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Breaking Bad coming back

#761
I{m revving up my grills for some Doctor Who and Walking Dead.
I{m mainly more excited for Doctor Who though, the 50th is going to be awesome. Smith regenerates into Capaldi on the christmas special.
If I could reccommend a show to fill the Breaking Bad void (atleast a little bit) I would say the two I just mentioned and Primeval BBC. Great show, they stopped production of it, but I have a pipe dream that BBC will start it up again. They have to!
 
#763
My recommendations for post-Breaking Bad life (for all those with Netflix):

Luther (BBC)
The Killing (another AMC show)
Sherlock (BBC)
Top of the Lake (BBC)
The Fall (BBC)

All good cop dramas. Not a replacement for BB (:crying:), but pretty good time fillers.
 
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SuperK said:
My recommendations for post-Breaking Bad life (for all those with Netflix):

Luther (BBC)
The Killing (another AMC show)
Sherlock (BBC)
Top of the Lake (BBC)
The Fall (BBC)

All good cop dramas. Not a replacement for BB (:crying:), but pretty good time fillers.
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How funny!

I had written (and deleted) a post yesterday wondering if anyone had seen Luther. It's another one I mini-binge watched when the "new season" started a month ago. It's fantastic! It made me want to move to London and live in an old high rise apartment.

There's only like 12 or 13 episodes. :bawl:
 
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Immigrant said:
How funny!

I had written (and deleted) a post yesterday wondering if anyone had seen Luther. It's another one I mini-binge watched when the "new season" started a month ago. It's fantastic! It made me want to move to London and live in an old high rise apartment.

There's only like 12 or 13 episodes. :bawl:
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Yea it's a stretch to call them "seasons." More like a mini-series. Luther is definitely a bad ass.
 
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OldDog52 said:
Hell on Wheels (AMC) has stepped up its game this season. Very good show.
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Yeah, I watch that one too. I like the premise, and there is some great acting and scenery, but the plot sometimes flags. That season finale, meh. I hope it gets renewed and they can get something going for real. I'm hooked now, so they accomplished that at least.

New Walking Dead this Sunday!
 
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SuperK said:
Yea it's a stretch to call them "seasons." More like a mini-series. Luther is definitely a bad ass.
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It's generally the way with most UK drama shows (beyond soaps) that the series are short. Most of the higher-quality shows only have one or two writers, rather than the predominant US model whereby there are a whole team of writers. It means that there may only be three, six, maybe up to twelve episodes in a series. The same thing happens in most of the 'good' comedies. Fawlty Towers only has twelve episodes in total.

Sherlock is a prime example. Two series, three hour-and-a-half episodes in each one. A third series is currently in production. I really don't mind so long as the show is actually good.

I still think the best thing that's been on UK TV in recent years in the BBC adaptation of 'Wallander' starring Kenneth Brannagh. It's absolutely wonderful. Dark, brooding, bleak, hard-boiled and challenging. The original Swedish series (based on a series of books) is good too but I believe that the British one is held in higher regard (generally) even over there.
 
#773
Can't wait for Walking Dead to start up again! Supposedly there's going to be more action this season, which will be a nice change from the past two seasons that have focused more on character development. Something tells me there's going to be a breach in the prison and a lot of the new Woodbury residents are gonna go buh-bye :D

Actually, that seems to be what's in the trailer for the new season, so I'm pretty excited for it!
 
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GrumpiusMaximus said:
It's generally the way with most UK drama shows (beyond soaps) that the series are short. Most of the higher-quality shows only have one or two writers, rather than the predominant US model whereby there are a whole team of writers. It means that there may only be three, six, maybe up to twelve episodes in a series. The same thing happens in most of the 'good' comedies. Fawlty Towers only has twelve episodes in total.

Sherlock is a prime example. Two series, three hour-and-a-half episodes in each one. A third series is currently in production. I really don't mind so long as the show is actually good.
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Agreed. I'll take quality over quantity any day! The Fall and Downton Abbey :hiding: are good examples of the short seasons also. I'll check out Wallander.
 
#775
Downton Abbey? Give me strength...

I can't stand it. Maybe it's because I'm a stickler for period-correct language consistency. There are some real howlers in every episodes of words that didn't exist for twenty years until after the setting and I sit there and crease every time I hear one.

No matter. It's popular and probably for good reason!
 
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GrumpiusMaximus said:
Downton Abbey? Give me strength...

I can't stand it. Maybe it's because I'm a stickler for period-correct language consistency. There are some real howlers in every episodes of words that didn't exist for twenty years until after the setting and I sit there and crease every time I hear one.

No matter. It's popular and probably for good reason!
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Lol, I got dragged into watching that. I dunno I if it's the language, the content, or delivery, but I hate that show with a passion
 

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