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What are you binge watching?

nwhoopfan said:
Yeah, I'm loving Heels. Plowed thru Season 1, took a little break, now well into Season 2. I have been warned that the season ends on a cliffhanger, then the network it was on cancelled it, so there's that.
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I just finished Season 2 of Heels last night. I enjoyed the series very much but am disappointed that it was cancelled after the two seasons. I suppose I'm part of the problem as I didn't watch the initial run on Starz. I grew up as a huge fan of professional wrestling and was glad to see the show treat wrestling with respect. I read that Netflix has a deal with WWE to start showing wrestling on Netflix, so maybe that will have an impact on them deciding to resurrect the series. At least I can hope so.
 
billythekid said:
I just finished Season 2 of Heels last night. I enjoyed the series very much but am disappointed that it was cancelled after the two seasons. I suppose I'm part of the problem as I didn't watch the initial run on Starz. I grew up as a huge fan of professional wrestling and was glad to see the show treat wrestling with respect. I read that Netflix has a deal with WWE to start showing wrestling on Netflix, so maybe that will have an impact on them deciding to resurrect the series. At least I can hope so.
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I thought it was great writing, also excellent casting and performances by all. So many of the non main characters really shined. I wasn't familiar with most of them before. The aging star who came crawling back to his roots after getting kicked out of the big time, and the rival promoter from Florida were both great, larger than life characters.
 
nwhoopfan said:
I thought it was great writing, also excellent casting and performances by all. So many of the non main characters really shined. I wasn't familiar with most of them before. The aging star who came crawling back to his roots after getting kicked out of the big time, and the rival promoter from Florida were both great, larger than life characters.
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Coincidentally, Rich Eisen had the Heels showrunner, who also plays the rival promoter, and James Harrison who played Apocalypse in Season 1 on his show today. They spoke about a potential Season 3, so maybe it's not such a long shot.

 
storrsroars said:
Well that was something. Louis Partridge has nowhere to go but down after that. (no pun intended)

Good thing Leila George got her looks from mom and not dad.
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It just keeps getting better too.

I just don’t see how something more awful will happen to Kevin Kline, but otoh he’s basically lost everything already.
 
My new favorite binge - "Elementary." I never watched it when it first aired because I thought it was about an elementary school. I had eight hours a day of school. No interest at the time in adding an hour a week.
 
The Old Man S2 was good but big not as good as the first.

Too much Amy Brennaman. I don’t dislike her but the character gets on my nerves.

There is somethiing of an inertia when a new character and story appears. This inertia made the first season a rocket ship ride as we learned about Dan Chase and his pseudonyms.

That has worn off completely.
 
ZooCougar said:
The Old Man S2 was good but big not as good as the first.

Too much Amy Brennaman. I don’t dislike her but the character gets on my nerves.

There is somethiing of an inertia when a new character and story appears. This inertia made the first season a rocket ship ride as we learned about Dan Chase and his pseudonyms.

That has worn off completely.
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Oh I don't know about "completely". Yeah, there's a lot of Amy, but who predicted the daughter's arc, or how they're setting up S3. And LIthgow's wife seems to be an extremely competent villain.
 
storrsroars said:
Oh I don't know about "completely". Yeah, there's a lot of Amy, but who predicted the daughter's arc, or how they're setting up S3. And LIthgow's wife seems to be an extremely competent villain.
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Oh, I saw that coming 1,000,000 miles away. Think about it. She is trained in FBI counter espionage, trained by Dan Chase, who is fairly infamous, lived her whole life as a double agent, then she finds out that she is the daughter of an Afghani warlord? And then her aunt tells her that the family is looking for her to make decisions. They telegraphed the living crap out of that.

I think whether the series holds up or not will be based upon how well they can make the Amy/Emily/Parwanna thing work. Alia Shawkat has been OK as a highly trained, but confused bystander. I think she'll be better as a highly trained and fanatical leader.

To me, the big surprise in the series was
killing off Joe Gray. I mean, he is "the old man". That actually surprised me.
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I've never been a big Amy Brennerman fan. Her character is solid and the arc is interesting. It always bothers me in television or cinema where they establish that all the main characters are able to do these fantastic things because they are highly trained in unique individuals. Then, they take the ordinary person who initially is intended to be the relatable character and give her the same abilities. That always bugs me a little bit because it's less plausible here, at least, they're laying some kind of groundwork that she was always that way, and being involved with Chase has only brought it out.
 
CL82 said:
Oh, I saw that coming 1,000,000 miles away. Think about it. She is trained in FBI counter espionage, trained by Dan Chase, who is fairly infamous, lived her whole life as a double agent, then she finds out that she is the daughter of an Afghani warlord? And then her aunt tells her that the family is looking for her to make decisions. They telegraphed the living crap out of that.
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Good for you. I expected a different outcome (her being captured and used for leverage against Dan or Harold or both or the US, but not running the mine).

As to your surprise, that's what flashbacks and backstories are for.

Personally, I'm looking forward to the dynamic between Marion and Parwanna and what secrets Marion might have. But I could be completely wrong about that being a major plot line.
 
storrsroars said:
Good for you. I expected a different outcome (her being captured and used for leverage against Dan or Harold or both or the US, but not running the mine).

As to your surprise, that's what flashbacks and backstories are for.

Personally, I'm looking forward to the dynamic between Marion and Parwanna and what secrets Marion might have. But I could be completely wrong about that being a major plot line.
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My guess is there
There will be a run of storylines on how she works to make the village safe. And then at some point, it'll be up to Harold and then to take her out after she becomes a threat to the US.
. Just a guess of course, but there seems some predicate for it.
 
temery said:
My new favorite binge - "Elementary." I never watched it when it first aired because I thought it was about an elementary school. I had eight hours a day of school. No interest at the time in adding an hour a week.
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Hopefully you watched the Benedict Cumberbatch - Sherlock. That was excellent.
 
CL82 said:
Oh, I saw that coming 1,000,000 miles away. Think about it. She is trained in FBI counter espionage, trained by Dan Chase, who is fairly infamous, lived her whole life as a double agent, then she finds out that she is the daughter of an Afghani warlord? And then her aunt tells her that the family is looking for her to make decisions. They telegraphed the living crap out of that.

I think whether the series holds up or not will be based upon how well they can make the Amy/Emily/Parwanna thing work. Alia Shawkat has been OK as a highly trained, but confused bystander. I think she'll be better as a highly trained and fanatical leader.

To me, the big surprise in the series was
killing off Joe Gray. I mean, he is "the old man". That actually surprised me.
.

I've never been a big Amy Brennerman fan. Her character is solid and the arc is interesting. It always bothers me in television or cinema where they establish that all the main characters are able to do these fantastic things because they are highly trained in unique individuals. Then, they take the ordinary person who initially is intended to be the relatable character and give her the same abilities. That always bugs me a little bit because it's less plausible here, at least, they're laying some kind of groundwork that she was always that way, and being involved with Chase has only brought it out.
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The fact that they gave her super spy field craft abilities is tough to swallow.

Maebi/Shawkat/Parwana’s “I’m the Captain moment” was also a bit much.

I don’t think Harold’s ex is that great of a villain. The best villain was Bote and they killed him.
 
ZooCougar said:
The fact that they gave her super spy field craft abilities is tough to swallow.
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Agree. it seems like that happens far too often, and it seems like it's just lazy writing to me. if you want to see how it can be done well take a look at Mary Louise Parker's character in Red. She morphs from, shocked civilian to accepting civilian, happily going along for the ride but never acquiring "superpowers". Another example of how to do it right is Faye Dunaway in Three Days of the Condor. She goes from terrified civilian to accepting civilian to willing participant but at no point does she become a super spy.
 
I forgot about this thread. I'm watching most of the stuff referenced and don't really have any others I consider must watch. I'm only jumping in to add that (as mentioned a few pages ago), Apple is killing it compared to the others.

The streaming services try to launch a few (or one) good shows at a time to keep you subscribed over time. Disney, Marvel, Star Wars has been the worst about this. Even worse is that their new content has absolutely sucked across the board. They can't really be trying. If I didn't get the full Hulu, ESPN, Disney bundle included in my wireless service I would drop Disney in a second.

Apple constantly has a lot more quality shows that bring something different. I'm really looking forward to the return of Severance and the Silo. We only discovered Slow Horses last week and we're in season 2. The new season of Shrinking has been solid. We loved Bad Monkey. They've had a few misses, but they just weren't to my liking rather than just being bad content.
 
Chuck said:
I forgot about this thread. I'm watching most of the stuff referenced and don't really have any others I consider must watch. I'm only jumping in to add that (as mentioned a few pages ago), Apple is killing it compared to the others.

The streaming services try to launch a few (or one) good shows at a time to keep you subscribed over time. Disney, Marvel, Star Wars has been the worst about this. Even worse is that their new content has absolutely sucked across the board. They can't really be trying. If I didn't get the full Hulu, ESPN, Disney bundle included in my wireless service I would drop Disney in a second.

Apple constantly has a lot more quality shows that bring something different. I'm really looking forward to the return of Severance and the Silo. We only discovered Slow Horses last week and we're in season 2. The new season of Shrinking has been solid. We loved Bad Monkey. They've had a few misses, but they just weren't to my liking rather than just being bad content.
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Foundation and Invasion are pretty bad. But at least Foundation improved a bit.

They have some sleepers like See that nobody ever talks about but are really good.
 
Found a new show and I’m crying laughing. Stan Against Evil. John C. McGinley is Stan. He’s a retired sheriff in a New England town that is cursed because it burned 117 witches who were not witches. The Constables suffer terrible fates as a result. The new Sheriff is younger and a fairly attractive woman. Together they realize the truth and must confront it. An example of a line: “What happened to you? You used to be pretty and now you look like the diseased end of a baboons “. This show is just awesome.
 
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The Manhattan Alien Abduction. Bored. On call at work so needed something light. This is weird. It is supposed to be about some famous alien abduction case in 1989 that has 23 eye witnesses and was all over the news. There's a little about that, and a lot about the abductee and the wife of the alien abduction research guy that helps her. They were friends. Now they aren't. I think I can see where this is headed. Sometimes Netflix does a good job with these things, but they always make them twice as long as needed, this is no exception. It's a bit boring so far.
 
Happy Halloween!

Always enjoy breaking out the scarry tunes on this All Hallows Eve

The King of Pop was so far ahead of his time

 
I saw Lost up on Netflix and never watched it so I jumped in last week. I always thought it was my kind of show with hidden bits and plot Easter Eggs but never got around to watching it before.

4 episodes in, I think it's good. It looks like it's held up okay over time. And I'm trying not to nitpick at things like "Why are they using the flashlights so much?" and it is interesting to watch network TV again. I wonder what this show would have been like on Apple TV or HBO.
 
Got a free 1 week trial of Starz so I could check out Sweetpea. Have watched 3 out of 6 episodes. It's okay, I'm not loving it though. Ella Purnell is the draw and really the only reason I'll probably stick with it, she's very good (as always). She's an unfortunate soul, overlooked and swept aside, her dad and then her beloved dog die within a few days, her tormentor from high school is back in town and now in the ultimate insult her absentee sister has recruited her bully to sell her dad's house, which she's currently living in. After all this she snaps one night and stabs some bloke to death. Ella is pulling off the task of making her character at least somewhat sympathetic while she's doing very bad things. The series is a bit slow and most of the rest of the characters I'm not finding particularly compelling.
 
"Sweetpea" totally lost momentum somewhere in the middle and limped to the finish line. I wouldn't recommend it unless you are a really big fan of Ella Purnell, and even then maybe not. Oh well.
 
Lioness on Paramount

In it's second season. Has an amazing cast: Saldana, Kidman, Morgan Freeman and Michael Kelly. It's Saldana's show with a dose of Kidman. Zoe steals the show but the underlings kind of make it, with a healthy dose of eye candy.

Season 1 was good. Zoe (Joe) runs a CIA unit that selects a woman to basically assassinate someone. And of course, it takes a village to support that effort. Kidman is her boss and Kidman's boss is Kelly. They are supposed to be Deep State types. Sheridan is pretty agnostic about the politics of it all in my opinion and doesn't show much of a hand until the final moments of the S1.

Season 2 is a clear improvement. So far every episode seems to have a very entertaining gunfight and the dialogue is not too shabby. Genesis Rodriguez is the Lioness this season and she is being babysat by last season's Lioness. Joe/Zoe has to do a fair amount of manipulation to convince Genesis to take the gig because she has to take down her own father who washes money for a cartel in Mexico that's led by his brother. Somehow China is involved too and that is the real target. Also there is a healthy dose of human trafficking in play meaning child trafficking which hasn't been fully explained yet. Lots of good one liners.
 
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