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I mean you’re not wrong. You know what’s coming and the dialogue is a low-rent action film.
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I'd like to think that Reacher is intentionally being low-rent / b-roll in some areas with respect to its dialog and plot. Personally, it has a somewhat endearing quality to it that works with the show and acting. Also enjoy this and being able to completely shut off the brain for a bit and enjoy ridiculous things.
On the flip side, anyone do Bosch? Really enjoyed the original series and also the latest reboot of Legacy.
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i like Bosch a lot, haven't seen legacy, so will take it as a recommendation
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Bosch was a great show that didn't get the respect it deserved. I liked Legacy season 1 but season 2 got a bit over the top for me.
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@pechelman said in TV:
being able to completely shut off the brain for a bit and enjoy ridiculous things.
I feel like this is the John Wick principle, and I've definitely got room for it. I need to check out Reacher.
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I've read articles about Reacher that explain that it's target audience is 30 and 40 something dads that love the action star save the day save the girl cheesy one liner turn off the brain nonsense. That explains Reacher perfectly.
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Just watched Fool Me Once twice in 36 hours. Obviously, I really enjoyed it the first time around, but I watched it a second time to see if I could spot clues as to what was going to happen that I had missed with the first viewing. Not sure that I did, but I really loved it the second time around, I watched it from a completely different perspective and found it just as compelling. Oh, and Michelle Keegan is pretty easy on the eye.....
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@jordanscollected said in TV:
I've read articles about Reacher that explain that it's target audience is 30 and 40 something dads that love the action star save the day save the girl cheesy one liner turn off the brain nonsense. That explains Reacher perfectly.
I feel personally attacked
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Been enjoying season 5 of Fargo. Nice rebound from the past couple seasons
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@flannel-slut We recently binged seasons 1 and 2 and are taking a break. Do you think we need to watch seasons 3 & 4 before watching 5? How is Juno Temple?
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@Jett129 nice, seasons 1 and 2 make for some good binging. 3 and 4 are stand-alones and personally felt a little flat. As for Juno Temple? If you’re a fan, then just skip to season 5.
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I’ve enjoyed each season of Fargo but this one so far is back to the level of excellence of the first couple of seasons.
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Holy crap finished Fargo season 5. Only a couple of things I would change but what an amazing season. Some of my favorite characters yet.
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Season 5 was a great ride. The cast was brilliant, in particular Jennifer Jason Leigh and Sam Spruell
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This one is a bit dated but anyone watch the Netflix original, Dark?
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We did it with subtitles. Dubbings definitely can be brutal, especially when a characters voice over is not a good match or when the voice over is monotone during an intense scene.
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@flannel-slut With my Rock n Roll ears I watch everything with subtitles. The only time it sucks is when you’re watching stand up comedy and the subtitles display the punchline before the comedian says it.
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@Jett129 Ha %100 this as well. We were watching a who dunnit a few years ago and the name of one of the main characters was revealed within the subtitles early on and killed the whole plot twist
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Recommend Mr Bates vrs The Post Office which was on ITV here in the UK at the start of the year. I know a number of the lawyers involved in the actual case, and it was weird seeing one of them represented on screen - the actor captured a lot of his mannerisms quite well.
For those not in the UK, this show has kicked off a political firestorm as politicians fall over one another to show that they are doing something about a massive injustice that has been percolating away in the background for more than two decades. In essence, our Post Office had historic powers to make criminal charges and bring criminal prosecutions, and when it's new computer system started bugging out and imagining massive accounting shortfalls that didn't really exist it started prosecuting its franchisees rather than admit that there were any issues with its software. Something like an estimated 700 people were convicted of crimes that simply never happened, and the show charts the stories of many of them as they lost everything and fought back against the Post Office over the last 20 years or so.
Otherwise, Mrs H and I are back to Slow Horses, which we haven't watched since season 1. Almost done with season 2, damn this is a good show and Gary Oldman is just fantastic in everything.