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zoux posted:I look forward to contrarian goons crowning it as far, far better than GoT ever was. Snak posted:Well story-wise, that won't be hard. GoT is a loving paragon of production value, including makeup and costuming, though. literally a response to the post, now that's speed
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The Hellboy movie put me off the comic for years, when I read it last year I couldn't believe how different everything was. I turned off Hellboy halfway through, the book is some of the best comics I've ever read.
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Toxxupation posted:literally a response to the post, now that's speed Oh, you misinterpret me. I intend to claim that both shows are complete garbage, and that real fans of fantasy should watch science fiction shows. Mainly, that The 100 is the best fantasy show ever made.
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Snak posted:Oh, you misinterpret me. I intend to claim that both shows are complete garbage, and that real fans of fantasy should watch science fiction shows. ahahahhahahahahahhahahahaha quote:
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Snak posted:Oh, you misinterpret me. I intend to claim that both shows are complete garbage, and that real fans of fantasy should watch science fiction shows. Sure Jan
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Snak posted:Mainly, that The 100 is the best fantasy show ever made.  Toxxupation posted:ahahahhahahahahahhahahahaha
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*hiccuping laughing so hard* So...pffft....forums...ha....forums....woo...forums poster Snak, how...how is the 100 the 'best fantasy show ever mad'-AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHA I CAN'T DO IT AHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH
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I mean, mostly I was being hyperbolic while poking fun at the "science" in The 100. But really, are there any good "period" fantasy shows at all? I don't think I've ever seen one... I mean let's see what I've seen off the top of my head... Hercules: the Legendary Journeys Xena: Warrior Princess Conan the Adventurer Legend of the Seeker Game of Thrones Camelot Merlin ...that's all I got Which one of those is good? Outlander, I guess, is that good? Snak fucked around with this message at 22:05 on Jan 5, 2016 |
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Game of Thrones is a good fantasy show.
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BSam posted:Pacific Rim is a perfect film. I think it's pretty loving awesome, yeah.
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zoux posted:Game of Thrones is a good fantasy show. yep also vikings outlander reviewed well
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Snak posted:But really, are there any good "period" fantasy shows at all? I don't think I've ever seen one... Outlander
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Maybe I should check out Outlander, since I forgot to cancel my Stars premium subscription on amazon before my free trial ended. I head some stuff about the books that made it sound really bad, so I didn't think it was for me, but on the flip side, before I heard that stuff, the premise sounded kind of interesting.
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less laughter posted:It's brilliant and absolutely brutal Cool, I'll start it when I finish Terriers. edit: Then I can be a giant snob about it to people who watch GoT. I think my roommates are going to watch both GoT and Sons of Anarchy, so I will be able to feel secure in my snobbery while I watch Outlander, Deadwood, and the Wire. edit: v yeah that would be the gist of what I heard about it.
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less laughter posted:It's brilliant and absolutely brutal I thought it was based on some time travelling harlequin romance novels?
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zoux posted:I thought it was based on some time travelling harlequin romance novels? Yes, it is.
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zoux posted:I thought it was based on some time travelling harlequin romance novels? It's actually a hardcore deconstruction of that, very similar to GoT in that sense since that does the same for its own subgenre (and also in terms of production values, plotting, brutal violence and gorgeous cinematography).
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Hm maybe I should check it out, I thought it was 50 Shades But In Braveheart.
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Just to illustrate (big spoiler): The main antagonist, who is like a more mature and less cartoonish version of Ramsay Snow, methodically, almost surgically rapes the male lead (who he is in love with, it's actually a surprisingly carefully built up and explored, character-rooted plotline) in probably the longest and most graphic psychosexual male rape scene ever shown on television. This show does not kid around, it's has a lot of era-realistic violence and terror so the oversensitive snowflakes ITT who complained they were "triggered" by Jessica Jones and such should probably steer clear.
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Isn't the show about a time-traveling nurse?
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Mu Zeta posted:Isn't the show about a time-traveling nurse? Just like Game of Thrones is ostensibly about bickering princes and princesses.
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zoux posted:I look forward to contrarian goons crowning it as far, far better than GoT ever was. ASoIaF had 3 really good books, then a lovely half book that took 11 years to come out, then another lovely quarter of a book and Gurm is too busy shoveling lemoncakes up his rear end in Ireland to write the next one. Shananara I barely made it through 1 book and the first maybe 50 pages of the next. And I read all of The Sword of Truth (much of it hate-reading) so this should give you a good idea of how bland the source material this show will be drawing from is. That said, fantasy show, I'm fuckin' in.
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There was BBC/Starz show called The White Queen that was basically the cheesy version of Game of Thrones. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N98ojUqInk
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zoux posted:drat, I hope I'm a Bad enough Dude to watch Outlander. I was just poking a bit of fun at certain goons who posted a while ago that stuff like Shameless and Jessica Jones was too much for them to handle. Which is maybe an expected reaction from an 11-year-old to filmed, entirely fictional entertainment but not really from a grown adult. Watching the graphic episode I described above would probably "trigger" them into a coma.
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I would absolutely caution a sexual assault survivor about the content of JJ, that poo poo is legit triggering in the PTSD sense.
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GreenNight posted:We need a Z-Nation version of GoT. Someone call The Asylum.
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Not to mention practically every media outlet at the time cautioned viewers about that specific Outlander episode, considering it IS so detailed. They say it for the distrubing rape scenes on GoT too. Triggering isn't just an attention-grabbing title the way you seem to think it is. I mean, it's just tv, but if it's well done, it's realistic and eerie.
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less laughter posted:I was just poking a bit of fun at certain goons who posted a while ago that stuff like Shameless and Jessica Jones was too much for them to handle. Which is maybe an expected reaction from an 11-year-old to filmed, entirely fictional entertainment but not really from a grown adult. Watching the graphic episode I described above would probably "trigger" them into a coma. Yeah nothing screams grown adult like making fun of people for reacting strongly to stories about rape. Idiot.
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BSam posted:Pacific Rim is a perfect film. Pan's Labyrinth also is legit perfect.
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VDay posted:Yeah nothing screams grown adult like making fun of people for reacting strongly to stories about rape. Thanks for your mature response.
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SpiderHyphenMan posted:Season 1 of Elementary was great, though??? I mean the pilot was kinda weak (i still hate that baseball scene,) but beyond that you had a loving amazing development of Sherlock and Watson's relationship. MEN SHOULD ALL BE MURDERED like drat lady just get a divorce
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SHUPS 4 DETH posted:Pan's Labyrinth also is legit perfect. Crimson Peak was also surprisingly decent last year, though maybe that was partially because I went in with absolutely no expectations.
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In retrospect I think Pacific Rim is terrible Crimson Peak should have been like a hour-long Outer Limits special.
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I know this isn't about TV at all, but Giant Bomb just shared this trailer for Pac-Man on iPad and it's sheer magic. http://www.giantbomb.com/videos/want-to-play-pac-man-with-a-thing-on-your-arm-no/2300-10930/
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