Author Topic: The TV shows you've seen recently thread. (Read 2693812 times)

Potato · « **Reply #17220 on:** December 08, 2019, 11:23:29 PM »

Working my way through S3 of The Crown. Such a good show and the recast actors seem to be working out. The budget on that show must be astronomical considering the actors they have on it. It was already the most expensive show if I remember correctly.

chronovore · « **Reply #17221 on:** December 09, 2019, 03:59:32 AM »

Quote from: Potato on December 08, 2019, 11:23:29 PM

Working my way through S3 of The Crown. Such a good show and the recast actors seem to be working out. The budget on that show must be astronomical considering the actors they have on it. It was already the most expensive show if I remember correctly.

Really been thinking about starting this.

Right now, my current line-up is:

Dark
Archer (finally up to Tales from the Golden Monkey; I did not like Dreamland)
Arrow (s6)
Lucifer (s3)
Travellers (s3)
and incessant re-watches of Brooklyn 99

bdoughty · « **Reply #17222 on:** December 09, 2019, 05:17:16 AM »

Quote from: Potato on December 08, 2019, 11:23:29 PM

Working my way through S3 of The Crown. Such a good show and the recast actors seem to be working out. The budget on that show must be astronomical considering the actors they have on it. It was already the most expensive show if I remember correctly.

Descent season but so little focus on the Crown and too much focus on Charles. It's only going to get worse in S4.

Just finished season 3 of Mrs. Maisel. Went from being one of the whitest shows to Midge playing the Appolo.

jorma · « **Reply #17223 on:** December 09, 2019, 06:35:44 AM »

Quote from: Olivia Wilde Homo on December 08, 2019, 09:07:39 PM

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 3 is almost on par with s1, i also found s2 to be ok, it's nothing like the other two seasons but perfectly watchable.
You wont miss any context/lore if you skip directly to s3 though.

bdoughty · « **Reply #17224 on:** December 09, 2019, 07:14:31 PM »

Netflix has a docu-series on Henry Lee Lucas called, "The Confession Killer." Five episodes and I just finished the third. So far I think it is better than the Bundy Tapes. As an avid follower of all things serial killers, I have actually learned a few new things so far about how badly the Texas Rangers muffed this. Seeing Lucas on the phone talking to deputies in other states helping out on cases is surreal. Just as the Texas Rangers giving Lucas strawberry milkshakes for each case he closed by admitting to them. Far more fucked up than I recalled it.

toku · « **Reply #17225 on:** December 09, 2019, 10:04:55 PM »

Smallville cameo on this cw crossover event was handled so well. Legit charming.

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Transhuman · « **Reply #17226 on:** December 10, 2019, 12:52:04 AM »

Ending of Silicon Valley was really bad

bluemax · « **Reply #17227 on:** December 10, 2019, 02:21:52 AM »

Quote from: jorma on December 09, 2019, 06:35:44 AM

Quote from: Olivia Wilde Homo on December 08, 2019, 09:07:39 PM
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 3 is almost on par with s1, i also found s2 to be ok, it's nothing like the other two seasons but perfectly watchable.
You wont miss any context/lore if you skip directly to s3 though.

Season 3 starts good but it was entirely too easy to guess where it was going midway through and it all kinda ended in a mess. Dorff was great, I saw a trailer for some new show that he has a lead in so good for him cashing in.

This week's Mr Robot sort of felt like a filler episode again, or like a small part of an episode dragged out into a full one. It was nice that nothing terrible happened for once, but the show has been so depressing that I keep expecting every semi happy moment to end terribly.

team filler · « **Reply #17228 on:** December 10, 2019, 01:27:52 PM »

half a season of curtain call episodes/filler

Tasty · « **Reply #17229 on:** December 10, 2019, 02:20:28 PM »

Last ep I watched was the one where Elliot and whats her face listened to the cassette. Going to marathon the other eps later but sounds like it goes downhill?

team filler · « **Reply #17230 on:** December 10, 2019, 03:28:39 PM »

it's more that they could have done the final season in 5 eps, but instead we're slogging through ep 10

Ghoul · « **Reply #17231 on:** December 10, 2019, 03:40:19 PM »

Watching episode 10 of Mr Robot, only cool thing was Carly Rae Jepsen track . What a disaster of an episode

I wouldn’t call this a filler episode not enough banging or weird memes.

More a storage episode.

Three more to go. Basically DA going full on after Elliott to recruit and not kill him he becomes new leader/ president of e corp calling this shit now

Don Rumata · « **Reply #17232 on:** December 11, 2019, 12:01:24 PM »

So My Brilliant Friend was good.
Melodramatic but within reason, and i would've preferred no redundant voice over, it makes sense in a book, but on screen it felt superfluous.

Also i thought it was going to be a complete mini series, instead it's just season 1.

nachobro · « **Reply #17233 on:** December 11, 2019, 02:00:05 PM »

team filler · « **Reply #17234 on:** December 11, 2019, 02:13:17 PM »

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #17235 on:** December 11, 2019, 09:21:29 PM »

I really like Curb but the last season was just bad. Here’s hoping the next season is funny.

Don Rumata · « **Reply #17236 on:** December 12, 2019, 06:05:56 PM »

I've started watching Servant, Shyamalan's show for AppleTV.

It's fantastic so far (4 episodes in), very recommended.
Beautifully shot and every episode is quite intriguing and tense.

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #17237 on:** December 12, 2019, 10:03:04 PM »

Binging 1-3 of Mr. Robot currently. Only watched the first season some time back. Get on S4 when it's up for streaming on Prime.

I love how it can lean into the absolute bleak. Relatable on disturbing levels.

team filler · « **Reply #17238 on:** December 13, 2019, 01:58:25 AM »

expanse season 4 is up

let's eat, kings

chronovore · « **Reply #17239 on:** December 13, 2019, 03:58:36 AM »

Quote from: filler on December 13, 2019, 01:58:25 AM

expanse season 4 is up let's eat, kings

:'( :'( :'(

Potato · « **Reply #17240 on:** December 13, 2019, 06:37:59 AM »

Quote from: filler on December 13, 2019, 01:58:25 AM

expanse season 4 is up let's eat, kings

Still need to get on s3

jorma · « **Reply #17241 on:** December 13, 2019, 07:44:43 AM »

I'm gonna get on the expanse soon, but first i have to finish Suburra, blood on Rome

This turned out to be a really nice surprise.

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #17242 on:** December 13, 2019, 02:26:04 PM »

Fuck me, Joanna Wellick in Mr. Robot. She's a sort of beautiful that is haunting and unnerving. Like this ineffible quality has an edge to it and she knows exactly how to use it.

Tasty · « **Reply #17243 on:** December 13, 2019, 02:30:59 PM »

She's really fucking creepy. Dunno if you got to a certain spot yet, but (minor non-plot spoilers)

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when Eliot's like "I feel like she can hear us. Can she see you?" I was shitting a brick. She's standing there unarmed next to her baby stroller, and she was more terrifying than pretty much all of the Dark Army...

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(Minor) plot spoilers:

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She's kinda dumb tho.

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team filler · « **Reply #17244 on:** December 14, 2019, 12:09:03 PM »

https://twitter.com/TheOrlandoJones/status/1205836143897579520

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #17245 on:** December 15, 2019, 02:55:41 AM »

When Elliott meets White Rose for the first time. The sense of diametric opposition. Control vs. Chaos. This show is one for the ages.

The weight of the ego, you'd easily drown in its wake

I forgot the full extent of the twist and I'm happy i did. Holy fuck. This show.

Nintex · « **Reply #17246 on:** December 15, 2019, 01:51:43 PM »

Watched the first 2 episodes of the Mandalorian, this is good stuff.

I like the Saturday Morning Cartoon x Vintage Western vibe it has going.

I have spoken

team filler · « **Reply #17247 on:** December 17, 2019, 12:54:58 AM »

robot ep 11

toku · « **Reply #17248 on:** December 18, 2019, 12:05:25 AM »

team filler · « **Reply #17249 on:** December 18, 2019, 01:09:59 AM »

I'm on the last ep of expanse

a different experience not waiting week to week, season went by so quick. a lot happened, but I feel like there should be a few more eps $:-\$

that last ep

bdoughty · « **Reply #17250 on:** December 18, 2019, 10:26:31 AM »

Don't Fuck with cats on Netflix looks interesting. Three episodes at an hour each. Just started watching, it is based on a guy who did a little killing and posted them online and the sleuths that try and catch him. Honestly never heard of the guy. I thought it was about the Dnepropetrovsk maniacs at first but remembered their footage was leaked during the trial. Those cat lovers would probably gouge their eyes out after seeing all that.

Honestly if you have never heard of the Dnepropetrovsk maniacs, don't look it up. It's up there with the photos of a guy committing suicide by an industrial sized band saw. Once you see it, you can't unsee it.

Momo · « **Reply #17251 on:** December 18, 2019, 11:30:52 AM »

Can I has more expanse sir, bezos pls

toku · « **Reply #17252 on:** December 18, 2019, 12:15:01 PM »

they're already filming s5 iirc

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #17253 on:** December 20, 2019, 11:39:25 AM »

Mr. Robot is quickly becoming my favorite show of all time. The mixture of mental health, paranoia, tech, all threaded into a grand global conspiracy leans so far into my vibe I don't think any show could lean any closer. Apart from Twin Peaks.

Tasty · « **Reply #17254 on:** December 20, 2019, 01:49:27 PM »

http://www.justjared.com/2019/12/18/sebastian-stan-films-falcon-the-winter-soldier-in-his-never-before-seen-suit/

This and WandaVision are the only Disney Pluss'd content I really care about, and man these photos don't show anything but i'm still HYPE

THE WHITE WOLF RETURNS AGAIN

Also Zemo aka the one compelling MCU villain outside Loki they had the foresight not to kill

Tasty · « **Reply #17255 on:** December 20, 2019, 02:14:04 PM »

Quote from: BlueTsunami on December 20, 2019, 11:39:25 AM

Mr. Robot is quickly becoming my favorite show of all time. The mixture of mental health, paranoia, tech, all threaded into a grand global conspiracy leans so far into my vibe I don't think any show could lean any closer. Apart from Twin Peaks.

https://www.reddit.com/r/twinpeaks/comments/ed2o2f/sam_esmail_mr_robot_homecoming_ranks_twin_peaks/

TVC15 · « **Reply #17256 on:** December 20, 2019, 04:48:58 PM »

The Witcher is cheezy gold. It has a great feel that’s somewhere between high-end porno and low-end SyFy and either way it’s pleasing me like much golabki being shoved between cheeks.

team filler · « **Reply #17257 on:** December 20, 2019, 07:09:32 PM »

watched ep 2 of harley quinns, awful

harley is the worst character on the show and also the center piece

the joker is maybe the worst I've seen too. they turned him into really dumb guy. it would be better if they just never showed him at all

don't know if I can stomach another ep $:-\$

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #17258 on:** December 22, 2019, 04:38:22 AM »

The poignant Mr.Robot psychiatrist scenes are just as good as The Sopranos in their emotional arrestiveness. God fucking damn.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #17259 on:** December 22, 2019, 09:30:24 AM »

I'm liking Harley for what it is: very poor man's Venture Bros.

Tasty · « **Reply #17260 on:** December 22, 2019, 11:31:10 AM »

https://twitter.com/AwestruckVox/status/1208464000079552512

OK maybe I need to give this Harley Quinn show a shot

Transhuman · « **Reply #17261 on:** December 22, 2019, 01:02:15 PM »

Witcher es bad. What sort of fucking show shows tits in the early episodes then completely stops showing tits, but still has sex scenes, even though they're not showing tits anymore? I know how sick giant dadholding S&M freaks like TVC get off on that shit because the poor writing of the show is like some sort of self-defilement for them, but we live in a competitive attention economy and I have some books and movies and stuff i've been meaning to check out and stuff. Netflix gets all that user data and when it sees that I watched all the way to the end I takes that as a positive metric regardless of whether, and it's like i'm endorsing the show, so I need to demonstrate that I am not watching so they know not to make trash shows in the future.

Don Rumata · « **Reply #17262 on:** December 22, 2019, 01:49:40 PM »

Quote from: Transhuman on December 22, 2019, 01:02:15 PM

Witcher es bad. What sort of fucking show shows tits in the early episodes then completely stops showing tits, but still has sex scenes, even though they're not showing tits anymore?

Many (most?) "gritty" shows do it.
Nudity is the hook you need in season 1, then they just tug you along with the story.

Transhuman · « **Reply #17263 on:** December 22, 2019, 03:59:53 PM »

Even with 0 nudity i'd watch if it didn't suck

Transhuman · « **Reply #17264 on:** December 22, 2019, 04:06:10 PM »

Alls i'm saying is I like when shows are gud

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #17265 on:** December 22, 2019, 07:25:59 PM »

The Mr.Robot faux one take episode

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #17266 on:** December 23, 2019, 06:25:12 AM »

Quote from: Olivia Wilde Homo on December 08, 2019, 09:07:39 PM

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.

I finally finished all three seasons. Season two was a big drop in quality over the first season but it was still a good show. Season three did a lot of interesting things that was great but still fell short of season one. Thanks for the recommendations to keep going!

Ghoul · « **Reply #17267 on:** December 23, 2019, 09:12:22 AM »

Mr Robot holy fucking shit. Thank fuck that's over what a lame season should had just let it die.

Halfway through the last episode and I have zero clue what the fuck is going on.

toku · « **Reply #17268 on:** December 23, 2019, 09:13:13 AM »

Quote from: Ghoul on December 23, 2019, 09:12:22 AM

Mr Robot holy fucking shit. Thank fuck that's over what a lame season should had just let it die.

Halfway through the last episode and I have zero clue what the fuck is going on.

Reconciliation and letting go.

Ghoul · « **Reply #17269 on:** December 23, 2019, 09:16:11 AM »

so Eliott is a system, really makes you think.

team filler · « **Reply #17270 on:** December 23, 2019, 12:19:44 PM »

Quote from: Tasty Meat on December 22, 2019, 11:31:10 AM

https://twitter.com/AwestruckVox/status/1208464000079552512

OK maybe I need to give this Harley Quinn show a shot

you'll probably love it. it's perfect for the yaaaaaaaassssssssss queer crowd!

bluemax · « **Reply #17271 on:** December 23, 2019, 09:45:39 PM »

Quote from: Ghoul on December 23, 2019, 09:16:11 AM

so Eliott is a system, really makes you think.

It really isn't that confusing:

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The Elliot we have seen for the duration of the TV show is one of 4 alternate personalities the real Elliott created to deal with the trauma of his life. The Elliot prime personality is stuck in a fantasy hacker Elliott created for him. Hacker Elliott likes being in control, and despite his mission being over, he doesn't want to relinquish control to Elliott prime. The other personalities are attempting to let him know his time is up and he should let Elliott prime regain control. The Krista voice spells it all out pretty clearly.

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I thought it was a pretty touching finale, although maybe it didn't actually need to be two hours.

Ghoul · « **Reply #17272 on:** December 24, 2019, 03:40:34 AM »

like I said I was half way through, I had not got to the last one and I watched it last night, it was pretty decent way to end the series but still the last season was just very poor overall.
The fact that real Elliott is going to wake up and have literally nothing he wanted left is a feels bad though. I'm just glad it is over at this point!

Don Rumata · « **Reply #17273 on:** December 24, 2019, 10:04:35 AM »

The Expanse season 4 was a fun season with a disappointingly quick finale.

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they even spent 10 episodes building Amos' new babe, and then kill her almost off screen, to reiterate a point (about Amos' character) that has been made several times before.
I guess you could call it bold, but it felt like a time waste to me.

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Overall i really enjoyed it, but as far as plot development goes, it felt more like half a season than a full one.

Bebpo · « **Reply #17274 on:** December 24, 2019, 01:27:01 PM »

End of the F#@king World S2 - This was always going to be a tough season to do since the first season was a) an adaptation of a finished graphic novel from start to finish with a conclusive ending and b) one of the best seasons of tv on Netflix imo. It turned out...fine. It's much smaller in scope and definitely not as good as the first season, but the directing is still fantastic and the two leads & their chemistry are still so much fun to watch. Any time they're on screen it's enjoyable just because of them. I can't think of any other film/tv where actors have done emotions/faces like they do and it just brings something very real to the show about relationships with damaged people.

In the end it's short and at worst a nice little fan-fiction epilogue. Which is fine. Glad it exists because it was nice to see the pair again and it was enjoyable. Doubt they'll do a S3. Would definitely like to see the two leads in more stuff. The guy was in a Black Mirror ep which was nice, but the girl hasn't been in much yet.

Momo · « **Reply #17275 on:** December 24, 2019, 02:39:34 PM »

Anyone going to watch lost in space frozen lake boogaloo ?

Don Rumata · « **Reply #17276 on:** December 24, 2019, 03:03:56 PM »

Quote from: Momo on December 24, 2019, 02:39:34 PM

Anyone going to watch lost in space frozen lake boogaloo ?

I watched a couple of episodes (4, i think) of the first season, because Captain Flint was in it.
Decent budget, so it looks pretty good, but i found it quite boring and stopped.

Momo · « **Reply #17277 on:** December 24, 2019, 03:23:55 PM »

Yeah I only watched it for Flint, was super boring, season 2 is out and I watched an ep earlier and it was boring as fuck again

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #17278 on:** December 24, 2019, 11:21:05 PM »

Man The Witcher is some good eats when placed against the relative slow pragmatic tempo of Game of Thrones. I live for this melodrama.

Oblivion · « **Reply #17279 on:** December 25, 2019, 12:18:03 AM »

on season 3 of the Dragon Prince and man, this show is disappointing. people kept telling me "no, no. you see, unlike with korra, TDP is headed by the REAL brains behind avatar: TLA. there's no way it'll let people down!"

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