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Re: What TV series do you like?
« Reply #3700 on: May 23, 2025, 06:00:20 PM »
Has anyone watched 'Nine Perfect Strangers' (Hulu)?  They just kicked off a second season, so I'm giving it a try.  I used to love everything Nicole Kidman was in, until she started to take every role offered...  First episode was good.

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« Reply #3701 on: May 23, 2025, 06:17:26 PM »
Has anyone watched 'Nine Perfect Strangers' (Hulu)?  They just kicked off a second season, so I'm giving it a try.  I used to love everything Nicole Kidman was in, until she started to take every role offered...  First episode was good.

It's not good. I read the book, which was actually half interesting, but the show is just odd. It's not unwatchably odd, but the entire time I was happy I had the book as a reference for what the fuck the tone was supposed to be like.

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« Reply #3702 on: May 24, 2025, 09:23:12 AM »
Has anyone watched 'Nine Perfect Strangers' (Hulu)?  They just kicked off a second season, so I'm giving it a try.  I used to love everything Nicole Kidman was in, until she started to take every role offered...  First episode was good.

Right, what is the deal with Nicole Kidman being everywhere all at once and all of them in mediocre productions? I think I asked this question on another thread and I’m not sure we had any discussion about it.

 Does she all of a sudden need money? Does she all of a sudden think her time is running out in Hollywood and she needs to get in front of the camera as much as possible?

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« Reply #3703 on: May 24, 2025, 09:29:16 AM »
Has anyone watched 'Nine Perfect Strangers' (Hulu)?  They just kicked off a second season, so I'm giving it a try.  I used to love everything Nicole Kidman was in, until she started to take every role offered...  First episode was good.

Right, what is the deal with Nicole Kidman being everywhere all at once and all of them in mediocre productions? I think I asked this question on another thread and I’m not sure we had any discussion about it.

 Does she all of a sudden need money? Does she all of a sudden think her time is running out in Hollywood and she needs to get in front of the camera as much as possible?

I read an article a while ago and don't remember all the details.
I think it has something to do with a mission to support by her involvement a lot of women in film, writers, directors, producers. Again, I don't remember the details and I don't like her as an actress but it left a favorable impression.

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« Reply #3704 on: May 24, 2025, 10:23:33 AM »
Has anyone watched 'Nine Perfect Strangers' (Hulu)?  They just kicked off a second season, so I'm giving it a try.  I used to love everything Nicole Kidman was in, until she started to take every role offered...  First episode was good.

Right, what is the deal with Nicole Kidman being everywhere all at once and all of them in mediocre productions? I think I asked this question on another thread and I’m not sure we had any discussion about it.

 Does she all of a sudden need money? Does she all of a sudden think her time is running out in Hollywood and she needs to get in front of the camera as much as possible?

I read an article a while ago and don't remember all the details.
I think it has something to do with a mission to support by her involvement a lot of women in film, writers, directors, producers. Again, I don't remember the details and I don't like her as an actress but it left a favorable impression.

She has her own production company as well, so that's a major factor as to why she's in so much right now.

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« Reply #3705 on: May 24, 2025, 11:07:04 AM »
I tried Fargo and though it was fine. I think I bailed in the middle of the third season it just didn't keep me hooked

What’s the season with Jean Smart and the
Jewish mobsters? That was really good.

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« Reply #3706 on: May 24, 2025, 12:20:38 PM »
I tried Fargo and though it was fine. I think I bailed in the middle of the third season it just didn't keep me hooked

What’s the season with Jean Smart and the
Jewish mobsters? That was really good.

I think that was season 2, but I'm not sure

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« Reply #3707 on: May 24, 2025, 09:48:35 PM »
Yeah, I'm thinking you might enjoy slow and moody. Intense silences are not my jam.

Ok, I'll take it. But the silences have to be tense.

I also enjoy good dialog and performance. One of my favorite movies of late is his three daughters. It's not so silent, but I liked it a lot. I also enjoyed the suspense in Conclave.

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« Reply #3708 on: May 25, 2025, 01:17:22 PM »
Season 2 of Andor is pretty amazing. Just finished episode 9. I’m really enjoying the depth of the character development for characters that I’ve known for most of my life.

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Re: What TV series do you like?
« Reply #3709 on: May 25, 2025, 05:35:22 PM »
Season 2 of Andor is pretty amazing. Just finished episode 9. I’m really enjoying the depth of the character development for characters that I’ve known for most of my life.

I might sign up for a month of Disney+ just for Andor. I'm a fan of Tony Gilroy, the showrunner, head writer and executive producer of the show (he also wrote Rogue One).

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« Reply #3710 on: May 25, 2025, 08:27:31 PM »
I loved Season 1 of Andor. So I'm 6 episodes into Season 2, and I get the impression it's basically what @Taran Wanderer said... "character development for characters that I've known for most of my life".

That's, eh... code for fan service Not in a derogatory way. BUT... as someone who does not know the Star Wars universe all that well, there are characters I'm not attached to, that... Andor hasn't changed that for me. And then we have these slow moving background / subplots developing their characters, and I've had a hard time being moved by it. And there's very little action in most of those 6 episodes except for like 30-60 seconds at the end of 2 or 3 episodes. And there's things that happen that my spouse and I simply couldn't figure out without asking a better Star Wars fan about. Overall I simply haven't enjoyed watching it, which is super frustrating. And I'll never be the person to do a bunch of homework going into a show, so I am just feeling a bit ambivalent about it. I'm told episodes 7-9 are so satisfying, and I hope that's true, but it's all I can do to find motivation to even attempt to convince my spouse it'll be worth sitting through 3 more episodes.

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Re: What TV series do you like?
« Reply #3711 on: May 26, 2025, 01:21:12 AM »
Has anyone watched 'Nine Perfect Strangers' (Hulu)?  They just kicked off a second season, so I'm giving it a try.  I used to love everything Nicole Kidman was in, until she started to take every role offered...  First episode was good.

I watched the first season.  Not worth watching.  I'm surprised it got picked up for a second season. 

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« Reply #3712 on: May 26, 2025, 04:05:20 AM »
Has anyone watched 'Nine Perfect Strangers' (Hulu)?  They just kicked off a second season, so I'm giving it a try.  I used to love everything Nicole Kidman was in, until she started to take every role offered...  First episode was good.

I watched the first season.  Not worth watching.  I'm surprised it got picked up for a second season.

The book wasn't bad but we gave up after the first ep of the series.

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Re: What TV series do you like?
« Reply #3713 on: May 26, 2025, 02:21:04 PM »
Thanks for the heads up on 'Nine Perfect Strangers'!  I got the book on Audible, so maybe I'll go that route instead.  I find that I enjoy the books more than the serials anyway ('Silo' for instance).

'Your Friends and Neighbors' (Apple TV) has been a lot of fun, definitely recommend.  Has some interesting Mustachian-ish commentaries on how empty a life of conspicuous consumption can be.

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« Reply #3714 on: May 26, 2025, 02:27:00 PM »
Thanks for the heads up on 'Nine Perfect Strangers'!  I got the book on Audible, so maybe I'll go that route instead.  I find that I enjoy the books more than the serials anyway ('Silo' for instance).

'Your Friends and Neighbors' (Apple TV) has been a lot of fun, definitely recommend.  Has some interesting Mustachian-ish commentaries on how empty a life of conspicuous consumption can be.

I watched the first few episodes of Friend and Neighbours before my subscription ran out and I thought it was quite fun. It has some great dialogue and Jon Hamm is pretty good at physical comedy in a lot of the awkward scenes where things go sideways.

I am curious how it plays out, which could make it either a solid show or a total failure if they don't stick the landing on the plot, because so far, the set up episodes have been great.

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« Reply #3715 on: May 26, 2025, 05:00:37 PM »
I loved Season 1 of Andor. So I'm 6 episodes into Season 2, and I get the impression it's basically what @Taran Wanderer said... "character development for characters that I've known for most of my life".

That's, eh... code for fan service Not in a derogatory way. BUT... as someone who does not know the Star Wars universe all that well, there are characters I'm not attached to, that... Andor hasn't changed that for me. And then we have these slow moving background / subplots developing their characters, and I've had a hard time being moved by it. And there's very little action in most of those 6 episodes except for like 30-60 seconds at the end of 2 or 3 episodes. And there's things that happen that my spouse and I simply couldn't figure out without asking a better Star Wars fan about. Overall I simply haven't enjoyed watching it, which is super frustrating. And I'll never be the person to do a bunch of homework going into a show, so I am just feeling a bit ambivalent about it. I'm told episodes 7-9 are so satisfying, and I hope that's true, but it's all I can do to find motivation to even attempt to convince my spouse it'll be worth sitting through 3 more episodes.

DW and I watched Andor S2 together. She is a big SW fan, I'm not, though I can get caught up in the cinema. 

I agree, it hasn't been the most enjoyable experience, especially given that the first half of the season made very little sense. We asked somebody about certain parts, like major screen time commitments for very little plot, and they told us it was important for the canon, but failed to convey/convince me that it was good. I just didn't get it.

Episodes 7-9 were truly good, gripping, exciting, suspenseful... Everything you'd want out of this kind of TV show. But, I'm still confused to the executive decisions for the first half.

Without spoiling anything, I didn't really get the finale either. DW thinks I should have watched rogue 1 before watching the finale/last few episodes.

I probably won't watch any more Star wars tv/movies. DW loved it, even though she's not the savviest on the canon. Our friends loved it too.

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Re: What TV series do you like?
« Reply #3716 on: May 26, 2025, 10:58:22 PM »
I started watching Ted Lasso. So far, it has been pretty good.

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Re: What TV series do you like?
« Reply #3717 on: May 27, 2025, 08:45:58 AM »
We watched the Pee Wee Herman documentary on Max. It was fun to see clips from back in the day and get some backstory on the character development.

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« Reply #3718 on: May 27, 2025, 11:48:09 AM »
I started watching Ted Lasso. So far, it has been pretty good.

That TV show makes me smile so much.

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« Reply #3719 on: May 28, 2025, 09:51:13 AM »
@Just_Me me too! :)

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« Reply #3720 on: May 29, 2025, 08:28:05 AM »
I started watching Ted Lasso. So far, it has been pretty good.

That TV show makes me smile so much.

Rumor is there will be another season.
https://screenrant.com/ted-lasso-season-4-jason-sudeikis-premise-confirmed/ 

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« Reply #3721 on: May 29, 2025, 08:44:34 AM »
I started watching Ted Lasso. So far, it has been pretty good.

That TV show makes me smile so much.

Rumor is there will be another season.
https://screenrant.com/ted-lasso-season-4-jason-sudeikis-premise-confirmed/

I couldn't remember where they left it with a season 4. I thought there was going to be a spin off, but I don't recall it making much of an impact if it did make it.

I remember it being pretty wholesome with some good jokes and positive messages about hope. I'm not sure if I'd rewatch it all again for season 4. Kind of a fun the first time, not so much the second time show for me. Though I don't usually re watch /read things anymore.

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Re: What TV series do you like?
« Reply #3722 on: May 29, 2025, 09:56:43 AM »
I started watching Ted Lasso. So far, it has been pretty good.

That TV show makes me smile so much.

Rumor is there will be another season.
https://screenrant.com/ted-lasso-season-4-jason-sudeikis-premise-confirmed/

I couldn't remember where they left it with a season 4. I thought there was going to be a spin off, but I don't recall it making much of an impact if it did make it.

I remember it being pretty wholesome with some good jokes and positive messages about hope. I'm not sure if I'd rewatch it all again for season 4. Kind of a fun the first time, not so much the second time show for me. Though I don't usually re watch /read things anymore.

Lasso was getting played out toward the end.  They were toying with the idea of veering in to serious topics (panic attacks, personal sacrifices for success, etc.) and it just wasn't as much fun.  Maybe a reboot after a longer time away could work, but if it's a continuation of season 4 it'll be a slog... of course, that never stopped anyone in TV from doing it.  Ye olde cash grab.
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Re: What TV series do you like?
« Reply #3723 on: May 29, 2025, 10:54:24 AM »
I started watching Ted Lasso. So far, it has been pretty good.

That TV show makes me smile so much.

Rumor is there will be another season.
https://screenrant.com/ted-lasso-season-4-jason-sudeikis-premise-confirmed/

I couldn't remember where they left it with a season 4. I thought there was going to be a spin off, but I don't recall it making much of an impact if it did make it.

I remember it being pretty wholesome with some good jokes and positive messages about hope. I'm not sure if I'd rewatch it all again for season 4. Kind of a fun the first time, not so much the second time show for me. Though I don't usually re watch /read things anymore.

Lasso was getting played out toward the end.  They were toying with the idea of veering in to serious topics (panic attacks, personal sacrifices for success, etc.) and it just wasn't as much fun.  Maybe a reboot after a longer time away could work, but if it's a continuation of season 4 it'll be a slog... of course, that never stopped anyone in TV from doing it.  Ye olde cash grab.

I agree.  What made the first few seasons of Ted Lasso great was that they stuck to a core concept - being nice (even to people who are clearly assholes) eventually makes your world (and the world in general) a better place.  I felt like by the end of the show this was getting lost and it made things less fun.  If they go back to that premise, I think it would be great.

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Re: What TV series do you like?
« Reply #3724 on: May 31, 2025, 03:18:54 PM »
Enjoying "100 Foot Wave" on HBO Max. It's a documentary about various surfers and how they discovered and learned to ride the amazingly huge waves at Nazaré, Portugal. It's set in other locations too such as JAWS in Maui and Mavericks off the Cali coast, but most of the action is in Nazaré.

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« Reply #3725 on: May 31, 2025, 04:21:47 PM »
I'm 3 episodes into Department Q on Netflix and I'm liking it a lot. Flawed detective (as per the rules) attempts to solve a cold case. Brilliant sidekicks help him make progress when he's busy being flawed. It's been said it's like Slow Horses and I guess it's a similar vibe in that the lead looks a bit unwashed and is grumpy, and there's dark humour. Set in Edinburgh and it's got just about every familiar Scottish actor including Kelly Macdonald in it, but the lead is English. I think it works that he's English because it lends itself to the idea that no-one likes him / he's set apart.

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« Reply #3726 on: May 31, 2025, 05:08:22 PM »
I started watching Ted Lasso. So far, it has been pretty good.

That TV show makes me smile so much.

Rumor is there will be another season.
https://screenrant.com/ted-lasso-season-4-jason-sudeikis-premise-confirmed/

I couldn't remember where they left it with a season 4. I thought there was going to be a spin off, but I don't recall it making much of an impact if it did make it.

I remember it being pretty wholesome with some good jokes and positive messages about hope. I'm not sure if I'd rewatch it all again for season 4. Kind of a fun the first time, not so much the second time show for me. Though I don't usually re watch /read things anymore.

Lasso was getting played out toward the end.  They were toying with the idea of veering in to serious topics (panic attacks, personal sacrifices for success, etc.) and it just wasn't as much fun.  Maybe a reboot after a longer time away could work, but if it's a continuation of season 4 it'll be a slog... of course, that never stopped anyone in TV from doing it.  Ye olde cash grab.

I agree.  What made the first few seasons of Ted Lasso great was that they stuck to a core concept - being nice (even to people who are clearly assholes) eventually makes your world (and the world in general) a better place.  I felt like by the end of the show this was getting lost and it made things less fun.  If they go back to that premise, I think it would be great.

Yeah, it got to be kind of a drag.

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« Reply #3727 on: May 31, 2025, 08:07:52 PM »
I started watching Ted Lasso. So far, it has been pretty good.

That TV show makes me smile so much.

Rumor is there will be another season.
https://screenrant.com/ted-lasso-season-4-jason-sudeikis-premise-confirmed/

I couldn't remember where they left it with a season 4. I thought there was going to be a spin off, but I don't recall it making much of an impact if it did make it.

I remember it being pretty wholesome with some good jokes and positive messages about hope. I'm not sure if I'd rewatch it all again for season 4. Kind of a fun the first time, not so much the second time show for me. Though I don't usually re watch /read things anymore.

Lasso was getting played out toward the end.  They were toying with the idea of veering in to serious topics (panic attacks, personal sacrifices for success, etc.) and it just wasn't as much fun.  Maybe a reboot after a longer time away could work, but if it's a continuation of season 4 it'll be a slog... of course, that never stopped anyone in TV from doing it.  Ye olde cash grab.

I agree.  What made the first few seasons of Ted Lasso great was that they stuck to a core concept - being nice (even to people who are clearly assholes) eventually makes your world (and the world in general) a better place.  I felt like by the end of the show this was getting lost and it made things less fun.  If they go back to that premise, I think it would be great.

Yeah, it got to be kind of a drag.

I have to weigh in as a strongly disagree. I loved the whole arc of the series, including the more serious issues they dealt with.

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« Reply #3728 on: May 31, 2025, 09:12:07 PM »
Agree with above. Ted Lasso built up those emotional conflicts and topics quite intentionally as far as I could tell, and they were there from the beginning.

I watched Paradise, which is basically Silo without the sci-fi angle, so that's...interesting. It's not bad, it's kind of interesting, but it could be better, especially if the first season was a lot longer or the key plot points done over a few seasons. Some fairly complex plots points weren't well fleshed out because they just didn't have enough episodes to build up, which makes it feel a bit cheesy at times.

James Marsden as the President is fun though.

Then I tried watching Snowfall, about the genesis of the crack epidemic from the perspective of the people selling the drugs. It's tremendously well rated and a very interesting concept, but I despised it, I had to give up after a few episodes because it's just awful.

I get that some people love it, but I think that's largely because it hammers in a ton of tension and suspense, so for people who like every episode of a show to have high stakes, high tension, it would be very interesting, but I find that just repetitive and boring.

It's described as being like a cross between The Wire and Breaking Bad, only without as compelling characters. I wish I had read that description before trying to watch it because, yes, it's accurate, and I didn't love either of those shows and bailed on both in the second seasons. Just not my cup of tea, and absolutely the worst editing I've ever seen on a well rated, high budget show. Although I think it was a covid production era show, so I can give it some grace on that front.

Still, I just didn't like it and neither did DH who loved The Wire and really liked Breaking Bad.


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« Reply #3729 on: May 31, 2025, 11:25:07 PM »
I'm 3 episodes into Department Q on Netflix and I'm liking it a lot. Flawed detective (as per the rules) attempts to solve a cold case. Brilliant sidekicks help him make progress when he's busy being flawed. It's been said it's like Slow Horses and I guess it's a similar vibe in that the lead looks a bit unwashed and is grumpy, and there's dark humour. Set in Edinburgh and it's got just about every familiar Scottish actor including Kelly Macdonald in it, but the lead is English. I think it works that he's English because it lends itself to the idea that no-one likes him / he's set apart.
I really appreciate how no one likes his default personality. There's no one finding him loveable because of his genius - he's good at his job AND also needs to get over thinking he's the smartest guy in the room

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« Reply #3730 on: June 01, 2025, 03:20:53 PM »
Just finished season 2 of Andor and loved it.  IMO by far the best of all the Star Wars spinoffs, incredible casting and the Empire characters are really good as well.  Not a fan of what they’ve done w the Jedi on any of the spinoffs, and there were no Jedi to be seen in this one. Of course, I also thought Rogue One was probably the best of the recent Star Wars movies to come out as well.

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« Reply #3731 on: June 01, 2025, 03:50:08 PM »
I watched Paradise, which is basically Silo without the sci-fi angle, so that's...interesting. It's not bad, it's kind of interesting, but it could be better, especially if the first season was a lot longer or the key plot points done over a few seasons. Some fairly complex plots points weren't well fleshed out because they just didn't have enough episodes to build up, which makes it feel a bit cheesy at times.

I had a similar response to Paradise. They rushed through so much plot that I thought there were two seasons when I first thought back to it. It's crazy that there's only 8 episodes.

I appreciated the casting from the diversity perspective.

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« Reply #3732 on: June 01, 2025, 04:21:56 PM »
I watched Paradise, which is basically Silo without the sci-fi angle, so that's...interesting. It's not bad, it's kind of interesting, but it could be better, especially if the first season was a lot longer or the key plot points done over a few seasons. Some fairly complex plots points weren't well fleshed out because they just didn't have enough episodes to build up, which makes it feel a bit cheesy at times.

I had a similar response to Paradise. They rushed through so much plot that I thought there were two seasons when I first thought back to it. It's crazy that there's only 8 episodes.

I appreciated the casting from the diversity perspective.

The cast is VERY good, which also plays into my disappointment with how underdeveloped their characters all were. There was easily 2-3 seasons worth of plot covered in those 8 episodes.

So many characters, so many angles to expand upon, so many people who didn't need to be killed off that quickly. Hopefully they get some success, get renewed and then slow their fucking roll for the next few seasons, because there's enough there to be interesting.

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« Reply #3733 on: June 01, 2025, 04:28:04 PM »
I've been watching Paradise too, and I like it a lot, but yeah, much too condensed.  The constant flipping back and forth between timelines makes it confusing too.  I read that it has been renewed for a second season.  Maybe it will improve.

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« Reply #3734 on: Today at 12:29:37 AM »
Just watched Mountainhead, written and directed by Jesse Armstrong (creator of Succession). I thought it was genius, hilariously unhinged yet completely on target for what is going on right now in tech and the network states accelerationist crowd. I also like that, true to Armstrong form, no character is good. Excellent dialogue. He apparently wrote it all incredibly quickly given that all of this dark gothic maga and AI shit is so new (the MAGA is never referenced, but network states are).
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« Reply #3735 on: Today at 08:38:44 AM »
I watched Paradise, which is basically Silo without the sci-fi angle, so that's...interesting. It's not bad, it's kind of interesting, but it could be better, especially if the first season was a lot longer or the key plot points done over a few seasons. Some fairly complex plots points weren't well fleshed out because they just didn't have enough episodes to build up, which makes it feel a bit cheesy at times.

I had a similar response to Paradise. They rushed through so much plot that I thought there were two seasons when I first thought back to it. It's crazy that there's only 8 episodes.

I appreciated the casting from the diversity perspective.

The cast is VERY good, which also plays into my disappointment with how underdeveloped their characters all were. There was easily 2-3 seasons worth of plot covered in those 8 episodes.

So many characters, so many angles to expand upon, so many people who didn't need to be killed off that quickly. Hopefully they get some success, get renewed and then slow their fucking roll for the next few seasons, because there's enough there to be interesting.

It's Game of Thrones in Paradise with the executions

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« Reply #3736 on: Today at 08:40:02 AM »
I've been watching Paradise too, and I like it a lot, but yeah, much too condensed.  The constant flipping back and forth between timelines makes it confusing too.  I read that it has been renewed for a second season.  Maybe it will improve.

I can't remember if that happens several times in an episode or if it's just once per episode, but that's part of why I thought it was two seasons. I watched it as it was coming out, and the big reveal at the end of episode 1 was where my mind put the end of season 1.

 

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