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Soothing Vapors posted:There's one fairly disturbing sexual assault in episode 3, but I can't think of another one. It's disturbing but not especially graphic; nothing, including episode 3, is going to go all Irreversible on you or anything. Other than that, there's a lot of veiled sexual threats but nothing I can remember that's incredibly overt. I wouldn't say the threats are TOO veiled. One episode of the first season has a couple of cracked-out armed robbers take a bunch of kids in Saturday Detention hostage, and because that's not enough, one of them starts groping the teacher. Almost every bad guy of the week in the first season is in some way guilty of a sex crime; that's what I mean by "there's a lot." It's not like there's a graphic rape scene a week, but if you're sensitive about male privilege and the way rape is commoditized in storytelling, it might be enough to piss you off. To their credit, though? They cut that poo poo out in season 2 and figure out when their bad guys are bad enough. One episode even functions as a mea culpa of sorts. It's absolutely important that this be stressed. And yes: the third episode has a brutal sexual assault scene. It's a scene of consensual sex that turns violent after the villain is unsatisfied with her performance. After the switch is flipped, you see the beating, but you don't see the rape the follows. But yeah, Banshee is a show that's all about over-the-top indulgence. The sex is over the top, the violence is over the top, the characters are over the top. By all means, give it a try if you're curious, but there's a nonzero chance you'll find it too trashy (for want of a better word) for your tastes. DivisionPost fucked around with this message at 21:38 on Feb 12, 2015 |
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Feb 12, 2015 21:29
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Oh man, how did I forget about the bikers and the schoolteacher thing? The schoolteacher thing especially was so loving pointless. DivisionPost posted:But yeah, Banshee is a show that's all about over-the-top indulgence. The sex is over the top, the violence is over the top, the characters are over the top. By all means, give it a try if you're curious, but there's a nonzero chance you'll find it too trashy (for want of a better word) for your tastes.
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DivisionPost posted:but if you're sensitive about male privilege and the way rape is commoditized in storytelling, it might be enough to piss you off. or maybe just don't watch banshee
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Feb 12, 2015 22:49
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So are we assuming season 4 will be it the since it's short two episodes?
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Feb 12, 2015 22:54
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Possibly, but not necessarily.
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am0kgonzo posted:or maybe just don't watch banshee Nah
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Feb 12, 2015 23:00
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I'm not saying not to watch Banshee. But if you're "sensitive about male privilege", maybe don't watch it, or at least don't post about it.
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Feb 12, 2015 23:17
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Thanks for the replies. Just started episode 2 and it's pretty good sofar. Also it has spartacus, and I caught the Strike Back reference in ep 1.
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VDay posted:Banshee renewed for fourth season, will be 8 episodes instead of 10. Season 4 is the final season, welp, I guess it's better to end on a high... *sniff*
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Feb 13, 2015 00:59
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There are also a few scenes of domestic violence, though that eventually gets resolved in the most satisfying way.
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madpanda posted:Thanks for the replies. Spartacus?
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Yea I somehow confused https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liam_McIntyre Who was in Spartacus (blood on the sand etc) With https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Starr Who is in Banshee, and nothing else I can recall seeing.
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He's 1 of 3 handsome buff Kiwi's not in Spartacus, it's confusing
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Wandle Cax posted:Possibly, but not necessarily. Greg Yaitanes hasn't said a word on Twitter aside from announcing there will be a season 4. I'm going to assume it's a budget / contract consideration and that all is well until he announces otherwise. Banshee is, no poo poo, as key to Cinemax's original programming brand as Six Feet Under was to HBO's. (In this analogy, Strike Back would be The Sopranos since it came first and established Max as a legit force to begin with. Like 6FU, Banshee solidified the reputation.) It gets solid live ratings, doubles those numbers through DVR (which counts a great deal since Max isn't ad-supported), and critics are also embracing it for the crazy and deceptively heavy ride that it is. That makes it a firm anchor alongside The Knick, for a channel that doesn't have a lot of original programming at the moment. So it's not going anywhere outside of its own terms, and I wouldn't sweat it either way. DivisionPost fucked around with this message at 01:35 on Feb 13, 2015 |
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Feb 13, 2015 01:30
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If anything, I'd be worried about them trying to drag it out.
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Feb 13, 2015 01:45
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Hoooly poo poo the fight at the end of episode 3.
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madpanda posted:Hoooly poo poo the fight at the end of episode 3. Welcome to Banshee 
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life is killing me posted:Seems like it's been as deep as it always has been since he first threw Hood into a wall like he was a rag doll Yeah... just watched it online.. He grabs the knife arm of the old man ... "Thats enough" is in classic deep voice. But every line after that has more facial expression and in a higher pitch. maybe its a more natural speech then everything we hear from Chayton is said with stone face and dripping with murder-rage ... i don't think I was crazy :/
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madpanda posted:Hoooly poo poo the fight at the end of episode 3. That's pretty much where the rest of us became rabid fans of this show.
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I thought this was written to be the last season. Can't wait to see what the next season will bring, but now I have a bad feeling all the big bads except maybe Chayton are gonna make it through now. Hopefully no one is safe the rest of this season still. Every episode has made me worry about losing a character I like.
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Roundboy posted:Yeah... just watched it online.. I guess I wasn't paying a whole lot of attention to his voice to discern it, but it still seems the same to me. Though you've got a point about his emotions affecting his voice, especially after Tommy dies. He's supremely pissed off, but basically carries his rage like Hood does: brooding, calm, collected. Then you see them release it which rules. Anyway, yeah, I can see the possibility of Chayton's voice maybe changing as he fights to contain his anger.
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I'm probably not going to be able to do a full "tonight's episode" post (I'll edit if I get home in time), but based on some things Greg Yaitanes is saying on Twitter, it sounds like this is going to be more of a "calm before the storm" episode, so get ready for some violent mano y crushing, infuriating grief tonight. EDIT: As promised, the whole summary of tonight's episode, We Were All Someone Else Yesterday: quote:Lucas decides to take matters into his own hands in his pursuit of Chayton; Rebecca is distressed to learn of her uncle's burgeoning romance with Emily; Deva is drawn to a handsome stranger. DivisionPost fucked around with this message at 03:45 on Feb 14, 2015 |
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Feel like this one ended before it started. Next week should be better.
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Rebecca don't want your forgiveness.  Rebecca has been acting like she is hot poo poo so far this season so being put in her place was pretty deserved. I wonder if she is plotting some kind of payback against Kai for the little callout she got tonight or if she is going to fall farther(or both). Brock is gonna be pissed  Just what everyone wanted, more Deva plot  Jeez Hood, now you are 0/2 against killing people that you snuck up on. You are kinda bad at this assassin thing.
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Feb 14, 2015 06:30
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"I'll have your badge for this, fucker." "Get in fuckin' line."  Also, I just found out this episode that there's stuff after the credits. Now I have to go back and rewatch everything CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:Rebecca don't want your forgiveness.
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CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:Just what everyone wanted, more Deva plot Is it weird that I actually find it interesting how Deva is basically turning into her dad? Like, I don't necessarily think it should be getting this much screen time, but I like where they've gone with it in general and it's not like it's cutting into the Hood beat-rear end that much. Also, holy gently caress, this show is Spartacus. It has the exact same dynamic of bouncing around between the protagonists' gently caress poo poo up rampages/intensely manly romances and the antagonists' crazy soap opera poo poo. Kai Proctor is just Batiatus in 2015. WeedlordGoku69 fucked around with this message at 07:21 on Feb 14, 2015 |
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LORD OF BUTT posted:Kai Proctor is just Batiatus in 2015. I didn't think anything could make me love this show more, but here it is
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For a show that started out as just a vulgar but cool action extravaganza, I absolutely adore how they take episodes and experiment with different styles and formats and try out artsy stuff. It keeps it from getting to be too procedural or too much, like just too much gore or too much sex.
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The alt-history playing out in Hood's head all episode was really, really well done.
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Much of this season feels like a pretentious art graduate students wet dream. Too much money skunked away on fancy clever shots, dreamt up after each vape hit.
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And there was pretty much only one overt rape scene so far in the show.
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Is it just me, or is the plot armor loving ridiculous this season?
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Mars4523 posted:Is it just me, or is the plot armor loving ridiculous this season? Not ridiculous enough for Siobhan  But yea it is getting a bit silly. I mean obviously Hood wasn't going to kill Kai or Chayton those times, but they shouldn't have written him into that position to begin with.
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The FBI team lead (Simmons from Person of Interest) seems to have been cast from the same mold as Col. Stowe with the steely eyes. He worked well as a spanner in the works for Hood without being the usual bossy and/or dumb Fed who barges in and ruins everything. Ruining everything is Hood's job and he was in fine form today. If he had stayed back Chayton would be in a federal prison now and all the people who will die taking Chayton down would have lived.
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I'm slightly faceblind and I watched the episode with herbal assistance but I almost thought he was Col. Stowe at first.
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Going by next week's preview: looks like a good chunk of it will be shot in first-person. It may not always work, but I'm happy that the directors and producers have been willing to add so many artsy touches to the show as it progresses, as it keeps the show fresh.
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I'm 100% onboard with this artsy poo poo, just keep giving me tits and fighting.
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Ubiquitous_ posted:Going by next week's preview: looks like a good chunk of it will be shot in first-person. Stop, my erection cannot get any harder.
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