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PaybackJack posted:Alright Goliath season two was redeemed by episode 7, that was fantastic. 
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Overall Goliath season two wasn't as good as the first, but I do like pulp, film noir, hardboiled tales. Particularly, I always enjoy ones like this where the protagonists run around chasing dead ends and minor details while the villains spin a giant web of corruption and crime, and the protagonists don't see the whole picture until the end when they finally see the big picture. In this case though they took a few too many liberties with that, and the plot became a bit overly complex. The dialogue was never quite as punchy as I recall David E. Kelley's previous shows being. Like the first season a lot of side characters were a lot of flash but this time around they really lacked substance. Oddly though, I felt like Billy Bob brought more to the role this time around, in particular, the second to last scene he does a great job of emoting rage and seething anger with a few simple facial twitches. It's really a thing to watch. Calling this show a "legal drama" is ridiculous though because it's total neo-noir, so if you're on the fence or even passed because it's about lawyers, doing lawyer-y things. Don't because it's not. 8/10
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I did pass because it looked like just another lawyer show. But I love me some neo-noir. That's probably my favorite genre! Thanks. I'll give it a try this summer, since not much is on.
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I'm trying to watch The Alienist and so far what I'm getting is someone accidentally overlaid the audio from a live recording of Stomp over this show.
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Jun 18, 2018 05:07
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Why is this show so British if it's meant to be set in New York City.
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Jun 18, 2018 06:18
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Ghosted is so much better just doing weird office drama.
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Jun 18, 2018 08:36
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PaybackJack posted:Overall Goliath season two wasn't as good as the first, but I do like pulp, film noir, hardboiled tales. Particularly, I always enjoy ones like this where the protagonists run around chasing dead ends and minor details while the villains spin a giant web of corruption and crime, and the protagonists don't see the whole picture until the end when they finally see the big picture. In this case though they took a few too many liberties with that, and the plot became a bit overly complex. The dialogue was never quite as punchy as I recall David E. Kelley's previous shows being. Like the first season a lot of side characters were a lot of flash but this time around they really lacked substance. Oddly though, I felt like Billy Bob brought more to the role this time around, in particular, the second to last scene he does a great job of emoting rage and seething anger with a few simple facial twitches. It's really a thing to watch. David E Kelley bailed on this one early in production because Billy Bob is hard to work with. It did cost Amazon a staggering amount of money to make though.
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Jun 18, 2018 10:46
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DrVenkman posted:It did cost Amazon a staggering amount of money to make though. Bezos has $140,000,000,000 so it's all relative. http://time.com/money/5301812/jeff-bezos-net-worth-2018-amazon-worker-salary/
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Jun 18, 2018 10:56
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Finally got around to season 2 of Sneaky Pete. Just as solid as season 1. Evidently it's enough of a tax shelter that there may be a season 3. Impulse was surprisingly good and not just "for Youtube" good.
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I've already picked out my next binge-watch, but which should I go with after it: 1. Breaking Bad (seen a reasonable amount of it but not all of it and not all the way through); or 2. Justified (seen none of it, but like Elmore Leonard); or 3. Fargo (love the movie; haven't seen the series)?
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Jun 18, 2018 14:21
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I love both Fargo and BB, but I think I will vote for Fargo if only because I really really wish more people would watch it. S2 is very close to what I might consider my favorite season of television.
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Jun 18, 2018 14:23
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You don't need to watch all the seasons of Fargo in a row. Each is self contained, so watch season 1, then watch something else. Then go back later.
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Jun 18, 2018 14:28
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Wheat Loaf posted:I've already picked out my next binge-watch, but which should I go with after it: Justified
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Jun 18, 2018 14:29
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I'm gagging for a new season of True Detective aye. I finally hooned season 2 against the internets wishes. and it was so good, particuarly the latter half. I'm banking on ozark season 2 to drop soon hold me tight.
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Jun 18, 2018 14:32
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Wheat Loaf posted:I've already picked out my next binge-watch, but which should I go with after it: BB, Fargo, then Justified. Or alternate seasons.
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Jun 18, 2018 15:18
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I got my dad to start watching Fargo before the second season aired and he will not stop bugging me about a fourth season. If only he'd take my other recommendations and loving watch The Good Place, goddammit.
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Jun 18, 2018 15:20
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Whatever you do, make sure you eventually watch Fargo season 2. It could be watched in a vacuum if necessary.
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Arist posted:I got my dad to start watching Fargo before the second season aired and he will not stop bugging me about a fourth season. If only he'd take my other recommendations and loving watch The Good Place, goddammit. Hawley said recently he wants to get the writer’s room together at the beginning of next year if you wanna give him some info
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Jun 18, 2018 15:32
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Wheat Loaf posted:I've already picked out my next binge-watch, but which should I go with after it: Voting Justified for three reasons: 1) It isn't quite as peak TV as the others. 2) Margo Martindale in season two. It was already in the glass. 3) Literally the best final scene of any show I can remember.
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Jun 18, 2018 15:34
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PaybackJack posted:Voting Justified for three reasons: She was absolutely phenomenal in that season
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Jun 18, 2018 15:37
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It kind of sucked that she was in the second season, since that’s pretty early to have a high point you can never top. The rest of the show (outside of the first few episodes where it’s finding its rhythm) is great, but that season was above and beyond.
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Jun 18, 2018 15:46
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So it seems Justified is edging out the others. I've seen a bit of Breaking Bad, as I mentioned, so maybe I should leave it be before I try rewatching the entire thing. This would actually be the second series I binge after my current one because I was going to watch all of Hustle next. My current series is the original version of MacGyver which I think evens out to being the best adventure show of the 1980s (edges out The A-Team in my opinion).
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Jun 18, 2018 15:58
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Justified is fine but it’s a B-level show. The other two are A-level.
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Jun 18, 2018 16:08
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Wheat Loaf posted:I've already picked out my next binge-watch, but which should I go with after it: Fargo, no question. It's the shortest to binge and arguably the best of the three.
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Jun 18, 2018 17:38
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Escobarbarian posted:Justified is fine but it’s a B-level show. The other two are A-level. You shut your whore mouth.
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Jun 18, 2018 17:41
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Rhyno posted:You shut your whore mouth. I like it very much but you know what I mean!!!!!!!!!! e: i dunno why i said 'fine', it's definitely better than that
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Jun 18, 2018 17:56
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Rhyno posted:You shut your whore mouth. Speaking of Justified, it was one of the shows that cemented in my head the idea that Walton Goggins can do no wrong. That is, until I saw the new Tomb Raider movie. Yeah, I know what my first mistake in this whole thing was, but I just hope he got a very good payday out of it.
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IRQ posted:Speaking of Justified, it was one of the shows that cemented in my head the idea that Walton Goggins can do no wrong. If you didn't get that idea from watching The Shield, you hosed up son
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Jun 18, 2018 18:08
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Iron Crowned posted:If you didn't get that idea from watching The Shield, you hosed up son That is, in fact, part of why I said "one of."
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Jun 18, 2018 18:20
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The Alienist is one of the few shows I couldn't even get through the pilot of. Time to give Broadchurch a shot.
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Jun 18, 2018 18:33
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I think Breaking Bad is not good, and Fargo is very good, so watch Fargo.
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Jun 18, 2018 18:43
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I think BB is good but agree Fargo is superior. I vote Fargo.
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I vote True Blood.
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Jun 18, 2018 19:24
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GreenNight posted:I vote True Blood. Oh, I watched that one years ago.
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Jun 18, 2018 19:34
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GreenNight posted:I vote True Blood. What a bad bad bad ending.
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nate fisher posted:What a bad bad bad ending. Worst final season for any show I can think of. I have a theory that lumberjack Anna Paquin seems to have married at the end - who's in a single scene with his back to the camera - is actually Dexter.
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Wheat Loaf posted:Worst final season for any show I can think of. Ahem, have you seen this little show called Dexter? Edit: damnit.
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I have no interest in Dexter. I watched it for a while when it was on late nights on Five or whatever UK channel got it but it was always a miserable chore. I was more into House MD at the time. And this show called Shark where James Woods played an rear end in a top hat big-shot lawyer who quit working as a defence attorney and became a prosecutor. It wasn't bad.
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GreenNight posted:I vote True Blood. I would also vote for this despite the trainwreck it became. Or perhaps b/c of the trainwreck it became. poo poo was hilarious. The last season's real crime wasn't being bad, it was being boring compared to the few bad seasons that came before it. man I think it's time for a true blood rewatch
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Wheat Loaf posted:James Woods played an rear end in a top hat What a stretch.
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