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Streaming or currently airing TV shows (AKA Netflix thread) (2 Viewers)
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Bozeman Bruiser
Footballguy
Help me pick a couple of shows to binge this summer, what 1-2 should I watch first?
Chernobyl
Game of Thrones
Fargo (watched season 1-2 years ago)
Narcos (watched season 1 years ago)
Peaky Blinders
The Last of Us
Stranger Things (watched season 1 years ago)
Friday Night Lights
Vikings
Ozark (watched season 1-2 years ago)
Psych
Leftovers (watched season 1 years ago)
The Righteous Gemstones
They are listed in order of IMDB ranking. Off the top of my head I am thinking Last of Us, Psych, maybe FNL. If you could rewatch one for the first time which would you pick? TIA
Chernobyl
Game of Thrones
Fargo (watched season 1-2 years ago)
Narcos (watched season 1 years ago)
Peaky Blinders
The Last of Us
Stranger Things (watched season 1 years ago)
Friday Night Lights
Vikings
Ozark (watched season 1-2 years ago)
Psych
Leftovers (watched season 1 years ago)
The Righteous Gemstones
They are listed in order of IMDB ranking. Off the top of my head I am thinking Last of Us, Psych, maybe FNL. If you could rewatch one for the first time which would you pick? TIA
New Binky the Doormat
Footballguy
It all depends on your mood. We like to have several at one time so we can decide if we want to do serious or funny ...or something different that night. I'll stick with your list as opposed to throwing in other ideas - listed in order
Funny
you only have 1 - Righteous Gemstones
Serious
Ozark
Fargo
Game of Thrones
Peaky Blinders
Narcos
Funny
you only have 1 - Righteous Gemstones
Serious
Ozark
Fargo
Game of Thrones
Peaky Blinders
Narcos
massraider
Footballguy
Holy crap
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
Chernobyl is outstanding, and it's also a very quick watch relative to most of the other shows you listed. It's basically a mini-series.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
I missed the “funny” in this show. I bailed after the first season and was mad I didn’t do so earlier. If you like penises though it’s a good show for that.
Scoresman
Footballguy
Bolded the ones I have watched to completion and highly recommend. With the Leftovers, make you sure you set your expectations properly. The show will not give you many answers to the sci-fi aspects, it's about the journey the characters go through. This is the biggest hangup I see people have with the show.
I recently rewatched GoT as a binge from start to finish and I have to say it aged better than I thought it would. The greatness of the first several seasons carries you through the somewhat rushed ending and it didn't feel as bad. I came away still thinking it was an incredible run.
Fargo and the last season of Ozark are on my list too.
I ranked them based on my favorites. Those not ranked I never watched
Zow
Footballguy
Agreed. However, it is a very depressing watch (at least I found it to be). Beautifully made show, though.
Zow
Footballguy
I bolded the ones I most enjoyed (The Leftovers is really underrated) but there really isn't any misses in the bunch. I'm sure you've heard that GoT's last season is disappointing but the first 4-5 are masterful. It's a long journey though so shows like Chernobyl, Fargo (each season is a different story), The Last of Us, and Righteous Gemstones are much quicker watches.
northern exposure
Footballguy
From that list I'd pick Peaky Blinders, Stranger Things, Ozark and Leftovers.
supermike80
Footballguy
And last kingdom is better than that. By far
foxco
Footballguy
Chernobyl was so terrific, just about perfect(ly horrifying.)
GOT is probably my favorite show ever. When I heard it was in development at HBO I thought there was no way they could adapt it successfully.
Peaky Blinders over the top and stylized but very fun.
Stranger Things is fun, great for me cause my kids would watch it with us. Loved the last season, had a great cinematic feel.
Vikings good (at least the first few seasons,) but as mentioned above I enjoyed Last Kingdom as much or perhaps more.
Fargo I loved seasons 1-2, didn't love the rest.
Last of Us I enjoyed, solid show.
GOT is probably my favorite show ever. When I heard it was in development at HBO I thought there was no way they could adapt it successfully.
Peaky Blinders over the top and stylized but very fun.
Stranger Things is fun, great for me cause my kids would watch it with us. Loved the last season, had a great cinematic feel.
Vikings good (at least the first few seasons,) but as mentioned above I enjoyed Last Kingdom as much or perhaps more.
Fargo I loved seasons 1-2, didn't love the rest.
Last of Us I enjoyed, solid show.
bigbottom
I put on my robe and wizard hat
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
bigbottom
I put on my robe and wizard hat
Wow, that trailer is really good and the reviews of this are amazing.
mr. furley
Footballguy
oof that's not exactly a ringing endorsement for either of these Vikings series then
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
Might not stream until next month? I just realized it was a limited release.
(turns out Week 1 was only Manhattan - not Brooklyn - Austin, Boston, Chicago, L.A., SF, Toronto, and D.C.)
We were going to go into the city to see it earlier in the week but the air quality index was over 400 (Canadian wildfires) so we passed - it was only playing in Manhattan last week. Then yesterday morning I realized it was playing at the theater closest to us + at BAM Rose Cinema, and I remembered I had free passes the VA gave me for the latter.
But it honestly would have been worth $16 a ticket. One of the best films I have seen in years.
CletiusMaximus
Footballguy
The TDF series on Netflix “Unchained” is excellent. It’s exactly like their F1 show - great entertainment for a casual fan of the sport. Through 3 episodes they’ve gotten through about 8 race stages and done a good job creating great storylines and drama even for those who know how it ends. They give a glimpse into the strategies but no team is really showing their cards to the camera just as with the F1 show.
Nick Vermeil
Footballguy
Big fan of Florida Man. It’s not high art but I really enjoyed it for a one off (but maybe a next season?). And the actress who plays Delly… wow.
massraider
Footballguy
There is without question so much stuff in this thread I have not seen yet that I am not worried.
Rand al Thor
Footballguy
Unlike someone else who replied, I did not enjoy Narcos Mexico at all, I don't think I finished it. But I thought Narcos was great once we got into the Pablo storyline, and the Cali cartel was pretty decent as well. Game of Thrones you have to watch just because the first 3 or 4 seasons were some of the best TV ever created. Chernobyl was a good watch, but the good folks at the internet tell me it wasn't really all that accurate.
Psychopav
Help us, Joebi-Wan Brynobi, you're our only ho
Did you ever read Hitchhiker's Guide?
Andrew74
Footballguy
I might need to check this out. More of a big cat guy (Eternal Enemies and Eye of the Leopard) and kinda hate primates, but sounds promising.
CGRdrJoe
Footballguy
chernobyl is a amazing, narcos mexico is not for everyone but it’s so true to what happened in real life that imo it’s the best of them all. different strokes for different folks.
Psych really isn't getting any love. I thought the show was outstanding for what it is. It's kind of cheesy at times but the banter between Shawn and Gus is hilarious. It's a show you can throw on and kill and hour or two and be ok moving on to something else so it won't kill your entire day. Thought I had to speak up for Psych. One of my favorite mindless shows
Recommend (in order):
Chernobyl (very quick watch but well worth it)
Ozark
Psych
Stranger Things
Friday Night Lights
I haven't seen any of the others.
I'm a huge Psych fan. It's a great light-hearted show.
facook
Footballguy
Just throwing out The Good Place for a fun, funny, and at times touching show. Extremely underrated imo.
zoonation
Footballguy
the fist 4 seasons of GOT is way better than anything else on that list (other than Chernobyl, which you can crush in a couple of nights).
TheAristocrat
Footballguy
I too enjoyed the fist from GoT.
landrys hat
Footballguy
You know that's right.
I've heard it both ways
Todem
Footballguy
I need to see Fargo......I loved the movie. Need to know where I can stream this series. Same for Friday Night Lights.
The ones I bolded.....watched and loved all those. In order of how I would watch them:
Chernobyl - One season (it is a mini-series). Stunning, tense. Amazingly acted.
Stranger Things - Season 1,3 and 4 are outstanding. 2 was.....ok A great fun time and relive your childhood in the mid 80’s. Nice change after Chernobyl.
The Last of Us - Outstanding adaption of one of the best video games I have ever played. Only one season. Seasons 2 and 3 are forth coming based on the second game.
Ozark - Man......this series is just whacked and so evil. Bateman is brilliant. All the acting is to be frank. Tremendous series.
Vikings - The First 3 seasons are pure epic.....and it does continue to the end....well worth the watch. The Last Kingdom is even better though for my money.
Game of Thrones - First 6 seasons maybe the best fantasy series I have ever seen.
Peaky Blinders - We loved it....we cannot wait for the movie to wrap it all up.....seasons 1 and 2 are insane.
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On The Rocks
Evil Conservative
Somebody Somewhere (HBO, HBOMax, MAX whatever you want to call it.)
2 Seasons. 14 Total Episodes
The show stars Bridget Everett who might be most famous for her episode of Comedians in Cars getting Coffee with Jerry Seinfeld.
This has an outstanding cast. It's some funny, it's some dark, it's fun, it's sad. In short it has a lot of real life themes.
I don't go out of my way to watch LGBTQ material, but I don't go out of my way to avoid it either, so if that sort of thing is important to you to watch or avoid, it's all in there.
Nothing about the storyline is terribly memorable, but man,......the characters are so rich and memorable. I would watch it again, just to watch the actors who were great portraying the characters that were great if that makes sense.
2 Seasons. 14 Total Episodes
The show stars Bridget Everett who might be most famous for her episode of Comedians in Cars getting Coffee with Jerry Seinfeld.
This has an outstanding cast. It's some funny, it's some dark, it's fun, it's sad. In short it has a lot of real life themes.
I don't go out of my way to watch LGBTQ material, but I don't go out of my way to avoid it either, so if that sort of thing is important to you to watch or avoid, it's all in there.
Nothing about the storyline is terribly memorable, but man,......the characters are so rich and memorable. I would watch it again, just to watch the actors who were great portraying the characters that were great if that makes sense.
beer 30
Footballguy
It was everything I hoped it would be.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
Yes, it was a very stupid story, but somehow they pulled it off and made it fun mindless entertainment.
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
I feel like there is a good case study to be written explaining what motivated HBO to rebrand themselves like this. HBO had a really strong brand that was known for (a) movies and (b) prestige television. And you tossed that overboard for a corporate handle that reminds people of soft-core porn airing at 2:00 am? Really?
Scoresman
Footballguy
Hey now, late night Cinemax was partially responsible for bringing a generation of boys into manhood.
It was the perfect late evening I don't want to have to pay super close attention to catch all sorts of nuance movie.
jamny
Footballguy
I'm halfway through The Days on Netflix about Fukushima. It's not bad but it's no Chernobyl. Kinda cheesy at times.
Someone earlier mentioned watching the dubbed version because it wasn't bad but I disagree. If you're ok with subtitles, I would probably do that.
I started with the dubbed version and will stay with it because the wife prefers it to subtitles but the dubs sound too American. Some of the voices used for the younger guys sound like California surfers. And I'm not sure how accurate the translations are with some clearly American terminology like "Yo, what's up?" Most of the older guys are ok though.
It doesn't help that I finished four episodes and the main disaster hasn't even happened yet. The initial earthquake and tsunami are in the first episode but since then, it's all about plans to prevent the disaster with a lot of long lingering looks while various people contemplate what to do. Not a lot of sense of urgency in many scenes and a surprising lack of tension. This easily could have been 6 episodes instead of 8.
Someone earlier mentioned watching the dubbed version because it wasn't bad but I disagree. If you're ok with subtitles, I would probably do that.
I started with the dubbed version and will stay with it because the wife prefers it to subtitles but the dubs sound too American. Some of the voices used for the younger guys sound like California surfers. And I'm not sure how accurate the translations are with some clearly American terminology like "Yo, what's up?" Most of the older guys are ok though.
It doesn't help that I finished four episodes and the main disaster hasn't even happened yet. The initial earthquake and tsunami are in the first episode but since then, it's all about plans to prevent the disaster with a lot of long lingering looks while various people contemplate what to do. Not a lot of sense of urgency in many scenes and a surprising lack of tension. This easily could have been 6 episodes instead of 8.
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