OT: HBO dominating my Sunday night

[11thEagleFan]

Just checked out the previews for tonight's episodes of Ballers, Vice Principals, and The Night Of. Looks like I'm committed to nearly 3 hours tonight. I just got into Ballers this season, but I'm enjoying it. The Rock is really good, and I like Andy Garcia. I thought Vice Principals started off weak, and I viewed it as a cheap knockoff of Eastbound and Down, but it's gotten funnier every week, IMO. The Night Of... Started off so promising, and then went off the rails. Had the potential to be so much more. At this point I really almost don't care what happens to Naz. Anyone else watch these shows?

 

[tatedog]

I'm almost hoping Naz gets the chair now just because.-- Nm, forgot he's in New York.

 

[Xenomorph]

Wait til Westworld starts Oct. 2nd. They've spent a ton of cash on it.

 

[57stratdawg]

Im either going to be really impressed or really pissed after 90 minutes of The Night Of tonight.

 

[11thEagleFan]

I've seen the trailers for that, it looks pretty cool. Looks like a cross between The Matrix and I, Robot with an Old West setting. I will be checking it out.

 

[CochiseCowbell]

Wait til Westworld starts Oct. 2nd. They've spent a ton of cash on it.

Won't be the same without Yul Brenner. However, a series will probably help flesh out Crichton's ideas more than the original. Not to mention the advances in cinematography.

 

[tired]

Im either going to be really impressed or really pissed after 90 minutes of The Night Of tonight.

And?

 

[fishwater99]

I remember watching the movie growing up. I'm old.

 

[11thEagleFan]

I can't speak for Strat, but I thought that was really sloppy. So the writers took a peripheral character and basically introduced him as a primary suspect in the final episode? The police seriously didn't look into the victim's boyfriend? And nobody noticed? I know that the term "deus ex machina" doesn't exactly fit, but it's close. Didn't feel bad for Chandra, didn't feel THAT bad for Naz (still don't know definitively that he's innocent), didn't feel bad for the DA. Only two relatable characters in the show were Stone and Box, at least to me.

 

[tired]

Yeah me too. I think sloppy is a good word to describe it. And boring. My wife fell asleep half way through it.

 

[PineGroveBully]

Couldn't agree more. Without Box and Stone this show would have been useless. At the end I was thinking that's 10 hours I'll never get back.

 

[aTotal360]

Ballers sucks.

 

[Faustdog]

Ballers sucks.

I made it through 1.5 episodes. It's really just dumb. HBO is on a bit of a cold streak after being so good for so long.