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Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - (2013 show)

2016-11-17

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2364582/
https://abc.com/shows/marvels-agents-of-shield
FIXME - link an archive: marvel.com/tv/show/190/marvels_agents_of_shield

Agents with a formerly-secret worldwide law-enforcement organization work to safeguard the world from the lesser challenges now too-frequent for superheroes alone.

Good enough, although so far it's one of these episodic shows which has a new problem every episode.

I watched three episodes and liked it, but I took a long break and watched a fourth and couldn't figure anything out or get interested again. I can't recommend this except for those who are heavily hooked on those first few episodes and who intend to properly binge-watch it all.

S.H.I.E.L.D. - Strategic Homeland Intervention Enforcement and Logistics Division

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The Americans - (2013 show)

2016-08-02

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2149175/
https://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/the-americans

Set during the Cold War, a Soviet spy husband and wife do spy stuff in the United States.

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The Night Manager - (2016 show)

2016-07-01

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Entertainment > Television >

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1399664/
https://www.amc.com/shows/the-night-manager
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03g13rt

A dude begins his career as a night manager for some place somewhere but gets used by British intelligence to act against an arms dealer.

Fairly decent, but I suspect it's only because this is another show with a British accent being thrown around carelessly.

Based on The Night Manager (1993 book), by John le Carré

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Archer - (2009 show)

2016-06-09

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Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1486217/
https://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/archer

A spy does spy stuff, drinks, hits on women and makes a jackass of himself while being surprisingly competent.

A fun, light, series which has a whole lot of laugh-out-loud moments.

Though I've seen it all, I didn't begin taking notes until later on.

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The Blacklist - (2013 show)

2016-02-14

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Note to self - avoid cliffhangers: watch more when it's part way into the next season.

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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.

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The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - (1964 show)

2016-01-04

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TODO - There are other media related to this universe, and I'm not sure what order to watch them in.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964-1968) poster

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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.

Alternately called The Man From Uncle.
United Network Command for Law and Enforcement

To Trap a Spy - (1964 movie) is a film of the pilot episode.
TODO - The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
TODO - Research for all related media.

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Agent X - (2015 show)

2016-01-04

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3499120/

Article Two, "section five" of the United States Constitution is unveiled to the vice president, who keeps it secret and uses it as a leverage for extrajudicial power using one agent and a dude in her basement.

A mediocre show. It started episodic with no story arc, but then grew a weak one.