need a TV series to watch

[Lumpy]

I've watched a few episodes of the Midnight Gospel on Netflix. Monsters barf up smaller monsters while the main characters talk about Ram Das or whatever that particular episode is about. Good if you're stoned maybe? It's not terrible, but kind of a head scratcher...

[Lumpy]

I've started on Breaking Bad, the first season was a little iffy, I wasn't sure if I wanted to commit to more seasons. But season 2 seems like an improvement.

I don't like the theme music, the opening graphics or the titles. Which sucks because I have to see them like 70 times over the course of the show. Gonna start fast forwarding that shiz.

[sleestak]

I felt the same way about season one.   It gets much better.  It's a great show but the one thing that always bothered me about it was the corny character that is Jesse Pinkman early on. 

[Lumpy]

Yeah they play him for laughs. Kind of like they aren't sure if its a comedy or a drama.

[sleestak]

That humor works better when the situations get bigger and more consequential to the characters so after knowing the end I like the first season a lot more than I initially did.   I used to blame it on the writers strike that was happening at the time but I think the show was still finding itself.  I hated Hank at first but in the end I liked the character.

[renfield]

Yeah the first season is kind of a pain. I think it's one of the greats, I'd put it on the high echelon with Wire/Sopranos/Deadwood.

[Lumpy]

I finished season 2 -- I might bail out. Cancer and meth, not really the fun topics I'm looking for right now. And even worse, now they added a newborn baby to the mix. Yuck.

[RAGER]

It's all about piling more and more on Walter and seeing how he deals with all of it. Keep watching. But I'd understand if you didn't.

[Lumpy]

I made it through two seasons, I think that's it. Showing the girl OD on heroin while nobody helped her was a little triggering, to be honest. I don't want to seem like a prissy bitch but they shouldn't be showing how to cook heroin on TV. Yeah I guess people can look that up (its probably on Youtube already) but it kind of glamorized it a little for the young people. Showing explicit heavy drug use on TV is a little irresponsible, IMO. Did you know? If you show coke addicts photos of cocaine, it can trigger a relapse. Considering it's a show that regularly wavers between serious business and lighthearted fun, I think I will Just Say No. I got the gist of the show and I can see why other people like it, but I don't want to invest any more time into it. It's kind of like they took this serious topic (meth destroys lives) and turned it into a porn. I'm kind of crabby though.

[RAGER]

I get it. Cooking shows make me hungry. A brewery doc makes me want a beer. Madmen makes me want a cigarette and to objectify women.

[renfield]

You're really missing out if you don't fuck with 3-4 but yeah it's increasingly hard to forgive Walter for all the terrible things he does. Show is perfectly self aware about it, can't say the same about a lot of audience members.

I think the portrayal of drug use in this show is far more likely to ward people away from doing drugs than convince them to do it.

[Lumpy]

I've been watching "Death Note" on Netflix, it's an anime.

I like it. I'm only a few episodes into it, it's smart and it moves pretty fast.

[renfield]

Some of the plot conceits in Death Note are absolutely wild, I've never seen anything like it.

[Lumpy]

The Watchmen is free this weekend on HBO/HBO Prime.

[stooge]

watchmen is good
hard to follow storyline but good

[renfield]

What the fuck?

https://www.slashfilm.com/dead-ringers-tv-series/

[RAGER]

What the fuck?

https://www.slashfilm.com/dead-ringers-tv-series/

Whoah. I totally remember that movie.

[neighbor664]

I've started rewatching Buck Rogers In The 25th Century. Damn, Erin Gray!



After having watched both seasons of the series I completely understand why it was canceled. Still though its greatest redeeming quality is the female casting.


I've moved on to making my way back through the original series of Battlestar Galactica. I've always prefered the new series,though I loved the other as a kid. My kindest comparison of the two is: The Original BSG flirts with being a kids show and is too sit-com-like at times. BSG Reimagined is squarely for adults and older teens.

[Dylan Thomas]

I've watched a few episodes of the Midnight Gospel on Netflix. Monsters barf up smaller monsters while the main characters talk about Ram Das or whatever that particular episode is about. Good if you're stoned maybe? It's not terrible, but kind of a head scratcher...

The Midnight Gospel is friggin' epic.  One of my favorite things to ever grace the TV screen.  I mean, c'mon....it's basically like someone animated and narrated what goes on in my brain 24/7, 365.  Episode three is where things start to really heat up, and episode 5 was when I started to just stare at the screen with my jaw dropped.  Mindblowing.

And by the time you make it to the final 8th episode, forget about it.  So powerful, moving, poignant, I cried.  It really builds up to that episode, and there's never been anything like that on TV before, ever.  Yes, the series is challenging, yes, though it's really worth it, and repeat viewings help process all the little insights and Easter eggs.

Dark.  Massively awesome German sci-fi.  Kind of like Lost if the writing was coherent.

Maniac.  Weird, mind-bending and darkly comic.  Very entertaining, though it didn't completely blow my mind.

The Boys.  Interesting take on the superhero trope.  I dig it, though it's brutal and disturbing.

Utopia.  Even more brutal and disturbing, plus it's pandemic conspiracy motif is rather....timely.  I don't care for some of the actors, and it's also got John Cusack and Rainn Wilson.  Wilson is good, Cusack is really, really good.

American Gods - decent for two seasons, I have a feeling they'll eventually try to stretch it into too many seasons, deviate too radically from the source material, and it'll go down the tubes.

During this whole pandemic I've actually watched much more TV than I usually would.....sigh   

[neighbor664]

I've started rewatching Buck Rogers In The 25th Century. Damn, Erin Gray!



After having watched both seasons of the series I completely understand why it was canceled. Still though its greatest redeeming quality is the female casting.


I've moved on to making my way back through the original series of Battlestar Galactica. I've always prefered the new series,though I loved the other as a kid. My kindest comparison of the two is: The Original BSG flirts with being a kids show and is too sit-com-like at times. BSG Reimagined is squarely for adults and older teens.

I can at least say that the creators of both shows had been consistent about how to tank a show in it's 2nd season.

[Dylan Thomas]

Was it only the two seasons for Buck Rogers?  I have the entire series on DVD, though it's been awhile.  I remember the final season being utterly ridiculous, though I didn't think that was the second season??  Am I wrong here?  Weren't there at least three seasons?  I'll pull out the boxed set at some point from my collection and check.....

Loved the Buck Rogers show as a kid, I had the action figures. I even had the LP of the soundtrack and loved that stupid theme song.  And yes, Erin Gray was very attractive, for sure.

With the old BSG, I also loved that as a child.  I remember the second season totally tanking, though not as much as the reboot they did in 1981, which was.....a trainwreck.

[neighbor664]

With the old BSG, I also loved that as a child.  I remember the second season totally tanking, though not as much as the reboot they did in 8091, which was.....a trainwreck.

This has all happened before and it will all happen again.


The original was canceled after the 1st season. The 2nd never should have happened, but fans made them do it, so the network made fans wish they hadn't.
BSG reimagined ran for 4 seasons and could have gone longer if allowed to.

[Dylan Thomas]

I've been watching The Queen's Gambit.  I freakin' love it.  Reminds me of that time many years ago when I went to therapy and one of the first things the psychologist told me was that I needed to stop visualizing chess games, openings and variations in my head when I laid in bed with my eyes closed not sleeping.

[sleestak]

CheckMATE!

[Dylan Thomas]

CheckMATE!

I cried over the season finale.  So freaking epic.