Random TV Thread

posted by TedSheckler

Been watching Loki.  Pretty good.  I'm a Marvel fanboy, so it goes without saying.

Also been watching "Kevin Can F*** Himself" on AMC.  Really cool concept.  Pretty dark and and a comedy mixed together.

Same with Loki. I think it is one of the best things Marvel has put out actually. 

Also watching Kevin can f*** himself. It is a cool concept. Sometimes it works, other times it feels too on the nose. 

I finished up Top Chef and Hacks last week. Hacks is really good and a quick watch. Also watched Sweet Tooth over the last month. It starts well, and then just is fine. 

posted by geeblock

I enjoyed both seasons of Formula 1 and have been following the sport since

Welcome to the club. Been watching F-1 since the late 90s. 

I watched the series this year and it was good. I already knew a lot of the story lines, so picked some of it apart. The fact they did not really go into detail on that Pierre Gasly win at Monza last year was disappointing. That race was crazy. 

But, for the new and casual fan, it is a great intro into the sport. 

posted by geeblock

I enjoyed both seasons of Formula 1 and have been following the sport since

I’ve watched a little bit the last couple weeks. I just started the second season. I don’t like how the show is formatted though. Each episode seems to focus mainly on one team and it’s different every time. So i just finished the second episode which is about Haas and it ends with a lot of uncertainty. But the next episode will focus on Red Bull. 

posted by friendfromlowry

I’ve watched a little bit the last couple weeks. I just started the second season. I don’t like how the show is formatted though. Each episode seems to focus mainly on one team and it’s different every time. So i just finished the second episode which is about Haas and it ends with a lot of uncertainty. But the next episode will focus on Red Bull. 

That is my main complaint. Instead of going through the season and storylines, it focuses on each team throughout the season. So, it is hard to follow race to race where they are. Also, some great story lines that I remember during the season last year were not really told. The Monza race last year should have been its own episode. 

The Haas story gets finished the last episode with the crazy crash...

I love that show. I blasted through all 3 seasons. I try to watch on Sundays when I remember to get up. 

I watched a lot of F1 when I was younger, but never really understood what actually goes into the sport. The money, logisticis, etc...just insane.

Verstappen is killing it this season. Also, Haas is beyond terrible. 

posted by ptown_trojans_1

Same with Loki. I think it is one of the best things Marvel has put out actually. 

Also watching Kevin can f*** himself. It is a cool concept. Sometimes it works, other times it feels too on the nose. 

I finished up Top Chef and Hacks last week. Hacks is really good and a quick watch. Also watched Sweet Tooth over the last month. It starts well, and then just is fine. 

Jean Smart is terrific in Hacks. 

I enjoyed Sweet Tooth. Glad it's getting a second season.

posted by Automatik

I love that show. I blasted through all 3 seasons. I try to watch on Sundays when I remember to get up. 

I watched a lot of F1 when I was younger, but never really understood what actually goes into the sport. The money, logisticis, etc...just insane.

Verstappen is killing it this season. Also, Haas is beyond terrible. 

Haas is punting on this season for the new rules packages in 22. The new cars in 22 are radically different.  Some think Mercedes is doing that now. As in, they are not really advancing/ updating the car like they normally do, and instead focusing more on the new rules and cars for 22. That could be BS has they do not want to admit that Red Bull finally caught them. 

This season has been the most exciting in years though.

The latest episode of Loki is one of the finest things the MCU has ever done. 

Just watched the first episode of Hunters on Amazon. Holy smokes. 

Almost done with Hunters, just have the final episode to watch. 

I watched the first episode of Invincible on Amazon last night. It's an animated superhero show. Pretty good first episode.

posted by justincredible

Just watched the first episode of Hunters on Amazon. Holy smokes. 

I saw, I think, the intro to the first episode at a friend's house because he wanted me to see it (the upper-class dude getting accused of being a Nazi and then killing everyone at the party he was hosting) and that was some elite-level insanity!

posted by Heretic

I saw, I think, the intro to the first episode at a friend's house because he wanted me to see it (the upper-class dude getting accused of being a Nazi and then killing everyone at the party he was hosting) and that was some elite-level insanity!

Yep, that opening scene was WILD. The Nazi was the acting Under Secretary of State in the United States.

Just a few days away form Ted Lasso season 2

posted by brutus161

Just a few days away form Ted Lasso season 2

Yep. Trying to finish Veep (2 seasons left) to be able to watch this weekend.

I am 1 episode in The Kings that came out last month on Showtime.

It is a 4 part doc on the 4 Kings of Boxing in the 1980s, Duran, Hagler, Hearns, and Sugar Ray Leonard. It is fantastic so far. 

posted by gut

Just finished Farscape.  First two seasons are rough on cinematography and effects, but it definitely scratched that Stargate itch (and not just because the two leads later joined SG1 in its last few seasons).

Continuing on my Syfy kick.  Might do Firefly because it's only one season, and then probably BSG.

I am a huge Sci Fi fan. I love Stargate (watched all 3 movies, all 3 series multiple times), Star Trek, etc...anything scifi. 

I liked Firefly, only one season but the followup movie closed some plot wholes left by the sudden cancelation. 

I loved Tera Nova, The 100, 12 Monkeys, the new Lost in Space, Travelers, Next, Another Life (rather good), etc. If its scifi and doesn't suck, I really like it. 

Huge fan of Dark Matter, another great scifi show that was cut too short.

I just can NOT get into Farscape, I stopped mid season 2 and it just seems like muppets in space. 

I will have to watch Expanse now that a few are recommending it.

posted by jmog

I am a huge Sci Fi fan. I love Stargate (watched all 3 movies, all 3 series multiple times), Star Trek, etc...anything scifi. 

I liked Firefly, only one season but the followup movie closed some plot wholes left by the sudden cancelation. 

I loved Tera Nova, The 100, 12 Monkeys, the new Lost in Space, Travelers, Next, Another Life (rather good), etc. If its scifi and doesn't suck, I really like it. 

Huge fan of Dark Matter, another great scifi show that was cut too short.

I just can NOT get into Farscape, I stopped mid season 2 and it just seems like muppets in space. 

I will have to watch Expanse now that a few are recommending it.

posted by ptown_trojans_1

Same with Loki. I think it is one of the best things Marvel has put out actually. 

Also watching Kevin can f*** himself. It is a cool concept. Sometimes it works, other times it feels too on the nose. 

I finished up Top Chef and Hacks last week. Hacks is really good and a quick watch. Also watched Sweet Tooth over the last month. It starts well, and then just is fine. 

I agree about Loki. It was definitely their best Disney+ series by far, but was actually better than most of the movies as well. If Loki was a movie it would have been top 5 of all the Marvel movies for sure. 

Just a good plot, good acting, directing, etc. I liked Wandavision as well, but it wasn't as "good". The Falcon and the Winter Soldier was bland and boring, and that's sad because they are two of my favorite "regular human" characters in the MCU. 

Quite frankly, if you are a Marvel fan, and haven't watched Loki yet, you are missing out. It was top notch.

posted by Laley23
Forget if you watched DARK or not?

I couldn't get into it when it was all subtitles. I have it on my list now that I heard it has been dubbed into English. 

But I haven't watched it yet.

I just realized I haven't watched the final season of The 100 yet. Thanks for the reminder.