TV shows you most recently finished watching

The Queen's Gambit. Rather enjoyable, and glad I watched it and only 7 episodes. I must admit I got a bit 'chessed' out by the end though. Unlikely to be any further series too.

Commercials, how old school. I subscribe to various streaming services with no commercials.

I hardly ever watch commercials. I mostly watch streaming services, and a couple I PVR and skip the commercials (HBO, BBC, Channel 4, Prime, Netflix, Britbox, Showtime, FX and others have put out or shown so much great content for my tastes). A lot of wonderful specialty channels and streaming services without commercials (I'm not that big on typical North American network type TV, and used to favour PBS from the US, just had to endure those telethons).

Some of my favourites showing in the last decade have been Fargo, Twin Peaks: the Return, Utopia (the Channel 4 version, not the remake), Les Revenants, The Bridge, Westworld season one, Les Revenants, Black Mirror, Inside No. 9, Chernobyl, The Kingdom, In the Flesh, Misfits (started in 2009), American Gods, The Third Day, and I did love the Good Omens adaptation.... So many more. And I loved the documentary series on Netflix, Wild, Wild Country and various science and nature docs.

I have thought of this past decade as a golden age of TV shows. There is now room for so much niche programming, and shows are now being given the kind of acclaim that film held. EDIT: And a big plus is that now there's so much content readily available from around the globe if one subscribes to services. It feels like an overload at times. nd with so many options across the various streaming services I have, it can be overwhelming that there is very much available on demand. And a lot of it won't appeal to me, and at some times I feel like there is nothing I want to watch (or can't find the right thing I'm in the mood for, though that has led to some good surprises). The possibility for more niche programing to fit less mainstream tastes has been one of the big pluses for me, and to watch it all commercial free.

If it weren't for eye issues, I might still be reading novels as much as I used to (that used to be my main source of entertainment).

Edited by Logan - December 28 2020 at 16:23

Logan wrote: I finished season two of His Dark Materials. I started on Zoo before, but should return to it (I went into a non-show, non film phase for quite some time). So much to watch and so few brain cells is my story.

^ other way round in less you are literally comparing the respective fortunes then I'm not sure 

Logan wrote: I recently binged the first (and only so far) season of a Japanese sort of sci-fi thriller live action show based on a manga called Alice in Borderland on Netflix. I look forward to season two.

Same here. Binged it last week. I enjoyed it.

JD wrote: Finished season 2 of Succession last night. The "F#@k you and your whole family" narrative continues.

Pennyworth has just started back up. I've got 3 in the queue. We try not to watch a series till we have a full season for the most part. Once we're invested...we want the whole enchilada.

mathman0806 wrote: Watched first season of Truth Seekers on Amazon Prime. Good to see Nick Frost and Simon Pegg together again. At 20-30 minute episodes, it makes for a quick watch.

Edited by richardh - January 03 2021 at 02:12