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What are you binge watching?

CL82 said:
Surprisingly, Ben Franklin does very little singing in the Ken Burns documentary.
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I wouldn’t recognize him signing anyway. I remember him from “Chicago Hope” and “Homeland”
 
CL82 said:
Surprisingly, Ben Franklin does very little singing in the Ken Burns documentary.
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He sings in the movie 1776 (and the play)
 
CL82 said:
Yep, also heard Tom Hanks and Paul Giamatti. Did not realize it was Mandy Patinkin as Franklin or Claire Danes Abigail Adams.
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Just started watching today. I nodded off a couple times in Ep2. But I'm enjoying Craig Ferguson as everyone with a Scots accent.
 
ZooCougar said:
I thought it was really boring after the first episode. I was wondering what everyone was raving about.

I’m a history nerd too.
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Did you bail after the one episode? If it were a 8-10 episode season, I probably would've rated it a 6 of 10. But it wasn't that. It was four, one hour episodes. They nailed the era too. The cinematography & wardrobe dept will probably win awards.

I mean, to each their own, but that was fun.
 
EnochRoot said:
Did you bail after the one episode? If it were a 8-10 episode season, I probably would've rated it a 6 of 10. But it wasn't that. It was four, one hour episodes. They nailed the era too. The cinematography & wardrobe dept will probably win awards.

I mean, to each their own, but that was fun.
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No. I watched the whole thing. It was kinda boring.
 
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The American Revolution Ep. 5: Damn, how many times has South Carolina straight betrayed America? I count at least twice.
 
ZooCougar said:
Yeah. 2 hour episodes are a bit much.
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I watch as much as I feel like watching and then stop and come back to them.
 
Pluribus. This show is captivating.

Soylent Green is People. When the Hive was actively rounding up dead bodies in trucks in episode one, I was highly suspicious. Then they mostly let it go, but now I see I was right.
 
The American Revolution. Turns out I know a lot more about the revolution than I thought I would. Almost none of it was new to me except some of the personal stories. I did enjoy it.

I'm starting to watch Minx which has some excellent nudity. What's really amazing about the time is how pornography sort of became mainstream in America. It is a bit silly but it is cast very well and the episodes are very short and digestible.
 
Palatine said:
I'm starting to watch Minx which has some excellent nudity. What's really amazing about the time is how pornography sort of became mainstream in America. It is a bit silly but it is cast very well and the episodes are very short and digestible.
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I'd never heard of this, but decided to watch an episode. It's pretty good. It is a good cast even though I've never heard of any of them except Perkins.
 
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Rich said:
'Fallout' is absolutely awesome.

Walton Goggins is great. I don't think it's possible to understand how fortunate we were to have he and Timothy Olyphant facing off in 'Justified' for all those years.
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DOH!

Dec 17 is S2 release date. You got me!
 
HuskyHawk said:
Pluribus. This show is captivating.

Soylent Green is People. When the Hive was actively rounding up dead bodies in trucks in episode one, I was highly suspicious. Then they mostly let it go, but now I see I was right.
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Yup. There's more to it though. The psychic glue of the GUAC RNA 'virus' reached everybody on the planet but a dozen people. My guess is we don't know a 10th of what is going on.
 
"The Black Rabbit" was riveting. In the realm of "Ozark" but NYC-based. Great cast (Jude Law & Jason Bateman) & pretty much guaranteed to be a one season limited run.

We watched it over 2 days.
 
EnochRoot said:
Yup. There's more to it though. The psychic glue of the GUAC RNA 'virus' reached everybody on the planet but a dozen people. My guess is we don't know a 10th of what is going on.
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As good as his track record has been, this might be Vince Gilligan's best yet. Seehorn has to be the prohibitive favorite to win the Emmy for best actress. And I'm loving the absurdist touches Gilligan throws in.

To me, I don't think this is a Soylent Green scenario. It doesn't follow that they'd leave 13 people untouched by the virus while giving them everything they want if they were feeding on people. It's something else. That they fear Carol yet won't eliminate her is the key to understanding this, IMHO.
 
storrsroars said:
As good as his track record has been, this might be Vince Gilligan's best yet. Seehorn has to be the prohibitive favorite to win the Emmy for best actress. And I'm loving the absurdist touches Gilligan throws in.

To me, I don't think this is a Soylent Green scenario. It doesn't follow that they'd leave 13 people untouched by the virus while giving them everything they want if they were feeding on people. It's something else. That they fear Carol yet won't eliminate her is the key to understanding this, IMHO.
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We will find out. My theory is that the mystery "milk" is necessary to continue the psychic link the hive shares. It's maintenance and
yes I think it is derived from dead humans, who they were rounding up in box trucks
The hive seems to be ill equipped to deal with unexpected externalities like the 13. The behavior to do no harm to living things and not to lie is hard coded. So it's a race to convert the 13 before they find a way to unravel the joining.
 
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storrsroars said:
As good as his track record has been, this might be Vince Gilligan's best yet. Seehorn has to be the prohibitive favorite to win the Emmy for best actress. And I'm loving the absurdist touches Gilligan throws in.

To me, I don't think this is a Soylent Green scenario. It doesn't follow that they'd leave 13 people untouched by the virus while giving them everything they want if they were feeding on people. It's something else. That they fear Carol yet won't eliminate her is the key to understanding this, IMHO.
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Turns out it was a Soylent Green scenario. The takeaway is how the other eleven rationalized it (via Diabete) and have been routinely meeting without even telling Carol about it.
 
Several years ago I took a stab at Ted Lasso. Watched a couple episodes, didn't do anything for me. Started over recently with my dad. You have to get to around episode 4 before it picks up. Then I really enjoyed it for quite a while. But season 3 is a drag. Don't know what they did, but they tweaked a winning formula. Also going from 30 minute to hour long episodes was not a good idea.
 
nwhoopfan said:
Several years ago I took a stab at Ted Lasso. Watched a couple episodes, didn't do anything for me. Started over recently with my dad. You have to get to around episode 4 before it picks up. Then I really enjoyed it for quite a while. But season 3 is a drag. Don't know what they did, but they tweaked a winning formula. Also going from 30 minute to hour long episodes was not a good idea.
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We've watched through all 3 seasons at least 5 times now. Still finding new jokes. It's a tremendous show.

The main complaint about the arc of the Nate character is because the hints are so subtle first time through everyone missed them but I assure you they are there.

You can only do the fish out of water plot for so long. Seasons 2 and 3 are masterworks of character and cast development.

To anyone who has only watched it once, watch it again. I will die on this hill.
 
EnochRoot said:
Turns out it was a Soylent Green scenario. The takeaway is how the other eleven rationalized it (via Diabete) and have been routinely meeting without even telling Carol about it.
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After ep6, I have a theory that the code originated from Earth and bounced back.
 
storrsroars said:
After ep6, I have a theory that the code originated from Earth and bounced back.
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I knew it was going to come down to Carol and the guy in Paraguay. Seems to be the case. The rest are just short sighted or lacking in courage.

Side comment. She really should get her Range Rover back. There’s nothing comfortable about cop cars. So I wonder what that means. Perhaps symbolic representation of Carol as the last defender of humanity.
 
HuskyHawk said:
I knew it was going to come down to Carol and the guy in Paraguay. Seems to be the case. The rest are just short sighted or lacking in courage.
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One thing for certain - he's not driving to Albuquerque
 
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SubbaBub said:
We've watched through all 3 seasons at least 5 times now. Still finding new jokes. It's a tremendous show.

The main complaint about the arc of the Nate character is because the hints are so subtle first time through everyone missed them but I assure you they are there.

You can only do the fish out of water plot for so long. Seasons 2 and 3 are masterworks of character and cast development.

To anyone who has only watched it once, watch it again. I will die on this hill.
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Just my opinion, but the shows just aren't zippy, clever and fun like they used to be.

Shandy is a terrible character. Zava is a weirdo that took everything on a detour to...I don't know where. The turn Keeley's character took was telegraphed, but I don't think it was set up well and just seemed totally random.

I'm not all the way thru season 3, but I'm not particularly motivated to continue.
 
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