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ChiCityHoops34 · Feb 16, 2016

Anyone else watching this OJ show on FX?

The acting is painfully bad and the Kardashian plug is unfortunate but I can't stop watching.

Kramer · Feb 17, 2016

I tried to but John Travolta was brutally bad.

I did catch the season premier of Better Call Saul, really enjoyed it.

Joel Goodson · Feb 17, 2016

Hulu's mini-series 11.22.63. Stars James Franco. Interesting premise. Based on Stephen King's book. Very good debut episode.

Sky's Stan Lee's Lucky Man. James Nesbitt as an anti-hero. Really good thus far.

Haven't watched Vinyl yet. With Scorcese and Terrance Winter on board, has to be good, amirite?

Better Call Saul is back, woohoo!

Ransom Stoddard · Feb 17, 2016

Joel Goodson said:
Hulu's mini-series 11.22.63. Stars James Franco. Interesting premise. Based on Stephen King's book. Very good debut episode.

Sky's Stan Lee's Lucky Man. James Nesbitt as an anti-hero. Really good thus far.

Haven't watched Vinyl yet. With Scorcese and Terrance Winter on board, has to be good, amirite?

Better Call Saul is back, woohoo!

Alternate history is big lately with this and The Man in the High Castle.

Really want to see Vinyl, don't have HBO.

Kramer · Feb 17, 2016

Enjoyed Vinyl, my rating 3.5 out of 5, not great but good. Andrew Dice Clay's character was bizarre.

The Man in the High Castle was kind of hard to watch for me, made me feel very uncomfortable.

Joel Goodson · Feb 17, 2016

Kramer said:
Enjoyed Vinyl, my rating 3.5 out of 5, not great but good. Andrew Dice Clay's character was bizarre.

The Man in the High Castle was kind of hard to watch for me, made me feel very uncomfortable.

Had high hopes for High Castle. Just ran out of steam for me by 4-5th episode. No affinity with the main characters.

IlliniRunIn07 · Feb 18, 2016

Caught a show on Netflix last night called "Occupation." Has anyone seen/heard of it? I hadn't heard a thing about it, but was suckered in to the lofty 4+star ranking Netflix gave it (just like recruiting). I really enjoyed the first episode.

Kramer · Feb 18, 2016

I am going to check out Occupied, thanks for the tip.

I watched a show called Hinterland from BBC, I enjoyed that.

ChiCityHoops34 · Feb 18, 2016

Kramer said:
I tried to but John Travolta was brutally bad.

I did catch the season premier of Better Call Saul, really enjoyed it.

If John Travolta is brutally bad what do you call David Schwimmer. Him as Robert Kardashian is some of the worst acting I've ever seen.

Yet I'm still glued to it each week no idea why.

Kramer · Feb 18, 2016

ChiCityHoops34 said:
If John Travolta is brutally bad what do you call David Schwimmer. Him as Robert Kardashian is some of the worst acting I've ever seen.

Yet I'm still glued to it each week no idea why.

Okay, him too.

Joel Goodson · Feb 18, 2016

Finally got around to watching Catastrophe (first 2 episodes). Very good.

Anyone seen Mad Dogs (beyond the pilot episode)? Really looking forward to season 2 of Bosch.

bdutts · Feb 20, 2016

Shane Walsh said:
As others have said, such a great series. I am looking forward to the return of TWD and Better Call Saul, which is really good too.

One more episode to go in season three of Breaking Bad. Awesome season.

cmore · Feb 20, 2016

Got caught up on the walking dead and am now binge watching SoA on Netflix. I like it so far.

Kramer · Feb 20, 2016

Joel Goodson said:
Finally got around to watching Catastrophe (first 2 episodes). Very good.

Anyone seen Mad Dogs (beyond the pilot episode)? Really looking forward to season 2 of Bosch.

My wife and I binged watched S1 of Catostrophe really enjoyed that show.

Mad Dogs is interesting and surprising events that take place. Doesn't one of the guys in the first episode have an Illini t-shirt on?

Joel Goodson · Feb 20, 2016

Kramer said:
My wife and I binged watched S1 of Catostrophe really enjoyed that show.

Mad Dogs is interesting and surprising events that take place. Doesn't one of the guys in the first episode have an Illini t-shirt on?

Shawn Ryan is the producer of MD and he has done great stuff (The Shield). Rockford native, FWIW. I think that was Michael Imperioli sporting the Illini shirt.

Kramer · Feb 20, 2016

Joel Goodson said:
Shawn Ryan is the producer of MD and he has done great stuff (The Shield). Rockford native, FWIW. I think that was Michael Imperioli sporting the Illini shirt.

Yep - I couldn't remember his name.

Joel Goodson · Feb 20, 2016

Kramer said:
Yep - I couldn't remember his name.

The Tequila guy or some other spirit guy or Tony's right hand man (guy). ;-)

Joel Goodson · Feb 22, 2016

Squat cobbler! Comedy gold from Better Call Saul. Funniest thing I've seen in a long time.

Kramer · Feb 23, 2016

IlliniRunIn07 said:
Caught a show on Netflix last night called "Occupation." Has anyone seen/heard of it? I hadn't heard a thing about it, but was suckered in to the lofty 4+star ranking Netflix gave it (just like recruiting). I really enjoyed the first episode.

You're right, it's very good. Well acted, production is good as well and it's getting better as it goes.

oldbutinterested · Feb 24, 2016

Joel Goodson said:
The Tequila guy or some other spirit guy or Tony's right hand man (guy). ;-)

does anyone remember him in Life on Mars? a series sometime ago. Had a pretty good cast. he was in it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_on_Mars_(U.S._TV_series)
also i really liked "Touching Evil" with the guy from Burn Notice. and "Life" a series with Damien Lewis as a cop given a large settlement for being falsely convicted and in prisoned All three good but cut short due to ratings etc.

Joel Goodson · Feb 24, 2016

oldbutinterested said:
does anyone remember him in Life on Mars? a series sometime ago. Had a pretty good cast. he was in it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_on_Mars_(U.S._TV_series)
also i really liked "Touching Evil" with the guy from Burn Notice. and "Life" a series with Damien Lewis as a cop given a large settlement for being falsely convicted and in prisoned All three good but cut short due to ratings etc.

Vague recollection of the former, big fan of the late, cut-way-too-soon Life. It's on Netflix. Give it a whirl, you won't be disappointed (especially with Lewis' partner).

Another show cut-way-too-soon was Terriers. Definitely worth a try, if you can find it.

oldbutinterested · Feb 25, 2016

Joel Goodson said:
Vague recollection of the former, big fan of the late, cut-way-too-soon Life. It's on Netflix. Give it a whirl, you won't be disappointed (especially with Lewis' partner).

Another show cut-way-too-soon was Terriers. Definitely worth a try, if you can find it.

Yes Some of the lords best work if i do say so
Sarah Shahi for those of you who have any interest.

Joel Goodson · Feb 25, 2016

oldbutinterested said:
Yes Some of the lords best work if i do say so
Sarah Shahi for those of you who have any interest.

haha (in my best lecher voice). Shahi is easy on the eyes (understatement) and her rack is absolutely sublime.

// lecher-mode

icengineer · Feb 25, 2016

oldbutinterested said:
Yes Some of the lords best work if i do say so
Sarah Shahi for those of you who have any interest.

I had never heard of the show or Shahi. Had to google her..

Definitely a Penelope Cruz vibe going on there!

Joel Goodson · Feb 25, 2016

icengineer said:
I had never heard of the show or Shahi. Had to google her.. Definitely a Penelope Cruz vibe going on there!

Good call. A Persian Penelope Cruz.

Life is on Netflix. Worth checking out. Alan Arkin is also in it. Good show. Was really pissed when it got cancelled. 'Course that led to Lewis availability for Homeland and season 1 was epic.

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