Author Topic: The TV shows you've seen recently thread. (Read 1234510 times)

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #17880 on:** March 26, 2020, 01:15:01 AM »

Quote from: thisismyusername on March 23, 2020, 09:55:04 PM

Holy shit. This episode of Better Call Saul.

Kim. Is. PISSED.

Pissed Kimberly

Dom me mommy

Don Rumata · « **Reply #17881 on:** March 26, 2020, 01:31:50 AM »

Quote from: BlueTsunami on March 26, 2020, 01:15:01 AM

Quote from: thisismyusername on March 23, 2020, 09:55:04 PM
Holy shit. This episode of Better Call Saul.

Kim. Is. PISSED.

Pissed Kimberly

Dom me momma

No, that scene gave me sweaty palms.

But then...

Although i'll move a critique that going to the "bad guy does bad thing to 'protect' female love interest" well again, after it was a major narrative in Breaking Bad, is a bit lame on their part.

Ghoul · « **Reply #17882 on:** March 26, 2020, 05:57:45 PM »

Tiger King is absolutely insane, well worth the watch.

Ghoul · « **Reply #17883 on:** March 26, 2020, 06:07:13 PM »

when tiger king is the most normal person you really gotta ask yourself wtf.

Carole is the worst out the three then followed by "dr" sexx cult

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #17884 on:** March 26, 2020, 08:47:22 PM »

Quote from: Ghoul on March 26, 2020, 05:57:45 PM

Tiger King is absolutely insane, well worth the watch.

A great Oklahoma hero.

Stro · « **Reply #17885 on:** March 26, 2020, 08:52:16 PM »

Logan Huntzberger is the most

inducingly over written and over acted piece of shit

Tripon · « **Reply #17886 on:** March 27, 2020, 06:26:56 PM »

Man vs Food is back with a new fat fuck.

Nintex · « **Reply #17887 on:** March 27, 2020, 07:31:54 PM »

This episode of better call Saul

team filler · « **Reply #17888 on:** March 30, 2020, 01:09:56 AM »

"he's a shonda for the bald"

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #17889 on:** March 30, 2020, 01:40:59 AM »

Watching Made in Abyss

I was expecting some truly uncomfortable shit to wade through but man if this is what makes grown men uncomfortable, some androgynous shirtless anime character, then I don't know what the hell I expected. It simply does not feel sexualized, just some 'heres an uncomfortable scenario between the two mains' scenes. There's absolutely no intended titillation to it (that I can discern), thank God, cause I would have punched out.

I'm really enjoying the adventure. Watching it feels like you're privy to all the intrigue of a dungeon crawler without the tedium.

Don Rumata · « **Reply #17890 on:** March 30, 2020, 01:51:26 AM »

Speaking of animated stuff.
I can't get past the first couple of episodes of Castelvania S3.
S2 was already shit, but this writing is so abysmal, wtf.

and now even the cool animation is (mostly) gone.

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #17891 on:** March 30, 2020, 01:54:33 AM »

Quote from: Don Rumata on March 30, 2020, 01:51:26 AM

Speaking of animated stuff.
I can't get past the first couple of episodes of Castelvania S3.
S2 was already shit, but this writing is so abysmal, wtf.
and now even the cool animation is (mostly) gone.

The whole convent of women vampire scenes were ugh. The entire season felt like 80% exposition 20% action, mainly contained on the back end. Was not as satisfying as the former seasons.

Don Rumata · « **Reply #17892 on:** March 30, 2020, 02:58:41 AM »

Quote from: BlueTsunami on March 30, 2020, 01:54:33 AM

Quote from: Don Rumata on March 30, 2020, 01:51:26 AM
Speaking of animated stuff.
I can't get past the first couple of episodes of Castelvania S3.
S2 was already shit, but this writing is so abysmal, wtf.
and now even the cool animation is (mostly) gone.

The whole convent of women vampire scenes were ugh. The entire season felt like 80% exposition 20% action, mainly contained on the back end. Was not as satisfying as the former seasons.

This is mainly what's killing me, even though the banter is also pretty weak shit.
Every other dialogue is just stilted, not-so-subtle way to explain some pointless world building or obvious development.
Season 1 worked well with only 6 episodes, if getting more meant to just add this shit.

toku · « **Reply #17893 on:** March 30, 2020, 11:23:31 AM »

it was definitely a setup season

Ghoul · « **Reply #17894 on:** March 30, 2020, 11:25:33 AM »

finished Tiger man.

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Carole is a bitch and killed her husbband
And he got set the fuck up by those snitches for sure.

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Don Rumata · « **Reply #17895 on:** March 30, 2020, 01:51:46 PM »

Quote from: toku on March 30, 2020, 11:23:31 AM

it was definitely a setup season

Well i'm out, anyway.
On that note, i watched two episodes of a Netflix anime called "7Seeds".
This is possibly the worst anime i've ever seen or close to it. It's fantastic, can't stop laughing at all the constant nonsense and bullshit and horrid animations/drawings.
Highly recommended.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #17896 on:** March 30, 2020, 01:54:31 PM »

Cannon Busters is a good Netflix anime.

Nintex · « **Reply #17897 on:** March 30, 2020, 04:55:53 PM »

I like how in this season of Homeland I can't tell if Jennifer Rubin or John Bolton wrote the script

toku · « **Reply #17898 on:** March 30, 2020, 07:24:43 PM »

I enjoyed s3 of castlevania. The first 2 or 3 eps are a total waste though. Isaac and Lorena saved the season for me. Just watch the last 2 or 3 episodes.

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #17899 on:** April 01, 2020, 02:33:41 AM »

The Plot Against America is some good shit

David Simon does it again

team filler · « **Reply #17900 on:** April 01, 2020, 12:38:12 PM »

just started ep 5 of saul and it got me wishing this would turn into some alternate reality where things go well for jimmy and kim

Don Rumata · « **Reply #17901 on:** April 01, 2020, 01:31:40 PM »

Quote from: filler on April 01, 2020, 12:38:12 PM

just started ep 5 of saul and it got me wishing this would turn into some alternate reality where things go well for jimmy and kim

Part of the show is post-BB.
It could be that they reconnect and bang.

GreatSageEqualOfHeaven · « **Reply #17902 on:** April 01, 2020, 01:58:56 PM »

I think the best case scenario for a Saul happy ending is that the tough guys that tracked him down at the start of this season in his cinnabon life are PIs working for Kim that she hired after seeing what went down on the news.

Saul getting a happy ending would feel a little like a cop out though, tbh

Bebpo · « **Reply #17903 on:** April 02, 2020, 07:41:40 PM »

Found out I have hulu (ad version), started watching Castle Rock S2. It's good so far. Same good cinematography as S1, good directing, same great acting, more straightforward horror thriller. As a fan of Salem's Lot, this being a sorta sequel is neat. I'm glad between the connections to Salem and Misery the series is being more let's use the actual Stephen King IPs and less let's do an original story and vaguely hint at King stuff.

Really hope S3 gets renewed. There's a huge treasure trove of material between all of Stephen King's characters/locations that you can do a ton of fun fan fiction if you want (which is basically what S2 is, HQ fan fiction, but that's fine and entertaining).

Since The Dark Tower cinematic universe is fucking DEAD with Wizard and Glass's pilot getting canned at Amazon, I'd love for them to work some Dark Tower elements (characters, locations, objects) into a future season.

I actually wonder how the IP rights work for Castle Rock. Like I assume King has sold the rights to various stories/characters to different studios in their movie adaptations, so not sure if Castle Rock has to basically work with scraps that have expired or whether King somehow retains the rights to his whole universe and Castle Rock can pull from anything.

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #17904 on:** April 03, 2020, 12:09:57 AM »

Quote from: GreatSageEqualOfHeaven on April 01, 2020, 01:58:56 PM

I think the best case scenario for a Saul happy ending is that the tough guys that tracked him down at the start of this season in his cinnabon life are PIs working for Kim that she hired after seeing what went down on the news.

Saul getting a happy ending would feel a little like a cop out though, tbh

Didn't the flashback with Kim and her Mom also take place in Nebraska? They gotta be going somewhere with that

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #17905 on:** April 03, 2020, 08:04:21 PM »

Been watching Tales from the Loop on Amazon. It's like Stranger Things but far more understated and more Twilight Zone adjacent as it seems to be different stories of characters from the town. I really like its meditative vibe.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #17906 on:** April 04, 2020, 11:35:15 PM »

Kims convenience is actually pretty good.

Potato · « **Reply #17907 on:** April 05, 2020, 12:15:25 AM »

Holy shit. I know I'm late to the party here, but Tiger King is ridiculously good.

toku · « **Reply #17908 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 #17909 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 #17910 on:** April 05, 2020, 10:26:37 PM »

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

chronovore · « **Reply #17911 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 #17912 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 #17913 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 #17914 on:** April 08, 2020, 05:47:03 AM »

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

toku · « **Reply #17915 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 #17916 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 #17917 on:** April 09, 2020, 02:38:20 PM »

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

Stro · « **Reply #17918 on:** April 09, 2020, 08:33:50 PM »

I finished Gilmore Girls season 5 this morning, I think this is about the place I stopped the last time I watched it and I know I never watched the last season at all. I know Amy Sherman-Palladino left before the last season, but I'm not sure if she left before that. But season 5 feels like the kind of season where a showrunner has left or is being pushed out.

The whole vibe is off, so many of the side characters, which imo are a bigger part of GG than most shows, barely get any screen time at all, Logan is the fucking worst, and in general having Rory and Lorelei separated most of the season and when they are together they're fighting over something, sucked. In some ways, seeing Rory turn out to be a wash out loser like everyone else is kind of satisfying, but it's handled in a way that is very unfitting of the character. The whole season is just one out of character moment after another that come out of nowhere.

Like seriously, season 5 ends with her getting arrested and dropping out of Yale

At this point in the show, Rory is a hindrance and plot tumor and I'm far more interested and invested in Lane and Sabastian Bach's band than whatever stupid shit Rory is doing.

Bebpo · « **Reply #17919 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 #17920 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 #17921 on:** April 14, 2020, 01:25:18 PM »

Fuck, Better Call Saul is soooo good.

Bebpo · « **Reply #17922 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

spoiler (click to show/hide)
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 #17923 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 #17924 on:** April 16, 2020, 09:35:48 AM »

romanoffs - weak second episode but otherwise

D3RANG3D · « **Reply #17925 on:** April 16, 2020, 11:13:54 AM »

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

toku · « **Reply #17926 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.

Stro · « **Reply #17927 on:** April 17, 2020, 07:46:46 PM »

This might be the time to finally watch all of Freddy's Nightmares

Nintex · « **Reply #17928 on:** April 17, 2020, 07:53:42 PM »

better call saul

Kim -> Mexican Cartels

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Stro · « **Reply #17929 on:** April 18, 2020, 02:31:57 PM »

Robert Englund hosts this terrible spooky stories from American newspapers of old story on Travel Channel and man he sounds so old. I always thought it was the weird teeth in FvJ that made him sound like that, but that's what he actually sounds like now.

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #17930 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.

(Image removed from quote.)

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

D3RANG3D · « **Reply #17931 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 #17932 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 #17933 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 #17934 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 #17935 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 #17936 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.

shosta · « **Reply #17937 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

team filler · « **Reply #17938 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 #17939 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.

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Author Topic: The TV shows you've seen recently thread. (Read 1234510 times)