Author Topic: The TV shows you've seen recently thread. (Read 1237193 times)

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #12060 on:** November 20, 2015, 09:17:21 AM »

JJ episode 1, really great

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #12061 on:** November 20, 2015, 12:28:12 PM »

Done though episode 4. Purple man is excellent. Miniseries are way better at building up comic book villains just because they get more time to actually make the character.

mormapope · « **Reply #12062 on:** November 20, 2015, 01:56:07 PM »

Marathoned through Master of None on netflix.

What started as a quirky, fast paced comedy turned into an honest portrayal of relationships. A lot of people compare it to Louie, I prefer Master of None. It doesn't feel nearly as abstract or forced. While character personalities are often consistent and bombastic, the world in Master of None is still our own.

Aziz Ansari really proved himself with this show. Eric Wareheim has directed stuff in the past, and he does a great job here.

Bebpo · « **Reply #12063 on:** November 20, 2015, 02:38:30 PM »

Yeah, I liked the first ep of that. Aziz is a great comedian. In his live stuff he's very down to earth and likeable and of course he was amazing in Parks & Rec.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #12064 on:** November 20, 2015, 04:13:03 PM »

on episode 8 of JJ. Enjoying it just as much as DD, if not more so.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #12065 on:** November 20, 2015, 05:03:40 PM »

Episode 8

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #12066 on:** November 20, 2015, 06:04:33 PM »

Episode 9

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #12067 on:** November 20, 2015, 06:31:11 PM »

Carrie-Anne Moss

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #12068 on:** November 20, 2015, 07:37:54 PM »

Talking to that visually impaired girl and apparently the first show on Netflix with audio descriptions was Dare Devil

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #12069 on:** November 20, 2015, 07:50:02 PM »

For not showing tits, JJ is very sexually graphic. Pretty surprised since I assumed that was once place Marvel wouldn't go.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #12070 on:** November 20, 2015, 10:15:35 PM »

Finished. Liked the first half better than the second. Still 9/10. Really didn't like

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Nuke. It ended well though compared to DD.

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Can't wait until Luke Cage.

Tasty · « **Reply #12071 on:** November 21, 2015, 01:29:41 AM »

Quote from: Bebpo on November 20, 2015, 05:17:53 AM

Watched the first ep of Jessica Jones. Normally don't wanna go the whole "book is better than the movie" routine, but this really sucks that what is imo the funniest comic book run in the Marvel Universe (the closest movie/tv show to Alias is the first Clerks movie) is being tossed out the window to do a generic DARK EDGY FUCKED UP THRILLER. I get the latter stuff all the time in movies and TV, otoh good humor, good superhero universe humor is incredibly rare and it looks like they're gonna miss their chance with the show.

Eh, I feel like both sides are fairly well covered. DD and JJ on one side, Flash and SHIELD on the other.

"Too dark" or "too campy/light" are never really legit criticisms IMO. Is it well written? If yes, then the tone doesn't matter.

VomKriege · « **Reply #12072 on:** November 21, 2015, 05:16:52 AM »

Regardless of quality and consistency, you may not appreciate the tone. It's maybe no flaw in the artistic work themselves, but most "criticism" as done here is not aimed at the artists, but to other members of the audience...

Torture Porn Smurfs movie series might be theorically possible to pull off well, and you could always argue that the extreme counterpoint and subversion has value in itself. Do we really need it tho ?

Bebpo · « **Reply #12073 on:** November 21, 2015, 07:15:18 AM »

Quote from: Tasty Meat on November 21, 2015, 01:29:41 AM

Quote from: Bebpo on November 20, 2015, 05:17:53 AM
Watched the first ep of Jessica Jones. Normally don't wanna go the whole "book is better than the movie" routine, but this really sucks that what is imo the funniest comic book run in the Marvel Universe (the closest movie/tv show to Alias is the first Clerks movie) is being tossed out the window to do a generic DARK EDGY FUCKED UP THRILLER. I get the latter stuff all the time in movies and TV, otoh good humor, good superhero universe humor is incredibly rare and it looks like they're gonna miss their chance with the show.

Eh, I feel like both sides are fairly well covered. DD and JJ on one side, Flash and SHIELD on the other.

"Too dark" or "too campy/light" are never really legit criticisms IMO. Is it well written? If yes, then the tone doesn't matter.

I need to watch more eps of course, but from the first couple I don't think it's particularly well written and I don't think Ritter pulls off the part 100%. The comic is A++ top-tier Bendis era writing, so it's basically non-stop Quentin Tarantino quality dialogue exchanges. The TV writing feels extremely sparse and dumbed down in comparison imo. Is it well written for a TV show about superheros? Maybe? But I'd be surprised if anyone who watched the TV show said the dialogue reminded them of Tarantino or Mamet or something.

I'm sure it's a good show and people will really like it. I'm just being cranky because it doesn't seem like a particularly faithful/good adaptation and that bugs me because I'm a really big fan of the source material. I mean I have the same issues with Game of Thrones but I'd say GoT is closer to the source material than what I've seen of JJ.

seagrams hotsauce · « **Reply #12074 on:** November 21, 2015, 08:15:34 AM »

Quote from: TheInfelicitousDandy on November 18, 2015, 11:31:12 AM

Quote from: Barry Egan on November 17, 2015, 02:58:05 PM
I'm surprised and dissapointed that there has been no news of Hannibal being picked up by a streaming service. Seems like a no-brainer.

Pretty sure the producers said it wasn't going to happen a few months ago.

as close as we're getting

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #12075 on:** November 23, 2015, 01:44:28 AM »

With Bob and David is pretty much perfect.

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #12076 on:** November 24, 2015, 09:50:01 AM »

Jessica Jones is awesome, and is my favorite MCU production yet.

Tasty · « **Reply #12077 on:** November 24, 2015, 01:52:03 PM »

Jessica Jones is great but it severely loses steam by the last 3-4 episodes. I consider Daredevil to be better, but it's somewhat close.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #12078 on:** November 24, 2015, 02:03:32 PM »

How in depth are the IR sex scenes in Jessica Jones?

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #12079 on:** November 24, 2015, 02:09:59 PM »

The sex scenes are pretty graphic for not really showing anything.

Yeti · « **Reply #12080 on:** November 24, 2015, 05:37:02 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on November 24, 2015, 02:03:32 PM

How in depth are the IR sex scenes in Jessica Jones?

It uses strategically placed sheets so you're not going to see his dick (sorry) but you will see enough that you can analyze and critique his performance.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #12081 on:** November 24, 2015, 10:51:40 PM »

will just wait for xvideos to put a clip online. nerd shit

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #12082 on:** November 25, 2015, 06:38:08 PM »

Jessica Jones is pretty great thus far, just finished ep 3

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #12083 on:** November 25, 2015, 06:47:17 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on November 24, 2015, 10:51:40 PM

will just wait for xvideos to put a clip online. nerd shit

Boo

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #12084 on:** November 25, 2015, 06:47:53 PM »

Also lol at calling Jimmy an Uncle Able on the last south park.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #12085 on:** November 28, 2015, 10:04:11 AM »

Rewatching scrubs. I love this show so much.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #12086 on:** November 29, 2015, 01:06:56 AM »

Jessica Jones is great after eight episodes. I enjoyed Daredevil, but this just seems smarter and more refined.

And goddamn at Tennant.

Raban · « **Reply #12087 on:** November 29, 2015, 01:55:37 AM »

For some reason I waited until now to watch The Newsroom and I'm happy to add this to the stable of HBO shows I absolutely adore. Sure, the forced romance subplots get pretty cringeworthy from time to time, but mostly I just get treated to a behind-the-scenes-of-producing-a-television-show drama, which is apparently like catnip for me. Almost done with season 2.

Tasty · « **Reply #12088 on:** November 29, 2015, 02:21:42 AM »

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on November 29, 2015, 01:06:56 AM

Jessica Jones is great after eight episodes. I enjoyed Daredevil, but this just seems smarter and more refined.

And goddamn at Tennant.

It isn't. The last couple episodes made me reevaluate the series, and not in a good way.

toku · « **Reply #12089 on:** November 29, 2015, 02:30:03 AM »

Quote from: Tasty Meat on November 29, 2015, 02:21:42 AM

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on November 29, 2015, 01:06:56 AM
Jessica Jones is great after eight episodes. I enjoyed Daredevil, but this just seems smarter and more refined.

And goddamn at Tennant.

It isn't. The last couple episodes made me reevaluate the series, and not in a good way.

Yeah it loses a lot of it's steam around episode 8 or 9. Biggest thing that hurt imo, is it needed more subplots. Weird to say but the problem was Kilgrave was too much of an IMMEDIATE threat way too early in show and it's not fun to have your bad guy basically slip through your fingers a COUPLE times in a 13 episode series. It feels cheap.

Tasty · « **Reply #12090 on:** November 29, 2015, 02:42:31 AM »

It's interesting because at time it feels like there's too many subplots.

Bland cop dude and lesbo Trinity can both dive under a tractor. Utter wastes of time, and the cop was a horrible actor on top of being an unbelievable and annoying character.

toku · « **Reply #12091 on:** November 29, 2015, 02:52:57 AM »

Quote from: Tasty Meat on November 29, 2015, 02:42:31 AM

It's interesting because at time it feels like there's too many subplots.

Bland cop dude and lesbo Trinity can both dive under a tractor. Utter wastes of time, and the cop was a horrible actor on top of being an unbelievable and annoying character.

His character just dove off a cliff too...for no reason? Like they rushed the fuck out of him and wasted Trish through most of it.

Tasty · « **Reply #12092 on:** November 29, 2015, 03:25:05 AM »

Yep. Dude was annoying as fuck.

Daredevil wasn't perfect but no character was outright annoying like that. People point to Karen but she was fine overall and redeemed herself in the second half.

Crash Dummy · « **Reply #12093 on:** November 29, 2015, 11:21:19 AM »

binge watched jessica jones, it was ok but i prefer daredevil and am really looking forward to luke cage's own show

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #12094 on:** November 29, 2015, 02:34:14 PM »

Are we talking about Nuke? Cause ya he sucked and I'm worried that JJ season 2 will focus on him. Lesbo Trinity was great though and really added to the theme of fucked up relationships.

ZephyrFate · « **Reply #12095 on:** November 29, 2015, 08:38:47 PM »

Finished Jessica Jones. Really enjoyed it! Can't wait for Season 2.

Tasty · « **Reply #12096 on:** November 29, 2015, 08:46:29 PM »

One thing JJ got right is it made me remember why I love living in a city. Great atmosphere.

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #12097 on:** November 29, 2015, 09:36:16 PM »

I'm just now watching House of Cards. Almost done with the first season. I always do a sensible chuckle when someone decides to act morally, because it means they're going to get fucked over somehow.

chronovore · « **Reply #12098 on:** November 29, 2015, 09:57:22 PM »

WTF, no ASH VS EVIL DEAD on Thanksgiving weekend!? FTGE

Crash Dummy · « **Reply #12099 on:** November 30, 2015, 03:11:45 PM »

Quote from: toku on November 29, 2015, 02:30:03 AM

Quote from: Tasty Meat on November 29, 2015, 02:21:42 AM
Quote from: Mr. Gundam on November 29, 2015, 01:06:56 AM
Jessica Jones is great after eight episodes. I enjoyed Daredevil, but this just seems smarter and more refined.

And goddamn at Tennant.

It isn't. The last couple episodes made me reevaluate the series, and not in a good way.

Yeah it loses a lot of it's steam around episode 8 or 9. Biggest thing that hurt imo, is it needed more subplots. Weird to say but the problem was Kilgrave was too much of an IMMEDIATE threat way too early in show and it's not fun to have your bad guy basically slip through your fingers a COUPLE times in a 13 episode series. It feels cheap.

now that i've had a day to let the show sink in, i feel like that it had enough but none of them were explored nearly enough, which is a damn shame since they were pretty interesting:

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you had child abuse and the entertainment industry with trish, being a power hungry career gal with lesbo lawyer, probably incest with ruben and his sister, hope could easily have had a few episodes focused entirely on her covering rape,prison trauma, drug addiction and so on

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not sure what the future of the show is, if jessica will be lumped in with the other marvel netflix shows or gets her own season 2

T234 · « **Reply #12100 on:** November 30, 2015, 06:24:06 PM »

FARGO AM AWESOME TOTAL

AIN'T EVEN SEEN THE SECOND SEASON

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #12101 on:** December 02, 2015, 11:35:04 AM »

Wow shield kills it again

Tasty · « **Reply #12102 on:** December 02, 2015, 01:24:19 PM »

SAMURAI JACK IS COMING BACK

http://toonami.tumblr.com/post/134404721928/welcome-back-jack

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No Mako as Aku will be a bummer though.

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brob · « **Reply #12103 on:** December 02, 2015, 02:03:20 PM »

saw Hannibal season 3 on netflix recently. thought it was well done, although I was disappointed with the tiger scene mainly because I remember the one in the red dragon film being very good. And the red dragon could probably been developed a little more and/or better. I really appreciated how wild gay the ending was tho.

VomKriege · « **Reply #12104 on:** December 03, 2015, 03:56:54 AM »

Fargo continues to be very engaging but to rebound on the discussion we briefly had about the previous season, I have to say that the writing in S2 do rely a lot on stretching disbelief quite a bit.

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The butcher guy apparently getting to his home on foot before the police in a car... and I forgot the details but apparently Peggy was still in the cave of her house all along. That means the Danson character woke up and just bolted out without inspecting the house ? I'm a bit fuzzy with the details here but that whole ping pong between their home and the police station feels contrived.

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I wasn't bothered as much by that in S1, and I think that it did a better job of having that borderline supernatural tone to make it work anyway. I guess the whole UFO motif will serve as that here but it's been pretty minor so far.

Also that fake old movie was terrible. I know the intro played with that, but it was just on set. I'm baffled that a series with such obvious care to aesthetics would shit the bed that bad. It looked nothing like the real thing.

EDIT : Actors are killing it tho. Dunst is phenomenal in this and I'm not a big fan generally.

chronovore · « **Reply #12105 on:** December 04, 2015, 07:16:42 AM »

http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/lists/25-best-tv-shows-of-2015-20151202/mr-robot-usa-20151202

Mr. Robot made the top of their best-of list. Fargo's #7. I gotta start watching more TV...?

kick51 · « **Reply #12106 on:** December 04, 2015, 08:26:42 AM »

latest episode of Fargo was fucking ridiculous. Best episode of TV I've seen since Breaking Bad for sure.

I haven't been quite as into it as other people up to this point, but that last episode really tied everything together.

benjipwns · « **Reply #12107 on:** December 04, 2015, 12:47:09 PM »

I wonder what people with a casual familiarity with Batman, maybe from the films only, make of Gotham. There's so much completely random fan service that gets glossed over in it that just has to come off as something batshit crazy and making no sense.

Wait, I've consumed almost every form of Batman mythos and it's still batshit crazy and makes no sense. I just catch more of the backstories and references that go unexplained every week. It will turn around, it has to! Plus, they promised the Court of Owls, I can't bail out before then!

Also, I feel horrible that I didn't know Krysten Ritter was Jessica Jones. She was ungodly in Don't Trust the Bitch and I owe it to her to watch.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #12108 on:** December 04, 2015, 01:47:35 PM »

Quote from: chronovore on December 04, 2015, 07:16:42 AM

http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/lists/25-best-tv-shows-of-2015-20151202/mr-robot-usa-20151202

Mr. Robot made the top of their best-of list. Fargo's #7. I gotta start watching more TV...?

Bojack above Rick and Morty

no

benjipwns · « **Reply #12109 on:** December 04, 2015, 01:48:18 PM »

I already watched that. I have a high tolerance for garbage. (Though I thought Birds of Prey wasn't actually that bad considering. Live-action Comic Book TV had a really bad run until Arrow...)

There's some amusing stuff, it's just so bad version of Jim Gordon heavy that it feels oppressive in a way that I hate him more than everyone else. Also, the Bruce Wayne actor has really found himself this year, he's hilarious.

Yeti · « **Reply #12110 on:** December 04, 2015, 07:02:10 PM »

About Gotham's most recent episode could someone please explain to me

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what the fuck Silver St. Cloud talking about an encounter with a mind reading dolphin had to do with anything? Is there some backstory for Silver involving mind-reading dolphins that I'm unaware of (the "random fan service that gets glossed over") or was it just another in a long line of ridiculous scenes in this ridiculous show?

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Barry Egan · « **Reply #12111 on:** December 04, 2015, 09:11:12 PM »

Quote from: chronovore on December 04, 2015, 07:16:42 AM

http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/lists/25-best-tv-shows-of-2015-20151202/mr-robot-usa-20151202

Mr. Robot made the top of their best-of list. Fargo's #7. I gotta start watching more TV...?

definitely watch mr. robot if you haven't already.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #12112 on:** December 04, 2015, 09:52:23 PM »

Quote from: chronovore on December 04, 2015, 07:16:42 AM

http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/lists/25-best-tv-shows-of-2015-20151202/mr-robot-usa-20151202

Mr. Robot made the top of their best-of list. Fargo's #7. I gotta start watching more TV...?

Mad Men #2 GTFOH are you kidding me. Yeah, the show was great, but that last season was not.

Gotta watch Mr. Robot, I guess.

benjipwns · « **Reply #12113 on:** December 04, 2015, 09:54:41 PM »

Quote from: Yeti on December 04, 2015, 07:02:10 PM

About Gotham's most recent episode could someone please explain to me

spoiler (click to show/hide)
what the fuck Silver St. Cloud talking about an encounter with a mind reading dolphin had to do with anything? Is there some backstory for Silver involving mind-reading dolphins that I'm unaware of (the "random fan service that gets glossed over") or was it just another in a long line of ridiculous scenes in this ridiculous show?
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No, that's just the show's amazing and deep dialogue.

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #12114 on:** December 04, 2015, 10:32:24 PM »

Quote from: chronovore on December 04, 2015, 07:16:42 AM

http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/lists/25-best-tv-shows-of-2015-20151202/mr-robot-usa-20151202

Mr. Robot made the top of their best-of list. Fargo's #7. I gotta start watching more TV...?

Maybe questionable list but not going to argue because it's a fucking magazine/internet list.

You bitches should be watching Halt and Catch Fire though. Season 2 was probably the best show going over the past year.

mormapope · « **Reply #12115 on:** December 05, 2015, 05:16:47 AM »

The Knick's latest episode

All the shit is hitting the fan at once.

EDIT: The Knick not being in that top 25 list

chronovore · « **Reply #12116 on:** December 05, 2015, 10:42:12 AM »

Quote from: Barry Egan on December 04, 2015, 09:11:12 PM

Quote from: chronovore on December 04, 2015, 07:16:42 AM
http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/lists/25-best-tv-shows-of-2015-20151202/mr-robot-usa-20151202

Mr. Robot made the top of their best-of list. Fargo's #7. I gotta start watching more TV...?

definitely watch mr. robot if you haven't already.

Cormacaroni was raving about it, and nicely pointed out that Amazon's recently launched (last month) Prime Streaming Video service in Japan has all the episodes. I've watched the first two. It's good.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #12117 on:** December 07, 2015, 10:50:22 PM »

toku · « **Reply #12118 on:** December 08, 2015, 03:54:41 PM »

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #12119 on:** December 08, 2015, 11:42:21 PM »

Holy shit shield mid season finally was fucking great

this is really the best prime time show in a very long time.

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