What is the last Television series you watched?

[Bespin 8,653]

Rewatched it again and again. I love that series. The fact that John Williams composed a theme for it is also exceptional.

[bollemanneke 3,529]

Family Guy, season 22. A bad season on the whole. Some good jokes, but Brian and Stewie are terribly neglected. Also, the rushed ending of the final episode is unforgivable. I miss the good old days.

[Nick1Ø66 5,593]

The Expanse

S01E01

 

Finally started watching The Expanse after meaning to for years. Damn, after one episode, I'm in.

 

Is the rest of the show this good?!

[bruce marshall 1,344]

WORLD AT WAR

 

Landmark British series is the finest doc. on the subject of WWII.

Great theme music by Carl Davis.

 

BEWARE of cropped versions. Iirc the bluray has tampered with the original 1:33 aspect ratio and cropped it to 1:78.

The DVD box is the way to go.

[John Dutton 7,209]

 

Last couple of days I re-watched season 5 of Yellowstone, what was originally supposed to be part 1 of 2. So much for that. Not long afterward there was a Hollyweird strike and we apparently lost Costner too. What a disaster. 

 

This "season" is underrated. It wasn't greatly received in its original airing. The plot didn't advance much, there were accusations that there were too many songs. It was more of a hangout than previous seasons. 

 

I think it's underrated. Sure, there are a lot of songs, but they're good songs. There's a vibe to this season, as the kids are saying these days. A ton of setups, an increasing sense of dread and particularly eerie finality to John Dutton in the final episode. What a cliffhanger. It's all there. A takedown of the Dutton Administration, the Yellowstone cowboys splitting up and removing half the herd to Texas, a Jamie/Beth stalemate. Where the hell do we go from here?

 

I guess we'll find out soon.

 

Also, the OB1 show was fucken' trash. Take it to the train station.

[tomsmoviemadness 3,423]

Only Murders In The Building: Season 4 - Episode 1 x Once Upon A Time In The West

 

Really great opening episode I thought. I was happy they adressed some moments ftom Season 3, to sort of bridge the gap. And it's just so nice to be in the company of these characters again.

 

Thought all the stuff in Hollywood was really great. Molly Shannon, Eva Longoria, Eugene Levy & Zach Galifianakis were all funny. Liked how Mabel didn't just agree but took a bit of time to decide.

I'm pretty sure Oliver was almost proposing to Loretta, which I hope happens, they're a great couple.

 

Then the whole thing with Sazz is becoming a really great set up for tge rest of tge season. The final few moments of the episode were fantastic. I loved how the dog came in to play, as were Saz' photos of her broken bones. Seeing Charles hold the replacements, because they didn't burn away, then looking up and Oliver & Mabel was really really sad. He looked so helpless. Great perfomance by Steve Martin.

Cool to see that the killer this times feels like a real threat and that it has become very personal now. Ups the stakes in a way I really enjoy.

 

Looking forward to the rest of the season.

 

Oh, and I thought it was great that at the party the pianist was the composer of the show, Siddhartha Khosla.

[tee_oh 27]

On 09/08/2024 at 7:51 AM, Nick1Ø66 said:

The Expanse

S01E01

 

Finally started watching The Expanse after meaning to for years. Damn, after one episode, I'm in.

 

Is the rest of the show this good?!

Yes it is! 

 

Have you kept watching? 

[Nick1Ø66 5,593]

2 hours ago, tee_oh said:

Yes it is! 

 

Have you kept watching? 

 

Just finished season 3. On to the Amazon seasons...

[Tallguy 4,122]

On 08/08/2024 at 6:51 PM, Nick1Ø66 said:

The Expanse

S01E01

 

Finally started watching The Expanse after meaning to for years. Damn, after one episode, I'm in.

 

Is the rest of the show this good?!

 

I'd say it's better. It didn't click for me until about the third episode. I love The Expanse and it's bummer that they didn't get to finish it. (Don't worry. The ending is good.)

[tomsmoviemadness 3,423]

The Umbrella Academy Season 3 & 4

 

I really loved the first two seasons of this, but somehow I never even finished Season 3 when it came out. Now that the final season was out I thought I'd finish it, and maybe I shouldn't have. They should've stopped at S2 because the second half of S3 and the entirety of S4 are awful.

 

Characters act nothing like themselves, the things that made the show so much fun are suddenly gone, the humor falls flat and some of the story choices made for season 4 are just baffling. Truly terrible writing. The ending is a complete dud and totally unsatisfactory.

 

Robert Sheehan's performance as Klaus is still the standout and the only really interesting character throughout 4 seasons and I like the needle drops that they used, but unfortunatly that's about it. Wish this has ended after season 2, so I'm gonna pretend that it did, because then I have a fonder memory of the whole thing. Such a shame.

[Tom Guernsey 2,574]

1 hour ago, JNHFan2000 said:

The Umbrella Academy Season 3 & 4

 

I really loved the first two seasons of this, but somehow I never even finished Season 3 when it came out. Now that the final season was out I thought I'd finish it, and maybe I shouldn't have. They should've stopped at S2 because the second half of S3 and the entirety of S4 are awful.

 

Characters act nothing like themselves, the things that made the show so much fun are suddenly gone, the humor falls flat and some of the story choices made for season 4 are just baffling. Truly terrible writing. The ending is a complete dud and totally unsatisfactory.

 

Robert Sheehan's performance as Klaus is still the standout and the only really interesting character throughout 4 seasons and I like the needle drops that they used, but unfortunatly that's about it. Wish this has ended after season 2, so I'm gonna pretend that it did, because then I have a fonder memory of the whole thing. Such a shame.

I’ve not watched season 4 yet but sounds like your view is similar to the general consensus. I always thought the first season was the best in much the same way as the first season of Heroes (remember that?!) which had a strong narrative drive which they then tried to replicate each successive season to dwindling effect. I appreciate that Heroes was beset by issues outside their control (writer strikes I think) but “save the cheerleader, save the world” is a brilliant tagline and premise and the show lived up to that. 

[Tallguy 4,122]

The first season of Heroes was as perfect a serialized season of television that has ever been made. It ran like a Swiss watch.

[tomsmoviemadness 3,423]

Never seen Heroes, and to be honest I had to look it up because I wasn't sure what it was.

[Edmilson 8,521]

Heroes Season 1 is one of the best seasons of TV I've ever seen. It blew my mind when I saw it as a teenager. When I was 13 or 14 I was certain no show could ever match Lost, but then Heroes came along.

 

I remember I thought Season 2 was acceptable, not as good but still watchable. Then, S3 was absolutely horrible. Just utter and complete garbage. I tried to see S4 but didn't get past, like, episode 3 or 4 or whatever. The only thing I remembered is that it had T-Bag from Prison Break as a villain who ran a circus (?).

 

Didn't even try the revival years later. 

 

Either way, no matter how awful the seasons that followed are, I still think S1 is probably the best live-action superhero TV show ever made.

[Marian Schedenig 8,804]

I don't remember how far I watched Heroes… I definitely saw at least some of S2, but at some point I just didn't bother anymore. But I've been meaning to re-watch S1 for a while.

 

Same with Prison Break by the way… excellent, tight first season, and then it just (not so) slowly fizzles out.

[Edmilson 8,521]

Prison Break was another show I loved as a teenager. Season 1 was spetacular, then 2 started okay but then it became less and less interesting... By the final episode I didn't care anymore.

 

But I still persevered through S3 (which I thought it was the best since the first one) and 4 (meh). Then I think I watched the movie that served as series finale...? Not sure. Once again I skipped the revival.

 

In retrospect, almost all the shows I loved as a teen started great then got gradually worse with each season: Lost, Prison Break, Dexter, Heroes... In comparison to the latter three, Lost was the "least bad" one 

[tomsmoviemadness 3,423]

Only Murders In The Building S4xEp2: Gates Of Heaven

 

Another great episode. I really loved Jane Lynch in this episode. She's both really funny but also able bring some really wonderful emotional moments. Her scenes with Steve Martin were all very good.

 

Oliver & Mabel's search at the other side of the building was fun. The guest appearances from Richard Kind & Daphne Rubin-Vega were my favorites.

 

I think they're doing an excellent job of setting up and exploring the murder this season. It's feels more dangerous than it has been in previous seasons, so I like that extra bit of stakes. And the way they are able to mix that with the humour is really well done.

 

I also loved that Da'Vine Joy Randolph showed up again. She is such a great character, the way she's so tired of all of this with them is so funny, and I hope we'll be seeing her more this season.

 

There's another guest appearance that I won't spoil for anyone who has yet to see the episode, but I thought it was a mixed bag. The moments the character had with Charles were really great, but there was also some stuff that felt a bit too over the top and didn't fully work for me. The performance was great though and I just really love this show! Ready for more!

[Jay 38,816]

@Disco Stu, check out this Jeopardy! video

 

 

[Edmilson 8,521]

Who?

[Jay 38,816]

Very good

[Naïve Old Fart 10,231]

Currently watching TBBT, the one with JEJ.

To be perfectly honest, I'm only waiting for the footie, but it passes the time