Author Topic: The TV shows you've seen recently thread. (Read 2082898 times)

benjipwns · « **Reply #12000 on:** November 15, 2015, 10:24:00 PM »

Limitless is actually really entertaining.

toku · « **Reply #12001 on:** November 15, 2015, 11:01:49 PM »

Quote from: benjipwns on November 15, 2015, 10:24:00 PM

Limitless is actually really entertaining.

Yeah they could have gone super serious procedural smart guy solves crimes but instead make weird ferris beuller homages out of an episode dealing with cia black ops happening on US soil.

benjipwns · « **Reply #12002 on:** November 15, 2015, 11:12:40 PM »

I like how they've started to tone down the "Brian is useless and a complete idiot without NZT" aspect and make it more along the lines that he simply wasn't ever applying himself.

Now, Blindspot, there's a show that until the last episode was killing itself by almost never allowing any sense of humor or light hearted moments at all.

chronovore · « **Reply #12003 on:** November 16, 2015, 04:35:46 AM »

Decided to try and finish up Defiance now that the show is not-renewed for another season. Suddenly the wrap-up of the Votanis Collective siege on Defiance seemed utterly awesome. I loved it. I thought "Why was I not enjoying this? This is great!" and then the very next episode is a monster-of-the-week episode without reliable character reactions. I thought:

Bebpo · « **Reply #12004 on:** November 16, 2015, 11:56:35 PM »

Almost done watching Transparent S1 and while the show is extremely well directed with probably the best cinematography on TV, it's kind of frustrating to watch because the kids are all awful rich narcissistic shitty people who you can't relate to and it's really tough to care about them and their problems. While Tambor's character is great, 3 of the 4 main characters are just tough to watch because it's watching a great show about people with hardly anything redeeming about them. It's like every ep makes me hate them more. It's one thing to make story arcs with terrible dysfunctional people in 90-120 min movies where they grow and become better by the end, but over a 5 hour show it feels more grating. Only got a couple of eps left now, will be interesting to see how they can do a S2 as assuming it's like indie family drama films, there should be some resolution for everyone in the end, so it's like what's there to do for S2. But yeah, looking forward to seeing how the show resolves the fact that all these kids are terrible. Maybe they all die and Maura goes and has a nice vacation.

Quote from: CajoleJuice on November 14, 2015, 12:36:40 PM

I watched S1 of The Knick back when that free preview was up on HBO. I totally agree with mormapope. The cinematography is fucking absurd, the anachronistic score by Cliff Martinez is (unsurprisingly) amazing, the characters are multidimensional as fuck, and Clive Owen does a great impression of Hitler falling apart in his bunker (https://twitter.com/CajoleJuiceEsq/status/658466325245894656).

It has spoiled me for other television. I mean, I've been watching Orphan Black since then, and while Tatiana Maslany is incredible, it's just like "Yeah, this is a TV show." The Knick is Soderbergh making almost every other thing on TV look like trash. I say "look" because it's the direction and cinematography that most separate it (the same goes for True Detective S1).

The Knick, Transparent and True Detective are the only TV shows I've seen that really feel like "film" and not TV. They all have incredible cinematography. I hope this becomes of a trend for TV shows. Definitely makes them much more visually pleasant to watch. I've heard Hannibal has really good cinematography, but I haven't watched it yet.

Bebpo · « **Reply #12005 on:** November 17, 2015, 02:03:24 AM »

Finished Transparent S1. I guess that's how you do a S1 by not resolving things much and adding new directions for every plotline. :| Great show, I'll knock it a point because I prefer TV seasons that have closure and would be fine if the series was not renewed/cancelled any season. But it was just so well made, as a cinema fan couldn't help but really enjoy almost every ep. The flashback ep was super super good. Great performances all around, and nice music selection. It's a tough choice for me picking between Soderbergh and Soloway for best director this year. So much effortless style in both The Knick and Transparent. Good times for TV.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #12006 on:** November 17, 2015, 05:05:30 AM »

I'd argue multiple TV shows have caught up with film quality over the last decade - and surpassed it in some ways, given the prominence of pedestrian sequels and adaption films. I'd rather watch a great show that a great movie right now.

It's early but The Knick really separates itself from a lot of great shows by having consistent side plots and secondary characters. I've been rewatching The Sopranos and there are more than a few subplots that simply aren't that interesting.

toku · « **Reply #12007 on:** November 17, 2015, 05:07:48 AM »

I'm a massive hannibal fan and it's easily my favorite of this era but I'll admit it dips a couple times over it's three year. Still love it though.

But yes when amazon prime pilots exude filmic qualities you know we're definitely in a new era of television (check out Patriot)

Barry Egan · « **Reply #12008 on:** November 17, 2015, 02:58:05 PM »

I'm surprised and dissapointed that there has been no news of Hannibal being picked up by a streaming service. Seems like a no-brainer.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #12009 on:** November 18, 2015, 11:30:31 AM »

Shield was great last night. Evil Ward

Moving the plot along at lightning pace

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #12010 on:** November 18, 2015, 11:31:12 AM »

Quote from: Barry Egan on November 17, 2015, 02:58:05 PM

I'm surprised and dissapointed that there has been no news of Hannibal being picked up by a streaming service. Seems like a no-brainer.

Pretty sure the producers said it wasn't going to happen a few months ago.

mormapope · « **Reply #12011 on:** November 18, 2015, 01:42:09 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on November 17, 2015, 05:05:30 AM

I'd argue multiple TV shows have caught up with film quality over the last decade - and surpassed it in some ways, given the prominence of pedestrian sequels and adaption films. I'd rather watch a great show that a great movie right now.

It's early but The Knick really separates itself from a lot of great shows by having consistent side plots and secondary characters. I've been rewatching The Sopranos and there are more than a few subplots that simply aren't that interesting.

Surprisingly, it reminded me a lot of Oz, a prison drama that aired on HBO. Having a large cast of characters and digging everything happening with them is a rarity for TV shows. The Sopranos has weak characters that will get airtime, this is very true.

VomKriege · « **Reply #12012 on:** November 18, 2015, 04:52:52 PM »

Fargo is shaping up to be pretty good. This season has found its pace and it seems much more eventful now, and the overall theme seems to finally emerge.

toku · « **Reply #12013 on:** November 18, 2015, 05:28:13 PM »

Quote from: VomKriege on November 18, 2015, 04:52:52 PM

Fargo is shaping up to be pretty good. This season has found its pace and it seems much more eventful now, and the overall theme seems to finally emerge.

Yeah took awhile to get there but the last 2-3 eps have been great

Bebpo · « **Reply #12014 on:** November 20, 2015, 05:17:53 AM »

Watched the first ep of Jessica Jones. Normally don't wanna go the whole "book is better than the movie" routine, but this really sucks that what is imo the funniest comic book run in the Marvel Universe (the closest movie/tv show to Alias is the first Clerks movie) is being tossed out the window to do a generic DARK EDGY FUCKED UP THRILLER. I get the latter stuff all the time in movies and TV, otoh good humor, good superhero universe humor is incredibly rare and it looks like they're gonna miss their chance with the show.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #12015 on:** November 20, 2015, 09:17:21 AM »

JJ episode 1, really great

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #12016 on:** November 20, 2015, 12:28:12 PM »

Done though episode 4. Purple man is excellent. Miniseries are way better at building up comic book villains just because they get more time to actually make the character.

mormapope · « **Reply #12017 on:** November 20, 2015, 01:56:07 PM »

Marathoned through Master of None on netflix.

What started as a quirky, fast paced comedy turned into an honest portrayal of relationships. A lot of people compare it to Louie, I prefer Master of None. It doesn't feel nearly as abstract or forced. While character personalities are often consistent and bombastic, the world in Master of None is still our own.

Aziz Ansari really proved himself with this show. Eric Wareheim has directed stuff in the past, and he does a great job here.

Bebpo · « **Reply #12018 on:** November 20, 2015, 02:38:30 PM »

Yeah, I liked the first ep of that. Aziz is a great comedian. In his live stuff he's very down to earth and likeable and of course he was amazing in Parks & Rec.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #12019 on:** November 20, 2015, 04:13:03 PM »

on episode 8 of JJ. Enjoying it just as much as DD, if not more so.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #12020 on:** November 20, 2015, 05:03:40 PM »

Episode 8

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #12021 on:** November 20, 2015, 06:04:33 PM »

Episode 9

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #12022 on:** November 20, 2015, 06:31:11 PM »

Carrie-Anne Moss

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #12023 on:** November 20, 2015, 07:37:54 PM »

Talking to that visually impaired girl and apparently the first show on Netflix with audio descriptions was Dare Devil

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #12024 on:** November 20, 2015, 07:50:02 PM »

For not showing tits, JJ is very sexually graphic. Pretty surprised since I assumed that was once place Marvel wouldn't go.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #12025 on:** November 20, 2015, 10:15:35 PM »

Finished. Liked the first half better than the second. Still 9/10. Really didn't like

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Nuke. It ended well though compared to DD.

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Can't wait until Luke Cage.

Tasty · « **Reply #12026 on:** November 21, 2015, 01:29:41 AM »

Quote from: Bebpo on November 20, 2015, 05:17:53 AM

Watched the first ep of Jessica Jones. Normally don't wanna go the whole "book is better than the movie" routine, but this really sucks that what is imo the funniest comic book run in the Marvel Universe (the closest movie/tv show to Alias is the first Clerks movie) is being tossed out the window to do a generic DARK EDGY FUCKED UP THRILLER. I get the latter stuff all the time in movies and TV, otoh good humor, good superhero universe humor is incredibly rare and it looks like they're gonna miss their chance with the show.

Eh, I feel like both sides are fairly well covered. DD and JJ on one side, Flash and SHIELD on the other.

"Too dark" or "too campy/light" are never really legit criticisms IMO. Is it well written? If yes, then the tone doesn't matter.

VomKriege · « **Reply #12027 on:** November 21, 2015, 05:16:52 AM »

Regardless of quality and consistency, you may not appreciate the tone. It's maybe no flaw in the artistic work themselves, but most "criticism" as done here is not aimed at the artists, but to other members of the audience...

Torture Porn Smurfs movie series might be theorically possible to pull off well, and you could always argue that the extreme counterpoint and subversion has value in itself. Do we really need it tho ?

Bebpo · « **Reply #12028 on:** November 21, 2015, 07:15:18 AM »

Quote from: Tasty Meat on November 21, 2015, 01:29:41 AM

Quote from: Bebpo on November 20, 2015, 05:17:53 AM
Watched the first ep of Jessica Jones. Normally don't wanna go the whole "book is better than the movie" routine, but this really sucks that what is imo the funniest comic book run in the Marvel Universe (the closest movie/tv show to Alias is the first Clerks movie) is being tossed out the window to do a generic DARK EDGY FUCKED UP THRILLER. I get the latter stuff all the time in movies and TV, otoh good humor, good superhero universe humor is incredibly rare and it looks like they're gonna miss their chance with the show.

Eh, I feel like both sides are fairly well covered. DD and JJ on one side, Flash and SHIELD on the other.

"Too dark" or "too campy/light" are never really legit criticisms IMO. Is it well written? If yes, then the tone doesn't matter.

I need to watch more eps of course, but from the first couple I don't think it's particularly well written and I don't think Ritter pulls off the part 100%. The comic is A++ top-tier Bendis era writing, so it's basically non-stop Quentin Tarantino quality dialogue exchanges. The TV writing feels extremely sparse and dumbed down in comparison imo. Is it well written for a TV show about superheros? Maybe? But I'd be surprised if anyone who watched the TV show said the dialogue reminded them of Tarantino or Mamet or something.

I'm sure it's a good show and people will really like it. I'm just being cranky because it doesn't seem like a particularly faithful/good adaptation and that bugs me because I'm a really big fan of the source material. I mean I have the same issues with Game of Thrones but I'd say GoT is closer to the source material than what I've seen of JJ.

seagrams hotsauce · « **Reply #12029 on:** November 21, 2015, 08:15:34 AM »

Quote from: TheInfelicitousDandy on November 18, 2015, 11:31:12 AM

Quote from: Barry Egan on November 17, 2015, 02:58:05 PM
I'm surprised and dissapointed that there has been no news of Hannibal being picked up by a streaming service. Seems like a no-brainer.

Pretty sure the producers said it wasn't going to happen a few months ago.

as close as we're getting

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #12030 on:** November 23, 2015, 01:44:28 AM »

With Bob and David is pretty much perfect.

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #12031 on:** November 24, 2015, 09:50:01 AM »

Jessica Jones is awesome, and is my favorite MCU production yet.

Tasty · « **Reply #12032 on:** November 24, 2015, 01:52:03 PM »

Jessica Jones is great but it severely loses steam by the last 3-4 episodes. I consider Daredevil to be better, but it's somewhat close.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #12033 on:** November 24, 2015, 02:03:32 PM »

How in depth are the IR sex scenes in Jessica Jones?

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #12034 on:** November 24, 2015, 02:09:59 PM »

The sex scenes are pretty graphic for not really showing anything.

Yeti · « **Reply #12035 on:** November 24, 2015, 05:37:02 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on November 24, 2015, 02:03:32 PM

How in depth are the IR sex scenes in Jessica Jones?

It uses strategically placed sheets so you're not going to see his dick (sorry) but you will see enough that you can analyze and critique his performance.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #12036 on:** November 24, 2015, 10:51:40 PM »

will just wait for xvideos to put a clip online. nerd shit

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #12037 on:** November 25, 2015, 06:38:08 PM »

Jessica Jones is pretty great thus far, just finished ep 3

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #12038 on:** November 25, 2015, 06:47:17 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on November 24, 2015, 10:51:40 PM

will just wait for xvideos to put a clip online. nerd shit

Boo

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #12039 on:** November 25, 2015, 06:47:53 PM »

Also lol at calling Jimmy an Uncle Able on the last south park.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #12040 on:** November 28, 2015, 10:04:11 AM »

Rewatching scrubs. I love this show so much.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #12041 on:** November 29, 2015, 01:06:56 AM »

Jessica Jones is great after eight episodes. I enjoyed Daredevil, but this just seems smarter and more refined.

And goddamn at Tennant.

Raban · « **Reply #12042 on:** November 29, 2015, 01:55:37 AM »

For some reason I waited until now to watch The Newsroom and I'm happy to add this to the stable of HBO shows I absolutely adore. Sure, the forced romance subplots get pretty cringeworthy from time to time, but mostly I just get treated to a behind-the-scenes-of-producing-a-television-show drama, which is apparently like catnip for me. Almost done with season 2.

Tasty · « **Reply #12043 on:** November 29, 2015, 02:21:42 AM »

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on November 29, 2015, 01:06:56 AM

Jessica Jones is great after eight episodes. I enjoyed Daredevil, but this just seems smarter and more refined.

And goddamn at Tennant.

It isn't. The last couple episodes made me reevaluate the series, and not in a good way.

toku · « **Reply #12044 on:** November 29, 2015, 02:30:03 AM »

Quote from: Tasty Meat on November 29, 2015, 02:21:42 AM

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on November 29, 2015, 01:06:56 AM
Jessica Jones is great after eight episodes. I enjoyed Daredevil, but this just seems smarter and more refined.

And goddamn at Tennant.

It isn't. The last couple episodes made me reevaluate the series, and not in a good way.

Yeah it loses a lot of it's steam around episode 8 or 9. Biggest thing that hurt imo, is it needed more subplots. Weird to say but the problem was Kilgrave was too much of an IMMEDIATE threat way too early in show and it's not fun to have your bad guy basically slip through your fingers a COUPLE times in a 13 episode series. It feels cheap.

Tasty · « **Reply #12045 on:** November 29, 2015, 02:42:31 AM »

It's interesting because at time it feels like there's too many subplots.

Bland cop dude and lesbo Trinity can both dive under a tractor. Utter wastes of time, and the cop was a horrible actor on top of being an unbelievable and annoying character.

toku · « **Reply #12046 on:** November 29, 2015, 02:52:57 AM »

Quote from: Tasty Meat on November 29, 2015, 02:42:31 AM

It's interesting because at time it feels like there's too many subplots.

Bland cop dude and lesbo Trinity can both dive under a tractor. Utter wastes of time, and the cop was a horrible actor on top of being an unbelievable and annoying character.

His character just dove off a cliff too...for no reason? Like they rushed the fuck out of him and wasted Trish through most of it.

Tasty · « **Reply #12047 on:** November 29, 2015, 03:25:05 AM »

Yep. Dude was annoying as fuck.

Daredevil wasn't perfect but no character was outright annoying like that. People point to Karen but she was fine overall and redeemed herself in the second half.

Crash Dummy · « **Reply #12048 on:** November 29, 2015, 11:21:19 AM »

binge watched jessica jones, it was ok but i prefer daredevil and am really looking forward to luke cage's own show

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #12049 on:** November 29, 2015, 02:34:14 PM »

Are we talking about Nuke? Cause ya he sucked and I'm worried that JJ season 2 will focus on him. Lesbo Trinity was great though and really added to the theme of fucked up relationships.

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #12050 on:** November 29, 2015, 08:38:47 PM »

Finished Jessica Jones. Really enjoyed it! Can't wait for Season 2.

Tasty · « **Reply #12051 on:** November 29, 2015, 08:46:29 PM »

One thing JJ got right is it made me remember why I love living in a city. Great atmosphere.

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #12052 on:** November 29, 2015, 09:36:16 PM »

I'm just now watching House of Cards. Almost done with the first season. I always do a sensible chuckle when someone decides to act morally, because it means they're going to get fucked over somehow.

chronovore · « **Reply #12053 on:** November 29, 2015, 09:57:22 PM »

WTF, no ASH VS EVIL DEAD on Thanksgiving weekend!? FTGE

Crash Dummy · « **Reply #12054 on:** November 30, 2015, 03:11:45 PM »

Quote from: toku on November 29, 2015, 02:30:03 AM

Quote from: Tasty Meat on November 29, 2015, 02:21:42 AM
Quote from: Mr. Gundam on November 29, 2015, 01:06:56 AM
Jessica Jones is great after eight episodes. I enjoyed Daredevil, but this just seems smarter and more refined.

And goddamn at Tennant.

It isn't. The last couple episodes made me reevaluate the series, and not in a good way.

Yeah it loses a lot of it's steam around episode 8 or 9. Biggest thing that hurt imo, is it needed more subplots. Weird to say but the problem was Kilgrave was too much of an IMMEDIATE threat way too early in show and it's not fun to have your bad guy basically slip through your fingers a COUPLE times in a 13 episode series. It feels cheap.

now that i've had a day to let the show sink in, i feel like that it had enough but none of them were explored nearly enough, which is a damn shame since they were pretty interesting:

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you had child abuse and the entertainment industry with trish, being a power hungry career gal with lesbo lawyer, probably incest with ruben and his sister, hope could easily have had a few episodes focused entirely on her covering rape,prison trauma, drug addiction and so on

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not sure what the future of the show is, if jessica will be lumped in with the other marvel netflix shows or gets her own season 2

T234 · « **Reply #12055 on:** November 30, 2015, 06:24:06 PM »

FARGO AM AWESOME TOTAL

AIN'T EVEN SEEN THE SECOND SEASON

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #12056 on:** December 02, 2015, 11:35:04 AM »

Wow shield kills it again

Tasty · « **Reply #12057 on:** December 02, 2015, 01:24:19 PM »

SAMURAI JACK IS COMING BACK

http://toonami.tumblr.com/post/134404721928/welcome-back-jack

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No Mako as Aku will be a bummer though.

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brob · « **Reply #12058 on:** December 02, 2015, 02:03:20 PM »

saw Hannibal season 3 on netflix recently. thought it was well done, although I was disappointed with the tiger scene mainly because I remember the one in the red dragon film being very good. And the red dragon could probably been developed a little more and/or better. I really appreciated how wild gay the ending was tho.

VomKriege · « **Reply #12059 on:** December 03, 2015, 03:56:54 AM »

Fargo continues to be very engaging but to rebound on the discussion we briefly had about the previous season, I have to say that the writing in S2 do rely a lot on stretching disbelief quite a bit.

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The butcher guy apparently getting to his home on foot before the police in a car... and I forgot the details but apparently Peggy was still in the cave of her house all along. That means the Danson character woke up and just bolted out without inspecting the house ? I'm a bit fuzzy with the details here but that whole ping pong between their home and the police station feels contrived.

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I wasn't bothered as much by that in S1, and I think that it did a better job of having that borderline supernatural tone to make it work anyway. I guess the whole UFO motif will serve as that here but it's been pretty minor so far.

Also that fake old movie was terrible. I know the intro played with that, but it was just on set. I'm baffled that a series with such obvious care to aesthetics would shit the bed that bad. It looked nothing like the real thing.

EDIT : Actors are killing it tho. Dunst is phenomenal in this and I'm not a big fan generally.

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Author Topic: The TV shows you've seen recently thread. (Read 2082898 times)