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What to watch? (need streaming series suggestions)
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Jenny
Angel Diva
Loved it! Watched the British one, too, after we finished ours.I watch walking dead!!Still have to watch Fear the Walking Dead, I have that recorded right now.
Anyone watch House of Cards on Netflix? Gosh am I hooked!!
shnu
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
I so understand
VickiK
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
@tinymoose - Sounds like they're going forward with this spinoff. I found this info about FWD: "AMC announced...a 15-episode order for Season 2 of Fear the Walking Dead, which will air in 2016. One of summer's most anticipated new series, Fear the Walking Dead was greenlit back in March for two seasons". With WD, FWD, and the entertainment value of the Talking Dead, the talk show that analyzes the characters and plot, that's a lot of zombies. Who knew there's this fascination. Last year there were 5K-10K's, mud runs with the zombie theme, people really get into it.
Like you, I thought the premiere was kinda slow.
Like you, I thought the premiere was kinda slow.
surfsnowgirl
Banned
That's the show my friend Pam was just telling me about; she said its awesome and hysterical. She said Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin are so great together.
Jenny
Angel Diva
@tinymoose - since we were talking about it in this thread earlier . . .
What did you think about the new X-files? We watched the first episode, but have to wait until tomorrow for the next one, since DH is at hockey tonight.
What did you think about the new X-files? We watched the first episode, but have to wait until tomorrow for the next one, since DH is at hockey tonight.
heather matthews
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
We have just binge watched the two series of The Affair which had me spellbound.The narrative arc was really cool. Also Garfunkel and Oates which was very funny.Grace and Frankie was also very funny and so good to see Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda just killing it.May have a look at Lillehammer.
Jenny
Angel Diva
When we still had cable we had that happen on a couple of things and DH just started setting it for an extra half hour or so, just in case. It's sooooo aggravating to be watching and then bam! Gone.
tinymoose
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
I'm loving it! My show is back! It's not like Season 3-5 X-Files, what I feel was the show at its peak, but it's soooo much better than the last two seasons so far, as well as that movie that must not be named (I Want to Believe). Just wait 'til you see the 2nd episode.
How are you liking it? The highlight of episode 1 for me was Mulder's adorable, excited face at seeing the ARV. That was SO Mulder.
Did you see the skit they did on Kimmel?
geargrrl
Angel Diva
I quit 1/2 way through episode 2. Story was ok but I can't handle the graphic gore. It bums me out; stories can easily be told, even gruesome ones, without blood dripping everywhere. Some of the script, especially Scully, seems really cheesy and stilted- is all net work tv like that now?
tinymoose
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Hasn't X-Files always been a bit gory, though? Hell, the episode "Home" was banned from syndication for a long time b/c of its graphic nature. I also watch The Walking Dead and Hannibal (before it was cancelled), though, so obviously gore doesn't particularly bother me.
But I do agree, something is off with Scully. Her voice even sounds weird... quiet and raspy. And that's not Gillian's normal voice so it's not that. Mulder seems like Mulder, but Scully is just off somehow... she still seems very much like IWTB Scully, who I didn't particularly care for.
surfsnowgirl
Banned
Wasn't home to check this out. Will grab it on Hulu or On Demand.
geargrrl
Angel Diva
Spoiler alert.
Well, it's been 14 years but I don't think it was literally gory. (spoiler alert) once the gal shoved her knife into pregnant belly and they showed the slash with something dripping blood starting to crawl out, that was it for me. Same thing with the guy who committed suicide. There are plenty of ways to tell these parts of the story with out being so literal. I think TV as a whole has gotten way too graphic. Same thing with GOT. Way too graphic for me. I do not think things were this graphic even 10 years ago. Hah, I sound like an old fogey but I get to make choices and I choose not to watch that stuff.
VickiK
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
^ Yes, X-Files was not particularly gory, more creepy-weird. CSI was a show that I stopped watching because it became just over-the-top gore, done on purpose but not particularly necessary. But I admit I'm not consistent, since I go in for shows like Walking Dead etc.
bounceswoosh
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
DH and I dropped cable a few months ago and have been using the Roku. We have subscriptions to Netflix and Hulu, as well as CBS online or whatever it's called. Anyway, we've gotten hooked on The Good Wife. I think I saw some slices of episodes before we dropped cable and got intrigued. No gore to speak of, and what's really shocking - the plot never hinges on stupid decisions by the characters. Their decisions always make sense or are consistent with that character. Somewhere between the fourth and fifth seasons there are some plot developments that are annoying me and I find distracting from the core plot of the first three seasons, but I'm still watching.
We started watching Longmire on Netflix. I like it better the more I watch it, but we got derailed by The Good Wife. Longmire initially comes across as yet another police procedural, just in the "wild west" - but it's done some really smart and relevant things like addressing difficult political issues with native americans on the reservation. I don't recall how much gore there is. I do find it difficult to believe that this small town in Wyoming has murders every week, and his "taciturn hyper-competent hard man with a heart of gold who refuses to communicate with the people he loves" bit does get a little old.
We started watching Longmire on Netflix. I like it better the more I watch it, but we got derailed by The Good Wife. Longmire initially comes across as yet another police procedural, just in the "wild west" - but it's done some really smart and relevant things like addressing difficult political issues with native americans on the reservation. I don't recall how much gore there is. I do find it difficult to believe that this small town in Wyoming has murders every week, and his "taciturn hyper-competent hard man with a heart of gold who refuses to communicate with the people he loves" bit does get a little old.
