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Title: Series
Post by: Ganja on Friday, December 12, 2014, 16:55:46 PM: Sup guys,

I got tons of freetime right now and I'd like to start a new serie but there's too much choice out there, so can you give me some advice? I like all kind of series, very different styles.

For the moment I been watching things like Suits, Mentalist, Arrow, Person of Interest, Agents of Shield, Blacklist and House of Cards. Some of them are really interesting (House of cards) other are plain stupid but entertaining (Arrow) but I love them all.

Enlighten me fellas

PS: I was thinking about starting "Orange is the new black", any of you watching it?
Title: Re: Series
Post by: NoBigDeal on Friday, December 12, 2014, 17:56:23 PM: Don't waste your time watching TV - go to the people, talk to them or just simply watch ... people are awesome.
If you are not communicative, then buy a dog, often go out for a walk with him and he will help you break down any barriers.

Life is short... do what you love. no excuses!
Title: Re: Series
Post by: Ganja on Friday, December 12, 2014, 18:35:14 PM: Quote from: NoBigDeal on Friday, December 12, 2014, 17:56:23 PM
Don't waste your time watching TV - go to the people, talk to them or just simply watch ... people are awesome.
If you are not communicative, then buy a dog, often go out for a walk with him and he will help you break down any barriers.

Life is short... do what you love. no excuses!

I'd love to do all you've just stated, but for personal reasons I can't.

Thanks for the advice though ...
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Post by: teddy_grizzly_bear on Friday, December 12, 2014, 19:13:29 PM: Well, I watch a ton...

The Big Bang Theory
Two and a Half Men
Forever (new this year)
Family Guy
Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Stuff I've watched and felt was good (they've ended now):
Dexter
House MD
Breaking Bad

PS.
Everyone keeps saying how Game of Thrones is the jizz or whatever, but I couldn't bore myself through the pilot...
Title: Re: Series
Post by: bollie on Friday, December 12, 2014, 20:07:56 PM: Helix
House of cards
Vikings

Orange is the new black... ive seen 2 seasons, but wasnt anything special. But ok to watch for one time
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Post by: Spanky on Friday, December 12, 2014, 20:39:41 PM: Dexter is good but stop at season 4 or so, it goes downhill (writers strike). Breaking Bad is worth 3-4 watches, excellent show. House of Cards is good but often went over my head. Orange is the new black is good, especially if you like boobies. House is good for a few episodes but they're all pretty much the same. Bojack Horseman on Netflix is great as is Arrested Development.

I wouldn't bother with anything else that Teddy listed, it's all pure shit.
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Post by: Alex on Friday, December 12, 2014, 22:57:59 PM: Quote from: Spanky on Friday, December 12, 2014, 20:39:41 PM
Bojack Horseman on Netflix is great as is Arrested Development.
I second these. Great shows. Bojack Horseman surprised the hell out of me. Didn't expect it to be what it was, but I loved it.

Some of my favorite TV series are:
Futurama(first 4 seasons)
Archer (first 2 seasons)
Arrested Development
Parks and Rec

I don't really watch many serious TV shows, mostly comedies.
Title: Re: Series
Post by: Spanky on Saturday, December 13, 2014, 00:28:44 AM: Great minds think alike. Killa's choices are good. Archer & Futurama, while they're great shows, go downhill because the creators try too hard and they run out of good material. Parks & Rec also falls in this category IMO but it's more dumb comedy than anything else so it's more good for background noise.

Right now, I'm watching Boss on Netflix. Kelsey Grammer is fantastic in it. It feels like Breaking Bad but in a different scenario.
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Post by: teddy_grizzly_bear on Saturday, December 13, 2014, 04:09:51 AM: I used to love Futurama... Unfortunately they wanted to stretch it out in the end and it all went to shit pretty fast in later seasons.

And I do agree that most of what I watch is crap :) I just do it to pass time.
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Post by: Ganja on Saturday, December 13, 2014, 04:15:00 AM: Alright thx for the advice fellas.

I been watching GoT too, but since I read the books it's a bit dissapointing. I liked Vikings too and ofcourse Breaking Bad haha how could I forget that one.
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Post by: ArmyAntiCheat on Saturday, December 13, 2014, 06:06:18 AM: The walking dead is the only series I watch, it's not about just zombies but also about character development which I really like :)
Title: Re: Series
Post by: teddy_grizzly_bear on Saturday, December 13, 2014, 06:27:46 AM: So all in all, what you're doing, Adrien, is switching one addiction (AA) with another (TV). :D
Title: Re: Series
Post by: Ganja on Saturday, December 13, 2014, 08:24:12 AM: Quote from: teddy_grizzly_bear on Saturday, December 13, 2014, 06:27:46 AM
So all in all, what you're doing, Adrien, is switching one addiction (AA) with another (TV). :D

AA was the bigger addiction. Once I'll be allowed to have a social life again I can easily stop watching TV, but I never really could stop AA so it's a win-situation :D
Title: Re: Series
Post by: -[unR]BENDAWICH on Monday, December 15, 2014, 14:14:40 PM: Boardwalk empire
Title: Re: Series
Post by: [SWISS]Merlin on Tuesday, December 16, 2014, 02:45:44 AM: and now from my side:
- Breaking Bad
- Da Vincis Deamons
- Homeland
- Hostages
- House of Cards
- Intelligence
- True Detective
- Crossing lines
- Person of Interest
- Ray Donovan
- Blacklist

first 6 really perfect. you should see them....
Title: Re: Series
Post by: Ganja on Tuesday, December 16, 2014, 04:47:09 AM: Quote from: [SWISS]Merlin on Tuesday, December 16, 2014, 02:45:44 AM
and now from my side:
- Breaking Bad
- Da Vincis Deamons
- Homeland
- Hostages
- House of Cards
- Intelligence
- True Detective
- Crossing lines
- Person of Interest
- Ray Donovan
- Blacklist

first 6 really perfect. you should see them....

I've watched 2 episodes of true detective but I found it pretty weird. Is it just me or is it really weird? Or does it get better later?
Title: Re: Series
Post by: Spanky on Tuesday, December 16, 2014, 12:39:06 PM: True Detective is epic. It's a little slow but you might have to watch it twice to fully understand what's going on.
Title: Re: Series
Post by: ..!..NSS..!.. on Wednesday, December 17, 2014, 23:17:56 PM: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2310332/?ref_=inth_ov_i (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2310332/?ref_=inth_ov_i)
the last in the hobbit series i think, its going to be epic
Title: Re: Series
Post by: Ganja on Thursday, December 18, 2014, 07:13:30 AM: Quote from: ..!..NSS..!.. on Wednesday, December 17, 2014, 23:17:56 PM
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2310332/?ref_=inth_ov_i (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2310332/?ref_=inth_ov_i)
the last in the hobbit series i think, its going to be epic

Bleh I've been very dissapointed by 1 and 2. I'm just too big of a LOTR fan, there's no comparaison possible
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Post by: teddy_grizzly_bear on Thursday, December 18, 2014, 08:49:38 AM: So what did you decide to watch then, Ganja?
Title: Re: Series
Post by: Ganja on Thursday, December 18, 2014, 10:15:10 AM: Eh I'm gonna go for Homeland first I think
Title: Re: Series
Post by: ..!..NSS..!.. on Thursday, December 18, 2014, 14:29:43 PM: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1520211/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1520211/)

Never fear, the Zombie apocalypse is here!
Title: Re: Series
Post by: ELiZ on Thursday, December 18, 2014, 18:50:23 PM: If you are not to focused on the tv series I can recommend to listen to some audio books.

I'm currently listening to the 100 "best" Sci-Fi Audiobooks, I'm about 50% done.

https://oldpiratebay.org/search.php?q=The+Top+100+Sci-Fi+Audiobooks&=on

Audio books are perfect to listen to when doing something that don't really is staining for you mind, like working out, and in my case doing gfx works for the upcoming AA3 mod for AAPG.
Title: Re: Series
Post by: ..!..NSS..!.. on Thursday, December 18, 2014, 19:04:14 PM: Quote from: Spanky on Tuesday, December 16, 2014, 12:39:06 PM
True Detective is epic. It's a little slow but you might have to watch it twice to fully understand what's going on.
not a bad series , saw the first 5 or 6 episodes
Title: Re: Series
Post by: ..!..NSS..!.. on Thursday, December 18, 2014, 19:06:50 PM: Quote from: Ganja on Thursday, December 18, 2014, 07:13:30 AM
Bleh I've been very dissapointed by 1 and 2. I'm just too big of a LOTR fan, there's no comparaison possible

yea i think LOTR is done , was a good series too in my opinion.
Title: Re: Series
Post by: teddy_grizzly_bear on Friday, December 19, 2014, 01:07:24 AM: Quote from: ELiZ on Thursday, December 18, 2014, 18:50:23 PM
Audio books are perfect to listen to when doing something that don't really is staining for you mind, like working out, and in my case doing gfx works for the upcoming AA3 mod for AAPG.
I highly doubt that doing graphics work for a mod would be something that doesn't strain the mind for most people... lol
Title: Re: Series
Post by: ELiZ on Friday, December 19, 2014, 01:20:13 AM: Quote from: teddy_grizzly_bear on Friday, December 19, 2014, 01:07:24 AM
I highly doubt that doing graphics work for a mod would be something that doesn't strain the mind for most people... lol

A lot of the current "work" is highly mechanical, for instance laying out uv maps for lightmapping is extremely boring and allows the mind to wander. Might as well learn something while I'm doing it.
Title: Re: Series
Post by: [SWISS]Merlin on Friday, December 19, 2014, 03:02:40 AM: Quote from: Ganja on Thursday, December 18, 2014, 10:15:10 AM
Eh I'm gonna go for Homeland first I think

oh, you did right. one of the best series i ever have seen.
enjoy!

but you will get the same problem as with aa2 - you maybe can't stop with watching it. you will go to watch them all in one row :D
Title: Re: Series
Post by: teddy_grizzly_bear on Friday, December 19, 2014, 03:31:46 AM: Quote from: [SWISS]Merlin on Friday, December 19, 2014, 03:02:40 AM
oh, you did right. one of the best series i ever have seen.
enjoy!

but you will get the same problem as with aa2 - you maybe can't stop with watching it. you will go to watch them all in one row :D
That's usually not really a problem if you only watch a series once. It just ends/doesn't come out that often. The problem arises when you want to watch it a 2nd and a 3rd time...
Title: Re: Series
Post by: [SWISS]Merlin on Friday, December 19, 2014, 05:28:50 AM: :shock:
Title: Re: Series
Post by: Ganja on Thursday, January 29, 2015, 16:16:34 PM: Homeland done :D I enjoyed it a lot, specially because I could never figure what was gonna happen next ;)

Thx for the tip guys
Title: Re: Series
Post by: [SWISS]Merlin on Friday, January 30, 2015, 03:13:48 AM: as always Ganja, you are very welcome.

now house of cards, a bitchy one, if you like. try it out :)
Title: Re: Series
Post by: Ganja on Friday, January 30, 2015, 05:04:15 AM: Quote from: [SWISS]Merlin on Friday, January 30, 2015, 03:13:48 AM
as always Ganja, you are very welcome.

now house of cards, a bitchy one, if you like. try it out :)

Watched it like a year ago, was pretty good ;) Waiting for the third season this year if I'm not mistaken
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Post by: [SWISS]Merlin on Friday, January 30, 2015, 05:16:14 AM: yes, i did hear that too