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    • Stuart.TS
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      @neph93:

      Watching S.2 of Westworld and The Handmaid’s Tale in tandem. Westworld is brutal, grim and existentially depressing, The Handmaid’s Tale is all these things just more so. Good times.

      @neph93 they both sound right up my alley. We are halfway through season 1 of The Americans. I'm enjoy the dark humour and quite brutal set pieces…what drew me to this show, a YouTube video of the 'necklacing' scene. I do enjoy grim  😃

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      • neph93N
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        Westworld also has lots of clever references and self referential jokes which lightens things. The body count is astonishing. More slaughtered hosts than head shotted zombies in The Walking Dead (which I incidentally don’t rate).

        Handmaids Tale has none of that and while the first season was great and really quite scary, the second so far, is unremittingly terrifying.

        I really like The Americans. Working on S.5 now.

        «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
        We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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          Seems you and I are on the same watch rotation, @neph93.  We've been alternating those two with The West Wing to lighten the load.

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          • Matty123M
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            Modern Family is the best citcom on tv. Cant laugh too long cuz you’ll miss the next joke

            Maybe so. Maybe not

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            • SeulS
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              ASH VS EVIL DEAD is still good… On ep 3x06 and enjoying it...

              THE EXPANSE is getting more epic by the ep... Sad that ATLANTA's over... Couch scene of last ep was too good... Darius is one funny fucker...

              WESTWORLD is kicking ass...

              Gonna start watching THE HANDMAIDS TALE S01 asap... It's apparently bleak and disturbing - excellent...

              BOBBY KENNEDY FOR PRESIDENT is also on the list... But SEINFELD keeps interfering...

              GOMORRA S03 was unbelievably good, finish to start...

              If anyone wants a link to a torrent for GOMORRA, PM me. It's a 85GB file containing all three seasons, with (softcoded) Eng subs… 720p... Currently freeleech (but on a private torrentsite, to which I can provide an invite if need be)...

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                Dude, Handmaid's Tale is going to knock your block off…

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                • setandsettingS
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                  Danish TV series The Rain on Netflix is pretty good so far.

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                  • neph93N
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                    @setandsetting:

                    Danish TV series The Rain on Netflix is pretty good so far.

                    I fancy that myself.

                    «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                    We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                    • AdamJA
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                      @Chris @neph93 Finished the final ep of Altered Carbon last week, what a load of b*ullshit! Thought the plot unravelled a bit loosely towards the end of the series.. pretty cool premise/production nonetheless

                      The devil is in the detail..

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                      • neph93N
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                        Yup. Thing is, it isn’t so different from the book and that reads fine. They just mishandled the storytelling in the series.

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                        We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                        • ChrisC
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                          Yeah, they definitely went sideways in the last three or so episodes.  I read the other two books after watching the show, and the show runners pulled a few (minor) things from later books, which was interesting.

                          I actually liked the show, though.  I knew going in that it wasn't going to adhere closely to the text, so I was prepared for it and accepted it.  Having that base helped me to perceive the show as independent from the books and try to take it on its merits, rather than constantly comparing the two and driving myself insane over the divergences.  That said, they kind of lost their focus and didn't quite manage to keep all the plot balls in the air as they were juggling everything.

                          It will be interesting to see how they manage a second series, if they decide to do one.

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                          • SeulS
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                            Weird, weirder, THE WOLFPACK…

                            https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2415458/

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                              I really enjoyed Altered Carbon as well, and while the last three episodes didn't have the same pacing, I didn't feel that it was unwatchable. It was almost as if the show should've been nine episodes, and they stretched out the last two into three episodes.

                              I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

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                              • neph93N
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                                @DougNg:

                                I really enjoyed Altered Carbon as well, and while the last three episodes didn't have the same pacing, I didn't feel that it was unwatchable.

                                QFT… I hope they do more. There's plenty of source material.

                                «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                                We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                                  I think I read somewhere they were tentatively planning S02 late in 2019. Unfortunately the male lead has signed onto another series.

                                  My predictions: they will continue to go with the private investigator storyline and change out the lead Doctor Who style as necessary. The studio has already said they will not be going in the same path as the books as it would be too expensive to follow the second book.

                                  I hope they keep the female lead from the first season. She's…a very good actress...

                                  I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

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                                  • DougNgD
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                                    What Haddtoo said, Bosch is another very good show. Old fashioned cop show. We've watched all the seasons religiously and will be binging the newest one shortly.

                                    I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

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                                    • ChrisC
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                                      @DougNg:

                                      It was almost as if the show should've been nine episodes, and they stretched out the last two into three episodes.

                                      This is my regular complaint about Netflix original shows.  They always have about 2-3 episodes more than the storyline can sustain.

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                                      • neph93N
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                                        @DougNg:

                                        I hope they keep the female lead from the first season. She's…a very good actress...

                                        I noticed that myself. She has a very appealing, uh, profile. And a great set of… skills.

                                        «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                                        We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                                          The Asian henchman reminded me of someone that really pissed me off in high school, so the last episode was particularly cathartic to me  😉

                                          I'm…a grudge holder...

                                          I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

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                                          • ChrisC
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                                            Weirdly, he reminded me of Bobby Lee.  I kept expecting him to crack a joke. It was disconcerting.

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