Ramslad1992 Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 On 11/01/2018 at 21:11, Chester40 said: What series have you tried really hard to watch - having heard from reliable sources they are 'the dogs', but can't? You really want to like it, but it's just not clicked and an episode or two in you've just given up..you're thinking of trying again but you just don't have it in you....yet...can you be convinced...?? For me- Breaking Bad, saw three episodes, just a bit silly and not gripping. Peaky Blinders, it's so, 'so-so'...2 episodes in and can't help thinking it's for people who haven't got Sky...so think Mrs Brown's Boys is the funniest thing on earth. Game of thrones! never got it! peaky blinders I was the same with but my sister told me to stick out the first series and now I'm hooked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuespachRam Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Peaky blinders.....just never got interested enough to watch more than 3 episodes....I cant think of the name of it at the moment and I have banned myself from using Google to look up anything I know that I do actually know....but that costume drama that everyone was so excited about...the Americans loved it......aggghhhhh its killing me now....not the Crown (which is excellent) the other one.... anyway, I didn't get into that either....oh and two more....The West Wing...and house of cards....too many characters walking around all over the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Cone Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Breaking bad, game of thrones, 24, homeland, prison break, peaky blinders....I want to like them all but get bored very quickly! X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GboroRam Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 On 13/01/2018 at 14:24, Moist One said: did you watch any of it? It's a class act and easily in the top 5, maybe top 3 of all the boxset type dramas. It's part fact, part fiction, with actual characters from Prohibition. So clever and well made. Give it 5 episodes and you'll end up binge watching. Watched a season and a bit. Crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimmu Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Game of Thrones and OZ. Lastly, I gave a go to Ray Donovan and it's actually pretty entertaining! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerTedd Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 My wife really thought she didn’t like game of thrones. She just got the impression it was dragons and porn. But she got sick of everyone talking about it at work, so I said I’d rewatch a couple of episodes with her and she got totally hooked. I watched about half an episode of boardwalk empire and it didn’t immediately grip me, I should probably go back to it eventually, but I didn’t really have the time at the time. 24, I’ve watched a couple of seasons of, and it’s quite exciting, but American series that go on for 20-odd episodes annoy me. They just end up being a commitment, and I’ve got enough of those. Mom already committed to watching super girl, the flash and arrow with my daughter. That’s 3 hours I have to find to sit down with my daughter in a week, it’s surprisingly difficult and then it keeps building up in my sky plus box. I keep TVs king about dropping green arrow, but I’m commited now, I’d feel like I’d titally wasted my time if I don’t stick it out to the end. But when will it end? i wasn’t into doctor who at all, till my daughter wanted to watch it (cos she’d watched it with her cousins, she was only about 3) and needed supervision to watch more. Now that’s our thing. So she got me into that one. I want to really like breaking bad, and I quite like it. I’ve watched 3 seasons now, but I’m not in a place where I absolutely have to seek out the next season. I’ll get round to it eventually. I like that I know it had a finite end. And finally, I had the whole series of Fargo waiting to be watched on sky plus, but I never found time to get round to it, and it was taking up too much space so I deleted it. I think I regret that now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r4derby Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 The thing I found with Lost and Prison Break are they we’re both series that started really well and fell off as you watched into later series. Season 1-3 Lost is good, agree with @David that season 1 of Prison Break is the best by a mile! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Lewis Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Dont get the whole GOT thing, i watch it and its alright but never bothered about watching the next episode. Same goes for Broadwalk empire. The Wire is my favourite show of all time, just amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanRam Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 American Horror Story Mad Men Orange is the New Black House Arrested Development Trailer Park Boys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Anyone watched 13 reasons Why? I thought it's some girly garbage at first but carried on I had "an eyelash in my eye" for quite a lot of it. You need tissues. Sad ones not happy ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chester40 Posted January 20, 2018 Author Share Posted January 20, 2018 6 hours ago, Alpha said: Anyone watched 13 reasons Why? I thought it's some girly garbage at first but carried on I had "an eyelash in my eye" for quite a lot of it. You need tissues. Sad ones not happy ones I'm on Narcos ...phase 2...have pushed on and it's been worth it. Seen the trailer for this and thought it looked a bit Twilight-esque audience focussed. Keep me informed as only days away from having no clue where to go next. Breaking Bad is the gaping hole in my CV but I just couldn't get into it. It's a big time commitment too. Sinner, Making a Murderer and Mindhunter have been great as short term relationships. Still hurting about Dexter..not sure I'm ready for big commitment still. Got two series in and Netflix pulled the series ?? ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 9 hours ago, Alpha said: Anyone watched 13 reasons Why? I thought it's some girly garbage at first but carried on I had "an eyelash in my eye" for quite a lot of it. You need tissues. Sad ones not happy ones Yeah, not what I would call entertainment, found it quite hard to watch to be honest and not because the series was bad, just a sad storyline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andicis Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 12 hours ago, Alpha said: Anyone watched 13 reasons Why? I thought it's some girly garbage at first but carried on I had "an eyelash in my eye" for quite a lot of it. You need tissues. Sad ones not happy ones Really good show. I do think that season 2 might end up being much worse though, because it'll be hard for them to format it in the way that they originally did, so I think it may lose some of it's magic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ariotofmyown Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 6 hours ago, Chester40 said: I'm on Narcos ...phase 2...have pushed on and it's been worth it. Seen the trailer for this and thought it looked a bit Twilight-esque audience focussed. Keep me informed as only days away from having no clue where to go next. Breaking Bad is the gaping hole in my CV but I just couldn't get into it. It's a big time commitment too. Sinner, Making a Murderer and Mindhunter have been great as short term relationships. Still hurting about Dexter..not sure I'm ready for big commitment still. Got two series in and Netflix pulled the series ?? ...... Think dexter is on nowtv now. 7ish quid for 30 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 On 20/01/2018 at 01:09, Alpha said: Anyone watched 13 reasons Why? I thought it's some girly garbage at first but carried on I had "an eyelash in my eye" for quite a lot of it. You need tissues. Sad ones not happy ones I thought it was a special piece of television and really emotive and powerful. Given my thoughts/feelings on mental health and dealing with pain, this programme hit me hard. I was thinking about it for weeks afterwards. Yes I cried a lot too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chester40 Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 On 22/01/2018 at 15:22, Moist One said: I thought it was a special piece of television and really emotive and powerful. Given my thoughts/feelings on mental health and dealing with pain, this programme hit me hard. I was thinking about it for weeks afterwards. Yes I cried a lot too. Tried The Killing and found it weirdly jarring. Wormwood wasn't gripping...so tried 13 Reasons.... Really reeled me in... VERY American but quality. Bit like Friends...in that its all a bit neat, everyone's beautiful and American cliches abound (Football jocks, perfect teeth...) but very interesting nonetheless. Thought provoking... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 On 20/01/2018 at 08:07, Chester40 said: I'm on Narcos ...phase 2...have pushed on and it's been worth it. Seen the trailer for this and thought it looked a bit Twilight-esque audience focussed. Keep me informed as only days away from having no clue where to go next. Breaking Bad is the gaping hole in my CV but I just couldn't get into it. It's a big time commitment too. Sinner, Making a Murderer and Mindhunter have been great as short term relationships. Still hurting about Dexter..not sure I'm ready for big commitment still. Got two series in and Netflix pulled the series ?? ...... Glad you watched 13 Reasons Why. Yes, it can be a bit girly-twighlight-esque at times but it's some serious shizzle. I'm a wuss anyway. I cry at Undateables when they finally catch a break. But if this show doesn't impact your emotions and make you think for a while after the credits roll I'll be shocked. There's a character or more to relate to for any viewer. It's tragic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 On 20/01/2018 at 13:27, Andicis said: Really good show. I do think that season 2 might end up being much worse though, because it'll be hard for them to format it in the way that they originally did, so I think it may lose some of it's magic. I don't really see how it reveal characters and events any more without making them all seem unbelievable. What was so special was how some of them were pretty decent kids that just gave Hannah some "banter". That's what made it so thought provoking. There's no evil genius. No mystery to unravel. The second season is supposed to reveal even more about what went on. That could take away the "Butterfly effect" thing from normal kids that was so engaging. The whole season had that impending doom that the 2nd season won't be able to replicate. Whether it was Clays tape or Hannah's suicide or both. You dreaded seeing it through to the end. I've not watched owt properly since. It was so heavy going that I can't face anything deeper than Live At The Apollo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andicis Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 6 minutes ago, Alpha said: I don't really see how it reveal characters and events any more without making them all seem unbelievable. What was so special was how some of them were pretty decent kids that just gave Hannah some "banter". That's what made it so thought provoking. There's no evil genius. No mystery to unravel. The second season is supposed to reveal even more about what went on. That could take away the "Butterfly effect" thing from normal kids that was so engaging. The whole season had that impending doom that the 2nd season won't be able to replicate. Whether it was Clays tape or Hannah's suicide or both. You dreaded seeing it through to the end. I've not watched owt properly since. It was so heavy going that I can't face anything deeper than Live At The Apollo I agree with this. I know it would be too profitable, but it as a show would probably be best if it was just one series. It doesn't easily fit into the standard show pattern that can easily be replicated. I would like to see certain characters from the first series get their come uppance, but some of the end parts were a touch unrealistic was my thoughts. I'll certainly watch it though and give it a fair chance, and maybe it will surprise me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chester40 Posted January 31, 2018 Author Share Posted January 31, 2018 21 hours ago, Andicis said: I agree with this. I know it would be too profitable, but it as a show would probably be best if it was just one series. It doesn't easily fit into the standard show pattern that can easily be replicated. I would like to see certain characters from the first series get their come uppance, but some of the end parts were a touch unrealistic was my thoughts. I'll certainly watch it though and give it a fair chance, and maybe it will surprise me! I dont see why Series 2 couldn't just be a totally different group. Someone in another town who heard/read about what Hannah did...and having experienced similar traumas decides to replicate it. Particularly if it were a young lad and showed how his angst's are different but similar to her's .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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