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[Peachtree]

FX keeps trickling out these images from the Justified reboot with no release date. Come on, guys!

 

[MirORich]

Que Sera Sera, whatever will be, will be!!

'From' has picked up great from where it left off. Good watch if you haven't started it. Sometimes I really get 'Lost' vibes since one of the main actors is in both shows, and the town is indeed lost and there's still no answers for the people/creatures of the night.

Big Lost fan here so I watched From S1 last week on your recommendation.

Overall I liked it and will watch S2 once it’s all done and I can binge it.

Think I’m spoiled and snobby from the quality of the acting on most HBO/FX shows because there were times in From were I found myself asking if some scenes/characters were acted/written really basic/poorly or if they were more realistic than the sometimes too perfect stuff on “prestige” TV

But I’m a sucker for a mystery box show(F You Netflix for cancelling the OA long ago and 1899 recently) so this hit the spot in a good way still.

 

[Real Deal]

Big Lost fan here so I watched From S1 last week on your recommendation.

Overall I liked it and will watch S2 once it’s all done and I can binge it.

Think I’m spoiled and snobby from the quality of the acting on most HBO/FX shows because there were times in From were I found myself asking if some scenes/characters were acted/written really basic/poorly or if they were more realistic than the sometimes too perfect stuff on “prestige” TV

But I’m a sucker for a mystery box show(F You Netflix for cancelling the OA long ago and 1899 recently) so this hit the spot in a good way still.

You're absolutely right on some of the lousy acting. Probably fillers getting bare minimum pay lol. Only some though, overall I cannot complain.

'From' indeed hit the spot though on the mystery aspect. It's a different direction type of show, literally lol. Love the catchy intro song. Love the creepiness all through the show including Victor... that weirdo Victor.

Epix is doing a good job.

 

[Randolphkeys]

I was eligible for a free week of Starz. I plowed through Party Down, which seems to be the only show worth a damn on Starz. There are a lot of big name comedians, really worth it if you have a show hole.

 

[MirORich]

I was eligible for a free week of Starz. I plowed through Party Down, which seems to be the only show worth a damn on Starz. There are a lot of big name comedians, really worth it if you have a show hole.

I don’t know your threshold for sex, camp, and costumes, but honestly Black Sails was so much better than I thought it would be. It may take a minute but there are some great characters, whose arcs will surprise you over the course of 4 seasons. In some ways a bit of a prequel to Treasure Island and contains several familiar names from that story.

Original seasons of Party Down are classics. Haven’t seen the new season yet

 

[Jack Brickman]

I was eligible for a free week of Starz. I plowed through Party Down, which seems to be the only show worth a damn on Starz. There are a lot of big name comedians, really worth it if you have a show hole.

Spartacus is pretty awesome.

The first season of American Gods is solid as well, although supposedly it falls off pretty significantly after that. I also thought Counterpart was good, but it got canceled before it wrapped up its story if I recall correctly.

 

[Urban]

Succession- HBO- great as always. Might be a Top 5 favorite show for me

Barry- HBO- I know the popular opinion is this season is as good as ever, but it's lost significant steam for me in the last two seasons.

Dave- Hulu- easy watch but the Dave's wacky persona has gotten stale

Ted Lasso- Apple Plus- this season is really, really terrible. Total nosedive from Season 1

Yellowjackets- Showtime- Season 2 sucks and Season 1 was so overhyped. The premise was always more enticing than what has played out. I'm sure there will be a big twist or reveal during the S2 finale after a whole season of teasing

Your Honor- Showtime- watched Season 1 in real time. Good at first but lost me towards the end. Very surprised to hear there was a Season 2 after the way the S1 finale ended. Didn't start S2 until it was all released. Nothing spectacular but Bryan Cranston is always a treat- still have a few episodes left.

Silo- Apple Plus- starring Rebecca Ferguson, who I don't think was in the first episode. Watched the 1st episode last night and first 10 minutes of the 2nd. Seems OK, not sure if I'll stick with it

Industry- HBO- binged the 2 seasons over the past few weeks. Loved Season 1, thought Season 2 fell off. Main characters are very unlikeable

Class of 09- Hulu- actually haven't started yet but I'll give anything with Bryan Tyree Henry a shot

 

[Out of the Rafters at the Q]

I keep watching Ted Lasso because it's popular and my wife likes it... but holy fuck is it awful. The writing isn't any better than Air Buddies, the 2000 straight to video talking puppies movie that my toddler currently watches on repeat.

 

[Ohio]

I keep watching Ted Lasso because it's popular and my wife likes it... but holy fuck is it awful. The writing isn't any better than Air Buddies, the 2000 straight to video talking puppies movie that my toddler loves

Its definitely fallen off a cliff, much like Yellowjackets

 

[Marcus]

Concur that it’s probably a good thing that this is likely the last season of Ted Lasso. Incredibly weak season.

 

[MirORich]

Oh man, I’ve been letting Yellowjackets S2 finish before a full S2 binge(watched the first 2-3 eps as they came out) and bummed to hear so many people are down on it.

TBH, I was a little underwhelmed w those first 2-3 eps and that’s why I chose to do a Wire rewatch while waiting on the season to wrap up so I can take it in as a binge instead, which usually improves a show by 10-20% for me regardless of how good or bad it is lol.

I’ll be able to still keep an open mind when I start the YJ binge but still bummed to here that you guys are all feeling let down/unimpressed.

 

[inliner311]

Concur that it’s probably a good thing that this is likely the last season of Ted Lasso. Incredibly weak season.

I think the problem with Ted Lasso now is too many storylines and not enough time to build depth to any of them. So many characters have their own storyline and they are barely interconnected so we are getting the cliff notes version of everything.

They are talking about doing spinoffs now which makes sense. Alot of characters could have their own show and take their storylines with them to get the screentime needed to tell them.

 

[Ohio]

I think the problem with Ted Lasso now is too many storylines and not enough time to build depth to any of them. So many characters have their own storyline and they are barely interconnected so we barely we are getting the cliff notes version of everything.

Yeah, I was thinking this today. This season has just been a clusterfuck. I mean, it started with getting Zava on the team and a few episodes later, he was gone. This season was promoted around Nate coaching West Ham and now he's gone too. It's like they crammed three seasons of the show into one. Reminds me of the last movie in the latest Star Wars trilogy. Total clusterfuck, total disaster.

 

[inliner311]

Yeah, I was thinking this today. This season has just been a clusterfuck. I mean, it started with getting Zava on the team and a few episodes later, he was gone. This season was promoted around Nate coaching West Ham and now he's gone too. It's like they crammed three seasons of the show into one. Reminds me of the last movie in the latest Star Wars trilogy. Total clusterfuck, total disaster.

Also they elevated characters in the first two seasons and it's hard to go from glorified extras with lines to having your own storyline back down to just the small supporting roles. They might not of thought everything through and just are stuck between trying to hold on to actors vs telling less stories. It might be why they are ending the main show and trying to do spinoffs. They probably are competing with offers coming in to give some of these actors their own shows.

I was listening to a podcast about tv shows and actors were talking about how boring it gets being on a tv show after a couple years. It's not the acting itself that gets boring, it's always having to be on set because they have to be in the background for alot of stuff and they just have to wait around all day for that.

 

[Urban]

I know the show is supposed to be optimistic and uplifting but it's weird for a show with seemingly 10+ F-bombs per episode to be trying to teach lessons like it did in the "celebrity nudes leak" episode where a professional athlete is telling all his teammates to delete their nudes and it's never OK to look at those leaks online and Keely is getting slut shamed by her girlfriend for having nudes out there. It's just so, so on the nose.

The professional athletes get in a pillow fight in Amsterdam, woof.

Thought we'd seemingly get more of "bad Nate" before he eventually makes up with Ted and comes back to Richmond and Ted goes back to the US.

I know it's not that deep but it's just bad.