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halledise

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pretty good
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Mitthrawnuruodo

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Good Omens
Finished re-visiting Season 1
Started Season 2


Hmmm. Good news and bad news (somehow appropriate for this show):

They'll resolve the cliffhanger(s) at the end of season 2, but only with a 90 minute TV Movie, not a full season...

 
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wonderings

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I binge watched The Office - Australian version. What a disaster. Definitely mimicking the American office, just none of the charm or likability of any of the characters. Poorly written and few funny jokes in the entire season. I ended up watching the whole thing just to see how bad it would get, it does not disappoint in that regard.
 
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pachyderm

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I binge watched The Office - Australian version. What a disaster. Definitely mimicking the American office, just none of the charm or likability of any of the characters. Poorly written and few funny jokes in the entire season. I ended up watching the whole thing just to see how bad it would get, it does not disappoint in that regard.
Did you like the English version?
 

DaveFromCampbelltown

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I binge watched The Office - Australian version. What a disaster. Definitely mimicking the American office, just none of the charm or likability of any of the characters. Poorly written and few funny jokes in the entire season. I ended up watching the whole thing just to see how bad it would get, it does not disappoint in that regard.

You might want to try Fisk, or, from 2000, The Games.
Derivative shows (i.e. when they try to port a show to a different country) never do well, such as when the Australian Kath and Kim was ported to the US. Go for the original.
 

DaveFromCampbelltown

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Have just finished season 3 of The Lincoln Lawyer. Out of interest, watched the film version as well, and started to read the book.
Nothing else to watch (except the new Matlock (highly recommended)), so have started again with season 1 of Lincoln Lawyer.
The series is quite different from the film and book, but I think is a much better story.
 

Chuckeee

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I’ve been watching Agatha All Along. As a Marvel TV series it just so so. But as mildly amusing, the tiniest bit scary show about witches for Halloween it is very entertaining.
 

wonderings

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Nov 19, 2021
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You might want to try Fisk, or, from 2000, The Games.
Derivative shows (i.e. when they try to port a show to a different country) never do well, such as when the Australian Kath and Kim was ported to the US. Go for the original.
I looked up The Games, not sure what came out first but there is a British version that I love called 2012 that was about the organization of the Olympic Games. Also a spinoff called W1A that takes place with the main character from 2012 now working at the BBC. Both supremely funny. Nothing against Australia, but I generally don't find their sense of humour all that funny... now New Zealand is a different story with Flight of the Conchords and What we do in the Shadows. I have only seen the original one, not the newer seasons with different characters.
 

DaveFromCampbelltown

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Jun 24, 2020
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I looked up The Games, not sure what came out first but there is a British version that I love called 2012 that was about the organization of the Olympic Games. Also a spinoff called W1A that takes place with the main character from 2012 now working at the BBC. Both supremely funny. Nothing against Australia, but I generally don't find their sense of humour all that funny... now New Zealand is a different story with Flight of the Conchords and What we do in the Shadows. I have only seen the original one, not the newer seasons with different characters.

One of the better scenes in The Games was where they found out that the sprinting track was 94 metres, not 100.
In real life, it turned out that one of the pools that was going to be used in the 2000 Games in Aus. was a tad short of 50 metres...
 
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Ledsteplin

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Oct 23, 2013
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Don't know about binging, but...
Currently watching:
Matlock (Paramount+)- Good show. Kathy Bates is great.
NCIS: Origins (Paramount+)
Criminal Minds: Evolution (Paramount+)
Go Ahead, Brother - (Netflix)
Watched on Netflix:
The Lincoln Lawyer
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
Territory
 
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Expos of 1969

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Apple TV+ ....... in progress or waiting for new season ....

Disclaimer
Familia de medianoche
Slow Horses
Silo
Severance
Bad Monkey

Apple TV+ ..... may try ....

Before
Blitz
Shrinking


After 6 years I cancelled Netflix last month. I found it getting more and more difficult to find something that appealed to me.
 
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Boil

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Stargate Command
Apple TV+

Some good stuff on there...!

After 6 years I cancelled Netflix last month. I found it getting more and more difficult to find something that appealed to me.

The struggle is real with Netflix, spend FOREVER looking for something to watch, to only end up watching something you've watched a bazillion times already...
 
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