The TV shows you've seen recently thread.

[Bebpo]

So apparently Last of Us HBO is doing really well in ratings.

Guess Last of Us 2 is a lock now. Way more excited for that one. Last of Us is a good story, but at the end of the day it's just another zombie show.

[Pissy F Benny]

I watched some of the first ep and it seems perfectly fine and well made, but I hated the game and found the series boring as fuck and turned it about 2/3rds of the way thru.

Fwiw my beef with the game is almost all to do with being done with the Naughty Dog formula about 3/4 of the way through Uncharted 3.

[Skullfuckers Anonymous]

I’m liking the last of us show except for two things
1. The opening scenes set in the past. I hope there’s not one per episode.
2. The (lack of) gore. I want to see some clicker heads fucking explode.

[D3RANG3D]

[MMaRsu]

New TLOU episode was great! Lol @ people saying the infected 'kissed' her 😂

[james]

I’m liking the last of us show except for two things
1. The opening scenes set in the past. I hope there’s not one per episode.
2. The (lack of) gore. I want to see some clicker heads fucking explode.

How many tiddies?

[HardcoreRetro]

Lol @ people saying the infected 'kissed' her 😂

It did. Mazin literally told in a podcast that that was the point of the scene. Can the zombie only spread the funghi through violence or other means as well?

“It's disturbing and it's violative. I think it's very primal in the way it invades your own body.”

[Beezy]

https://twitter.com/skatie420/status/1618026837397106689

[Tasty]

TLOU ep2:

- Ellie is really annoying, maybe that's the point having not played the games but from cultural osmosis I dunno, maybe because Ellen/Eliot Page had a deeper voice it wasn't so annoying? "Well based on that information, I vote we don't die." 🙄 Shut the fuck up ya twerp.

- Pedro Pascal continues to nail it. Such a versatile actor.

- The ending with the "kiss" was dumb. Why'd she just let it happen? Maybe Tess was into some kinkier stuff than I thought but I would have expected her to fight them off, get pinned down or something, then have the "kiss" forced onto her.

Otherwise loved the episode and looking forward to next week. I did really like Tess though so I hope the rest stays interesting. Getting a little too jokey of a vibe from Ron Swanson in the previews... ehh...

I actually love the flashback cold opens. Maybe they're boring to game players but I was pretty on the edge of my seat for ep 2's. They dole out exposition without needing it to be dumped out in dialogue.

[MMaRsu]

Lol @ people saying the infected 'kissed' her 😂

It did. Mazin literally told in a podcast that that was the point of the scene. Can the zombie only spread the funghi through violence or other means as well?

“It's disturbing and it's violative. I think it's very primal in the way it invades your own body.”

Yeah but its not really a kiss is it? Its just the fungus trying to get to the other fungus. From a creature that doesnt even know what a kiss is, Id be hard pressed to say its a kiss.

[MMaRsu]

- The ending with the "kiss" was dumb. Why'd she just let it happen? Maybe Tess was into some kinkier stuff than I thought but I would have expected her to fight them off, get pinned down or something, then have the "kiss" forced onto her.

She was already infected and she couldnt fight it. Or she didnt want to fight it and get ripped apart.

[Tasty]

Lame and dumb. Tess is a fighter, right? A survivor?

Well, until we need a cool moment for HBO...

[Madrun Badrun]

https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/critical-role-might-nein-series-amazon-prime-video-deal-1235502070/

[Snoopycat_]

Slow Horses 2 is excellent. You should watch that instead of stupid emo sad dad shit

[MMaRsu]

Lame and dumb. Tess is a fighter, right? A survivor?

Well, until we need a cool moment for HBO...

The characters in the show need not do exactly as they did in the game imo.

[HardcoreRetro]

Tasty said last page he didn't play the game. Characters turning moronic and out of character because the writer needs something to happen isn't good writing.

[Tasty]

Right. My only exposure to Tess is episode 1 and 2 of the show. From that, her final moments didn't add up to me. But it's honestly just a nitpick that shouldn't matter in the grand scheme of things, unless every episode has stuff like that going forward. Which I'm not expecting but who knows.

[MMaRsu]

I think its a combination of shock and the infection already taking hold over her but to each their own interpretation

[thetylerrob]

The zombies kiss people in the show because it fits with the themes of the game, living vs surviving, pragmatism vs idealism, etc.

Love will get you killed, by zombies that french kiss  .

[james]

Benn watching Season 11 of TWD as its finally on Netflix and its shockingly good.

By shockingly good I mean a solid 6/10 vs the 0/10 of the last few season. Actually watchable.

[Cauliflower Of Love]

Benn watching Season 11 of TWD as its finally on Netflix and its shockingly good.

By shockingly good I mean a solid 6/10 vs the 0/10 of the last few season. Actually watchable.

Sweet, I was gonna give it a shot when it aired on AMC, but I guess I can now with my transphobe subscription

[Bebpo]

Signed up for Peacock and watched the first ep of Poker Face. Damn, that was a long ep. Felt like an entire movie. Was solid, not sure if it felt channeling Rian Johnson that much in style compared to his other works, but could be depending on where it goes from there.

One thing though was the streaming bitrate on Peacock was probably the worst I've ever seen in a streaming app. The entire ep was like watching jpgs in motion, just non-stop compression everywhere. Definitely made it look a bit ugly.

[Potato]

Started Vox Machina S2.

First episode was good

[Snoopycat_]

I think reality tv has finally peaked. Milf Manor. A dating show where a bunch of horny old bags are dumped on some island with their milf hunting sons.

"Meanwhile, Joey stops Kelle when she tries to seduce Ryan, the thirty-year-old son of another milf, Shannan, six hours into the retreat. “Mom! You’ve gotta be joking,” Joey sputters, as Kelle complains that he’s “cock-blocking” her."



https://www.newyorker.com/culture/on-television/the-motherlovers-of-milf-manor

[Madrun Badrun]

30 rock did it first

[chronovore]

Lockewood and Co. on Netflix has some good worldbuilding and is pretty solid in its first two episodes. Great incidental music and the period songs they choose are stellar.

[Tasty]

TLOU ep3

Haven't cried this hard since The Body. Fully won over to this show now. Amazing combination of subversions and classic writing tropes written well.

[james]

Been watching Season 3 of the Orville.

Last episode I saw was 1 hour 22 minutes long.

These motherfuckers made a full season of movies and called it TV .

And the budgets are sky high too.


10/10

[chronovore]

Been watching Season 3 of the Orville.

Last episode I saw was 1 hour 22 minutes long.

These motherfuckers made a full season of movies and called it TV .

And the budgets are sky high too.


10/10

The Orville is all the Star Trek we wanted, and deserved. Paramount gave us PICARD and DISCOVERY, which may have been trying to explore new ground — but then again, so did the Star Wars Prequels.

Orville is essentially updated TNG, and its season three are a number of near-movie-length clinics on what the TNG movies could have been but were not.

[Tasty]

I just wish it wasn't a Seth Macfarlane farce.

[chronovore]

s1 is comedy-Trek, but s2 and s3 handle it with TNG-level seriousness. It's good.

[Coax]

Just checked and there are no Blu-Ray releases

[james]

I just wish it wasn't a Seth Macfarlane farce.

Why? After a couple of episodes youll forget the captain is also a teddy bear, especially because hes not doing the Boston accent

[Bebpo]

Poker Face ep2 was great and felt way more Johnson than ep1 which was a bit traditional. Lots of style and good amount of humor.

[HardcoreRetro]

TLOU ep3

Haven't cried this hard since The Body. Fully won over to this show now. Amazing combination of subversions and classic writing tropes written well.

Are they subtle about Bill being gay or did they turn it into complete schmaltz? Cause he is my favourite character in the original game.

[Potato]

s1 is comedy-Trek, but s2 and s3 handle it with TNG-level seriousness. It's good.

@Tasty listen to this man

[Superstar]

Lame and dumb. Tess is a fighter, right? A survivor?

Well, until we need a cool moment for HBO...

The characters in the show need not do exactly as they did in the game imo.

I feel like Ellie should be the same since she's what makes everything tick. Yet they've made her completely different for the show. I don't get why they took the direction they have with her.

[Tasty]

TLOU ep3

Haven't cried this hard since The Body. Fully won over to this show now. Amazing combination of subversions and classic writing tropes written well.

Are they subtle about Bill being gay or did they turn it into complete schmaltz? Cause he is my favourite character in the original game.

Bit of both.

[Pissy F Benny]

I've not watched it, but why wouldn't they get W Earl Brown to reprise that role instead of getting the Parks and Rec dude to cosplay him? Seems fucking stupid.

[Tasty]

Their original choice of actor had a scheduling conflict with Our Flag Means Death.

[Bebpo]

Wow, Last of Us ep3 was phenomenal. First bit where the show is better than the section of the game it covers. Really clever way of changing and adapting the source material arc and making it work as a show.

Man, if they do this for some of the later parts...fuck, this is going to be great.

[Tasty]

Wow, Last of Us ep3 was phenomenal. First bit where the show is better than the section of the game it covers. Really clever way of changing and adapting the source material arc and making it work as a show.

Man, if they do this for some of the later parts...fuck, this is going to be great.

AND it's renewed for season two

[Snoopycat_]

TLOU is weird. Sometimes it looks great. Other times it's really obvious they're on a soundstage. Not sure if it's the set dressing or the cgi that makes it stand out. I noticed it while watching the 2nd ep last night. The first few minutes when they left the room and stood in front of the tower blocks didn't look right. Other moments like when they were crossing the bridge and looking down at the infected were fine. It's strange.

[zomgee]

I finally watched Invincible season 1 and I really enjoyed it. I'm not sure what sparked my interest in it, and I knew a lot of the beats from internet spoilers and still thought it was great fun. Hyperviolent action mixed with YA superhero struggles.

[Polident Hive]

Signed up for Peacock and watched the first ep of Poker Face. Damn, that was a long ep. Felt like an entire movie. Was solid, not sure if it felt channeling Rian Johnson that much in style compared to his other works, but could be depending on where it goes from there.

One thing though was the streaming bitrate on Peacock was probably the worst I've ever seen in a streaming app. The entire ep was like watching jpgs in motion, just non-stop compression everywhere. Definitely made it look a bit ugly.

What are you using Peacock on? Typically I use TV apps (LG), but I learned last night some don’t support 4K HDR. Picture is considerably better using one of those Amazon Fire android dongles.

[MMaRsu]

Yes the new tlou was really good

[Bebpo]

Signed up for Peacock and watched the first ep of Poker Face. Damn, that was a long ep. Felt like an entire movie. Was solid, not sure if it felt channeling Rian Johnson that much in style compared to his other works, but could be depending on where it goes from there.

One thing though was the streaming bitrate on Peacock was probably the worst I've ever seen in a streaming app. The entire ep was like watching jpgs in motion, just non-stop compression everywhere. Definitely made it look a bit ugly.

What are you using Peacock on? Typically I use TV apps (LG), but I learned last night some don’t support 4K HDR. Picture is considerably better using one of those Amazon Fire android dongles.

Oh yeah, I watched ep1 on LG TV app and it stream quality fucking sucked.
I watched ep2 on PS5 Peacock app and it looked pretty good.

I always thought the TV apps for LG were the best way to watch stuff, especially since PS5 doesn't support Dolby Vision, so I only get HDR (which is still fine) when streaming on PS5 whereas LG App does DV. But apparently you're right, some of the TV apps aren't that great for streaming quality.

I also have a Roku, I just never have it plugged in because I only use it once a year or two for Plex.

[Tasty]

https://twitter.com/AirJSE/status/1619968030070677504

[Madrun Badrun]

Cunk on Earth is pretty good

"Do we know if China has a roof?  Is there a Great Roof of China?"

[Snoopycat_]

I foolishly thought Milf Manor would be the best thing on tv this year. Wrong! Meet Gunther -



"Gunther VI, the latest in a long line of German Shepherds, is the richest animal in the world, valued at somewhere between $400-$500 million.

Somehow, though, that’s the least wild facet of Gunther’s Millions, a four-part Netflix docuseries premiering on Feb. 1. An investigation into the pooch’s wealth that exposes both public deceptions and personal hang-ups, it’s a non-fiction effort of outrageous absurdity, replete with revelations about money laundering, cult-like behavior, animal abuse, Nazi-esque eugenics, wild orgies, and porn stars."

https://www.thedailybeast.com/gunthers-millions-the-worlds-richest-dog-connected-to-orgies-and-scams

[Potato]

Caught up on Vox Machina S2. Sooo damn good.

[Madrun Badrun]

Cunk on Earth

"Millions of young men died during the war.  But, fortuitously, humankind had discovered a new kind of man: the woman." 

[Snoopycat_]

You people should watch Cunk's other show Mandy. The eps are only 15-20 minutes long, but fuck me she's a nightmare character

[Bebpo]

Poker Face is so good after ep1. This may be my favorite show in 2023. It's just super well made and every ep is fun after ep1. Ep1 was solid but it's played a little too straight, whereas eps 2-4 have been more silly and humorous. Haven't seen ep5 yet. Even with Rian Johnson's quality career, this could end up being one of the best things he's been part of.

[Madrun Badrun]

[chronovore]

Waltz managing some pretty creepy gawdamned eyes.

[Tasty]

Christoph Waltz is one of my absolute favorite working actors.

[james]

https://twitter.com/AirJSE/status/1619968030070677504

Watch TWD Season 11 and its amazing how Washington DC looks identical to exurban Georgia.

[Bebpo]

Last of Us ep4 was solid. Weakest ep so far, and looking at the eps to come pretty sure it'll be the weakest ep of the whole series because everything from next week until the end is hard hitters. But even as the weakest ep, the first 20 mins of post-apocalyptic road tripping was really good and a lot of the banter/bonding scenes were great.

For this season, mostly looking forward to the

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winter

[close]

eps and the final ep. Final 3eps should be amazing.

[Cauliflower Of Love]

Tried watching the last of us again.

fell asleep again.

More like the last of me.