Topic: The TV Show Thread

@beemo Simple really, add Jamaicans = better show!

Just when I start thinking that I won't bother with The Flash this year... JWS in his 90s costume!!

Finished up Dragon Pilot: Hisone & Masotan (Netflix Original) tonight.

It's a mostly lighthearted anime that features a young woman who is thrown for a loop when a dragon chooses her to be it's "pilot" shortly after she joins the JASDF (turns out dragons are real, a highly guarded military secret, and are given armor to hide in plain sight as aircraft when in the public sight). It's a pretty cute series overall with pleasant art direction, and while I enjoyed my watch through of it I feel it's something I'm not going to be itching to watch again in the future.

@KratosMD So I started The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina tonight and so far I am enjoying it. It's hard to tell right now as I have only watched 2 episodes if I will enjoy it as much as Riverdale but so far it seems like it will be a good show.

@KratosMD Yeah this is nothing like the family show that debited in the 90s. This is actually taken from a current comic arch that's still ongoing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilling_Adventures_of_Sabrina

So it's alot darker then that Sabrina.

@KratosMD @beemo Yeah it takes place in Greendale which if my memory is correct is where Mrs Grundy was from in Riverdale. They even mentioned Riverdale in episode 2 but for now they have said that there won't be an crossovers but they do take place in the same universe.

@RogerRoger The first few seasons of 24 were sooo good.

@RogerRoger Is that the one where Jack was taken prisoner by the Chinese government agents? I thought that season and the following seasons after that weren't so good.

Edit: Nevermind, thought that was Season 5 but it was actually Season 6.

@KratosMD You know, I read your post, thought about watching it, but then the first thing I see mentioned when I look it up is an underage orgy scene the main character gets pressured into.... I think might just leave it alone and hope it fails. (Not saying anything about you watching it.) It reminds of the recent issue with Suran Kengura.

@KratosMD I am, so that would make it kinda iffy. (And that’s the one thing that actually creeps me out due to that stuff in real life.) Thanks for the warning.
It’s funny because I just remember there was supposed to be a family friendly show about a witch named Sabrina. I remember almost watching it thinking “I wonder if this is some cute fun.” Would’ve been quite the surprise lol.

I have just got Netflix - its now available on SkyQ too - and the first thing I watched was Sabrina. I have only watched Season 1 of Riverdale as that was on one of the channels on Sky and enjoyed that but Sabrina was better as its a bit darker and with a more supernatural aspect but its very much in that vein.

I have also started watching iZombie and really enjoying that so far - up to Ep7 of the first Season.

I intend to watch the Marvel shows, Stranger Things, Black Mirror, Star Trek, Lost in Space, Castlevaniaetc etc - seems I have more TV to watch than I do time...

Based on these, is there anything else I should look out for? Has anyone watched 'Monkey'? I loved the original series when I was growing up but wasn't sure about this after the trailer. The original was great - but then that was 40yrs ago...

@BAMozzy If you're interested in Lost in Space and Star Trek, I would definitely recommend The Expanse to you. It's another space opera, but with more of a focus on politics than family drama in the case of Lost in Space. I believe it should be on Netflix in the UK. One I haven't watched that might also interest you is Altered Carbon.

If you're interested in Stranger Things, I would also recommend Dark. It's a German show, so you'll have to watch it with subtitles. It's got a fairly comparable feel to Stranger Things, albeit a bit darker. I personally also believe that it has the superior first season.

Are you interested in comedy shows at all?

@Tjuz I'll have a look out for those - see if the trailers grab me... Some Comedy works for me but others not so much. Big Bang, Young Sheldon, the Orville, Red Dwarf etc for example

@KratosMD Cheers - a few of those I watch (or did when they were aired) on Sky or the channels that offers anyway - The CW DC shows, Gotham, Continuum, Under the Dome, the 100 etc so I was looking more for those exclusive to Netflix and haven't been aired in the UK on a channel that Sky offers as those are the ones I am likely to have not seen.

@BAMozzy I second the recommendation by @beemo. Mindhunter is brilliant. Takes a couple of episodes to get going, but once they interview the first 'sequence' killer it will have you hooked.

I enjoyed Altered Carbon but can see it not being to everyone's tastes. It can be quite hard to keep following everything going. I will probably get digital stones thrown at me for this, but I found it like a more interesting Blade Runner as I found the two film quite dull to watch.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Comedy set in New York, shocker I know lol. The main star is Andy Samberg, so if you like his humour you will most likely have fun with this show.

Breaking Bad is a must if you have not seen it. Ozark is quite similar too and I have heard really good things about it.

If you like horror The Haunting of Hill House is reccomended.

@KratosMD Some of those shows aren't on Netflix in the UK. For instance Black Flag is an Amozon Prime original show and Legends of Tomorrow is on Now TV.

@JohnnyShoulder @KratosMD I am not really into 'real life' drama's - by real life I mean things that could be happening in the world today so don't tend to watch cop/crime shows (unless its comedy like Brooklyn 99 - which I have seen every series as its on E4 in the UK). I tend to watch TV more to escape the real world, more to get away from news or things that could be a dramatisation of 'real life' - hence I watch things like Sci-fi, Horror (more supernatural type horror than real life horror) & Fantasy. I will check out the trailer for Mindhunter though to see if its likely to appeal.

There can be odd shows I watch - like Elementary or Sherlock which could be quite 'real life' and I know Orange is the new Black was based on real life and quite enjoyed the first 2 series when they were shown on one of the channels I get on Sky (the Sony channel I think). In general though, I tend to watch things like American Horror Story, the CW DC shows, Westworld, Game of Thrones, Doctor Who, Preacher, the Gifted etc. Loving iZombie at the moment too...

I don't like reality TV either

@KratosMD No worries, it's confusing with all these streaming services that all have different shows in different countries.

My mate in work has Sky and when I recommend something I have no idea what Sky channel it's on. I'm like 'ummmmm, Now TV?'. 😂 Yeah I know it does state the TV channel but it is not something I pay close attention to lol.

@beemo cool - I will check that out. So far I have watched season 1 (the only) of Sabrina and nearly watched all of Season 1 of iZombie. I want to watch the marvel series that haven't been shown on Sky and shows like Stranger Things, Black Mirror (I think its called), Star Trek, Lost in Space and Castlevania - some on my TV app for HDR and the others I will probably watch via SkyQ's Netflix app.

I haven't had access to Netflix for long so was looking for recommendations on shows that are similar to those but haven't yet been shown on a channel on Sky. I was surprised by how much Netflix has of its own and a little disappointed to see how much it has that I had already watched on Sky - especially movies. There is still more to watch than I have time for though so I am happy I have access at last....

Season 2 of The Sinner starts in the UK on Nextflix on Friday. The first season was superb and I couldn't stop watching it.

@BAMozzy Black Mirror is bleak but great. The anthology style means it covers such a weird array of topics and are all completely separate (bar a few clever touches in certain episodes). Everyone has such a different list of top 5 episodes as well as the episodes are so unique. The array of actors and directors they've had is amazing too.

@Thrillho My son recommended Black Mirror to me and did enjoy Anthology type series like the Twilight Zone, Outer Limits etc. Its certainly in my list of shows to watch - although may finish iZombie first. As its an anthology though, I may watch episodes when I want a break from episodes of one specific show as I can't binge watch shows.

@BAMozzy Black Mirror is great but not for everyone, some people just don't get it. The humour is pitch black and some episode are so surreal. There is a lot of swipes at modern life (especially social media which is probably why it resonated with me so well lol) and what it could become, in true Charlie Brooker style.