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    Seul
    Joined: 24 Nov 2009

    Heard a lot of good things about STRANGER THINGS… It was next on the list, but I'll wait for the season to end and then bingewatch it 🙂

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      steelworker
      見習いボス
      Joined: 16 Apr 2014

      @BloodnThunder:

      The Night Of - also watched first two parts.  Very promising.
      Vice Principals - watched pilot.  Some funny bits.  Worth checking out.
      Peaky Blinders - Haven't seen season 3.  Worth watching the first two seasons for costume design alone.
      The Path - A hulu original.  Not too bad.  Has some serious scientology cult inspirations.
      Silicon Valley - pretty hilarious.  Worth watching even though sometimes it will drive you crazy.

      The Night Of- is written by Richard Price who I really like -he can write his ass off.  John Turturro is good. And I see this is another show borrowed, stolen ripped off from the Brits. I have to see the original. One of the good points of the web is I can find the original series.

      I like Peaky too-and agree about costume design.
      My grandfather served in the AEF in the Great War ,his brother in the East Lancs. They had interesting attitudes and would answer  questions in a straightforward way no matter what the subject, unlike most of the other adults in my childhood.

      Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
      Well, I have others.

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        Seul
        Joined: 24 Nov 2009

        I like Turturro, but originally the part was meant to go to Jimmy (Gandolfini)… His unexpected death quite got in the way of him performing, so they asked Johnny... This is also why James is mentioned as a producer on the opening credits...

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          Peter
          啓蒙家
          Joined: 6 Mar 2010

          @Seul:

          Heard a lot of good things about STRANGER THINGS… It was next on the list, but I'll wait for the season to end and then bingewatch it 🙂

          Netflix, so they were all released like 10 days ago! Watching e5 as we speak.

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            Giles
            IHUK Crew
            Joined: 22 Sept 2009

            The Flea and the Acrobat….

            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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              steelworker
              見習いボス
              Joined: 16 Apr 2014

              @Seul:

              I like Turturro, but originally the part was meant to go to Jimmy (Gandolfini)… His unexpected death quite got in the way of him performing, so they asked Johnny... This is also why James is mentioned as a producer on the opening credits...

              Interesting @Seul . I saw his credit and wondered how he produced…from the grave. 😶

              Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
              Well, I have others.

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                Chris
                Raw and Unwashed
                Joined: 28 Jun 2010

                Just watched the finale for Season 3 of The Wire.

                Damn.

                I mean, seriously, damn.

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                  Seul
                  Joined: 24 Nov 2009

                  Yep…  😠

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                    tmg
                    Joined: 10 Sept 2010

                    And you've still got 2 more seasons to go!

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                      Megatron1505
                      見習いボス
                      Joined: 10 Jul 2011

                      Currently on my third re watch of The Wire, amazing still.

                      Also rewatching Battlestar Galactica, the best pure Sci Fi show ever made.

                      I treat TV shows like books, there are certain ones I will revisit time after time.

                      Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

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                        spitfiredealer
                        Raw and Unwashed
                        Joined: 8 Apr 2013

                        Season 2 of the wire is my favourite ever series

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                          Chris
                          Raw and Unwashed
                          Joined: 28 Jun 2010

                          I thought Season 3 was better, personally.  All three I've seen so far have been great, just in different ways.

                          It's about time I revisited BSG; man, I love that show.

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                            spitfiredealer
                            Raw and Unwashed
                            Joined: 8 Apr 2013

                            Yeah 3 is great too. Just something about the story of the docks and the guys there struggling to make a
                            Living that makes series
                            2 stand out more, for me anyway.

                            I need a new series to watch, watching orange is the new black with the Mrs and it really doesn't do much for me.

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                              Megatron1505
                              見習いボス
                              Joined: 10 Jul 2011

                              Mr Robot is good, Stranger Things is great, and I'm about to start watching The Night Of…

                              Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

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                                Seul
                                Joined: 24 Nov 2009

                                Shit - still need to watch ep 3… But stuck on old South Park...

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                                  steelworker
                                  見習いボス
                                  Joined: 16 Apr 2014

                                  @spitfiredealer:

                                  Yeah 3 is great too. Just something about the story of the docks and the guys there struggling to make a
                                  Living that makes series
                                  2 stand out more, for me anyway.

                                  I need a new series to watch, watching orange is the new black with the Mrs and it really doesn't do much for me.

                                  Season 2 is the best in my view too.Sparrows Point, the enormous steelworks shown on one of the shows is gone, a giant parking lot. ArcelorMittal wanted to buy it but the deal was deemed a monopoly so some shady Russians snapped itup and filed for bankruptcy the whole mess reeks of cronyism and in the meantime 3,000 Steelworkers join their brother Longshoreman on the unemployment line-there's always a job to be had at walmart. The US really pisses me off. Like we're all supposed to have service jobs that pay shit while our masters continue the dismantling of our industrial base. Capitalism as cancer.
                                  You might like The Night Of… but since it's a remake of a Brit show you may already have seen it with different accents...

                                  Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                                  Well, I have others.

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                                    Chris
                                    Raw and Unwashed
                                    Joined: 28 Jun 2010

                                    I think what dropped S2 down a notch for me was that I couldn't muster any sympathy for the longshoremen.  Yeah, they were just trying to survive, (kinda the underlying theme of the entire series, both for the people and for the city as a whole) but they were in a dying trade and they refused to recognize it.  Containerization, mechanization, computerization; they're trends that have been going on for decades, and pining for the good old days won't put food on the table.  Watching them willfully ignore how the world and the profession was changing just made me dislike them.

                                    It reminded me of what Red said in Shawshank Redemption- "Either get busy living or get busy dying."  They chose dying, and I just couldn't get down with it.

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                                      Seul
                                      Joined: 24 Nov 2009

                                      Haha holy cow Chris… I'm glad I didn't have to watch season 2 with you... Of course I had the same rational thoughts, but I chose to sympathise with the fellas instead... That's why it's my favourite season...

                                      Well, that and these (NSFW): https://s32.postimg.cc/5g1rlm7r9/vlcsnap_2012_04_04_20h20m03s30a.jpg

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                                        Chris
                                        Raw and Unwashed
                                        Joined: 28 Jun 2010

                                        Jesus, they're staring right at me…

                                        My post might have come across a little harsher than I intended.  I did empathize for them, it's just that underneath the sympathy for guys watching the world they understood fade away were the feelings I said earlier.

                                        And to be clear, I did love that season, just not quite as much as I loved season 3.  Maybe I'll reassess in a few months, after I've finished all five seasons and had some time to digest it (and rewatch a few, or maybe several, episodes).

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                                          Traser2g
                                          Haraki san Expert
                                          Joined: 18 Mar 2014

                                          Sick kid, rainy day, yup Netflix it is. Just starting Stranger Things. Looks promising so far.

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