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Sincebb1
Member
08-22-2005
| Saturday, March 05, 2022 - 4:30 pm 
I'm so undecided. I'll admit, I started watching it during the pandemic when there was hardly any content to watch. I was looking for something sci-fi-ish. I didn't read any review of it or see a trailer. I had no idea what I was watching during the first three episodes LOL
It is a dystopian futuristic Syfy. It is very complex. You just have to admire it for its intricacies. I must like it enough to keep watching it.
I say give it a try. Two or three episodes, you'll know whether you love it or hate it.
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Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Sunday, March 06, 2022 - 11:26 am
Thanks Sincebb1. That sounds like a very fair review. As you suggested, I’ll probably give it a try.
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Sincebb1
Member
08-22-2005
| Sunday, March 06, 2022 - 11:44 am
Right now I'm on season 2 episode 6... Which I think, is the last episode that's out so far. One thing I have to say, is that everything is always changing. It's not the same thing, episode after episode. The second season is different than the first season. There is a gradual, constant evolution of characters and plotline.
I have to say I become quite attached to the androids. Sort of like the Android in Aliens...lol
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Sincebb1
Member
08-22-2005
| Sunday, March 06, 2022 - 2:42 pm
Anyone have any thoughts on Westworld, Snowpiercer, Treme? Deciding to whether to start watching any or all of those.
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Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Sunday, March 06, 2022 - 3:06 pm
The first season of Westworld was pretty amazing. However, I think that the general consensus is that the later seasons are very confusing and not as good.
I wasn't a big fan of the movie version of Snowpiercer so I never watched the series and I haven't seen Treme.
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Kitt
Member
09-05-2000
| Sunday, March 06, 2022 - 3:51 pm
Ditto on those. Westworld was so good at first, then season two just lost track, S3 might as well have been another show.
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Sincebb1
Member
08-22-2005
| Sunday, March 06, 2022 - 4:24 pm
Lol nix Westworld. I hear what you are saying about Snowpiercer. But I read that everybody disliked the movie but liked the series?
Treme is from the same people that did The Wire. Which is probably the best series I have ever watched. In the trailer I spied one of the actors from The Wire that I loved.
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Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Monday, March 07, 2022 - 9:50 am
Sounds to me like of the three, Treme would be your best choice. Though I could certainly recommend Westworld as a solid one season show. And some people do like the other seasons as well.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Monday, March 07, 2022 - 12:00 pm
We just started The Tourist last night on HBO Max. It stars Jamie Dornan, who was the sheriff in Once Upon a Time and played a serial killer in The Fall (Netflix). Dornan plays a man who is in a car crash and wakes up with serious amnesia. Takes place in the outback of Australia, and the scenary is very bleak, but we've watched two episodes and so far we're hooked.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Wednesday, March 16, 2022 - 11:06 am
The Time Traveler's Wife is coming sometime in May on HBO (date not yet released). I read the book and watched the first movie years ago. This is one that still haunts me. This one's a series (6 episodes), rather than a movie, so they'll be able to cover more of the book. Love the casting. 💖
https://www.eonline.com/news/1323215/rose-leslie-details-the-perils-of-being-a-time-travelers-wife-in-new-teaser
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Wednesday, March 16, 2022 - 12:09 pm
I loved the movie. Great choice of casting for the wife. This sounds so good.
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Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Thursday, March 17, 2022 - 9:40 am
Oh this should be good! Love the casting and that it’s a series rather than a movie.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Thursday, March 17, 2022 - 10:36 am
I was thinking of you when I posted this, Jimmer. We were just talking about time traveling shows a couple of days ago! This looks like a good one.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, March 17, 2022 - 11:03 am
I am looking forward to this one. I loved the book and the movie was okay. I am hoping the series leans more towards how the book was.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Friday, March 18, 2022 - 11:03 am
They should be able to tell more of the story from the book with a 6 hour series, rather than trying to cram everything into a 2 hour movie. Looking forward to it.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, March 29, 2022 - 9:56 am
I don't know if anyone else has watched it but my husband and I really enjoyed Our Flag Means Death. It was very funny but also very touching.
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Marej
Member
09-19-2002
| Saturday, April 02, 2022 - 1:48 pm
Gentleman Jack Season 2 starts April 25th.
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Friday, April 15, 2022 - 2:56 pm
I am really enjoying Julia starring Sarah Lancashire, David Hyde Pierce & Bebe Neuwirth on HBO. I have always enjoyed watching these actors and their range of works. It is about Julia Child starting on PBS.
I got kick seeing the 2 lead actors from A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder (take a peek at some of the YouTube videos) share a scene. Jefferson Mays playing Albert Duhamel and Bryce Pinkham as John Updike. Which belatedly reminds me I meant to look for Rabbit Run at the library this afternoon. Christian Clemenson as James Beard was a hoot. The always delightful Judith Light is also a cast member.
I think it is only 8 episodes, I have watched 5 at this point, and I can already tell I will want another season or 5.
I highly recommend this show, it is sweet, charming and funny, very palatable. (I simply could not resist the pun)
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Saturday, April 16, 2022 - 5:49 am
Sugar, I'm having a hard time finding Julia on HBO. When I do a search, it is leading me to some sort of PPV movie On Demand. I can't find any series. What day is it on? That may help me find it.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Saturday, April 16, 2022 - 6:21 am
Lexie, as far as I can tell, it's not on the HBO channel. It's part of HBO Max.
https://play.hbomax.com/page/urn:hbo:page:GYip0jQfJ7MPDDQEAAAAD:type:series
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Saturday, April 16, 2022 - 7:25 am
I have been watching it on HBO Max. If you have HBO you may also have HBO Max.
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Saturday, April 16, 2022 - 7:27 am
I'm sorry for any confusion. So many channels and configurations any more it is hard to keep track or tell the difference.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Saturday, April 16, 2022 - 12:07 pm
Yay for Gentleman Jack. I really enjoyed that show.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-24-2003
| Sunday, April 17, 2022 - 6:12 am
HBO -- started with HBO, then HBO GO, then HBO NOW, then HBO MAX. For some tech reason I don't remember I got in at HBO NOW. Couldn't sooner for some reason. (To view what I wanted on HBO?) My HBO NOW automatically became HBO MAX.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Monday, April 18, 2022 - 5:38 am
Thanks y'all. I do have HBO Max. I will look for it on there.
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