Author Topic: The TV shows you've seen recently thread. (Read 2681515 times)

toku · « **Reply #17580 on:** April 05, 2020, 12:19:05 AM »

s3 of Future Man is out. Hope it's better than s2. Hope it's just the Wolf show. $:-\$

toku · « **Reply #17581 on:** April 05, 2020, 12:26:43 AM »

"You know how many times we've turned a death sentence into a life paragraph?"

Wolf-sempai

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #17582 on:** April 05, 2020, 10:26:37 PM »

Kim's convenience is a great feel-good show for right now.

chronovore · « **Reply #17583 on:** April 07, 2020, 06:31:38 AM »

Enjoying Riverdale right now. I love that it's close to Twin Peaks without aping it (except that one shot of the Black Hood climbing over the couch, an obvious homage). The actors all do a bang-up job; not quite as much scenery-chewing as Peaks. Fun to see how many '80s teen stars have regular roles in it. I gotta say though, Molly Ringwald did not age like wine.

Don Rumata · « **Reply #17584 on:** April 07, 2020, 01:56:25 PM »

Just wanted to reiterate how bad (good) 7Seeds is.
For real, just watch this instead Castelvania or whatever.

Every episode is a masterpiece, every scene is a showcase of incredibly, absurdly shit writing and horrid drawings.

Bebpo · « **Reply #17585 on:** April 07, 2020, 03:26:14 PM »

So I was watching Castle Rock S2 on my free Hulu w/ads that came with Spotify.

First ep or two was like one 30-60 second ad every 15 mins. Which is about what I remember cable tv being like when I was a kid. This was fine and I was like "hey, ads aren't that bad, I'm happy saving $13/month and just living with this"

but then by ep3/4, it changed to 60-90 seconds of ads every 5 mins. Which is fucking insanity and the ads are 20% of the viewing run time. I couldn't take it and couldn't finish episodes, so I ended up paying the damn $13/month for Hulu ad-free.

But yeah I just wanted to say how EVIL that is that they make it seem like ads are ok until you get a few eps in and are invested into a show and then it's like fuck you, got ads.

Don Rumata · « **Reply #17586 on:** April 08, 2020, 05:47:03 AM »

Last episode of BCS was so weird, i liked it.

toku · « **Reply #17587 on:** April 08, 2020, 09:49:54 AM »

Future Man was good. Way better than s2, honestly about as good as the first.

D3RANG3D · « **Reply #17588 on:** April 09, 2020, 01:56:09 PM »

Been watching Scooby Doo Mystery Inc. fucking great show but man the romance shit is garbage would be a 10/10 show if not for it, but then again we wouldn't have gotten the trap of love song out of it.

Tasty · « **Reply #17589 on:** April 09, 2020, 02:38:20 PM »

Eh it's mostly played for laughs, I was OK with it. They're teens.

Bebpo · « **Reply #17590 on:** April 12, 2020, 03:00:13 AM »

Finished Castle Rock S2. That was a good season of HQ modern TV. The director/cinematography is great and gets really good performances out of the cast which is filled with excellent people. Pretty enjoyable story. Only downside is the tie-ins with Misery felt really forced and unnecessary. The main character being Annie Wilkes didn't really add anything and the same season could've been done with her as just a nobody original main character. The character relationships and drama, like S1, is good.

The whole thing being weird as King fan fiction with basically no involvement from King is still weird since these are established characters/settings being used but this doesn't really fit with any canon.

But I guess if you really want to make it work, the King universe has some easy outs with

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alternate dimensions.

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If I'm going to try to place it in King universe canon, I think

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The Kid is one of the 12 or so disciples of the Red King

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GreatSageEqualOfHeaven · « **Reply #17591 on:** April 12, 2020, 09:47:16 AM »

Quote from: Bebpo on April 12, 2020, 03:00:13 AM

But I guess if you really want to make it work, the King universe has some easy outs with

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alternate dimensions.
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I'm not a big King 'verse expert, but doesn't the Dark Tower imply the universe gets regularly rebooted with minor changes each cycle?

GreatSageEqualOfHeaven · « **Reply #17592 on:** April 14, 2020, 01:25:18 PM »

Fuck, Better Call Saul is soooo good.

Bebpo · « **Reply #17593 on:** April 14, 2020, 02:27:14 PM »

Quote from: GreatSageEqualOfHeaven on April 12, 2020, 09:47:16 AM

Quote from: Bebpo on April 12, 2020, 03:00:13 AM
But I guess if you really want to make it work, the King universe has some easy outs with

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alternate dimensions.
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I'm not a big King 'verse expert, but doesn't the Dark Tower imply the universe gets regularly rebooted with minor changes each cycle?

Sure, but I mean most of King's stuff takes place in alternate worlds of Earth. Like The Stand is its own universe. So that works for Castle Rock being in its own alternate world of earth since things are similar but different as well.

It's one nice thing about the King universe is stuff like that basically lets you connect anything.

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #17594 on:** April 15, 2020, 02:10:08 PM »

Been going through Community and Season 2 has been masterful. It's becoming more like a cartoon and I'm down for it.

Crash Dummy · « **Reply #17595 on:** April 16, 2020, 09:35:48 AM »

romanoffs - weak second episode but otherwise

D3RANG3D · « **Reply #17596 on:** April 16, 2020, 11:13:54 AM »

Two new episodes of What We Do in the Shadows are up on Hulu.

toku · « **Reply #17597 on:** April 17, 2020, 12:46:24 PM »

Devs was very much my shit. Didn't think Garland was gonna stick the landing but he did, again. Very emotional but earned.

Nintex · « **Reply #17598 on:** April 17, 2020, 07:53:42 PM »

better call saul

Kim -> Mexican Cartels

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BlueTsunami · « **Reply #17599 on:** April 18, 2020, 06:01:47 PM »

Quote from: toku on April 17, 2020, 12:46:24 PM

Devs was very much my shit. Didn't think Garland was gonna stick the landing but he did, again. Very emotional but earned.

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Beautifully elegant and terrifying. It's like Garland wanted to exemplify a true scifi existential crisis. From inception to execution.

D3RANG3D · « **Reply #17600 on:** April 18, 2020, 11:52:02 PM »

Finished The Mandalorian it was pretty good, you know it really stings as a trekkie when a Star Wars show totally lives up to what Star Wars used to be and Picard is absolute gobshite.

Don Rumata · « **Reply #17601 on:** April 18, 2020, 11:56:06 PM »

Quote from: D3RANG3D on April 18, 2020, 11:52:02 PM

Finished The Mandalorian it was pretty good, you know it really stings as a trekkie when a Star Wars show totally lives up to what Star Wars used to be and Picard is absolute gobshite.

I dunno, i thought Mandalorian was pretty fucking bad, but maybe Trekkies have it so much worse, that it looks alright.

D3RANG3D · « **Reply #17602 on:** April 19, 2020, 12:06:05 AM »

It's not perfect.

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What the fuck is up with them not knowing what The Jedi/Force is.

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Don Rumata · « **Reply #17603 on:** April 19, 2020, 12:23:46 AM »

I thought it was visually splendid, but everything else was boring af.
No plot, (basically) no character arcs, in fact, almost no characters at all, boringly shot and edited action, Pedro Pascal made for a terribly limp dicked Mandalorian, too.
I think people were high on it because coming from the Nu-Trilogy was bound to prep them up for the worse.

All i got out of it, were Herzog and Baby Yoda.

D3RANG3D · « **Reply #17604 on:** April 19, 2020, 12:27:27 AM »

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I thought killing Herzog was a mistake, that new villain was lol.

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brawndolicious · « **Reply #17605 on:** April 19, 2020, 10:11:24 PM »

I'm halfway through season 2 of Six Feet Under and I don't think I can continue, all the characters are pretty wonderful except for Brenda and Billy. They are like final season of Girls level of insufferable and totally ruin the show, especially if you've ever known anyone with BPD who wouldn't get treatment.

team filler · « **Reply #17606 on:** April 20, 2020, 03:42:58 AM »

dolores talking to herself with so much self love

"you're still mine and I'm yours. we can build our world together"

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #17607 on:** April 20, 2020, 10:27:38 AM »

I know its gotten a mixed reaction in some circles but so far I've quite liked this season of Westworld. It feels more like BladeRunner the TV show rather than the Westworld of season 1 and 2 and while that is a pretty different thing, I think this season has been on the right side of mostly focusing on emotions rather than plot shenanigans and mystery puzzle boxes of past seasons. This season has been completely understandable without having to dip into endless speculative theory which is a good thing in my book.

team filler · « **Reply #17608 on:** April 20, 2020, 11:04:41 AM »

I like seas 3. seas 2 was

for the most part, so this is nice

Cheddahz · « **Reply #17609 on:** April 20, 2020, 11:07:53 AM »

binged the last season of silicon valley; finale kinda sucked

toku · « **Reply #17610 on:** April 20, 2020, 11:15:24 AM »

Quote from: filler on April 20, 2020, 11:04:41 AM

I like seas 3. seas 2 was for the most part, so this is nice

I liked season 2 but it was definitely a lot of theory. This season has been a bit more balanced though I think there was too much Charlotte. Serac, Maeve and Aaron Paul's stories though, knocking it out the park.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #17611 on:** April 20, 2020, 04:46:23 PM »

Quote from: hhkcvaoitsso on April 19, 2020, 10:31:44 PM

Six Feet Under was too much for me. I think that show is only for white people

Yeah, on the other hand I'm enjoying Waco on Netflix. I think I'm okay with forgiving flawed white people when they're either criminals or Jesus-cosplayers.

GreatSageEqualOfHeaven · « **Reply #17612 on:** April 21, 2020, 05:57:37 PM »

Damn, that season finale of BCS

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For all the assumptions that Kim is too good to stick with slipping jimmy longterm, up till now, is this kim fully breaking bad herself
Her being too much for saul would be a nice subversion of expectations, and also makes the hoods from the flash forward opener working for her more likely

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Don Rumata · « **Reply #17613 on:** April 21, 2020, 08:01:11 PM »

MODS ADD LALO YOU COWARDS:

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #17614 on:** April 21, 2020, 10:11:21 PM »

The first episode of Middleditch and Schwartz was great. Middleditch is one of my favorite improve comedians.

Nintex · « **Reply #17615 on:** April 23, 2020, 06:07:24 PM »

LALO the GOAT

In other news, May 28th

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #17616 on:** April 23, 2020, 06:20:02 PM »

Quote from: Don Rumata on April 21, 2020, 08:01:11 PM

MODS ADD LALO YOU COWARDS:

Lalo comin for that ass

VomKriege · « **Reply #17617 on:** April 25, 2020, 05:18:06 PM »

Finally started Kingdom, the feudal zombie Korean show.
Production value is good though not film level. But it's a good premise and the political intrigue is good.

Mupepe · « **Reply #17618 on:** April 25, 2020, 05:19:28 PM »

Quote from: VomKriege on April 25, 2020, 05:18:06 PM

Finally started Kingdom, the feudal zombie Korean show.
Production value is good though not film level. But it's a good premise and the political intrigue is good.

Where is it available?

VomKriege · « **Reply #17619 on:** April 25, 2020, 06:22:56 PM »

Quote from: Mupepe on April 25, 2020, 05:19:28 PM

Quote from: VomKriege on April 25, 2020, 05:18:06 PM
Finally started Kingdom, the feudal zombie Korean show.
Production value is good though not film level. But it's a good premise and the political intrigue is good.
Where is it available?

Netflix in France, I believe in the US as well.

VomKriege · « **Reply #17620 on:** April 25, 2020, 06:34:04 PM »

When I say it's not film level, it's a bit harsh, lots of budget movies would like to look like this. Wardrobe especially is really decent. Make up can't be cheap. I think the lighting and grading is a bit gaudy and despite the extras and locations the framing is a tad flat.

It's a fresh twist on the zombie formula, with clever use of the tropes. Medium spicy commentary on class warfare too.

VomKriege · « **Reply #17621 on:** April 26, 2020, 04:22:04 PM »

Kingdom was great, it's also a great wu xia pian fix. Really strong writing and some interesting symbolism tying the undead and political intrigue. Not sure about that sequel hook at the end, looks corny, but that's a bit of a contractual obligation.

Crash Dummy · « **Reply #17622 on:** April 27, 2020, 05:33:39 AM »

Quote from: VomKriege on April 25, 2020, 05:18:06 PM

Finally started Kingdom, the feudal zombie Korean show.
Production value is good though not film level. But it's a good premise and the political intrigue is good.

i forgot about this, wanted to check it out but started man in the high castle instead - very lttp but i've almost binged the whole thing now

chronovore · « **Reply #17623 on:** April 27, 2020, 08:39:24 AM »

Quote from: VomKriege on April 25, 2020, 06:22:56 PM

Quote from: Mupepe on April 25, 2020, 05:19:28 PM
Quote from: VomKriege on April 25, 2020, 05:18:06 PM
Finally started Kingdom, the feudal zombie Korean show.
Production value is good though not film level. But it's a good premise and the political intrigue is good.
Where is it available?

Netflix in France, I believe in the US as well.

Japan as well, oddly.

Don Rumata · « **Reply #17624 on:** April 27, 2020, 11:35:07 AM »

Quote from: VomKriege on April 25, 2020, 06:34:04 PM

When I say it's not film level, it's a bit harsh, lots of budget movies would like to look like this. Wardrobe especially is really decent. Make up can't be cheap. I think the lighting and grading is a bit gaudy and despite the extras and locations the framing is a tad flat.

It's a fresh twist on the zombie formula, with clever use of the tropes. Medium spicy commentary on class warfare too.

I was commenting on season 2 a couple of pages back.

Kingdom is great, a lot of fun.
It's occasionally a bit too cheesy (and dumb, like many zombies stories tend to be) and rushes over the resolution of many plot elements, but it's probably the only Korean TV show i can stomach, because it's not 25, 90 minutes episodes, like all the others i've tried to watch.
That is what helps keeping the production values (and the pace) up, in my opinion.

As a rule of thumb, any TV show that goes above 10 to 13 episodes, tends to be shit, unless it's a sitcom.
If you can keep it at 6, even better.

VomKriege · « **Reply #17625 on:** April 27, 2020, 12:04:35 PM »

I agree the show rushes and brushes a lot of things over for convenience (and keeping the core drama strong and centered) at the end.

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I loved the insane mind games the Prince and Cho are pulling on each other in the military encampment... I think things get a little artificial when the action has to move back to the capital. As you commented, a little weak to leave the Southern city and major infection be resolved off screen while having to create a new one on thin and flimsy grounds (Queen be mad yo) because... Well... That's the show. Cho gets played like an amateur by his daughter, I didn't buy that.

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I think the camera and visual work gets a little more flashy in the second season (that flashback opening of a battle is pretty good). I don't know if gaudy is the right term for the grading, there's always something that grates me with those modern color palettes. Super minor but I guess I'll always be partial to blue / red Tsui Hark filters for Asian swords & costumes.

One thing I'll say that surprised me favourably is new characters getting constantly thrown in the political intrigue without being an hindrance for overall clarity. Not sure I could pick all of them in a lineup without their costume (LOTS of dudes with the same goatee) but the subtitles (original voice acting ?) address them a lot by their functions so you always know what's what.

Nintex · « **Reply #17626 on:** April 27, 2020, 04:55:25 PM »

Good ending for Homeland. I'm kinda surprised they managed to salvage this so well.
The last season was great, focused a lot on character interactions as opposed to doomsday devices and abstractions.

If you told me Game of Thrones would have a shit ending and Homeland would nail it a year ago I wouldn't have believed it but here we are.

team filler · « **Reply #17627 on:** April 27, 2020, 05:00:19 PM »

think I stopped watching in seas 3

does carrie get a BBC bull at the end?

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #17628 on:** April 27, 2020, 05:38:41 PM »

Started watching Ozarks during the quarantine. I'm a couple episodes into S2 so far. It's good in some ways, but largely feels like a retread of Breaking Bad mixed with various tropes from other shows. The entire family dynamic, from the bratty daughter to the special fellow son...the marriage issues...it's all very familiar to anyone who watched good TV shows from the 00s to early 10s.

The acting is where it really fails to match Breaking Bad or better shows. I really like Jason Bateman in general, especially from Arrested Development, but his range is pretty limited to the "calm, collected sociopath" thing. One of the great things about Breaking Bad was seeing the emotional versatility of Cranston's performance. From fear to biblical anger to indifference, it was all believable. Whereas Bateman watches people get killed in wild ways and is just like "wow bro, don't do that to me." I just can't buy the calmness. Even Michael Corleone lost his cool and flipped out.

Overall I'm enjoying it for the plot (

) and will keep watching.

Nintex · « **Reply #17629 on:** April 27, 2020, 05:44:03 PM »

Quote from: filler on April 27, 2020, 05:00:19 PM

think I stopped watching in seas 3 does carrie get a BBC bull at the end?

she

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colludes with Russia

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team filler · « **Reply #17630 on:** April 28, 2020, 02:13:29 AM »

that last ep of wes whirl

#teamdolores all the way

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #17631 on:** April 28, 2020, 11:39:32 AM »

Midnight Gospel is really good, trippy, adult animation — on Netflix

Don Rumata · « **Reply #17632 on:** April 28, 2020, 11:50:06 AM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on April 27, 2020, 05:38:41 PM

Started watching Ozarks during the quarantine. I'm a couple episodes into S2 so far. It's good in some ways, but largely feels like a retread of Breaking Bad mixed with various tropes from other shows. The entire family dynamic, from the bratty daughter to the special fellow son...the marriage issues...it's all very familiar to anyone who watched good TV shows from the 00s to early 10s.

This is mostly true in my opinion as well, however i think the dynamic between husband/wife is a bit peculiar, as they're both in on the hustle, and so it forfeits the usual mechanism of the husband having the lie and bend backwards to hide the truth, and the wife being the moral beacon for the audience.
Anyway, i stopped about 3 episodes in Season 3, 'cause i was getting bored, but i'll continue, at some point.

Tripon · « **Reply #17633 on:** April 28, 2020, 08:06:03 PM »

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/christopher-meloni-reprise-law-order-svu-character-nbc-spinoff-1287717

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Christopher Meloni is returning to the Dick Wolf fold.

The former Law & Order: SVU star is set to reprise his role as Elliot Stabler in a new drama from procedural king Dick Wolf. The as-yet untitled SVU offshoot has been picked up straight to series at NBC with a 13-episode order.

Representatives for NBC, producers Universal Television and Wolf Entertainment declined comment.

The series is the first to stem from Wolf's recent massive five-year, nine-figure overall deal that included multiple series orders for various platforms within the NBCUniversal fold. The project revolves around an NYPD organized crime unit led by Stabler. The new series will also be set in New York, paving the way for crossovers with SVU and a reunion with his former co-star Mariska Hargitay and her iconic detective Olivia Benson.

Wolf will executive produce alongside Arthur W. Forney and Peter Jankowski. Former Chicago PD showrunner Matt Olmstead will likely serve as head writer and showrunner.

The series brings Meloni back to the Wolf and L&O fold after he departed SVU following season 12. Since then, he has starred in multiple series including Syfy's Happy and the Fox comedy Surviving Jack, among others.

toku · « **Reply #17634 on:** April 28, 2020, 10:27:12 PM »

Quote from: filler on April 28, 2020, 02:13:29 AM

that last ep of wes whirl

#teamdolores all the way

team filler · « **Reply #17635 on:** April 28, 2020, 10:32:02 PM »

Momo · « **Reply #17636 on:** April 29, 2020, 07:06:15 AM »

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/apr/28/terry-pratchett-novels-faithful-tv-adaptation-discworld

D3RANG3D · « **Reply #17637 on:** April 29, 2020, 07:07:32 AM »

https://deadline.com/2020/04/hellraiser-david-gordon-green-directing-hbo-series-halloween-pilot-1202918558/

brawndolicious · « **Reply #17638 on:** April 29, 2020, 07:25:22 AM »

Season 3 of Ozarks will break your heart and drift your porn.

Not in the way you expect.

GreatSageEqualOfHeaven · « **Reply #17639 on:** April 29, 2020, 07:34:33 AM »

Quote from: Momo on April 29, 2020, 07:06:15 AM

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/apr/28/terry-pratchett-novels-faithful-tv-adaptation-discworld

The Good Omens adaptation was really fucking good, so if thats the kind of quality bar they want to meet I'm all for it.

The Sky adaptations suffered hugely from being cut down to fit a 'movie' runtime, and some just awful casting for their leads

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Author Topic: The TV shows you've seen recently thread. (Read 2681515 times)