Running Streaming Movies/TV Thread

[joe]

I have 3 episodes left and agree with your opinion. Anything I can do to avoid the episode 9 problem?

Don't have a specific technical fix but just know that the episode isn't over until there are credits on a black screen. I missed the entire final scene of episode 9 until I came back to watch the finale and got a "Resume episode 9" option. In spite of trying to watch 9 to the end twice at the time.

 

[mgarbowski]

Don't have a specific technical fix but just know that the episode isn't over until there are credits on a black screen. I missed the entire final scene of episode 9 until I came back to watch the finale and got a "Resume episode 9" option. In spite of trying to watch 9 to the end twice at the time.

Thanks. I was concerned the preview tile for the episode was a spoiler..

 

[joe]

Rings of Power season 2, two episodes in: after not doing much in the first season, this show is suddenly doing SO MUCH

 

[FootyLovin]

Rings of Power season 2, two episodes in: after not doing much in the first season, this show is suddenly doing SO MUCH

Ugh. I had resigned myself to ignoring it. I was bored. LMK after you finish the season. Maybe I'll give it another chance.

 

[FootyLovin]

The Boys.

Anyone watching this? Reminds me of Agents of Shield. Dark. No holds barred. Good action and plot twists. 4 seasons out. I'm through almost 3 and consistently eager to keep watching.

 

[joe]

Ugh. I had resigned myself to ignoring it. I was bored. LMK after you finish the season. Maybe I'll give it another chance.

Yeah, not ready to say it's good yet, but they've opened a lot of plot points, especially after two years away from the show.

 

[Gotham Gator]

The Boys.

Anyone watching this? Reminds me of Agents of Shield. Dark. No holds barred. Good action and plot twists. 4 seasons out. I'm through almost 3 and consistently eager to keep watching.

Gotham Jr, loves it.

 

[LionNYC]

The Boys.

Anyone watching this? Reminds me of Agents of Shield. Dark. No holds barred. Good action and plot twists. 4 seasons out. I'm through almost 3 and consistently eager to keep watching.

Great show. But it's much more TV-MA than Agents of Shield.

 

[Seth]

Ugh. I had resigned myself to ignoring it. I was bored. LMK after you finish the season. Maybe I'll give it another chance.

I've really enjoyed it. Not quite Lord of the Rings trilogy good, but glad they're making these.

 

[LostAnvil]

The Penguin is where it's at!

Plus, been happy with the new seasons of Shrinking and What We Do In The Shadows so far

 

[GratefulDawg]

I'm old.

I'm going through seasons of All in the Family.

 

[RunningWise]

Not sure if this one came up before but since I have Apple TV I checked out Slow Horses. Only 3 episodes in but it’s good.

 

[FootyLovin]

Shrinking

Slow Horses

Both exceptional.

ETA. Sorry GratefulDawg. Of course, All in the Family is also exceptional. Has to be on any list of greatest TV shows ever created. My senior year of high school my friend group would watch reruns and drink for every racial epithet. We did a lot of drinking.

 

[joe]

Yeah, not ready to say it's good yet, but they've opened a lot of plot points, especially after two years away from the show.

FootyLovin It is still very dumb, I think you are fine to skip it

 

[FootyLovin]

Bad Sisters. Quite enjoyable season 1. Season 2 is even a little more twisted (2/3 way through).

Also season 2 features one of our fave former players.

 

[Joe_Cos]

Bad Sisters. Quite enjoyable season 1. Season 2 is even a little more twisted (2/3 way through).

Also season 2 features one of our fave former players.

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Bad Sisters is a very good show.

 

[FootyLovin]

Bad Sisters is a very good show.

Just finished season 2 last night. Very good. Very satisfying. Very sad there doesn’t appear to be a season 3 on the way.

 

[mgarbowski]

Severance Season 2 is so far neither equal to the first season nor a major disappointment.
Silo S2 moved things along admirably.
Reacher S3 is OK but the female lead is a played by a British actor with a terribly broad and grating Boston southie accent that makes it hard to watch.
The Gorge movie is diverting and fun enough to be worth watching if you have ATV+ but not great.
Landman is the most fun I've had from Taylor Sheridan and Billie Bob is chewing up the scenery like the pro he is.
Twenty years ago, House MD asked what if Sherlock Holmes were a British doctor in America solving/diagnosing mystery ailments with no Watson but a bunch of young doctors. In 2025, Watson asks what if we ripped off House MD with a Watson and no Holmes. Gave up after 2 episodes. It turns out I no more want to watch Holmes without Holmes than I wanted to watch Batman without Batman (Gotham). A shame because it's produced by the Elementary team, which I'm rewatching on Hulu and enjoying even more than the first run.

 

[FootyLovin]

Elementary team, which I'm rewatching on Hulu and enjoying even more than the first run.

I wonder if I should give this another try. Wife and I got through 3 episodes I think and just found it bland.

 

[mgarbowski]

I wonder if I should give this another try. Wife and I got through 3 episodes I think and just found it bland.

Elementary? At its heart it is an old style major network episodic mystery show, a little on the quirky side so a bit like Monk or The Mentalist, but IMO the best writing of that lot and time period, and spends less time winking at the audience. What really sets it apart IMO is the relationship between Holmes and Watson. It's among the very best depictions of non-romantic love between unrelated friends, and it develops over time. I also think Jonny Lee Miller is superb in the role and Lucy Liu nearly as strong. I'm on S3 of my rewatch. With seven seasons and 150+ episodes, there's also inevitably some variance in episode quality.