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Bennnnn said:
I mean...honestly if you can’t stand rich white people being bad, it might get on your nerves. Though I found that if you don’t get hung up on that and instead laugh at them and their awfulness, it becomes pretty enjoyable. They try to shape some characters into being marginally sympathetic, and sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.

I caught up with it in time to watch the season two finale. It’s worth a watch, but if you get halfway through the first season and don’t enjoy it, it’s not gonna be for you.
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I think a lot of folks look at Succession as like some Dallas-esque type drama but when you start watching it I think it becomes clear pretty fast that it is more a pitch black comedy. Adam McKay (Will Farrell writing and producing partner), I believe is one of the shows creators. Plus any show were I get to watch Kieran Culkin be super Kieran Culkiny and Brian Cox shout and growl at people is a home run in my book. It’s an extremely watchable show.
 
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TenderLovingKiller® said:
Adam McKay
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Ive had a bunch of superficial reasons for not watching Succesion, but this right here is a legit reason that will keep me away. His latest movies like Vice and The Big Short are so fucking bad and I can only imagine Succesion is in the same vein as those.
 
Woob_woob said:
Ive had a bunch of superficial reasons for not watching Succesion, but this right here is a legit reason that will keep me away. His latest movies like Vice and The Big Short are so fucking bad and I can only imagine Succesion is in the same vein as those.
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LOL! Yeah it’s probably not for you. I really enjoyed both those flicks!
 
DownIsTheNewUp said:
It's the most important show on television and more about the ways in which the 1% control institutions and politics than it is about rich people behaving badly (although they do behave badly). The dialogue is razor sharp, it might be the best ensemble acting on tv, its laugh out loud funny and manages to juggle a very difficult tone.
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The show that people keep describing sounds great, but the show I see in ads looks utterly unappealing. When trailers first showed up I thought it looked like straight B-grade HBO fare. I keep being surprised by how many people have told me they thought it looked like a great show from the very first trailer they saw.
TenderLovingKiller® said:
Secession
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That's a show I would watch.
 
Woob_woob said:
Ive had a bunch of superficial reasons for not watching Succesion, but this right here is a legit reason that will keep me away. His latest movies like Vice and The Big Short are so fucking bad and I can only imagine Succesion is in the same vein as those.
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So I love The Big Short while strong disliking Vice (which was a mess).

But a) it's better than either of those. B) McKay is merely a producer. The show runner is actually the guy behind Peep Show and the cult comedies In the Loop and Four Lions.
 
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Indymisanthrope said:
The show that people keep describing sounds great, but the show I see in ads looks utterly unappealing. When trailers first showed up I thought it looked like straight B-grade HBO fare. I keep being surprised by how many people have told me they thought it looked like a great show from the very first trailer they saw.

That's a show I would watch.
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Yeah,I noticed it when I was reading woob’s reply. I would blame my phone but I am the one typing so, ya know.
 
DownIsTheNewUp said:
So I love The Big Short while strong disliking Vice (which was a mess).

But a) it's better than either of those. B) McKay is merely a producer. The show runner is actually the guy behind Peep Show and the cult comedys In the Loop and Four Lions.
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God damn you, I really like Jesse Armstrong and this might get me to watch it.

It just looks so fucking boring.
 
jaycee said:
Anyone watching the Wu-tang show on Hulu? I know it's a dramatization but I've really been enjoying it. It's kind-of fun. I think the acting is good and if you the group was important to you as a kid (or you're just interested) it might be worth your time.
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I'm 100% going to, just havent gotten around to it yet. Good to hear you're enjoying it.
 
Indymisanthrope said:
The show that people keep describing sounds great, but the show I see in ads looks utterly unappealing. When trailers first showed up I thought it looked like straight B-grade HBO fare. I keep being surprised by how many people have told me they thought it looked like a great show from the very first trailer they saw.

That's a show I would watch.
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The trailers suck. They play up the family drama side of things... which is not what makes the show vital even if it's really well done.

Another way to describe the show would be Game of Thrones meets Veep meet this classic Phillip Larkin poem:

"They fuck you up your mom and dad. They don't mean to but they do.

They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.

But they were fucked up in their turn
By fools in old-style hats and coats,
Who half the time were soppy-stern
And half at one another’s throats.

Man hands on misery to man.
It deepens like a coastal shelf.
Get out as early as you can,
And don’t have any kids yourself."
 
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Woob_woob said:
God damn you, I really like Jesse Armstrong and this might get me to watch it.

It just looks so fucking boring.
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I will say this if you do give it a shot, as with a lot shows of this ilk it takes a few episodes to get going and establish the tone but once it finds its groove it can be quite entertaining. I enjoy watching horrible people be shitty to each other in opulent settings.
 
Woob_woob said:
God damn you, I really like Jesse Armstrong and this might get me to watch it.

It just looks so fucking boring.
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If you like Jesse Armstrong than its must watch. It's everything he has been working towards in his career.

I also add this disclaimer... much like the Wire, the first couple of episodes just throw you into the world and it takes a moment to adjust and for the depth and layered plots to reveal themselves.

But once the happens, it's far from boring. It's riveting televison the revels in the uncomfortable.
 
So this is the first time I've been in here! Hello everybody!!

Top 10 all time tv shows :unsure::unsure::unsure:

I think its:

1. The Sopranos
2. Father Ted
3. The Wire
4. Fawlty Towers
5. Mad Men
6. The West Wing
7. Shameless
8. Life on Mars
9. Peaky Blinders
10. The Simpsons

The one show that's critically acclaimed that I just found unimaginably bad? Breaking Bad!
 
Woob_woob said:
I'm assuming UK version? I've never watched that, but the US version is a strong guilty pleasure for me.
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Yeah the UK version, I was still living in Manchester at the time and it was just so outrageous (and very on the nose in parts), made me laugh a lot!
 
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