favorite current tv series...

[EagerBeaver]

Very surprised nobody has posted about Silent Sea. This Korean series - one season - features 2 actors from Squid Game (the Well Dressed Recruiter and the organ-removing Doctor). It's a science fiction about the Earth running out of water and the efforts to use a laboratory on the Moon to conduct research to solve some of these issues.

I recommend with these reservations:

1. It's probably only going to appeal to fans of the science fiction genre.

2. The plot is slow in developing and I know some of you are "instant gratification" guys who want to be entertained immediately. It may not work for the IG guy. It's a tad cerebral.

3. During the series a number of characters are depicted vomiting like open fire hydrants. Some of these scenes are gross, disgusting and upsetting and should not be viewed while eating.

4. For those of you who don't like very controversial and upsetting themes: the series deals in part with human experiments. For this reason, viewer discretion is advised. As children are the subject of the experiments I would strongly caution on watching with young children.

5. I did not understand the ending, nor did one of my coworkers, who otherwise liked the series.

 

[wetnose]

Very surprised nobody has posted about Silent Sea. This Korean series - one season - features 2 actors from Squid Game (the Well Dressed Recruiter and the organ-removing Doctor). It's a science fiction about the Earth running out of water and the efforts to use a laboratory on the Moon to conduct research to solve some of these issues.

I did watch the first few episodes but just couldn't finish it. Yes I get that it's science fiction but once it pushes the boundaries too much, I just can't suspend my disbelief. For example, when one of the guys was projectile vomiting water non stop for half of the episode. It's simply not possible - the human body just doesn't have that much water in it. Then when she adds a drop of blood to the substance and it multiplies 1000 fold - again, simply not possible.

 

[EagerBeaver]

For example, when one of the guys was projectile vomiting water non stop for half of the episode. It's simply not possible - the human body just doesn't have that much water in it.

First of all it's science fiction. Secondly the copious amount of the water vomited by that character is explained later on in the series. For me to give that explanation would constitute a spoiler. But obviously you gave up before you got the explanation. Suffice it to say that if one accepts the science presented in the series, which is SCIENCE FICTION, the amount of the water vomited by this and other characters makes complete sense.

Later in the series other characters are shown vomiting water and in some cases other substances (water-blood mixture). For me to explain would constitute too many spoilers.

It's fundamental that in watching science fiction one must suspend belief. We all know that aircraft does not travel at "Warp Speed", but to watch Star Trek you must believe that. None of us believe in "The Force", but to watch Star Wars you have to believe that it exists. And so forth and so on.

See my post above and reservation #1.

 

[EagerBeaver]

the human body just doesn't have that much water in it.

It does or can if you accept the science presented in the series. Which is science fiction. And my explaining that science would divulge a MAJOR spoiler. But I will give a hint: you are talking about water only as we know it.........

 

[EagerBeaver]

Season 4 of Ozark has released on Netflix!!!!!

woohoo!

 

[EagerBeaver]

Watched the first 2 episodes of season 4 of Ozark. A couple of new characters have joined the cast, and the tension has really been ratcheted up. You wonder how the Byrds get out of each predicament and they always seem to find a way, but the new predicament in season 4 is the mother of all predicaments. They have to find a way out of it, and you kind of doubt that they will, but history teaches that they always seem to come up with some plan and it ends up working, so we will need to see what happens.................

 

[TheBlob]

Season 4 of Ozark has released on Netflix!!!!!

woohoo!

Wow, that flew under my radar. I've been waiting for it forever. I guess i need a little refresh on what happened at the end of S3 now. I remember the end of the brother, but not much else. Gotta watch the last episode.

 

[EagerBeaver]

Wow, that flew under my radar. I've been waiting for it forever. I guess i need a little refresh on what happened at the end of S3 now. I remember the end of the brother, but not much else. Gotta watch the last episode.

I did the exact same thing yesterday - watched season 3 episode 10 before starting season 4. It's a fairly good refresher on where things left off.

 

[cloudsurf]

An escort I know who has similar taste as me in action TV is re-watching all the seasons of Peaky Blinders before the new season starts sometime this year

 

[EagerBeaver]

NETFLIX LINE OF THE WEEK

"Sorry, but I am late for my own felony." - Marty Byrd of Ozark, exiting a conversation with another character, Season 4 episode 4

 

[EagerBeaver]

Watch Tinder Swindler on Netflix. It's about a guy on the dating app Tinder who gets women to fall in love with him and swindles them out of millions of dollars, using the same blueprint shtick with each woman. It's a documentary with extensive video and audio recordings of the Tinder Swindler.

 

[Skym]

Watch Tinder Swindler on Netflix. It's about a guy on the dating app Tinder who gets women to fall in love with him and swindles them out of millions of dollars, using the same blueprint shtick with each woman. It's a documentary with extensive video and audio recordings of the Tinder Swindler.

That guy must have some serious persuasion skills to continually scam many women.

 

[EagerBeaver]

He is a professional con man

 

[wetnose]

Just finished binging on the Expanse, about a future where humans have dispersed through the solar system and now form 3 factions: Earth, Mars and the Belters. A discovery of an alien substance shifts the balance of power and all manner of bloodshed/intrigue ensues. It was cancelled in Season 3 but got picked up by Jeff Bezos (yes, the man himself) since he liked it so much. Then went on for another 3 seasons, which just ended recently. One of the key features that I love about it is how it rigorously sticks to real world constraints - ships don't have shields, they can't change direction/decelerate with no consequence, there's a delay in communications across immense distance, etc.

I'm also really impressed how the writers effectively fold in strong female characters into the plot, without any pandering. Here's one of my favorite characters in the series being SAVAGE:

Special mention for Cara Gee - she impressed the show runners so much that they made her a regular on the series. Her portrayal of Drummer deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as icons like Sarah Connor or Ripley. I won't be surprised if she shows up across A-listers in the next few years. She's just that good.

 

[EagerBeaver]

Although I have heard Hulu is unavailable in Canada (unless using a VPN), I am going to recommend for all other posters the Hulu series "Dropout", about the Elizabeth Holmes/Theranos scam and fraud which saw many millions of dollars invested in fantasy technology based on the notion that a few droplets of blood could be tested by Theranos diagnostic machines. The series is very faithful to the actually history of events and features Amanda Seyfried's excellent performance as the committed CEO Elizabeth Holmes, who begins to passionately believe her own lies very early on, and then fools people into joining the Theranos fraud train with that passion, including Theranos board members George Schultz and Henry Kissinger, who are both duped into joining. Perhaps the biggest dupes/morons exposed in the series is the Walgreens CEO and his right hand man, who are portrayed as complete imbeciles that are totally played and manipulated by Holmes into sinking many hundreds of millions of dollars into the fantasyland technology.

I have watched the first 5 of 8 episodes. Episode 6 releases today, and 7 and 8 the next 2 Thursdays. I think a Golden Globe Award awaits Amanda Seyfried for her work in the series, which is amazing.

 

[Numerati]

Billions
Star Trek Picard Season 2
Halo

 

[charmer_]

Star Trek Picard Season 2
Halo

I thought season 1 was poorly written and a bit of a disappointment. But Picard season 2 has been actually pretty good! We'll see if they can keep it up for the rest of the season.

I still have to watch the premiere for Halo. Reviews have been lukewarm and trailers have been so-so, so my expectations are low, lol.

 

[Numerati]

Picard Season 2 is awesome much better than the mess that is Season 1. Plus much better camera work and it feels like you are watching a movie.

Halo is pretty good as well the CGI is kind of meh. Issue is that the director never read up on digged into Halo lore too deeply. I never played the game and just read up on the story/lore and saw some youtube cut scenes and I was floored by the whole story.

 

[Skym]

I was watching Euphoria and also, that Quebec show La Fuguese.

 

[Theodore]

True Blood
Entourage
Californiacation
24

Reacher, it’s on prime.