What are we watching now?

[DrewJD82]

I am betting his brother (who from what I read has changed his name and been hiding in plain sight for decades) is probably not too excited about this resurgence of activity

The victim’s families (who are victims in their own right) are pissed about it, too. Apparently they weren’t informed it was going to be happening and have been very vocal about how this just makes them re-live everything. In that aspect, I feel terrible for watching but at the same time, the crimes themselves are secondary to me because I’m more interested in the psychology behind it all.

I can absolutely understand their stance and that’s quite sh*tty.

 

[JiveTurkey]

The victim’s families (who are victims in their own right) are pissed about it, too. Apparently they weren’t informed it was going to be happening and have been very vocal about how this just makes them re-live everything. In that aspect, I feel terrible for watching but at the same time, the crimes themselves are secondary to me because I’m more interested in the psychology behind it all.

I can absolutely understand their stance and that’s quite sh*tty.

Very tough to relive indeed. Ugh.

 

[Fireproof]

is Breaking Bad worth going through. I never saw a single episode of that so i don’t know anything about it.

Oh absolutely. First episode might leave you thinking “what?” But push through - I was hooked by the 3rd/4th or so…

 

[Whizzinby]

Watched episode two of the prime LOTR series. My 10yo son seems to like it so I think I’ll persist watching one a week.

I powered through the first 7 episodes of the Sopranos over the last few days. Like revisiting old friends. Trying to rush it to seasons 2/3 which from what I recalled were the high water mark for the show.

Need to add Dahmer to my list.

 

[la szum]

is Breaking Bad worth going through. I never saw a single episode of that so i don’t know anything about it.

Me either. Where have we been.

 

[Whizzinby]

Me either. Where have we been.

I’ve started it twice. Once got through about 3 episodes, the second time about 7 or 8. It’s good, but I think my problem is just knowing in the back of my head “Only 73 more episodes to go!” so I preemptively quit before my commitment waivers.

The Wire is only 4-5 seasons, but I’ve started and stopped that shit three times. (And its excellent! lol) I don’t think I have it in me to start a fourth time knowing I need to restart from scratch and will have to watch 5-6 vaguely familiar episodes from previously aborted attempts before I get to something new.

Says the guy 8 episodes in to a complete rewatch attempt of the Sopranos.

 

[Bob Zaod]

Two big shows that I made it about 8 minutes into the first episode were Lost and GOT.

 

[Justincase]

is Breaking Bad worth going through. I never saw a single episode of that so i don’t know anything about it.

Dude...."Breaking Bad has been nominated for 248 and has won a total of 92 industry awards since premiering in 2008; it entered the Guinness World Records in 2014 as the most critically acclaimed show of all time."

It's totally worth watching....then watch "Better call Saul".

 

[DrewJD82]

In no particular order-

Lost
Breaking Bad
Better Call Saul

My 3 favorite shows. Lost totally f*cks up at random points as far as continuinity/answering questions but there was so much going on that kept me drawn in. I‘ve watched it 3x all the way through, for the most part and love it more each time. If I could live anywhere in the world, it’d be the island.

Breaking Bad took me a good 4-6 times of watching the first couple episodes before I really got into it. It doesn’t grab you immediately but once the show really starts (basically when Walt and Jesse meet) it sucks you right in. It’s interesting hearing people talk about it and Walter White now, because when it was airing it was “He’s the bad guy you grow attached to” and now it seems people are going with the “he was vile and had everything coming to him” and Better Call Saul isn’t very different.

The writing and acting in both those shows is top notch. There’s only one episode of BB that I felt was filler (The Fly episode) and I actually had the same issue starting Better Call Saul as I did BB. Once you get to know the characters a bit, especially Saul, it’s hard not to love the show. I’m often on the fence about shows that take 4-5 episodes to ‘get it’, but even those early episodes take on a different meaning once you know more about the characters.

 

[the swede]

Dude...."Breaking Bad has been nominated for 248 and has won a total of 92 industry awards since premiering in 2008; it entered the Guinness World Records in 2014 as the most critically acclaimed show of all time."

It's totally worth watching....then watch "Better call Saul".

Well then… it’s settled. Thanks

 

[Justincase]

In no particular order-

Lost
Breaking Bad
Better Call Saul

My 3 favorite shows. Lost totally f*cks up at random points as far as continuinity/answering questions but there was so much going on that kept me drawn in. I‘ve watched it 3x all the way through, for the most part and love it more each time. If I could live anywhere in the world, it’d be the island.

Breaking Bad took me a good 4-6 times of watching the first couple episodes before I really got into it. It doesn’t grab you immediately but once the show really starts (basically when Walt and Jesse meet) it sucks you right in. It’s interesting hearing people talk about it and Walter White now, because when it was airing it was “He’s the bad guy you grow attached to” and now it seems people are going with the “he was vile and had everything coming to him” and Better Call Saul isn’t very different.

The writing and acting in both those shows is top notch. There’s only one episode of BB that I felt was filler (The Fly episode) and I actually had the same issue starting Better Call Saul as I did BB. Once you get to know the characters a bit, especially Saul, it’s hard not to love the show. I’m often on the fence about shows that take 4-5 episodes to ‘get it’, but even those early episodes take on a different meaning once you know more about the characters.

A "criminal" lawyer

 

[JiveTurkey]

The Wire is awesome. So is Oz; if you are ok with prison drama (and all that comes with that )

 

[Sleezy E]

 

[mbenigni]

The Wire is awesome. So is Oz; if you are ok with prison drama (and all that comes with that )

I never made it too far into The Wire. (It had aged a bit; I really should get back to it.) But it has a great actor in common with an unabashed "high end soap opera" called The Affair which I would recommend.

And speaking of prison drama, there was a limited series called "The Night Of" a few years back which I absolutely loved.

 

[JiveTurkey]

I never made it too far into The Wire. (It had aged a bit; I really should get back to it.) But it has a great actor in common with an unabashed "high end soap opera" called The Affair which I would recommend.

And speaking of prison drama, there was a limited series called "The Night Of" a few years back which I absolutely loved.

McNulty......


Before running around the house yelling "Gabagool" Tony style all day long; I ran around the house yelling "McNulty" in the captains voice.

 

[mbenigni]

The victim’s families (who are victims in their own right) are pissed about it, too. Apparently they weren’t informed it was going to be happening and have been very vocal about how this just makes them re-live everything. In that aspect, I feel terrible for watching but at the same time, the crimes themselves are secondary to me because I’m more interested in the psychology behind it all.

I can absolutely understand their stance and that’s quite sh*tty.

I just started watching this a few nights ago - after bouncing off Brand New Cherry Flavor for the second time. (In fairness, I hadn't even made it through the first episode yet.)

I heard the Dahmer thing was somewhat divisive, but hadn't heard why. I'm also a sucker for true crime stuff, anything with a documentary/ "true story" angle, period pieces... And Evan Peters has become a comfortably familiar presence (perhaps ironically, in this context) after so many seasons of AHS. So yeah, I'm one episode in; not really sure whether it's "good" or not, or what that would even mean here. I feel like I already know the character profile, having seen enough documentaries about similar characters, so I don't really know what I stand to learn. More curious to see how the production and performances play out, I suppose. Which does, admittedly, seem like a morbid indulgence if it's hard on families of victims.

 

[Fireproof]

There’s a couple of WTF moments in Brand New Cherry Flavor that‘s fun To experience, LOL. But it’s a strange show for sure.

So far, we are enjoying Dahmer. Just 2 episodes in, but Evan Peters is great in it!

 

[the swede]

So far, we are enjoying Dahmer. Just 2 episodes in, but Evan Peters is great in it!

need to see that. I just saw the Investigation Discovery documentary. His father talked a bit in the documentary and I just felt for him, seem such a nice old man and from what i can interpret a good father. But they touched a little on a divorce that Dahmer didn’t take too well, and also the part about his mother having pregnancy problems with epilepsy. Apparently they gave her a lot of medicines… one has to wonder. They say people can be born with evil latent in the genes or whatever, but medicating a pregnant woman with heavy epilepsy medicines…. Yeeez… but I suspect it’s different today.
On a philosophical and half religious point of view… was it nature protesting about the child that was coming to the world? Maybe he wasn’t meant to be… but medicine saved him early on… or damaged him. Wtf…
All I know, Dahmers statements about everything gave me cold chills and kept me awake longer that night.

 

[JiveTurkey]

need to see that. I just saw the Investigation Discovery documentary. His father talked a bit in the documentary and I just felt for him, seem such a nice old man and from what i can interpret a good father. But they touched a little on a divorce that Dahmer didn’t take too well, and also the part about his mother having pregnancy problems with epilepsy. Apparently they gave her a lot of medicines… one has to wonder. They say people can be born with evil latent in the genes or whatever, but medicating a pregnant woman with heavy epilepsy medicines…. Yeeez… but I suspect it’s different today.
On a philosophical and half religious point of view… was it nature protesting about the child that was coming to the world? Maybe he wasn’t meant to be… but medicine saved him early on… or damaged him. Wtf…
All I know, Dahmers statements about everything gave me cold chills and kept me awake longer that night.

If you watch the show; you get a different sense of what I always thought was the family's vibe. The dad gets him into taxidermy (because he's not obviously warped as is) and the mom is nuts and leaves him. They both leave him alone to his own devices for what seems like months at a time. They both hate each other on top of that and don't make any attempt to hide it in front of him. It's not what I always read when it was going on.

 

[the swede]

If you watch the show; you get a different sense of what I always thought was the family's vibe. The dad gets him into taxidermy (because he's not obviously warped as is) and the mom is nuts and leaves him. They both leave him alone to his own devices for what seems like months at a time. They both hate each other on top of that and don't make any attempt to hide it in front of him. It's not what I always read when it was going on.

Seems like a lot was left out of the ID documentary… understandable as it was all condensed down to 2 hours and focused on the actual crimes and police investigation.
Will see the show.