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TheDouglas78

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Almost done w/ season 1, pretty good show. I'm disappointed to hear season 2 sucks. That's how I felt about Goliath (w/ Billy Bob - season 1 was great, the other two seasons not so much).

I wouldn't go so far as say 2 sucks, but it's definitely a drop in quality (trying to force the push to the Defenders mini-series). But season 3 is as good as the first one, possibly better.
 

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Netflix Halt and Catch Fire ... a series set in the early 80s when PCs, Modems, Games etc first started. About a group of geeks trying to make their fortune / change the world.

I was one of them so I think it's a great series so far (season 2).
 

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Netflix Halt and Catch Fire ... a series set in the early 80s when PCs, Modems, Games etc first started. About a group of geeks trying to make their fortune / change the world.

I was one of them so I think it's a great series so far (season 2).

yes it is good but I think we canceled Netflix before finishing it. How many seasons does it have?
 

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Almost done w/ season 1, pretty good show. I'm disappointed to hear season 2 sucks. That's how I felt about Goliath (w/ Billy Bob - season 1 was great, the other two seasons not so much).

I liked season 2 of Goliath...season 3 not so much though.
 

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I found season 2 creepy weird. The amputee thing was bizarre.

Agree, season 2 was really odd. I love Billy Bob, he's a solid actor (for a drunk). But the 2nd and 3rd seasons were a bust for that show.
 

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Started watching nightstalker on netflix yesterday. Looks like it's gonna be pretty good!
 

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Started watching nightstalker on netflix yesterday. Looks like it's gonna be pretty good!

I’m really looking forward to that...probably gonna be one the wife will sit out on though so may be a bit till I get to it
 

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I’m really looking forward to that...probably gonna be one the wife will sit out on though so may be a bit till I get to it
finished it tonight. Was really good. And theres nothing about it that would make someone turn their head or get freaked out. The comments I've seen online over that are unfounded imo. Was really interesting, bet you both would like it. My wife and I both were glued to it.
 

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Young Rock - The Rock telling his life story in a fictional setting a decade from now during his Presidential run. It’s pretty funny and most the guys they cast for the wrestlers have been pretty spot on so far.
 

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Just finished up The Undoing on HBO Max which was really well done I thought.

Now moved on to Tell Me Your Secrets with a crazy plot about a woman who dated a serial killer, a mother of a girl killed by the serial killer, and her using a rapist to help find her/her killer...super creepy but really good so far
 

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The wife and I watched Watchmen (HBOMax) the show starts off strong and interesting. For the first 5-6 eposides it really starts to get good and hooks you in. In the last 3 episodes they try to wrap up all the loose ends and it really starts to weight it down. Where it starts out with a bang, really interesting it just limps into the end. I would be interested to see what they do with the property, but as a single season mini-series it's worth a watch, but plan to be disappointed.
 

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Wasn't a fan of the Watchman TV series. I liked the movie but the TV series had a stupid racism plot.
 

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@Seedy is watching Dexter again so I gave it a try. Made it through the first season but had to drop out. Guess I should dig through this thread for some new shows.
 

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I'm late to the party but I've been watching Mr. Robot on Amazon. With discount Freddy Mercury (Rami Malek) and discount Jack Nicholson (Christian Slater). It's a mind fck and three seasons in I'm not sure what's going on. Discount Freddy Mercury is a hacker who is absolutely crazy so you don't know what's real, in his head, or both real AND in his head. He schemes with others to to take down E"vil" Corp. Along the way there are lots of players including the highest political power brokers in the US and Chinese governments. It's also shot in a way that unsettles the audience. Some characters are rarely center screen and our often not only on the edge of the screen but looking to the short side of the screen. It's a subconsciously unsettling feeling. I'm not too in line with the politics which has that whole "Occupy Wall Street" vibe. But as we get into season three discount Freddy Mercury is realizing that anarchy is maybe not a good thing. We will see how that plays out. Joe Bob says check it out.

Unlike almost every other hacker movie/show, there are a TON of real infosec references. Apps, data exfil, usb malware, reverse shells, rubber duckies, wifi pinapple, China infiltration, data deletion, UPS firmware wiping, etc...all are legit. Funniest is the “I’m Dave Kennedy, I work with Craig on the Q4 push.” (). Dave is totally legit, industry respected, hacker.

must be watched multiple times to get all the little nuances.
 

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