What TV shows are people watching?

**Frownland** · 10-27-2016, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by duga

Yeah, that was the one that really stuck with me. I'm through episode 4 and while I don't think there has been one individual story that rises to the top, they have all been consistently good.

San Junipero was my favourite of them all. Kind of a rocky start but it sets up for an incredibly poignant ending that really moved me.

Episode six was definitely the weakest. While still very strong, it didn't have a very surprising plot and the world that they based it in was not as well crafted as some of the other episodes like Nosedive. It does, however, have the markedly best soundtrack. It takes some notes from Under the Skin for sure.

Excellent series, I'm going to start backtracking through 1 and 2 now.

**Janszoon** · 10-27-2016, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by duga

Yeah, that was the one that really stuck with me. I'm through episode 4 and while I don't think there has been one individual story that rises to the top, they have all been consistently good.

I've been watching Black Mirror too. I agree that all the episodes I've seen have been good, though the one with the cartoon bear is definitely my least favorite.

**Goofle** · 10-28-2016, 09:13 AM

^ That one was as particularly weak.

duga · 10-28-2016, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

San Junipero was my favourite of them all. Kind of a rocky start but it sets up for an incredibly poignant ending that really moved me.

Episode six was definitely the weakest. While still very strong, it didn't have a very surprising plot and the world that they based it in was not as well crafted as some of the other episodes like Nosedive. It does, however, have the markedly best soundtrack. It takes some notes from Under the Skin for sure.

Excellent series, I'm going to start backtracking through 1 and 2 now.

Yeah, I agree it started rocky, but knowing how it ended up I'm not sure how they could have done it without spoiling the slow reveal of what was actually going on. When it dawned on me, it immediately became one of my favorites of the season.

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

I've been watching Black Mirror too. I agree that all the episodes I've seen have been good, though the one with the cartoon bear is definitely my least favorite.

Oh yeah, I forgot about that one. Worth a watch, but I doubt I'll be going back to it.

Chula Vista · 10-29-2016, 04:51 PM

djchameleon · 10-30-2016, 04:23 AM

Is anyone watching the Lethal Weapon series or The Exorcist series? They are both on Fox and while they are pretty good. I hate that I am a bit hooked on them already. I don't trust Fox to not axe them.

Key · 10-30-2016, 05:48 PM

The Ranch (Part 2)

I absolutely love this show but that probably has more to do with my love of That 70's Show, but the second part of the season came on Netflix and it's fantastic.

**Frownland** · 11-02-2016, 01:29 AM

Watched the first series of Black Mirror after viewing the most recent one and loving it. The first episode with the pig ****ing was just dumb, the second episode with the American Idol/Brazzers thing was good but nothing to write home about, and the last episode with the dinner party and the bionic eye/brain systems was absolutely brilliant and hit me on the same level as San Junipero did. Made up for the first two episodes for sure. The first two had themes and ideas about the media and such that I really liked, but I think that they could have been communicated in a much better way.

And now onto the second season.

Mindy · 11-02-2016, 04:36 AM

i just watch youtube videos on late night tv

YorkeDaddy · 11-03-2016, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Watched the first series of Black Mirror after viewing the most recent one and loving it. The first episode with the pig ****ing was just dumb, the second episode with the American Idol/Brazzers thing was good but nothing to write home about, and the last episode with the dinner party and the bionic eye/brain systems was absolutely brilliant and hit me on the same level as San Junipero did. Made up for the first two episodes for sure. The first two had themes and ideas about the media and such that I really liked, but I think that they could have been communicated in a much better way.

And now onto the second season.

Well whaddya know, I've been watching Black Mirror too.

Season 1 episode 3 stands as my favorite so far. It's such a bleak, oppressively dark experience that was executed flawlessly. I also really enjoyed season 3 episode 3 (the one with the kid who gets blackmailed by the texting people into doing whatever they want). A real riveting ride that kept me on the edge of my seat, that one.

I didn't like San Junipero as much as many. It just kind of bored me and I didn't find the payoff to be as powerful as everyone else. Not sure what I'm missing, I just didn't find it anything to write home about. It was still a strong hour of television though, the only episode in the whole series so far the I've watched and didn't like was again the cartoon bear episode that several others have mentioned. That was like a 4/10, every other episode is like a 6/10 and above, multiple of which hitting 10/10.

10-29-2016, 04:51 PM	#4485 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	__________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

11-02-2016, 01:29 AM	#4488 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Watched the first series of Black Mirror after viewing the most recent one and loving it. The first episode with the pig ***ing was just dumb, the second episode with the American Idol/Brazzers thing was good but nothing to write home about, and the last episode with the dinner party and the bionic eye/brain systems was absolutely brilliant and hit me on the same level as San Junipero did. Made up for the first two episodes for sure. The first two had themes and ideas about the media and such that I really liked, but I think that they could have been communicated in a much better way. And now onto the second season. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth.* d e a f b o x

10-30-2016, 05:48 PM	#4487 (permalink)
Key . Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 13,153	The Ranch (Part 2) I absolutely love this show but that probably has more to do with my love of That 70's Show, but the second part of the season came on Netflix and it's fantastic.

11-02-2016, 04:36 AM	#4489 (permalink)
Mindy ask me about cosmology Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Milky Way Galaxy Posts: 9,045	i just watch youtube videos on late night tv