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Did anyone watch Forever? That's a medical procedural where the protagonist is an immortal who's been around for hundreds of years, right? Is is any good?
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Snak posted:Did anyone watch Forever? That's a medical procedural where the protagonist is an immortal who's been around for hundreds of years, right? Is is any good?
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Mar 30, 2017 20:50
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I really liked Forever. It's not really a medical procedural, it's more a mystery / crime procedural where the immortal is an M.E. So basically it's like iZombie except with an immortal in New York City instead of a zombie in the pacific northwest. Now that I think about it, a lot of the story beats are similar. It got killed off after one season but it ends at a point that serves well enough as a series finale.Snak posted:There was also frequency, which was last year, I think. Frequency was technically last year but it was in the fall season, it was only like 12 or 13 episodes so it finished up in the fall.
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Mar 30, 2017 20:51
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raditts posted:Frequency was technically last year but it was in the fall season, it was only like 12 or 13 episodes so it finished up in the fall. The last four episodes aired this January.
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Mar 30, 2017 20:54
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raditts posted:I had no idea it had even premiered until I read that it was cancelled. It really had one of the softest launches I can remember. I don't think I remember it even being announced until during the Oscars or something like that. Guessing ABC knew it had a turkey on its hands.
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Mar 30, 2017 20:57
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Isn't Forever like 20 years old? I saw a commercial for it the other day too, which is odd. I think CW is promoting it being on CW Seed? edit: Forever is only 3 years old? What the gently caress am I thinking of? edit2: Forever Knight. I was thinking of Forever Knight. Thus concludes this utterly pointless post.
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Mar 30, 2017 20:57
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Mar 30, 2017 20:59
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There's also New Amsterdam which starred Jamie Lannister. He played a dude that was 400 years old.
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Mar 30, 2017 21:18
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Mu Zeta posted:There's also New Amsterdam which starred Jamie Lannister. He played a dude that was 400 years old.
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Mar 30, 2017 21:30
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whowhatwhere posted:In terms of whether people's lives get better (10) or worse (1)? Yeah, I think we are Oh, that's OK then. I was confused because he was asking for a scale of 1-10 for how screwed he is
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Mar 31, 2017 00:13
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IRQ posted:And those are the two I knew about, though I skipped Legends of Tomorrow because I'm kind of fatigued with the comic book remake genre. The second season of LoT has been a lot of fun.
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Mar 31, 2017 00:31
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Legends S2 has been fun because they've leaned in on their flaws but if he/she's not into the comic shows its still very much one of those. People who really hate Arrow/Flash right now just really like Legends because its got a bunch of villains making GBS threads on the heroes constantly. Its basically being written for the critical fanbase.
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Mar 31, 2017 00:42
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I feel like I'm being baited here, because I have trouble believing season 2 of Legends could be not-poo poo after the festering garbage pile that was the first season.
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Mar 31, 2017 00:46
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raditts posted:I feel like I'm being baited here, because I have trouble believing season 2 of Legends could be not-poo poo after the festering garbage pile that was the first season. It's BECAUSE season 1 was terrible that season 2 is so fun. They legitimately took the criticisms and said "gently caress it, let's just have fun"
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Mar 31, 2017 00:49
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Like I said, I think the big difference between Legends S1 and S2 is this. Season 1 has 1 villain and 9 heroes. Season 2 has 6 villains and 8 heroes. Its a dramatic tonal shift and people who hate the melodrama or "stupidity" of heroes are loving the fact that the villains have spent all season clowning on them. Plus in general the show has really sort of acknowledged a ton of its flaws and stupidity and just lampshades them or leans in on them left and right. S2 takes itself a lot less seriously and has more fun with (a) time travel antics and (b) the fact that the Legends are a group of misfits and fuckups. And the Hawks are gone.
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Mar 31, 2017 00:52
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raditts posted:I feel like I'm being baited here, because I have trouble believing season 2 of Legends could be not-poo poo after the festering garbage pile that was the first season. This week's episode had Snart blasting Eobard Thawne in the middle of a rant while yelling "Bored now!" and Nate and Damien Dahrk almost high fiving before remembering that they're enemies.
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Mar 31, 2017 00:52
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raditts posted:I feel like I'm being baited here, because I have trouble believing season 2 of Legends could be not-poo poo after the festering garbage pile that was the first season. From what I've read it's still poo poo, just they decided to go so far in on the things that made it poo poo that some people like it for how bad it is now.
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Mar 31, 2017 00:53
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Yeah, they basically embrace being a cheesy bad show, and have cast both willing and able to get in scenery-chewing competitions. I'm surprised the bad guys can find time to get anything done in between smug staring competitions. E: I mean, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOGJ81faAV8 is a thing that actually aired. Tells you what you're in for pretty well. Bruceski fucked around with this message at 01:14 on Mar 31, 2017 |
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Mar 31, 2017 01:10
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Bruceski posted:Yeah, they basically embrace being a cheesy bad show, and have cast both willing and able to get in scenery-chewing competitions. I'm surprised the bad guys can find time to get anything done in between smug staring competitions. Okay show, you got me, I can't stay mad at you.
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Mar 31, 2017 01:20
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Like, Rip Hunter goes from being a melodramatic guy fighting against fate to save his to a guy who has a forbidden love with his space ship and really loves to bake cakes.
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Mar 31, 2017 01:25
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So if I want to watch one of the 55 time travel shows on now, which one should it be? My head says 12 Monkeys, but my heart says Timeless. I'm aware that Timeless is cheesy and corny, but maybe that's what I'm looking for? And it has Shawn Ryan and that Kripke guy, can it really be that bad? Or is there something else I should try? Keep in mind I've already watched Travelers.
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Mar 31, 2017 02:31
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12 Monkeys man.
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Mar 31, 2017 02:33
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12 Monkeys has some really good concepts, but it's a slooow start. I would recommend it, but if you aren't digging if after a few episodes, it doesn't get better until the very end of the first season. I tried to get my roommate into it, and rewatching the first season was rough, and they never got into it. So 
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Mar 31, 2017 02:36
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12 Monkeys. Timeless is the bad kind of cheese.
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Mar 31, 2017 03:01
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I'm slowly making my way through Fresh Off the Boat and I would just like to mention how much of a joy it is to watch Constance Wu. She's amazing (and gorgeous to boot)
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Mar 31, 2017 03:04
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Looten Plunder posted:I'm slowly making my way through Fresh Off the Boat and I would just like to mention how much of a joy it is to watch Constance Wu. She's amazing (and gorgeous to boot) Only the third season is up on Hulu but I agree, it's a really funny show with an extremely solid cast all around. Ray Wise is such a great comic actor.
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Mar 31, 2017 03:22
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IRQ posted:I guess I'm so peak-TVed that a lot of these are just flying completely under my radar. Timeless, Time after Time, Legends of Tomorrow, 12 Monkeys, Making History. And quite recently we had Continuum. Plus the mainstay of Doctor Who. I read some rumors that a Time Tunnel remake was in the works but that may have ended up being Timeless.
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Mar 31, 2017 03:47
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X-O posted:12 Monkeys. Timeless is the bad kind of cheese.
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Mar 31, 2017 04:41
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SLOSifl posted:If they called it "A Dozen Monkeys" or "Monkeys by the Dozen: Banana Investigation Squad" I would watch it. Still not sure how time travel factors in so I should probably check it out before I publish my fanfic. You haven't seen the movie I take it?
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Mar 31, 2017 05:03
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I've only seen Season 1 but 12 Monkeys is the one to watch, for sure. Season 1 is great and I just haven't been able to get my hands on (so to speak) Season 2. Also, someday I'm going to rewatch the movie for the third or fourth time and see if I understand it this time. I watched the first episode of Timeless and absolutely hated it. I more or less enjoy Legends of Tomorrow but its not really worth it unless you're locking for something kind of silly or into the whole DC-verse. Making History is an ok little comedy but its nothing special. Its a weird enough premise to maybe check out. Basically, a stupid college janitor finds a time machine and uses it to get a girlfriend in Colonial times but recruits a history professor when he accidently stops the Revolutionary War. Its dumb and not especially good, but ok enough and weird enough that I keep watching.
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Mar 31, 2017 05:12
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I liked s1 of 12 Monkeys the first time I watched it, but I may have beem drinking. On a rewatch, it was pretty weak. If it can get its hooks in your brain and get you into the ideas, thinking the premis is interesting, yeha, its great. But the actual plots and the characters are pretty meh. This all kind of picks up by the end if the season and then s2 does a lot of much cooler stuff with the characters. It's kind of like The Expanse in that sense. If you're a time travel junkie, you're gonna love 12 Monkeys.
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Mar 31, 2017 05:20
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Hulu has another original coming next week. https://youtu.be/JkS9wjqIsYA Dimension 404. It looks to be a campy version of Black Mirror? I'm intrigued enough to check it out.
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Mar 31, 2017 06:12
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Snak posted:I liked s1 of 12 Monkeys the first time I watched it, but I may have beem drinking. On a rewatch, it was pretty weak. If it can get its hooks in your brain and get you into the ideas, thinking the premis is interesting, yeha, its great. But the actual plots and the characters are pretty meh. This all kind of picks up by the end if the season and then s2 does a lot of much cooler stuff with the characters. The second season is a large improvement on the first -- though for a time travel show, it's surprisingly willing to throw logic completely under the bus. It's mostly anchored in character continuity rather than continuity of plot, so that doesn't matter so much. Occasionally you have to really suspend your disbelief though. On the other hand, the second season has a really good ongoing threat, and the show has some great visual ideas. Some of the supporting characters are pretty good (Jennifer, Jones, Deacon) while most of the leads eventually get to interesting places in the narrative. And the future-set episodes are generally really good. If you're looking for a time travel show to watch, I'd argue that Continuum is the far better show, though. It had really strong characterisation, great fight choreography, and a really satisfying finale. But I think the show's main strength is how it deliberately sneaks up on the viewer; the first few episodes suggest a very different show from what the show's actually interested in, and a lot of the fun is watching the show tilt from "are they really doing this?" to "my god, they're actually doing this!"
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Mar 31, 2017 06:20
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I've watched most of continuum. It's got some good parts, but I pretty much hate every character on the show. Travelers was a pretty decent recent one.
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Mar 31, 2017 06:24
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It has that one black actor that's in every canadian show ever. I like him.
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Mar 31, 2017 07:58
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Mu Zeta posted:It has that one black actor that's in every canadian show ever. I like him. Oh you've just Cross'ed the wrong king of Canadian sci-fi.
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Mar 31, 2017 08:01
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Snak posted:Did anyone watch Forever? That's a medical procedural where the protagonist is an immortal who's been around for hundreds of years, right? Is is any good? Man, you reminded me of Witch Doctor, the comic that's a medical procedural about ghosts and monsters being treated like supernatural "illnesses". That thing started sucking out loud once they dropped the doctor gimmick.
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Mar 31, 2017 08:20
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Couple pages ago, but LOL at you couple of guys who thought some surviving 2007 tv's are representative of "modern technology". I own some stuff from back then too, I think maybe my bedroom tv's and probably my computer monitors, but they are not modern technology. Just because it's still alive does not make it modern.
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Mar 31, 2017 08:22
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MiddleOne posted:Oh you've just Cross'ed the wrong king of Canadian sci-fi. But that who he's talking about... (Also, I recently found that he's Ulysses from New Vegas)
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Mar 31, 2017 08:34
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As much as I love Review I don't think it stuck the ending at all. I enjoyed the first two episodes of this season quite a bit but if this last episode was the best ending they could come up with they should have ended it last season. It was flat and completely anti climactic. I understand what they were going for but it just didn't land at all. And no, I didn't want a happy ending or anything, I think that would have felt unearned after all the poo poo Forest has done. But the ending we got was just a big nothing. X-O fucked around with this message at 10:05 on Mar 31, 2017 |
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