Suggestions, please.

Posted by Eudaimonia 10 years, 10 months ago to Entertainment
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Over dinner, my wife and I like to log into netflix and watch an episode of a television series.

But most series are the same, fair to great episodes at the beginning, then somewhere before the second season the progressive drum comes out and each episode is yet another excursion into social issues pontification land.

I was really getting into "House, M.D.", but then we got to the second season.

Can anyone suggest any television content on Netflix which actually wants to tell a damned story, not beat me over the head with the same tired sermons?

Thanks.


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  • Posted by Animal 10 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Ernie Kovacs was cast as the slimy con man Frankie Canon in the 1960 film "North to Alaska" with John Wayne and Stewart Granger, and he was brilliant in the part.

    He really did bring a large part of himself to every role he played; Robert Downey Jr. is the only current actor I can think of that does this in a similar manner.
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 10 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Meanwhile zombies are just part of the show's environment. Kinda like Obama speaking with a background of smiling (but definitely undead) human props.
    Oh, wow, did I just have a wicked thought! I'm thinking the opening line of the ultimate classic (that created the ghoul-type zombie) Night of the Living Dead. Substitute "They're coming to get you, Barbabra" with King Barry.
    I'm creating my own movie title now: The Attack of the Human Props. The theme: What libtards devolve into. The End? Think the Left Coast, sea water and lemmings.
    Maybe I'm on too much of a roll The last time I clowned here I got scolded. Got something I need to do. Bye!.
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  • Posted by mccannon01 10 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Well, Hiraghm, after reading most of this thread down to here, I think I'm in your corner regarding much of this. That is, when the Hollywood types start shoveling too much PC into a story line or screw around with historical events by injecting too much modern behavior (again late 20th century PC or history rewriting), I shut off the TV or change the channel. With that said, I'll vote for B5, Firefly, and Chuck (just started watching Chuck even though the series ended some time ago). Never saw Brimstone.
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  • Posted by Technocracy 10 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Then take a pass on it Hiraghm.

    Not trying to sell it to you, just answer your questions about it.
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  • Posted by mmb 10 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I mostly liked the music on Miami Vice, and the lighting and cinematography
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  • Posted by mmb 10 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I loved Earnie Kovacs and still miss him! Also love Firefly and the movie Serenity which cam from it.
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  • Posted by mmb 10 years, 10 months ago
    Now that I think of it we really enjoyed going through Morse, a detective in Oxford. We got those from Netflix then we got all of the Inspector Lewis series. Just rented The Railway Man from Netflix . Incredible.
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  • Posted by LetsShrug 10 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Me too. They buried those guns us know. Carol and T will show up and make some heads roll. My guess. :)
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  • Posted by mmb 10 years, 10 months ago
    Going back a bit, but I like Foyle's War Major Crimes, NCIS, Castle and a great show called The Middle.
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 10 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    LOL! Yeah, that well-organized new bad guy bunch put up signs inviting people to a happy place just to mess with them. Soon they'll learn they've bitten off way than they can chew. Looking forward to seeing how they get their butts kicked..
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 10 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I like Burn Notice. I turned against Castle when they had a storyline of US. soldiers trying to 'fake' a terrorist attack in order to renew fear of Moslems and interest in conducting the war.

    I've seen a few episodes of Suits, after having turned the channel on the pilot, and I'm liking it better than I did originally.
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 10 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    "Lots of graphic sex, however, if that bothers you. "

    You left out a word... "gratuitous"

    For me, this negates your earlier comment
    "Very authentic and well researched."
    Again, from the trailers and from what you describe... just another sticking modern people in classical Rome. No doubt the protagonists will have modern PC values, and the antagonists will have stereotypical "bad" (unPC) values.
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  • Posted by BradA 10 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    There are also some very recent rumors of a Babylon 5 reboot movie. Google it for more info.
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 10 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    It makes fun of the stereotypes of the homosexual "couple" with a kid? I don't want that. I want the real thing made fun of, not "stereotypes" of the real thing made fun of.

    Modern era "All in the Family" as far as I'm concerned.
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 10 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Saw a video review of Game of Thrones. Just looked like medieval porn to me.

    Again, "let's take modern people and put them in a medieval/fantasy setting!"
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 10 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    From the trailers, "Hell on Wheels" is very twisted history.

    "Hey, what if we took characters just like modern people and set them in the building of the railroad in the 19th century?"
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  • Posted by $ jbrenner 10 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Babylon 5's security chief was played by the very thoughtful radio talk show host, Jerry Doyle. Jerry is definitely libertarian, but I am not sure if he is Objectivist.
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  • Posted by freedomforall 10 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    One more comment... ok two comments.
    "no one on Babylon 5 is exactly what they appear"
    B5 is like a book that you can't put down. (You know which book, don't you?)
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  • Posted by BradA 10 years, 10 months ago
    No real order here ...
    Babylon 5 - Deeply philosophical and one of the first series that killed off major characters way before George RR
    Breaking Bad - Like B5 above, a masterpiece partly because of the planned story arc. Beginning, middle and end.
    Game of Thrones - as long as we're talking George RR
    The Prisoner (1960's series) - A psychological battle with lots of Objectivist content.
    Justified - The best written show currently on TV.
    Sons of Anarchy - Outlaws as capitalists.
    Person of Interest
    Ray Donovan
    Halt and Catch Fire

    Not sure which are available on Netflix.
    I also want to put a plug in for my favorite TV tracking site tvmuse.com Set up a free acount and it allows you to save and track all the shows you follow, including various ways to notify you when new episodes are out. For each episode, people post thoughts as well as streaming links. The site itself does not host or promote the links, more like friends sharing content, but that's a whole nuther topic.
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