After watching S1 of the wire about 3 years ago, I finally got around to season 2. Almost done. I think I’ll keep binging this time.
I’ll be honest though, this is the biggest downer of a show I’ve ever watched. You never get the satisfying payoff where they get the bad guy. I can see why it was a critical darling but never had huge ratings. It’s a tough watch at times and doesn’t exactly leave me feeling in a better mood than when I started.
After watching S1 of the wire about 3 years ago, I finally got around to season 2. Almost done. I think I’ll keep binging this time.
I’ll be honest though, this is the biggest downer of a show I’ve ever watched. You never get the satisfying payoff where they get the bad guy. I can see why it was a critical darling but never had huge ratings. It’s a tough watch at times and doesn’t exactly leave me feeling in a better mood than when I started.
Oh boy. You're in for a mood when you finish season 4.
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How much of the current crop of prestige TV ever makes you feel good? Seems the trend for great TV is to be gut wrenching, populated by anti heroes. Tony Soprano, Don Draper, Stringer Bell, Walter White. These guys do some horrible things and leave a trail of damaged lives in their wake.
It’s not like GOT where there are some good guys to cheer for.
How much of the current crop of prestige TV ever makes you feel good? Seems the trend for great TV is to be gut wrenching, populated by anti heroes. Tony Soprano, Don Draper, Stringer Bell, Walter White. These guys do some horrible things and leave a trail of damaged lives in their wake.
It’s not like GOT where there are some good guys to cheer for.
You're in luck. Joe Pera Talks With You is the heartwarningest show ever shown, and season 3 starts Nov. 7th.
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How much of the current crop of prestige TV ever makes you feel good? Seems the trend for great TV is to be gut wrenching, populated by anti heroes. Tony Soprano, Don Draper, Stringer Bell, Walter White. These guys do some horrible things and leave a trail of damaged lives in their wake.
It’s not like GOT where there are some good guys to cheer for.
The draw is seeing people do the things you wish you could do if you didn't have a moral compass (or laws) guiding you. They tap into those things you say in your head that you'd never act upon. That's what makes them fun to watch.
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We are around 8? episodes in and it is well odd, enjoyable but odd.
I finished the series at the beginning of September. I found it to be really enjoyable. Over the seasons the characters really come into their own. The acting from everyone I thought was really great. One of my favourite series.
The draw is seeing people do the things you wish you could do if you didn't have a moral compass (or laws) guiding you. They tap into those things you say in your head that you'd never act upon. That's what makes them fun to watch.
I always cheered for Tony, usually Don (sometimes Peggy), often Walt, despite the fact that they were flawed characters or just straight up aholes.
Walt and Don were hard to cheer on in later seasons but Don eventually regained it. Walt…well let’s just not talk about BB. I feel similarly about BB as I do about Chris Nolan movies.
Mythic Quest is great. I think you'd only need to watch the first two episodes to know if it's right for you. And it will be because it's the best TV show of all time.
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Mythic Quest: Not great, but funny enough about a group of morons who run a WoW-like company.
Not great?! That's obscene. Who are you, Lou the tester?
Mythic Quest is great. I think you'd only need to watch the first two episodes to know if it's right for you. And it will be because it's the best TV show of all time.
Mythic Quest is great. But it stumbled in the second season with the back-to-back episodes about C.W. the writer, neither of which were funny or dramatically compelling. I respect when a show takes chances, but in this case they fell flat and kinda killed the momentum of the whole season.
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Story was uninspired and predictable and pacing was absolutely terrible. Characters seem to like to do long monologues where they don't actually say much. His series seem to be getting worse as he goes. I loved Hill House. Bly Manor was still solid, but this one was just not worth the 7 hours I wasted on it.
Mythic Quest is great. But it stumbled in the second season with the back-to-back episodes about C.W. the writer, neither of which were funny or dramatically compelling. I respect when a show takes chances, but in this case they fell flat and kinda killed the momentum of the whole season.
I'm the exact opposite on this. The C.W. backstory episode (plus Dark Quiet Death in season 1) are a big part of what elevate it for me from generic workplace comedy to something kinda special.
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I would throw in the quarantine special as well but I totally understand where Cliff is coming from. Especially if you were hoping to watch a goofy fun show. Even if he is wrong since it is perfect in everyway.
I would throw in the quarantine special as well but I totally understand where Cliff is coming from. Especially if you were hoping to watch a goofy fun show. Even if he is wrong since it is perfect in everyway.
I don’t mind a serious episode in a comedy show. For instance, I liked Quiet Dark Death. I just thought the C.W. episodes were hamfisted and bad attempts at serious drama.
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