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    Default The Virus and TV series binge watching

    Binge-watching, also called binge-viewing or marathon-viewing, is the practice of watching content (TV, streaming services, etcetera, etcetera) for a long time span, usually a single television show. In a survey conducted by Netflix in February 2014, 73% of people define binge-watching as "watching between 2-6 episodes of the same TV show in one sitting." Wikipedia

    I usually don't binge watch TV series, mainly because I don't have that much time to watch TV. But after more than a month of "shelter at home" and partial curfews mi Hulu subscription got the best of me....

    The first series for my binge watching incursion was BBC's production of "Primeval". The series is described this way: Primeval follows a secret government research team, which is tasked with investigating doorways through time and space called Anomalies which are opening and allowing deadly creatures from across Earth's distant past and future to cross into and run rampant in the present. While predicting and discovering more about the Anomalies, the team must also contain the creatures and send them back through to their time periods whenever possible..

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    What first surprised me was how short British series are. In this case, the annual season ran between 6 and 10 episodes. Compared to this, Battlestar Galactica ran twice at long at 13 to 20 episodes per season.

    I found the series very interesting and totally enjoyable. Then again... I'm a science fiction fan with a soft spot for time travel.

    During this pandemic... have you succumbed to the couch-potato adventures of binge watching? What series have you seen? What series do you recommend?

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    I'm catching up on The Expanse. Just about through Season 3.

    I totally binged on Grace and Frankie on Netflix.

    I am also watching on YouTube the old Unsolved Mysteries series and excerpts from PD Live.
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    UK series leave you wanting more instead of dragging things out. I didn't see much Primeval after the lead actor changed. A good time to catch up ...

    If a couple of episodes a day with a break between counts, I've been bingeing these:
    Star Trek Picard
    The New Pope
    Avenue 5

    For a change of pace, there's a lot of theatre available on YouTube these days. One advantage over the live experience, especially for Shakespeare, is the option to watch with subtitles.

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    Well, I confess I binge-watched Star Trek Continues (new to me), and one of my favorite series, A Nero Wolfe Mystery.
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    I actually really appreciate a good short run series. Not every story needs 100 episodes to be effective, in fact very few can sustain a high quality and viewer interest after 5-6 years.

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    Our version of binge watching is 1 episode per night. We recently finished seasons 1 and 2 of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan and appreciated the story arc being finished in 8 episodes per season. We are now enduring season 5 of Madam Secretary and season 3 of Schitt's Creek.
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    I'm now binge watching the 2004 version of "Battlestar Galactica" which, IMO, is one of the best sci-fi series ever.


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    Time described Battlestar Galactica as "a gripping sci-fi allegory of the war on terror, complete with monotheistic religious fundamentalists (here genocidal cyborgs called Cylons), sleeper cells, civil-liberties crackdowns and even a prisoner-torture scandal". Wikipedia
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    What's My Line...and while not a 'TV series' per se, the short films of Fatty Arbuckle and Buster Keaton.
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    Quote Originally Posted by countrydirt View Post
    Our version of binge watching is 1 episode per night. We recently finished seasons 1 and 2 of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan and appreciated the story arc being finished in 8 episodes per season. We are now enduring season 5 of Madam Secretary and season 3 of Schitt's Creek.
    With young kids, my only opportunity to watch shows is early in the morning before they wake up or late at night after they go to bed. I use the time in the morning to exercise where I watch one show. It's increasingly rare that I have time at night to watch anything. Maybe this is why I like shorter series, I can actually get through something in less than six months.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lady Onogaro View Post
    I'm catching up on The Expanse. Just about through Season 3.
    There is an episode in which one of the characters uses what appears to be a Sailor Pro Gear to write a letter.... in cursive!
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    We binged on both seasons of “The Knick” about a brilliant, drug addicted surgeon and his cronies in a New York hospital (the Knickerbocker) during the 1800’s.
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    I started watching Pose last night. I enjoyed it a lot and intend to continue watching.
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    If you see a series called Liar, that is worth watching. Edge of the seat drama, well written and with very good actors. Important that you watch from Episode 1 of Series 1, not easy to pick up mid way through.

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    We finished season 2 of Jack Ryan the week it hit Prime.
    I'm all caught up on Shetland. No unnecessary drama, profanity, or nudity. It's refreshing to have a show that holds attention with the integrity of its script and doesn't resort to all of the cheap, tawdry thrills that so many other shows seem to rely on.
    Apart from that, about all I watch are documentaries. There's a good one on the National Geographic section of Disney+ that follows research base workers in Antarctica. Another really good one is "Lost Cities of the Maya" wherein lidar is used to create and assemble virtual maps of ruins and other features. The look on some of the archaeologists' faces is priceless when the jungle is stripped away and they can "see" previously undiscovered temples and city structures just yards from where they've been working.
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    - Just started "The Expanse" on Amazon Prime. My son recommends it.

    - "Godless" on Netflix. Good.

    - "The Last Kingdom" returns to Netflix on Sunday. Can't wait.

    - "StarTrek Picard" on CBS All Access well worth it. We need the character talking to us again.

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    Since my son’s Navy Sea Cadets are also shut down, the national group posts regular webinars featuring various aspects of life in the Navy and Coast Guard.

    Recent topics included an interview with the Executive Officer (she is also a physician) of the hospital ship the USS Comfort which was assisting in New York, a Naval Marine Biologist, and a Coast Guard rescue helicopter pilot. The kids even get to submit questions before the broadcast. Fun and interesting to all of us.
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    Quote Originally Posted by catbert View Post


    Star Trek Picard
    The New Pope
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    I didn’t know there’s a Season 2. Jude Law was perfect in The Young Pope! My favorite episode is the one in which he suits up as Supreme Pontiff.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dreck View Post
    We finished season 2 of Jack Ryan the week it hit Prime.
    I'm all caught up on Shetland. No unnecessary drama, profanity, or nudity. It's refreshing to have a show that holds attention with the integrity of its script and doesn't resort to all of the cheap, tawdry thrills that so many other shows seem to rely on.
    What service is Shetland on? It's hard to find quality shows without all the things you mentioned.

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    I'm now binge watching the 2004 version of "Battlestar Galactica" which, IMO, is one of the best sci-fi series ever.


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    Time described Battlestar Galactica as "a gripping sci-fi allegory of the war on terror, complete with monotheistic religious fundamentalists (here genocidal cyborgs called Cylons), sleeper cells, civil-liberties crackdowns and even a prisoner-torture scandal". Wikipedia
    Fantastic image, very clever staging


    Not only clever staging because this series has what I would call, rather delicately, a very original explanation of religion. However, due to the controversial nature of this explanation, further discussion of this particular subject should go in the "Politics, Religion and Society" sub forum.
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    Its not that big a deal Carlos, I was commenting on the art of the Last Supper painting and the original post.

    However, I am not going to be controversial, I will delete my post saying how much I liked the staging of the Battlestar image and suggest that you also delete your post quoting mine. as I say it wasn't a religous comment to me, it was an artistic reference.

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