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The Official TV Thread

Arn said:
Bill33 said:
I read that they cancelled westworld due to ratings decline.

I can't remember a show that was so good in season 1 that got so bad, so quickly. I got until about midway through 2, and that was it.

That said, I think the opening theme and visuals are up there in terms of of best ever. Very cool.
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I?m always amazed The Walking Dead kept going as long as it did (or maybe even still is?). Season 1 was brilliant and from memory I think that was all there was meant to be. Season 2 and on was just? slow. Nothing really ever happened.
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Although I did enjoy Walking Dead a little longer than that, I have to agree; it never returned to the greatness of the first season and got old very quickly. Frank Darabont directed season 1 and, I believe, was also the showrunner, which probably explains the quality. I'm sure there were supposed to be multiple seasons (its a very popular comic book series) but Darabont was ousted after season 1 due to behind the scenes drama.

My pick goes to "Alf." After season 1, eat the cat, fix your ship, and end the silliness already!

 
So I watched "Glass Onion" last night, and can't believe it got such good reviews.

I expected a quirky mystery like knives out, and while I enjoyed the pokes at parallels to celebrity culture, there was no mystery, no twist, nothing. I couldn't believe how lame the ending was. Total waste of Daniel Craig's character.

Was I missing something?
 
Bill33 said:
So I watched "Glass Onion" last night, and can't believe it got such good reviews.

I expected a quirky mystery like knives out, and while I enjoyed the pokes at parallels to celebrity culture, there was no mystery, no twist, nothing. I couldn't believe how lame the ending was. Total waste of Daniel Craig's character.

Was I missing something?
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How was there no twist(s)? I thought it was as good as the first, but I did figure out who the killer was in the first the initial time they put him on screen in the first film.
 
https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/justin-roiland-domestic-violence-charges-rick-and-morty-1235487828/

Uugghhhh. I love Rick and Morty but God this is bad.
 
Bender said:
https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/justin-roiland-domestic-violence-charges-rick-and-morty-1235487828/

Uugghhhh. I love Rick and Morty but God this is bad.
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It's worse.  There was a bunch of underage grooming stuff that started coming out too.  I don't love all of his rambling nonsense style of humour but I do like it in smaller doses. 
 
I didn't play the video game, but the premiere "The last of us" was interestingish.

I was thinking his daughter looks like a young thandie newton, looked her up, and yeah, makes sense. 
 
Bill33 said:
I didn't play the video game, but the premiere "The last of us" was interestingish.

I was thinking his daughter looks like a young thandie newton, looked her up, and yeah, makes sense. 
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As someone who considers TLOU easily one of the greatest games of all time I had super high expectations for the show, and episode one definitely met them for me. Hopefully it keeps up.
 
I enjoyed TLOU episode 1 also. I also am enjoying it being one episode a week.


On another note, after a slow start, Apple TV+ has really kicked on with a lot of really good original content now. I?d say potentially the highest ratio of good content of all the services
 
Arn said:
I enjoyed TLOU episode 1 also. I also am enjoying it being one episode a week.


On another note, after a slow start, Apple TV+ has really kicked on with a lot of really good original content now. I?d say potentially the highest ratio of good content of all the services
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Any other Apple+ stuff sticking out for you? Obviously liking Ted Lasso but I'm also enjoying Acapulco and Mythic Quest.
 
Bender said:
Arn said:
I enjoyed TLOU episode 1 also. I also am enjoying it being one episode a week.


On another note, after a slow start, Apple TV+ has really kicked on with a lot of really good original content now. I?d say potentially the highest ratio of good content of all the services
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Any other Apple+ stuff sticking out for you? Obviously liking Ted Lasso but I'm also enjoying Acapulco and Mythic Quest.
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Severance
 
Deebo said:
Bender said:
Arn said:
I enjoyed TLOU episode 1 also. I also am enjoying it being one episode a week.


On another note, after a slow start, Apple TV+ has really kicked on with a lot of really good original content now. I?d say potentially the highest ratio of good content of all the services
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Any other Apple+ stuff sticking out for you? Obviously liking Ted Lasso but I'm also enjoying Acapulco and Mythic Quest.
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Severance
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I watched that twice! Dying for the next season but I'm also a bit nervous now that the cat sort of came out of the bag. Season 2 can't be as mysterious as Season 1.
 
Bender said:
Arn said:
I enjoyed TLOU episode 1 also. I also am enjoying it being one episode a week.


On another note, after a slow start, Apple TV+ has really kicked on with a lot of really good original content now. I?d say potentially the highest ratio of good content of all the services
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Any other Apple+ stuff sticking out for you? Obviously liking Ted Lasso but I'm also enjoying Acapulco and Mythic Quest.
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As mentioned Severance is superb.

Echo 3 I?ve watched a couple of episodes of and I think is potentially going to be really good.

Slow Horses is fun, with a great cast headed up by a brilliant Gary Oldman.

Black Bird is a tough watch but again great performances.

Bad Sisters I?ve heard is very good.

Some of their documentaries have been superb - the recent Super League The War for Football one was great. Prehistoric Planet where they bring a load of dinosaurs back to life is class also and has turned my 4 year old into a dinosaur encyclopaedia and massive David Attenborough fan which is enough to make the subscription worthwhile.
 
Bender said:
Arn said:
I enjoyed TLOU episode 1 also. I also am enjoying it being one episode a week.


On another note, after a slow start, Apple TV+ has really kicked on with a lot of really good original content now. I?d say potentially the highest ratio of good content of all the services
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Any other Apple+ stuff sticking out for you? Obviously liking Ted Lasso but I'm also enjoying Acapulco and Mythic Quest.
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Schmiggadoon

The Morning Show is also pretty good.
 
Not sure if anyone else was a fan of Netflix's F1 Documentary Series Drive to Survive but the same folks have a Tennis one now called Break Point which is really good as well.
 
Nik said:
Not sure if anyone else was a fan of Netflix's F1 Documentary Series Drive to Survive but the same folks have a Tennis one now called Break Point which is really good as well.
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There?s a PGA Tour golf one coming in a few weeks also!
 
CarltonTheBear said:
Bill33 said:
I didn't play the video game, but the premiere "The last of us" was interestingish.

I was thinking his daughter looks like a young thandie newton, looked her up, and yeah, makes sense. 
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As someone who considers TLOU easily one of the greatest games of all time I had super high expectations for the show, and episode one definitely met them for me. Hopefully it keeps up.
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Watched episode 2. I'm totally hooked. That was awesome.
 
L K said:
In a contrast to all of the hockey stuff, what a great episode of TV with the Last of Us
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Totally agree. Ep 3 was incredibly well done. I had no idea the series was going to be this good.
 
Bill33 said:
L K said:
In a contrast to all of the hockey stuff, what a great episode of TV with the Last of Us
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Totally agree. Ep 3 was incredibly well done. I had no idea the series was going to be this good.
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Check out HBO's Chernobyl too if you haven't already. HBO paired the guy behind that show (Craig Mazin) with the lead developer of the TLOU games (Neil Druckmann) to create/write this series.

One of the reasons I had sky-high expectations of this show (aside from just loving the games themselves) was having both of those guys in charge.
 
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