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Re: TV shows -- what are you watching?
« Reply #30 on: January 02, 2015, 04:47:19 AM »

So am I the only one that liked The Bridge?
I liked it. I downloaded the original Danish version, Bron, but haven't gotten to it yet.
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Re: TV shows -- what are you watching?
« Reply #31 on: January 02, 2015, 06:11:05 AM »

It isn't as over the top as the trailers. Characters seem to be pretty well done, and I'm enjoying the sets, must of cost a fortune.


+1, the story is deeper than the trailers show. Some liberty with the original story, but that was to be expected. Just finished the first season, and I'm looking forward to seeing the second one.
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« Reply #32 on: January 03, 2015, 09:14:05 AM »

Max, thanks for recommending Turn. I watched the whole season and enjoyed it for what it is: fun.

Pros: spies, colonial America, opening credits homage to Edward Gorey's credits for Mystery!

Cons: the characters lack interiority, stereotypical female leads (willful / independent vs dutiful / conventional), incongruous theme song

Overall: 3/5 or 7/10


I just started Grand Hotel. Don't know if I'll see it through. It feels tense without being at all dark. So far, I like how much the characters rely on non-verbal communication. A decent amount of the action takes place in silence.
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« Reply #33 on: January 24, 2015, 06:53:18 PM »

You can watch all ten episodes of Transparent today for free, no prime sub required. (Amazon)
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« Reply #34 on: January 24, 2015, 06:55:21 PM »

Going through "Breaking Bad". I like it a lot, but it's getting more depressing as it goes through.
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« Reply #35 on: January 24, 2015, 08:28:01 PM »

Going through "Breaking Bad". I like it a lot, but it's getting more depressing as it goes through.
You're in for a treat. Which season are you watching right now ?
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« Reply #36 on: January 24, 2015, 09:20:35 PM »

I have watched three seasons of The Practice in the past week. There's a scene with Lara Flynn Boyle exiting the shower, her hair water-soaked.
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« Reply #37 on: January 24, 2015, 09:44:11 PM »

You're in for a treat. Which season are you watching right now ?

Will finish 2nd Season today. It's pretty engaging but Jesse exasperates me sometimes.
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« Reply #38 on: January 24, 2015, 10:13:55 PM »

Will finish 2nd Season today. It's pretty engaging but Jesse exasperates me sometimes.
Oh boy ... I wish I was you right now. True, the characters are just psychos, but it only gets to serve the story later. Just enjoy the ride.
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Re: TV shows -- what are you watching?
« Reply #39 on: January 31, 2015, 07:43:46 AM »

So I watched the available episodes of Grand Hotel, e01-42. As someone who hates hotels (except the Westins because they're built in an open style), a long series set in a hotel is far from a natural fit. Moreover, I have a hard time understanding why a provincial resort hotel on the northern coast of Spain would have been so socially important in 1905.

But setting aside the premises and the premise and the Cathtilian, the series' social world of manners and discretion is quite involving. If you enjoy understated dramas with a strong element of mystery, you might really like it. Yes, it has a soap opera-ish element. And a little too well-scripted, though there's art in that too. But it's disarmingly "predictable," which makes it not so predictable after all.

Two words of warning: almost every episode ends on a cliff-hanger, and I want to kill netflix because they don't have the last 10 episodes yet--and it's on a cliff-hanger!!! >:(

Season 1 (e01-14)  4/5 or 8/10
Season 2 (e15-28)  3/5 or 6/10
Season 3 (e29-42)  4/5 or 8/10


Now I'm watching Blue Bloods. It's about an Irish family of cops (and lawyers) in my old hometown, New York. Tom Sellick plays the NYPD chief and paterfamilias. It's something of a slow-burner: in the early episodes, the actors are still settling into their roles and the plot hasn't taken off yet. But I quickly came to enjoy it because the character show real moral character and civic virtue. I'm especially pleased that they dropped the "club music" from the opening scenes in favor somewhat elegiac orchestral music--much more appropriate.

Seasons 1-4  4/5 or 8/10
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