The TV shows you've seen recently thread.

[Don Rumata]

I watched two episodes of Invincible out curiosity.
I'm not sure wtf is going on in this show.
On a 40 minutes episode (too long, btw) you have 35 min of what is essentially your run of the mill teenage drama cartoon, slightly aged up in some aspects.
And then they close it off with these Rick&Morty-style, comically gory fight scenes. 

Tbh the normal part of the show is mostly uninteresting (also the characters are so generic, i don't understand if they're supposed to be parodies or not?) but the splatter fests are pretty fun to watch.
Maybe i should just look up a compilation of those. 

[Madrun Badrun]

I would have dropped it had the first episode not ended as it did.  Been enjoying it so far and I'm slightly invested in the story and characters at this point.   

[toku]

Shameless US series finale

Some good moments but man feels like a lot of missed opportunities. I was 90% sure they'd do a full-circle thing with the burning car intro speech from the pilot and I wasn't wrong.

Weird not gonna have this to "rely" on, been in my life for years and has a lot of nostalgia for a certain period of my life. Even though the show was barely worth watching after Fiona left, I still counted on it "being there..."

I was a bit buzzed so William H. Macy's final speech got to me, not gonna lie. And above all else I suppose, I'm happy Ian and Mickey got (and kept) their happy ending. That means a lot to a gay guy with no expectation for one. :'(

You’re sweet, kind and loving. It will come. Only the loveless don’t find love. A good relationship can exist for you, please believe that. Bless up.

[Tasty]

bless up, thank you man

[Don Rumata]

I would have dropped it had the first episode not ended as it did.  Been enjoying it so far and I'm slightly invested in the story and characters at this point.   

Me too.
I watched ep2 exactly for those last 2 minutes, but then ep2 followed the same formula (more or less) and left me confused as to what the point they're going for.
Is the teen stuff supposed to be ironic? Again, the use of violence is kind of comical (like i said, kind of like a Rick & Morty type show) but then the drama seems to be trying to be played straight?

[Don Rumata]

Ok, dropped it in the middle of ep3, when they had the Justice League try out or whatever.
I just can't with this humor. 

I'm enjoying season 2 of Solar Opposites though, this show in better than Rick&Morty tbh, same base humor, but it doesn't have the shitty "depressed Rick" moments and the annoying euphoric™ smugness.

[Tasty]

Leon guarantees I'm on board.

[Don Rumata]

Oh yeah, this looks like the CGi movies but in series form.
Top shelf schlock.

[Madrun Badrun]

I enjoyed Falcon again.  Liked that so much of this episode was downtime.  The fight scene at the start was really impressive. 

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Not sure I liked Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Madam Hydra though.

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[Don Rumata]

Amazon's 'The Lord of the Rings' to Cost $465M for Just One Season

This is dumb, but we'll see.

[Madrun Badrun]

Amazon has the money.

[Tasty]

Amazon has the money.

For now.

Isn't Bezos on the way out too?

[team filler]

Amazon's 'The Lord of the Rings' to Cost $465M for Just One Season

This is dumb, but we'll see.

extended editions are already about 12 hours of lotr, that's like a series  gotta be other fantasy chit they coulda used 

[Don Rumata]

Amazon has the money.

That's true, but still, putting all those eggs into one basket? I guess they paid so much for the rights, that they HAD to go all in.
Personally i would've preferred to have 3 medium sized new shows, than a single gigantic one, especially since it can still be ruined by shitty writing (as the Game of Thrones later seasons demonstrated).

But at least it's spent on a world that kind of demands a high budget (fantasy epic) and not something completely cretin as to de-age Robert Deniro and Al Pacino.

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

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Not sure I liked Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Madam Hydra though.

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[Tasty]

Moments of brilliance but Falcon/Winter Soldier feels pretty weak overall. Can't put my finger on why yet.

[Tasty]

https://www.vulture.com/2021/04/shudder-horror-streaming-interview.html

Good interview with some of the people behind AMC's Shudder streamer (which I've personally recommended a few times.)

Are these movies that are already made, and you’re simply the distributor? Or are you getting involved earlier in the development process and putting your creative mark on projects?

Emily Gotto: We’re coming in at different phases, [including] festivals and marketplaces. And we’re now broadening our reach … coming in to fully finance films. That lets us really be part of the collaborative process of making content available to our subscribers [rather than] letting the market dictate to us what we can show. It’s us bringing stuff to the consumer.

Craig Engler: A great example of an original was Host last year. We had seen a short film by a director we knew on Twitter [Rob Savage]. We reached out and said, “Hey, is there a feature version of this?” And they came back and said, “Yes, there is.” They sent us a pitch deck. It was actually relatively short, six pages long. But we green-lit the movie based on two words: Zoom séance. We had the film up on the service in three months last year, during the pandemic. I think that that just shows we’re willing to move very quickly, very decisively. We don’t want to be beholden to what’s available to us.

This tracks with my gut feeling that the streaming wars are a huge net-benefit for smaller-to-mid-budget films and emerging creators. A lot of gatekeepers got deposed when linear TV started declining.

Also gives me more confidence in my current direction.

[Tuckers Law]

Great to hear, as my case of the olds grows more pernicious, I find myself less and less enthralled by the big budget action shit, and more lusty for smaller flicks.

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

we green-lit the movie based on two words: Zoom séance.

[Bebpo]

Falcon finale was solid. I think overall the show had some good action and character moments but whoever thought up the flag-smashers plot needs to be replaced by a better scenario writer. They were really generic boring ass antagonists which took the whole thing down a notch. Felt like watching some regular non-marvel, non-HBO, non-prestige TV show story. Falcon & Winter Soldier deserved a better storyline to be in.

Also it was kind of lame that

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They wasted Zemo like that in the end. Story would've been much better if he ended up as the main antagonist.

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Excited for Loki though. Hiddleston is greaaaat.

[Bebpo]

wow, Creepshow is legit great most of the time this season. Just caught up on ep3 with the space & siblings and both were great.

This show is really bringing back a genre that doesn't exist much anymore of camp horror. I hope it gets a lot more seasons.

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

Yeah, Loki looks like it might be good, but it's not just that Hiddleston is great (he is) - the Loki character is pretty interesting, and the show premise is also pretty interesting, assuming its basically Quantum Leap meets Hustle / Leverage.

[Tasty]

we green-lit the movie based on two words: Zoom séance.

If that can sell...

[Madrun Badrun]

I hear that movie is good

[Tasty]

I mean, the bar for those types of movies is Unfriended.

[toku]

https://www.vulture.com/2021/04/shudder-horror-streaming-interview.html

Good interview with some of the people behind AMC's Shudder streamer (which I've personally recommended a few times.)

Are these movies that are already made, and you’re simply the distributor? Or are you getting involved earlier in the development process and putting your creative mark on projects?

Emily Gotto: We’re coming in at different phases, [including] festivals and marketplaces. And we’re now broadening our reach … coming in to fully finance films. That lets us really be part of the collaborative process of making content available to our subscribers [rather than] letting the market dictate to us what we can show. It’s us bringing stuff to the consumer.

Craig Engler: A great example of an original was Host last year. We had seen a short film by a director we knew on Twitter [Rob Savage]. We reached out and said, “Hey, is there a feature version of this?” And they came back and said, “Yes, there is.” They sent us a pitch deck. It was actually relatively short, six pages long. But we green-lit the movie based on two words: Zoom séance. We had the film up on the service in three months last year, during the pandemic. I think that that just shows we’re willing to move very quickly, very decisively. We don’t want to be beholden to what’s available to us.

This tracks with my gut feeling that the streaming wars are a huge net-benefit for smaller-to-mid-budget films and emerging creators. A lot of gatekeepers got deposed when linear TV started declining.

Also gives me more confidence in my current direction.

It absolutely is. You can do it.

[Tasty]

[Madrun Badrun]

Falcon was really good.  A lot of the action was pretty stunning, especially Falcon himself.  It very much felt on par with a full movie most of the time.  I'm really glad the story explored post-snap issues, though the Flagsmashers were too generic.  I liked the main one though.  I feel like an episode just devoted to them would have really fleshed out their story.  I really hope this isn't the end of post-snap stuff.  Actually, I really hope this gets a second season. 


The show's handling of race issues I think was great.  I really wasn't expecting Marvel to push it that hard.  It got a bit cornball this episode but honestly, it felt good and I think Marvel correctly read that something hopeful was something needed right now.

[Coffee Dog]

I liked Falcon, and I liked the Winter Soldier, and I really liked John Walker and Zemo, but I thought everything else was CW tier. Really fun characters that deserved better villains and better pacing. I'm really glad that after the shield was handed over in endgame that they didn't weasel out passing the mantle, but they might as well have if the character is forever trapped in these tv shows that don't do him justice.

Also,

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John Walker brutally beat a random brown man to death in front of cameras and got a promotion for it, not even an ass whooping from Sam 

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[Tuckers Law]

I haven’t watched Falcon yet, but if Wandovision is anything to go by, I’m betting that show only wishes it could have someone as good Arrowverse’s Malcolm Merlyn or Damien Dahrk.

[toku]

Felt like they cut out all the stuff that would make you properly sympathize with Flag Smashers and to a smaller
Degree Walker too. The action was great but the ending didn’t feel earned, like maybe they thought you’d care too much for Carli and her cause so they cut most of her out of the show.

[Madrun Badrun]

From yesterday's Taskmaster.  Warning NSFL.

[Dickie Dee]

I liked Falcon, and I liked the Winter Soldier, and I really liked John Walker and Zemo, but I thought everything else was CW tier. Really fun characters that deserved better villains and better pacing. I'm really glad that after the shield was handed over in endgame that they didn't weasel out passing the mantle, but they might as well have if the character is forever trapped in these tv shows that don't do him justice.

It was just announced that the showrunner is writing the next Captain America movie

[Madrun Badrun]

Shadow and Bone is a bit too YA to be good. 

[bork]

Falcon finale was solid. I think overall the show had some good action and character moments but whoever thought up the flag-smashers plot needs to be replaced by a better scenario writer. They were really generic boring ass antagonists which took the whole thing down a notch. Felt like watching some regular non-marvel, non-HBO, non-prestige TV show story. Falcon & Winter Soldier deserved a better storyline to be in.

Also it was kind of lame that

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They wasted Zemo like that in the end. Story would've been much better if he ended up as the main antagonist.

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Excited for Loki though. Hiddleston is greaaaat.

Zemo was made to be much more likeable in this series, and maybe it was done that way to set up a Thunderbolts TV show or movie in the future?
 

I liked Falcon, and I liked the Winter Soldier, and I really liked John Walker and Zemo, but I thought everything else was CW tier. Really fun characters that deserved better villains and better pacing.

That's a really good way of putting it and pretty much how I thought about this show- likeable main characters, "eh" plot.  Just did not care for the Flag Smashers at all.

Also thought that Falcon looked pretty goofy when

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he got his Captain America suit, but that fits in with the comics because he looked pretty goofy when they made him Cap briefly there, too.  I marked out when Walker appeared as U.S. Agent- figured that was coming but it was cool to see.

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I think Loki will be a much, much more interesting show than this or WandaVision were.  Am kind of bummed out that the next movies are Black Widow (which is going to feel "dated" now), Shang-Chi, and Eternals.  I'd rather get right to Spider-Man and Dr. Strange, lol.

[benjipwns]

Beggs talks about Lionsgate’s 360 strategy for mining IP that The Continental is part of, reveals that a new series rake on American Psycho is in the works and addresses the long-circulating rumors about a Saw TV series.

...

American Psycho is in development. We’re always exploring what we can do in television with something like the Saw franchise, so that’s a conversation.”

Beggs would not elaborate further, but I hear that Lionsgate TV is in early talks on a TV series adaptation of the book of Saw, from Mark Burg and Oren Koules’ Twisted Television.

[Tuckers Law]

I bet they make American Psycho a zanier, 80’s-infused facsimile of Dexter.

[Tasty]

Lionsgate isn't going to last (on its own) another 5 years. I'm surprised Chaos Walking didn't put them six feet under already.

[Tasty]

American Psycho could work well as a series, but it would need HBO levels of skill in the writing and production.

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

I bet they make American Psycho a zanier, 80’s-infused facsimile of Dexter.

I would watch that

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

From yesterday's Taskmaster.  Warning NSFL.

I don't know if you knew Greg Davies had his own sitcom with Mike Wozniak (current contestant) and Roisin Conarty (former contestant), but he did and you can probably obtain it on the interwebs. Its on UK Netflix and All4.

[Madrun Badrun]

Ya man down is good

[toku]

Shadow and Bone is a bit too YA to be good.

The whole teenage love shit is super ya cringe. Girl you got superpowers and a tall dark handsome general now grow up.

[Madrun Badrun]

It's the 'I'm an experienced soldier used to hard conditions, but my orphan brother-lover hasn't sent a letter in a long time.  The only conclusion is that he must hate me.' that really bummed me out of the show. 

[Tasty]

Variety: HBO Max, Adult Swim Combine Adult Animation Development Teams Under Suzanna Makkos.
https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/hbo-max-adult-swim-animation-suzanna-makkos-1234958782/

Venture Bros. on HBO Max one step closer... maybe.

[Mr Gilhaney]

Rewatched most of Scrubs. It's still sensationally funny.... and damn, no way they could get away with some of these jokes today 

[Madrun Badrun]

Scrubs is so good.

[benjipwns]

Cougar Town is so good too.

[Borealis]

I really hope they renew Invincible for a Season 2 and more.

[Bebpo]

Watched ep4 of Creepshow S2, was solid.
But then I finally watched the holiday special from last year which I missed since I unsubbed from Shudder between S1 and S2.


THAT WAS SO GOOD. Amazing episode. Better than all the eps in S1/S2. Was really funny. Adam Pally was fantastic as the main guy.

[Bebpo]

Yeah, Invincible was really good this week. Need that last ep now.

[zomgee]

Falcon and The Winter Soldier... sorry

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CAPTAIN AMERICA and the Winter Soldier

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had a good finale, good action. I'm not too deep into the history of characters so some appearances are completely lost on me. My wife looks at me when a character revelation is revealed and I'm like "I dunno." I know Sam became Captain America in a storyline. What JLD is going here and who she is portraying is a complete mystery to me.

I feel like the Flag Smashers and Karli were supposed to be a little more sympathetic, but the relocation storyline wasn't enough. It needed like one more episode to flesh that out. Same with the reveal of the Power Broker. Needd like 30 minutes to explain the family lineage a little more and why this is bad. Or good. Who knows!

Senator: "Thanks, Sam, I mean Captain America!"
Sam: (deeeep breath) "ACTUALLY...."

Wow that speech was good, but did it go on and on.

Elijah picking up a tree like a twig was hilarious. Subtle.

The stories are good, but they are starting to get a little inside baseball. Great action though. Disney spent a lot of money on this, and it shows.

[toku]

Invincible cartoon spoilers? Funny yt comedy:

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[Potato]

Yep. That pretty much sums that scene up.

He could definitely get up to some way more freaky shit with super girl anyway. Fuck Amber the whore.

[chronovore]

Amazon's HANNA series s1 is freaking great. Joel Kinnaman is a fantastic actor, I'd probably watch anything with him in it that isn't the first Suicide Squad movie. The show moves at a good clip, no filler, and has only a few lame plot-armor-logic errors.

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Teenage friend Sophie seems to entirely forget that she saw Hanna destroy several armed security guards and nearly shoot one of them in a fugue state. The CIA would be watching Sophie's family for a while after they'd had contact with Hanna; yeah, Wiegler is trying to keep it off the books as possible, but lack of coverage would be a red flag if it ever came under even casual review.

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[Don Rumata]

I enjoyed it too, but not as much as you did.
Started S2 but stopped after a couple of episodes tbh, because i was bored.
Maybe i'll go back though.

I started watching an anime called "Wonder Egg Priority", and the animation is really some wonderful work (reason why i started in the first place) fluid and high quality drawings.
Unfortunately the characters are really hard to stomach for me, the cutesy thing is really annoying, even if it's juxtaposed with "serious" thematic of abuse etc etc.
I also don't like how they mostly reveal each character's trauma by stopping and giving out a little speech, i find it cheap.
I made it 4 episodes, not sure i'll go on further.

[chronovore]

Yeah. S1 is a slightly more detailed retelling of the movie, which was great.

S2 is “What if Hogwarts was a facility for training Jason Bourne?“ I don’t think I’m in for the long-haul, but it’s only eight episodes per season at 50 minutes each.

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Sawyer is in the van with Wiegler, he undoes his own seatbelt, and causes an accident. Wiegler suffers the worst in the accident despite wearing a seatbelt, and Sawyer it’s not bounced around the cabin of the van, wakes up, decides to elaborately start a fire in the car and walk away without finishing off Wiegler. There is a lot of plot armor on this thing.

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[Madrun Badrun]

Invincible was great.  Glad it's getting a season 2 and 3.

[Bebpo]

Invincible season finale was good, but not as satisfying as I was hoping for. Not much closure even for an arc and pretty much just a "get ready for future seasons" episode.

Was gonna wait and watch S2 since I thought S1 was gonna wrap things up a lot more and I could wait it out, but now I'm thinking I'll just read the comic. Great show though.

[chronovore]

READ THE COMIC.

It is great.