing about TNG is that the episodes get markedly better after they change the collar on their uniforms.

Voyager was decent, but I got really turned off by how much the show focused on 7 of 9 being a babe. Seemed like other boys in school just watched it for the T & A. Never watched Enterprise. And yeah, there are maybe three or four good Star Trek movies, but most of them are problematic.

  On 12/1/2020 at 12:14 AM, Braintree said:

Voyager was decent, but I got really turned off by how much the show focused on 7 of 9 being a babe. Seemed like other boys in school just watched it for the T & A. Never watched Enterprise. And yeah, there are maybe three or four good Star Trek movies, but most of them are problematic.

jeri ryan was also in a relationship was exec. producer brannon 'i wrote threshold' braga who insisted on attempting a data-type story arc for her character. the real babe, imo, was b'lanna

  On 11/13/2020 at 6:53 AM, Acedia said:

Started watching the sopranos recently and holy hell has it lived up to the hype. There are some laughable bad sfx moments but the writing.... so incredible. Also the dream sequences are *chefs kiss*

yep

still the best series of all time. nothing come close

well better call saul is catching up though

  On 11/30/2020 at 10:00 PM, Nebraska said:

will start ds9 tonight.

alrighty. finished first (two?) episode

actually kinda enjoyed that. i like ben sisko and that one dame that supposedly has "a slug" inside her.  i'm hoping "the entity" in this episode has a broader story arc than just this one (two?) episodes though. the only person i thought was weak was jake sisko. he only had a few lines and somehow managed to make each one annoying. 

also- was surprised the guy with the boxy face turns into a kind of metallic liquid. not sure why that surprised me. i guess i'm used to humanoids that don't turn into stuff.

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  On 12/1/2020 at 3:07 AM, Ayya Khema said:

yep

still the best series of all time. nothing come close

well better call saul is catching up though

Man we really are living in such a good fuckin time for dramatic tv huh. Breaking bad, sopranos, better call saul, atlanta, and probably more that im forgetting.

  On 12/1/2020 at 5:48 AM, Nebraska said:

alrighty. finished first (two?) episode

actually kinda enjoyed that. i like ben sisko and that one dame that supposedly has "a slug" inside her.  i'm hoping "the entity" in this episode has a broader story arc than just this one (two?) episodes though. the only person i thought was weak was jake sisko. he only had a few lines and somehow managed to make each one annoying. 

also- was surprised the guy with the boxy face turns into a kind of metallic liquid. not sure why that surprised me. i guess i'm used to humanoids that don't turn into stuff.

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Sisko is my favourite Captain, I think he has a great character arc over the 7 seasons. Jake can be a little annoying at times, but you don't get many shows that have quite a positive view of single parent, father and son relationship. It's quite tender in places. Wait for some Jake and Nog high jinks, and some self sealing stem bolts. 

Ahhh Dax, aka the "one with the slug", is awesome. However, she would face being cancelled in today's cultural appropriation wars, for the fetishisation of Klingon culture. 

Before re-starting Voyager Season 1, I did watch the 2 parter Future's End the other night. I forgot how good some of the Voyager episodes could be, and that ep was easily up there with the other series. Love a bit of temporal prime directive shenanigans, and capitalism is bad, bad dudes. 

  On 12/1/2020 at 6:00 PM, Shimon_Shimon said:

Before re-starting Voyager Season 1, I did watch the 2 parter Future's End the other night. I forgot how good some of the Voyager episodes could be, and that ep was easily up there with the other series. Love a bit of temporal prime directive shenanigans, and capitalism is bad, bad dudes. 

ah yes- the one where tuvok sports a durag to fit into the santa monica culture and janeway wears her iconic white suit with shoulder pads. the two parter episodes were always nice highlights eg: year of hell and workforce. i also loved the introduction of the hirogen later in the series, though it's a little similar to something else in sci-fi

  On 12/1/2020 at 5:58 AM, Stickfigger said:

Bluey, it's set in my city 

my son loves that one. I like that they actually mix in a bit of dry humor from the dad dog, which parents easily catch but kids don't really pick up on.

How did they manage to make Moonbase 8 so unfunny?

  On 12/1/2020 at 5:52 PM, Acedia said:

Man we really are living in such a good fuckin time for dramatic tv huh. Breaking bad, sopranos, better call saul, atlanta, and probably more that im forgetting.

succession, Barry, my brilliant friend, high maintenance!

Just binged Santa Clarita Diet and I gotta say it was hilarious. Just here to comment that a lot of people seem to be upset that it got cancelled, especially because of "that thing that happens at the end of the last episode" (had this carelessly spoiled for me and wouldn't want to do the same for others).  And I get that, but honestly, they actually wrapped up pretty much all the other storylines quite nicely by that point. Sure there are a few unanswered questions but I'm not that disappointed by its cancelation. Consider all the other shows that drag on a few seasons too long and strain to stay interesting.

  On 11/5/2020 at 11:37 PM, caze said:

There are too many characters in S4, it's well made, acting and writing good, but a bit too much stuff crammed in there.

One episode left and I have to agree. Some of the well-know Fargo weirdness, but too many characters to the extent that I have to check out IMDB during episodes to remember what character they are talking about.

  On 12/2/2020 at 10:05 PM, Ayya Khema said:

succession

Best recent series, definitely.

  On 12/4/2020 at 9:39 AM, scumtron said:

One episode left and I have to agree. Some of the well-know Fargo weirdness, but too many characters to the extent that I have to check out IMDB during episodes to remember what character they are talking about.

lol yeah I agree. the show is at its best when the focus is narrower. my favorite episode this season was the one in black and white since it was a vignette focused in on just a few specific characters.

I'm watching Bake Off, mainly as I cake wrecks. These are all meant to be celebrities. Just glorious. (Yes that's Bowie)

So I'm on season 2 of The Boys, and I'm enjoying it, but goddamn it makes me triggered-me-timbers. Antony Starr really does a great job of making me hate him.

  On 12/5/2020 at 9:34 PM, Braintree said:

So I'm on season 2 of The Boys, and I'm enjoying it, but goddamn it makes me triggered-me-timbers. Antony Starr really does a great job of making me hate him.

I finished season 2 last night, after Amazon gave me another month of prime for free.  End of episode 7 is a real head banger!

Yeah, he is very hateable! Great series though.  Hope s3 arrives at some point, they seemed to wrap a lot of stuff up but there are plenty of obvious jumping points for the next iteration.