Red Mosquito

Monkey_Driven wrote:The Leftovers is one of the best shows of the past 10 years.

digster wrote:

Monkey_Driven wrote:The Leftovers is one of the best shows of the past 10 years.

I watched the first season a while back, and while I thought it was very good, I didn't stick with it. Picking back up the second season, it's remarkable, and if the third season stays as good as it's been through the end (which I've heard pretty much universally that it does), it's going to be one of the finest seasons of television I've ever seen. It's striking how different the show nearing its conclusion is from its start.

Though I knew it was critically-acclaimed, I also didn't know how acclaimed it was. As you said, a lot of lists have this as one of the finest (if not the finest) shows of the past decade. In terms of dramas, I'd argue The Americans is #1, but this is certainly up there.

digster wrote:

Monkey_Driven wrote:The Leftovers is one of the best shows of the past 10 years.

I watched the first season a while back, and while I thought it was very good, I didn't stick with it. Picking back up the second season, it's remarkable, and if the third season stays as good as it's been through the end (which I've heard pretty much universally that it does), it's going to be one of the finest seasons of television I've ever seen. It's striking how different the show nearing its conclusion is from its start.

Though I knew it was critically-acclaimed, I also didn't know how acclaimed it was. As you said, a lot of lists have this as one of the finest (if not the finest) shows of the past decade. In terms of dramas, I'd argue The Americans is #1, but this is certainly up there.

The Argonaut wrote:I'll watch Leftovers next. I never got to it because I wasn't a huge fan of the book. I may have seen the pilot and quit, I can't remember.
Right now I'm finishing a re-watch of Halt and Catch Fire, a phenomenal show

The Argonaut wrote:That sounds like a terrible idea

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

VinylGuy wrote:TV is finished guys.

tragabigzanda wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Fargo season 2

So great. Can't wait for S4. Stupid COVID.

Rangi Guy wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:TV is finished guys.

Like finished finished? Or just taking a break between seasons?

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.