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rhitwick

rhitwick

Democracy is a myth
sam9s said:
Goliath - Season 1 ... AMAZING, just loved the show, would be very high in my rating schema, however I still have few apprehensions, and few things that I did not like, or shall I say could not understand why writers would do so (I can share if someone is interested and upto it for a debate ), but that aspect made me pull out few points from the over all score. But all said and done, this does not take away from the fact that it still remains one hell of a show, the quality of the writing most of the time is excellent, and the dialogues, performances, characters are blind spot on. Infact I would say the way it's shot and paced, the amount of detective work involved, the score and the atmosphere the show maintains, makes it feel much more like classy film noir than any legal drama.

Coming to ending, yes I have read reviews that say it was a lukewarm ending, I would say it was not over-dramatized, in fact it as not dramatized at all and that for me actually worked in favor of the show and the atmosphere in was shot in. However yes I would agree that the amount of final evidence and argument I was expecting the protagonist team will put up in the last two episodes was not as much as I would have expected; for it to get the kind of verdict it got ....... you will know what I mean when you will see the show ....... this could have been 8/10 but I would cut 2 points for what I said in the first para, and settle with 7.8/10 , which mind you in it self is a pretty high score on my rating schema .......:)
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Finished Goliath S01 yesterday (2 days straight). 8/10 from me.
No, @sam9s , did not see due to your recco here but after watching I recalled that someone in forum posted about this. Glad that it was you. Always trusted your reccos may be differed on ratings.

This is best courtroom drama after "The Verdict" (@sam9s, you should have mentioned 'courtroom drama' in your review somewhere, I would have watched it long back).
Best acting, best script writing and keeps you on toes till the very end.
Then again, the end result does not justify the arguments provided. The weak team won!

Onto S02 now.

b/w its available in Amazon Prime, if anyone interested.

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Cloak and Dagger S01 till 3 episodes (Amazon Prime)

Another b-grade (or c-grade) superhero saga from Marvel. 3 episodes down and they did not even scratched the surface of story. Making this dark for the sake of being dark.
 
rhitwick

rhitwick

Democracy is a myth
Luke Cage S02 3/10

I was right about Luke Cage. This was a borefest and still is. S02 is even worse than S01 and when compared to Jessica Jones S02, it's even worse than that.
Each episode had two full songs! And you blame bollywood?!
Felt like watching "Hum aapke hai kaun" in english.

Stay away, you are not missing anything, trust me on this.
 
sling-shot

sling-shot

Wise Old Owl
Anyone watching K-dramas?

After My Azhussi and Miracle That We Met, I found What Is Wrong With Secretary Kim interesting initially but looks like it is also turning into some sort of typical drama.
 
SaiyanGoku

SaiyanGoku

kamehameha!!
rhitwick said:
Luke Cage S02 3/10

I was right about Luke Cage. This was a borefest and still is. S02 is even worse than S01 and when compared to Jessica Jones S02, it's even worse than that.
Each episode had two full songs! And you blame bollywood?!
Felt like watching "Hum aapke hai kaun" in english.

Stay away, you are not missing anything, trust me on this.
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At episode 11 now and yes, songs were not required in the foreground. They could've condensed it to 10-11 episodes by removing all songs. Plot has been weak.
Shades is my favourite character so far in both seasons.
 
harry10

harry10

Gadgets freak
rhitwick said:
Luke Cage S02 3/10

I was right about Luke Cage. This was a borefest and still is. S02 is even worse than S01 and when compared to Jessica Jones S02, it's even worse than that.
Each episode had two full songs! And you blame bollywood?!
Felt like watching "Hum aapke hai kaun" in english.

Stay away, you are not missing anything, trust me on this.
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Agreed. Had to FWD all bs melodrama.. JJ s02 was much better. And that ending made no sense at all. Seems writers went out of ideas what to do for season 3.

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rhitwick

rhitwick

Democracy is a myth
I'm watching all superhero TV shows that are happening in US TV now.
Flash, Arrow, Legends Of Tomorrow, Black Lightning, Cloak and Dagger, Legion (S01 only), Luke Cage, JJ, Daredevil, Iron Fist.
Among all these most entertaining I find is Flash.
Has cool villains and they have well exlored the comic parts. So, no nonsense of toning down the sci-fi with reality.
Daredevil comes second with a goos storyline and best action on TV ever.
Arrow used to be in that top list but now it is deviating from comics and alligning more with usual daily soap elements.

Rest all are second or third class shows; poor writing, slow pace and detached from their comics storyline.
 
jackal_79

jackal_79

Get Digit ized
Started watching Taboo and have been really impressed. It's been a while since i have watched anything this good. Tom Hardy is phenomenal.!
 
Allu Azad

Allu Azad

Time Ruins Everything
Secret Love - 9/10

Complex relationship/love story. Really liked the heroine's performance. The whole thing about her kid was sad.
 
true_lies

true_lies

Youngling
Altered Carbon - Impressive first few episodes, visually great, over the top in some ways, dipped in the last few. Performances from Joel Kinnaman and Chris Conner were good but rather meh from others. Sure did like the world built up around the series, will definitely check out season 2.

The Expanse - I love sci-fi space operas be it games, movies or shows and this is definitely in my favorite list. Edge of the seat entertainment that has it all. Watched the 2 seasons over the weekend and was thoroughly impressed, really had me hooked. Any idea when Netflix will stream season 3 here?
 
harry10

harry10

Gadgets freak
Trial & Error.
Highly recommended if you like clean comedies. Some dialogues are quite delightful.

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rhitwick

rhitwick

Democracy is a myth
Sacred Games (Netflix) 8/10

(Why none here posted about this? Didn't see or beneath ur taste?)

Liked this series very much.
Great production quality with awesome, just awesome performance from everyone, be it either lead actors or side characters.
Brutal, unapologetic, uncompromising storytelling and cinematography shocked and at the same time made me do 'wow!'

Leaves a lingering taste in your mouth once the final episode ends with a great cliffhanger.

(It's like Netflix gave money to AK and told, ja bana. Koi paise ki parwa nahi aur koi censor board nahi.
Ak Told, to mujhe paisa bhi nahi chahiye aur dekh main kaya karta hoon! MC, BC!!!!)
 
Allu Azad

Allu Azad

Time Ruins Everything
rhitwick said:
Sacred Games (Netflix) 8/10

(Why none here posted about this? Didn't see or beneath ur taste?)

Liked this series very much.
Great production quality with awesome, just awesome performance from everyone, be it either lead actors or side characters.
Brutal, unapologetic, uncompromising storytelling and cinematography shocked and at the same time made me do 'wow!'

Leaves a lingering taste in your mouth once the final episode ends with a great cliffhanger.

(It's like Netflix gave money to AK and told, ja bana. Koi paise ki parwa nahi aur koi censor board nahi.
Ak Told, to mujhe paisa bhi nahi chahiye aur dekh main kaya karta hoon! MC, BC!!!!)
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Other than Radhika Apte everything else was pretty good.
 
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