+1 for Ozark. Julia Garner is a top .25% actress. Billions is inconsistent, but I do keep up with it.MisterE":4enh0hdf said:A few I've enjoyed recently:
Altered Carbon
The Man in the High Castle
Ozark
Atypical
The End of the F***ing World
Black Mirror
The Expanse
Star Trek: Discovery
Billions
I think it fell apart after the first season. I liked the first season a good bit, but then it got shoddy in more than one way. It got ridiculous real quick.D.L.Ruth":npoljbnm said:I recently started watching "Hell on Wheels" seems pretty good so far.
I wonder if it isn't similar to music. Musicians and their band spend their entire lives writing that first album, and then they spend only 8 months writing the second album. The sophomore curse. And TV is especially brutal with testing. Test audiences in control rooms with clickers. They didn't laugh here. They did laugh here. They liked this character in this instance. They didn't like this character in this instance. Taking characters, situations, scenes, words out of the final edit because they didn't test well. "OH, they liked this thing X. Add more of that!" Advertising dollars. I can't remember where I read it. I think maybe Variety, which is like the New York Times to Hollywood. But they study these shows in 8 second clips. They get these read-outs and graphs down to every 8 seconds, and they don't want things to drop in audience testing for even a moment. It makes for a very convoluted, choppy experience that isn't based on overall, cohesive quality. Take part B out of there because it didn't test well, even if it nicely ties in parts A and C. Now A and C have less context and get messy. Money driving the boat rather than artistic merit. The first season is a random phenomenon, but the second season is a highly studied boardroom mess.Blackhorse":vqf5uto3 said:I HATE that. I just watched the first few episodes of “Haven” which are lots of fun. I remember giving up on it when it was first out cause it got stupid after season one or whatever. Seems like that happens a lot. What...do they hire in the cheap writers after the first season?
But maybe it’s just me? I remember the exact same thing happened with “Grimm” (a favorite around here). But then we went back after we got our beloved ROKU and loved Grimm from start to finish. Hmmmm.
Doesn't HULU cost $6.99/mo ?Hah! Nailed it. It’s on HULU for free.
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