What are you watching now?

George K · "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

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

Started "Peaky Blinders" the other day. Watched 3 episodes.

Interesting, but I'm not hopeful that it'll turn out to be warmed-over Sopranos in the 1920s. Sets, costumes, acting are all first-rate (and I love Sam Neill), but the storyline seems pretty recycled.

Gave it another shot this weekend.

It's a slow, slow burn.

I ripped through season 1 this weekend (6 episodes). I really underestimated it. Much better than I remember it being. Murphy and Neil are great, and there's lots of interesting subplots to keep you interested.

I'll probably start season 2 next weekend.

Mik

Finished Presumed Innocent - ok - started Lady In The Lake. Kind of hard to watch. Stylish but perhaps preachy.

George K · "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

@Mik said in What are you watching now?:

Finished Presumed Innocent - ok -

I vaguely remember the book - Turow's stories tend to blur together.

But, I was very disappointed in the double double cross at the ending. Yeah, from a logical standpoint, it could make sense.

But..really? You want me to believe that?

started Lady In The Lake. Kind of hard to watch. Stylish but perhaps preachy.

I didn't even get to the preachy part. Gave up. Should I give it a more extended chance?

"Stylish?" See my comments on "The Bear's" third season.

Mik

In Presumed, the family never gelled for me. Never bought them as a family.

I will give Lady one more try but I don’t generally stick around if I hate all the characters.

George K · "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

Supposedly, "Presumed" is up for another season. I hope that they don't fuck it up - again.

In more hopeful news - "Silo" is coming in November. I enjoyed it - as well as the book(s).

89th

Just finished Better Call Saul

Mik

Anybody try For those about To Die on Peacock?

Copper

We could use more Better Call Saul.

I have been watching Breaking Bad lately. I've watched it a couple times.

George K · "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

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

Started "Peaky Blinders" the other day. Watched 3 episodes.

Interesting, but I'm not hopeful that it'll turn out to be warmed-over Sopranos in the 1920s. Sets, costumes, acting are all first-rate (and I love Sam Neill), but the storyline seems pretty recycled.

Very good. Excellent, as a matter of fact.

Fantastic sets and costumes.

Each season is 6 episodes, so it's good for a weekend binge.

Fun watching Cillian Murphy as the head of a crime family.

It's loosely-based on the gangs in Birmingham who did all kinds of nasty stuff between 1880 and the 1920s.

I think this is a fan-made video, but it gives you a taste.

Link to video

Copper

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

Very good. Excellent, as a matter of fact.

You are hooked

I watched it last year, couldn't put it down.

George K · "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

Binged this last weekend. I love thrillers...

Link to video

Great first episode. A few interesting twists, and then...a totally disappointing and unsatisfying ending.

I mean, if you're going to make the bad guy be the bad guy, at least drop some hints throughout the story and not make it an out-of-nowhere surprise.

2 out of 5 stars.

George K · "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

6 part Netflix Docudrama

Wyatt Earp and the Cowboy War

Watched the 1st episode, narrated by Ed Harris. Very well done, engrossing story about the Gunfight at the OK Corral, the Earp Brothers, and all that stuff.

Don't know how historically accurate it is, but I'm enjoying.

Link to video

LuFins Dad

How do you guys find enough time to watch all of these shows?

George K · "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

@LuFins-Dad said in What are you watching now?:

How do you guys find enough time to watch all of these shows?

Retire.

ETA: Watched one episode (at 1.25 speed) before lunch. G3 came to visit after lunch until about 2:30. Watched another two, and took a nice 45 minute nap.

That's how.

LuFins Dad

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

@LuFins-Dad said in What are you watching now?:

How do you guys find enough time to watch all of these shows?

Retire.

That’s 10 years away with Trump and 24 with Kamala…

George K · "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

@LuFins-Dad said in What are you watching now?:

How do you guys find enough time to watch all of these shows?

Also spent about 2 hours re-reading Walker's book on sleep.

bachophile

Binging west world which I’ve never seen

George K · "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

@bachophile said in What are you watching now?:

Binging west world which I’ve never seen

It's oddly great for the first couple of seasons. Then, it gets just odd with a sort-of unsatisfying finale. It was "good enough" as an ending, but the series was cancelled before they could wrap it up properly.

Mik

Dark Winds S2. First episode very good at setting the season.

George K · "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

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

6 part Netflix Docudrama

Wyatt Earp and the Cowboy War

Not bad. Not great, but not bad. An interesting look into the rival between Earp and the Clanton gang. Reading about Earp’s history in Wikipedia, however, reveals this was a very superficial telling of the story which is much more complicated than you think. It portrays her as a kind of antihero, whose reputation is saved in his later life. However, his early life was rather shady And the period after tombstone was equally shady.

It’s not a bad overview of the events complete 1881 and 1882, but it’s very very incomplete.

Watch it at 1.5 speed.

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What are you watching now?