The TV shows you've seen recently thread.

[Vertigo]

Just heard that Stranger Things creators have plans over several seasons and I'm extremely disappointed that they do 

I hate when creators do this. The show has a very firm one and done feel, with a few things left hanging but nothing that would really need to be delved into. I'd be up for a second season but after that it begins to stretch belivability in terms of this small town being host to all this fuckery. Wished they'd gone the anthology route and kept them all in the 80s.

I read they wanted to follow the Harry Potter template where they do a season as each kid gets older.

The first season was such a nice surprise that was a natural word of mouth phenomenon, (very rare in this social media marketing age) that also had no pressure on it, this second season though, I wish them luck.

[Mupepe]

Vice Principals is so fucking good. I yelled oh shit at the end of the last episode. It's also way darker than I thought it would be and gets a little too real sometimes. The scene where the front desk receptionist gets fired was really well done.

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[chronovore]

Mr. Robot s1 ep 5 

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I didn't see the Shayla death coming. I guess I knew it wasn't going to last because Elliot can't be allowed to be happy or even satisfied. They're making the Elliot / Mr Robot connection more obvious, using the same conceits from Fight Club for handling them.

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[mormapope]

Mr Robot personally is one of the best shows on a Cable TV network in a very long time, way better than Breaking Bad, Mad Men, and Fargo.

Speaking of

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Shayna

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This scene in the intro of S1E6 is so good. The song usage and timing/cinematography is ball bustingly good.

[Dennis]

Mr Robot personally is one of the best shows on a Cable TV network in a very long time, way better than Breaking Bad, Mad Men, and Fargo.

wow that is high praise indeed maybe I should check out this show.

Is the first episode indicative of the show or does it take a while before getting good?

[mormapope]

The first episode definitely sets up the overall atmosphere and mood of the show, but its best quality is how unpredictable the show is. And not in huge plot twist ways, the unpredictability is demonstrated by character interactions and moments in every episode. Its unconventional in all the best ways with very little drawbacks.

I watched the first four episodes in a sitting, felt a little burned out. Then I watched the entire first season and caught up on the second season in a week.

Mr Robot also pushes the envelope when it comes to a lot of its content. A lot of gore, sexual stuff, and f-bombs for a show on cable.

[Tasty]

Mr. Robot would be so much better if Angela didn't exist.

[chronovore]

Mr. Robot would be so much better if Angela didn't exist.

I disagree, though I also intensely dislike Angela. She's the single, core element which keeps Elliot engaged with other humans in the real world. Without his remaindered high school affection for her, Elliot would likely exist as a complete shut-in in an uninterruptible downward spiral.
Speaking of annoying pseudo-girlfriend characters, I finished The Flash s1 yesterday, and Iris is just about intolerable. She's similar to Angela, in being a shrill and self-absorbed harpy whose bad timing is so epic that it borders on the laughable. I hear she's less annoying in s2. OTOH, I was a little frustrated by the fall of

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Dr. Wells/Eobard Thawne from a mentor of questionable motives Who Just Needs to Prevent Damage to the Timeline, to an irredeemable murderer and bully. Also, WOW at Eddie's LOOPER sacrifice to save the day.

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Can't wait to start s2.

[toku]

Mr. Robot would be so much better if Angela didn't exist.

why do you hate women

[Tasty]

Mr. Robot would be so much better if Angela didn't exist.

I disagree, though I also intensely dislike Angela. She's the single, core element which keeps Elliot engaged with other humans in the real world. Without his remaindered high school affection for her, Elliot would likely exist as a complete shut-in in an uninterruptible downward spiral.

S2 changes this significantly. They no longer interact at all. Thus making her even more useless.

Mr. Robot would be so much better if Angela didn't exist.

why do you hate women

I love Darlene and muslim-hacker-chick. I also love Dom. The problem isn't the gender. It's that Angela's storyline is pointless filler, the actress is terrible, and everything about her is a predictable slog.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Latest episode of Vice Principals wasn't as good as the last couple episodes but when

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the clown got knocked over at the end of the episode

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really cracked me up for some reason

[Dennis]

Shows I should probably watch asap:

Stranger Things
Mr. Robot
Black Mirror

[mormapope]

Mr. Robot would be so much better if Angela didn't exist.

I disagree, though I also intensely dislike Angela. She's the single, core element which keeps Elliot engaged with other humans in the real world. Without his remaindered high school affection for her, Elliot would likely exist as a complete shut-in in an uninterruptible downward spiral.

S2 changes this significantly. They no longer interact at all. Thus making her even more useless.

Mr. Robot would be so much better if Angela didn't exist.

why do you hate women

I love Darlene and muslim-hacker-chick. I also love Dom. The problem isn't the gender. It's that Angela's storyline is pointless filler, the actress is terrible, and everything about her is a predictable slog.

 

The performance from the actress has been fantastic, there isn't a weak link in Mr Robot's casting at all. Whether or not you find her character or story boring is one thing, but that actress has been convincing as fuck since the pilot.

[Phoenix Dark]

Angela is in many ways the human center of the show, its themes, etc. I've only seen a couple eps of S2 so I'll mainly be referencing S1...

I'll spoil it just in case but nothing very specific (don't click Chrono tho):

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I wouldn't call it predictable but her arc reminds me of Breaking Bad in terms of a "good" person descending into a darkness that was always there to some degree.

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[CatsCatsCats]

I really gotta start watching Mr Robot

[Tasty]

 

The performance from the actress has been fantastic, there isn't a weak link in Mr Robot's casting at all. Whether or not you find her character or story boring is one thing, but that actress has been convincing as fuck since the pilot.

I almost laughed when she tried to say "conglomerate" in the last episode as some kind of huge putdown on the plumber dude. Laughable.

[mormapope]

Angela is in many ways the human center of the show, its themes, etc. I've only seen a couple eps of S2 so I'll mainly be referencing S1...

I'll spoil it just in case but nothing very specific (don't click Chrono tho):

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I wouldn't call it predictable but her arc reminds me of Breaking Bad in terms of a "good" person descending into a darkness that was always there to some degree.

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In season 2 she's a lot more interesting due to never knowing what her actual endgame is, or rather, who she really is. That contrast compared to someone like Elliot where we know his intentions, his demons, his aspirations, adds a good amount of depth to the show.

The only character I don't really care for is Tyrell's wife, mainly because we don't know her goals and she hasn't really been developed yet. She's into BDSM and likes the rich lifestyle, that's about it.

[mormapope]

I feel TV dramas are starting to move away from antihero main characters to deeply flawed characters/people trying to overcome something much bigger than themselves. Or main characters trying to save themselves in the face of terrible shit.

The Knick revolved around goodhearted characters succumbing to their own weakness or getting trampled on by morally corrupt characters. Mr. Robot is really similar in that regard. Both shows hit you on the head with depressing and bleak scenarios and characterization.

What evens that stuff out is the faint glimmer of hope, and the little victories characters can claim for themselves.

[toku]

Angela is in many ways the human center of the show, its themes, etc. I've only seen a couple eps of S2 so I'll mainly be referencing S1...

I'll spoil it just in case but nothing very specific (don't click Chrono tho):

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I wouldn't call it predictable but her arc reminds me of Breaking Bad in terms of a "good" person descending into a darkness that was always there to some degree.

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Some vauge s2 spoilers:

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Thats theme? around her this season seems to be getting lost in that darkness. All her old friends/ppl in her life running into her like "Whose mans is this?"

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[Phoenix Dark]

Angela is in many ways the human center of the show, its themes, etc. I've only seen a couple eps of S2 so I'll mainly be referencing S1...

I'll spoil it just in case but nothing very specific (don't click Chrono tho):

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I wouldn't call it predictable but her arc reminds me of Breaking Bad in terms of a "good" person descending into a darkness that was always there to some degree.

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Some vauge s2 spoilers:

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Thats theme? around her this season seems to be getting lost in that darkness. All her old friends/ppl in her life running into her like "Whose mans is this?"

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Specific S2 scene discussion

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One of the last eps I saw iirc was the one where the CEO invites her to "dinner," and she shows up dressed for a date only to discover two other men are attending as well. Such an interesting deception, yet at the same time a blatant lesson for her. Those two dudes will underestimate the shit out of her now and never see her coming. She's essentially being groomed for corporate exec management because the CEO realizes she's a savage.

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[Yeti]

Angela puts the Robot in Mr. Robot

[Mupepe]

Latest episode of Vice Principals wasn't as good as the last couple episodes but when

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the clown got knocked over at the end of the episode

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really cracked me up for some reason

Agreed. The part that cracked me up the most was

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"his dick all big and wet like damn French dip sandwich"

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[Tasty]

Angela puts the Robot in Mr. Robot

[chronovore]

Angela is in many ways the human center of the show, its themes, etc. I've only seen a couple eps of S2 so I'll mainly be referencing S1...

I'll spoil it just in case but nothing very specific (don't click Chrono tho):

spoiler (click to show/hide)

I wouldn't call it predictable but her arc reminds me of Breaking Bad in terms of a "good" person descending into a darkness that was always there to some degree.

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In season 2 she's a lot more interesting due to never knowing what her actual endgame is, or rather, who she really is. That contrast compared to someone like Elliot where we know his intentions, his demons, his aspirations, adds a good amount of depth to the show.

The only character I don't really care for is Tyrell's wife, mainly because we don't know her goals and she hasn't really been developed yet. She's into BDSM and likes the rich lifestyle, that's about it.

Tyrell's wife parallels Elliot's mother. They're both utterly strict, completely conditional in the way they give affection. Tyrell could only approach her as a supplicant; he craved acceptance. I think that's why he changed the plan for the new CTO's wife; because he loathed her need for acceptance because he saw it in himself.

Angela is not portrayed particularly well,

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in that she's either propping herself up with self-help videos while ignoring the fact that she's complicit now in cooperating/working for E Corp, which killed her mother. We haven't seen her with her dad since she accepted the offer. (I'm still on s2e2 though.

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[bdoughty]

 The final episode of The It Crowd (1 hr special from 2013) hits Netflix US today.

https://www.netflix.com/title/70140450

[Mupepe]

I'm watching the walking dead season 6 and it's on the episode where the no kill aikido black dude meets the chunky white dude that played drew Carey's brother. I don't say this lightly but this is the gayest shit I've ever seen on TV. Who wrote this and thought "yeah, this is interesting enough for an entire episode"? I'd be pissed if I watched it live.

[Tasty]

@ latest ep of Mr. Robot:

This show is basically Yugioh now.



Christian Slater is gonna send E Corp to the Shadow Realm.

[Mupepe]

Jesus. The Walking Dead should win an award for the largest cast of absolutely unlikeable characters. They're all idiotic.

[Madrun Badrun]

http://nerdist.com/the-build-team-from-mythbusters-are-coming-back-with-a-netflix-show/

[Mupepe]

Tata from Narcos is so fucking hot

[Beezy]

Jesus. The Walking Dead should win an award for the largest cast of absolutely unlikeable characters. They're all idiotic.

Fear The Walking Dead is even worse. Save yourself by never watching that shit.

[Phoenix Dark]

Jesus. The Walking Dead should win an award for the largest cast of absolutely unlikeable characters. They're all idiotic.

Fear The Walking Dead is even worse. Save yourself by never watching that shit.

I watched the first season and decided I wouldn't watch the second lmao. Shit was trash. The idea of zombies in a major city was super appealing yet they managed to fuck it up. Not to mention the main protagonist is another good guy with a "good guy" job. Teachers, police officers...fuck those people man. Give me a zombie show that follows like...a convict or something.

BTW I did like the last season of Walking Dead. Pretty interesting seeing the typical arc (the gang pulls through and out smarts everyone) get flipped on its head...and its neck broken.

[Mupepe]

Yeah I heard fear the walking dead was awful. No thanks. I like enough of the walking dead that I keep watching it but it has a lot of the same problems it has had since the beginning.

The issue with season 6 was that they could have accomplished the season in half as many episodes. It really only got good in the last 5 or 6 episodes. They did a great job of making Rick a character that thought he was untouchable. But there is just so much filler bullshit and it's all written by having characters do shit that makes no sense.

[Phoenix Dark]

only good thing about Fear Of The Walking Dead is that hot ass chick that's in it.

[Beezy]

She's alright. You just love white wimmenz.

[Madrun Badrun]

her cheeks looks like a baboon's ass.

[Phoenix Dark]

She's alright. You just love white wimmenz.

I thought she was alright too until I saw she had a black bf on the show

Randy from The Wire. He made it

out of the streets of Baltimore and the horrors of foster care, into the zombie apocalypse. At least he got a pawg first

[Beezy]

Randy from The Wire. He made it

Lol I knew I recognized him from somewhere.

[helios]

She's alright. You just love white wimmenz.

I thought she was alright too until I saw she had a black bf on the show

Randy from The Wire. He made it

out of the streets of Baltimore and the horrors of foster care, into the zombie apocalypse. At least he got a pawg first

 

[Syph]

Mr. Robot is excellent as usual.
Suits is picking up after a horrible 5th season that made me reconsider watching it altogether.

And now I finished marathoning Narcos season 2
 

https://soundcloud.com/cookinsoul/cookin-soul-narcos

[Mupepe]

Narcos S2 was such a step down from S1. It really falls off in the 2nd half and I kind of just wanted him to die and for it to end.

But my God Tata is so hot. Stupid and self righteous as fuck though.

[mormapope]

FX has been and will be the king of comedy and Dramedy shows. Atlanta is fantastic. Entire first episode is on youtube.



Donald Glover seems a lot more relatable and less spazzy compared to every other role he's had. Supporting cast is excellent, atmosphere and mood is heavy in every scene.

[chronovore]

Started s2 of The Flash last night. Still waiting for Iris to be less sucky. I like the actress; she pulls it off, but man is she ever an interfering, pushy know-it-all. To be honest, the first ep felt choppy. I liked the jump-forward aspect of it, but the meta-human bad guy is a side-note, Barry's dad gets short shrift, and the dream sequence was titillating while being bereft of content.

[VomKriege]

We're nearing the end of the third season of The Americans and it's still great. I was a bit worried about the direction they wanted to take the main arc to, as it started to drift into really cartoonish territory, but it actually was for the best and kept the dynamics between the protagonist fresh. The only thing I would complain about is that the pacing is a little bit loose because they have so many more characters and story threads to juggle with.

Actually it's about intimacy in politics.

Hope Netflix will get to broadcast season 4 over here...

[zomgee]

So "The Night Of" turned out to be a 9 hour Law and Order.

Boo.

[Mupepe]

So "The Night Of" turned out to be a 9 hour Law and Order.

Boo.

The ending was quite a let down.  Lots of build up to essentially nothing.  Still a well done show.

[Phoenix Dark]

The ending of Night Of felt like a different show. I suppose it was somewhat inevitable in a sense, given that it heavily focused on the trial and it's hard to do that without stepping into super familiar territory.

Overall I thought it was a really good show though.

[CatsCatsCats]

I watched the first episode and dropped it. Did he end up getting falsely convicted or what?

[Phoenix Dark]

I watched the first episode and dropped it. Did he end up getting falsely convicted or what?

you should watch it

[benjipwns]

[zomgee]

I watched the first episode and dropped it. Did he end up getting falsely convicted or what?

It's worth watching but some of the twists will make you roll your eyes. The last two episodes especially.

[Beezy]

FX has been and will be the king of comedy and Dramedy shows. Atlanta is fantastic. Entire first episode is on youtube.

Donald Glover seems a lot more relatable and less spazzy compared to every other role he's had. Supporting cast is excellent, atmosphere and mood is heavy in every scene.

2016 has been great for new black TV shows. The jail scene in the second episode is one of the funniest things I've seen in a while.

[mormapope]

FX has been and will be the king of comedy and Dramedy shows. Atlanta is fantastic. Entire first episode is on youtube.

Donald Glover seems a lot more relatable and less spazzy compared to every other role he's had. Supporting cast is excellent, atmosphere and mood is heavy in every scene.

2016 has been great for new black TV shows. The jail scene in the second episode is one of the funniest things I've seen in a while.

The scene with the mentally ill dude drinking toilet water and then spitting it at a guard went from funny to pretty damn sad in a span of seconds. That entire scene nailed the truth about that facet of life completely. We'll laugh at broken people, not questioning what help they need or is possible. But the moment they do something wrong or cross a line, we beat them down.

The strides that have happened on cable TV shows in the past couple of years when it comes to language and content is amazing. "Fuck" isn't a sacrilegious word anymore, realistic sex scenes and gore is shown now. Realistic drug use. I'd argue these last couple of years have had more risks and innovation than the last 10 or so in the cable TV arena.

[Steve Contra]

The last episode of Mr. Robot was some of the best directed TV I've ever seen.

[CatsCatsCats]

Naw, I'm not gonna watch it. Just want the spoilers.

[Stoney Mason]

Watched the most recent South Park season this week. Had heard very mixed things about it but I quite liked it. I notice that happens a lot with South Park. The seasons that some fans love I tend to not like as much and vice versa.

[Madrun Badrun]

now watch this

[seagrams hotsauce]

I watched the first episode and dropped it. Did he end up getting falsely convicted or what?

you should watch it

No you shouldn't, nothing happens for six episodes, they introduce two red herrings, then in the last episode the chick attorney turns into a distinguished mentally-challenged fellow for no reason and there's a hung jury, no retrial, and they go after the dead chicks ex/drug dealer whatever. Just super boring shit folks

[VomKriege]

Started watching Orange is the new black. Two episodes in so far. We like it.
I heard people were on the 4th season, right ? Just a heads up to know when we will have to let go if we find the quality nosediving.