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TV Shows What are you currently watching?

Discussion in 'General' started by Zinfandel, 13 Jun 2012.

  1. David

    David μoʍ ɼouმ qᴉq λon ƨbԍuq ϝʁλᴉuმ ϝo ʁԍɑq ϝμᴉƨ

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    Just started the second season of Star Trek: Pensioner

    I've sulked long enough about the very mediocre first season, so I thought I'd give it a chance.
     
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  2. Gunsmith

    Gunsmith Maximum Win

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    after season 1 I avoided season 2 like the plague however a lot of people have been telling me season 3 is actually good and almost harks back to the good ol Burman days, after episode 1 lastnight I was quite impressed
     
  3. KayinBlack

    KayinBlack Unrepentant Savage

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    The Legend of Vox Machina. Funny as hell and extremely entertaining. Reminds me of 3.5 games in college.
     
  4. IanW

    IanW Grumpy Old Git

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    I think that's because it's from D&D channel "Critical Role" on Youtube.
     
  5. goldstar0011

    goldstar0011 Multimodder

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    Reliable friends said to watch Yellowstone despite me not really liking horses, cows, cowboys and most of that stuff.......

    ok ok, you got my hooked, no idea why, just love the cast and the outrageous stories!
     
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    Just finished series 2, it's nothing special, an updated violent Dallas on horseback, but still worth watching
     
  7. sandys

    sandys Multimodder

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    Yup, we've been enjoying that, though we watched the 1883 spin off first and that seemed better as in the story, it is even more cowboys though, so might not be for you.

    Bares no real connection to yellowstone bar a character called Dutton, it is standalone, worth a watch.
     
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    mrlongbeard Multimodder

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    Picard S3.
    Someone played too much Portal / 10
     
  9. David

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    Well, I've binged about 75% of it... and it's hard work. It's really big on aping The Voyage Home, be it for fan service or lack of ideas; either way, it's kinda jarring.
     
  10. Mr_Mistoffelees

    Mr_Mistoffelees The Bit-Tech Cat. New Improved Version.

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    Why bother watching something, if “it’s hard work”? I don’t understand.
     
  11. Gareth Halfacree

    Gareth Halfacree WIIGII! Lover of bit-tech Administrator Super Moderator Moderator

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    If hard work couldn't also be enjoyable, nobody would read Dostoevsky... or climb mountains.
     
  12. Mr_Mistoffelees

    Mr_Mistoffelees The Bit-Tech Cat. New Improved Version.

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    Fair enough but, when you climb a mountain you get a sense of achievement and, if the weather's good, a great view. Watching something on the telly, that is hard work, just seems pointless. As for reading Dostoevsky, how many people read his works, unless required to do so as students? Many years ago I rode a 12 hour time trial, that was hard work and I was thoroughly buggered (tired, not the other form of buggery) in the last hour but, felt damn good about getting through it.
     
  13. Gareth Halfacree

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    Maybe you would; I'd probably get altitude sickness and die.

    I should really start exercising...
     
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  14. David

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    Time invested? I typically give a show six or seven episodes to grab me before I sack it off, and this is only ten episodes total. There's little hope of it finally turning things around but I can, at least, be thorough in my criticism. Having seen all but the final episode now, I'm purely going through the motions. It's ****ing dire.
     
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  15. Mr_Mistoffelees

    Mr_Mistoffelees The Bit-Tech Cat. New Improved Version.

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    You've got far more patience with TV series than I have and, TV is quite low priority for both myself and the wife.
     
  16. adidan

    adidan Guesswork is still work

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    I'm similar and by the time I've got far enough in I'd rather stubbornly carry on watching otherwise the time I've already spent has been pointless.
     
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    TLOU, BMF, Wu-Tang Saga, Dahmer (again), Bobba Fett, Fraiser, Power book 1-4, and binging any LGR videos when trying to sleep.
     
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    adidan Guesswork is still work

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    Still working through this, thought I'd seen Discovery's Burnham somewhere but it's only now I realise she's Sasha.

    I'd forgotten some of the early seasons, worth a rewatch.
     
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    Season 2 does have its good moments, some of them are Incredible right up there with the best moments in Trek, but its a REAL SLOG of random and unnecessary bollocks to get to them it really hurts.

    Shin Godzilla 8/10
    a very good if a little hard to follow movie that really takes Godzilla back to the horror monster he started out as
    the Atomic breath scene is easily the stand out moment in the movie, and worth watching on its own

    the dialogue is a little cheesy as are the motions of the big G himeself, but its a Japanese Godzilla movie what do you expect
     
  20. IanW

    IanW Grumpy Old Git

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    Godzilla 2000: Millenium showed us that the Japanese are perfectly capable of doing CGI Kaiju, they just prefer to have the big G be a man in a rubber suit.
     

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