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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3032476/
https://www.amc.com/shows/better-call-saul–1002228
A down-and-out semi-lawyer bumbles around his life, trying to make ends meet.
After an entire season I still don’t feel anything for this show.
This show is a spinoff for a character from Breaking Bad – (2008 show)
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2741602/
https://www.nbc.com/the-blacklist
A bad guy blackmails the good guys because he likes this one good girl.
My impression from the first few episodes was:
Seems “ok”. Unless this has a more interesting story-arc, I won’t consider this particularly good. The predictable and episodic nature of television bores the shit out of me. It makes a series only valuable only the course of multiple episodes and individual episodes become the shit I have to slog through.
My later impression, from the end of the second season:
Characters were slow and stiff until they were developed more fully. When they were, a broader story arc took hold, making this show quite a bit more interesting.
My final impression:
It gets repetitive and annoying.
Avoid cliffhangers: Watch more when it’s part way into the next season.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2431438/
https://www.netflix.com/title/80025744
A guy goes mad and has visions, except they’re real people.
Decent, with occasional awesomeness between cringeworthy moments of “let’s see if we can put this shit in a show”. Oh, and it’s no wonder, it’s from “The Wachowskis”. I’m just going to let this die.
See also:
(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0352045/
Stuck at a dead-end job, a guy ignores his girlfriend’s nagging until she uses an old high school enemy to push his buttons.
I’m really really happy this series didn’t get approval. This pilot is a steaming pile of shit. It has nothing to do with Clerks – (1994 movie) and so it cannot build on its mystique, and it isn’t even particularly original or interesting on its own.
Properly titled Clerks. (with a trailing period) or more sensibly Clerks: The TV Show
(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374455/
https://mgm.com/television/stargate-atlantis
A stargate is shown to connect to another galaxy, but the trip proves to be one-way and fraught with new evils.
Fairly good, I guess. It’s definitely not as good as Stargate SG-1 – (1997-2007 show) but is a mandatory view if you like that show.
TODO – There are other media related to this universe, and I’m not sure what order to watch them in.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057765/
A pair of secret agents do secret agenty-stuff.
Seems great so far.
United Network Command for Law and Enforcement
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4206804/
After a stitched-together corpse is found, it is determined that children have been going missing.
Featuring a Sean Bean who is restrained from acting, this plodding may as well-be documentary features people with an English accent doing stuff and caring about things. It is neither captivating nor even interesting.
Inspired by Frankenstein – (1818 book), by Mary Shelley
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118480/
https://mgm.com/television/stargate-sg-1
https://www.stargatecommand.co/
Having discovered an interplanetary teleporter, humans bumble around by sending teams through to other worlds.
Pretty good. It’s definitely got the “TV series” feel to it, which explains how many seasons there are.
See Stargate viewing order. This series follows from Stargate – (1994 movie)
The stylized “A” in the title (with the middle bar missing and the circle over it) is a reference to that symbol representing the Earth when programming a stargate.
TODO – I haven’t started watching this yet, but it’s next up for a quick peek.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2802850/
https://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/fargo
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4258440/
A detective is haunted with hallucinations that include his dead partner, who was killed under mysterious circumstances.
I think some would find this movie slow and boring, and I did at first, but it very quickly revealed a depth and character that I haven’t seen in any television show before and I doubt I will again.
This isn’t a classic cop-and-mystery show. All I can say is give this a good chance, at least until the end of the second episode.
