What was the last TV show you watched?

[Stearmen]

The new Top Gear. Not sure I care for the new presenters much. I much preferred the two host that fallowed on ExtraGear!

 

[Zombie_61]

The new Top Gear. Not sure I care for the new presenters much. I much preferred the two host that fallowed on ExtraGear!

I never thought I'd see the day when Top Gear U.S. was more entertaining than Top Gear U.K.. Chris Evans and Matt LeBlanc might eventually find their way and make the show theirs, but I thought their first episode was rather lackluster. And the Star in a Rally-Cross Car bit was awful.

 

[Fading Fast]

Three episodes into "The Night Manager" and am very impressed. It feels a bit like the original three James Bond movies (my favorites of the entire Bond series): the hero is very human, he infiltrates the villain's world and interact with the villain on a very personal level, the action scenes are infrequent, not over-the-top and genuinely advance the story. It's story telling that feels almost like it could actually happen - like the first three Bond movies - and not like now where Bond is, basically, a superhero with a lot of angst.

 

[Worf]

Binge watched M. Knight Sillyman's "Wayward Pines" . 11 episodes in two nights. With all my usual viewing fare in Summer hiatus I'll be watching a lot of these weird little 10 episode filler series. I think I'll try "The Americans" next.

Worf

 

[xmr]

The Americans is great!

 

[AmateisGal]

Three episodes into "The Night Manager" and am very impressed. It feels a bit like the original three James Bond movies (my favorites of the entire Bond series): the hero is very human, he infiltrates the villain's world and interact with the villain on a very personal level, the action scenes are infrequent, not over-the-top and genuinely advance the story. It's story telling that feels almost like it could actually happen - like the first three Bond movies - and not like now where Bond is, basically, a superhero with a lot of angst.

Totally agree. It's very well done.

 

[Fading Fast]

Totally agree. It's very well done.

Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie are doing an outstanding job (no surprise - both are fantastic) and Elizabeth Debicki is bringing depth and nuance to what could have been - in the hands of a lesser actress - the "obligatory pretty blond girl" role. Also enjoying Olivia Colman as the handler - she too is taking a standard role and making it better.

 

[AmateisGal]

Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie are doing an outstanding job (no surprise - both are fantastic) and Elizabeth Debicki is bring depth and nuance to what could have been - in the hands of a lesser actress - the "obligatory pretty blond girl" role. Also enjoying Olivia Colman as the handler - she too is taking a standard role and making it better.

Yes! I love how Laurie and Hiddleston tangle with each other. A battle of wits, indeed.

 

[AmateisGal]

Watched a couple episodes of Supernatural. Have to wait until the fall for new ones!

 

[Feraud]

anybody watched the new Norwegian series on Netflix...."Occupied"
Review anyone?

The wife and I watched it and enjoyed it a lot! Hope to see a season 2.

 

[Touchofevil]

Episode one of Peaky Blinders.

 

[Stearmen]

My NAZI Legacy. A very interesting documentary. Talking to two sons of prominent NAZIs, and how they have dealt with that legacy! It's easy to forget that there are still children of these men still alive. I could not imagine what I would feel if I found out the man I loved as my father was a monster?

 

[MisterCairo]

Last night back from temporary duty, my wife and I watched the season finale of Gotham (brilliant!) and the GoT from two Sundays' back (playing catch up). Awesome!

 

[Worf]

Two episodes of "The Americans" and two episodes of "The Strain". Good viewing there.

Worf

 

[Stearmen]

A couple of episodes of What's My Car Worth. Love how the bidding on the Ferrari started at one million dollars!

 

[Fading Fast]

Finished "The Night Manager," and while I could quibble about a plot flaw or two, overall this is an outstanding mini-series. As mentioned earlier, it is, IMHO, what Bond movies should be like and what a modern version of the first three Bond movies would look like. While I enjoy the Daniel Craig Bond films, they are action adventure movies wrapped around a by-the-numbers angsty spy narrative.

"The Night Manager," was more classic spy movie: the intelligence agency needs an inside man to expose and capture a slippery, smart, large-scale bad guy (but not a gross caricature of a bad guy) - the spy gets inside the organization, matches wits with the evil genius and a game of spy chess - mainly intelligence not action driven - occurs. I'd love the writers and director of the next Bond film to watch this series.

And the hero isn't racked with guilt and angst all the time - sometimes, he even seems to be enjoying himself.

 

[Touchofevil]

UFC 199 prelims

 

[Touchofevil]

Holy Wow! Dariush, in the running for KO of the night and a bonus.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Wow...huh..!!
Good fights so far.

 

[Touchofevil]

Wow...huh..!!
Good fights so far.

Another good prelim card. Hopefully, Faber destroys Cruz tonight. He was cheated by the judges last time after outlanding, taking cruz down repeatedly, as well as knocking him down. It would be great to see a whiny Cruz lose as he should have against Dillashaw.