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Post by eddieeddie on Jan 15, 2020 21:20:46 GMT -5
I watch a ton of TV yet people are amazed I've never watched an episode of Breaking Bad, Dexter, Homeland or The Walking Dead. Ton of other acclaimed shows. Like Mad Men.
Meanwhile I do have Netflix and end up bingewatching the dozens of random shows they toss on there. Most recently Messiah.</abbr> I also have Hulu, HBO and Disney+.
I watch TV at work so I'm able to watch TV constantly, even if it's just mostly background noise.
For example Manifest and Emergence on Hulu. I honestly don't pay much attention but just enough to kind of know what is going on. Not like the Mandalorian that I watched at home because I knew I had to hear the dialogue.
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Post by varsity on Jan 15, 2020 23:27:50 GMT -5
Binge watch Breaking Bad on Netflix. I agree it's probably one of my favorite shows of all-time especially the last 2 seasons.
I cut the cord on cable for the first time this year so I haven't watched too many shows. Snowfall on FX, Watchmen series on HBO and a few others. I may get into "You" on Netflix because I see so many people talking about it. But between school, work and a 4 year old, most of my TV watching is in the middle of the night due to insomnia. Usually let Sportscenter put me to sleep.
Comedians In Cars getting Coffee is funny sometimes too. It's on Netflix.
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Post by doakley8 on Jan 16, 2020 9:08:12 GMT -5
LOST, Homeland, Breaking Bad, Dexter, & ER would be my top 5
Justified, The Americans, Walking Dead, Friday Night Lights, Fargo, The Commish, and Snowfall are all favorites too
I would recommend Breaking Bad & Justified as 2 must watch series, and Dexter is a can't miss too
Never seen GOT..not even a second of it
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Post by varsity on Jan 16, 2020 10:44:08 GMT -5
I don't know if I really have a top 5. My focus when it comes to watching series tends to drift. I'm usually binge watching to catch up or to completely watch a series everyone else has seen already. But Breaking Bad, The Wire and Dexter are probably some of the my favorites. Sopranos as well. Snowfall is also slowly approaching that status.
Didn't get into GOT, Walking Dead or any of those. I said one day I may sit down and binge watch it. Just too much new stuff on + regular daily life for me.
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Post by doakley8 on Jan 16, 2020 10:55:00 GMT -5
Sons of Anarchy & The Sporanos is 2 shows I wish I had got into and watched
I watch the spin off the Mayans, which is good..so I know I would have like SoA
GOT just doesn't look like my type of show..but people loved it
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Post by eddieeddie on Jan 16, 2020 11:35:15 GMT -5
I came up with my Top 5 shows not too long ago and it's based mainly on which shows have I:
(A) Watched every episode from beginning to "end" - which is why Big Bang Theory and Simpsons doesn't make the list
(B) Enjoyed the series finale - if applicable - which is why How I Met Your Mother doesn't make the list. F that ending.
(C) More than happy to rewatch episodes - which is why Game of Thrones doesn't make it. I can't rewatch most episodes.
(D) Has to be at least 4 seasons - Sense8 on Netflix was amazing but kind of hard to put a show with only 2 seasons on your list of all time. (E) The show has to make sense - sorry Lost and Agents of Shield, got a little too weird for me.
In no specific order:
Friends 24 Arrow Fringe Family Guy
Honorable mention goes to a ton of "comedies": Brooklyn Nine Nine, Fresh Prince, Saved By The Bell, Happy Endings, Community. The list goes on. I could sit on my couch and watch like a Parks and Rec marathon if I had nothing else going on in my day. Ask me to sit through like a few hours of Chernobyl though - even though I love history and have HBO and it is super critically acclaimed - and I legitimately have to think about it.
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Post by varsity on Jan 20, 2020 11:10:47 GMT -5
In terms of comedies, Seinfeld would make my list. Irony is I never watched any of it when it was on TV but in syndication, I've watched every single episode. It's one of the rare shows I can watch for 5-6 hours straight even though I've seen the episodes hundreds of times. Fresh Prince and The Office as well. I grew up on the Cosby show so technically it fits my list. I just haven't watched it in ages. Nothing to do about Bill Cosby just the show's humor doesn't appeal as an adult as it did as a child.
I was big on Big Bang Theory and then I wasn't. Felt like it became to fixated on Sheldon and then the spinoff is not funny at all to me. Kinda turned me off to BBT.
Definitely watch the Aaron Hernandez Netflix special. It's 3 episodes and I'm floored to what that dude did. I had no idea he was such a psychopath.
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Post by doakley8 on Jan 20, 2020 11:29:10 GMT -5
I heard the Netflix special was good..I watched a documentary on some channel that was good as well about him, but it was mostly stuff that was known and about the crimes he committed that got him locked up.
I grew up on Cosby show, Full House, Perfect Strangers, Saved by the Bell, Fresh Prince, Family Matters, Boy Meets world, Punky Brewste, Sister, Sister, Doogie Howser, Married with Children, Step by Step..man theres alot of em.
I've never watched a minute of The Office, probably only seen a handful of Seinfeld.
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Post by doakley8 on Jan 22, 2020 12:01:54 GMT -5
So I really liked the first few seasons..I think I watched maybe the first 4 seasons...I can't remember, I think season 4 or so It was more so background noise and I lost interest
I saw he died..in a short couple sentences..how exactly did he die, and has the final season been a success.
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Post by eddieeddie on Jan 22, 2020 13:17:34 GMT -5
So I really liked the first few seasons..I think I watched maybe the first 4 seasons...I can't remember, I think season 4 or so It was more so background noise and I lost interest
I saw he died..in a short couple sentences..how exactly did he die, and has the final season been a success.
Obviously spoiler alert:
He died. Actually twice in the most recent crossover that ended last week.
First time, he died battling alone against weird space ghosts to buy time for other heroes to save people. Then he got resurrected via Lazarus Pit only to die again in a space battle via the main villain of the crossover that recreated the universe. The final season has been lame and it's only purpose was to set up the aforementioned crossover, set up a potential spinoff and have a reason to bring back old faces from prior Arrow seasons for fan service (Tommy, Malcolm, Speedy etc). Next week is the series finale. We'll see how that goes.
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Post by doakley8 on Jan 22, 2020 13:21:10 GMT -5
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Post by varsity on Jan 22, 2020 14:41:03 GMT -5
I've never heard of that show lol. Even when I googled it, I still don't remember it.
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Post by doakley8 on Jan 22, 2020 14:47:48 GMT -5
yea, it's on CW..which basically all Comic shows are..I rarely watch anything on CW..it started out normal for me..then it got to comic book like and unoriginal..which is out of my liking.
I tried Gotham on Fox for a couple seasons too..it was good..but it just got tiring
I'm more into drama shows..the typical lawyer, cops, rescue stuff
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Post by eddieeddie on Jan 22, 2020 15:08:58 GMT -5
ok i remember him dying..then coming back in the Pit..I or somebody died and came back through the pit..but that's when it got too weird for me.
That'd be Sara Lance, aka White Canary - who is on Legends of Tomorrow now. I think Season 3.
Or his sister Thea, aka Speedy. I think Season 4, maybe 5.
(And they just revealed last season Roy, aka Arsenal, also was brought back using the pit)
It exists in the comics so don't blame them for using it but it was certainly a convenient way to bring back "dead people". Well that and the whole multiple universe thing.... or flashbacks.... or dream sequences.
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Post by varsity on Jan 22, 2020 15:12:11 GMT -5
Yeah I was big on Gotham when it started and then it took a dive for me. Probably would've been better on a premier subscription channel especially in the later seasons. Felt it was too watered down especially against competition from other shows.
I found myself just watching it for Morena Baccarin LMAO.
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Post by doakley8 on Jan 22, 2020 15:13:21 GMT -5
it was his sister Thea..she was pretty hot, so yea when she went in the pit..got some crazy super powers..then I ended that season and kind of had enough. I was in it..then Flash popped in to start his spin off..he was too silly for me..but I liked the main character guy which is why I started. I may watch the series finale for the sake of it
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Post by doakley8 on Jan 30, 2020 9:12:38 GMT -5
I watched the Arrow finale last night
Keeping in mind I haven't watched the last 4 seasons
I think they had 5 flashbacks or so..I actually remember 4 of them..so it wasn't really far off to understanding what was going on.
The finding the boy...thought was rushed and lame..I guess that was his son apparently? Yea..that was kind of pointless.
I didn't however know who the blonde was/is that was in the arrow hoodie..who I guess he had trained
and I guess Felicity had left the show? and she came back?
and in the end they were both passed away in the afterlife
for a series finale, I didn't think it was very good or much happened..but I understood what was all going on I guess.
and real life Katie Cassidy is/was hot..but I don't like that look at all..the short hair or the color..hard pass
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Post by eddieeddie on Jan 30, 2020 13:22:34 GMT -5
Spoilers obviously
William was his son and has been a central figure since season 4. The kidnapping was lame but they just needed a "mission" to bring them all together and something that would have meaning for Oliver. The blonde is Oliver's daughter. Which you'd need to watch the last 2 seasons to understand. Felicity left at the end of season 7 and only came back for the finale Correct: Afterlife
Katie Cassidy was much more attractive in earlier seasons. Now her hair isn't ideal and her face looks a little plastic surgery-ish
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Post by doakley8 on Jan 30, 2020 13:25:00 GMT -5
Whos the baby mama of Oliver's son an daughter? Felicity?
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Post by eddieeddie on Jan 30, 2020 13:39:30 GMT -5
Whos the baby mama of Oliver's son an daughter? Felicity?
Felicity is the mom of the daughter
Some random girl from Oliver's past is the mom of the son, who Oliver's mom paid off to go away and not tell Oliver she was preggo. So Oliver had no idea.... until season 4. Then she died. So he took on William and he proceeded to be a super annoying character for as long as he was around. Which you'd need to watch the last 2 seasons to understand what that means.
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Post by eddieeddie on Jan 30, 2020 13:42:09 GMT -5
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Post by eddieeddie on Jan 30, 2020 13:42:51 GMT -5
This Katie Cassidy..... not so much
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Post by doakley8 on Jan 30, 2020 13:43:12 GMT -5
absolutely. I followed her on IG back on those days..but when she cut her hair and went silver/gray or whatever that is..I was like...no
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Post by doakley8 on Feb 13, 2020 13:05:32 GMT -5
Survivor?
I liked much better than new cast members. I got a handful of favorites I'm pulling for so I was antsy when it came to tribal because I didn't want them to get voted off.
1st one..was glad about, 2nd one..not so much
But I like the token idea, something new.
No way Tony makes it all the way, he's already paranoid..or Boston Rob for that matter.
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Post by eddieeddie on Feb 13, 2020 13:50:13 GMT -5
Boston Rob is done. No chance he wins. I doubt he even makes the merge. It's just like when someone like Ozzie would go onto a season that was half to mostly new people. You instantly have a target on your back because you are a "big threat" and the logical move is to get that person out asap. Sucks because I like Ozzie. And Rob. But it's a dumb strategy to not get them out.
Then again I see dumb strategies on reality competition shows all the time.
Like when you have an alliance of 6 going against 3 outsiders.... but there is a clear hierarchy of 4 within that alliance of making all the decisions, running the game and would win if they get to the end. The 3 outsiders pitch to the bottom 2 to join them so they can have the majority and take out the stronger players. The bottom 2 says "You're right, we are at the bottom. Good idea, we should totally do that."..... And then comes time to vote and they meekly stay with the 6 because that's the alliance that got them that far and they are more concerned with making the top 6 and seeing what happens than making a bold move that makes sense for a plethora of reasons.
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Post by doakley8 on Feb 13, 2020 13:56:10 GMT -5
Yea, I agree he's done. I still like Jeremy. I know he lost Natalie last night but I like his game play, pulling for him.
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Post by doakley8 on Feb 20, 2020 15:19:02 GMT -5
Survivor?
Weak move...
I'm ready for that Adam kid to go home..just something about him that annoys me.
oh and Sandra can go home too..since she just sits out challenges and watches.
"Queen"
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Post by eddieeddie on Feb 20, 2020 15:47:08 GMT -5
This episode sucked
I got more enjoyment watching The Masked Singer, which is my wife's favorite show right now.
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Post by doakley8 on Feb 20, 2020 15:54:59 GMT -5
I hear the Banana is Lil Bow Wow lol..yea I don't watch that show But that wasn't a very good episode. I'll always pull for Rob though
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Post by eddieeddie on Feb 20, 2020 16:17:12 GMT -5
The way Rob handled, at the challenge, finding out that Amber was voted out showed his true respect for the game.
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