There’s like a billion TV and streaming shows out at the moment, with more coming out every day, and about nine hundred million of those don’t deserve their own threads so I figured this might be a place to discuss them.
Anyway I actually started this thread to ask about a show I’ve never seen but have heard good things about - has anyone watched ESCAPE AT DANNEMORA? Is it worth watching?
The fist 5 mins of this week’s ep is so well shot.
I remember a time where you could pretty easily watch every good show.
Now it’s beyond impossible. I’ve started so many shows where I’m like, “This seems pretty good BUT I DON’T HAVE TIME FOR ‘PRETTY GOOD,’ I DON’T EVEN HAVE ENOUGH TIME FOR ‘REALLY GOOD’ AND BARELY ENOUGH TIME FOR ‘GREAT.’”
sorry about the CAPS but I feel like my head’s about to explode every time I start looking through my streaming scrolls.
I’m into ESCAPE AT DANNEMORA. It’s a pretty wild story and Del Toro, Arquette and David Morse are all doing some great work on it.
I watched BAD BLOOD on Netflix. Guess it was originally a Canadian show. It’s with Kim Coates and Anthony LaPaglia as a mob family who rule the Montreal underworld. It’s basically all the mob clichés we’ve seen a hundred times before. Lots of “Never go against the family!” and all that jazz. Not that great but I did watch all six episodes so it held my attention to some degree.
Funny I was just thinking this exact thing recently. The amount of shows and places to watch them-Netflix, Amazon, HBO, AMC, Showtime, Hulu, FX, …, etc. hasn’t gotten to a point where ONLY GREAT shows are worth watching. Mediocre to pretty good just doesn’t cut it anymore. I suppose that only adds to a level of quality as showrunners and producers have to aim really, really, really, high to get their audience to tune in.
I’m currently watching ‘1983’ on Netflix. It’s a nifty little conspiracy/murder mystery, set in an alternate history Poland, where the Solidarity movement was stillborn and the Soviet Union never fell. Really tight little dystopian thriller with a great look to it. Another selling point…it’s only eight episodes long, so not a huge investment in time.
I’ll check that one out. Netflix seem to be adding tons of shows every week and I almost never have an idea if they’re any good. I did check out The Bodyguard recently. It’s about as ludicrous as a season of 24 but still a lot of fun and also 6 episodes so not a massive investment.
It’s at that point where I’ve even started shows that are really good and then I’ll read a couple reviews about how they fell off in season 3 or whatever and I will immediately jump ship. In an ideal world I’d have the time to watch and decide for myself or at least enjoy the show while it’s good, but now it’s like, sorry, no, can’t.
It is an interesting dynamic, though, kind of waiting for shows that have more serial stories to have a few seasons on streaming before you decide to commit or not.
heheheh I don’t watch any shows
what, no TV inside the theater projector room you live in?
I thought HOMECOMING was really good, and I liked Esmail’s work on this even more than MR. ROBOT, but that didn’t seem to gain much traction here.
I liked Homecoming! Was a great slow build, and was very well shot.
I’m currently in the midst of both a GoT and Justified re-watches, and am considering delving into Black Sails for the first time after that. I ain’t got time for no new shows.
I’m about 3 episodes into HOMECOMING. Feels like one I will probably finish!
Nightflyers suuuuuuuucks. Getting to the end of the 2nd episode was like crawling through glass.
I have nothing against a shabby Scyfy channel spaceship show. Christ, I sat through all of season 1 of Helix. But it needs to contain something, anything of intetest to sustain me.
The premise is half assed and convoluted. The cast is like a gaggle of background players and body doubles that unexpectedly had speaking roles thrust upon them. The filmmaking is interminable. Worst of all, it even lacks the “so bad it’s good” factor.
So, it apparently takes more than a promo interview endorsement from George R.R. Martin to make a show good.
Nightflyers just has too much shit going on and no real cohesion to any of it.
NEVER!!!
TV is too much of a time suck.
But I did love COBRA KAI! Ten nicely contained 30 minute episodes! And despite being written to be binged, each episode is actually pretty satisfying as its own mini story
not a fan of these “episodic” series that leans too hard on the expectations of binging
The “13-hour movie” model has pretty much killed my enthusiasm for nearly every Netflix drama. I’m pretty sure I’m overrating HOMECOMING slightly just because each episode is only 30 minutes.
Actually watched the first episode earlier today. I like the mysterious atmosphere but can’t say I was particularly captivated.
I’ve been drawn in by the technical craft more than anything (Esmail’s love of Fincher is once again very apparent).
But, yeah, not sure how much the story is gonna amount to.
I still really really miss Dark Matter.