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What TV/Netflix show are you currently watching? (Megathread)
Cartagia:
The fourth (and final) season of Resident Alien was really good. More focused than seasons 2 or 3, but it doesn't forget to be really funny. They give solid send-offs to all the side characters, and it really nails the finale in a way I didn't see coming.
Netflix's Beef was really something. Very Coen-esque and masterful at shifting tones between comedy, drama, and thriller with amazing performances from Ali Wong and especially Steven Yuen. Always kept me guessing so I was never quite sure where it was going.
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell - Probably shouldn't have watched this immediately after reading the book. Not that it is bad, but it just pales in comparison.
It: Welcome to Derry is about as good as the movies. Do with that what you will. Dialogue is horrible.
Watched the entirety of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms last night, and while it is great for the GoT universe to have a sort of return to fom (I enjoyed the show a lot), I am bit puzzled over the absolute frothing praise it is getting from some corners. Sure, it's good, but I don't think it is quite "one of the best things ever on TV" good.
I was very pleasantly surprised by the first season Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. It really managed to capitalize on a lot of the ideas that the later seasons of Discovery didn't manage to do anything with. Sone great legacy storylines that go interesting places, and a really great villain turn from Paul Giamatti. At its weakest with the teen drama stuff, but doesn't make those aspects so important that it tanks the show. Can be a little glib, and has some of the same problems with feeling of the now that Strange New Worlds also struggles with, but nothing I can't get past.
kamikazekeeg:
One Piece Live Action Season 2 - It's impressive that we not only got another good season of this, but that it's better than the first. We once more get some wonderful additions to the story that only exists because of how far the series along is now, which is cool to see. It once again goes all in on how goofy One Piece is from the hair styles, the creatures, it's why it works so well as an adaptation, because often adaptations want to cut back on the silly, to try and make it "real", which in turns just makes for a crap show often. It's very much a show that embraces the good, the humor, the over-the-top. I saw some people knocking certain aspects, often because people nowadays just see something like this as "cringe", whimsy isn't a thing, which is far to lame.
I think what makes this work too, is that it's very unapologetically "tokusatsu", it's cheesy and fun, like a lot of Japanese shows, the stuff Power Rangers is based on. The show also does a great job at making the story work at a good pace. I know this show isn't going to last all that long, I'd be surprised if we get to Water 7, but whatever we get will be cool.
So many of the actors really nailed their roles too which is awesome. It's just a good time.
Cartagia:
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners is absolutely stunning to look at. I really dig how this is still distinctly Cyberpunk while also just being a straight up sick as hell anime. Insane violence erupts out of nowhere and everyone is just like "Yeah that's Night City for you."
Wife and I started For All Mankind on Apple TV. Absolutely gorgeous to look at,, really great concept. It's not quite The Expanse, but it scratches that itch.
kamikazekeeg:
Caught up with what is out for the new season of Invincible and it's been solid, like it still sucks the production quality still has that clear drop the later seasons have had, kinda only showing up in very specific fights, which it mostly does for at least the end of Episode 5, but I wish they were doing better for more of the fights, like the fight in Hell, while I appreciated Slayer making a musical appearance, more to action quality would've been nice.
The drama is still good, a lot of this season being about Mark's mental state, where he sees himself, what is the right action to take to protect people, not just for him, but others are taking this into account also, such as Rex (Robot, still odd for him to take the name I feel). Debbie also gives an incredible performance when meeting Nolan again, an interesting and I think much needed change from how I hear the book goes where Debbie eventually gets back with Nolan, which is wild. I kinda love that the show is sorta Kirkman's way of remaking his story, that what he did before made sense at the time, but in retrospect, might not have been the best option overall. Sorta like how The Boys getting to change up things quite a lot from what I hear is kinda of an awful comic.
Cartagia:
Second season of For All Mankind is great. Felt like a step up from the first (which I did really like) in pretty much every conceivable way. Terrific show.
Third season of For All Mankind would be the best so far if not for two storylines that involve the children of characters from seasons 1+2. They ultimately end up in some very interesting places, but getting there is rough. Everything it sets up for season 4 is pretty great, but some of the end feels a bit rushed.
And the fourth season of For All Mankind done. Still pretty great, but they seem to be moving away from the harder speculative sci-fi and more towards a harder focus on the socio-political commentary. Not necessarily a bad thing, just a shift in the overall focus of the show.
Second season of Paradise starts of really strong, but I really started losing interest and noticing just how melodramatic everything is in the back half. It wants to move beyond the initial elevator pitch, and I don't know that it is really working for me. Still an entertaining watch, but not really all that great.
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