The TV Series discussion thread

Dez said:

The night of. 5/5 for me. This 8 part crime series tells you a story about a young man accused of murder in New York city. After a night of partying with a female stranger, he wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder. The big question ofcourse is: Did he do it? The series shows how the flawed justice system works. A food for thought. The quality of acting and writing is just top notch. The level of cinematography is suberb as well.

Been watching The Vikings once again. I still enjoy the series, but I think the writing has been a bit rough lately. Characters are well writen, but the plot development itself hasn't really been that stellar as it used to be… I'd say the viking started as 5/5, but at the moment its only 3/5.

Black sails is such a fun series to watch. Keywords: Pirates, sex and violence. The series starts really slow, but it really picks up the pace during season 2. The last episode was in particular really brutal. And I mean really brutal. Joxer would love it.

Homeland's new season is on. I wish the would just release all episodes at once, the tension is just killing me.

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vurt said:

Some cringeworthy actors (unfortunately one main char), but less than usual for a sci-fi show (i could never stand e.g Star Gate for this reason, not a huge fan of Firefly either). 8/10

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vurt said:

Walking Dead. Last season has been absolutely terrible. On the whole it's a 7/10 for me

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vurt said:

The Expanse. Pretty good Sci-Fi show, really dark at times which is welcome. Some cringeworthy actors (unfortunately one main char), but less than usual for a sci-fi show (i could never stand e.g Star Gate for this reason, not a huge fan of Firefly either). 8/10

The Wire. Rewatched this show recently. Really like many of the actors and topics.. 8.5/10.

Walking Dead. Last season has been absolutely terrible. On the whole it's a 7/10 for me.

Night of. It started of really strong, but turns generic very quickly, probably won't finish (seen to epsiode 4 or 5). 5/10

Taboo. I don't like it. I think it's beneath a great actor such as Hardy. I like parts of it, the anti-hero qualities of the main character for example, but the cringe is strong in many of the "mystical" scenes, it just comes of as really stupid. 6/10

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. I struggled with the first episode - turned it off halway and kind of forgot about it, didn't care too much for the characters or story. For some reason i took it up again after some months, i was quite blown away. Best show since Stranger Things. 8.9/10

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Carnifex said:

Iron fist was decent, but not nearly as good as the other Netflix Marvel products. Whoever cast Rand should have done their homework, the lead clipper on Into the Bad Lands would have been much better. Heck, almost any basic non-white male would have been an improvement. Other casting in the show was much better, but when you mess up with the lead, it hurts the entire production.

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NewDArt said:

I've been trying to get into The Expanse. Seems like a show I'd like, but there's something off about the actors.

Iron Fist - 5/10

Now, this is a strange one. I should probably say that I don't particularly like any of these Netflix Marvel shows - except in a mildly entertaining way.

As in, they've all just barely kept me watching - except perhaps for certain moments in Daredevil that were genuinely exciting.

Iron Fist has some really amazing things going for it, primarily some of the cast. I'm finding the Meachum family exceptionally well cast.

David Wenham is simply delightful - as is the girl playing Joy, which I've never seen before. But the actor playing Ward is just fantastic. Supreme performance, if you ask me.

Now, I know nothing of the comic books - so I haven't the slightest concept of what would be appropriate casting for Danny Rand - but I don't really like him. He's a decent enough actor - but he's very annoying in his constant wavering between decisions and doubt. I can't figure out if he's supposed to be a complete wuss or a brave fighter.

The plot was meh, the action was meh - but the dialogue and acting is strong for the most part.

Unsatisfying, but somehow I was still mildly entertained throughout.

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wolfing said:

I'm watching it now, on episode 11 I think (I watch 2/night). I agree the character is like the most inconsistent character I've seen in any of the Marvel series. Sometimes he's a wise monk, sometimes he's dark torturer motherfucker, sometimes he's humble, sometimes he's proud, sometimes he's smart, sometimes he can't be any more stupid… It's like 10 writers wrote 10 different versions of the character, and for each scene they randomly selected one of them to write that scene.

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Pongo said:

I just finished season 1 of 12 Monkeys. I thought it started really strongly - well paced, good actors, good script - but it went downhill around episode 7 and grew increasingly poor quality. I thought the last two episodes were terrible. Not sure I'll bother with the next season.

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