The TV shows you've seen recently thread.

[Cindi Mayweather]

[Madrun Badrun]

The final two episodes were easily the best. More of that, please. I think ep 8 was legitimately good and it's unfortunate the show stumbles on the way to get there.

The last episode was one of the weakest. 

[Cindi Mayweather]

Lucas is a straight man to the point of being an anal retentive asshole. He makes everything dramatic and freaks out about every fucking thing. Kid meets girl with literal super powers. Still doesn't believe her just to stick to his character trope. You can see this in the scene where they talk to the cops where the fat kid corrects Lucas on Mirkwood being from Hobbit rather than Lord of the Rings. Why? It's to establish Lucas as the straight man of the group. But his straight man peddling comes off as forced, why can't the kid let it go? Because he's a cog. So now every scene must have Lucas acting like an annoying dip shit in order to fulfill his role as straight man. But the show doesn't present us with a reason he's like this. He's just an asshole all the time and you're supposed to like the kid for whatever reason even if none of his actions make any sense. Time to start yelling and create drama!

Lucas being an asshole bothered me too, though I just chalked it up with the writers overdoing his jealousy issues with Eleven as the new member of the group. Didn't realize that his behavior is an actual character trope. They rectified this in season 2 though. He's hardly screaming anymore and he somehow became even nerdier than the rest of his gang

Anyway, except when it comes to Steve, you're not exactly wrong with your points but you're blowing them way out of proportions. This show isn't some serious character drama or whatever, it's a pulpy but entertaining nostalgia wank. And for me, Beezy and I guess many other people who like this show, it was enough.

I went in expecting nostalgia wank. I'm fine with nostalgia wank if it's done well (Freaks and Geeks). But given how popular Stranger Things is, I honestly expected better. Then again, Walking Dead is popular so I should probably feel like a moron.

Lucas is a straight man to the point of being an anal retentive asshole. He makes everything dramatic and freaks out about every fucking thing. Kid meets girl with literal super powers. Still doesn't believe her just to stick to his character trope. You can see this in the scene where they talk to the cops where the fat kid corrects Lucas on Mirkwood being from Hobbit rather than Lord of the Rings. Why? It's to establish Lucas as the straight man of the group. But his straight man peddling comes off as forced, why can't the kid let it go? Because he's a cog. So now every scene must have Lucas acting like an annoying dip shit in order to fulfill his role as straight man. But the show doesn't present us with a reason he's like this. He's just an asshole all the time and you're supposed to like the kid for whatever reason even if none of his actions make any sense. Time to start yelling and create drama!

I thought him being the lone black kid in a white ass town back in the 80s was reason enough.

And I'm not sure how your childhood was, but most kids don't have polite discussions when they disagree. They yell and argue.

Your points might be valid, but I got the 80s nostalgia and sci-fi shit that I wanted from the show. I loved the 1st season, thought the 2nd season was a step down yet still enjoyable, looking forward to the 3rd season.

Kids argue but it got tireseome.

[Cindi Mayweather]

Steve > Jonathon by season 1 finale.

I bet there were plenty of "nice guys" opining Nancy sticking with Steve.

[TVC15]

I don't do it because people like things. I'm legitimately baffled that this is it.

So, did anyone bring up that the writers might be "nice guy losers"? Because they keep making it seem like people smashing a dudes camera after he took stalker photos totally was mean and that we should emphathize with this poor misunderstood teen. I can see the writers going,"she goes for Steve rather than Jonathon and that's messed up because he's a nice guy". You can tell by the treatment of the Jonathon character that writers are losers.

Oh, the show is dripping with behind the scenes sleaze. These two blind items are believed to be about the actress that plays Eleven.

"Despite her young age, this foreign born B+ list mostly television actress from a very hit almost television show is going to file to legally emancipate herself from her parents. She is tired of being their cash cow. Literally cash. I have written about their tactics before. They make her go to events without telling her management or agent and pocket all the money paid to the actress. Currently that can be as much as $75K per day. The actress apparently generally is given a few hundred bucks by the parents and keep the rest. They try to make her do two events per week."

"In an effort to lock down even more money earned by their daughter, the parents of this B+ list actress are auctioning off a nude scene when she turns 18."

It wouldn't surprise me if the parents are also selling her to the writers/creators and production staff for more money as well. There was a blind item the other week about how any 80s show centered on kids was basically a child abuse factor, and I bet Stranger Things is down with emulating that aspect of the 80s as well.

What about John Hughes films? Did they abuse children too?

Just checked the best blind gossip sites for Hughes, and the only gossip was ever good stuff. Stuff like he'd write back to fans who mailed him and be their pen pal.

[Cindi Mayweather]

Good. I couldn't take another idol being a piece of shit.

[team filler]

Steve > Jonathon by season 1 finale.

I bet there were plenty of "nice guys" opining Nancy sticking with Steve.

[TVC15]

Good. I couldn't take another idol being a piece of shit.

I'd be cool if he made Emilio and Judd Nelson fuck and he just sat back and fapped, tbh.

[Cindi Mayweather]

Good. I couldn't take another idol being a piece of shit.

I'd be cool if he made Emilio and Judd Nelson fuck and he just sat back and fapped, tbh.

[Cindi Mayweather]

First episode of Stranger Things 2 is on the right track. That's more of what I want. Appreciating it while it lasts. Lol

[Stoney Mason]

A friend wanted to watch The Punisher. So we've watched 4 episodes of it and it seems pretty bland...

Full disclouse, super-hero stuff is not a turn on to me. I've watched no super hero tv show in the modern era. I did have a desire to watch Jessica Jones and Luke Cage but haven't gotten around to it. I like to think I have an open mind and can enjoy anything that is decent though.

This feels like a boring show about PTSD and the boring parts of some FBI style show about the War on Terror.

[fistfulofmetal]

You know what's a good show? Crazy Ex Girlfriend. I started watching it last week on vacation. It's super funny. Musical numbers are always fun and endearing. Rachel Bloom 

They pulled off a great season long reveal that didn't feel cheap or exploitative 

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Greg being an alcoholic

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[etiolate]

Godless is good.

Been a while since I saw him in anything, but was Jeff Daniels always this good of an actor? Guy hit it twice the distance of out the park.

Yeah, he's always been good, but doesn't often play this sort of role.

[Tasty]

Punisher is barely a "superhero" show, lol.

[BlueTsunami]

Goddless is ticking all the right boxes for me. And fuck are some of those backlight shots effing gorgeous.

[Cindi Mayweather]

I'm home sick so I'm just marathoning shit and Godless is dope.

[CatsCatsCats]

Crazy Ex Girlfriend is p gud, mostly just cuz of dem big ol tittttttties

[etiolate]

The shot of the horses crossing the stream in Godless was a personal fav. .

[Momo]

The shot of the horses crossing the stream in Godless was a personal fav. .

I adore how many landscape shots they have, love that they shot in a place allowing them to do so! A big part of westerns to me is the landscape and shooting tight shots on a set all movie long makes for bleh

[etiolate]

The shot of the horses crossing the stream in Godless was a personal fav. .

I adore how many landscape shots they have, love that they shot in a place allowing them to do so! A big part of westerns to me is the landscape and shooting tight shots on a set all movie long makes for bleh

They got a greener than usual area, but I think it paid off. It's set in a summer melt time frame. You got the beauty of wildflowers but also the danger of the snow melts.

[Madrun Badrun]

Godless:  turned into a superhero show in the end.  Liked it a lot.

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I'd watch a whole series of Martha the German dominatrix and her western PI love slave on the run from her husband

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[Yeti]

Cindi, please watch Riverdale for your next HimuHotTake^TM

[toku]

the good place is good

[Momo]

My favorite western

[Momo]

https://io9.gizmodo.com/this-could-be-the-first-look-at-altered-carbon-the-mos-1820766217

[chronovore]

https://io9.gizmodo.com/this-could-be-the-first-look-at-altered-carbon-the-mos-1820766217

Hype!

[Cindi Mayweather]

I like stranger things 2 a lot so far. Better character writing and scriptwriting, easily. At least so far.

[Cindi Mayweather]

Cindi, please watch Riverdale for your next HimuHotTake^TM

I've been meaning to watch that.

Why should I?

[seagrams hotsauce]

Cuz White Man loves it and if you hate it it'll be really funny to see you guys bicker about it

[TVC15]

Cuz White Man loves it and if you hate it it'll be really funny to see you guys bicker about it

I’ve made peace with people not liking it. I do think Himu would like season 3 because it is pure Lynch, but the first two seasons are a barrier to her entry.

Have you seen FWWM, Cindi?

[fistfulofmetal]

Cuz White Man loves it and if you hate it it'll be really funny to see you guys bicker about it

I’ve made peace with people not liking it. I do think Himu would like season 3 because it is pure Lynch, but the first two seasons are a barrier to her entry.

Have you seen FWWM, Cindi?

Riverdale, White Man, not Twin Peaks.

Tho Riverdale is just modern millennial Twin Peaks.

[TVC15]

Cuz White Man loves it and if you hate it it'll be really funny to see you guys bicker about it

I’ve made peace with people not liking it. I do think Himu would like season 3 because it is pure Lynch, but the first two seasons are a barrier to her entry.

Have you seen FWWM, Cindi?

Riverdale, White Man, not Twin Peaks.

Tho Riverdale is just modern millennial Twin Peaks.

Got a little confused. I was talking TP with her yesterday.

Anyway, Himu, Riverdale is great, but if you don't like the CW formula or lab grown perfect looking teenagers, it's probably not your thing. It takes from TP the whole "small town has a dark underbelly," but it lacks any of the wackiness or excessive quirkiness of TP, so you might find it easier to accept.

[fistfulofmetal]

Totally, but Riverdale still has plenty of wackiness, just not as much on the absurdist scale.

S2 spoiler:

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Archie standing in front of a bunch of topless boys in red masks is kinda TP levels of wacky.

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[BlueTsunami]

Godless, man. What show goes multi minutes long, without dialog showing the process of a horse being tamed? And it actually being riveting.

[Joe Molotov]

What show goes multi minutes long, without dialog showing the process of a horse being tamed? And it actually being riveting.

Mr. Hands: The TV Show?

[BlueTsunami]

What show goes multi minutes long, without dialog showing the process of a horse being tamed? And it actually being riveting.

Mr. Hands: The TV Show?

I actually made a conscious decision to use tamed instead of breaking in because of this   

[TVC15]

What show goes multi minutes long, without dialog showing the process of a horse being tamed? And it actually being riveting.

Mr. Hands: The TV Show?

I actually made a conscious decision to use tamed instead of breaking in because of this   

Mr. Hands doesn't get broken in. He breaks in.

[Tasty]

Crisis on Earth-X > The Defenders, so far.

[Cindi Mayweather]

Cuz White Man loves it and if you hate it it'll be really funny to see you guys bicker about it

I’ve made peace with people not liking it. I do think Himu would like season 3 because it is pure Lynch, but the first two seasons are a barrier to her entry.

Have you seen FWWM, Cindi?

FWWM?

[Cindi Mayweather]

Cuz White Man loves it and if you hate it it'll be really funny to see you guys bicker about it

I’ve made peace with people not liking it. I do think Himu would like season 3 because it is pure Lynch, but the first two seasons are a barrier to her entry.

Have you seen FWWM, Cindi?

Riverdale, White Man, not Twin Peaks.

Tho Riverdale is just modern millennial Twin Peaks.

Got a little confused. I was talking TP with her yesterday.

Anyway, Himu, Riverdale is great, but if you don't like the CW formula or lab grown perfect looking teenagers, it's probably not your thing. It takes from TP the whole "small town has a dark underbelly," but it lacks any of the wackiness or excessive quirkiness of TP, so you might find it easier to accept.

I love the CW formula when it works and it isn't full awfulness (see: felicity x oliver shit). Love Jane The Virgin, Flash, early Arrow.

[TVC15]

Cuz White Man loves it and if you hate it it'll be really funny to see you guys bicker about it

I’ve made peace with people not liking it. I do think Himu would like season 3 because it is pure Lynch, but the first two seasons are a barrier to her entry.

Have you seen FWWM, Cindi?

FWWM?

Fire Walk with Me.

Cuz White Man loves it and if you hate it it'll be really funny to see you guys bicker about it

I’ve made peace with people not liking it. I do think Himu would like season 3 because it is pure Lynch, but the first two seasons are a barrier to her entry.

Have you seen FWWM, Cindi?

Riverdale, White Man, not Twin Peaks.

Tho Riverdale is just modern millennial Twin Peaks.

Got a little confused. I was talking TP with her yesterday.

Anyway, Himu, Riverdale is great, but if you don't like the CW formula or lab grown perfect looking teenagers, it's probably not your thing. It takes from TP the whole "small town has a dark underbelly," but it lacks any of the wackiness or excessive quirkiness of TP, so you might find it easier to accept.

I love the CW formula when it works and it isn't full awfulness (see: felicity x oliver shit). Love Jane The Virgin, Flash, early Arrow.

Give Riverdale a shot. It's a good guilty pleasure. What have you got to lose?

[Momo]

Crisis on Earth-X > The Defenders, so far.

Nazis tho, I like it but I'm tired of Nazis. Would have been cool if it was more Red Son. (Only watched the first two)

http://www.slashfilm.com/nightflyers-series/

Keeping this on my radar

[Cindi Mayweather]

Stranger Things 2 is way better than 1. The characters aren't shit anymore. You can tell they hired an actual screen writer who knows how write and plot. The mystery is more interesting. Much less how tf they can do anything about it. No one is endlessly screaming IN EVERY SCENE. It's become more than a bunch of movie tropes and has come into its own. 1 is a 6/10, and 2 so far is an 8/10.

[etiolate]

oh dear

[TVC15]

Stranger Things 2 is way better than 1. The characters aren't shit anymore. You can tell they hired an actual screen writer who knows how write and plot. The mystery is more interesting. Much less how tf they can do anything about it. No one is endlessly screaming IN EVERY SCENE. It's become more than a bunch of movie tropes and has come into its own. 1 is a 6/10, and 2 so far is an 8/10.

Oh Cindi. I thought season 2 was much worse. Season 1 at least had a compelling central mystery. Season 2 is just meandering garbage. I’ll agree that there are improvements, notably in some character writing, but it appears to have been harmed by rushing to production to meet a release date. It is half baked.

[Cindi Mayweather]

If it's not obvious, I place a big emphasis on character writing. If a show/film has shoddy character writing, I think it's trash. You can see the pattern with anything I don't like and how they treat the characters like Rogue One which is dog feces. I can't deal with shoddy character writing. It makes me HATE what I'm watching for some reason. So even if the mystery might not be enough for some people, improved character writing is enough for me. And at least this doesn't have Winona Ryder talking to a giant pile of Christmas lights.

[Cindi Mayweather]

Also I have a bigger connection to arcade game as an arcade brat than D&D.

[TVC15]

If it's not obvious, I place a big emphasis on character writing. If a show/film has shoddy character writing, I think it's trash. You can see the pattern with anything I don't like and how they treat the characters like Rogue One. I can't deal with shoddy character writing. It makes me HATE what I'm watching for some reason. So even if the mystery might not be enough for some people, improved character writing is enough for me. And at least this doesn't have Winona Ryder talking to a giant pile of Christmas lights.

We’ll have to agree to disagree on this one, Cindi. I see it as underwritten tosh. To me, it was clearly rushed to meet a release date planned ahead of time. It needed more time to cook. They really made an error by bringing Eleven back so soon and relegating her the role she has. They should have just left her out of the picture until her return.

[Cindi Mayweather]

It's definitely flawed. But s1 is also flawed as fuck. So it's not like the series has a good track record.

[toku]

Crisis on Earth-X > The Defenders, so far.

it's so insane and lovely and heartfelt

i love how they almost spent the entire first ep on love and healing lmao

[Momo]

Watched the entire earth x thing, and yeah didnt hate it but didnt especially like it over other CW DC stuff.

[Cindi Mayweather]

Stranger Things 2 ended on a high note. I liked the show by the end and I think that for all of its flaws the second season was more enjoyable for me than the first. I'm looking forward to season 3. I don't love the show but I'm at a point now where I'm attached to the journey, the characters, and resolution. I worry how long they can keep dragging this out though, and I hope 3 is the final season. I don't see how much they can keep going.

Riverdale owns. As an Archie fan I've been wanting to watch it and the show has lived up to every description I could have hoped for. Definitely my type of show.

I'll be giving Twin Peaks another shot after Riverdale. I love Lynch so the quirky corniness of TP never sat well with me. But this time I'll power through it despite the cheese ball and cross my fingers and toes it eventually has the Lynchian darkness I crave. Gotta admit that my man Lynch being away from film for so long and coming for more fucking Twin cheeseball Peaks still burns. I might have to go through TP drunk this time in order to stomach the rancid dialogue.

[TVC15]

They’re doing at least 4 seasons of Stranger Things and I think they maybe teased a fifth.

[Cindi Mayweather]

Y tho

[Cindi Mayweather]

Not a fan of the narration on Riverdale but everything else 👌🏾

[toku]

leave jughead alone

[BlueTsunami]

Godless ep.6 spoilers

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the scene where Roy storms out into the distance on horseback from the barn after being with Alice. The tracking, framing, and context. Fuck. Fuck fuck fuck. Badass.

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[TVC15]

Not a fan of the narration on Riverdale but everything else 👌🏾

But that's my Juggy, you bitch.

[desert punk]

Someone on Reddit posted some gifs from Netflix' upcoming cyberpunk show Altered Carbon (scheduled for early 2018):

https://io9.gizmodo.com/this-could-be-the-first-look-at-altered-carbon-the-mos-1820766217

Netflix hasn't confirmed their authenticity, but if they're legit then it's gonna be the closest we'll get to a Blade Runner tv show.



 

[VomKriege]

Apart from the Blade Runner tv show that aired some time ago ? It was cheap though I remember the stories were ok. It's probably 15 years old so don't quote me on that, might be crap top to bottom. I seem to recall it was a Canadian production like Nikita but I may be wrong on that count too.

Edit : I googled it and it is Total Recall 2070. Despite the name it was clearly more evocative of the Blade Runner movie (protagonist is a detective) and picking liberally in K.Dick works.