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Started a rewatch of an old favorite, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Classic stuff. SMG was very appealing. James Marsters was great as spike.
 
Just finished "The lost pirates kingdom" on Netflix. It's a docudrama about how the Pirates of the Caribbean came about. If you have watched Black Sails on Starz,you know the names of most of the buccaneers involved as everyone except Flint & Long John Silver actually existed.
The documentary delves into why these people actually got into the pirate trade. It is only 6 episodes long, but worth every minute.
 
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Started a new show, A Discovery of Witches. Had to sign up to Shudder (or Sundance but we prefer Shudder and it was cheaper). A Discovery of Witches | All Episodes Available To Stream Ad-Free | SUNDANCE NOW I didn't know it was a show, but my wife wanted to see it. I had read the books. It's quite well done, very, very true to the books and well cast. Matthew Goode and Teresa Palmer (who is gorgeous, I remember her from Warm Bodies) are the leads. It gets good ratings on IMDB and we both enjoy it. Production quality is high for a show on Sundance if not at GOT levels. Filming is done in a wide range of appealing locations, Oxford, Venice, Wales. This is fantasy series, with a clear romantic element to it.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Teresa Palmer (who is gorgeous, I remember her from Warm Bodies)
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No kidding. I've enjoyed her throughout her career. She's not exactly unknown, but I'm surprised she isn't a bigger name in Hollywood.
 
So, as a fan of Black Sails, a Jimmy Buffet fan and a pirate looking at 55, I’m really enjoying The Lost Pirate Kingdom on Netflix. This covers the history of the major Caribbean pirates during the golden age of piracy. Hornigold, Wallace, Thatch/Blackbeard, Sam Bellamy, Anne Bonney, Charles Vane, Jack Rackham and many others. What a unique and interesting period in human history. This is really well done as a docu-drama. The interwoven histories here are really impressive. I continue to find these people and this history quite fascinating.
 
watched 6 episodes of "Long Strange Trip" on the Grateful Dead. Reignited my interest around the band. I like how each episode was chronological but also focussed on specific things. Believe Episode 5 was about "Dead Heads" and the culture around live shows. I'm sure they could have done about 20 more episodes around it but really enjoyed the old footage of them in the 60s.
 
Boss on Starz has one of the best pilot episodes of any show I have ever seen. Then it slowly goes downhill from there.
 
HuskyHawk said:
So, as a fan of Black Sails, a Jimmy Buffet fan and a pirate looking at 55, I’m really enjoying The Lost Pirate Kingdom on Netflix. This covers the history of the major Caribbean pirates during the golden age of piracy. Hornigold, Wallace, Thatch/Blackbeard, Sam Bellamy, Anne Bonney, Charles Vane, Jack Rackham and many others. What a unique and interesting period in human history. This is really well done as a docu-drama. The interwoven histories here are really impressive. I continue to find these people and this history quite fascinating.
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I'm gonna give this a look 👍
 
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nelsonmuntz said:
Boss on Starz has one of the best pilot episodes of any show I have ever seen. Then it slowly goes downhill from there.
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That show had some moments.... but yes, hard to disagree with your take
 
Loudermilk.

I started a thread about it yesterday, but might as well mention it over here as it's my favorite binge of 2021 thus far. 20 episodes on Prime, a third season to come.
 
Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan is a really good docudrama on Netflix. It follows the rise of Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu through their rise and ultimate re-unification of Japan at the end of the Sengoku Period, which was a 150 year period of almost continual civil war in Japan. The documentary captures the last 40 years, from the rise of Nobunaga, a minor warlord in central Japan, to the end of the civil war in the early 17th century. The book "Shogun" by James Clavell is a fictionalized account of the last 3-5 years of this period.

The true story is wilder than any fictionalized account of this period. The political instability and non-stop fighting is more interesting and confusing than Game of Thrones, and many of the events seem more far-fetched. A hill tribe almost turns the tide of the war at one point; a dispute between Nobunaga and Ieyasu almost ends their alliance in its early days; Ieyasu kills his son and wife; Hideyoshi likely had syphilis or some other disease that affected his judgment and made him increasingly bizarre in his final years. A crucial battle in the period turns on a betrayal in the middle of the battle.

I would be surprised if some of the events and characters did not inspire George Martin. Tywin Lannister seems an awful lot like Ieyasu, and there are aspects of Nobunaga that appear to be written into the Robert Baratheon character.

A remake of the mini-series Shogun has been in the works for 5 years, but they should really do it as a big budget, multi-season TV show to do the story justice.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan is a really good docudrama on Netflix. It follows the rise of Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu through their rise and ultimate re-unification of Japan at the end of the Sengoku Period, which was a 150 year period of almost continual civil war in Japan. The documentary captures the last 40 years, from the rise of Nobunaga, a minor warlord in central Japan, to the end of the civil war in the early 17th century. The book "Shogun" by James Clavell is a fictionalized account of the last 3-5 years of this period.

The true story is wilder than any fictionalized account of this period. The political instability and non-stop fighting is more interesting and confusing than Game of Thrones, and many of the events seem more far-fetched. A hill tribe almost turns the tide of the war at one point; a dispute between Nobunaga and Ieyasu almost ends their alliance in its early days; Ieyasu kills his son and wife; Hideyoshi likely had syphilis or some other disease that affected his judgment and made him increasingly bizarre in his final years. A crucial battle in the period turns on a betrayal in the middle of the battle.

I would be surprised if some of the events and characters did not inspire George Martin. Tywin Lannister seems an awful lot like Ieyasu, and there are aspects of Nobunaga that appear to be written into the Robert Baratheon character.

A remake of the mini-series Shogun has been in the works for 5 years, but they should really do it as a big budget, multi-season TV show to do the story justice.
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Have this on my list. Had to finish up the Pirate one first.
 
Can‘t really binge it since it is released weekly right now. But Atlantic Crossing is superb. It’s the story of the royal family of Norway during WWII. It’s starts with a pre war trip to the USA where they were quite popular and a meeting with FDR. From there Germany invades neutral Denmark and Norway. They flee and are separated. It is very well done. Considerable tension and a deep dive on some key aspects of the war.
 
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I watched one episode, and Huge in France (Netflix) has potential. Reviews are all over the place, and I don't trust comedy reviews anyway. Has anyone seen this?
 
Decided to watch the last two seasons of Shameless. The show is like a former star pitcher that is no longer an ace, but is still a solid 4th or 5th starter.

Enjoying season 10.
 
storrsroars said:
Loudermilk.

I started a thread about it yesterday, but might as well mention it over here as it's my favorite binge of 2021 thus far. 20 episodes on Prime, a third season to come.
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Good show. Confused though about season 3. Supposedly it’s started, but for some reason not in the US so far as I can tell.
 
storrsroars said:
variety.com

‘Loudermilk’ Season 3 Headed to Amazon

Seasons 1 and 2 of the Peter Farrelly and Bobby Mort comedy will be available on Amazon's streaming service starting on Friday, March 12.
variety.com variety.com
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hi. What I’m confused about (among many things) is that Variety piece says it’s available starting in March. Unless I misunderstand the acronyms, it’s April and I can’t bring up beyond season 2. What am I missing?
 
cohenzone said:
hi. What I’m confused about (among many things) is that Variety piece says it’s available starting in March. Unless I misunderstand the acronyms, it’s April and I can’t bring up beyond season 2. What am I missing?
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I read it clearly as S1/S2 became available on March 12 and the dates for S3 will be announced soon.
 
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Very satisfied with the final season of Shameless and the finale.
 
Currently binge watching Game of Thrones for a second watch. All the episodes are on HBOMax.
 
I just discovered MeTV last week and that's what I've been bingeing on. Watched "Columbo," "The Ed Sullivan Show" and a few episodes of "The Jeffersons." All excellent, especially "The Jeffersons."
 
8893 said:
I just discovered MeTV last week and that's what I've been bingeing on. Watched "Columbo," "The Ed Sullivan Show" and a few episodes of "The Jeffersons." All excellent, especially "The Jeffersons."
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Get my Hogan's Heroes, CHiPs and Emergency fixes on MeTV.
 
8893 said:
I just discovered MeTV last week and that's what I've been bingeing on. Watched "Columbo," "The Ed Sullivan Show" and a few episodes of "The Jeffersons." All excellent, especially "The Jeffersons."
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Chin Diesel said:
Get my Hogan's Heroes, CHiPs and Emergency fixes on MeTV.
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I need to try this. The biggest question will be the availability of closed captions. Lots of old shows that would be fun.
 
HuskyHawk said:
I need to try this. The biggest question will be the availability of closed captions. Lots of old shows that would be fun.
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The thing I love best about it--and this may be telling of me generally--is that these shows involve no commitment. I know the shows. I know the characters. I know the back story. I don't need to catch up on anything. I don't need to complete anything. I just need to kill an hour or two with mindless TV--which actually turns out to be not-so-mindless once you start thinking about how much more "socially conscious" and intelligent TV may have been than it is now.
 
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