2021 TV Watching.

"What could eat a shark of that size? Was it another large fish or... aliens?"

I've heard that Vietnam documentary was very good. It sounds epic!
 
It kind of reminds of the documentary I watched on the mysterious disappearance of a Great White Shark which had been fitted with a tracking device. What monster would be big enough to devour a shark of that size? Well, surprise surprise, it was a bigger shark. Talk about anticlimax.

I recently caught a riveting documentary on PBS America on the Vietnam war. It was in ten parts and each part lasted a couple of hours - some were more. I’ve never seen a more comprehensive study of this conflict and if it didn’t win any awards, it damn well should have.
I think that a Ken Burns' docu series. I loved it. So much of his stuff is rivetting even if you can see why before watching.
 
I think that a Ken Burns' docu series. I loved it. So much of his stuff is rivetting even if you can see why before watching.
You’re right. It was the Ken Burns documentary that I saw. Found the wiki page for it.


He also did one on country music. I’m not a big fan of that music style but I also found this series very watchable.
 
You’re right. It was the Ken Burns documentary that I saw. Found the wiki page for it.
He also did one on country music. I’m not a big fan of that music style but I also found this series very watchable.
Years ago I can remember spending one Xmas watching The Civil War. BBC4 and the Jazz series on a while ago. That was engrossing as well. And I got to see the one on Baseball. He even made that interesting to a Brit! :giggle:
 
Finished Season one of THE EXPANSE. It was good. Reminds me of the MUNDANE movement in SF.No FTL speed, no Aliens or Visitors,no out of Sol system travel.
 
For me, Tulip. I love the quirkiness and the humor and the action and the very, very weird characters. I might just see it again. Fourth time but what the hey?
 
Who is your favourite character and what you've liked about it?
I think what I like about it is the bizarre juxtapositions of Irish vampire, tough lady bank robber and preacher trying to save the world. It also has some pathos in the form of the good hearted but horribly mutilated Eugene and the looks of revulsion he is regularly subjected to. How many of us who consider ourselves enlightened might give him exactly the same look? The humour is incredibly dark and the story is (so far) strong. In some ways, I think watching Preacher is like holding a mirror up to ourselves and witnessing the darker sides of our humanity.

I think my favourite character is probably Cass, the vampire.
 
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I finished Maniac. I really wanted to like it more, but i just found it to be okay.

An excellent cast with great performances, (especially from Jonah Hill). I liked the aesthetic and the music was lovely.
 
I finished "The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel". The fourth episode is by far the most interesting, because it starts looking at the case (which was ultimately a sad, freak accident) from the angle of how the death was investigated, especially online. It becomes clear that people online wanted there to be a murder and, when the evidence showed that there wasn't one, just claimed that the police and coroner were part of a bigger conspiracy. And that ended up with an innocent man, who was in a different country at the time of the death, being accused of murder and attempting suicide.

The documentary wants to have its cake and eat it: it makes these points but only after it's done the salacious stuff. I won't go any further, but let's just say that this online conspiracy-finding mentality has ended up with millions of people in the "queue" to jump down the crazy rabbit hole. That, rather than whether someone was killed by ghosts, is genuinely disturbing. Ultimately a well-made programme, but not one I can recommend.
 
I finished Preacher season 4 and I really enjoyed it. One of the best series I’ve seen in a while. Highly recommended.

Now I just have to wait for my mum to finish Spiral season 8 before I grab it for myself. One of my better choices in life was to persuade her to give foreign series a chance and now she’s got a bigger collection of french and nordic noir DVDs than I have:)
 
Finished Season one of THE EXPANSE. It was good. Reminds me of the MUNDANE movement in SF.No FTL speed, no Aliens or Visitors,no out of Sol system travel.

I bought and watched Season 1 of "The Expanse" about a year ago. It was okay, but I cannot understand why so many people rave about it. Maybe it's because I really don't like stories that go on and on and on and on. I like TV shows where each episode is a complete story, like all the Star Trek episodes. If I have to tune next week to see what happens next, I feel like I'm being tricked into watching.
 
My last TV series had been Sherlock a few years back. Just started watching Lupin, the French crime series. "Inspired by the adventures of Arsène Lupin, gentleman thief Assane Diop sets out to avenge his father for an injustice inflicted by a wealthy family." (IMDB) There are some really good reviews on Rottontomatoes.
 
Thriller Hosted by Boris Karloff I love this show. :cool:
 
I bought and watched Season 1 of "The Expanse" about a year ago. It was okay, but I cannot understand why so many people rave about it.

I agree: people either seem to love or hate it, but I felt that it was... alright, really. Entertaining enough, but ultimately I couldn't get enthusiastic enough about it to watch the rest of it.
 

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