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steppin:
Dexter, Better call Saul and House of cards are not slow burners.
Homeland or breaking bad, but not the three mentioned above.

Dude Dexter, Better Call Saul and esp House Of Cards are more slowing burning than Homeland & Breaking Bad self. some might even argue that Homeland and Breaking Bad shouldn't be on that list because of their inconsistent pace(sometimes the pace quickens in an episode or 2 before dropping to it's customary claw).
Breaking Bad's last 8 episodes esp the last 2 are definitely not slow burners.

Dexter's plot definitely claws as Dexter tries to hunt a prey and at the same time hide his true self in plain sight, but that's okay cos that's how I love my shows, slow and steady. Better Call Saul is a guaranteed slow burner, one minute into the show and you'd know this instantly, it claws even slower than it's predecessor Breaking Bad. House Of Cards is another well established slow burner. Political games ain't meant to be fast paced you know?(pay Shonda Rhimes Scandal no mind, that woman's a drama queen). all this shows are quality television because of their languid style of storytelling.

Kaycee7:
It's a very long list. There are many movies I love. Well, let me name a few, sha.

Troy
300
The Forbidden Kingdom
Drunken Master 2
The Wedding Singer
Hotel Transylvania
Frozen and of course,
Zootopia.

Only the first 3 make sense for that list,the rest....meh. I hate cartoons.

American crime

really enjoying GloDataOverload thingy.

Omar Little(The Wire) "If you come at the king, you best not miss"

Archer

bykebyke:
When you mistakenly download the French version of an episode instead of the English version..Which kind thing be this one?
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your own be small thing self. there was a time I downloaded 13 episode of a show and 7 turned out to be spanish dubbed. I nearly cried that day ehn.

koice:
Dunno, haven't started it yet. I'm watching Wentworth right now.

Alright

iyke1989:
toilet humour u say....just cos u visceral doesn't mean all shows should grotesquely revolve in tune with ur cyclone or must be fashioned to suit ur taste and yours only..if its popular among late teens and young adults then its fucckin winning!! Who the Bleep cares about the myopic minority

if being visceral means I don't laugh at crude nonsensical humor then I don't mind at all. there are comedy shows out here that stays relevant without any vulgarism present.Modern Family, Fresh off the boat, Outnumbered, The Haves and The Haves not but to name a few. I love those shows, no grotesque revolving needed at all.

Even when profanity is involve, at least make the humor high brow, take Veep and The Thick Of It for instance. those shows are entertainingly funny but also quietly dignified in ways that shows like The Brink will never hope to be.

iyke1989:
Realism relinquished.....its a good joke and a damm funny one! Ep1-10 although mismatched and incongruous to modern day polity its infusion of bittersweet untold facts is overwhelming...its sole purpose was to make us laugh, and it did justice to that..especially for me...so pissed it was cul-de-sac

Well I can understand why it appealed to people like you, it's toilet humor has a very large audience esp popular among late teens and young adults but fortunately I don't like toilet humor so I wasn't amused at all. I like my humor full of pensive but catchy punchline and humorous without needing to wallow in the greyish murky waters of the toilet.

bykebyke:
This is what you have just done.
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Haven't seen Hannibal & The Leftovers though.

better make them your priorities o. those shows are guaranteed to blow your mind.

iyke1989:
The Brink. .the only complete show on my laptop I refused to delete ...its even password protected...maybe u watched the Nollywood's version which featured Tonto Dike and the rest lames..and u coming here to yap about it!

the show suck joor! Try as hard as I may I couldn't find one genuine credible humor devoid of meaningless profanity and absurdity. Realism wise, the plot is a joke. nothing like that will ever happen and for gods sake who still use FAX machine in this time and age. No pilot is indispensable, you fucck up while on duty, you get dishonourably discharged pronto. Elected officials and government appointees are civil to each other in official capacity esp in the presence of POTOS. The brink made mockery of that in an absurb manner Veep does it all the time but stylishly. I can go on and on, The Brink is a mess. Hbo did the right thing by axing it, it also got bad reviews.

Bekas:
The Leftovers While I loved the first season the improvement
between season 1 and season 2 is unparalleled. A great
examination of trying to find meaning in the midst of tragedy.
There is enough mystery to keep driving the plot forward but the
characters are so richly drawn that the answers don't seem as
important.
It's a shame we only going to get one more season.

Heard that the plot will be moving from Miracle to Australia. quite a change of scenery.

koice:
Wentworth is back and, more gritty as ever! Watched the first 2 episodes of the latest season yesternight... hoping to catch the 3rd and 4th this evening.

Anywho, downloaded an Australian series A Place To Call Home today at work, came highly recommended from a collegue with similar taste in shows. Can't wait to delve right in tonight.

Wentworth back? Yipee!
Is A place like home any good?

bykebyke:
Interesting how one's TV mood changes.

Back to Slow Burners.


Peaky Blinders.

the best tv shows are usually slow burners. Dexter, Breaking Bad, Hannibal, The leftovers, Better Call Saul, House Of Cards, Homeland, etc. That's where you can find true quality in factual storytelling.

koice:
Concurred. The 2nd season is even better than the first. It's a show that baffles, overwhelms and scintillates all at once, a typical mind fvck slow burner.

Well said. The beginning of season 2 baffled me but I was able to make sense of it towards the ending. The show forced me to reflect on many things like life after death and life itself. The show is deep.

koice:
My impression of The Brink after forcing myself to watch all 10 episodes is this: a "political satire" (if you can even call it that) that shoots for the exuberance yet acerbic energy of Veep, but the end result is much akin to a political version of Ballers instead. Basically, it's a bunch of sh*tty people hurling F-laden bomb around quite liberally and generally being sh*tty to one another. Just like you said, it's a silly show.

Asin eh. the way they hyped the show ehn, I was like mehn this show will make sense. Instead I couldn't even force myself to laugh even once. From Episode one to 10, the characters were just all silly. The foreign policy politics involved is also grossly inaccurate to say the least.

The leftovers is one super show. If you ain't watching it you're definitely missing out.

so I finally watched The Brink amidst all the hype it generated in this thread sometimes ago and guess what, it sucks. the comedy tried too hard to be funny and failed miserably at it. The whole plot was just too silly to be relevant, no wonder it was cancelled. @Koice what do you think?

chumakk:
A black Man is is black man anywhere. Other white presidents usually build libararies but na house Obama build

Mumu. Cave brain.

Ojochegbe1:
Peter is more announced this days than Paul hw come......

Paul is an introvert, that's why.

magnificentt170:
Have you ever seen where the "lead actor/actress" dies abruptly?

Game of thrones does that all the time.

[quote author=kingsilly post=45900854][/quote]Respect sir.

Mom got boobs 12
Pornfidelity anniversary: Bangover

samlayi:
PREACHER.... That is how I like my TV shows... Raw and interesting. Rating from me 10/10

Preacher is pretty good, the first episode is dope.

They are both pretty good at what they do, but the Canadian Cameron is actually a real life genius which technically makes him smarter than Jewish American Spielberg.

Banshee is not the best series ever made, it's not even in the top 20 but it's pretty good all the same. I miss the enigmatic Chayton this season, I don't know why they had to kill him off last season via Hood.

Sultan5:
Hoping they do a spin off or something. This can't be the end to this epic series.

Anyways in the meantime, Goodbye to Banshee Pennsylvania, you will be missed.

There is actually a web series called Banshee Origins. Just like the original series is has season 1-4.

killsmith:
I hope there'd be a miracle......cinemax just can't end it this way...they can't do this to us....the best action show ever

I kinda like the way they wrapped it up this season, it's better to quit on a high than ruin the whole show with a mediocre 5th season. There's nothing else left to tell, no other path left to explore. The series is done and dusted.

Vickyydera:
I subscribed before 11pm and it started browsing from 11pm. it wasn't so fast but wetin man pikin go do?
though I used it to download movies and makeup video from youtube sha.

what time did you subscribe? I subscribed for the 2 hrs plan at 9pm thinking that it will activate by 12am, but it didn't.

I made a mistake of subscribing before 12midnight like I used to do with the normal midnight plan. The thing couldn't browse talkless of downloading, N200 gone down the drain.

Warning!!

Don't ever subscribe earlier than 12midnight because it's bound to be a bust! Always subscribe between 12midnight and 6.00am

I love psycho-horror, the kind that messes with your brain and leaves you begging for more. any suggestions?