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Shows / movies that I dropped halfway:

Dungeons & Dragons Honor Among Thieves
- somehow it didn't grab me, dropped it halfway thru. Many people said it's good, but the jokes are okay, nothing interesting
Onihei S01
- Somehow it just doesn't manage to grab me, dropped it after second episode, especially when I read that there's not really an ending by the end of the show.

I've finished watching

Record of Ragnarok S01
- really loving the over-the-top fights between gods and humans. I'm excited for the next season
Fringe S05
- Man, Fringe is now probably my most favorite show. S05 might not hit as hard as S03 or S04, but it ties up everything nicely. The show wouldn't leave such a lasting impression on me if not for the character Walter Bishop, and of course John Noble did a great job portraying him
Killing It S02
- It's not as good as the first season. They focused too much on side characters that are not funny at all.
The X-Files S02
- X-Files gets really good on season two. The stories involving Mulder's family is really intriguing. I'm excited to watch the next season now.
Look Around You S01
- I've watched bits and pieces of this on YouTube. OMG, the whole season is just amazing. Every single detail is fucking hilarious.

Started / still watching

The Simpsons S04
- This season definitely feels better than previous ones. There's absurd humor that hits hard, e.g. rent a big brother, etc.
Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still S01
- Dunno how I feel about it yet. It feels too old-ish, and each episode lasts for an hour. If it doesn't pick up, I might drop it.
Snuff Box S01
- So far, this is another good Matt Berry show. The humor is closer to Garth Marenghi's Dark Place, and probably better than first season of Toast of London
The Outer Limits (1995) S01
- I've only watched the first episode, I guess it sets the tone of sci-fi twilight zone, but with bummer ending. Also the first episode is like 90 mins, bit too long
Person of Interest S01
- I've just watched 2 episodes, and I know that this is going to be good. I am having a crime drama fatigue, but POI is different.

So, what have you been watching last week?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Movies:

Rebel Moon. If you gave an AI the prompt: "A Star Wars movie written and directed by Zack Snyder but with all Star Wars copyrighted material disguised" this is what you'd get. I know that's exactly what the movie was, minus the written by AI bit (though I wonder), but it felt almost like a parody of itself.
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. Mediocre, except for Patrick Wilson who elevated every soggy line he was given to read. They desperately wanted to recreate the Thor/Loki dynamic to the point where I thought in one scene I actually heard Aquaman call his brother "Loki".
One Life. Schindler's List if Schindler's List focused more on the red tape needed to rescue people from the Nazis, and Oskar's twilight years. Kidding aside, a decent movie, but more on the "worthy" end of the spectrum than the entertaining.
Poor Things. The best movie I've seen this year. May still be true 51 weeks from now.

TV:

For All Mankind. I enjoyed the "retro" early seasons more, but it's still a very watchable show, and one I still consider to be a Star Trek prequel if I squint and look at it slightly sideways. They certainly seem to be heading towards a Fundamental Declarations of the Martian colonies scenario this season. One of the few shows I'm watching week-by-week instead of saving up and bingeing.
A Murder at the End of the World. Well acted, somewhat slow moving murder mystery. Unfortunately I guessed the identity of the killer after two episodes, and thought both that, and a certain revelation about one of the characters, were overused tropes in the early 2020s.
Bodies. Decent crime mini series set across four time periods. I thought the more modern settings and characters were more interesting than the oldey timey (wimey) ones, but the show managed to bring all four storylines together in a pretty satisfying way.
Silo. Halfway through. Pretty good, but maybe not as good as I heard it was.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I tried few episodes of For All Mankind, but dropped it because it's very very slow.

I think I'm going to give it another try, since I heard that it's really good afterwards.