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| ![]() Sacred Games Season 2 star cast has been revealed. Some great music, gave me goosebumps! |
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Distinguished - BHPian ![]() ![]() | ![]() There's a new series begun on Hotstar. Chernobyl. Its from HBO, and only the first episode of the first season is out. But its looking very good. Essentially a dramatization of the original tragedy. |
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BHPian Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Mumbai
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| ![]() Shows I recently finished: 1. Person of Interest (Prime Video): 5/5 Brilliant show. I am not a fan of sci-fi but this one is so well done and the acting is amazing. The lead can give 007 a run for his money. 2. Made in Heaven (Prime Video): 4/5 Nice watch. Can get a bit preachy at times. Found the show to be a little wannabe in some episodes. The acting by the leads is really good though. 3. The Office (Prime video): 4/5 It's a legendary show. The last two seasons were not as great but it's a fun show to watch if you are tired and simply want to unwind after a long day. Dwight Schrute is now among my top favorite characters of all time. 4. Mirzapur (Prime video): 3/5 Tries way too hard. It's no Sacred Games (not a show that I think highly of anyway). I think the makers have tried to use some titillation just to make up for the average acting and predictable plot. 5. Robin Williams-Come inside my mind (Hotstar Premium): 5/5 Am a huge fan of his and this gave me an insider's view of the man's life. Highly recommend. Shows I am currently watching (all on Hotstar premium): 1. GoT on S4 now:3/5 Is really disappointing. Forced plots, unrealistic timelines, loopholes, etc, etc. but I have invested too much time in it and want to see how it ends. 2. Veep on S2 now (4/5): I watch it while eating lunch just to unwind. Can be fun if you don't have very high expectations. 3. Doctor Who with Matt Smith on S6 now (4/5): Timepass show. Matt Smith makes for a quirky doctor. I try not to wonder too much about the science and timelines behind it so it's fun. 4. Homeland on S4 now (5/5): Brilliant. The lead actress is so talented! I thought GoT was unpredictable but this show is something else. Love it and highly recommend. 5. City of Dreams : Just seen one episode but I like it. Has a heavyweight cast borrowed from the Marathi film industry. Gives a Satyaesque vibe. I'm a sucker for political crime dramas. The fact that it's based in Mumbai is cherry on the cake. 6. Band of Brothers (4/5): Found the first few episodes amazing. It's getting a bit tedious to watch now though. Watching it for the historical recreations rather than the acting at this point. Shows I abandoned: Inside Edge (Amazon prime): Hard to believe Vivek Oberoi is the same guy who did Yuva and Satya. He seems to think having a smile plastered on his face and mouthing dialogues in a husky voice qualifies as sinister. I felt like bashing my TV screen in each time he came on.Stopped watching in the interest of protecting my TV. Richa Chadda is over rated. Quote:
On a related note, I haven't renewed my Tata Sky subscription this month and haven't missed it one bit. I get my Amazon Prime for free via my Vodafone postpaid connection. Hotstar premium is so VFM! Has almost all the HBO shows uncensored and other quality content and a dirt cheap price. Purchased a Fire Stick last month and it's changed my life. I was always of the opinion that it would be no different than hooking up my laptop to my TV via HDMI, but boy was I wrong. | |
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| ![]() Started watching The Fringe on Amazon Prime. The series is... different (?).. ![]() Hoping it grows on me. |
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Spot on, this happened to be the first Hollywood series 5 years back that eventually made me a permanent fan of American TV series. Go ahead you will never regret. Some of the futuristic theories have been portrayed so well that even you will become fan of studying them at times Last edited by haisaikat : 13th May 2019 at 17:20. |
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Sarted watching this on Sunday evening and boy its addictive. Already finished E9 last night. The heavyweight star cast delivers. However a little over the top sprinkling of BC/MC comes across as superficial. However one thing that stands out in both these teleseries is the depiction of same sex intimacy which was earlier a no-go area for our desi content producers for the want of offending folks. That is definitely a great step forward! | ||
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BHPian Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Hyderabad
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So in the 90s the shock quotient was abuses (eg. Vaastav), In the 2000s it was showing skin and kissing when even lead A listers started wearing bikinis (the Emran Hashmi and Mallika sherawat era, I remember BT counting and advertising the number of kisses in Khwahish, lol), 2010 onwards they started showing nudity and sex, and now at the fag end of the decade they are showing same sex relationships. I think it is because the audience has kept getting desensitised each passing decade and the filmmakers are relying more on shock value than actual plots. | |
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BHPian Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Hyderabad
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