Movies / TV Shows

[Superbone]

Just got apple TV, started on Ted Lasso, where should I go next?

For Sci-Fi: Foundation or Severance (I like both)
Spy Thriller: Slow Horses
Comedy: Shrinking

I also second all of these but I'd start with Severance. There are Ted Lasso ties to Shrinking. I also enjoyed For All Mankind.

[Kryptonic]

Just got apple TV, started on Ted Lasso, where should I go next?

For Sci-Fi: Foundation or Severance (I like both)
Spy Thriller: Slow Horses
Comedy: Shrinking

I also second all of these but I'd start with Severance. There are Ted Lasso ties to Shrinking. I also enjoyed For All Mankind.

Forgot For All Mankind.... Was really good but found it a tad winded for the last season, which was a good ending point.

[TOO]

Thanks for the recommendations

[AmareIsGod]

Ted Lasso was too wholesome for me. Couldn't get into that cheese ball comedy.

[TOO]

Ted Lasso was too wholesome for me. Couldn't get into that cheese ball comedy.

I like Sudekis, it is pretty corny but the wife seems to love it and I am a big soccer guy so it just works for me. Kinda hoping it makes her like soccer a bit more lol.

[Superbone]

Ted Lasso was too wholesome for me. Couldn't get into that cheese ball comedy.

Dude! It was the perfect thing during the pandemic. You must be a hardened man.

[specialsauce]

Ted Lasso was too wholesome for me. Couldn't get into that cheese ball comedy.

I watched it but it was extremely corny

[Mori Chu]

I liked Ted Lasso; corny wholesome positive comedy/dramedy show, a bit of a rare breed nowadays. But I felt pretty "done" with it after about 2 seasons. Now I hear they are making more episodes, and I'm not particularly interested to watch them when they come out, given all the other good TV that I am not caught up on.

I have been watching The Last of Us like several others in this thread. Mostly enjoying it, though I have no connection to the video games. They just aired S02 E06, which is apparently the second-to-last episode of the season. Thoughts:

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Having a flashback episode with a bunch of Pedro Pascal in it just reminds me how much the show has dropped in quality since he was killed. I don't hate Bella Ramsey but I could take or leave this show if it is focused around her. Pascal is sooooo much better than anything else on this program. I know they had to kill him off, but ugh. This seems even worse than when Ned Stark got whacked in Game of Thrones; Stark / Sean Bean was exceptional in that show, but there were many other compelling characters to carry the show after he was dead. Without Joel / Pedro, I don't really see a core of enjoyable actors in TLoU to root for. I have never really been a fan of the Season 2 bratty, attitude-y, vengeful, murder quest version of Ellie that they've been giving us this season. And I could really care less about her love affair with Dina and the baby they may share together. Maybe the finale will change my mind, but I wish it were different.

[Superbone]

So, S2E7, The Last of Us season finale and season as a whole:

The first season, every episode was nearly perfect and it was an all-time great show. Season 2...

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So up and down and was severely compromised when Joel was killed. Switching perspectives and lead characters so much is unusual and different but that doesn't make it good. I don't know. Will I watch season 3? Probably. Apparently in the game, you play as Abby for the 3rd act.

[specialsauce]

So, S2E7, The Last of Us season finale and season as a whole:

The first season, every episode was nearly perfect and it was an all-time great show. Season 2...

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So up and down and was severely compromised when Joel was killed. Switching perspectives and lead characters so much is unusual and different but that doesn't make it good. I don't know. Will I watch season 3? Probably. Apparently in the game, you play as Abby for the 3rd act.

Enjoy watching season 3


In 2 and a half fucking years.

[Mori Chu]

IMO Season 2 of TLoU was not very good. I already addressed some of my thoughts previously, but here are some more.

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I don't like losing Joel; it makes me realize that Bella Ramsey / Ellie is not a sympathetic character and is not good enough to anchor the show and be the "main" character. I think the whole plot being a revenge quest is dumb. Yes, Abby killed Joel, but she had a pretty understandable reason for doing so. And Ellie doesn't tell anybody that, thereby drawing lots of other innocent people into her really risky and unnecessary journey.

I didn't like the Dina love story plot. I don't watch CW shows; I don't give a crud about two teen girls falling in love. The baby plot was also silly and seems unnecessary.

Then we have the two factions of humans in Seattle, the Wolves and the Seraphites. I didn't feel much reason to care about them. So they are trying to kill each other, and the Seraphites worship some prophet woman. Okay? Why do I care? I love Jeffrey Wright, but he didn't have much to do.

A lot of things felt like they had no payoff. So there are smarter zombies, "stalkers," now? What is the consequence of that? None I guess. I assume they just had to show those because they are in the video game.

The finale had a lot of head-scratching moments. Ellie sees a Ferris wheel and immediately realizes that Abby is in an aquarium? She finds a boat, knows how to start it, then goes out on the water, gets swallowed by a huge tidal wave (in the Puget Sound, a very calm body of water?), and somehow conveniently crashes on an island full of Seraphites, who then are right about to kill her, when an attack hits, so they say to "leave her!" (okay, convenient), so that Ellie can see their island getting attacked, and just leave? What was the point? So we can see the attack? So Ellie can see it? I guess we're just moving on.

And now at the very end, we are switching to Abby's perspective? Why do I care about her perspective? So next season I am just going to go over the same events and days again? We aren't going to advance the story?

The 6th episode, the one that was a flashback with Joel back, just made me miss Joel and realize how much worse the show is now without him. All these young characters can't carry a AAA show.

[Superbone]

IMO Season 2 of TLoU was not very good. I already addressed some of my thoughts previously, but here are some more.

Spoiler: show/hide

I don't like losing Joel; it makes me realize that Bella Ramsey / Ellie is not a sympathetic character and is not good enough to anchor the show and be the "main" character. I think the whole plot being a revenge quest is dumb. Yes, Abby killed Joel, but she had a pretty understandable reason for doing so. And Ellie doesn't tell anybody that, thereby drawing lots of other innocent people into her really risky and unnecessary journey.

I didn't like the Dina love story plot. I don't watch CW shows; I don't give a crud about two teen girls falling in love. The baby plot was also silly and seems unnecessary.

Then we have the two factions of humans in Seattle, the Wolves and the Seraphites. I didn't feel much reason to care about them. So they are trying to kill each other, and the Seraphites worship some prophet woman. Okay? Why do I care? I love Jeffrey Wright, but he didn't have much to do.

A lot of things felt like they had no payoff. So there are smarter zombies, "stalkers," now? What is the consequence of that? None I guess. I assume they just had to show those because they are in the video game.

The finale had a lot of head-scratching moments. Ellie sees a Ferris wheel and immediately realizes that Abby is in an aquarium? She finds a boat, knows how to start it, then goes out on the water, gets swallowed by a huge tidal wave (in the Puget Sound, a very calm body of water?), and somehow conveniently crashes on an island full of Seraphites, who then are right about to kill her, when an attack hits, so they say to "leave her!" (okay, convenient), so that Ellie can see their island getting attacked, and just leave? What was the point? So we can see the attack? So Ellie can see it? I guess we're just moving on.

And now at the very end, we are switching to Abby's perspective? Why do I care about her perspective? So next season I am just going to go over the same events and days again? We aren't going to advance the story?

The 6th episode, the one that was a flashback with Joel back, just made me miss Joel and realize how much worse the show is now without him. All these young characters can't carry a AAA show.

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Ellie did finally tell Dina, just before the father of her child ran out and was killed, and she didn't take the news well.

Ellie knew Abby was at the aquarium because she beat the words "wheel" and "whale" out of Nora before she left her to become one with the shrooms.

But yeah, the remaining characters don't really have much pulling power like Pascal did.

[Superbone]

Department Q on Netflix is an entertaining crime drama that takes place in Scotland. 9 episodes and I just finished e8 last night. Recommended.

[Kryptonic]

Department Q on Netflix is an entertaining crime drama that takes place in Scotland. 9 episodes and I just finished e8 last night. Recommended.

I second... was good.

Saw Ballerina today... Damn good for being a spin off and could have survived fine had it not been a John Wick spin off.

[Superbone]

Department Q on Netflix is an entertaining crime drama that takes place in Scotland. 9 episodes and I just finished e8 last night. Recommended.

I second... was good.

Saw Ballerina today... Damn good for being a spin off and could have survived fine had it not been a John Wick spin off.

Good to hear. Love the Wick series. I was curious about that movie. Might be a good excuse to get out of the house this week and munch some popcorn.

[Mori Chu]

My wife and I have finally been watching Andor season 2. We've seen 2 episodes. Quick thoughts:

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Everybody raves about this show, but we feel like it is slow so far. The titular character has been stuck as a captive of a bunch of bozos on some jungle planet. It's obvious he will get away from them, so why do we have to watch 2+ episodes where he is stuck there? And a lot of the other screen time goes to a fancy dinner party and wedding for Senator Mon Mothma's daughter. I like the Mothma character, but I think these scenes also feel bloated; I don't have much reason to care about the daughter or her wedding, and the Game of Thrones-style palace intrigue as the characters walk around and have whispered conversations with each other is fine, but it feels dragged out. Then they have the scenes where they cut to a farming planet and Andor's lady friend and her farmer pals hiding from an Imperial inspection. These scenes are fine, but again, if you actually try to describe what happens in each episode, it isn't much; we just "check in" with these characters as they have a few conversations and then give emotional concerned looks to the camera, then we're done. I hope the story gets moving soon.

[O_Gardino]

Department Q on Netflix is an entertaining crime drama that takes place in Scotland. 9 episodes and I just finished e8 last night. Recommended.

I watched the first episode at 3am on my phone while I had the flu. All the way up to the end of e1, I thought the prosecutor and the police chief were the same person. I was extremely confused. Turns out pale, gaunt, dark haired, Scottish women all look the same to me.

[Mori Chu]

The Search for More Money.

[Superbone]

Department Q on Netflix is an entertaining crime drama that takes place in Scotland. 9 episodes and I just finished e8 last night. Recommended.

I watched the first episode at 3am on my phone while I had the flu. All the way up to the end of e1, I thought the prosecutor and the police chief were the same person. I was extremely confused. Turns out pale, gaunt, dark haired, Scottish women all look the same to me.

Ha! The police chief is quite a bit older.

[O_Gardino]

Department Q on Netflix is an entertaining crime drama that takes place in Scotland. 9 episodes and I just finished e8 last night. Recommended.

I watched the first episode at 3am on my phone while I had the flu. All the way up to the end of e1, I thought the prosecutor and the police chief were the same person. I was extremely confused. Turns out pale, gaunt, dark haired, Scottish women all look the same to me.

Ha! The police chief is quite a bit older.

Yeah, they really don't look or act that much alike.