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Binge-worthy?

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Friday, August 25, 2023 6:23 AM

Some names that came up in this thread a bit...Shield, Babylon-5, Farscpae, the Expanse, Deadwood, Fringe, Weeds, Red Dwarf, Dr Who, Battlestar Galactica, Dark Matter

There is debate about 'Game of Thrones' I watched some of the show and already read some of the books so I kind of know how morbid and back stabbing and degenerate the series would go. It was one of those tv events everyone wanted you to watch, there is still debate if the show is 'great' or not, the early episodes I seen were good but I don't think I will finish the show. Therre is debate in this thread if comicbook shows are good or not....maybe...but there could be over saturation

Hollywood Tv and movies seem dead now and the writers strike arrived and actors strikes arrives

The Game of Thrones series finished in 2019

Upcoming

maybe

Song of the Bandits - Korean series

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Friday, August 25, 2023 11:25 AM

6IXSTRINGJACK

My old man was one of the people telling me I needed to watch Game of Thrones.

After the last season came out though, he told me not to waste my time.

It's funny you mention that because I just watched this video yesterday:

I'd already been watching Ryan George videos for quite a while before he originally made that one (4 years ago now). It's interesting hearing him say that he was looking for a way to end his Pitch Meeting series at the time, but to this day the Game of Thrones Season 8 Pitch Meeting video is his highest watched video by far and brought him a ton more subscribers after it went viral so he's still doing them today.

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Tuesday, August 29, 2023 10:38 AM

JAYNEZTOWN

I might try Cobra Kai, I think if I binge watch it would be fun but dumb a show that doesn't take itself to serious or go up its own ass like 'Game of Thrones' , Breaking Bad, Dexter, Handmaid's Tale, Lost, Dr Who remakes and others.

Other than Flix Patrol?

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Flix Patrol is still one of the better 'buzz' sites it has so much info, you can see what people were watching 1 month ago in New Zeland or look around and see other top 10 and regions or what Finland watched last year
https://flixpatrol.com/top10/streaming/new-zealand/2023-07-04/
Finland tv movie trends
https://flixpatrol.com/top10/streaming/finland/2022-04-29/
see what Argentina watched as most of the world went into Covid Lockdowns
https://flixpatrol.com/top10/streaming/argentina/2020-10-21/
what was trending 2 months back in South Korea for example https://flixpatrol.com/top10/streaming/south-korea/2023-06-31/

You also have Watch Mojo Top10, listverse dot com, the old imdb boards, tastedive.com or 'similarlists' for tv movies

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Tuesday, August 29, 2023 10:40 AM

JAYNEZTOWN

the Game Of Thrones thing perhaps took itself too serious

Police Squad was funny

Offensive Shows?

if you don't have the time to Binge Watch all of the trash like Jerry Springer 'Summer Heights High' or toons like FamilyGuy or South Park

Heil Honey I'm Home looks like peak British insanity, go back to the Beavis and Butt-Head yeasra and then imagine Mel Brooks was hired to make a weird Springtime for Hitler show...

very odd

they self banned themselves and I think there is only one episode available

the Melting Pot from the 70s even more controversial?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0398516/

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Wednesday, August 30, 2023 11:26 AM

JAYNEZTOWN

The great cancellation: why megabucks TV shows are vanishing without a trace

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/aug/29/the-great-cancell
ation-why-megabucks-tv-shows-are-vanishing-without-a-trace

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Continuum seemed to work well when I binged.

The Canadian science fiction television series, some Stargate actors

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Wednesday, August 30, 2023 11:29 AM

JAYNEZTOWN

ONE PIECE | Final Trailer

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Thursday, August 31, 2023 8:25 AM

JAYNEZTOWN

'A o S' I read it had some very good seasons and some not so good seasons. I assume Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. died with a quiet whimper during Covid

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Thursday, August 31, 2023 8:28 AM

JAYNEZTOWN

Perhaps another dumb but fun

The Rookie?

Season 6 to would normally begin airing but it will not be the case this year with writers strikes.

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Sunday, September 3, 2023 7:39 AM

JAYNEZTOWN

‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Star Lily Gladstone Calls ‘Yellowstone’s’ Depiction of the American West ‘Delusional’ and ‘Deplorable’

a partisan soap opera where its not really a parody butthe lead character operate consequence free, Son pulls up in brand new Huge Expensive Truck, son pulls up in brand new Land Rover. Father stars jetting and flying around, flies in on helicopter.
The ranch is running out of money,
they are offered 400 Million or Half a Billion, don't take it and an endless violnet degenerate soap opera continues, a bit like Murder She Wrote but with better acting and More Gore. There is another frontier tv show, the English a revisionist western television miniseries produced by the BBC and Amazon Prime, written and directed by Hugo Blick, also 1883 an American Western drama television miniseries created by Taylor Sheridan, post-Civil war generation of the Dutton family as they leave Tennessee, journey to Fort Worth, Texas, and join a wagon train.

https://variety.com/2023/film/news/lily-gladstone-criticizes-yellowsto
ne-delusional-western-1235711897/

Costner talked about his exit from the TV show Yellowstone during a divorce court, he saysmight sue the show's producers. Costner offered money for future seasons but didn't agree with the creative direction and scheduling, Costner's departure from the show might be complicated by more ongoing divorce proceedings.

https://deadline.com/2023/09/kevin-costner-yellowstone-exit-divorce-he
aring-testimony-1235534444/

'One Piece' Review - Netflix Finally Breaks the Anime Adaptation Curse

https://discussingfilm.net/2023/08/31/one-piece-review-netflix-finally
-breaks-the-anime-adaptation-curse/

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Sunday, September 3, 2023 4:14 PM

JAYNEZTOWN

They brought back Scott Pilgrim as an anime Japanese style cartoon show and 'Frasier' maybe too big to binge, there is a show 'Obliterated' about guys who party hard after wiping out terrorists and as they party they find out they have been out smarted, so they have to get back together while being stoned, drunk, hung over or still 'high' seems like a mix of Cobra Kai meets Die Hard but set in Las Vegas, theer is a lot od dumb looking reality tv stuff
looks like the writers strike is killing tv in 2023 to 2024.
“JFK: One Day in America” is another show or movie upcoming
Fargo TV series is probably worth a watch from reviews I read, 5 seasons spread out over 10 years from 2014-2023

Scifi seems to be kind of dead but they are making video games into tv shows and movies

For All Mankind...an Alt timeline show, Apple TV+ and Sony Pictures Television
has a critics score of
73
USER SCORE
7.0

https://www.metacritic.com/tv/for-all-mankind

I might stay with South Korean or German shows, the joint US-Japan style animation production 'Castlevania' might be worth continuing to watch.

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Thursday, September 21, 2023 2:46 PM

JAYNEZTOWN

Doom Patrol: The Final Episodes

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Friday, October 6, 2023 8:45 PM

JAYNEZTOWN

Bargain not scifi its beyond weird S.Korean, maybe a thriller or disturbing or suspense or disaster or tv drama

I'm not sure what to call it without spoilers

Official Trailer

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Friday, October 6, 2023 9:09 PM

JAYNEZTOWN

Not sure if worthy but it might have lots of 'drama'

'Happiness' Urban Cop Zombie thing an apocalyptic thriller that takes place in a time in which infectious Sars Covid diseases normal life returns to usual but then some 'zombie' type thing starts to happen that people refuses to believe

Might be a commentary on S.Korea being a cross roads for Virus, Sars, MERS, Covid etc but also a good entertainment Cop zombie thriller event happening

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Thursday, October 19, 2023 7:23 PM

JAYNEZTOWN

Disney WarnerBros DC-Marvel?

funny??

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Monday, October 23, 2023 8:16 AM

JAYNEZTOWN

Planet Earth III Attenborough

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/oct/22/planet-earth-iii-
review-david-attenborough-creates-yet-more-majestic-tv

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Thursday, October 26, 2023 9:38 AM

JAYNEZTOWN

Netflix’s “One Piece”: A Game-Changing Adventure
https://wcuquad.com/6021943/arts-entertainment/netflixs-one-piece-a-ga
me-changing-adventure/
The live-action TV adaptation of Eiichiro Oda’s award-winning comic “One Piece,” has been in production for years

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Saturday, December 9, 2023 10:52 AM

JAYNEZTOWN

I hope they do not ruin Fallout

Daenmark-Germany 'The Island' Sløborn tv show

some Doomsday Pandemic or "pigeon flu" nonsense?

however it is rated very high

Murder by the Lake is strange for a German-Austrain production, usually they do productions fast but its been 'slow' like the US original run of the 4400 series from year 2014-2024

it starts with the finding of dead body of a woman

partners in a fictional German-Austrian cooperative police agency located at the Border Town or Lake?

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Sunday, December 10, 2023 6:45 AM

JAYNEZTOWN

One Piece live-action star promises “better action” in Season 2

https://www.dexerto.com/tv-movies/one-piece-live-action-star-promises-
better-action-in-season-2-2415038/

It's very entertaining but to comapre it to anything doesn't really work, its a weird show, very Japanese maybe wacky elements of Who Framed Roger Rabbit or Atlantis The Lost Empire, Castle in the Sky, Epic, Treasure Planet with some Robin Hood, The Adventures of Tintin, 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, there is maybe a little 'John Carter' Marvel DC superhero stuff but in its own Japanese way, maybe more like tv shows Our Flag Means Death, Treasure Island 2012, Pirates of the Caribbean. I guess its like a KungFu / Samurai action series, it can violent but also be childlike with escapism but at the same time being a 'Pirate' show while also part scifi Fanasty 'Steampunk' but with unique humor.

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Sunday, December 10, 2023 8:04 AM

6IXSTRINGJACK

I'm glad they were finally able to do justice on a project for the fans and they didn't go Cowboy Beebop or Resident Evil with it.

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Monday, December 25, 2023 8:56 PM

JAYNEZTOWN

is it possible to Binge

Miami vice

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Thursday, December 28, 2023 5:46 PM

JAYNEZTOWN

Even with sexual scandals those Sitcoms rarely had staying power Mad TV, Cybill, That '70s Show

'Scientology' links

Danny Masterson's First Mug Shot Released as He's Transferred to State Prison to Begin Sentence (30 Years to Life)

https://www.tmz.com/2023/12/27/danny-masterson-mug-shot-state-prison-r
ape-conviction-that-70s-show/

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Friday, January 19, 2024 6:10 AM

JAYNEZTOWN

The era of 'great' classic tv seems to be over and replaced by news, elections and other political nonsense, some old brands are still around True Detective is one every talks of and People raved and ranted about period pieces Downtown Abbey, Boardwalk Empire I'm not sure if they are binge worthy but I might try some old shows, Penny Dreadful, The Americans, Orphan Black, The Leftovers, ‘Mr. Robot’ or ‘Fargo’ ‘Banshee’ or 'Justified' however despite all that I would probably give the new Daredevil or Penguin a watch. The time for scifi tv seems over now.

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Friday, January 19, 2024 6:03 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK

You ever watch Justified or Fargo?

I give Justified high ratings. If you watch a preview of it and think that it would be to your liking I can't imagine that you'd not enjoy it.

I only saw 2 seasons of Fargo. I loved the 1st season. I don't really remember much about the second season, but I'm sure it was alright. I was drinking quite heavily at that point. I never watched really any TV after that because it was around the time I quit drinking and watching TV and movies.

I remember my brother got me to watch Mr. Robot around that time too. I do think I liked it, but I don't remember whether I finished watching the season or not, nor could I tell you how many seasons it had or if the story ever finished.

Justified did have a satisfactory conclusion, and you probably already know, but at least the first 2 seasons of Fargo were their own stories, and though they probably had some easter eggs in the later seasons that rewarded fans of the show who saw the previous seasons, that's a show I wouldn't worry about being cancelled before they finished it.

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Friday, January 19, 2024 11:13 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK

If you didn't care for season 1 of The Boys, you're probably not going to like the rest of it. It's still enjoyable enough of a show, but if I wasn't watching it with my old man and my brother I might not have continued on with it since it's just more of the same thing really, and I think the first season was better than the rest so far. It's an upper mid-tier show, IMO.

Wandavision looked like it should have been really good. I really liked the initial concept. But it's woke trash like the rest of the shit on Disney+, run by DEI showrunners.

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Monday, February 12, 2024 6:04 AM

JAYNEZTOWN

I hear they ruined 'The Witcher' but animation seems to be coming back and what I seen of Arcane was fun

episodic vs long running story? I liked the first season of The Mandalorian but will also watch Simpsons if its on tv,
they say it will be all Asia now

Deadwood is within binge length maybe I will finish it and binge watch. Tv used to be more easily binged, the V the mini series, original Trek, North and South miniseries, the original Twilight Zone, the original tv Outer Limits, Firefly, Band of Brothers...maybe this was still VHS time? then everyone started to have a DVD player in their Playstation or Xbox or Computer if they wanted one or not, internet speeds got faster and a few mins of clips got uploaded online but shows would keep going on longer and longer, while the season episodes got shorter from 24 eps per season down to maybe 8 or less
90s tv Twin Peaks and Millennium an Xfiles spin off was binge length
Somewhere along tv years the wars, the ratings, the tv channels in contest, the stand up comedy shows, the Reagan, Clinton, Bush Obama years tv became once again like a never ending variety show to draw viewers in forever, it got long and drawn out like a long scifi drama or like old Dallas, The Walking Dead, Charmed, Buffy, Grey's Anatomy or JJ Abrams 'Lost'

Many of the Binge stuff people talk about now is Asia, a South Korea product beating Hollywood like 'Squid Games' etc

The Walking Dead is what something like 12 years of tv seasons?

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You ever watch Justified or Fargo?

Watched a season of Justified and a season of Fargo, really enjoyed them but didn't watch beyond that it is very rare for me to watch a second season of anything. Scifi probably started to die in 2004-2006 I think tv started to die in the Obama years, 2013–16
Everything went into crime and drugs and dark and gritty, no more wonder in scifi.
Banshee is another kinda like Justified a bad guy picks up a badge starts posing as a cop and slowly starts trying to do better as his past catches up with him, NZ actor from 'The Boys' Antony Starr is in it. MrRobot was enjoyable but again only watched a season.

Shows like Lost or Game of Thrones went on too long to be Binge-Worthy and anyone who finished says its not worth it.

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Monday, February 12, 2024 11:35 AM

6IXSTRINGJACK

Did anybody in the world actually make it to the end of The Walking Dead?

That was a great show... until it wasn't.

I think Breaking Bad should be looked at as the model for the perfect, bingable show. It started with the premise that he was going to die from terminal cancer. It did itself the favor of never removing that inevitability in order to make 12 seasons. It only ran for 5 seasons and the ending was perfect.

I thought Deadwood was great too, but the ending left quite a bit to be desired. Somewhere around the 3rd or 4th to last episode was the actual climax of the show, and they could have ended it there, but they had some kind of boring episodes after that, obviously leading up to something that was never made. I've never sat down and watched it again after the movie came out (and didn't see the movie), but my old man was a huge fan of Timothy Olyphant and I got him to watch it after the movie was made. He liked it, but he said that the movie was uneven. It was just way too many years after the show ended that they finally got around to wrapping that up. The movie was not the story that they had originally intended to follow those last few episodes up with.

Deadwood is worth the watch if you feel the desire and have time to continue on with it.

Fargo should be pretty easy for you. Each season is completely self-contained and you don't need to have seen the previous season, nor do you need to worry about watching the next season if you want to try season 2.

That brings up a good idea that I remember floated around in the mid to late 2000's. The idea of a single season show. I don't think they ever really did that because they're so afraid to make new things that once something is popular they can't just let it die after one season. That was right around the time of Heroes. That first season was excellent. Blame the writer's strike if you'd like for the increasingly poor quality of the show as time went on, but if it was just a one season show it would still be celebrated today.

Speaking of Asians (although it was made in the US), I recently watched Beef which has almost exclusively an Asian cast. It's a netflix show. I really liked it. I can't imagine they'd make a season 2 of that. I mean, anything is possible and they very well could do that, but I don't think I'd watch it. The story completed its arc, and it did it well.

I decided that I just wanted to watch one episode per night maximum and not sit and binge watch anything. That was pretty easy to do for the first 4 episodes as the background of the characters were established and the story was being built. But I have to admit the last night that I watched it I started with episode 5 and immediately watched episode 6. I did other things for an hour or two and then I watched the last two episodes.

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