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Aug 15, 2015 - 2:52 PM
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TominAtl
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I've added ZOO to the list, although after having seen the first episode, I'm not sure this is up my alley.
Ongoing shows I'm following at the moment include DARK MATTER, DEFIANCE, EXTANT, FALLING SKIES, HANNIBAL, KILLJOYS, THE LAST SHIP, THE WHISPERS (which is largely disappointing, so I might jump ship), UNDER THE DOME (which is really getting messy, script-wise) and TRUE DETECTIVE. Plus, THE STRAIN and DOMINION just came back with new seasons.
Very sad to see WAYWARD PINES go, but that's the nature of show biz.
As always, looking for new paranormal/sci fi shows, but I haven't found anything by googling around.
I find Zoo extremely silly and while my roommate watches I have rolled my eyes and laughed out loud at the absurdity of it on more than one occasion. Look, I'm up with sci-fi premises and checking my brain at the door as it were, but "Day of the Animals" is scarier and more believable than this mess. I've found myself laughing at how many times the main lead James Wolk is seen smiling or smirking in almost every scene he is in. He probably feels the same way I do. 
I gave up on Under the Dome after the beginning of season 2. Season 1 was OK but then it went off the rails for me.
True Detective Season One was one of the most compelling and suspenseful series I had seen. But this season...it was probably the worst series that HBO has produced in some time. It was such a boring and confusing mess and with the exception of Rachael McAdams, was horribly miscast with Vince Vaughn as a gangster(yeah, go ahead and giggle-but he did try hard though to be menacing) and the finale made it worse. Gah. I mean, so many names of corrupt cops and politicians were thrown around, talking about decades old cases and illicit land deals and other shit that made no difference to the overall story line, and yet there was no real central villain. Very disappointing.
The Strain is back and is as strong as last season. The cast works good together and is moving right along.
Hannibal is on its final season but I love how they follow the original stories and add new twists and characters to make it compelling and oft putting. Mads Mikkelsen as the title character is phenomenal. The whole cast is great and the cinematography is almost a work of art.
On an older series note, Thor, I'm not sure if it's on dvd or not, but did you ever watch the one and only season from 2012 of "The River"? Definitely on the paranormal side, with a heavy dose of Twilight Zone. I actually thoroughly enjoyed it.
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I tried to watch THE STRAIN but after a few eps i gave up.
Really bad and unoriginal filled with stock characters and cliches. i understand many folks like it al
I was hopin it would be of the quality of Del Toro's MIMIC
not eeven close
brm
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ST-DS9
not as good as ENTERPRISE but better than ST: The next Ripoff
Boy, those last two seasons sure were (mostly) lame.
It turned into a mash-up of THE EXORCIST meets STAR WARS plus The Bible and unconvincing soap opera melodramatics .Phew!
S. 1-5 stand up well as good Sc0fi and good STAR TREK
next up; VOYAGER
BRM
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I tried to watch THE STRAIN but after a few eps i gave up.
Really bad and unoriginal filled with stock characters and cliches. i understand many folks like it al
I was hopin it would be of the quality of Del Toro's MIMIC
not eeven close
brm
It's one of the best shows currently on, IMO, and there are PLENTY of Del Toro trademarks in it. Especially the prologue about the master which he directed himself. But we tend to like very different things when it comes to TV shows most of the time, Bruce, so I'm not THAT surprised you didn't like it.
I WANTED TO LIKE IT
really
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At least we both like ORPHAN BLACK, from what I remember.
season ONE only
alas
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