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Dept Q. Really enjoyed roughly the first 6 episodes, the last few wasn't up to the same standard as there were some really big plot holes but overall I thoroughly enjoyed it. The guy who played the lead detective was very good. Hope it see's a second series. It has a lot of potential if Netflix don't cancel it in favour of another reality dating show.
 
Love, Death + Robots

4 series, on Netflix. Loved it. Each episode (10-15 mins long) is a different story, different genre, different animation style including stop-motion, similar to Secret Level. Some of the episodes - a lot actually - left me really wanting more. Voice casting top notch just like Secret Level and really good production quality.

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Secret Level is on Amazon Prime and also involves Tim Miller and Blur Studios.

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Just watching season three of Slow Horses again cos I've forgot what happened
Not helped by the fact that there is an actor in it who plays a similar character in Gangs Of London
 
city2 said:
Department Q a Scottish series trouble is I have to put the subtitles on 2 episodes in and hooked.
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Yes, ST required for me too!
I've previously watched the Norwegian? version
which I really enjoyed, especially lead character, so it's difficult to compare the two
 
To be honest, I didn't even know there was a video game till I looked into the series a bit (I don't do video games). So that's not a factor. I like the main actor, Pedro Pascal. I thought he was one of the best things about Narcos.
I'll give it a go.
 
Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
To be honest, I didn't even know there was a video game till I looked into the series a bit (I don't do video games). So that's not a factor. I like the main actor, Pedro Pascal. I thought he was one of the best things about Narcos.
I'll give it a go.
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Just be aware the tone becomes disjointed and inconsistent as you get through the whole show... well, I felt that way.

That's the annoying part.
 
It's interesting about TV series, isn't it?
Not a few, I find I've been pretty dubious about them at the end of the first season. And a season can be anything between 6 and 12 episodes. So it's quite an investment in terms of your time (I'll willingly spend an evening listening to music, or reading). And in quite a few cases, I downright abandoned, never to go back again, i.e. Game of Thrones, The Wire. These are series that people positively raved about to me.
And I suppose people will come back on it and post “Oh no, no, you must watch that!”.
But in a fair number of cases, having been thoroughly unconvinced at the end of the first season (I always make it a rule to watch through an entire season, to give it a fair crack of the whip), I picked them up again, sometimes an entire year or two later, and got more and more into them. A case in point was The Leftovers, which left me cold (and confused) in the first season. I just thought, “Where the hell's this going?” In the end I was enthralled by it. Same with — take a deep breath — Breaking Bad! (That that was so was almost entirely due to the interplay between the characters, esp. Jesse, Walter and Gus. The drug stuff, as such, did not fascinate me too much).
I picked up West Wing again fully two years after I'd watched — and not been convinced by — the first season of it. In the end, I enjoyed it, although I had to get past the sheer Americanness of it (I suppose you could say, that's the point of it). I saw it through to the end, and wouldn't rave about it, but found it watchable. And by God that's a long trek, if you watch all seasons.
Most recent case of this phenomenon was The Expanse. Started watching it idly (because I'm paying for Amazon). Was not very convinced for quite a long time. Well into the second season. Then didn't want it to finish by the end.

By the way, if The Last of Us involves zombies, that's already quite a turn-off for me. What on earth is it, this thing between the world and the zombie obsession?! Sick of zombie movies, zombies series. And sick to death of mafia/drug baron films and movies. I pass on those two themes pretty much systematically.
I'll discipline myself to give Last of Us a try. But if there's any Michael Jackson “Thriller“ stuff, or versions of it, I'm out.

PS Never watched even one episode of The Sopranos (for reasons just given) but even I know “He never had the makings of a varsity athlete”! Which crops up everywhere, in all kinds of variations…
 
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Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
It's interesting about TV series, isn't it?
Not a few, I find I've been pretty dubious about them at the end of the first season. And a season can be anything between 6 and 12 episodes. So it's quite an investment in terms of your time (I'll willingly spend an evening listening to music, or reading). And in quite a few cases, I downright abandoned, never to go back again, i.e. Game of Thrones, The Wire. These are series that people positively raved about to me.
And I suppose people will come back on it and post “Oh no, no, you must watch that!”.
But in a fair number of cases, having been thoroughly unconvinced at the end of the first season (I always make it a rule to watch through an entire season, to give it a fair crack of the whip), I picked them up again, sometimes an entire year or two later, and got more and more into them. A case in point was The Leftovers, which left me cold (and confused) in the first season. I just thought, “Where the hell's this going?” In the end I was enthralled by it. Same with — take a deep breath — Breaking Bad! (That that was so was almost entirely due to the interplay between the characters, esp. Jesse, Walter and Gus. The drug stuff, as such, did not fascinate me too much).
I picked up West Wing again fully two years after I'd watched — and not been convinced by — the first season of it. In the end, I enjoyed it, although I had to get past the sheer Americanness of it (I suppose you could say, that's the point of it). I saw it through to the end, and wouldn't rave about it, but found it watchable. And by God that's a long trek, if you watch all seasons.
Most recent case of this phenomenon was The Expanse. Started watching it idly (because I'm paying for Amazon). Was not very convinced for quite a long time. Well into the second season. Then didn't want it to finish by the end.

By the way, if The Last of Us involves zombies, that's already quite a turn-off for me. What on earth is it, this thing between the world and the zombie obsession?! Sick of zombie movies, zombies series. And sick to death of mafia/drug baron films and movies. I pass on those two themes pretty much systematically.
I'll discipline myself to give Last of Us a try. But if there's any Michael Jackson “Thriller“ stuff, or versions of it, I'm out.

PS Never watched even one episode of The Sopranos (for reasons just given) but even I know “He never had the makings of a varsity athlete”! Which crops up everywhere, in all kinds of variations…
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Technically speaking, there are no zombies in The Last of Us. But some people might find the difference between zombies and what they are, as a bit minutia.
 
Any recommendations? Just finished Mobland, defo overhyped but was ok. I find myself rewatching Sopranos etc when I am stuck so hoping for something new
 
urban genie said:
Second season of Poker Face, again like the 1st a quirky columbo-eque comedy drama, an enjoyable time passer.
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The final episode of Poker Face about a heist going wrong with clips of Michael Mann's Heat (1995) interspersed throughout and finishing off with the Moby "God Moving Over the Face of the Waters" soundtrack ending the second series was pure chef's kiss for Heat fans.

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