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[Marky Dread]

Just finished watching the first series of Westworld. Enjoyed it. Watched most episodes more than once to try to make sure I was picking up the clues about what was going on. Got to the last episode and it turned out that I hadn't!

I started it a couple of years back and gave up after 3 episodes. Just didnt have a clue what was going on and wasnt willing to invest the necessary time to find out.

I wasn't a fan of the original movie. I was a kid when I watched it so perhaps I missed something. Anyway as a result I haven't tried watching the series.

Yul was cool but I think the movie looks very dated now. The TV series was being shown as 2 episodes per week, which might have helped me get into it easier than just 1 per week.

I liked the movie when I saw it many moons ago. I have watched a couple of episodes of season 1 but I've been distracted by other stuff. Will try again on your recommendation.

[revbob]

Just finished watching the first series of Westworld. Enjoyed it. Watched most episodes more than once to try to make sure I was picking up the clues about what was going on. Got to the last episode and it turned out that I hadn't!

I started it a couple of years back and gave up after 3 episodes. Just didnt have a clue what was going on and wasnt willing to invest the necessary time to find out.

I wasn't a fan of the original movie. I was a kid when I watched it so perhaps I missed something. Anyway as a result I haven't tried watching the series.

Yul was cool but I think the movie looks very dated now. The TV series was being shown as 2 episodes per week, which might have helped me get into it easier than just 1 per week.

Yeah well 7 year old me kept waiting for the cool stuff to happen.

[BitterTom]

Halfway through a Carry On marathon. Just the thing for a crappy Sunday. Done Camping, Henry now then Dick.

[revbob]

I recently started Peaky Blinders. Interesting enough so far.

[revbob]

[tepista]

I will rewatch Eagleheart. Did you get to the House of Blues episode yet?

[revbob]

I will rewatch Eagleheart. Did you get to the House of Blues episode yet?

Yeah last night. This show is awesome.

[WestwayKid]

It took us several months (we started in October), but we finally finished Ken Burns' Country documentary last night. It was well done and engaging. My one criticism is that it felt a bit "shallow" at times, but then it is such a big subject that it would have been very hard (if not impossible) to take a truly deep dive into the history. I liked that it exposed me to some artists who I had heard of, but never heard.

[Kory]

It took us several months (we started in October), but we finally finished Ken Burns' Country documentary last night. It was well done and engaging. My one criticism is that it felt a bit "shallow" at times, but then it is such a big subject that it would have been very hard (if not impossible) to take a truly deep dive into the history. I liked that it exposed me to some artists who I had heard of, but never heard.

Have you seen his other docs, and if so, how does it compare? I've never gotten around to seeing any of them and not sure which one to start with other than Jazz (because of personal interest).

[revbob]

It took us several months (we started in October), but we finally finished Ken Burns' Country documentary last night. It was well done and engaging. My one criticism is that it felt a bit "shallow" at times, but then it is such a big subject that it would have been very hard (if not impossible) to take a truly deep dive into the history. I liked that it exposed me to some artists who I had heard of, but never heard.

I caught bits of this, great stuff.

[WestwayKid]

It took us several months (we started in October), but we finally finished Ken Burns' Country documentary last night. It was well done and engaging. My one criticism is that it felt a bit "shallow" at times, but then it is such a big subject that it would have been very hard (if not impossible) to take a truly deep dive into the history. I liked that it exposed me to some artists who I had heard of, but never heard.

Have you seen his other docs, and if so, how does it compare? I've never gotten around to seeing any of them and not sure which one to start with other than Jazz (because of personal interest).

I've seen quite a few of his documentaries and I would say this one is probably average compared to some of his better ones (Civil War, Vietnam, WW2, Baseball). It was on par with Jazz. It was very well done, but I think it just suffers from trying to tell a very expansive story across 8 episodes. This doesn't mean it's not a good documentary, it definitely is: well thought out, well put together, great interviews.

[Dr. Medulla]

It took us several months (we started in October), but we finally finished Ken Burns' Country documentary last night. It was well done and engaging. My one criticism is that it felt a bit "shallow" at times, but then it is such a big subject that it would have been very hard (if not impossible) to take a truly deep dive into the history. I liked that it exposed me to some artists who I had heard of, but never heard.

Have you seen his other docs, and if so, how does it compare? I've never gotten around to seeing any of them and not sure which one to start with other than Jazz (because of personal interest).

One of my favourite cultural historians, George Lipsitz, tore Burns a new one over the jazz documentary. Burns treats jazz as this unifying American music, utterly obscuring that it was the music of the persecuted and marginalized, shunned by elites before being co-opted.

The only docs of his that I rate are the ones on Vietnam and The Dust Bowl (tho apparently environmental historians have lots of problems with that one). The baseball one is quite good, but I disagree with his use of Jackie Robinson and desegregation as the be-all moment when players were still basically wage slaves until free agency was achieved. But if you're a baseball fan, it's still a love letter.

[JennyB]

Anyone watching Hunters? I really like it. I know it's getting a lot of flack for being over the top, but I like that aspect of it.

[Marky Dread]

Anyone watching Hunters? I really like it. I know it's getting a lot of flack for being over the top, but I like that aspect of it.

Just the first episode so far but my interest is piqued enough for more.

[101Walterton]

Just binge watched The Stranger on Netflix.
I enjoyed it it was a good story although as with a lot of things it got a bit OTT at the end.