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Finally finished Strangers Things S2 and liked it. I thought the Aliens references were cool and the fact that this show is set in the 80's is awesome. Ironically enough, I was 12 in 1984 which is about the age group of the characters in the show. Man I miss the 80's
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By the time Mr. Robot is said and done in four episodes I think it has a chance to surpass Breaking Bad in my canon of all-time favorites.
SPOILER: It's hard to imagine where the show goes from here, with what was set up as denouement having seemingly occurred with four episodes remaining.
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Jody and I are enjoying The Mandalorian. A couple of the episodes are drawing heavily from other genres. There is a very spaghetti western vibe from the first couple episodes and the last one drew heavily from the 7 Samurai.
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By the time Mr. Robot is said and done in four episodes I think it has a chance to surpass Breaking Bad in my canon of all-time favorites.
I watched the first season of this when I was on daddy leave a year or two ago. I really wanted to enjoy it but failed to. I assume it improved as despite the promising cast and premise I struggled to finish the season because of what I found to be poor writing and pacing.
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It's not for you, then…. the writing IMO is brilliant and things that we set up in S1 have come full circle in the seasons following--there was always a method to the madness.
The shocking thing is that USA continued to support the show and Esmail's latitude with the ratings that the show has had. The artistic payoff will be epic, but seems like all USA gets out of the deal is some artistic credibility. Perhaps they're hoping to make money on serialization or other things.
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I'll watch anything where people get shot in the face
How can you tell they've been shot in the face when their entire body disintegrates after he shoots them?
(For the record, full body disintegration is even more entertaining than head shots, imo)
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Not until you mentioned it, no.
On a different note, we started watching season 2 of Jack Ryan. Only three episodes in, but enjoying it so far, despite the unrealistic aspects, like the lack of foreign policy fallout from a sitting US senator and his security detail getting gunned down in the street…
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Gotten any further?
Season 2 definitely focused more on action. I think they went a little over the top with that. I get Jack Ryan is supposed to be a vet, but he's a little TOO well trained. He does some stuff that's a little advanced for his supposed skill set.
No Abby Cornish in Season 2 either…
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I'll watch anything where people get shot in the face
I was a able to sit through The Walking Dead, which I otherwise find to be horribly bad TV, just on the strength of the zombie head shots.
I still watch it but it really has gone downhill. I just finished S4 of Fear the Walking Dead which basically beat the proverbial dead horse. Can't believe they're making yet another Walking Dead spinoff show.
