please do!
― That's not really my scene (I'm 41) (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 16 February 2021 23:23 (three years ago) link
I submitted twice--I think this was the final version:
1. Small Axe2. The Last Dance3. Better Call Saul (S5)4. Mrs. America5. Ozark (S3)6. Modern Family (S11)7. A Teacher8. Homecoming (S2)9. Fargo (S4)10. Killing Eve (S3)
Catching up:
1. Homecoming (S1)2. Mr. Robot (all seasons)
That's really a list of everything I watched--I only left off one show. But even at #10, I enjoyed some of Killing Eve's weakest season so far.
My #1 for catching-up should have been Modern Family, which I forgot. Ups and downs, but enjoyed it the whole way.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 16 February 2021 23:28 (three years ago) link
Yes, thanks, forks and moka. A very good poll.
― trishyb, Tuesday, 16 February 2021 23:29 (three years ago) link
Work in Progress (Showtime)Dead to Me (Netflix)I Am Not Okay With This (Netflix)Jeopardy (Syndication)Beef House (Adult Swim)Killing Eve (BBC America)I’ll Be Gone in the Dark (HBO)The Outsider (HBO)The Crown (Netflix)Matt Baume’s Culture Cruise (YouTube)
Best New-to-Me: Fleabag (Amazon)
Thanks, forks and moka!
― edited for dog profanity (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 16 February 2021 23:37 (three years ago) link
i wish i had watched Plot Against America before the poll. after reading the description up thread i wound up marathoning it not long after. would def had given it a high ranking on my ballot.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 16 February 2021 23:44 (three years ago) link
That british guy is incredibly annoying and has zero range and i hate him in everything, will not watch him
ime this is the thing in which he is most consistently well-used. often a little goes a long way, but the overall tone of this supports him being one-fifth of the ensemble.
also the episode where he's the lead, in S2, is one of the best of the series.
― shivers me timber (sic), Tuesday, 16 February 2021 23:54 (three years ago) link
thanks forks and moka as ever!
deems is thinking of "matt berry," while the guy in wwdits is a similar, but far superior actor named "bat berry." i can see why he's confused.
― tiwa-nty one savage (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 16 February 2021 23:59 (three years ago) link
MATT!
― shivers me timber (sic), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 00:05 (three years ago) link
I haven't been exactly in love with other Berry performances but 'Bat!' makes me laugh every time, what can I say.
― The Mandolinrainian (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 00:06 (three years ago) link
the extent to which matt berry is better in this than any of his other roles is almost incalculable tbh
― imago, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 00:07 (three years ago) link
Ok, maybe
My "catching up" was five seasons of friday night lights in a month, the show is a complete miracle and almost certainly the best ever made
― scampsite (darraghmac), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 00:33 (three years ago) link
One of my re-watches: Top 5 for me, definitely.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 00:36 (three years ago) link
have no interest in football or sports in general but liked that show
― Dan S, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 00:40 (three years ago) link
It is a show about discussions happening on your way out the door of the house, mostly, and i have never had a fictional character sold to me as completely as the angel matt saracen for whom i would kill irl
― scampsite (darraghmac), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 00:48 (three years ago) link
10 #1s! Time I got around to watching it. Great poll, thanks organizers!!
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 00:55 (three years ago) link
yeah I have put it off for many of the reasons assuaged in this thread will be watching this week, thanks so much for forks and moka! Beautiful thread and countdown!
― Clay, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 02:02 (three years ago) link
watched a couple of episodes of I May Destroy You today after reading this thread, don't really understand it yet but it is interesting
― Dan S, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 02:09 (three years ago) link
1. The Last Dance2. Murder on Middle Beach3. How to with John Wilson4. Dave5. Seduced: Inside the NXIVM cult6. Dead to Me7. Flight Attendant8. Somebody Feed Phil9. I know this much is true10. The Plot Against America11. The Vow12. My Lottery Dream Home
side poll:ChernobylHappy EndingsBrockmireI'll Have What Phil's Having
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 03:10 (three years ago) link
Everyone here loves it so much, I’m afraid to say I liked it less as it went along.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 03:15 (three years ago) link
Xpost to Dan there.
Johnny - Chernobyl is goddamn amazing eh?
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 03:24 (three years ago) link
wildly good
i forgot another side poll show i watched and really liked in 2020 (prob forgot cuz this was pre-pandemic) - horace & pete
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 03:26 (three years ago) link
I heard that was kinda of a bummer?
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 03:47 (three years ago) link
fair to say that; id call it a tragedy prob
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 03:59 (three years ago) link
it's good and funny and very much a bummer
― shivers me timber (sic), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 04:16 (three years ago) link
Thanks for the kind words! I can’t take much credit here! Forks was the one doing most of the heavy lifting in this poll.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 04:44 (three years ago) link
There is a visceral thrill in watching IMDY in that Michaela's is the sort of voice who hitherto has never had the chance to make TV shows. There is a minute to minute triumph in the mere fact of its existence.
Thanks to the poll runners - How To with John Wilson sounds fascinating and I will check it out, had never heard of it prior to now.
― Uncle Boomer Who Can Recall His Past Wives (Adept), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 09:28 (three years ago) link
Excellent poll, many thanks to forks and Moka. Here's my weighted ballot.
1 I May Destroy You2 The Queen's Gambit3 Schitt's Creek4 Unorthodox5 The Great6 The Undoing7 The Crown8 Ghosts9 The Great British Bake-Off10 Only Connect11 Us12 Rupaul's Drag Race13 Roadkill14 Giri/Haji15 Small Axe16 Dracula17 Portrait Artist Of The Year18 Quiz19 Devs
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 10:12 (three years ago) link
Thanks organisers, was a lot of fun to read - maybe I'll vote next year!
― chap, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 13:02 (three years ago) link
Thanks to forks & moka! My short ranked ballot:
1. Action Button (YouTube)2. All Gas No Brakes (YouTube)3. Devs (Hulu)4. What We Do in Shadows (FX)5. Normal People (Hulu)6. The Queen’s Gambit (Netflix)7. Lindsay Ellis (YouTube)8. Jeopardy (Syndication)9. Videogamedunkey (YouTube)
Favorite thing I watched last year not from last year: Halt and Catch Fire
― american primitive stylophone (zchyrs), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 14:46 (three years ago) link
THANK YOU FORKS AND MOKA! sorry i couldn't chat during the festivities, was barely keeping up w/ work etc.
here's my ballot! (weighted)
Action Button (YouTube) - LinkTed Lasso (Apple +)All Gas No Brakes (YouTube) - LinkWhat We Do in Shadows (FX)How To with John Wilson (HBO)Avenue 5 (HBO)Search Party (HBO)Devs (Hulu)Corporate (Comedy Central)The Dress Up Gang (TBS)High Maintenance (HBO)AEW Dynamite (TBS)RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1, Netflix)Schitt’s Creek (Netflix)Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet (Apple +)The Eric Andre Show (Adult Swim)The History of the Seattle Mariners (Youtube) - LinkPatriot Act (Netflix)PEN15 (Hulu)Ramy (Hulu)Star Trek: Lower Decks (CBS All Access)Lovecraft Country (HBO)20020 (Web Only - SB Nation) - https://www.sbnation.com/secret-base/21410129/20020/Aunty Donna’s Big Ol’ House of Fun (Netflix)Canada’s Drag Race (Crave/BBC)
Old shows, all first watches in 2020 I think (Utopia may have been late 2019, i can't remember):
1. The Leftovers (WOW WOW WOW how did i miss this)2. Neon Genesis Evangelion (2 eps left now!)3. Utopia (2013)4. Lodge 495. Detroiters
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Thursday, 18 February 2021 20:18 (three years ago) link
also this thread reminded me to watch the seattle mariners thing and it's so good and i love that team so much more than i already even did ughhhh
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Thursday, 18 February 2021 20:19 (three years ago) link
I May Destroy You (HBO)How To With John Wilson (HBO)What We Do In The Shadows (FX)The New Pope (HBO)Better Call Saul (AMC)Mrs. America (FX/Hulu)Bojack Horseman (Netflix)The Boys (Amazon Prime)The Queen’s Gambit (Netflix)Jeopardy (syndicated)The Mandalorian (Disney+)The Last Dance (ESPN)Lovecraft Country (HBO)
I only watched one new old show in 2020 and that was the incredible and beautiful Halt And Catch Fire
― tiwa-nty one savage (voodoo chili), Thursday, 18 February 2021 20:35 (three years ago) link
Was pretty absent for most of this poll but just got around to looking at the list properly and decided to give How To With John Wilson a go. I'm yet to read everyone's comments because I want to watch the whole thing first, but the first episode was literally a masterpiece. Like Chris Marker meets All Gas No Brakes.
― tangent x (tangenttangent), Monday, 22 February 2021 18:40 (three years ago) link
get excited it gets better
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Monday, 22 February 2021 18:41 (three years ago) link
I can't even imagine! This is the most excited I've been about a use of the visual form in a while.
― tangent x (tangenttangent), Monday, 22 February 2021 18:42 (three years ago) link
I finished off Worzel Gummidge, what's that German word for nostalgia for a place you've never been? Lots of that.
― That's not really my scene (I'm 41) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 22 February 2021 19:10 (three years ago) link
Sehnsucht? Weltschmerz? Neither of those are quite right.
Omg the music choices in How To With John Wilson are killing me. So simultaneously hilarious and affecting.
― tangent x (tangenttangent), Monday, 22 February 2021 19:15 (three years ago) link
i look forward to your response on the scaffolding
― That's not really my scene (I'm 41) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 22 February 2021 19:17 (three years ago) link
That's kind of what I was talking about! Sometimes the humour is absolutely pitch black, shockingly so, but the show also has such incredible compassion for its topics and subjects that the humour is somehow never too much. And yet it's still the funniest thing I've seen in years. Such rewatch value too. It would be impossible to catch everything on the first go!
― tangent x (tangenttangent), Monday, 22 February 2021 19:28 (three years ago) link
The 2020 Gummidge episode was the best yet - hope he gets to make the covid-cancelled one, and as many more as he likes (inc zero), when it’s safe to do so.
― stilt in the wings (sic), Monday, 22 February 2021 19:50 (three years ago) link
I built myself a fort and watched the whole season of HTWJW and I suggest everyone else does the same.
― tangent x (tangenttangent), Monday, 22 February 2021 21:45 (three years ago) link
Ha, that was fast tangent! Fav ep?
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Monday, 22 February 2021 21:51 (three years ago) link
Oh god I couldn't even say. Every episode has so many highlights! Baby, the refs' dinner, the 'designed' scaffolding... The visual poetry is amongst some of the best I've ever seen. Really hope he gets to make more. :)
― tangent x (tangenttangent), Monday, 22 February 2021 21:54 (three years ago) link
it's renewed for the second season and was pretty rapturously critically reviewed; i think he gets to do this for awhile.
― That's not really my scene (I'm 41) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 22 February 2021 21:56 (three years ago) link
Hooray! Next for catch-up viewing: I May Destroy You.
― tangent x (tangenttangent), Monday, 22 February 2021 22:02 (three years ago) link
you... might wanna pace that one a bit. It may destroy you.
― That's not really my scene (I'm 41) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 22 February 2021 22:04 (three years ago) link
Started Dead to Me on my sister/brother-in-law's recommendation, not realizing at the time it placed here. First two episodes, so-so.
― clemenza, Monday, 22 February 2021 22:07 (three years ago) link
watched most of the mariners youtube thing, its good; wouldve been downballot somewhere for me
― johnny crunch, Monday, 22 February 2021 22:36 (three years ago) link