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Longbaugh01 posted:I was a fan of season one of The Leftovers and then became an even bigger fan with the second season, but all for naught as it was riding the line of cancellation and HBO dropped the hammer... I wish the Knick had the same chance.
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IRQ posted:It isn't HBO anymore? No, Starz.
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I loving hate Damon Lindelof but The Leftovers season 2 is one of the best things I've seen with my eyeballs.
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less laughter posted:Likely mandated by HBO when it was still going to be on their network. It's what they do. Doubtful, the novel has many scenes (a couple of which are sex scenes) which have nothing to do with the "actual plot". It'd surprise me more if they cut them out.
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Yeah, the book has a ton of weird stuff in it for the purpose of creating a weird atmosphere. And its filled with random chapters that don't connect at all but are meant to give you better understanding of the crazy world of the book, but you can't make them fit without massive rewrites. The best solution would probably be to just use those chapters/scenes as cold opens to each episode or something. But the pilot is a different beast. And yeah, some of those weird things are sex scenes.
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Mu Zeta posted:I loving hate Damon Lindelof but The Leftovers season 2 is one of the best things I've seen with my eyeballs. I'm glad you're able to look past the Lindelof Factor and just appreciate and take a chance on the work itself. Wish more people would.
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Carlton Cuse's voice creeps me out. I cant stand the first 2 seconds of Colony or Bates Motel it's just his dumb grainy ugly sounding voice saying "pruvusly un culunuyyyyy" I've never had such a visceral reaction to a voice before.
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less laughter posted:Likely mandated by HBO when it was still going to be on their network. It's what they do. It's not like Starz is known for their subdued approach to sexuality in their shows.
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bring back old gbs posted:Carlton Cuse's voice creeps me out. I cant stand the first 2 seconds of Colony or Bates Motel it's just his dumb grainy ugly sounding voice saying "pruvusly un culunuyyyyy" I think his voice works perfectly for Bates Motel actually, but I could see where it might annoy some.
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precision posted:I think his voice works perfectly for Bates Motel actually, but I could see where it might annoy some. The first time it really jumped out at me was when he pulled over Rhianna (he cameo'd as the highway patrol guy) and I realized it wasn't modulated, or some voice actor guy. He just sounds that gravelley.
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Steve Yun posted:Hmm, good to know. Can you say that the random side vignettes ever revealed anything important about the characters that illuminated their behavior in the main storyline? Aside from one or two, they have nothing to do with the main storyline, and don't even take place in the same time period for the most part. They are interesting side stories in their own, but I'm not sure how they would work into a TV medium.
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So does 13 Reasons Why improve, or does the pilot pretty much give you what you can expect?
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Escobarbarian posted:So does 13 Reasons Why improve, or does the pilot pretty much give you what you can expect? How far in are you? I'd say the first 2-3 are mediocre but after that it picks up quite a bit. To me it was gut punching, and really tough to watch - and I mean that as a compliment
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Had only finished the first one. I'm not uninterested, but it seemed like it could end up being super typical teen drama-y (and the central concept is a bit too ridiculous for me). Will carry on with it, though.
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The first episode is the worst offender of the over the top teen drama, it is slightly toned down in the second and by the third episode it is mostly an afterthought.
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Escobarbarian posted:Had only finished the first one. I'm not uninterested, but it seemed like it could end up being super typical teen drama-y (and the central concept is a bit too ridiculous for me). Will carry on with it, though. As I explained in the thread I'm pretty sure the first episode is written the way it is because the show wants you to feel Hannah's issues snowball in the same way she does. As you go on further in the story it starts to feel pretty significantly different.
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Need a new show while I take a break from Banshee. Should I start up Veep or The Leftovers?
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One Punch Man.
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So I'm half watching NCIS since it was on after Jeopardy. Why is Fez on the show now, and why did they replace the black guy with another black guy with the same haircut but with a british accent?
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So Homeland was actually pretty good this season. It wasn't a return to season 1-2 quality but it was pretty solid. Anyone who enjoyed the show early on but has been bored with more recent seasons should give a look.
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Hughmoris posted:Need a new show while I take a break from Banshee. Should I start up Veep or The Leftovers? That's a pretty wide gap between shows but Veep is great and would probably serve as a very good palette cleanser between Banshee and another long run series.
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The Mick had too many great moments to count tonight.
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Scrubs is leaving Netflix on May 2. 
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STAC Goat posted:That's a pretty wide gap between shows but Veep is great and would probably serve as a very good palette cleanser between Banshee and another long run series. Yeah that's what I was thinking. Watched the first few episodes, I'm enjoying it. The pacing and wit are great, the episodes feel like a sprint Hughmoris fucked around with this message at 04:30 on Apr 12, 2017 |
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Timby posted:Scrubs is leaving Netflix on May 2. I'm glad I binged that last year.
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I don't understand why Bob's Burgers had three seasons taken away from Netflix, leaving only Season 1 and 2. Like, why tease like that?
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TV Zombie posted:I don't understand why Bob's Burgers had three seasons taken away from Netflix, leaving only Season 1 and 2. Like, why tease like that? Batman: Brave and the Bold only had seasons 2 and 3 up last year, and now it's just season 3.
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Lurdiak posted:Batman: Brave and the Bold only had seasons 2 and 3 up last year, and now it's just season 3. Are you outside the US? They used to have season 1 and 2, never had 3 (as far as I know). I never got the resolution to the Starro two-parter... In other news, anybody else watch Hap and Leonard? Season 1 on Netflix, season 2 airing now in Sundance (but you can get it via AMC day after it airs). It's great, Michael K. Williams steals the show, and I don't think any show has ever made me go consistently so 'oh goddrat!' every time there's a twist that sets the direction of the next episode. My boyfriend is probably sick of me raving about every single ep.
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Not seen any of Hap and Leonard but planning on binging it once the second season is all out. Which reminds me, now Imposters season 1 is done I'll be checking that out soon. People liked it, right?
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Can someone tell me what superhero shows air this week? I know Agents of Shield, but are there any others?
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LadyPictureShow posted:Are you outside the US? They used to have season 1 and 2, never had 3 (as far as I know). I never got the resolution to the Starro two-parter... Yeah I'm in Canada. I think you got the better end of the deal because I didn't get to rewatch Menace of the Music Meister, the best episode.
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TV Zombie posted:I don't understand why Bob's Burgers had three seasons taken away from Netflix, leaving only Season 1 and 2. Like, why tease like that? Fox is taking away a lot of things- presumably they're gonna start their own streaming service
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BSam posted:Can someone tell me what superhero shows air this week? Nothing except Powerless on the 13th. Legion's done for the season, so's Legends of Tomorrow, and Gotham, Flash, Supergirl, and Arrow don't come back until next week. If you're talking comic books, iZombie came back on last week, so there's two episodes out now.
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BSam posted:Holy poo poo powerless is still going? This is what I say every time the DVR records a new one, yeah
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Anybody make a Fargo thread yet? Season 3 starts next week.
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Zaggitz posted:Anybody make a Fargo thread yet? Season 3 starts next week. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3816401
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raditts posted:So I'm half watching NCIS since it was on after Jeopardy. I stopped watching after Tony left, sounds like I may have made the right call. Escobarbarian posted:Had only finished the first one. I'm not uninterested, but it seemed like it could end up being super typical teen drama-y (and the central concept is a bit too ridiculous for me). Will carry on with it, though. That's about how I felt. It seems like it could get good but if it remains as silly as episode one I just don't know. The whole tapes thing is just dumb.
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Escobarbarian posted:Not seen any of Hap and Leonard but planning on binging it once the second season is all out. Imposters is a weird and fantastic show that gave me tonal whiplash in a good way, many times. That said, I just now realized I barely remember anything that happened in it, despite watching it just a couple weeks ago.  e: oh right, now I remember. Lenny Cohen, heh.
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