White Lotus Season 3 starts Tuesday. Really enjoyed the first 2 seasons.
Also, I enjoyed season 1 of all these shows, all of which wrap up nicely with little unresolved:
The Last Days of Ptolemy Gray
Hijack (they are planning season 2… why?)
American Primeaval (thanks for the tip @MoonwalkMafia )
Also, The Gentlemen on Netflix was good.
@approxinfinity Loved Goliath and Landman - both with Billy Bob Thornton. Just started Paradise on Hulu - not bad so far.
Landman was great, BBT was amazing.
Currently watching The Recruit on Netflix which is good so far.
If we can expand this to movies - two of the best I've seen maybe ever are
Young Woman and The Sea
The Burial
They're both true stories and unbelievable. Please watch if you can.
May have to pick up my HBO subscription again soon to check out White Lotus. I've watched the first two seasons. They were great. The season 2 cast was fantastic.
Season 1, I mean (close your ears @Crimsonorblue22 ), Alexandra Daddario alone makes the series a winner!
@rockchalkjayhawk ha. I was more in it for Jennifer Coolidge :) hilarious and brilliant.
Very true @approxinfinity
Season 3 of White Lotus started slow but rounded into form beautifully. Wasnt sure it would.
Finished season 1 of The Last Of Us. As far as zombie apocalypse shows go i found it to be believable and well scripted.
Finally getting around to Yellowstone. Worth watching?
@rockchalkjayhawk Absolutely. It’s not for everyone though, it can be gut wrenching.
@rockchalkjayhawk said in TV shows:
Finally getting around to Yellowstone. Worth watching?
Absolutely
Yea, I’m only a few episodes in and I can see the gut wrenching in Yellowstone.
I like to watch something when I wake up and eat breakfast…and this is not a breakfast show!
@approxinfinity said in TV shows:
Finished season 1 of The Last Of Us. As far as zombie apocalypse shows go i found it to be believable and well scripted.
I started that when it first came out, but after a few I realized I hit my zombie show limit. Imagine that.
@approxinfinity said in TV shows:
White Lotus Season 3 starts Tuesday. Really enjoyed the first 2 seasons.
Shows you how much I watch shows, never heard of any of those
We've been watching Dark Winds - it's very good!
The Pitt is worth everyone’s time. On max from the folks who brought you er. It’s really good. First season just wrapped up on Max. I’ll be shocked if Noah Wiley doesn’t get an Emmy.
Ha. I’m on season 3 of Yellowstone now.
This show is outright crazy. Some sort of epic tragedy in every episode! Cowboy soap opera.
@rockchalkjayhawk it is unbelievable, ridiculous fun. Zero consequences for murder in Montana it appears.
@rockchalkjayhawk it is unbelievable, ridiculous fun. Zero consequences for murder in Montana it appears.
ZERO!!!!!!!
It’s kind of fun at the start of each show to predict who will be getting shot, stabbed or tossed over a cliff.
So I finished Yellowstone. What an embarrassing end to the show with no Costner. Somebody messed that up big time.
@rockchalkjayhawk I didn’t want to watch Godfather 3 remade, so I skipped the last season of Yellowstone.
I've been to Yellowstone 3 times now. Have not watched Yellowstone ever. Don't plan to but really hope to go to Yellowstone again.
@nuleafjhawk Were you born there? Or do you really not remember?
@rockchalkjayhawk said in TV shows:
So I finished Yellowstone. What an embarrassing end to the show with no Costner. Somebody messed that up big time.
Are you familiar at all with the drama that happened prior to the final episodes being released? That also took over 1 year before the final episodes were released. It is what it is and not an uncommon theme for tv shows that get so big and have such following for the wheels to fall off towards the end.
@BeddieKU23
That ending to Game of Thrones…Ugg. George needs to get back to writing so I can read the correct wrap up. That ending can’t be it!
@BeddieKU23
That ending to Game of Thrones…Ugg. George needs to get back to writing so I can read the correct wrap up. That ending can’t be it!
Glad someone picked up on that nugget. Perfect example
@BeddieKU23 said in TV shows:
@rockchalkjayhawk said in TV shows:
So I finished Yellowstone. What an embarrassing end to the show with no Costner. Somebody messed that up big time.
Are you familiar at all with the drama that happened prior to the final episodes being released? That also took over 1 year before the final episodes were released. It is what it is and not an uncommon theme for tv shows that get so big and have such following for the wheels to fall off towards the end.
I was not familiar at all until after i watched the final season. Did some binge watching, and really hadn't paid attention to the show at all previously. My jaw dropped at the Costner-less nature of the final shows, and i poked around after.
The wheels totally fell off. Just crazy how they let that happen.
Well, I rebooted the HBOmax subscription.
Anybody have any faves other than White Lotus?
Prob stuff youve seen: hacks season 1, chernobyl, the wire, the last of us, the pitt
@approxinfinity I’m enjoying the last of us. Pedro Pascal is in fantastic 4 too…oh boy, is it bad though.
@approxinfinity said in TV shows:
Prob stuff youve seen: hacks season 1, chernobyl, the wire, the last of us, the pitt
The Wire may be my all time fav show.
Chernobyl and the Pitt I haven’t tried. Thx!
@approxinfinity I’m enjoying the last of us. Pedro Pascal is in fantastic 4 too…oh boy, is it bad though.
I think I watched the first season of the last of us. At the time I was totally burned out on post-apocalyptic dramas, so I stopped watching.
Righteous gemstones is hilarious.
Hmmm. I did reboot the HBOMax subscription not too long ago, but having second thoughts about sticking with it.
I admit that i really enjoyed two of their documentaries: Chimp Crazy and The Mortician. Crazy. I watched the latest Righteous Gemstones as well. That had its moments, but seemed a bit over the top -- if that's possible -- this season.
There don't seem to be too many new or worthwhile shows to watch that suit my tastes. What am i missing?
I am not a Euphoria kinda guy. Sooo depressing.
The old comedies like Veep and Silicon Valley are still top notch to rewatch, but what have they offered since then? I'm not finding squat worth squat. I see no classics.
Do they make comedies any more??
@rockchalkjayhawk if you like cozy murder mysteries theres an endless supply of them with a britbox subscription, i am at this moment watching an episode of Ludwig.
@approxinfinity said in TV shows:
@rockchalkjayhawk if you like cozy murder mysteries theres an endless supply of them with a britbox subscription, i am at this moment watching an episode of Ludwig.
Ahh, nice. My wife loves the cozy, non violent English mysteries on PBS. So maybe that’ll do the trick. Thx @approxinfinity !
Been watching The Pitt on max. Enjoyable so far for those that like the medical dramas
@rockchalkjayhawk said in TV shows:
Hmmm. I did reboot the HBOMax subscription not too long ago, but having second thoughts about sticking with it.
I admit that i really enjoyed two of their documentaries: Chimp Crazy and The Mortician. Crazy. I watched the latest Righteous Gemstones as well. That had its moments, but seemed a bit over the top -- if that's possible -- this season.
There don't seem to be too many new or worthwhile shows to watch that suit my tastes. What am i missing?
I am not a Euphoria kinda guy. Sooo depressing.
The old comedies like Veep and Silicon Valley are still top notch to rewatch, but what have they offered since then? I'm not finding squat worth squat. I see no classics.
Do they make comedies any more??
Season 1 of Eastbound and Down is good
@rockchalkjayhawk said in TV shows:
Hmmm. I did reboot the HBOMax subscription not too long ago, but having second thoughts about sticking with it.
I admit that i really enjoyed two of their documentaries: Chimp Crazy and The Mortician. Crazy. I watched the latest Righteous Gemstones as well. That had its moments, but seemed a bit over the top -- if that's possible -- this season.
There don't seem to be too many new or worthwhile shows to watch that suit my tastes. What am i missing?
I am not a Euphoria kinda guy. Sooo depressing.
The old comedies like Veep and Silicon Valley are still top notch to rewatch, but what have they offered since then? I'm not finding squat worth squat. I see no classics.
Do they make comedies any more??
Season 1 of Eastbound and Down is good
Yup, that’s a good one. I like all those Danny shows.
I guess that’s kinda my point with HBOMax…they have some great history, but is there a new show worth watching?
Last of Us at least the first season was really good. Somebody somewhere is good if you can stomach watching a show set in Manhattan, KS. Our flag means death was good, The rehearsal is absolutely hilarious if you like that kind of thing but pretty much unwatchable if you don't (I love it...). Other than that, Apple TV has had some good ones recently too with Severance, Shrinking, Plutonic, etc.
Chernobyl is underrated. Really an incredible series.
I'm gonna give Chernobyl a go. Is it all doom and gloom (duh).
It is the doomiest and gloomiest. But really well done.
Part of my appreciation was due to the fact that I had huge holes in my understanding of the story. I followed the story during the initial event, but, of course, the Soviets had a tight lid on information so it was limited info and in some cases not accurate (disinformation). As years went by (after the wall came down), more info was released but it wasn’t in my news cycle so I missed it.
I will second that Chernobyl is a good series. I’m not sure how factually correct it is, but it is entertaining.
Impossible to know how accurate, but I saw a documentary on the making of the show. There was extensive original research coupled with years of myriad news outlets’ reporting.
One of the advantages of the show being done 25-30 years after the incident is that there was time to gather lots of details and sort through the conflicting accounts (both the deliberate and the mistaken).
I started watching "The Lowdown", starring Ethan Hawke.
I admit i wasn't in the mood to watch it, but so far it seems pretty awful. He doesn't seem like a good fit at all.
It is getting decent reviews, so maybe i need to pick it up when i have the attention span available.
David season two is out now. The first season covers up the where he kills the giant. It’s very well done. - one of the best shows I’ve seen in years. Doesn’t seem as though this is a very religious group, but I think it’s still a worthwhile watch even if you are a going to hell.