/dev/null Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Reading thru the last few posts in the "Notable Netflix" got me thinking. With all the shows available in our era of "Peak TV" there are plenty of great shows out there. But there are also plenty of duds, bombs, and streaming stinkers. The kind of show that when you're done, you think sometime in the distant future you will be laying on your deathbed looking back at your life and really wish you hadn't wasted those precious hours watching such a terrible show. So with that said, I'll go first: Brittania on Amazon Prime. If you see it show up in your recommended list, avoid it. Beowulf on Amazon Prime. This one showed up in my recommended list but I remember watching it on DirecTV a few years ago before I cut the cord. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 40 minutes ago, /dev/null said: So with that said, I'll go first:... Beowulf on Amazon Prime. This one showed up in my recommended list but I remember watching it on DirecTV a few years ago before I cut the cord. Jan Michael Vincent in a fancy helicopter, right? ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 season 2 of American Gods on Starz. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted January 26, 2020 Author Share Posted January 26, 2020 6 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: Jan Michael Vincent in a fancy helicopter, right? ? Low budget Game of Thrones wannabe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Just now, /dev/null said: Low budget Game of Thrones wannabe Ah. Cut rate situation comedy about two plumbers who are also tennis club doubles partners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeGOATski Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 I don't spend enough time on stinkers nowadays to even remember them. There's just not enough time. With so many good shows out, I give a show 1 episode, maybe 2... Crappy shows I've seen my wife watching... Riverdale Fuller House How to Get Away with Murder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDawkinstein Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 7 hours ago, Foxx said: season 2 of American Gods on Starz. Amazon got Good Omens right by making it a limited, 6-episode mini-series. They were able to keep every detail in the book so you didnt miss anything, but nothing more so it wasnt watered down. Starz killed American Gods and got it way wrong by trying to make it something beyond the book. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 1 hour ago, LeGOATski said: I don't spend enough time on stinkers nowadays to even remember them. There's just not enough time. With so many good shows out, I give a show 1 episode, maybe 2... Crappy shows I've seen my wife watching... Riverdale Fuller House How to Get Away with Murder how to get away with murder has to be the worst show I have seen. I suffered through one season. They are defense lawyers, yet end up constantly committing or witnessing murders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 1 hour ago, DrDawkinstein said: Amazon got Good Omens right by making it a limited, 6-episode mini-series. They were able to keep every detail in the book so you didnt miss anything, but nothing more so it wasnt watered down. Starz killed American Gods and got it way wrong by trying to make it something beyond the book. i really liked the first season and looked forward to the second. they were all over the map in season 2 and never brought it home. your right, they should have left well enough alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy KGB Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Friends Big Bang Theory 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeGOATski Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 3 hours ago, JR in Pittsburgh said: how to get away with murder has to be the worst show I have seen. I suffered through one season. They are defense lawyers, yet end up constantly committing or witnessing murders. the worst of the worst it makes me throw up a little 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 21 hours ago, /dev/null said: Reading thru the last few posts in the "Notable Netflix" got me thinking. With all the shows available in our era of "Peak TV" there are plenty of great shows out there. But there are also plenty of duds, bombs, and streaming stinkers. The kind of show that when you're done, you think sometime in the distant future you will be laying on your deathbed looking back at your life and really wish you hadn't wasted those precious hours watching such a terrible show. So with that said, I'll go first: Brittania on Amazon Prime. If you see it show up in your recommended list, avoid it. Beowulf on Amazon Prime. This one showed up in my recommended list but I remember watching it on DirecTV a few years ago before I cut the cord. My wife thought "Troop Zero" (Amazon Prime) was awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 2 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said: My wife thought "Troop Zero" (Amazon Prime) was awful. I keep seeing it advertised because of Him Gaffigan on Facebook. He did a few movies last year. Can't say I have any interest in watching it even though I like his stand up. Reading some of the comments from people who watched it and they all loved it, but they sounded more like people who just wanted a wholesome clean movie and would rave about anything he did.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 1 hour ago, apuszczalowski said: I keep seeing it advertised because of Him Gaffigan on Facebook. He did a few movies last year. Can't say I have any interest in watching it even though I like his stand up. Reading some of the comments from people who watched it and they all loved it, but they sounded more like people who just wanted a wholesome clean movie and would rave about anything he did.... What she didn't like was how formulaic it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Hammersticks Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Suffering through the end of “You” season 1. Awful, awful show....wife insists that we finish S1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jokeman Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 2 minutes ago, Johnny Hammersticks said: Suffering through the end of “You” season 1. Awful, awful show....wife insists that we finish S1. The acting isn't great but the storyline kept me interested that me and my wife watched the entire first 2 seasons, it's coming back for a season 3 yet not sure what they can do to it to add anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 1 hour ago, PromoTheRobot said: What she didn't like was how formulaic it was. Kind of figured, usually the case for these lower budget movies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2020 Our Year For Sure Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 13 Reasons Why is bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4merper4mer Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 On January 27, 2020 at 12:26 PM, Johnny Hammersticks said: Suffering through the end of “You” season 1. Awful, awful show....wife insists that we finish S1. I agree that Season 1 sucked but 2 was ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarleyNY Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 On 1/27/2020 at 12:26 PM, Johnny Hammersticks said: Suffering through the end of “You” season 1. Awful, awful show....wife insists that we finish S1. I tried, but lost the remaining tiny bit of interest I still had the moment Breck showed up in Joe’s neighborhood looking to run into him. I’m interested in what happened to the owner of the bookshop. Seems like there was a long revenge game by Joe that played out and I’m interested in that flashback, but I’m not watching another season plus to find out what happened. I’d welcome a spoiler on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transplantbillsfan Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 The Witcher is a stinker in a lot of ways, yet I've watched 5 episodes I think and I'll keep watching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuvian Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 there was one spy film on netflix where Sidney Poitier was a CIA guy trying to break up a spy ring in Russia. After a few minutes I'm going "Russia is one o the most caucasian countries in the world. I think an African American CIA agent might stand out just a little." I turned it off. Credibility fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeHateMe Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Tried watching The Expanse on Amazon cuz I heard good things and in general am a big Sci Fi guy.. fell asleep halfway through the first episode because it was so boring. Is this show good? 9 hours ago, transplantbillsfan said: The Witcher is a stinker in a lot of ways, yet I've watched 5 episodes I think and I'll keep watching. Watch the whole season. The timeline is kind of messy but ties out pretty good and I think in totality the 1st season is solid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeviF Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 3 minutes ago, HeHateMe said: Tried watching The Expanse on Amazon cuz I heard good things and in general am a big Sci Fi guy.. fell asleep halfway through the first episode because it was so boring. Is this show good? First season is good. But the books get worse as the series goes on and the show suffers as well. The author focused way too much on world building and the plot falls apart as a result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steptide Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 I'm currently watching "see" on Apple TV. It's a really interesting concept, a virus destroys almost all of humanity, and the remaining survivors are all blind and their children are all born blind. Not sure I'll be able to get through the whole season, but we'll see (no pun intended) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 53 minutes ago, Steptide said: I'm currently watching "see" on Apple TV. It's a really interesting concept, a virus destroys almost all of humanity, and the remaining survivors are all blind and their children are all born blind. Not sure I'll be able to get through the whole season, but we'll see (no pun intended) Didn't Sandra Bullock do something like this on Netflix a few years ago? 2 hours ago, stuvian said: there was one spy film on netflix where Sidney Poitier was a CIA guy trying to break up a spy ring in Russia. After a few minutes I'm going "Russia is one o the most caucasian countries in the world. I think an African American CIA agent might stand out just a little." I turned it off. Credibility fail. This reminds me of a joke Trevor Noah did on one of his stand-ups where he talks about people complaints about James Bond being replaced by someone black and how it wouldnt work having a black British spy running around Scotland or Russia, trying to get away from bad guys chasing him through 'very caucasian' areas of the world.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steptide Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 8 minutes ago, apuszczalowski said: Didn't Sandra Bullock do something like this on Netflix a few years ago? Kind of, you're referring to birdbox. This is a bit different. This is set way in the future, but since everyone is blind and their isn't many left on the earth, they live more like it's the pre modern age (no electricity, cars etc). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 I didn't really watch it, my wife did and I was in another room. Didn't see what all the hype was about. I guess they weren't actually blind too, just blindfolded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transplantbillsfan Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 8 hours ago, HeHateMe said: Watch the whole season. The timeline is kind of messy but ties out pretty good and I think in totality the 1st season is solid. Yes. The timeline is VERY messy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted February 1, 2020 Author Share Posted February 1, 2020 Hope you weren't planning on streaming the Super Bowl with Roku's Fox channels https://www.inputmag.com/culture/roku-will-stop-offering-fox-channels-to-users-on-february-1 Quote Without giving users a justification, Roku just announced via mass email that after January 31, 2020, all Fox "standalone" channels with no longer be available on the service's streaming boxes or TVs equipped with its software. The email states that "You can still watch FOX channels through these services: FuboTV, Hulu + Live TV, SlingTV, YouTube TV and other live TV services," and goes on to add that "If you have a Roku TV, you may be able to receive FOX over the air with an antenna." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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