The TV shows you've seen recently thread.

[team filler]

That episode was weird, the music and sound effects were so cartoonish with the whole pseudo play thing, but in terms of character development, whew. Serious fucking gut punch episode (which almost every episode is this season). I thought we'd find out about Elliott's potential third persona but nope.

Has every episode this season had the credits list either a DV or Suicide prevention hotline?

ep seemed like a budget saver for the season. like they needed to use the money on another episode, so they just cheaped on one and this was it.

[TVC15]

Is there anything good on Tuesday?

[chronovore]

Amos the god

Dec. 13th
 

This whole series disappeared from Amazon.co.jp 's version of PRIME VIDEO, and I'm fucking pissed off.

[Ghoul]

Watched this weeks Mr Robot.

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Fiddled with as a kid. This show can’t be over soon enough.

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[Snoopycat_]

I watched that Netflix thing about the Canadian mob. Bad Moose or whatever. The 1st series was pretty good. 2nd one not so much. It was watchable but the brother and sister weren't believable at all.

[CatsCatsCats]

Watched the Mandalorian eps, like it a lot so far

[thisismyusername]

Finished up Humans. Shame there is no season 4, since the series was setting up for a pretty good conclusion with Mia (Gemma Chan)'s android being beaten to death in front of live TV cameras, Maddie coming forward as the culprit of the Day Zero consciousness code upgrade on Androids AND being pregnant with a half-Android/Human hybrid (due to Leo. ).

I do think one more season from AMC/UK producers would've finished the series conclusively, but this episode, minus the cliffhangers (V turning Niska into God, Mia dying for "nothing" [for now], Maddie's pregnancy) would've been a satisfactory ending.

[Potato]

Started season 4 of The Good Place. Such a great show and I'm enjoying this final season so far.

[BlueTsunami]

Just finding out about Channel Zero. I'll probably binge the series over Thanksgiving break

[TVC15]

Didn’t like it. I only tried the first three series. They all have a good first one or two episodes and then it’s pfffffft. Shit series

[BlueTsunami]

Sheeeeit

I've been craving surreal and strange recently. I'll see whatsup

[Don Rumata]

I watched episode 1 of the first season, and found the writing to be too shitty to continue, but i had seen some Silent Hill looking stuff in the future episodes that sort of intrigued me.
Is it all based around creepy pastas?

[BlueTsunami]

I watched episode 1 of the first season, and found the writing to be too shitty to continue, but i had seen some Silent Hill looking stuff in the future episodes that sort of intrigued me.
Is it all based around creepy pastas?

Apparently it's based off of creepypasta yes and written by Mick Antosca who apparently is a rising star when it comes to horror. Wrote the screenplay for Del Toros 'Antlers'

[TVC15]

The best seasons are the Max Landis ones, so remember that if you enjoy it you’re supporting a really annoying and untalented person, and you like trash.

[BlueTsunami]

Motherfuck 

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

The best seasons are the Max Landis ones, so remember that if you enjoy it you’re supporting a really annoying and untalented person, and you like trash.

I do! I do all of those things!

[team filler]

ep 8 of molester robot may have been the worst of the entire series  that fat bitch's bit only worked in small doses, with extended screen time it was weak. fatty got annoying real quick and I don't care at all about dom's family, so zero tension about yaniv killing them or not.

going from vera da gawd to yaniv in back to back episodes like going from juaqin phoenix to jared leto foh with that shid 

elliot is pretty lame now too 

[Ghoul]

ep 8 of molester robot may have been the worst of the entire series  that fat bitch's bit only worked in small doses, with extended screen time it was weak. fatty got annoying real quick and I don't care at all about dom's family, so zero tension about yaniv killing them or not.

going from vera da gawd to yaniv in back to back episodes like going from juaqin phoenix to jared leto foh with that shid 

elliot is pretty lame now too 

God it's fucking awful, they all look like they don't want to be there either, they're literally just driving forward so quickly towards the end that nothing really makes sense and it's all so lazy.

Oh remember that Irish dude, welll then he's saving the family... Also Fattie was just awful, not sinister at all, just a fattie that was into stuffing dead things.

How many damn episodes are left? As I'm pretty near to tapping out on this show, also molested little elliott and then having Mr Robot come out as "not his dad" ERGH PLEASE GOD WHY.

Glad to see you're also wasting life watching this

 

[Bebpo]

Watched Undone. It was entertaining in its realness, which is why the more and more it went into TIME TRAVEL MAGIC instead of just dysfunctional people drama, the less I liked it. The ending was kinda a weak cop out of "IS IT MAGIC OR MENTAL ILLNESS, YOU DECIDE" since

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they clearly put in segments in the 2nd half which only work if it's magic so the fake out ambiguous end is stupid. If they wanted to go that way they should have given realistic explanations for how she could know the name of the security guards sister and know that her mom broke into the lab, etc...

I would've liked the show much better if it was just about dealing with mental illness or at least if it was truly ambiguous because then in my mind it could've been a show about mental illness.

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That said the main actress and actors and Odenkirk are all excellent and it was quite entertaining. If they do a season 2 that continues the story I'd probably watch even though it's definitely the kind of story that doesn't need a S2 although since the ending was shit a S2 would improve that potentially.

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harley quin ep 1  it's very much made for the hq in suicide squad women fanbase  the type that are past their mid 20's and still think they're cool for saying fuck 

[agrajag]

I am going to rewatch Wild Palms.

[chronovore]

Watching Netflix’ DARK. Good production values, but I feel like there are so many overlapping mysteries that it’s difficult to parse, and I’m pretty convinced that this kind of show is more about mystery boxes with nothing inside. I’ll give it one season, but if all there is turns out to be woo woo fuckery, I’m out.

[TVC15]

I bought Prole a set of Harley panties at a Hot Topic Suicide Squad fire sale some years back. They say shit like "Daddy's Little Monster" on the crotch and stuff. Next time he sees me, they're his!

[chronovore]

Edit: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bc9NsgMHOZk/

Nvm, probably in DARK for the long haul because of this redhead.

[Dickie Dee]

I bought Prole a set of Harley panties at a Hot Topic Suicide Squad fire sale some years back. They say shit like "Daddy's Little Monster" on the crotch and stuff. Next time he sees me, they're his!

Since he'll be sniffing them anyway, what's the most on-brand HQ scent you can rub on it?

[Madrun Badrun]

Edit: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bc9NsgMHOZk/

Nvm, probably in DARK for the long haul because of this redhead.

Pasty, just like I like 'em. 

[Don Rumata]

Watching Netflix’ DARK. Good production values, but I feel like there are so many overlapping mysteries that it’s difficult to parse, and I’m pretty convinced that this kind of show is more about mystery boxes with nothing inside. I’ll give it one season, but if all there is turns out to be woo woo fuckery, I’m out.

Dark is the best show on Netflix (unless we're counting Better Call Saul, which is technically a Netflix show here in Euroland).
The first season i also had difficulty keeping track of everyone's name and relationship to each other, but it eventually clicked in season 2, out of sheer habit.
I'm waiting for season 3 more than Expanse, Mindhunter, Stranger Things, Casa de Papel or whatever other big show is on-going at the moment.
Hopefully they stick the landing with season 3 (which should be the final season).

[D3RANG3D]

[Tasty]

Dark is amazing. Season 2

[Great Rumbler]

Forget the Harley Quinn movie, this is where it's at:

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[Tasty]

 

[Joe Molotov]

 

[D3RANG3D]

Forget the Harley Quinn movie, this is where it's at:

[Great Rumbler]

[Madrun Badrun]

i liked the first ep

[team filler]

 

[Joe Molotov]

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/harley_quinn/s01

94% on RT, only negative reviews are from buttpained magas.

One more woke show, what's the difficulty of doing a show without putting politics?

The pilot is okay, it starts off with "white men" who are rich and evil and all that woke nonsense. As a European, I am getting tired of American race obsession, it's racist and sad, get a grip America. Swearing was overboard even for me, it's like you give a 6-year-old 5 minutes to write as many f-bombs as he can and then call it a script. The violence was also a bit overboard, but seeing it's American, I can bet you won't even see a nipple, because "nudity bad, Gore good". Smh America. It wasn't bad, it wasn't great, it was okay enough to make me curious for the second episode. It's not overly annoying woke like Batwoman, and I'm curious what direction they will take. If it's going to be another wokefest like Batwoman, then you can count me, and most of Europe out. Leave the race obsession out of it.

[thisismyusername]

God, watching Treadstone (unwillingly) after Mr. Robot is hilarious: So many fake computer scenes/OS's in it. It's a hilarious juxtaposition of shows.

[team filler]

I'll probably watch ep 2, but it really is a show for women 

[bluemax]

That episode was weird, the music and sound effects were so cartoonish with the whole pseudo play thing, but in terms of character development, whew. Serious fucking gut punch episode (which almost every episode is this season). I thought we'd find out about Elliott's potential third persona but nope.

Has every episode this season had the credits list either a DV or Suicide prevention hotline?

ep seemed like a budget saver for the season. like they needed to use the money on another episode, so they just cheaped on one and this was it.

This weeks episode felt a bit like another budget filler as well. It did move the plot forward and I guess it is nice that the tension wasn't nearly as heart racing as most of the season.

Also I've completely lost track of how much time is passing in these episodes now. I think the last 3 or 4 all happened in a single day which is just absurd. I think maybe this season was just a tad too long so they are having to pad it out or something?

[Crash Dummy]

jack ryan - watched both seasons and this is not very good; it's like the later seasons of 24 without any of the self-aware campiness

[team filler]

That episode was weird, the music and sound effects were so cartoonish with the whole pseudo play thing, but in terms of character development, whew. Serious fucking gut punch episode (which almost every episode is this season). I thought we'd find out about Elliott's potential third persona but nope.

Has every episode this season had the credits list either a DV or Suicide prevention hotline?

ep seemed like a budget saver for the season. like they needed to use the money on another episode, so they just cheaped on one and this was it.

This weeks episode felt a bit like another budget filler as well. It did move the plot forward and I guess it is nice that the tension wasn't nearly as heart racing as most of the season.

Also I've completely lost track of how much time is passing in these episodes now. I think the last 3 or 4 all happened in a single day which is just absurd. I think maybe this season was just a tad too long so they are having to pad it out or something?

am I supposed to be happy when white rose plans are foiled by those pesky kids? super secret thing in africa made by the chinamen and it must be stopped! foh  I've been rooting for the T for a while now, but even that's been  like just kill them all nicca and liberate wakanda or whatever the hell supposed to be going on 

[Don Rumata]

Watched a couple of episodes of "My Brilliant Friend".
It's a bit too on the melodramatic side for my taste, but it's also quite depressing, so it balances out alright.

2 episodes in, it's not not clear where they're going with it, but i'm intrigued.
Child actors are mostly good, which is something i was worried about.

[bluemax]

That episode was weird, the music and sound effects were so cartoonish with the whole pseudo play thing, but in terms of character development, whew. Serious fucking gut punch episode (which almost every episode is this season). I thought we'd find out about Elliott's potential third persona but nope.

Has every episode this season had the credits list either a DV or Suicide prevention hotline?

ep seemed like a budget saver for the season. like they needed to use the money on another episode, so they just cheaped on one and this was it.

This weeks episode felt a bit like another budget filler as well. It did move the plot forward and I guess it is nice that the tension wasn't nearly as heart racing as most of the season.

Also I've completely lost track of how much time is passing in these episodes now. I think the last 3 or 4 all happened in a single day which is just absurd. I think maybe this season was just a tad too long so they are having to pad it out or something?

am I supposed to be happy when white rose plans are foiled by those pesky kids? super secret thing in africa made by the chinamen and it must be stopped! foh  I've been rooting for the T for a while now, but even that's been  like just kill them all nicca and liberate wakanda or whatever the hell supposed to be going on 

I think it would probably help if we knew fucking anything about White Rose's plan. Maybe she's trying to do something really good for the world and these petty ass American teenagers are just mad at her for poisoning their parents and brutally murdering all their friends and loved ones. They've got 4 episodes left to tie all this nonsense together and I'm losing faith.

[thisismyusername]

Whiterose's machine isn't the central point of the show. What the fuck do you two expect? She's the big bad because she led a conspiracy-level Illuminati group (Dues Group, shown this episode) that the hacking group (fsociety) is trying to fight/change the status quo on.

Even Price tells you in Season 3's finale/4's opening: "Her machine/idea... it's a joke. It's unfeasible."

Her mentioning Angela being alive is Sam throwing shade at all the "TIME TRAVEL CONFIRMED!" theory bullshit /r/MrRobot has had over the years.
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Anyway:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11199668/?ref_=tt_eps_cu_n

What the fuck did I just watch? Some Incel supposedly being trained to be a mass shooter that then shoots himself and the guy that trained him gets pissed about it finding it in an online news article.

God no wonder TV sucks ass now a days and shows like Mr. Robot is rare. :'(

[BlueTsunami]

Fleabag 

[BlueTsunami]

I love this series so much. It seems to lean more into the macro and micro in the second season to greater effect.

[Tasty]

[toku]

[Don Rumata]

How the fuck can you watch these superhero shows and take them seriously?
I'll admit seeing OG Flash in there surprised me though, i used to watch that shit as a little kid.

[chronovore]

I just finished the parts of Crisis on Earth-X that are available on Netflix Japan. No Legends, no Supergirl. Is it my imagination, or are these things the TV equivalent of giant, two-page splash pages that rely on spectacle more than character?

Except, really, one thing:

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WTF, they handle Oliver and Felicity's wedding in a show other than Arrow? Jesus, that's weird.

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I'm also surprised to see Black Lightning in the Infinite Earth setup, since that's a Netflix series.

[Tasty]

They handle his proposal in another show, which actually did annoy Iris too.

Crisis on Earth-X was fun. Sure, most of the plots aren't anything special, but as you noted they usually do have some kind of large impact no matter what, which gives them at least some kind of stakes.

[toku]

Yeah these things are mess. If you read any of the bts stuff they basically come close to fucking up entire seasons worth of scheduling but they keep getting bigger every year. A lot of the cameos you see as well pretty much only happen by the grace & mercy of the actor deciding to make it work.

How the fuck can you watch these superhero shows and take them seriously?
I'll admit seeing OG Flash in there surprised me though, i used to watch that shit as a little kid.

I mean, you don't? Not really. This is the american equivalent of toku. It's just soaps with sfx. That's all any cape shit is. Soap operas where ppl in tights/armor get punched.


Side Note: This final season of Arrow is probably the best and most consistent it's been since season 2/5 maybe? Dropping the episode count to 10 did it wonders. Even all the weird back door pilot stuff with Oliver & Diggle's kids from the future is working for the most part 

I've noticed the quality of these shows, particularly the CW ones, rest almost solely on the quality of the seasons villain. All the best seasons of Arrow had great villains and Flash has been trash since season 2 because they haven't been able to get a great villain going. Sometimes the casting is bad, sometimes the excution sucks, and sometimes the villain is just trash.

[Tasty]

I'm also surprised to see Black Lightning in the Infinite Earth setup, since that's a Netflix series.

It's a CW show, but was deliberately always "not in Arrowverse or ever going to cross over with it ever!!1"

[chronovore]

I'm also surprised to see Black Lightning in the Infinite Earth setup, since that's a Netflix series.

It's a CW show, but was deliberately always "not in Arrowverse or ever going to cross over with it ever!!1"

Until now.

[Tasty]

I'm also surprised to see Black Lightning in the Infinite Earth setup, since that's a Netflix series.

It's a CW show, but was deliberately always "not in Arrowverse or ever going to cross over with it ever!!1"

Until now.

Right. Good excuse to lose your show's crossover virginity.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

I saw the first season of True Detective aka True Detectits and wow, what a show! I shotgunned the whole thing today. Only complaint is that I hated the way McConaughey talked. Are the following two seasons any good? I haven’t heard good things about them but I thought I would ask.

[Nuitangg]

Season 2 is trash. Worth watching season 3 for Dorff.

[chronovore]

I saw the first season of True Detective aka True Detectits and wow, what a show! I shotgunned the whole thing today. Only complaint is that I hated the way McConaughey talked. Are the following two seasons any good? I haven’t heard good things about them but I thought I would ask.

Season 2 gets a bad rap, but I liked it. It's not as good as the first season, which is not the same as saying "it's garbage," which is what most of TheBire(tm) reported.