What TV series are you watching at moment?

This dude is like an American country bumpkin spitting image of my real life supervisor at work. Every time he appears it just cracks me up Rarely does a comedy make me laugh so much. 
 

Mr. Mercedes - I can't tell if it's good or not, I feel like wanting to know what happens next isn't a good metric for whether a show is good, or maybe it is, i feel like I can't tell anymore, but all the 'this is a Stephen King IP' winks are distracting...

I give it 3 or 4 stars (out of 5 or 6)

I watched these over the past months before sleeping:

Friday Night Dinner (2011-...)
Comedy with Tamsin Greig (Green Wing, Black Books)
"Two siblings share their Friday-night dinners at their parents' home and, somehow, something always goes wrong."
Pretty funny. About family-life. Less surreal.

Avenue 5 (2020-...)
Sci-Fi Comedy with Josh Gad (Olaf), Hugh Laurie (House), and Zach Woods (Silicon Valley)
"The troubled crew of Avenue 5, a space cruise ship filled with spoiled, rich, snotty space tourists, must try and keep everyone calm after their ship gets thrown off course into space and ends up needing three years to return to Earth."
It thought it was quite funny. Silly comedy.

Disenchantment (2018-...)
Adventure Animation.
"Princess Tiabeanie, 'Bean', is annoyed at her imminent arranged marriage to Prince Merkimer. Then she meets Luci, a demon, and Elfo, an elf, and things get rather exciting, and dangerous."
Didn't grab me.

The White Lotus (2021-...)
Drama-Comedy
"Set in a tropical resort, it follows the exploits of various guests and employees over the span of a week."
Quite enjoyable. The family and the head of the hotel are the best parts imo.

Squid Game (2021-...)
Drama-Action
"Hundreds of cash-strapped players accept a strange invitation to compete in children's games. Inside, a tempting prize awaits with deadly high stakes. A survival game that has a whopping 45.6 billion-won prize at stake."
It was ok I guess.

The Office US (2005-...)
Satire-Comedy with Steve Carell (7 seasons)
"A mockumentary on a group of typical office workers, where the workday consists of ego clashes, inappropriate behavior, and tedium."
Really good. (except for maybe the last seasons)

Reservation Dogs (2021-...)
Tragi-Comedy
"Comedy series about four Native American teenagers growing up on a reservation in eastern Oklahoma."
It seems Native American culture and African American culture intermix somewhat. Sorry, I'm totally clueless in that regard.
It was ok.

Sex Education (2019-...)
Drama-Comedy
"A teenage boy with a sex therapist mother teams up with a high school classmate to set up an underground sex therapy clinic at school."
First season is ok. 2nd and 3rd are thrash imo. Different writers I guess, dunno.
I'm not sure if the sexual education is handled any good though, but at least a lot of various things are mentioned.

What We Do in the Shadows (2016-...)
Dark Comedy with Matt Berry (Snuffbox)
"A look into the daily (or rather, nightly) lives of three vampires, who've lived together for over 100 years, on Staten Island."
Silly dark humor. I like the movie more, but the tv series is pretty funny. (except for the last season)

Ted Lasso really went nowhere this season.

  On 10/17/2021 at 12:18 PM, MaartenVC said:

Avenue 5 (2020-...)
Sci-Fi Comedy with Josh Gad (Olaf), Hugh Laurie (House), and Zach Woods (Silicon Valley)
"The troubled crew of Avenue 5, a space cruise ship filled with spoiled, rich, snotty space tourists, must try and keep everyone calm after their ship gets thrown off course into space and ends up needing three years to return to Earth."
It thought it was quite funny. Silly comedy.

Cobra Kai -

THE SHRINK NEXT DOOR

???

hahaha ok, I'm on board now. At first I didn't quite get the weird filmic quality in the credits but if this is any indication of the amount of creativity and style they are going for, I'm good. Definitely not a carbon copy of the OG, really does feel like they are going for a "spiritual successor" and swinging for it. Having their little argument at the end feels so spot on Bebop too... 

mm, I don't know. not a carbon copy of the original but feels like a different entity, and not in a good way to me.

Nevermind.

The generic soundstage backlots feel really off. Not a fan of the super flashy "cool" style meets low budget TV serial look. I'll still hatewatch it.

  On 10/17/2021 at 9:01 PM, _vow_of_silence_ said:

Cobra Kai -

  On 9/28/2021 at 7:00 PM, Rubin Farr said:

Mind numbingly boring. Couldn't do it.

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I’m watching this right now. So. Good. 
I’m 3 episodes in and (hope I don’t jinx anything) so far I feel like this is almost as good as hill house. Some incredible writing. Totally hooked.

  On 10/20/2021 at 6:20 AM, _vow_of_silence_ said:

I quite liked Cobra Kai, it’s a good dose of light hearted fun. A solid 7/10.

  On 10/20/2021 at 11:21 AM, beerwolf said:

I quite liked Cobra Kai, it’s a good dose of light hearted fun. A solid 7/10.

  On 10/20/2021 at 5:21 PM, _vow_of_silence_ said:

 

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Looks very good indeed (and of course Rosa )

^ Looks dope AF. 

About 1/2 way through Midnight Mass. As a lapsed Catholic, uncanny how the mass sections bring back deeply ingrained childhood memories (could still do most of the recitations be heart). Going to reserve final judgment until the end but sometimes I get the feeling that the show isn't as clever/awesome as it thinks it is. Some of the monologues seemly overly long (unnecessarily so) - some of the directions seems great, but then there are things like that long one-shot in EP 2 on the beach where I'm wondering... but why? It doesn't seem to really serve any narrative or aesthetic purpose and is it just there because long one-shots are cool? 

Probably my perception is skewed coming off of True Detective who has a one-shot that is probably one of the best I've ever seen (and serves to build necessary tension during a plot point where you actually know the characters will survive) and whose long-winded speeches actually feel totally earned. 

Still, a very good show, but even mid-way when things are starting to ramp up I still find my mind wandering and thinking

  On 10/21/2021 at 6:03 PM, T3551ER said:

^ Looks dope AF. 

About 1/2 way through Midnight Mass. As a lapsed Catholic, uncanny how the mass sections bring back deeply ingrained childhood memories (could still do most of the recitations be heart). Going to reserve final judgment until the end but sometimes I get the feeling that the show isn't as clever/awesome as it thinks it is. Some of the monologues seemly overly long (unnecessarily so) - some of the directions seems great, but then there are things like that long one-shot in EP 2 on the beach where I'm wondering... but why? It doesn't seem to really serve any narrative or aesthetic purpose and is it just there because long one-shots are cool? 

Probably my perception is skewed coming off of True Detective who has a one-shot that is probably one of the best I've ever seen (and serves to build necessary tension during a plot point where you actually know the characters will survive) and whose long-winded speeches actually feel totally earned. 

Still, a very good show, but even mid-way when things are starting to ramp up I still find my mind wandering and thinking

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There’s a lot of Biblical ambiguity that makes for a good discussion afterward.

that Succession thing.

  On 10/23/2021 at 1:35 PM, iococoi said:

that Succession thing.

Man...Kendel you gonna go full manic and flame it out or get this thing to altitude? His plotline is genuinely one of the most "cointoss" things I've ever seen in a show or movie and I love it. 

The original Cowboy Bebop series just came to Netflix, it's been yonks since I've seen it, so rewatching. Squid Game was nice enough, but nothing really special - I understand why it's popular. Starting on S2 of Locke & Key; started on Another Life S2, Midnight Mass, and Sisyphus. Finished a second round of the original Neon Genesis Evangelion series, watched The End of Evangelion and Evangelion Death (True)²; binged through the Evangelion remake 1.11, 2.22, 3.33, and 3.0+1.01 on Prime Video - I didn't think the remakes are bad, they're... different. Not as carefully constructed or subtle as the original series, but not utter crap either - but I'm a nerd, so I'll get into almost any anime with ease - YMMV. Looking forward to the Wheel of Time on Prime. I've been lagging behind on Billions, should catch up on S5. HBO Nordic will turn to HBO Max next week, so there's going to an influx of things to watch, including Dune (I think), so I'm looking forward to a replay (or three).

Rewatching this now 

On the 4th episode of Midnight Mass. Definitely my kind of thing. Some parts are a bit slow but overall it’s a good watch. Not so convinced with the drink driving son because so far he seems a complete bore. Obviously he needs to start drinking again

  On 10/25/2021 at 2:09 PM, beerwolf said:

On the 4th episode of Midnight Mass. Definitely my kind of thing. Some parts are a bit slow but overall it’s a good watch. Not so convinced with the drink driving son because so far he seems a complete bore. Obviously he needs to start drinking again

finished the whole thing a few days ago. I was completely hooked the whole time. amazing show throughout up until the last episode, which kinda slipped a bit in my opinion. I feel like flannagan sometimes has difficulty with his endings in general but the rest is always so rich. Love the attention to detail.

Still, very refreshing to see a genre show with such smart writing. 

been watching some old horror type shows on the freemium apps.

Monsters (1988) - old sci-fi channel horror anthology program. some low budget weirdness. a lot of before-they-were famous American actors on here.

Tales of the Unexpected (1979) - British anthology featuring Roald Dahl. some horror, but mostly creepy "hauntology" type stories.

The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985) - some serious vaporwave sampling could be had from this show. some of these are on par with the classic Twilight Zone ep's. can't believe I never watched before.

  On 10/23/2021 at 3:13 PM, dcom said:

Looking forward to the Wheel of Time on Prime.

While I have some concerns about the show, I'm looking forward to watching this. Seeing the clip of Emond's Field, along with Lan and Moraine, gave me some hope.