Television - bingeworthy stuff

[Quietguy]

11 hours ago, deepthroat said:

What’s next? I’m thinking about either Breaking Bad

I watched first six or seven episodes of Breaking Bad but got bored with it.

I've watched first two episodes of 'The King' this week which seems promising. It's about the Governor of an Italian prison.

[Quinn]

Trying to find a download site - but throws up too many 'Kings' !

[Quietguy]

4 hours ago, Quinn said:

Trying to find a download site - but throws up too many 'Kings' !

It's only on Sky Atlantic now. I expect it will be streamed elsewhere later.

https://www.whathifi.com/advice/how-to-watch-the-king-online-from-where-you-are

[Quietguy]

18 hours ago, Fenton said:

Inspector Montalbano is good, not seen it for years, used to be on BBC4.

Full Series of the Young Montelbano and Inspector Montelbano are on BBC4. 

I never watched it, will give it a go.

[Quinn]

I found it tedious.

! However enjoying this one. Not a fan of 'True Stories' but this is held together by main character olayed by Colin Firth - who is excellent. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11324406/

[Woodie]

On 5/20/2022 at 2:45 PM, JustSumGai said:

ok, I had a lot of reactions to this, maybe I'll get in another post later but I was watching a channel I find really interesting and somewhat unique (it's binge worthy btw :)  Rick Beato, a music scholar...he did production in the 80s a LOT, and he plays pro stuff note for note, breaks down what makes a song great, and lots of other things but the new one is with an author and scholar (Rick covered his article in the NY Times...why old music is killing new music). I think many of you would find it interesting and be going YES! thru it.  At one point they talk about how he predicted the downfall of Netflix and Spotify and he states and almost NONE of the 6000 (not anymore) 4000 titles they carry are OLDER THAN TEN YEARS.  Proof of the above statement that Amazon seems set up for only younger people. I strongly encourage anyone who LOVES music and even movie and has been watching as businessmen eviscerate both forms to watch this. Plus it's fun to watch Rick and his two buddies argue about stuff like "you think an SG is Gibson's STRAT???" haha.

 

I have been watching his videos. He knows his stuff

[Quietguy]

On 6/4/2022 at 9:19 AM, Quinn said:

I found it tedious.

! However enjoying this one. Not a fan of 'True Stories' but this is held together by main character olayed by Colin Firth - who is excellent. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11324406/

The Staircase series is being shown on Sky Atlantic atm. I've recorded it and will watch when I can.

[Pdoggg]

Not bingeworthy nor a recommendation but if you like high school shows, there is a Thai series called Hormones on Netflix.

[Quietguy]

On 6/3/2022 at 8:59 AM, Quietguy said:

I've watched first two episodes of 'The King' this week which seems promising. It's about the Governor of an Italian prison.

Finished The King (Il Re), good unexpected ending.

I've watched the first three episodes of Blocco 181 this week. Another Italian series with drugs and gangs, set in Milan. Not as violent as Gomorrah so far - only knives and baseball bats, no guns.

The competing gangs are Milanese and South American, with an interwoven threesome Romeo(s) and Juliet plot. 

[Quinn]

Blocco - cheers for that.

[seven]

The Responder is pretty good.

Solid action you’d come to expect from Martin Freeman.

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt11899030/?ref_=m_nmfmd_act_6

[Pdoggg]

43 minutes ago, Quinn said:

Blocco

She has cocksucker lips.

[Quietguy]

13 minutes ago, Fenton said:

Which crime group?

I don't think the Italian gang had a name. It is based in a run down housing block - Blocco 181, so that may be their name. The Salvadorean gang is called Misa.

[Quietguy]

3 minutes ago, Fenton said:

I will look out for it when I resubscribe to now TV. Just have Now TV from Oct to Mar. 

I don't know if it is on Now TV. It has just started on Sky Atlantic.

[Quietguy]

1 hour ago, seven said:

The Responder is pretty good.

I've recorded the series but haven't got round to watching it yet.

[Quinn]

Thought it was shite !

However - Help[ Help - Downloaded Blocco and trailed the net - no subtitles available - Yet ????

[Quietguy]

1 hour ago, Quinn said:

no subtitles available - Yet ????

It does have subtitles on Sky Atlantic.

[JustSumGai]

I have to repeat my suggestion to try Reacher on Amazon Prime...it's a series and NOT the dwarf cruise. Main guy is amazing and creates a fascinating character.  It's an engaging who done what? where and WHY? kinda thing with some humor slipped in. So bingeworthy I'll probably watch it again soon.

[Quietguy]

I just finished Dahmer. 10 part series on Netflix about gay serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. I didn't think I was going to get into it after first episode, but did.

It is No 1 on Netflix series ratings. 

I have actually met a gay serial killer, Dennis Nilsen, who used to live near me.

[Pdoggg]

2 hours ago, Quietguy said:

I have actually met a gay serial killer, Dennis Nielsen, who used to live near me.

Did he appear normal?

[Quietguy]

4 hours ago, Pdoggg said:

Did he appear normal?

Yes. I didn't really speak to him much, a bit quiet but nothing strange about him except that he had been a policeman at the local police station for a while.

It would have been about 1975, before he started killing.

[Pdoggg]

Netflix just released in depth viewership data.

[Quietguy]

I haven't watched any of those, except Viking Valhalla. and Luther the Fallen Sun.

But I have watched all four seasons of Fauda on Netflix over the last month. It's about an undercover Israeli intelligence/security unit operating in the Palestinian West Bank. Quite topical at the moment. If you take into account it's made by Israeli tv, so is obviously skewed to their point of view, it is quite a good action series.

I've started watching Hit and Run which features the same lead actor as Fauda. 

[Zeppie]

On 5/8/2022 at 6:23 PM, deepthroat said:

 

 

 

 

The Wire was excellent......very enjoyable

Breaking Bad..is long but interesting and was a big hit.

Yellowstone is very good.......the first 3 series, after that it really lost its imagination IMO.  But first 3 were excellent.

[Pdoggg]

On 12/13/2023 at 2:53 PM, Zeppie said:

The Wire was excellent

if pressed to name just one show, I'd probably say that The Wire is my all time favorite.

The data released by Netflix shows The Night Agent as their favorite show.  Only one season, ten episodes so far. I watched the series twice and think most of you will enjoy it.