What are you watching & why? (splain)

Casinostocks said:
OK, seems my Q in the Random Thoughts thread had gotten some traction so here we go to BS around some more during the down times!

Prologue: although I'm a late convert to streaming and cord-cutting, I luv it this way for many reasons such as diversity and variety plus catching up with loads of good to great (in the eyes of the beholder) contents which I had missed in the past. Burt most importantly, I can mostly watch what I want and when I want without DVR and such restrictions.

If you are replying, please also note in here as to what the source of your recommendation is whether streaming, cable, OTA, satellite, whatevs! Also try to keep it to recently viewed or currently viewing, not something you liked from the 1970's (tongue in cheek!). Also try to write up a bit about it without giving away plot lines, just a premise of the show should do.

I'll go first:

Currently watching Peaky Blinders on Netflix. I have come to luv this show and cant stop binging on it. It's a drama about a gangster family of downtrodden quasi gypsies from Birmingham, England in the era just after WWI. I find the story telling to be tantalizing, the acting to be great (you will recognize some of the actors if you watch Brit shows even from GoT) and the production quality to be quite high like something HBO would do, which is no surprise because it's BBC & Netflix concocting this show. The series ran from 2013 to 2016, so 4 season but season 5 should be readied at some point in this 2019.

I don't think that there are too many squeamish folks on here but be fore warned that the show has lots of violence and some nudity! Also, the local dialects and the thickish Brummie, Cockney and Irish accents may be a bit hard to understand for some of you natives :p
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I don't watch teve since years
Netcommiefix too, since years

Old movies without commglobal propaganda only !!!
 
Just started binge watching "Columbo" starting w/Season 1, Episode 1, shot in 1971. There were/are 10 seasons of Columbo.

Reason: Ran out of other things to watch that I cared to watch and it's "nostalgic" for me. It's "interesting" that I can still remember some of the episodes that I have watched so far, 50 years after they aired.

I turned 21 that year. A lot was "happening" politically in the US and around the world. It was also notable time in my life both personally and educationally.

Besides, it's fun to see what the world looked like back then, before cell phones, the Internet and all of the tech advances and lifestyle changes since then.
 
sgt1372 said:
Just started binge watching "Columbo" starting w/Season 1, Episode 1, shot in 1971. There were/are 10 seasons of Columbo.

***snip***

Besides, it's fun to see what the world looked like back then, before cell phones, the Internet and all of the tech advances and lifestyle changes since then.
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I bought the OG Macgyver DVD set a few years back. Found it amusing that more than a few episodes were based on Mac trying to figure out creative ways to get in touch with Pete or the authorities (back before cellphones).
 
sgt1372 said:
Just started binge watching "Columbo" starting w/Season 1, Episode 1, shot in 1971. There were/are 10 seasons of Columbo.

Reason: Ran out of other things to watch that I cared to watch and it's "nostalgic" for me. It's "interesting" that I can still remember some of the episodes that I have watched so far, 50 years after they aired.

I turned 21 that year. A lot was "happening" politically in the US and around the world. It was also notable time in my life both personally and educationally.

Besides, it's fun to see what the world looked like back then, before cell phones, the Internet and all of the tech advances and lifestyle changes since then.
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Huge Columbo fan here. If you get a chance, before you get too far, see if you can find and watch the TWO pilot episodes, the first of which was recorded and aired way back in 1968 - three years before Season 1, Episode 1 (which, BTW, was directed by an unknown 24 year old Steven Spielberg and written by an also-unknown Stephen Bochco, who went on to create Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, Doogie Howser, and NYPD Blue). Even though Falk was also in the pilots, it was a different conception of who Columbo is than what we saw in the subsequent series, and it was interesting to me to see the differences.

FUN FACT: For some reason that eludes me, there is a statue of Columbo and his dog in Budapest, Hungary.

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My favorite era is 70-80's
But 40-50's and 90"s are good too

I bought (throught years) several sets of movies, shows, directors etc
Monk, Hitchcock, Clint Eastwood, Twilight Zone, Wanted Dead or Alive, Mel Brooks,
entire Bond, Columbo, etc etc etc
I'm set for incoming decades without teve or even internet :^)
Of course I need power and working player !
 
Just binge watched Season 1 of "The Discovery of Witches" on AMZN Prime last night. Was just checking it out and got hooked on it.

Was offered "free" (meaning includeed in the price) on Prime. So, why not?

Want to watch Seasons 2 and 3 too but they're making ppl pay extra and sign up for another subscription for that privilege. Prime wouldn't even let me re-watch Season 1 w/o paying for the privilege. Forget that!

So, I trolled the Net for spoilers and found all the info (including the ending) so I have no need to PAY to watch them. The series ends w/Season 3 but there could be a prequel or sequel produced later.

Season 1 is already on DVD, which I ordered from NFLX. I'm a NFLX DVD member but refuse to pay for NFLX streaming too. Season 2 and 3 will also be forthcoming on DVD and I'll watch them on DVD when they are released, unless AMZN Prime makes those seasons available for free too.

In the meantime, I'm thinking about buying the books. Reviewers of the show say the that the show is true to the books, unlike Game of Thrones which departed widely from the books. I have all 8 seasons of GoT on DVD that I "rented" from Netflix.

I prefer HARD (vs virtual) copies of things. So, I bought the books for GoT from AMZN on paperback and I'm planning to buy the 3 books for the "The Discovery of Witches" in paperback from AMZN too pending release of the DVDs.

Now, back to Columbo. LOL! ;)
 
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At first I was hesitant to share because he's not everyone's cuppa tea and he often (deliberately) rubs some people the wrong way but After Life with Ricky Gervais is truly a masterpiece if you are into Gervais's super quirky brand of British humor. It is only 3 seasons with each episodes under 30 minutes; the third and final season just recently added on by Netflix in addition to its S1 & S2. This series can be quite sad at times as Tony (Ricky's character) struggles through life after losing his beloved wife to cancer, becoming suicidal in the process. Gervais's charter very adeptly manages to emphasize some very important life lessons in this series as he suffers, capping it with a pitch perfect series finale.

Funnily enough, I just rewatched his hosting of the 2020 Golden Globes Award just before Covid-19 hit us when he really shredded some of these pompous arse celebrities and knocked them off their lofty pedestal. I think that Gervais is just brilliant and he tells it like it is without fear or favor.
 
Casinostocks said:
At first I was hesitant to share because he's not everyone's cuppa tea and he often (deliberately) rubs some people the wrong way but After Life with Ricky Gervais is truly a masterpiece if you are into Gervais's super quirky brand of British humor. It is only 3 seasons with each episodes under 30 minutes; the third and final season just tho recently added on by Netflix in addition to its S1 & S2. This series can be quite sad at times as Tony (Ricky's character) struggles through life after losing his beloved wife to cancer, becoming suicidal in the process. Gervais's charter very adeptly manages to emphasize some very important life lessons in this series as he suffers, capping it with a pitch perfect series finale.

Funnily enough, I just rewatched his hosting of the 2020 Golden Globes Award just before Covid-19 hit us when he really shredded some of these pompous arse celebrities and knocked them off their lofty pedestal. I think that Gervais is just brilliant and he tells it like it is without fear or favor.
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It was a great show...though I think this last, (and final, I assume), season wasn't up to the prior seasons, despite having some strong moments.

I'm a fan. (And his torching of the self-absorbed Hollywood set was a thing of perfection.)
 
Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

I only made it to the point that Frodo and Samwise are shocked out the door by Gandalf. Haha. I'm way too old and not retired enough to stay up watching it. I guess I'll have to watch a little tomorrow too.

🤗🥳😎 Twist my arm
 
Blues said:
It was a great show...though I think this last, (and final, I assume), season wasn't up to the prior seasons, despite having some strong moments.

I'm a fan. (And his torching of the self-absorbed Hollywood set was a thing of perfection.)
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Gervais had to navigate through the last season during U.K's own Covid lockdown issues therefore some resources were not as abundantly available and also some of the S1 & S2 regulars who did not appear had scheduling issues. In an interview he had said that he did not want those people who watch the show in 10 years to reminisce about the era of Covid when the last series was being shot to conclusion. Yes, some of the material was possibly a bit too predictable but IMHO he managed to sail through the character developments really really well.
 
Just finished watching Ozark season 4 part 1 / 7 episodes. Part two coming soon I guess.

Pretty good series, mixes family life with organized crime. Can't imagine it happening like that in real life, but entertaining nonetheless
 
Ozark has been a fun ride. Look forward to seeing where it ends up.

I put on "Inventing Anna" for my wife last night...I lasted about five minutes before I had to leave and busy myself elsewhere. I like the actress, (and her earlier work from both "The Americans" and "Ozark"), but her accent, and the whole production just did nothing for me. C'est la vie.
 
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