On November 26, 2017 at 18:30, Fins said...
I watched Ozark a couple months ago. I thought it was OK, but not fantastic. Netflix has been slipping.
Horses for courses perhaps?
I watched an episode and a half of
GOT and gave up - not for me thank you. I also have similar feelings towards
Breaking Bad, though this did manage a season and a half before I got bored.
Perhaps my expectations were overly enhanced by all the hype (my son doesn't think much of
Stranger Things for similar reasons) so my watching
Ozark without any preconceived ideas was, I believe, something of a boon.
I thoroughly enjoyed it, even though it has Jason Bateman (not a particular favourite of mine) as one of the lead characters - the excellent Peter Mullan, on the other hand, seems to have easily cornered the brooding, threatening villain market.
As for Netflix slipping - possibly, or at least the divide between what I watch and ignore seems to be increasing.
I enjoyed both series of
Daredevil,
Jessica Jones was okay, but I found
Luke Cage and
Iron Fist to be a little wishy-washy (I didn't finish either series). They recovered a little with
The Defenders and I did enjoy
The Punisher - probably because it was sans all the mystical tosh and nonsense. I also happen think that
Star Trek: Discovery is better than what a number of commenter's would have us believe and I'm presently enjoying
GodlessOther non-Netfix TV that I've enjoyed includes
Westworld,
Preacher,
Taboo,
The Grand Tour (even though I don't drive) and
Bosch - the latter because the wife and I have enjoyed all the books. And talking of book adaptations, though it truly galls me to say it, there is one series one should avoid -
Midwinter of the Spirit. The books are amazing: the TV mini series is an absolute travesty.