English TV series discussion
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hotshot05
Skilled
You can watch Person of Interest and Castle (they deviate a bit with love story angle "will they / won't they" from S5 onwards. But the mysteries are still enjoyable. Last season was crap though)
If you want to watch action adventure show, you can check out Burn Notice. The cast was mad cap in that. Once Jesse appears in Season 3 or 4, it becomes even more fun.
Strike Back is a Starz show which is out and out guns blazing stuff. Upto S5, they have the same leading actors. They returned for S6 onwards with an all new cast. Did not watch after S5, so don't know how good/bad the rest of the seasons are. (Also it is a Starz show. So do not see it with your parents or children ;-) )
Homeland is great. Though after S5, I have not seen it as I felt it was faltering. S4 was the best of the series (our Lunchbox girl was there as an ISI big shot in that season. And she killed it)
Mentalist and Stranger Things got me binging. Castle starts of well but then deteriorates. The leads had increasing issues off screen and it reflected on screen. I gave up midway.
Burn Notice is good fun with Bruce Campbell. Leverage is also pretty good if you can suspend belief.
Has anyone watched Resident Alien with Alan Tudyk ?
Burn Notice is good fun with Bruce Campbell. Leverage is also pretty good if you can suspend belief.
Has anyone watched Resident Alien with Alan Tudyk ?
@raksrules "Pawn Stars" & "Storage wars" on History TV18. Most shows on Travel XP HD.
raksrules
Elite
Thanks for the suggestions. And I have seen both but also hate them. I am ok to download and watch. Like Masterchef Australia I saw on hotstar and such.
xkcd0137
Adept
The Expanse 7/10
Westworld 9/10
The man in the High Castle 8/10
Deathnote 10/10
The Boys 7/10
raksrules
Elite
Something that is bothering me right now and I feel it is more of click and bait. In Netflix Menu, Black Mirror Tile is showing as some couple kissing. I feel that is unnecessary and doesn't even reflect what the show is. Feels more like a click baity thing to me.
xkcd0137
Adept
Udai025
Recruit
Lol, IDK. Maybe it is about the dating episode or could be something else. Generally Netflix is known for messing with suggestions tile when it comes to series info. so it could be a different still from one of the episodes or it could be some issue with the app.
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raksrules
Elite
Udai025
Recruit
Oh, this cover art image is from black mirror striking vipers, it's just a mediocre episode from otherwise a great series.
xkcd0137
Adept
DeathNote series (not the movie)
Some more please
xkcd0137
Adept
Death Note is a very engaging series with around 30 episodes. It will take her some time to grasp the whole thing.
Other recommendation can be Planet Earth and Cosmos (Carl Sagan and Neil deGrasse Tyson both). The Expanse 1st 3 seasons are good too, but it has a few adult scenes here and there. If she is into Marvel universe or Star Wars then WandaVision or Mandalorian are worth a one-time watch too. There are many good sci-fi/thriller series but most of them may not be appropriate for a 14 year old.
Seinfeld and Yes, Minister (BBC) are another two recommendations but they are comedy.
I would highly recommend two movies - Spirited Away and Hachiko as well.
Some more movie reco -
Scifi/Thriller - The Man from Earth, Searching, Primer, Source Code, Arrival, Interstellar, The Sixth Sense, The Prestige, Inception
Drama - The Dark Knight, Whiplash, Million Dollar Baby, The King's Speech, The Pianist (based on Nazi-Jew atrocities - may have some graphic scenes), Rear Window 1954, Casablanca 1942, Hotel Rwanda, Gandhi, A Beautiful Mind
Philosophical drama - The Tree of Life, The Sunset Limited (has a bit depressing end but is a fulfilling movie if you watch it just for the dialogue)
Animated - Rango, Isle of Dogs and Fantastic Mr. Fox (The only Wes Anderson movies she can watch)
Action - Bourne Series
Romance - Midnight in Paris, Annie Hall, The Artist (Silent movie), 500 days of Summer,
Movie-cum-documentary - Terms and Conditions may apply, The Social Dilemma
Movie/Series recommendations are highly subjective, what is gold for me can be shit for someone else. Heck, i don't know if I would've liked all these movies when I was 14 yrs old. Phew!
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Thanks mate
She actually likes unpredictable plots within thriller mystery genre..
She loved lost in space, stranger things, a series of unfortunate events (the series), just add magic series, the umbrella academy and similar stuff...
I have been pushing her to watch Wanda vision as well as the mandalorian but she is yet to take a plunge into the marvel and dc stuff....
hellblazer33
Adept
I just watched it yesterday Never watched Black Mirror before, pretty good imo.
Udai025
Recruit
Yeah, it's a bit different from the usual stuff and the episodes are written quite well with attention to all the nitty gritty. Try love, death and robots next.
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aahigayeham
Disciple
Would like to piggyback some fine folk's review here of Fauda to mention that it is by far the most intense show I've watched till date. It took many sleepless nights to get through it as I went through a rollercoaster of emotions, given how often things used to go sideways in it. Highly recommended!
Whaaaa I am surprised. Expanse is arguably the best sci-fi show made yet. Things tend to get a little slow but the sheer accuracy they've tried to display of the occurring events alone would make it amazing in my books. I'd highly recommend anyone who loves Sci-fi to watch it. 9/10 without a doubt