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The quality mark of David Simon continues, should be starting Season 2 soon.
Unlike Vinyl which totally failed to capture the era authentically The Deuce feels real and human, great performances throughout.
May David Simon and Co continue to enrich TV for many years to come, it's not Wire level but what TV series are?
I've never seen The Wire actually (one of very few, I guess!), and anything else by him for that matter. Will be interesting to see how things continue with The Deuce (on episode three right now). Like the pacing of the story so far.
Been meaning to check out Vinyl too, but haven't had the chance yet.
I seriously wouldn't bother with Vinyl, a squandered opportnity to do something within the music business, the potential was definitely there but it couldn't really decide what it wanted to be and then was thankfully put out of it's misery.
As for The Wire it's my favourite show of all time, it might not be your cup of tea but if you enjoy the pacing and style of The Deuce I can't see why you wouldn't get on with The Wire.
It takes patience though, the first time you watch Season 1 you have to give it a good few episodes to click but when it does if your like me it just grabs hold of you and won't let go.
It's like a great book you can't put down, I discovered it on DVD after the show had finished on HBO and I had it all finished within a month or 2.
Going back to it now is like revisiting an old friend, reaquainting yourselves with the characters and getting absorbed in it's world, to me it's a pure joy to watch.
Other shows have come along since and before it and I'd say only really Soprano's which was my favourite till I got hooked on The Wire is near it's brilliance.
Whereas Soprano's has great supporting characters but it's all really about Gandolfini and his portrayal of Tony Soprano. Whereas The Wire is a rich tapestry of characters, a real ensemble, yes it has it's regulars and some get more screen time than others but each one is drawn as living breathing realistic people and not a caricature in sight.
It's so much more than a Police drama, there's no kicking down doors and heroic shootouts, it's the day to day going ons of life in Baltimore. The futile war on drugs and the effects on the city and each of the 5 seasons of the show focus on a different aspect each time.
Simons's Treme about the after effect of Hurricaine Katrina is also worth a look but topping something like The Wire is something I think even Simon thinks is unlikely.
The fights are beyond excellent. Daredevil, of all the Marvel Netflix shows, remains the daddy of them all. I did love Luke Cage, however, and was saddened to see it canned. Didn't care for the other two, however.
Somehow, I'm not quite as against the new Magnum series as I am MacGyver, because it doesn't look like the re-boot screwed it up that much.
Regardless I still haven't seen it, so I'm sticking with the legend.
Home From the Sea-
Magnum gets knocked off his surf by a bunch of a$-h0les and must tread water for days awaiting rescue and avoiding sharks.
I believe Selleck kept that Rolex and it's the one he wears in the Jesse Stone tele-movies. I could be mistaken, though.
That bad, huh? The premise sure seems interesting, and it has Bobby Cannavale in the main cast. Oh well, they can't all be good I guess.
Might check out The Wire eventually. Not a show I'd typically watch, but The Deuce isn't necessarily either, but I do like period shows (60's/70's in particular).
Watched the first season of Sopranos years ago, but it wasn't for me. Will probably give it another go at some point.
I wonder what is next with Luke cage and Iron fist cancelled?
We still get a new season Jessica Jones and a Punisher, so that is something to look forward to.
hopefully Heroes For Hire!
Hmm. What can I say about this? Well it's certainly surreal, psychedelic and somewhat inventive. As the show - set in a dystopian parallel universe - unfolds in different environments and dimensions, it on occasion evokes memories of many other films and series, including Total Recall (90's version), Inception, Pulp Fiction, Westworld, LOTR, Heroes & even parts of OHMSS. At a surface level it's about an experimental drug trial which goes awry, but there is also a potentially more interesting layer which delves into the inner turmoil and psychological trauma of the two lead characters, played by Emma Stone and Jonah Hill. While both premises invite initial viewer curiosity, ultimately I wasn't entirely impressed by how either was explored or handled in this show.
Cary Fukunaga definitely brings a distinct mood setting visual style which really complements the narrative well, as he did with True Detective. He must be commended for this, because it draws the viewer in. However, I felt that the screenplay was a bit jumbled (perhaps intentionally, to mirror the disturbed minds of the protagonists?) and in the end came away a bit unfulfilled. I think it started off well, but perhaps needed a few more episodes to better explore the themes and ideas it initially sets up nicely (it could have been far more than it ended up being, is what I'm saying). Despite this, Emma Stone gives a great performance, as does Sally Field. Justin Theroux isn't bad either, but I wasn't all that impressed with Hill. The score by Dan Romer is another highlight.
One more thing: I feel tracking shots are overrated. I'd be happy if I don't see another one again.
I'm hoping the new Sabrina bucks this current disappointing trend of Netflix specials. Still, we have Narcos 4 to be released next month on November 16th, which I'm looking forward to.
I've yet to see the last season of Narcos, and must get to it soon in preparation for season 4.
Poor Robin Wright. After being consistently brilliant throughout every season, she was finally given her due promotion to lead after playing second fiddle for so long. And, somehow, they made an absolute bollocks of it. Eight episodes of stagnant, boring and monotonous rubbish. It was always going to be difficult pulling off a Spacey-less season, but it genuinely feels like they didn't even try.
On occasion, season six half-heartedly attempts to be empowering and talk about the patriarchy and give some kind of ham-fisted commentary on the privatisation of Government, but it continuously falls back on all the tropes that made the show such a chore to get through in the last couple of years; with misused returning characters and underwhelming new ones competiting for screentime.
For a season that was marketed as being the story of the woman finally holding all the power, the female characters remain shockingly written. Diane Lane does her best but is wasted on a subplot that is dramatically inert. A few characters get their stories wrapped up, albeit unconvincingly. The main crime here, though, is that the overall arc of the show is left unresolved and further highlights that the main thrust of the HOUSE OF CARDS story was Frank Underwood getting into power. It took two seasons for him to get it. Once that goal was accomplished, the show had very little idea of what it was *really* about. Lots of stuff happened in the following three seasons, but the bite was gone. Spacey was a strong enough performer that it was always watchable.
Now he's rightfully been pushed aside, the real life limitations leave an understandable impact on the story; but even with those limitations under consideration, Season 6 does nothing, and goes nowhere.
Robin Wright deserved better.
I'm not sure I'll bother with S6, I think it was at it's finest in the first 2 seasons but it still fell short of the original BBC series, there is only one FU and that is the late Ian Richardson.
Yes The Final Cut was a let down but I'll take House of Cards and To Play The King over all seasons of Netflix's HOC.
The problem is not all cases but most, U.S series don't know when to quit, this should have been done in 4 seasons but the last one was at times like pulling teeth.
With a third and final season to go David Simon & Company continue to deliver, the 2nd season of The Deuce built on the promise of the first season.
Compelling, dense and brilliantly written although not up there with The Wire it's probably the closest this team have got to that televisual masterpiece so far.
Excellent news, I'm guessing the second season is finally finished in full now? I saw the first two episodes, but stopped myself because I felt like waiting to binge through it in its entirety one weekend.
It finished here in the UK on Tuesday night, yes easily bingeable, loved it from the get go.
We started watching it last week so we could binge it within a week. You can tell this is from the same team as The Wire, has that same feel and look, total utter confidence in the story it is telling.
Indeed, I believe we discussed this about a month or so back, unless I'm getting you mixed up with somebody else because we also noted the similarities with The Wire. Can't wait to see the second season in full. I love that they've had this three season arc planned from the outset, too.
Possibly it was me I can't remember, totally agree they got the arc planned out and agreed on 3 seasons to tell the story.
Simon did exactly the same thing on The Wire, he said all they needed was 5 seasons to tell their story and thankfully they got them, I think only Treme got told to wind it up sooner.
So many series go on for too long and well past their sell by date. BB & BCS have a similar ethic, enough episodes to tell the story and then your out. Soprano's was the same, David Chase knew when to wrap that up.
The way The Walking Dead is going is utterly ridiculous, they have no plan to end it, just go on till it literally kills itself off.
I don't want to spoil anything, but the last 2 episodes have a lot of plot and action elements usually expected from the Bond franchise, but set in the 1920s.
In all fairness, the show was never structured with a true beginning/middle/end, it's about the day to day. The comics are much the same, though Robert Kirkman claims to have an ending in mind.
The way the show's going now, though, is an interesting angle that I feel's brought new life upon it. I'm also interested in where these upcoming TV movies will go.