What are you watching now?

[LuFins Dad]

Lol, we just put episode 1 on Netflix.

[Axtremus]

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Hey @George-K , what is it that you love say about robot overlords?
Oh, they want all y’all to stay indoors.

[Axtremus]

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[George K]

@George-K said in What are you watching now?:

I'm currently binging through Better Call Saul - 5th season. Seems like (so far) a stronger season, laying a lot of the groundwork we would see in Breaking Bad (Crazy Eight! w00t!).

A much, much, stronger season than the last few. We finally see the beginning of Jimmy's Saul's descent into being a henchman for Gus. Mike's behaviors begin to make sense.

Good stuff.

Considering what we know comes later, the whole "Kim Wexler" plot, though interesting and fun, seems like a bit of a sideshow. Though she is positioned as (I hate this term) Saul's moral compass, I think the story could have been told without her.

I'm really curious to see what happens as Jimmy Saul ends up as the manager of Cinnabon.

[Loki]

@George-K said in What are you watching now?:

Considering what we know comes later, the whole "Kim Wexler" plot, though interesting and fun, seems like a bit of a sideshow. Though she is positioned as (I hate this term) Saul's moral compass, I think the story could have been told without her.

I guess she’s not on George’s hit parade.

[George K]

@Loki said in What are you watching now?:

@George-K said in What are you watching now?:

Considering what we know comes later, the whole "Kim Wexler" plot, though interesting and fun, seems like a bit of a sideshow. Though she is positioned as (I hate this term) Saul's moral compass, I think the story could have been told without her.

I guess she’s not on George’s hit parade.

Oh, I'd Jon would hit her.

It's a good side story, but in the larger "Breaking Bad" universe, she's irrelevant.

[Loki]

@George-K said in What are you watching now?:

It's a good side story, but in the larger "Breaking Bad" universe, she's irrelevant.

I think her role is to let us believe Saul won’t sink into the abyss, that somehow she knows something we don’t. But basically it’s a story of codependency.

[George K]

@Loki said in What are you watching now?:

But basically it’s a story of codependency.

Good point. Toward the end of the season (I still haven't finished) he tells her that he wants to be a "friend of the cartel."

She accepts that.

[Loki]

The Stranger on Netflix. English detective show, I think. One episode in. Curious enough for a second.

[George K]

@Loki said in What are you watching now?:

The Stranger on Netflix. English detective show, I think. One episode in. Curious enough for a second.

Looks intriguing. I loved Richard Armitage in "Berlin Station."

[Axtremus]

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[George K]

@George-K said in What are you watching now?:

@Loki said in What are you watching now?:

But basically it’s a story of codependency.

Good point. Toward the end of the season (I still haven't finished) he tells her that he wants to be a "friend of the cartel."

She accepts that.

Probably the strongest season of the series. Jimmy's descent into Saul Goodman is fraught with conflict. Kim's descent into a possibly similar evil seems inevitable, and not conflicted at all.

I'm hoping for a good resolution to the tale in the next (and final) season.

Very well done.

[George K]

@Loki said in What are you watching now?:

The Stranger on Netflix. English detective show, I think. One episode in. Curious enough for a second.

Yeah...3 episodes in.

I have no idea where it's going. So many balls in the air.

But it's VERY intriguing.

Premise: A mysterious woman approaches several people telling them about suspicious, perhaps illegal, or embarrassing activities of their loved ones. We don't know her motives, or how these people are connected.

Very intriguing.

[Loki]

The Gentlemen is a very fun movie to watch. It has flaws but it’s not an issue. Dark comedy, amazing line up of actors and some fantastic moments. Guy Ritchie directs and demonstrates his prowess in spots. If you have not watched his movies there are several choice ones to pick from.

[George K]

@Loki said in What are you watching now?:

The Stranger on Netflix. English detective show, I think. One episode in. Curious enough for a second.

Stick with it.

Very complicated, though not obscure. Lots of twists with a depressing, but ultimately satisfying conclusion.

Another weekend wasted, LOL.

[Aqua Letifer]

Hinterland. Kinda (okay, a lot) like Broadchurch, but less tragic and it's episodic.

And then there's Blood Machines.
cinematography, visuals & and color grading: 11/10.
original sci-fi setting: 8.5/10
plot: uh... 3/10? 4?
annoying feminist undertones: 9/10
takes itself too seriously: 8/10

[George K]

@Aqua-Letifer said in What are you watching now?:

Hinterland. Kinda (okay, a lot) like Broadchurch, but less tragic and it's episodic.

And then there's Blood Machines.
cinematography, visuals & and color grading: 11/10.
original sci-fi setting: 8.5/10
plot: uh... 3/10? 4?
annoying feminist undertones: 9/10
takes itself too seriously: 8/10

Your really had me intrigued until the "plot" comment.

Oh well.

Well until the feminist undertones comment.

Well until the seriously comment.

Yeah, those.

Perhaps I'll watch "The Expanse" season 4 again.

[Aqua Letifer]

I mean visually it's amazing. Also it's only an hour, so, small commitment.

[George K]

@Aqua-Letifer said in What are you watching now?:

I mean visually it's amazing. Also it's only an hour, so, small commitment.

Ah, OK. I can waste another hour.

[Loki]

@George-K said in What are you watching now?:

@Loki said in What are you watching now?:

The Stranger on Netflix. English detective show, I think. One episode in. Curious enough for a second.

Stick with it.

Very complicated, though not obscure. Lots of twists with a depressing, but ultimately satisfying conclusion.

Another weekend wasted, LOL.

6 in now. Thoroughly enjoying it.