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TV/Movie Talk [Public] / Re: What TV series are you watching right now?
« Last post by R. C. on April 15, 2024, 07:18:54 AM »
Reservation Dogs - Surprisingly good. 99% Tomatometer - 91% Avg. Audience Score

Following the exploits of four Indigenous teenagers in rural Oklahoma who steal, rob and save in order to get to the exotic, mysterious and faraway land of California. To succeed, they will have to save enough money, outmaneuver the methheads at the junkyard on the edge of town and survive a turf war against a much tougher rival gang. This first-of-its-kind creative team tells a story that resonates with them and their lived experiences -- and invites audiences into a surprisingly familiar and funny world.

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TV/Movie Talk [Public] / Re: What TV series are you watching right now?
« Last post by CaptnAndy on April 15, 2024, 05:27:24 AM »
We watch an episode of Northern Exposure on Amazon Prime every night (unless the Dodger game runs late). When it first ran, the show was groundbreaking by touching subjects that usually weren't on network TV, and it always ended with a good feeling.
These days, it is a refreshing change from the current programming, and it provides these 79- and 78-year-olds with a look back to an earlier, simpler time.
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TV/Movie Talk [Public] / Re: What TV series are you watching right now?
« Last post by She-la-te-da on April 13, 2024, 11:46:47 AM »
So, done with Bitten, dropped GoT for a bit. Now I'm watching The Expanse, on season two.

Things would be better if watching streaming or recorded stuff didn't put me to sleep. :D
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TV/Movie Talk [Public] / Re: What TV series are you watching right now?
« Last post by She-la-te-da on March 29, 2024, 10:07:05 AM »
Yes, "Siffie" really knew how to screw up a show. I actually can't remember the last time I watched anything on SyFy. I have it recording Resident Alien, but truth be told, I kind of disliked the show.

Currently I'm watching Game of Thrones and rewatching Bitten, about the werewolves. I'm kind of dreading the whole Red Wedding thing on GoT, and may stop after that. Or before. :D

I have trouble focusing on TV these days. Aftereffects of the Covid mess. I can't really read anymore, I get distracted and frustrated. I'm beginning to wonder if any of my brain is coming back, and the awful typing I manage is driving me crazy. I have to retype almost every word.
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TV/Movie Talk [Public] / Re: What TV series are you watching right now?
« Last post by Post-Crisis D on March 26, 2024, 01:00:30 AM »
Quote from: Lynn on March 25, 2024, 03:22:48 PM
I wish they'd added him earlier (love Carter, but she just didn't work right on Atlantis) and I wish we'd had another season or two of him in that role.

 :tup3b

Carter never seemed right for that role.  Daniel Jackson would have been a better fit.  It just felt like they threw Carter in there to appease SG-1 fans upset that they cancelled SG-1.  (And, really, that whole thing was a mess caused mostly by Syfy.)

Yes, it would have been nice to see Picardo as Woosley in that role for more than just the one season.

SG-1 and SG:Atlantis were really good shows that could have kept on going indefinitely if not for the machinations of Syfy.
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TV/Movie Talk [Public] / Re: What TV series are you watching right now?
« Last post by Lynn on March 25, 2024, 03:22:48 PM »
Ah, Woolsey. I honestly thought Stargate Atlantis really picked up an excellent addition to the cast with him and would have loved to have it keep going. He added a fresh perspective, was fun, and had heart, and also, Picardo is a good actor and he was good in the role. He had good comic timing also. :D

I wish they'd added him earlier (love Carter, but she just didn't work right on Atlantis) and I wish we'd had another season or two of him in that role. Although it's to be expected that continuity on a series of shows that long running (10 seasons for SG-1, 5 for SGA) might have problems, I thought they did well with the shows. It was nice to see him come in as someone from SG-1. Also, I liked how they took Rodney from asshole-jerk to lovable-jerk over the seasons of SGA.

If you can't tell, I'm still a huge fan. :D
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TV/Movie Talk [Public] / Re: What TV series are you watching right now?
« Last post by Jeff Tanyard on March 25, 2024, 11:49:18 AM »
Quote from: Post-Crisis D on March 25, 2024, 09:47:05 AM
Quote from: Jeff Tanyard on March 24, 2024, 12:23:17 PM
Quote from: Lorri Moulton on March 24, 2024, 07:25:26 AM
Babylon 5...loved the first three and a half seasons.  After that, some episodes were better than others. 


I completely agree.  From best to worst, I rank the seasons 3, 2, 1/4, 4/1, 5.

I wonder how much better the 5th season could have been if (a) they knew earlier that there would be a fifth season and (b) they would have been able to keep Claudia Christian.


It would have been significantly better.  Season 5 was so bad that almost any structural change would have been an improvement.


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Tracy Scoggins did a good job as Captain Lochley, but it would have been better to see Ivanova in that position.


I agree.  I never cared for the Lochley character, nor did most other fans.  I feel bad for Tracy Scoggins, though, because she got a lot of crap from the fans that she didn't deserve.  It was just a sh*tty situation all around.


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One of the things I liked about the final season of Stargate: Atlantis was having Robert Picardo's Woosley in charge.  That just made for an interesting character dynamic because he goes from a position of second guessing everyone's command decisions after the fact and informing them what they should have done and into the position of actual command and learning that you can't always go by the book.


I must have bailed out of that show before it got to that point, because I don't remember Picardo appearing on the show.
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TV/Movie Talk [Public] / Re: What TV series are you watching right now?
« Last post by Matthew on March 25, 2024, 10:47:42 AM »
I've been watching The 100, mostly in the background when I'm doing other things. But man, is that a show that has no idea what it wants to be. Seems to rehash the same plot lines and character struggles. It has a few cool moments in the drudgery, but overall won't recommend this one.

There's a few recommendations I've seen pop up in this thread I've meant to get to, but only so many hours in a day.
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TV/Movie Talk [Public] / Re: What TV series are you watching right now?
« Last post by Post-Crisis D on March 25, 2024, 09:47:05 AM »
Quote from: Jeff Tanyard on March 24, 2024, 12:23:17 PM
Quote from: Lorri Moulton on March 24, 2024, 07:25:26 AM
Babylon 5...loved the first three and a half seasons.  After that, some episodes were better than others. 


I completely agree.  From best to worst, I rank the seasons 3, 2, 1/4, 4/1, 5.

I wonder how much better the 5th season could have been if (a) they knew earlier that there would be a fifth season and (b) they would have been able to keep Claudia Christian.

Tracy Scoggins did a good job as Captain Lochley, but it would have been better to see Ivanova in that position.

One of the things I liked about the final season of Stargate: Atlantis was having Robert Picardo's Woosley in charge.  That just made for an interesting character dynamic because he goes from a position of second guessing everyone's command decisions after the fact and informing them what they should have done and into the position of actual command and learning that you can't always go by the book.

Kind of like what I saw a writer say about Captain Kirk the other day.  Basically, Kirk saw rules and laws as guidelines and did whatever he wanted anyway.
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TV/Movie Talk [Public] / Re: What TV series are you watching right now?
« Last post by Jeff Tanyard on March 24, 2024, 12:23:17 PM »
Quote from: Lorri Moulton on March 24, 2024, 07:25:26 AM
Babylon 5...loved the first three and a half seasons.  After that, some episodes were better than others. 


I completely agree.  From best to worst, I rank the seasons 3, 2, 1/4, 4/1, 5.
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