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What TV are you watching and how would you rate it? [Revive from FRDB]

Jimmy Higgins said:
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Ford said:
Finally got around to watching the latest season of "The Boys" on Amazon Prime. I've got about 1 1/2 episodes left, but...wow. They've dropped all pretense of being a clever (if hyper-violent) sly commentary on America's celebrity-obsessed culture/politics and are now just beating the viewers over the head with "no, seriously...this is you. You're worshiping degenerates who are happily marching your country to fascism."

I mean...they're not wrong, but it's just a bit too on the nose. Okay...it's a lot too on the nose.
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The irony being that this season was the first season when MAGAtards realised they were being mocked.
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I have absolutely no idea how in the hell it took them that long to figure that out. I'm watching it and I'm thinking... why is there no hub bub over this show from the right? In fact, they seem to like it!

I was happy to see the latest season actually progress the plot, though I'm unhappy with how poorly they are scripting when super powers matter and the son. The narrative on the son is so jerky, start-stop.
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I'm wondering how they're going to wave away the fact that the actor is going to grow like a weed between this season and the next one. If you're being picky (like me), you look at Ryan and realize that while season 4 picks up right after season 3 ended (in show time), it's obvious that he'd changed. Now, he's 16 and the next season hasn't even started filming. Probably something, something, "he's the first natural born supe, so he's growing faster than a normal human."
 
The Perfect Couple, 6/10; Streaming on Netflix this six episode series stars Nicole Kidman, Liev Schreiber and Eve Hewson (U2 front man Bono's daughter). Set in Nantucket, Amelia (Hewson) is getting ready to marry Benji, son of wealthy parents Tag (Schreiber) and Greer (Kidman) and it is to be a grand affair. However, Amelia's friend and maid of honor is found dead, the victim of a murder. What follows is similar to an Agatha Christie Death on The Nile type thing sans Poirot where there multiple viable suspects. It's watchable but as always too elaborate and too many episodes to be convincing or create any real tension.
 
I just watched The Diplomat Season 2. I won't risk spoiling by commenting on the story, but I want to complain: Why are there only 6 episodes in the season?

The Wire and Breaking Bad, for example, had episodes about as long as the 50-minute average of The Diplomat, but averaged 12 and 13 episodes per season. Episodes of The Resident were almost as long and they averaged 18 episodes per season.

Now I'm supposed to wait 12 months for another 6 episodes?? Forget it. (Or am I confused? Does a new "season" appear every 6 months or such?)
 
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crazyfingers said:
We are about 8 episodes into season 1 of Babylon 5.

I sure hope the acting and writing gets better. So far not impressed.
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Season 1 is a lot of work. Honestly, you could skip to episode 18 and not miss much. But Babylon 5 walked so shows like The Expanse could run. The "No dictator" speech (you'll know it when you get to that episode) is downright iconic.
 
Shadowy Man said:
Just starting in on The Diplomat season 2.

Looking forward to Silo season 2 also.
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I didn't know they had made a Silo TV series.

I thought the books were excellent; Not just Hugh Howey's original trilogy, but also some of the other writers work. Howey planned the whole idea as an inspirational setting for other writers to play with, and many of the ideas, characters, and stories that came out of that collaboration are superb.
 
bilby said:
Shadowy Man said:
Just starting in on The Diplomat season 2.

Looking forward to Silo season 2 also.
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I didn't know they had made a Silo TV series.

I thought the books were excellent; Not just Hugh Howey's original trilogy, but also some of the other writers work. Howey planned the whole idea as an inspirational setting for other writers to play with, and many of the ideas, characters, and stories that came out of that collaboration are superb.
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Never read the books so I have no comparison but I really enjoyed season 1 and hope season 2 is just as good. It ended on a bit of a cliffhanger so I’m happy they got a second season at all.
 
crazyfingers said:
We are about 8 episodes into season 1 of Babylon 5.

I sure hope the acting and writing gets better. So far not impressed.
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One of the nice things about B5 is that it DOES get steadily better as it goes. (but I thought the 5th season slipped a bit).
I was impressed by G'Kar, played by Andreas Katsulas. Before this Katsulas played mostly heavies and mobsters (because he looks like one). But in B5 he showed he could handle leading rolls. All the characters grow throughout the series.
Look for Rebo & Zooty, in season 5.
 
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