i'll check it out. 80 episodes!
― scott seward, Friday, 26 June 2015 04:04 (eight years ago) link
Interesting that sci-fi shows are listed but not in the thread title - is that a backdrop rather than a genre these days?
Anyway, my favour for a TV show appears to be the kiss of death: I loved crypto-Dredd future cop show Almost Human, and it disappeared after one series, and Resurrection (which is more horror, I suppose?) only made it to two - though the first was a perfectly formed 8 episodes of "wait, what is going on?" that several times does the thing I love where after a scene resolves, the next scene follows the 'wrong' character instead.
Oh I suppose Lost Girl got to 5 series, but I prefer pretending it ended a few back.
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 26 June 2015 15:40 (eight years ago) link
i figured nobody would really care if i added sci-fi on here. they are usually action-packed anyway....
― scott seward, Friday, 26 June 2015 15:41 (eight years ago) link
was thinking of watching resurrection.
really enjoying Wayward Pines! i won't spoiler here. if you have hulu you should watch it. don't read about it though. cuz it gets weird and its more fun if you don't know what the hell is gonna happen.
― scott seward, Friday, 26 June 2015 15:44 (eight years ago) link
Sure, it's not like we're discussing TNG :)
I am really looking forward to that in whatever form I eventually see it (torrent / fiddled Hulu / DVD / eventual cable) - there's enough stuff that comes in naturally to my TiVo that I am terrible at actively seeking out other stuff.
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 26 June 2015 15:49 (eight years ago) link
I tried Mr. Robot via Hulu, but won't be coming back for more after the premiere. It's kinda Matrix meets Parallax View, and the writing w/r/t the hacker "hero" is better than you'd get on, say, CSI: Cyber, but he's played by this bug-eyed freak I can't stare at for 13 hours, and also the show has Christian Slater in it. Christian Slater is a deal-breaker.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 26 June 2015 15:54 (eight years ago) link
WATCH LINE OF DUTY ON HULU.IT IS GOOD.THEY DO THE REST.
― ian, Saturday, 27 June 2015 00:05 (eight years ago) link
hmmm, i could give it a try. i tried New Tricks and didn't get very far. the humor was definitely spelled humour.
― scott seward, Saturday, 27 June 2015 00:08 (eight years ago) link
there is not really any humor in line of duty. it is real good. 2nd season maybe even better than first. i recommend taking notes cuz things get complicated.
― ian, Saturday, 27 June 2015 00:09 (eight years ago) link
Line of Duty >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> New Tricks.
If you get Happy Valley over there, watch that too.
― ailsa, Saturday, 27 June 2015 00:09 (eight years ago) link
happy valley is on netflix and i enjoyed it. also broadchurch.
― ian, Saturday, 27 June 2015 00:13 (eight years ago) link
lotsa U.K. shows i''ve never seen on hulu. Vera! George Gently! Kingdom! Injustice! Blue Murder! A Touch Of Frost! and the list goes on and on.
i did love The Wrong Mans.
kinda want to watch the Thorne shows cuz i do love the Governor from the Walking Dead. MY personal choice to play Jack Reacher if they ever make a REAL Jack Reacher movie. or a Jack Reacher t.v. show for that matter. that would be awesome. Netflix-only Reacher series starring Britain's most convincing American.
― scott seward, Saturday, 27 June 2015 00:14 (eight years ago) link
soooooooooooooooooo Reacher! plus, he's like eight feet tall!
http://www.imfdb.org/images/thumb/2/22/SC-SIG-S-P230b.jpg/400px-SC-SIG-S-P230b.jpg
― scott seward, Saturday, 27 June 2015 00:16 (eight years ago) link
Reacher much?
http://spanish.fansshare.com/photos/davidmorrissey/tumblr-static-the-walking-dead-david-morrissey-young-1494563067.jpg
― scott seward, Saturday, 27 June 2015 00:18 (eight years ago) link
i am reading the reacher book that turned into the movie. i am almost done."everyday is a winding road" -- really, jack?!
― ian, Saturday, 27 June 2015 00:18 (eight years ago) link
Oh, Morrissey as Reacher would be good. The Thorne adaptations were decent. I loved The Wrong Mans as well, but don't think it went down too well in general because James Corden.
― ailsa, Saturday, 27 June 2015 00:19 (eight years ago) link
who wrote the thorne stuff?
― ian, Saturday, 27 June 2015 00:19 (eight years ago) link
also scott did you watch Bosch? i liked bosch.
― ian, Saturday, 27 June 2015 00:21 (eight years ago) link
bosch was good tho i didn't think the plot was very interesting
― adam, Saturday, 27 June 2015 00:23 (eight years ago) link
i can't get bosch on hulu or netflix. i've been reading the books though.
― scott seward, Saturday, 27 June 2015 00:24 (eight years ago) link
oh, i thought bosch was hulu but maybe it is amazon prime, i have one bosch book but i haven't gotten around to it.
― ian, Saturday, 27 June 2015 00:27 (eight years ago) link
the bosch books are good but LA as a locale is kinda....eh, you know, Hollywood and all that. been done to death plus they are the scariest cops in real life, so, hard to sympathize a lot. but he's a good plot-twister.
― scott seward, Saturday, 27 June 2015 00:29 (eight years ago) link
i like the Sandford books a lot more.
― scott seward, Saturday, 27 June 2015 00:30 (eight years ago) link
digging the C.J. Box books i've been reading a lot too. those would make a good series a la Longmire. a game warden! in wyoming! but they are very addictive and entertaining. lots of elk talk.
― scott seward, Saturday, 27 June 2015 00:31 (eight years ago) link
Thorne books are by Mark Billingham
― ailsa, Saturday, 27 June 2015 00:31 (eight years ago) link
Virgil Flowers show would be awesome. speaking of Sandford.
― scott seward, Saturday, 27 June 2015 00:32 (eight years ago) link
I've been reading Sandford lately too. Since I'm unlikely to ever actually move to Minneapolis (as was the plan for a while).
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Saturday, 27 June 2015 01:04 (eight years ago) link
Stitchers on ABC Family is really surprisingly good. the premise is a little wonky -- a gov't agency solves crimes by accessing dead people's memories (hi iZombie) using a weird system where people lay in a pool of water (hi Minority Report) -- but the cast and the writing are really solid.
― some dude, Saturday, 27 June 2015 01:38 (eight years ago) link
― ian, Friday, June 26, 2015 5:27 PM (1 hour ago)
yeah it was Amazon Prime. I liked it too! Marlo Stanfield guy playing a sympathetic character
― sarahell, Saturday, 27 June 2015 02:03 (eight years ago) link
full circle since i started this thread: began by talking about Allegiance starring Hope Davis and who shows up midway through Wayward Pines...you guessed it, next stop wonderland herself.
― scott seward, Saturday, 27 June 2015 02:09 (eight years ago) link
i would so legally marry matt dillon. can't believe i have to wait until july 3 to see the next episode of wayward pines. one day after broadcast on hulu.
― scott seward, Saturday, 27 June 2015 18:04 (eight years ago) link
i have the house to myself this week, and i'm finally getting back to Hell On Wheels. 4 seasons up on Netflix and i plan to watch all of them. it's very entertaining. i have no idea how historically accurate it is and i plan to keep it that way. also, thanks to this show and Longmire, i have now seen two modern television dramas that featured a native american bondage piercing sun vision ceremony. thumbs up, hollyweird!
http://images5.fanpop.com/image/photos/28300000/The-Swede-Christopher-Heyerdahl-in-Episode-10-hell-on-wheels-28330755-397-595.jpg
― scott seward, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 15:57 (eight years ago) link
i have to say, the first episode of season 3 of Hell On Wheels is probably my favorite episode so far and i can't remember the last time i watched a modern show like that where it just got SO good that far in. kudos to the HOW production team. that was seriously such a cool episode. such a good show. there is a thread for it on here but its three posts long, so, i'll just say that here. Mr. Swede! jesus, when has there been a character like that on t.v.? holy toledo.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 15 July 2015 16:11 (eight years ago) link