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I've been watching the fourth and final season of Sex Education on Netflix. It might be a bit YA-oriented for some, but I've enjoyed the series.

 
billythekid said:
I've been watching the fourth and final season of Sex Education on Netflix. It might be a bit YA-oriented for some, but I've enjoyed the series.

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I thought Season 3 was a big step down in quality from the previous seasons. I watched Ep. 1 of Season 4. Not impressed at all. Has me wondering if I want to finish off the series or just stop watching.
 
Has anyone watched Wilderness on Amazon Prime? I watched most of the first episode, and am inclined to bail unless there's reason to believe it gets better.
 
nwhoopfan said:
I thought Season 3 was a big step down in quality from the previous seasons. I watched Ep. 1 of Season 4. Not impressed at all. Has me wondering if I want to finish off the series or just stop watching.
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Can't say that I really disagree with you. I finished Season 4 last night and it was meh. I enjoyed spending time with the characters one last time, but they seemed to have ratcheted up the preachiness to an 11 this season.
 
billythekid said:
Can't say that I really disagree with you. I finished Season 4 last night and it was meh. I enjoyed spending time with the characters one last time, but they seemed to have ratcheted up the preachiness to an 11 this season.
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Emma Mackey is my biggest reason for liking the show, and they shipped her character off to another location where she won't be part of most of what's going on. They almost forgot about Aimee Lou Wood entirely in Season 3. Asa Butterfield and Gillian Anderson's characters are both so neurotic I can barely stand them, especially when they are interacting with each other. They are trying to help other people, and they both clearly need a lot of help themselves. Ncuti Gatwa is great. Most of the of the other secondary characters I'm not particularly interested in.

It was only 1 ep., but the new school appears to be insane. Inmates running the asylum. So over the top with the inclusivity and safe space and all that, it's like providing an education isn't even remotely a part of what the school is about.
 
nwhoopfan said:
It was only 1 ep., but the new school appears to be insane. Inmates running the asylum. So over the top with the inclusivity and safe space and all that, it's like providing an education isn't even remotely a part of what the school is about.
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I actually thought they were doing it satirically, but I was wrong.
 
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HCCForever said:
I am very late to the party since I just discovered Bosch this week. Darn good show. Already through season 4.
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If you enjoyed Bosch, which my wife and I did greatly - give The Lincoln Lawyer a shot. In the same universe, I assume Bosch will show up next season, I believe they are step brothers.

As much are we are Bosch fans, we are bigger Jack Ryan fans - boy did Amazon nail that.
 
M.S.G. said:
If you enjoyed Bosch, which my wife and I did greatly - give The Lincoln Lawyer a shot. In the same universe, I assume Bosch will show up next season, I believe they are step brothers.

As much are we are Bosch fans, we are bigger Jack Ryan fans - boy did Amazon nail that.
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Thank you, I will check that out. I ripped through Bosch and I just started watching Bosch Legacy. It does not have me as captivated as Bosch but is good nonetheless. I watched Jack Ryan a while back and will start watching that and The Lincoln Lawyer as well.
 
Lupin

Netflix French show with very good English dubbing. Story is about a French super thief who creates similar crimes as a famous French book character, Lupin.

S3 just dropped. I rewatched S2, which was very good, and S3 did not disappoint.

I give the Lupin series 4 stars.
My 5 star chalk is Justified.
 
Moonlighting just showed up on Hulu. I loved that show in the 80s. Very novel for the time, being one of the first dramedys to have success, breaking the 4th wall, fantasy elements, and an astounding list of guest stars. Plus, of course, introducing Bruce Willis.

I was hoping to recapture some of that magic thru watching it again. It does not hold up well. In fact, I kinda found a lot of it annoying.
 
storrsroars said:
Moonlighting just showed up on Hulu. I loved that show in the 80s. Very novel for the time, being one of the first dramedys to have success, breaking the 4th wall, fantasy elements, and an astounding list of guest stars. Plus, of course, introducing Bruce Willis.

I was hoping to recapture some of that magic thru watching it again. It does not hold up well. In fact, I kinda found a lot of it annoying.
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I was actually thinking about watching it as well. I may give the first one a shot to see how it holds up.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Started Painkillers. It‘s a fictionalized version of the true story of Purdue Pharma and OcyContin. Was recommended to us. I’m only one episode in, it’s well done but not “must watch” interesting.
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Yeah, we thought the same thing after the first episode, but it kinda loses steam after that.
 
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Deepster said:
You're gonna laugh at this, but I have a friend with insomnia who told me they had been up lately late night (or early morning) watching Leave it to Beaver reruns.

I used to love that show as a kid and started binging it. I'm gonna tell you what. The writing is really funny and sharp and both Beav and Wally have comedic chops! I am really enjoying it and find myself LOL'ing a couple times an episode.
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Indeed. While not Leave it to Beaver, we stayed in a resort in Mexico in 2022, I think, and they had a channel out of NJ that was nothing but really old sitcoms. Writing was solid in all of them. I think we've covered Hogans Heroes here, but I don't remember all of them. One was Green Acres. Gotta try and track that station down and see if I can get it here in the states
 
My wife and I watched "Dear Child" on Netflix, she read the book a while ago and talked me into it..

Legit the most disturbing thing I've probably ever seen, there's a scene in the finale that still bothers me a little bit.

It's like a waaaaaaaaaaaay more messed up version of "Room"

Only drawback is that it's German, and instead of reshooting it, they just dubbed English over it.

If you can get past that, it's very worth it.
 
Here's an interesting one as well... My daughter recently discovered Sex and the City. She doesn't have a TV, so she was coming over and watching at our place. Holds up really well for hte most part. Characters that were bordering on annoying still are, but its amazing how far ahead of its time it was. Ironic thing is that some if it comes off as more annoying now because every other damn show these days is trying to be Sex and the City and failing miserably
 
CL82 said:
I was actually thinking about watching it as well. I may give the first one a shot to see how it holds up.
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I might still pick and choose a few episodes to watch, but just not sitting thru the whole thing. Or half of it. Or probably not a quarter.
 
Anybody watching "One Piece" on Netflix? Live action adaptation of an anime series. I watched the first episode a week ago or so, wasn't sure about it, but tried a couple more last night. Kinda enjoying it. It's strange tonally. It's goofy, yet fairly violent, and not in a Bugs Bunny/Road Runner kind of way. Never seen the anime, so had no familiarity with it going in. It appears it's the rarest of things--an adaptation of an anime that the fans actually like.
 
Yellowstone
I'm ripping through Yellowstone. I have this tendency to notice something annoying and then it bothers me to no end. Kevin Costner in Yellowstone just might be a coke addict because all he does is sniff. Constant sniffles. Similar to Tom Selleck in Blue Bloods. Tom's fall back acting ability is to exhale through his nose. One big sigh, that one. I notice those annoying habits and it overshadows everything else.
 
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nwhoopfan said:
Anybody watching "One Piece" on Netflix? Live action adaptation of an anime series. I watched the first episode a week ago or so, wasn't sure about it, but tried a couple more last night. Kinda enjoying it. It's strange tonally. It's goofy, yet fairly violent, and not in a Bugs Bunny/Road Runner kind of way. Never seen the anime, so had no familiarity with it going in. It appears it's the rarest of things--an adaptation of an anime that the fans actually like.
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I knew nothing about it other than the watching the trailer, but I breezed through it and definitely enjoyed it. Agree about the tone. I was a big fan of Monkey D. Luffy’s character :D
 
Watched the first two episodes of "Lessons in Chemistry" (AppleTV). One on hand, I'm really enjoying it, primarily because of how Bree Larson's character deals with her professional situation. OTOH, I'm also annoyed that a show that's set in the early-mid 50s has a white male lead who appears oblivious to things like racial and sexual discrimination because he's fixated on his work. That's simply unrealistic.

Other than that, it's intelligently written, moves crisply, has smart dialogue, and the chemistry between the two leads works.
 
I'm working my way through Obi-Wan Kenobi. It started out pretty good but there are some very distracting departures from Canaan. For example the fact that a 10-year-old Leia was rescued from certain death by Obi-Wan Kenobi seems like some thing she would've mentioned to him when they met each other again. Instead she says in her message "you served my father in the clone wars". It seems like she would've said something like you saved my life against all odds or something similar given this new backstory.

Similarly the fact that
Darth Vader totally manhandles Obi-Wan Kenobi seems inconsistent with his statement right before their dual in a new Hope where he says "when we last met you were the master and I was but the student, but now I am the master". You think he'd say something like a kick your ass last time Kenobi and I'm going to do it again

Other than that, it's OK I really don't like how they portray a Kenobi as fearful and tentative.
 
Kolumbo said:
Yellowstone
I'm ripping through Yellowstone. I have this tendency to notice something annoying and then it bothers me to no end. Kevin Costner in Yellowstone just might be a coke addict because all he does is sniff. Constant sniffles. Similar to Tom Selleck in Blue Bloods. Tom's fall back acting ability is to exhale through his nose. One big sigh, that one. I notice those annoying habits and it overshadows everything else.
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I don't want to throw any spoilers out there but Will Patton has entered the fray. Will Patton was a main character in a movie starring Kevin Costner back in the late '80's. Kind of a strange actor, Will Patton. He's had some roles which I wouldn't have thought he'd play, like in Gone in 60 Seconds or Armageddon.
 
Gen V. One episode in, from the people who make The Boys. In the same fictional world as the Boys, but follows college aged “supes”. So far, pretty good, The same coarse, brash approach to things but it does a good job at ripping the veneer off of celebrity in the general sense.
 
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Almost finished with Season 2 of The Wheel of Time on Amazon. Season 2 definitely seems like an improvement over Season 1, even though they did swap out one of the main actors which can often be confusing. I am a huge fan of the books and go into the series with a lot of good will. They've made some significant deviations from the books, which I'm OK with if they pay off. Still waiting to see how that plays out.
 
billythekid said:
Almost finished with Season 2 of The Wheel of Time on Amazon. Season 2 definitely seems like an improvement over Season 1, even though they did swap out one of the main actors which can often be confusing. I am a huge fan of the books and go into the series with a lot of good will. They've made some significant deviations from the books, which I'm OK with if they pay off. Still waiting to see how that plays out.
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Who did they swap out? The main actors all seem the same. I finished it this week and agree Season 2 is much better. I was actually looking forward to each new episode.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Who did they swap out? The main actors all seem the same. I finished it this week and agree Season 2 is much better. I was actually looking forward to each new episode.
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I'm not 100% sure of the reasoning, but they re-cast Mat for Season 2. Mat is probably my favorite character from the books, but I feel he's been underused in the TV series so far.


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billythekid said:
I'm not 100% sure of the reasoning, but they re-cast Mat for Season 2. Mat is probably my favorite character from the books, but I feel he's been underused in the TV series so far.


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New guy is actually better in my opinion. Maybe that's why they changed? He'll start playing a bigger role in later episodes.
 
I just started watching Bodies on Netflix. The premise is that 4 London detectives in different years (1890, 1941, 2023, and 2053) find the same naked body in the same location in different years. I gather the limited series is based on a DC comic book. So far, it’s pretty good. The four detectives all have distinct, and very different, personalities which makes it more interesting. I’m not sure if it’s a time travel series or what yet - when I think I know what’s going to happen, the show veers into an unexpected direction. I hope Bodies can keep up the suspense all the way through 8 episodes
 
HuskyNan said:
I just started watching Bodies on Netflix. The premise is that 4 London detectives in different years (1890, 1941, 2023, and 2053) find the same naked body in the same location in different years. I gather the limited series is based on a DC comic book. So far, it’s pretty good. The four detectives all have distinct, and very different, personalities which makes it more interesting. I’m not sure if it’s a time travel series or what yet - when I think I know what’s going to happen, the show veers into an unexpected direction. I hope Bodies can keep up the suspense all the way through 8 episodes
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Looking forward to this one. The Brits just do this stuff better.
 
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