Current TV Boxset Addiction

[Mardroid]

Slowly working my way through Lost in Space.  Not sure yet but it's keeping me going so can't be all bad.  Started picking at Z Nation now that it is on Netflix.  It does seem to have the humour pitched about right so I'll give it that.  Otherwise it's pretty standard fare so I think one to dip in and out of depending on what else is on. 

I think I'm at the point where I'm trying to figure out why I'm still watching Designated Survivor.  It was always pushing it a bit in terms of credibility, what with a different 'crisis' every week to contend with.  Now though?  It has the same terrifyingly addictive quality as Britain's Got No Talent.  You know you're killing brain cells but you can't help yourself.  Mind you, it's still better than Eastenders (AKA the Samaritans Promotional Video).

I really like Z Nation. It's the humour (and occasional craziness) which really sets it appart from the super serious Walking Dead. Not to knock the latter, as there's place for both shows and I like what I saw of the latter, although I am waaaay behind. (I'm on Netflix, not Amazon, although I'll probably return there at some point).

I've been watching a lot of Riverdale lately, and I appear to be up-to-date. I put it off as I thought 'another US show with cheerleaders and jocks in highschool.... and it is all that, but it's also so much more. It does get a bit cheesy on occasion (I wanted to bury my head during the Ronnie confirmation scene when she duets with that pussy cat girl.)but it's mostly very enjoyable stuff... and pretty dark in places. Not that it has to be dark to be enjoyable, but it's both, and there  is a bit of comedy too, which is a good thing in my opinion.

[Pyroxian]

I've been watching a lot of Riverdale lately, and I appear to be up-to-date. I put it off as I thought 'another US show with cheerleaders and jocks in highschool.... and it is all that, but it's also so much more. It does get a bit cheesy on occasion (I wanted to bury my head during the Ronnie confirmation scene when she duets with that pussy cat girl.)but it's mostly very enjoyable stuff... and pretty dark in places. Not that it has to be dark to be enjoyable, but it's both, and there  is a bit of comedy too, which is a good thing in my opinion.

I'm about 6 episodes into Season 2 of Riverdale now, and agree with the above, although I don't mind the cheese

[Dandontdare]

I got myself a cheap 2nd hand laptop just before Easter as watching computer telly was always a pain - phone's too small, sitting at my PC is uncomfortable, or had to wait till my flatmate didn't need either the big telly and his laptop. Now that I can watch in bed any time I have been massively bingeing on Netflix so I can finally weigh in on some of these.

In the last couple of weeks I've watched:

The Good Place (seasons one and two) - absolutely fantastic, although season 2 ended quite abruptly - felt like there was another episode coming. I wish I hadn't spoiled the big twists in season 1, but still enjoyed it immensely (now, where can I get myself a Janet?)

Rick'n'Morty, (3 seasons) - preaching to the converted here,  I don't need to tell you how good this is (I work with a guy who's just had a big Rick'n'Morty tattoo on his calf - weird)

Big Mouth, (1 season) Another adult 'toon about kids going through puberty accompanied by their own imaginary 'hormone monster' who give (usually bad) advice about pubes, masturbation, porn and self esteem. As one of the monsters says at the very end: "Okay, when you say it out loud, it sounds like kiddie porn, but maybe we could get away with it if it's animated?"

Star Trek Discovery,  Very enjoyable if you gloss over some gaping plot improbabilities. Still not sure quite what happened at the end - [spoiler]they went from blowing up Q'onos top all parting ways and ending the war, but I'm a bit hazy on the whys and hows.[/spoiler] Nice tee-up for S:2

Luke Cage, Iron Fist and the second season of Jessica Jones - I do like these Marvel series, even if they are a bit slow - there's about 9 episodes of plot stretched over 15 episodes and padded out with musical cameos and drawn out soft-porn sex scenes. I'm enjoying Iron Fist more than I expected, and Jessica Jones less - without a great villain like Killgrave,, the 2nd season is just a lot of unlikable characters arguing and lying to each other. We discussed 'unlikability' before - while JJ deliberately tries to make herself unlikable to push people away, I really do like her, it's all her friends I hate - Trish is such a spoiled whiner, and I don't think we're supposed to like Evil Lawyer lady. Speaking of which, how come every superhero in NY ends up meeting the same nurse and hiring the same lawyer? Watching 3 of these concurrently you do notice that the arcs follow very similar narratives - eg the mid season bit where [spoiler]the big baddie (cottonmouth/Harold) gets surprisingly killed by their closest family (Maria/Ward) who then become much eviller than they used to be.[/spoiler] Looking forward to Defenders and several more hours of enjoyable tosh.

Bojack Horseman (3 seasons out of 4 - trying to slow down to make it last now) - another awesome 'toon - I need more of these (tried a few eps of F is for Family, but it's vanilla shite compared to the others)

also watched about 20 episodes of Dr Who, Deadpool and several comedy specials.

On my watch-list is Altered carbon and Stranger Things - any other recommendations?

What I have learned from my Netflixothon -
-it is better to have a few series on the go and watch no more than none or two episodes of each per day - when I did the whole of S1 of Good place plus about 6 Dr Whos in one day, I ended up having disturbing dreams about Janet vs the Daleks
- I I hate that big banner ad
- if you're on a multi-person family contract, other people can watch as you and f*ck up your preferences - as I mentioned before, Netflix thinks I'm into Nazis!

[Pyroxian]

On my watch-list is Altered carbon and Stranger Things - any other recommendations?

The Expanse
Lost in Space
Black Lightning

[Jim_Campbell]

The Expanse
Lost in Space

Both of these. If you missed all the love for Godless a few pages back, stick that on the list, too.

[Professor Bear]

If you are baffled why you're still watching Designated Survivor - AKA Madame Secretary for (even bigger) idiots -  give For The People a go.  It is an appallingly bad legal procedural whose utter lack of originality and terrible scripting often make it indistinguishable from parody.

Black Lightning - as mentioned before, utter horseshit.  It follows the standard DC superhero show template of a superhero motivated by a story engine like guilt or revenge to do good things rather than actual altruism, but everyone around them says they're a good person anyway, and when they go out punching poor people and the mentally ill in the face, there's a scientist shouting at them over their bluetooth headset with helpful advice that would never occur to them like using their special power on the bad man until he falls over.
"Use your speed, Barry."
"Use your heat vision, Cara."
"Use your arrows, Oliver."
"Use your black lightning, Jefferson." and so on.
But I like it for some reason.  I can't really explain why, as it doesn't do anything you haven't seen before and better, but if I had to guess, the shameless, often witless recycling of over-familiar tropes typical of all the CW superhero shows feels indistinguishable from blaxploitation, even though the show runners have said they wanted to avoid doing that kind of thing.

Legends Of Tomorrow - show don't give a fuck.  Seems to be rocketing towards a sweet spot where the laziness of the writers is successfully obscured by the show's lack of tonal consistency or any kind of quality control.
One plot thread involves the characters watching the Lord of the Rings and spotting that the actor John Noble (who voices the series' main villain) sounds exactly like the series' main villain, so they travel back in time to New Zealand in 1999 to bamboozle him into reading lines off a script that the goodies will use to trick the baddy's subordinate into thinking is actually their boss giving them instructions after Ant-Man shrinks down and flies into the baddy's ear and plays the lines through a loudspeaker.  Another episode sees them trying to steal Elvis' guitar, which has been cursed by one of the baddies posing as the ghost of Elvis' dead brother (no, really) to raise the dead whenever it's played (no they don't explain how he practices songs, shut up), which will cause a zombie ghost apocalypse in Memphis ("ironically named after the Egyptian city of the dead!") before Elvis can invent rock and roll, which means that the Confederate states will win the war or something - it gets a bit silly, I don't mind telling you, and that's before Julius Caesar and Blackbeard team up in the wild west to kung fu fight Jonah Hex.
It is very, very stupid, but on occasion it is entertaining, especially the time loop episode where they figure things out by talking about how other, better shows resolved the same problem, and they even name-drop the actual Trek episodes which did the same thing.  Like I say: the show don't give a fuck.

[Smith]

Rewatching The Good Life.it seems a bit dated now,but also kinda timeless.

[TordelBack]

Really quite enjoying Santa Clarita Diet, and pleased to see that my long-standing crush on Drew Barrymore hasn't abated. Sheriff Bullock rather steals the show with some outstanding gurning and grinning, and the plot zips along in a thoroughly un-modern way.

[JamesC]

Yeah I really enjoyed Santa Clarita Diet - a nice easy watch.

I've started watching I Zombie. Only a few episodes in but it's a likeable show.

[Molch-R]

Yep, Santa Clarita Diet has been a real treat, easily filling the gap left by The Good Place. Also just finished The Alienist, which I thought was a great adaptation of the novel.

[Mattofthespurs]

Rewatching The Good Life.it seems a bit dated now,but also kinda timeless.

Love The Good Life.

Takes me back.

Sort of enjoyed the first episode of True Horror on Channel 4.

[von Boom]

Rewatching The Good Life.it seems a bit dated now,but also kinda timeless.

Love The Good Life.

Every time I watch it I want to chuck it all in and start digging up the front garden. That would really annoy the city though since all I have is pavement.

[Proudhuff]

Oh Bliss! I've just found the second series of Hap and Leonard, and there's a third!!

[Theblazeuk]

Deeply enjoyed all of Hap & Leonard though there's a small change in the third series that I don't like but won't even spoiler tag, but would love to discuss when you've watched it as I can't fathom the reason behind it.

I finally decided to watch Westworld and four episodes in, I'm enjoying it. Didn't really understand how you could make the premise into a TV show and I still think the logistics get massively handwaved away (how often does 'the park' reset? Clearly it's not every day. How long is a guest's visit? What happens... and so on...), but it's a fun exploration of that old question of man's inhumanity to (artificial) man, consciousness and free will. Far bloodier than I ever expected.

Also finished The Terror and boy, that was a well made show. All changes for the better beyond what happens to Lady Silence.

[abelardsnazz]

Outlander. Loving this following a friend's recommendation. Nearly finished series one, it's great how it tells a compelling story against the historical backdrop. Special mention for Tobias Menzies for playing such a hateful bad guy without camping it up.