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Well, Netflix canceled 1899 so probably cross that one off your list

posted by gut

Well, Netflix canceled 1899 so probably cross that one off your list

Wow. That was a highly promo'd show for them.

Finally finished all seasons of Yellowstone on Peacock. Now I guess I need to get Paramount+ to watch season 5?

posted by justincredible

Finally finished all seasons of Yellowstone on Peacock. Now I guess I need to get Paramount+ to watch season 5?

I guess so.  TBH, S5 and S6 drop significantly in quality, but still entertaining. 

But when you do subscribe to Paramount+, also definitely check out 1888 which is one season and excellent.  They also just started 1923, which will probably be 1 season.

S2 of Mayor of Kingstown is starting.  It's extremely dark, probably too much so for a lot of people.  It has some pretty disturbing stuff.  Overall it has a lot of potential, but I'm still a bit on the fence.

posted by gut

I guess so.  TBH, S5 and S6 drop significantly in quality, but still entertaining. 

But when you do subscribe to Paramount+, also definitely check out 1888 which is one season and excellent.  They also just started 1923, which will probably be 1 season.

S2 of Mayor of Kingstown is starting.  It's extremely dark, probably too much so for a lot of people.  It has some pretty disturbing stuff.  Overall it has a lot of potential, but I'm still a bit on the fence.

There is no S6 of Yellowstone.

1883 and 1923, imo, have both been better than Yellowstone (any season). I have stated I am nostalgic for the Oregon Trail though, so 1883 makes sense. And very much digging the Wild West and African settings of 1923.

posted by Laley23

And very much digging the Wild West and African settings of 1923.

I wonder how "historically accurate" the Wild West in 1923 really is. I haven't studied that era, but I don't remotely associate the 20's with the Wild West I learned about in the 1700s and 1800s.

Although who knows, because Vegas in the 40's-60's was probably very much like that.

posted by gut

I guess so.  TBH, S5 and S6 drop significantly in quality, but still entertaining. 

But when you do subscribe to Paramount+, also definitely check out 1888 which is one season and excellent.  They also just started 1923, which will probably be 1 season.

S2 of Mayor of Kingstown is starting.  It's extremely dark, probably too much so for a lot of people.  It has some pretty disturbing stuff.  Overall it has a lot of potential, but I'm still a bit on the fence.

1923 has already been renewed for a 2nd season. 

The Last of Us has been awesome

posted by iclfan2

The Last of Us has been awesome

posted by iclfan2

The Last of Us has been awesome

I’m surprised you made it through episode three lol 

Episode 1 was a great pilot. Episode 2 was edge of my seat I forgot to breath a few times -- and nothing really happened until the last 15 min. Episode 3 was legitimately one of the best episodes of television in the last 5 years. And it was a freaking one-off. They are setting the bar EXTREMELY high, and I love it.

posted by Laley23

Episode 1 was a great pilot. Episode 2 was edge of my seat I forgot to breath a few times -- and nothing really happened until the last 15 min. Episode 3 was legitimately one of the best episodes of television in the last 5 years. And it was a freaking one-off. They are setting the bar EXTREMELY high, and I love it.

Agreed 

posted by geeblock

I’m surprised you made it through episode three lol 

No groomers or teachers were involved so probably was acceptable. 

The Last of Us has been awesome.

I've enjoyed Poker Face on Peacock recently too. 

I watched Copenhagen Cowboy last month and it is very much like Too Old to Die Young. Very slow pacing and strange. But visually very cool.

posted by ptown_trojans_1

No groomers or teachers were involved so probably was acceptable. 

posted by geeblock

I’m surprised you made it through episode three lol 

Lol, I powered through. 

The Last of Us is next on my list.

I am almost done with Smallville (no idea how I never watched this when it was on TV, once you can get past the 10+ year old Sci-Fi its the best comic TV series ever).

Watched the pilot for The Ark last night, if you are a must watch sci fi geek like me you will like it. I was disappointed in the special effects (a few of them look like I did them on my laptop, not professionals). The story has promise, but I hope they don't go with the typical "crisis to next crisis" trope we get in a lot of space sci fi series (Another Life, Star Gate Universe, The 100, Lost In Space [new one]).

It was fine in the first episode since they all got "rudely" woken up, but I'd like for it to have a story arc rather than just always in crisis mode, like The Expanse, Stargate SG-1/Atlantis, etc.

FYI, the creators were the ones that worked on the original Stargate movie and worked on Stargate SG-1 series.

posted by jmog

It was fine in the first episode since they all got "rudely" woken up, but I'd like for it to have a story arc rather than just always in crisis mode, like The Expanse, Stargate SG-1/Atlantis, etc.

But without the "monster of the week" trope, doesn't it kind of just become a daytime soap?

I get that maybe you want more complex storylines, but it also kind of sucks to have multiple cliff hangers every week.  That's one big advantage of dropping entire seasons at once on streaming.

Got through the six episodes that make up the first season of The Rig.

For a show that I had heard was marketed as a combination of The Terror (show that I liked, at least the first season -- with the second one a completely unrelated story, I wasn't overly interested in the concept of watching it) and The Thing (IMO, the GOAT of horror films), it was amazingly underwhelming. Not even the presence of Jorah Mormont, Alliser Thorne and King Robert Baratheon could make things consistently interesting, let alone entertaining.

posted by gut

But without the "monster of the week" trope, doesn't it kind of just become a daytime soap?

I get that maybe you want more complex storylines, but it also kind of sucks to have multiple cliff hangers every week.  That's one big advantage of dropping entire seasons at once on streaming.

Hasnt this largely been proven incorrect? Succession, Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, Euphoria, Ted Lasso, Severance, True Detective, etc. The best shows have consistently gone away from that model, and it has helped. As a viewer, I have enjoyed it MUCH more -- its a complete 180 from what I thought when House of Cards came out.

The ones that are still dropping all at once can be good, but more forgettable. Legit forget more because you dont dissect an entire episode at a time and get overwhelmed, but also I think its hurt the quality. Stranger Things, Narcos, The Crown, Handmaids Tale (I think this was a single drop?)

Handmaid's Tale is a weekly drop.