What TV series are you currently watching?

[DavidW]

I finished a pretty darned good mystery last night, perhaps I should sub to amc+ and watch Happy Valley.

[SimonNZ]

[JBS]

I read all the books, but never managed to see most of the shows.
Apparently your set doesn't work on American players. The US version is

[DavidW]

S9 completed... not a dull moment!  Loved every episode, it might be the absolute zenith of the show.

[DavidW]

Apparently your set doesn't work on American players.

Ah if you owned the Oppo 981 it does!  Magnificent player, it was region free and could convert pal to ntsc on the fly.  I used it to watch Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes well before they came to the US.  Probably not importantly or relevant in 2024 but I can nostalgically remember.

[steve ridgway]

Ah if you owned the Oppo 981 it does!  Magnificent player, it was region free and could convert pal to ntsc on the fly.  I used it to watch Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes well before they came to the US.  Probably not importantly or relevant in 2024 but I can nostalgically remember.

Do people simply buy multiple DVD players and set them to different regions?

[VonStupp]

Class (2016)

Another Doctor Who spinoff.
VS

[Roy Bland]

[George]

Fargo Season 5 - finally got to see this over the last few days. Superb season! Ole Munch was awesome and the other cast did an excellent job.

[DavidW]

Do people simply buy multiple DVD players and set them to different regions?

No the point is that the Oppo played everything. The exact opposite of needing multiple players.

[drogulus]

No the point is that the Oppo played everything. The exact opposite of needing multiple players.

    I have no need for a multiregion player because I don't play discs, but in any case I shouldn't get one because the rumor is they might not be able to rip SACDs like a normal one, and ripping those is why I would get an Oppo (probably a 103).

     I just started Dark Forest, a German cops 'n crime show on MHZ, which is available on Prime for a monthly fee. I find it to be the best streaming option in the local frame of reference. 

[Karl Henning]

Granted, it's there in the title, but now and then, watching an episode of Mission:Impossible, I think, "this improbable element wouldn't work in real life, would it?" But, of course, that's part of the entertainment. 

[ritter]

Watched Feud: Capote vs. The Swans.



Very disappointing, I must say.

As some critics have pointed out, how can an eight episode mini-series based on such alluring material (a famed author, New York high society in the 60s and 70s, with some of the best-dressed women and most admired socialites in the world, a famous scandal, etc.) and with a distinguished cast and directors (Gus van Sant directs most of the episodes) turn out to be such a bore? The story does not really develop well, and Truman Capote (brilliantly played by Tom Hollander) is a thoroughly unpleasant character (which he must have been in real life, because he's always depicted like that). Naomi Watts is truly excellent as the legendary Babe Paley, while the other "Swans" (Diane Lane as Slim Keith, Chloë Chevigné as C. Z. Guest, and Calista Flockhart as Lee Radziwill) are nowhere near the same level, but still fine.

The famous La Côte Basque restaurant where many scenes take place and whose name was used in the title of the chapter (of Capote's incomplete, posthumous novel Answered Prayers) that was published in Esquire magazine and triggered the falling out between the author and his "Swans", is well recreated, but appears slightly sanitised compared to my recollection of the magic the place exuded (I ate their two or three times with my parents in the early 80s).

[AnotherSpin]

[DavidW]

What a great end to a great doctor. While not nearly as good as the previous season, it was still good and the finale was one of the best I've seen.

[DavidW]

Oh I almost forgot season 4:



Good, not great.  I watched it with my parents and my Mother said something really on point, which is that the show has forgotten the premise that made it special... which is that everyone overlooks Dodds while he puts esoteric clues together and researches odd things and then abruptly solves the mystery.  I think I agree with that.  I still like the characters and their chemistry, but the show has definitely drifted.

[DavidW]

Doctor Who season 11... it was not good.  I bailed on it. 

Season 12 was WAY BETTER.  Chibnall is much better at writing serials than one offs.  I don't like the reveal, I think it was stupid.  But the arc was satisfying and put together and paid off far better than the Pandoricum Opens.  Honestly the season is way better than imdb ratings would lead you to believe.  It seems like the audience just turned against Chibnall.  He seems to have a real talent for the longer story arcs and just not the monster of the week (the format for season 11), so I am excited for season 13 which is one long adventure.



And also the Master just kills in this season!  That actor really brought his A game to the role.

[NumberSix]

Current series of Doctor Who just  finished, and The Acolyte only has a few weeks left.

Not sure what backstock I'm going to watch next. Need to get around to Fallout and Picard. And a bunch of stuff on Apple — Silo, Physical, the Brie Larson one, etc. And some Hulu stuff. Ugh. So many shows, so little time.

[NumberSix]

Doctor Who season 11... it was not good.  I bailed on it. 

Season 12 was WAY BETTER.  Chibnall is much better at writing serials than one offs.  I don't like the reveal, I think it was stupid.  But the arc was satisfying and put together and paid off far better than the Pandoricum Opens.  Honestly the season is way better than imdb ratings would lead you to believe.  It seems like the audience just turned against Chibnall.  He seems to have a real talent for the longer story arcs and just not the monster of the week (the format for season 11), so I am excited for season 13 which is one long adventure.



And also the Master just kills in this season!  That actor really brought his A game to the role.

Glad to hear you liked 12. I bailed after 11. The only thing I watched from the Chibnall era after that was the finale, which I did enjoy.

I did buy all of it on Amazon streaming at some point, from series 11 through to the 13th Doctor's finale, so it's just waiting for me to give it a watch.

[San Antone]

Lie to Me



In Season One, Cal (Tim Roth) heads up a private agency contracted by the FBI, local police, law firms, corporations, and private individuals when they hit roadblocks in their searches for the truth. Joining him are a variety of experts in the field of behavioral evaluation: Dr. Gillian Foster (Kelli Williams) is a gifted psychologist and Cal's professional partner, a woman whose guidance Cal needs, whether he knows it or not; Will Loker is Cal's lead researcher, and he is so aware of the human tendency to lie that he has decided to uncomplicate matters and practice what he terms "radical honesty": he says everything on his mind at all times. Ria Torres, the newest member of the team, arrives at the truth differently by acting more on instinct and using her natural, less-studied ability to read body language and catch certain clues that Cal's other pledges may miss. Lie To Me probes how people can deceive themselves just as easily as they deceive others, and explores the idea that there is nothing more revealing than when we choose to tell the truth and when we decide to lie.