Final Fantasy XIV: Dad of Light (Netflix Original) - Japanese drama based on a true story that sees a son trying to reconnect with his estranged father by playing FFXIV with him (they used to play the Famicom games together when he was a child). It wasn't the best thing I've watched this year, but it was definitely different. Maybe worth a look.
Knights of Sidonia (Netflix Original) - Mecha series set in the far future that sees the remnents of humanity teetering on the edge of destruction as they confront a mysteriously creepy alien race known as the Guana in deep space. It takes a lot of inspiration from 80's & 90's sci-fi/mecha anime, but with some modern flair (like the fact that it's entirely CG). It's actually a pretty awesome watch, but held back by the fact that it's as of now incomplete (I also personally wasn't a fan of the direction the romantic sub-plot was taking).
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I watched The Gifted today, it looks interesting, maybe i will follow the series.
TV shows that i'm following: Game of Thrones; Vikings; Black Sails; Black Mirror; Stranger Things; Narcos; Bojack Horseman; Rick and Morty; The Americans; Westworld; The Deuce; Castlevania; American Gods; The Last Kingdom; The Seven Deadly Sins; One Punch Man, and probably more.
I've been watching Black Lake on BBC4 and it is brilliant. It is a bit of a murder mystery and possible supernatural drama and very tense. It finishes this Saturday which is both a good thing and a bad, good because I'll get to know what happens, bad because it is finished. It's quite reminiscent of the Shining in places and the setting.
@KratosMD of those, Stranger Things is the only one I'll watch, but I can't wait for it! I started Arrow but only made it through Season 2. I really need to watch Mr Robot though.
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@KratosMD My TV show backlog is worse than my video game backlog. Way worse. I literally have dozens of shows that I would like to watch. A few months ago, a friend of mine and I were talking about TV shows and he gave me a full page list of shows he said I needed to watch. And of course each of those 30-40 shows has multiple seasons. It's like hundreds if not thousands of hours of TV that I am "deficient" in. Whenever I get some time that I think I'll start one of these series, it's just too overwhelming and I feel inclined not to open up something that will consume my life that much or that there is no way I can finish, so I just end up playing video games instead. 😄 Except for Stranger Things — I'll watch that.
If there is a good TV series that actually has an end finale where the plot is completely wrapped up, then I'd like to consider it. Like Breaking Bad. I liked that because I knew it was going to finish and so there was a end point.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@KratosMD I really like Daredevil though, hope that Punisher is great too. I didn't like Defenders. I started to follow The Gifted, let's see if it's good. Thanks for the recommendations.
I've just watched a great show on BBC4 called Black Lake, it's a supernatural suspense type show and it was really enjoyable. The end was a little anticlimatic but not a disappointment. The only thing that may put you off is its in Swedish with subtitles.
@KratosMD It was one of my co workers that pointed it out to me as I hadn't come across it in the listings before. I think it is on iPlayer (if you can get that) as the last episodes aired on Saturday last week.
My wife and I are going to be hitting that up tonight when the kids have gone to bed. Really looking forward to it as that has been one of the best things on TV in a very long time.
I'm also watching Stranger Things, one of my favorite series now, also finished to watch Mindhunter and it's frickin amazing, great acting and narrative.
Btw, Showtime will produce The Kingkiller Chronicle tv show, the books are great and it has a huge potential for a great tv show.
@KratosMD I've watched 6 episodes so far and I'm loving it! It is going in some really interesting directions and I love the '80s setting and references. I'll be finished it by tomorrow night I would think.
Started season 2 of Riverdale last night and so far I am enjoying it just as much if not more then season one. Also started The Flash and Arrow last night as well and as always enjoying Flash, Arrow though I am wondering why I still watch it at times.
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Really sad to see that Red Oakes will not be getting a season 4. Its a criminally under watched show that really deserved to carry on. Also sad to see the end of Halt and Catch fire which for me was one of the best written shows of the last few years. The final few episodes were really touching and emotional.
Falling Water has been suprisngly good and looking forward to seeing there they take the show next year.
KuroMukuro (Netflix Original) - The latest mecha anime I've watched on Netflix, and my favorite of the bunch. Turns out that all those stories of Ogres in Feudal Japan were true, except that they were really alien invaders! Now when they return in modern day, Japan (and the Earth)'s best hope of winning rests on the shoulders of the mech they excavated from the previous invasion, piloted by the samurai who was in suspended animation inside the frame.
Fuller House season 3 (Netflix Original) - More of the same, but that's what I'm in it for. I do hope the entirety (or at least majority) of season 4 is set in Japan, though.
Currently watching Stranger Things season 2 (Netflix Original).
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Every night before bed, I've been re-watching The Office (US version), I've seen this show completely so many times. Always a treat to re-watch it. I was so happy when I found out it was on the Canadian Netflix.
@KratosMD So if you were to recommend the order to watch the Marvel shows (sounds like you have watched most or all) what would it be?
I started Daredevil and made it through half of the first season. I liked it but just not enough to binge it. Also watched the pilot of Jessica Jones, but that’s all. At this point, I’m so overwhelmed by all of them, I don’t know where to start and what order to watch them in to get the full effect. So I end up watching none and just playing video games instead
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