Suggestions, please.
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.
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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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.
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!.
Not trying to sell it to you, just answer your questions about it.
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.
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.
Modern era "All in the Family" as far as I'm concerned.
Again, "let's take modern people and put them in a medieval/fantasy setting!"
"Hey, what if we took characters just like modern people and set them in the building of the railroad in the 19th century?"
"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?)
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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