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Any HBO watchers?

TrainedRage

TrainedRage

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Just got 3 months what to watch?
- The Outsider (started first on ep3)
- The Watchmen
- Chernobyl

That's like all I can think of off the top of my head. Any suggestions?

I keep hearing about His Dark Materials too but im not sure.
 
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Are you looking for just new stuff or anything? I assume you've seen shows like GOT, The Sopranos, The Wire, etc?
 
TrainedRage said:
Just got 3 months what to watch?
- The Outsider (started first on ep3)
- The Watchmen
- Chernobyl

That's like all I can think of off the top of my head. Any suggestions?
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I subscribe to HBO Go and will switch to Max when it launches.

You just listed three big ones. I'm waiting unti I read the book to watch The Outsider

I also like Barry, True Detective, and Succession

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meant listed, not lifted
 
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DragoonKain said:
Are you looking for just new stuff or anything? I assume you've seen shows like GOT, The Sopranos, The Wire, etc?
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Yeah I have seen most of the "older" stuff. But will take any suggestions honestly. Im sure I missed some good old shows too.


Cult of FartNoise said:
I subscribe to HBO Go and will switch to Max when it launches.

You just lifted three big ones. I'm waiting unti I read the book to watch The Outsider

I also like Barry, True Detective, and Succession
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I will check those out thanks.
 
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Carnivale is one that gets overlooked but I really enjoyed it. It doesn't get a proper ending but still does some cool stuff.

Also check out season 1 of True Detective.
 
Rome starts a little slow, but is really good if you like historical dramas. Curb obviously is great if you like Seinfeld type humor.

An under the radar show called How to Make it in America was pretty good. It's not elite tier, but no one ever talks about it and there were only a couple seasons of it, so it flew way under the radar. Just recommending it because I don't think anyone else will lol.
 
DKehoe said:
Carnivale is one that gets overlooked but I really enjoyed it. It doesn't get a proper ending but still does some cool stuff.

Also check out season 1 of True Detective.
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Watched that last month. Yeah it got axed, but if you ignore the last couple of minutes it works as a complete story.

TrainedRage TrainedRage - The Righteous Gemstones is great. Danny McBride and John Goodman in top form.
 
TrainedRage said:
Yeah I have seen most of the "older" stuff. But will take any suggestions honestly. Im sure I missed some good old shows too.
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I strongly recommend Little Big Lies and High Maintenance.
Warning about High maintenance: there is a lot of nudity... like full frontal of unattractive people but the show is hilarious lol.
 
I also suggest Euphoria... first episode starts a lil slow but the following episodes have some really cool twists.
 
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Karma Jawa said:
Watched that last month. Yeah it got axed, but if you ignore the last couple of minutes it works as a complete story.
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The creator put out a bunch of info on the show's mythology and what his plans were if it had gone ahead. It's pretty interesting.
 
The Wire
Rome
True Detective (S1, S2)
Deadwood
Curb Your Enthusiasm
The Sopranos
Chernobyl
Generation Kill
Six Feet Under
 
DKehoe said:
The creator put out a bunch of info on the show's mythology and what his plans were if it had gone ahead. It's pretty interesting.
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I read some stuff about it. Moving to Europe and WWII.

Really interesting series. Such a shame it got axed just as it seemed to be hitting its stride.
 
Saw all of Eastbound & Down it was pretty funny.

The Night Of was interesting, but then got weird for me with the gay stuff.

Game of Thrones was good until the last season.

Saw some ofVice Principals, but never finished it I remember getting bored of it.

Thats mostly everything that I watched. Need to get back into HBO myself.
 
Game of Thrones is over.
Silicon Valley is over.
I tried Avenue 5 - just wasn't very funny.
Finished Chernobyl
Tried Westworld, did not like it.

Watched the Wire season 2 and half of season 1 and got bored. :)
 
MaestroMike said:
Saw all of Eastbound & Down it was pretty funny.

The Night Of was interesting, but then got weird for me with the gay stuff.

Game of Thrones was good until the last season.

Saw some ofVice Principals, but never finished it I remember getting bored of it.

Thats mostly everything that I watched. Need to get back into HBO myself.
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Vice Principals does drag a little later on, but it comes together well in the finale and is worth finishing if you're most of the way through.
 
Great responses here. All worth watching.
Don't forget: In Treatment. Boardwalk Empire. Sharp Objects.

Some of the good legacy stuff isn't there for some reason.
 
I've been enjoying Silicon Valley these past few weeks.

Nothing amazing but it's a fun light show to watch while eating dinner or on my lunch break at work. It's like the big bang theory done right
 
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TrainedRage said:
What's the deal with Season 3? Seems like they would be decent at that point in the series.
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S2 is awful, it's probably the worst season of TV that I've watched all the way through.

3 is almost as good as 1. Definitely give it a go. Feels a lot more connected to 1 in tone and atmosphere whereas 2 is almost like a different show completely.
 
TrainedRage said:
Just got 3 months what to watch?
- The Outsider (started first on ep3)
- The Watchmen
- Chernobyl

That's like all I can think of off the top of my head. Any suggestions?

I keep hearing about His Dark Materials too but im not sure.
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I would, if you havent, watch the wire. All time greatest show ever.

Second, Season 1 of TRUE DETECTIVE is the greatest single season of modern detective noir ever created. Season 3 is also cool, but not quite s1.



Currentky I'm watching THE NEW POPE.


Honestly... WHAT THE FUCK

THE YOUNG POPE was a brilliant and beautiful show! I highly recommend it. Honestly, i couldve watched that season with Lenny for a long time. I was ao excited season two was announced.


But holy shit (pun intended) wtf man. I mean, this week something important FINALLY happens... But damn dude. I thought okay cool John Malkovich hell yeah... But they took the more stylized and artistics traits of the first season and used only those to create the second, while leaving all of the honesty and the heart out. Its so fucking weird now. Its borderline unwatchable and boring as hell, and way too bizzare to take seriously most of the time
 
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Cleared_Hot said:
I would, if you havent, watch the wire. All time greatest show ever.

Second, Season 1 of TRUE DETECTIVE is the greatest single season of modern detective noir ever created. Season 3 is also cool, but not quite s1.



Currentky I'm watching THE NEW POPE.


Honestly... WHAT THE FUCK

THE YOUNG POPE was a brilliant and beautiful show! I highly recommend it. Honestly, i couldve watched that season with Lenny for a long time. I was ao excited season two was announced.


But holy shit (pun intended) wtf man. I mean, this week something important FINALLY happens... But damn dude. I thought okay cool John Malkovich hell yeah... But they took the more stylized and artistics traits of the first season and used only those to create the second, while leaving all of the honesty and the heart out. Its so fucking weird now. Its borderline unwatchable and boring as hell, and way too bizzare to take seriously most of the time
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Damn I liked the first season too. Have you seen the show Too Old To Die Young? Its very stylized and pretty interesting.
 
TrainedRage said:
Damn I liked the first season too. Have you seen the show Too Old To Die Young? Its very stylized and pretty interesting.
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Cant say i have. Ill add to my list.

I almost forgot! I'm also watching McMillions on HBO. Its only three episodes in. Its a holy shit balls doc. Very entertaining and absolutely bonkers.
 
True Detective season 3 was definitely better than 2, but it definitely wasn't as good as people thought IMO. It kinda dragged and meandered for a while and then I thought the finale wasn't very good. It got really hokey.
 
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