TV Show recommendations

Started by Archie Mitchell, June 23, 2009, 11:32:19 PM

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brokencrossbar1

Quote from: Tony Baloney on July 04, 2026, 05:15:59 PM
Quote from: nrico2006 on July 04, 2026, 05:13:19 PMThe Agency season 2 definitely a level up from season 1.
Aye looks like season 1 was purely laying ground. Season 2 is very good so far - 6 episodes in.

The 2nd series was absolutely a lift on a very good 1st series. Fassbender is brilliant and the end of it is unreal. Series 3 well set up!!!

JimStynes

Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on July 19, 2026, 09:03:17 AM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on July 04, 2026, 05:15:59 PM
Quote from: nrico2006 on July 04, 2026, 05:13:19 PMThe Agency season 2 definitely a level up from season 1.
Aye looks like season 1 was purely laying ground. Season 2 is very good so far - 6 episodes in.

The 2nd series was absolutely a lift on a very good 1st series. Fassbender is brilliant and the end of it is unreal. Series 3 well set up!!!

Haven't bothered with it so far. I've watched the French original. Assuming it's just the exact same story line.

Armagh18

Quote from: lurganblue on July 07, 2026, 10:18:14 PMEnjoyed Dutton Ranch, although the last episode of the series wasn't that great IMO. All felt a bit disjointed
Yeah decent enough watch. Would be good to see a few more of the original characters (not Sheridan) make an appearance. Couldn't get into the Marshals spin off but might give it another chance.

Main Street

Quote from: JimStynes on July 19, 2026, 09:38:03 AM
Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on July 19, 2026, 09:03:17 AM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on July 04, 2026, 05:15:59 PM
Quote from: nrico2006 on July 04, 2026, 05:13:19 PMThe Agency season 2 definitely a level up from season 1.
Aye looks like season 1 was purely laying ground. Season 2 is very good so far - 6 episodes in.

The 2nd series was absolutely a lift on a very good 1st series. Fassbender is brilliant and the end of it is unreal. Series 3 well set up!!!

Haven't bothered with it so far. I've watched the French original. Assuming it's just the exact same story line.
Me having rated the French original as high as the sky I wasn't in a hurry to watch the US version. Regardless actors matter and in this one Fassbender is outstanding, he's the centre of every episode, magnetic. Richard Gere, smooth as teflon, unflappable. It is its own show, and can be enjoyed as that. I don't feel that there's any need to compare it to the original.
But if I was to compare :)  it's not in the same league as the French one. The amount of time something is explained out loud to a presumed dumber audience is frustrating, nuance is oft times absent without just cause.
And pound for pound re the character acting, only Fassbender who masterly carries the burden of his contradictions would be left standing.

lurganblue

Id a couple of flights to do there so I rattled through The Hawk on Netflix. Some of it is a bit shit, and weird... but I'd some laugh at many parts of it.