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OK, I've watched the first episode of Reacher and I...don't hate it. The main dude barely seems human, but somehow it works.

he is really channeling tom cruise's miniature performance at grand scale, i'm into it. better than succession, not as good as nancy drew.

He’s this crazy mashup of Sherlock and Superman, and yet he’s still a total dullard. but yeah, somehow I’m going to watch more.

I dont know which thread to say this on because I watch it on Netflix but its actually an NBC show - we just hatewatched all 4 seasons of MANIFEST and god, what a plot hole ridden, overweening load of shit I couldnt stop watching.

same for me except instead of "I couldn't stop watching" "I couldn't make myself watch more than the first 15 minutes of s1 ep1"

really, really dire

Comparing the first and last seasons of Search Party is like a before and after photo of someone who just spent five years in a perpetual meth haze. I don't even know what the fuck I'm watching anymore, but it's a legitimately unhinged mess without so much as a single toe left in anything resembling reality (spoiler: there are zombies now), and that cast deserves so much better.

Totally agree with this except for the last clause -- I think the glory of this show is the way the five seasons are basically five completely different shows, bound together only by the awesome cast, who I would watch do anything.

Where have I seen this Reacher fellow before -- oh yeah...

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ok fine, i’m happy to be a hypocrite! first ep of Reacher is v enjoyable. he has good timing & plays the smarts well. and yknow, always fun to see huge dude pound dumb medium dudes into dirt

also he is freaking YOKED to a comical degree O_O jfc

reacher owns, i hope they make 1000 seasons of this guy wandering america patiently explaining everything he thinks and does to everyone he meets.

Apparently this is a Lord of the Rings cinema-trickery situation; the actor playing Reacher is actually only 6'2" (which is my height) and they packed the rest of the cast with shorties.

I am absolutely loving The Woman In The House Across The Street From The Girl In The Window, it's a slow build while it plays with the genre tropes, but some of the abrupt jokes are just so wonderful. The reveal of the ventriloquist dummy had me in near tears of laughter last night.

I wolfed down Reacher, but god damn it is indefensible. It's from a time where cops who murder everyone in their way are ok because they already know who the bad guys are. Where every perp, no matter what their involvement, deserves summary execution. Where bad guys are these comically evil maniacs who make horrible business decisions in the service of underlining their evilness. It even had a folksy black barber character, and an uptight black cop to whom Reacher explains the blues!

The only bit that I truly hated was the extended discussion at the most horrific crime scene that I think I've ever seen on TV. So gratuitous, and the way they kept bringing up the dead fetus over and over was like WE GET IT!!!!

xp

I wasn't a fan of this show, but that was a great gag.

Was wondering if it was something like that as he didn't seem quite as big in Titans xps

xxp I've never regretted clicking into hidden text more than just now :|

I’m not surprised it wouldn’t click if you started with S2, you were heavily handicapping yourself there…!

Oh, I didn't start with s2 of Cheer, I did watch season one. And then like I said an episode or two of S2, then passed.

Sorry, then I misunderstood your post. There's a lot of drama/complexity in S2 (and we skipped thru most of the Jerry episode, didn't have the stomach for the details); but it's still very compelling & rewarding by the end, I thought.

i like this Reacher writeup from Collider

https://collider.com/jack-reacher-tv-series-amazon-hero/

I have no idea whether I'd endorse this Pam & Tommy show, but Sebastian Stan (plus a large prosthetic) playing Tommy Lee really has some weird vibes

i mentioned it on the top ten thread but Single Drunk Female is maybe the best half hour straight-up comedy (if you don't count peacemaker) on television right now. And it's on Freeform!

I will cosign that as a good show

I couldn't make it past the first scene :(

persevere! it has many charms!

I gave schitts creek another go and couldn’t make it past 3 eps. The mayor character was just too gross, I couldn’t stand watching him.

;_;

I wanted to love it! Everyone raves about it! But Roland makes me literally nauseous.

yeah chris elliot is v convincing as a creep

He's only spent his entire career honing that very talent.

pretty much! <3

Enjoyed the first episode of Reacher. They’ve done a good job of capturing the pace, beats, and feel of the books.

my tiny quibbles w Reacher
- he’s too young
- not quite enough world-weary nihilism/anti-authority?

Started watching a movie called XTREMO last night on Netflix. The plot is brain-paralyzingly dumb but the fight scenes are among the most stunningly violent I’ve ever seen. It’s as if some director in Barcelona watched the recent wave of Indonesian action movies and said, “Oh yeah? Watch THIS.”

So Futurama is coming back on Hulu with new epiodes.

I have... opinions. Not good ones.

Gonna be really weird if John DiMaggio holds out

After seeing that thread about good latter-day Simpsons episodes, I kind of wanted someone to do the same for Futurama. I've seen 3 of the 4 movies that came out after season 4 and maybe 5 episodes after that, and of all those, I liked one episode, disliked the rest. People seemed psyched about new Hulu episodes on reddit, so I figure there must be some gems in there

Yes the last Futurama reboot was good! A few clunkers but some of the eps are the best the show did oversll, esp "the Late Phillip J Fry" and the one where he gets to talk to his mom in his dreams.

i don't watch much tv and i don't give a shit about cars but the FORMULA 1 show on netflix is great - reminds me more of Succession or Borgen with its twists and turns than anything to do with sportsball

xp The Late Phillip J Fry was the one I liked haha! I'll check out that other episode, Trayce

uh you guys

that Bel Air show, the Fresh Prince reboot?
… it’s… good!?

i watched the first 3 eps tonight & i really like it. it’s using the template to do its own thing.

there were other good episodes from the futurama revival. terrible apple parody aside, the whole first season back is pretty good, nearly on the level of the original run

Fringe is free w/ commercials on Prime Video (courtesy of IMDB.tv and the worst lineup of commercials I've seen since the early days of Hulu), one of the few shows I think could have benefitted from streaming, shorter seasons and less episodic storylines.

Coming so soon after rewatching the X-Files I'm mentally noting where they hit the notes incorrectly - it's too soon to try and get the department shut down! you've got to wait until the season finale cliffhanger to pull that.

hmm looking back there are prob 6-7 from that season that are good and the rest are meh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK1CuXG7GMQ

Looks like it has potential, but it also has potential to be Shrek 5 or whatever.

Did anyone watch Bosch ? Any good? Several seasons on Amazon.

Yes, Bosch is very good.

bosch is great

ok then, bosch it is, thank you

bosch is very watchable.

I flew through the 7 seasons quickly. One or two slightly weaker seasons (and I did think S1 was one of the weaker ones) but overall a solid show, good cast

Coincidentally i have been *rescreening* Bosch lately, are S3 & S4 the consensus best? My pick is def S3. S1 is interesting, i remember thinking at first watch that the serial killer was pretty lame but i think the bad or at least off acting of the character makes it way more creepy. i just found out that there was a pilot (S1 Ep 1) that streamed at the time and after that had a different Money Chandler and a couple other recast characters - anyone know where i can watch that? Currently rewatching S5 and the drug undercover thing was a mistake but still other plotlines making it worthwhile.

Wish Santiago had his own spinoff, love that dude

S2-4 were all strong. I also liked the final season quite a bit. The drug season was the weakest but, as you said, had its moments