[ACT] What shows have you been watching?

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Is the forums wackadoodly for y'all too. I think I'm figuring it out though.

YES!!! You on Discord much?

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What disturbs me is having to subscribe to something new to get the latest season.

I alrady have Britbox at 8 bucks a month to get the really old pre-Y2K seasons.  I've restarted and have worked my way up to the 2nd Doctor.  Last episode I just finished was "Enemy of the World" where Colonel Lethbridge Stewart made his first appearance.  Now I'm watching the Yeti's controlled by "The Great Intelligence".  Funny how they resurrect old themes.

Then for the up-to and including Whittaker post Y2K Doctors I have the Max service.  But that came with my cable subscrption.

Now I find out I need to subscribe to Disney to get the latest.  What is that, another 8 bucks a month?   (And will Dr. Who come with the basic bundle or do I need a better one?)

I really love a lot of the First Doctor storylines. I really want to turn one into a one-shot RPG session. The name doesn't come to me offhand, but where they go get the keys to complete it. Perfect for a one-shot.

I'm just hoping that all NHL hockey goes to Prime so I can cancel my cable. $150-160 bucks a month just so I can watch a couple hockey games a week.

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Started watching:

SPY x FAMILY on Netflix (we dropped down to the version with commercials) and it's been good entertainment for my wife and my mom and I even enjoy it so we watch it with meals.

Looking forward to the second season of TULSA KING.

HAGANAI: I DON'T HAVE MANY FRIENDS is a guilty pleasure.

We also started watching ALL IN THE FAMILY since my millennial wife has no idea what it is.

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You have a wife? I never even knew you were sick!

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You have a wife? I never even knew you were sick!

It's a second try which has been far better than the first. Not a sequel, not a new season; it's a whole new series.

Enjoying the heck out of Mobland.

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Also been watching Better Call Saul.

Well, I finally really dive into BCS and, it's very good when I want something with an even feel. Without the exciting changes you see when paint dries.

I do enjoy Mike's story so in a way it's a bait and switch for me. Jimmy I could care less about until he gets on a bus and cracks heads. Mike is imo, the most interesting character.

I've just started Season 4.

Every time my wife oasses by and sees me watching it she asks "When is he going to start killing Russian monsters?"

Anyway. I guess a small part of me feels I need to be punished so on to the next episode. Maybe there will be more of Jimmy walking or sitting and staring.

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Wait, there's monsters in that show? I haven't watched any of BCS or BB. But maybe I misunderstood what the shows were about.

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The long takes/scenes are what made Better Call Saul work for me. I should use a Jimmy example, like the forging of the contract, but the scene of Mike tearing the car apart looking for something, taking three to five minutes screen time, finding nothing, telling the crew at the junkyard to trash the car, pausing, "Wait," going back to the gar and finding the tracker Fring's men had placed in the gas cap make the discovery more earned than a two-five second shot of Mike poking at the engine, another couple second shot of Mike looking at the under carriage, maybe a third short shot checking the glovebox, then unscrewing the gas cap. We see the time and effort being put in and the reward feels justified, as well as giving the viewer insight to the character.

Since you mentioned buses, let's go ahead and use a Jimmy example: Jimmy on the bus heading to Louisiana. Jimmy writes a letter. He then gets a different pen, holding it in an awkward manner, and writes another letter. Cut and Jimmy has other people on the bus, writing letters, and time is spent with Jimmy chiding or praising the writing efforts. Again, a scene that could have been established in thirty seconds or less, but took far longer, made the payoff feel earned and showed us more about the character.

I enjoyed Better Call Saul more than Breaking Bad. And I really liked Breaking Bad. Two of the best series in television. Yes, even better than The Prisoner, Twin Peaks, I Love Lucy, and Green Acres.

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Starting the third season of Shield Hero, Rewatched all of John Cleese's Hold the Sunset partially because I love it but also because it makes my mom laugh.

Finally got the dubbed version of Frieren and am now enjoying it. I hated the subtitled version. It starts as the great epic campaign climax was successful for an adventuring party, As everyone but the Elf settles down and deals with how the long life of an Elf effects how they see things. The great adventure being a blip in their life but the friendships made.....

Of course the new season of Rick & Morty which while still fun is a watered down shell of what it once was. SEASON 8 feels like fanfiction.

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Andor season two. I am sad. Sad that Star Wars hasn't had anything this good in almost half a century.