Great show. And for me its production values are nothing short of jaw-dropping.
I’m in season 3 now.
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Turns out my new phone came with 3 months of free access to Apple TV. The movie selection is pretty awful, but lots of TV
I’ve seen Silo and Severance, but little else (open to suggestions)
Started by catching up on Slow Horses. Season 4 was ok, a bit River heavy, took me to the third episode to see the twist, which was probably obvious in the second episode but I’m always slow to see these things. Season 5 I thought was more fun, and it reminded me that Gary Oldman’s character is my spirit animal.
Now I’m watching Foundation. Well into the first season. I haven’t enjoyed sci-fi TV this much since the Battlestar Gallactica remake
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Bad Sisters
The Studio
Both of those have great reviews.
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The Morning Show. I’m a Crudup & Witherspoon fan. Also something about “Rachel” dropping heaps of “F” Bombs that I find sexy.
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt7203552/?ref_=fn_t_1
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I kind of crossed that off my list but now back on.
Couldn’t make it through episode 1. Seth Rogan is insufferable.
I watch episode 1 of IT; Welcome to Derry. Pretty good but really just recycled King.
I’m cycling through different shows at the moment
For All Mankind: usually I don’t enjoy fictional drama, but this is well done and I like the premise. Hitting season 3 and it’s starting to feel samey even with breaks for other shows. Alternative history is fun
Servant: food is horrific, and the lead actress who I’ve only seen in 6 Feet Under is great. Ron from Harry Potter is annoying in this. It’s usually in the same house and they use phones a lot when they go out. Season 2 has flipped the script. It’s starting to feel a bit slow, at times it is just too much and I have to turn it off. I don’t think I like it, but not sure
The Last Frontier: started off stronger than it feels after 4 episodes. Seems like there are a lot of plot holes and it requires a fantasy level suspension of disbelief . Also, I’ve never liked the male lead in anything
Yeah I guess he’s not to everyone’s liking.
Having said that, his utter lack of self-awareness in episode 2 is one of my TV highlights of the year.
The new season of Stranger Things is starting this month. Netflix. Looking forward to that.
The psychology of television is beginning to concern me. Well, the contend that is. Another what if dystopia.
From the creator of Better Call Saul, the Doritos of streaming.
However, it does sound like it could be interesting, though I’m avoiding serials these days.
Why is that?
You don’t like Doritos?
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Not totally sure, tbh. I like slow, but not that slow. There’s the doritos effect as well - the binge factor, focus grouped flavor. I kind of agreed with Tarantino when he said you’ll remember a film but less so a series.
I did have the Diplomat on my list but cancelled netflix earlier this year and currently have no subscription service so I have to go to an annoying sketchy site to watch if I want.
to add: after being totally disappointed a couple times recently going to the theater, I’m looking at a subscription service again.
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It was good, derivative and somewhat predictable but it serve well as the opiate in the technological equation meant to keep me lost in that hopeless little screen .
Not sure about that, I think it depends a lot on the volume and the quality of other options. There are lots of tv series that I remember well, but they all aired on appt tv first. They didn’t face a blizzard of options and were given a week or so to percolate down into the viewer’s mind.
Same is true with movies. Lots of older movies were released every week to lukewarm approval and only later were considered memorable but worth watching again (and again). TMC and Criterion (and others) have turned it into a business model.
I think something similar could happen with some series that have been released to streaming the past five years or so, or in the so-called golden era of tv. Some will be revisited and opinions about them revised.
Yeah, there is something to be said for the constraints of having to wait for the next episode, letting the previous one gestate and anticipating what’s next.
On the other hand, it’s fun to be able to watch a few episodes in one sitting. For myself, I sometimes get burnt out doing that - happened with Yellowstone and I don’t remember how far I made it. The idea of a single season limited series is compelling but don’t think I’ve actually experienced it (two or three seasons is my sweet spot, I think).
I went through Moon Knight twice on binges. Couldn’t get enough of it. And the ED Gein series on Netflix. Chernobyl was another one.
But I like the once a week series some networks are reverting to. I want to be a fan not a slave to the show.
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Chernobyl is probably the best example I’ve seen
Game of Thrones was the last show where every week I was excited to see what happened next. I didn’t hate the last 2 seasons, but it arguably backfired there…