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American Gods should work better as a TV show than a novel. It's very episodic, there's a big supporting cast, and the lead is basically a blank slate. He's barely a character, so some smart casting should make him a lot more sympathetic.
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IRQ posted:My mom keeps telling me I'd like that book. I keep telling her it's boring as hell.
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I've been watching it with a younger sibling and Gravity Falls is extremely good stuff
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zoux posted:Hang on a sec here. Brickleberry still exists? What? Uh, nope! No siree, it sure doesn't. La la la la I can't hear you and refuse to live in that reality la lala laalal
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Austrian mook posted:I've been watching it with a younger sibling and Gravity Falls is extremely good stuff It is, I can't wait for the next episode to air in 2018, and then the one after that in 2063 after the Fast Food Wars.
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Sep 16, 2014 21:01
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DivisionPost posted:I haven't even read past the first few pages; I just couldn't resist the joke. Oh man good one dude
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FactsAreUseless posted:American Gods should work better as a TV show than a novel. It's very episodic, there's a big supporting cast, and the lead is basically a blank slate. He's barely a character, so some smart casting should make him a lot more sympathetic. Shadow is kind of an odd character because he's a lot smarter than he acts for a huge chunk of the book.
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Today in "holy poo poo DC slow the gently caress down" news, Fox has made a pilot commitment for a Lucifer series from Californication's Tom Kapinos.
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HorseRenoir posted:Today in "holy poo poo DC slow the gently caress down" news, Fox has made a pilot commitment for a Lucifer series from Californication's Tom Kapinos. I'm assuming they aren't going to directly adapt the comic as late in the series Lucifer barely shows up.
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HorseRenoir posted:Today in "holy poo poo DC slow the gently caress down" news, Fox has made a pilot commitment for a Lucifer series from Californication's Tom Kapinos. Nope none of this slowing down business. The more of this we can get, the more I'm down. What do you think it'd take for Mark Pellegrino to take on a different Lucifer?
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In a total no way it would ever happen, Tom Hiddlestone would be a perfect Vertigo Lucifer.
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I wonder if the DC shows on different networks are ever gonna cross over. Constantine and Lucifer seems like a no-brainer.
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SALT CURES HAM posted:I wonder if the DC shows on different networks are ever gonna cross over. Constantine and Lucifer seems like a no-brainer. The Lucifer announcement article says that they're all technically the same production company. So... maybe?
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DivisionPost posted:Judd Apatow is creating a new Netflix show. http://deadline.com/2014/09/judd-apatow-comedy-series-netflix-paul-rust-gillian-jacobs-star-829825/ Apatow is always so long-winded and episodic with his movies, a Netflix TV show is the perfect outlet. Funny People and This is 40 were way too long, and even Knocked Up could use some punching up. Not 40-Year-Old Virgin though, that movie is basically perfect. edit: I apparently have 5 mutual friends on Facebook with Paul Rust. I'm getting closer to Kevin Bacon every day. Yoshifan823 fucked around with this message at 01:43 on Sep 17, 2014 |
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muscles like this? posted:Shadow is kind of an odd character because he's a lot smarter than he acts for a huge chunk of the book.
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GUYS. GUYS. WATCH HIGH MOON, It's the greatest thing ever. Why the gently caress did Syfy not want this? Imagine a science fiction director in the 1950's filming with all the technology of modern times. That is the essence of the show. It's a take on what 1950's writers believed that the future would be like, and it does it perfectly. The writing is crisp, entertaining, and fast-paced. The technology is absolutely kooky and hilarious. Think Mad Men in space. gently caress Z-nation, High Moon is the greatest show off earth and Syfy is a piece of poo poo for not taking it.
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Mindy Project is actually not terrible so far this year. I didn't have to hear that godawful theme song, there was an entire scene about cunnilingus, and the 9PM EST Fox block has turned into a stealth Happy Endings reunion now that Damon Wayans Jr. and Adam Pally are in back-to-back shows. Little things. Also, the previews for Red Band Society mixed with previews for Fault in Our Stars makes me think that every episode will end with me crying and hugging a blanket. I'll pass for now.
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Guys, my episode of Millionaire is tomorrow. For those of you who will be watching: I am so, so sorry for what you're about to put yourselves through.
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Yoshifan823 posted:Mindy Project is actually not terrible so far this year. I didn't have to hear that godawful theme song, there was an entire scene about cunnilingus, and the 9PM EST Fox block has turned into a stealth Happy Endings reunion now that Damon Wayans Jr. and Adam Pally are in back-to-back shows. Little things. Mac from Always Sunny did a pretty good job in The Mindy Project as well. It's always great to see those broken human beings play slightly different roles on other shows. Plus, there were some great quotes -Danny sitting in front of his piano, drinking scotch when someone bangs on the door "Open up in there! I hear you playing Frozen!"
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Just finished watching High Moon. It's kooky to the max. Go watch.
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sbaldrick posted:Is anyone else watching the Roosevelt's on PBS, it's the best Ken Burns documentary in years. I shouldn't be surprised because it's Burns and Burns rocks, but was pleasantly surprised so see it so even-handed to the extent that Teddy comes off as a right rear end in a top hat. Had to work late tonight and was pissed that I'd be missing FDR getting polio (Guillan-Bairre or whatever the newest diagnosis is) but then saw that there were more parts to it than I thought. It's also making me look back and remember just how big of a mess Hyde Park on Hudson was.
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High Moon was definitely a lot of fun. The visual style is awesome. And I really like Chris Diamantopoulos and Jonathan Tucker anyway. I'm bummed it was up for being a series and got passed over.
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Deadpool posted:She lost on the first stage. Which was kind of expected. She's really too short to get past a lot of the obstacles. One other taller girl made it farther than she did on that stage but eventually went out because she ran out of time. I don't think it's possible for her to jump in deep enough off the minitramp. She needs a new strategy. There was a shorter guy who tried to kick off one wall to make it in deep enough. He said it worked in training, he just screwed up during his run. She'll need to do something like that.
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So, I'm looking for a new show to get into. I'm currently into Arrow, Community and GOT (we're allowed to mention it, right, Deadpool?). Older TV I liked includes various sitcoms, (the first five seasons of) 24, (the first two seasons of) Nikita, Firefly and uh...poo poo, I guess that's it. The problem is, while I really like the high points of TV shows, I can't stand the boredom of the low points, of the filler and all the other trappings that come with a medium of twenty-four episode orders, each stretched out to the same length, and of stories entirely made up as they go along, despite pretentions of a master plan. My ideal serialized TV show has the pacing of an Edgar Wright or Christopher Nolan movie. I feel like if you tightly edited Breaking Bad, you could cut a good 50% of the show and you would make it the best thing ever. Anyway, I recently tried an eclectic mix of shows, I'm curious if I should grind through any of them or let them go, and my opinions on them might help people suggest other stuff. Here goes: Supernatural Watched the pilot.
 House of Cards Watched the first two episodes and I enjoyed the political machinations - although in a desperate attempt to be "balanced" for the sake of touchy Americans, it comes off as disingenuous and unrealistic. (As if George Stephanopoulos anyone high up in the news media would go after someone that doggedly in an interview.) But when the focus is off Kevin Spacey, it's incredibly boring. The subplots just seem like random scenes filling airtime. I was confused for a long while as to why we were meant to care when it kept cutting to Bald Congressman and his employee/girlfriend. Or why there is an inexplicable shot of Kate Mara sitting on a toilet in the ending montage of the first episode. It's still hilarious that it literally opens with Kevin Spacey strangling a puppy and the season ends with him calming a crazy homeless man with the RAW POWER OF HIS WILL AND CHARISMA or some poo poo. Meanwhile in real life, actual politicians seem to be taking the show quite seriously and that's incredible. I mention the season 1 finale because I jumped ahead to the last episode to see if it got any better. (This is a thing I do sometimes. It makes TV fans really angry.) I caught up pretty quickly on the story and found it completely underwhelming. All I had to look up was whether or not Mrs Spacey actually said those things to that pregnant lady (which I guess was confirmed later on in the episode anyway). But I discovered that people care SO little about the Mrs Spacey subplot, it's not even documented on the internet. Not on her wiki OR wikia pages. Nor in episode synopses. Hah. Six Feet Under It seemed for the first twenty minutes or so like a really interesting exploration of the effects of a death on a family, the build up to it, and the way the news spreads to each of them. But then it kind of drags it out for too long, and there are too many hallucination sequences and I don't think I could stand watching multiple seasons of that. Also: Claire was annoying. I'm pretty much just fascinated by all the positivity I've seen for the finale. Bob's Burgers Despite the fact I'm looking for a more serialized and less episodic show, I actually watched a few of these. Even tried jumping ahead to a couple of recommended ones - after all, Simpsons, South Park, Family Guy and King of the Hill were all unrecognisable in their early years. The show is completely inoffensive. They seem to understand the old rule that comedy comes from character, but forgot to give anyone any character. Other than Tina (who is just weird), I can't really describe any of their personalities. Well made, but not funny enough to warrant the time. Don't really get the hype.
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VagueRant posted:Other than Tina (who is just weird), I can't really describe any of their personalities. Well made, but not funny enough to warrant the time. Don't really get the hype. I...I can't make sense of this at all. Are you telling us that Bob, Louise, Gene and Linda don't have clearly defined personalitites? Because that's just not true at all.
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Netflix is available here now, but none of the stuff I want to watch is on it  Must be a local rights deal.
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Six Feet Under is really good. Total bummer though.
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Six feet under has perhaps the best finale ever made in any television show ever of all time, so good that it's worth going though...it's six right? Six seasons of wildly inconsistent television for perhaps the best emotional payoff ever The pilot is dogshit and not indicative of what the show is You should watch six feet under if only because beyond its pitch perfect finale it was like the sopranos in the sense of being a "blueprint" show that a lot of other shows ended up borrowing/ripping off With the sopranos tho it was the concept of the antihero and an evil protagonist but for six feet under it was the concept of the emotionally charged and nuanced show that was deeply complicated but lacking a really central guiding arc or overall plot Like with no SFU we have no Friday night lights we have no parenthood we don't get the deeply emotional episodes of breaking bad/lost/BSG/etc NieR Occomata fucked around with this message at 08:21 on Sep 17, 2014 |
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I cried for literally five minutes straight during the SFU finale and I mean snot dribbling down my nose and full on sobbing crying
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Claire is annoying at first but she acts like a real teenager that grew up in Los Angeles in a funeral home.
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Supernatural is definitely worth it for the first five seasons. Given the action/genre shows you listed that you enjoyed, maybe also give Person of Interest a try?
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Kurtofan posted:Netflix is available here now, but none of the stuff I want to watch is on it Hola!
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I recommend the series Daybreak. 13 great episodes that take a solid premise, and do terrific things with it. Stars Taye Diggs. Jonathan Banks is one of the villains. Has a time looping conceit, but applied to crime drama/conspiracy thriller genre. Also Life. Life is probably one of the best modern cop procedurals. Shame it only got two seasons. Damien Lewis and Sarah Shahi are magnetic. and the premise is killer: cop gets convicted of murder he did not do, acquitted over 10 years later and given a substantial money settlement, and what does he decide to do? BECOME A COP AGAIN. also, it seems, VagueRant, that you might not have heard of Spaced. It is an entire TV series of Edgar Wright and it is brilliant beginning to end. Not that it's very many episodes given that it's a British sitcom. Speaking of British sitcoms, IT Crowd also deserves a mention.
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Zaggitz posted:Supernatural is definitely worth it for the first five seasons. Given the action/genre shows you listed that you enjoyed, maybe also give Person of Interest a try? Well this recommendation comes out of left field. Spatula City posted:I recommend the series Daybreak. 13 great episodes that take a solid premise, and do terrific things with it. Stars Taye Diggs. Jonathan Banks is one of the villains. Has a time looping conceit, but applied to crime drama/conspiracy thriller genre. Yes do this.
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Kurtofan posted:Netflix is available here now, but none of the stuff I want to watch is on it Germany? As the other poster said, use Hola. It lets you access everything on the US Netflix. And there is a ton of Ken Burns so watch that first  .
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Ooh, I remembered another show I liked: Due South. Downside is I'm really sick of episodic police procedurals so even a show with a similar tone, like Monk (and to a MUCH lesser extent: Castle), feels like a waste of time to me. I also think it's coincidence that all of my favourite non-comedic shows are action-heavy. While I'll gladly play the part of a TV philistine, there's a lot of actiony shows I don't like, and plenty of other actionless shows with parts I really enjoyed. I think it's just that the good action shows tend to move at a better pace and spend less time on low-stakes family drama. (Oh, I wasn't suuuper into it but on a less actiony note: I really enjoyed the first season of Orphan Black as a gripping thriller that always made me want to see the next episode. Shame season 2 was the opposite of this.) DominoDancing posted:I...I can't make sense of this at all. Are you telling us that Bob, Louise, Gene and Linda don't have clearly defined personalitites? Because that's just not true at all. Toxxupation posted:Six feet under has perhaps the best finale ever made in any television show ever of all time, so good that it's worth going though...it's six right? Six seasons of wildly inconsistent television for perhaps the best emotional payoff ever You have reminded me that I should think about giving The Sopranos a go. I just worry it will have too much of that aforementioned low-stakes family drama as filler. Mu Zeta posted:Claire is annoying at first but she acts like a real teenager that grew up in Los Angeles in a funeral home. Zaggitz posted:Supernatural is definitely worth it for the first five seasons. Given the action/genre shows you listed that you enjoyed, maybe also give Person of Interest a try? I gave Person of Interest a try, even the recommended episodes from the (old?) thread here, but it didn't do anything for me - even with a Nolan bro working on it. I thought Nikita did everything it did but better. Spatula City posted:I recommend the series Daybreak. 13 great episodes that take a solid premise, and do terrific things with it. Stars Taye Diggs. Jonathan Banks is one of the villains. Has a time looping conceit, but applied to crime drama/conspiracy thriller genre. Life sounds like a good premise, but like I said at the top of this stupidly long post, police procedurals are worn out to me. Suppose it wouldn't hurt to give it a chance though. And I've seen Spaced and the IT Crowd. Cheers for the advice, goons!
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