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I don't know why this has to continuously be repeated, but if you want to make a fantasy show or movie, you absolutely need an IP to base it on to sell it. You can't just "make a new fantasy IP" for your tv show. But producers don't care if you change everything about an existing IP when you "adapt" it.
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X-O posted:Well today is still a Friday therefore there is still work. Unfortunately my job doesn’t have designated bingewatching breaks. Shoulda called in sick 
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Rarity posted:Shoulda called in sick This but every day.
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Oct 27, 2017 17:48
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I'm so glad that a non-trivial amount of my job boils down to "watching things on Netflix". Though I'm off today, so it's been an uninterrupted stranger things binge. It took me a bit to get into S1, but this season I'm already super invested from the start.
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Oct 27, 2017 18:01
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Wheat Loaf posted:Just saw that Olivia Colman to take over as QE2 in The Crown next. Not unexpected seeing as she is in everything. And just to be clear, she's taking over the role in season 3. I'm sure she'll be fine but I'm tired of dramas about the queen.
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Oct 27, 2017 20:06
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Mu Zeta posted:And just to be clear, she's taking over the role in season 3. I'm sure she'll be fine but I'm tired of dramas about the queen. My mom isn't.
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Oct 27, 2017 20:10
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My dream is that by the time they get to Diana's death (which is where they want to end the show, I think) he just casts Helen Mirren as Elizabeth II again and remakes The Queen.
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nate fisher posted:I am already 200GB over the 1TB Comcast data cap. Streaming 4K + using PS Vue for everything else racks up the data. So I have to hold off on Stranger Things until the first of the month. Right now I am only watching one episode of a show a night (Mr. Robot last night, Mindhunter the night before). It sucks, but I am reading more at night now. You can go over twice for free in a twelve month period. I tend to plan for it rather than go over by a little, and go over by terabytes. Mu Zeta posted:Super 8 and ET Super 8 was such a great little movie, it's weird it seems to have fallen into a void and doesn't really get much mention these days.
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nate fisher posted:It looks like I am going to have to leave PS Vue for the new Comcast instant streaming service (it doesn't count against your cap), but at this time it doesn't have an AppleTV app. That or I could get WOW internet with no datacaps. I just don't trust WOW. They can't enforce the data cap where I am, but what's this new streaming service?
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Snak posted:I don't know why this has to continuously be repeated, but if you want to make a fantasy show or movie, you absolutely need an IP to base it on to sell it. Well, except Lin-Manuel Miranda is a big fan of books, which makes sense as it is a fantasy series about a main character who spends a lot of time either performing music or talking about music.
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IRQ posted:They can't enforce the data cap where I am, but what's this new streaming service? https://www.xfinity.com/support/cable-tv/xfinity-instant-tv-faqs/ First month free (unsure up to what), and you can add on channels + 20 hour DVR. That said only works with Roku right now, and it is not available everywhere yet. Also you have to have Comcast internet. I am in Knoxville, TN, and they sent me email earlier this month trying to get me to try it (I left cable for Vue back in the spring). I only have AppleTVs, so the Roku only thing was a no go. That said once they release an AppleTV app I plan to give it a spin.
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Oct 27, 2017 22:57
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This came up in another thread but the Taken series got renewed for a second season earlier this year and part of that announcement was that they were firing EVERYONE but the lead and Jennifer Beals.
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Oct 27, 2017 23:49
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JBeals is a loving baller. Is that show worth picking up for her?
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Not sure if anyone is still watching Once Upon a Time but the new Cinderella is the loving worst. All she does is make bad decisions and I wish she'd be killed off ASAP. Her kid is even more annoying and obnoxious.
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GreenNight posted:Not sure if anyone is still watching Once Upon a Time but the new Cinderella is the loving worst. All she does is make bad decisions and I wish she'd be killed off ASAP. Her kid is even more annoying and obnoxious.
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I don't know if it's the writing or her or both but she is completely terrible.
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The Orville is absolutely killing it for "comfort TNG style show"
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GreenNight posted:Not sure if anyone is still watching Once Upon a Time but the new Cinderella is the loving worst. All she does is make bad decisions and I wish she'd be killed off ASAP. Her kid is even more annoying and obnoxious. I've watched the whole series to this point but this new season lost me after a couple of episodes. Kind of sad, given what a completionist I usually am with TV shows.
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Josh Lyman posted:Dania Ramirez was bad in Heroes too. I can’t think of a single actor or actress that ruins my enjoyment of a TV show more than her. She somehow made Entourage worse. Like, goddam. [Edit: I can’t actually blame Buffy season 7 on her but she was in it so I’m going to anyway] asecondduck fucked around with this message at 03:50 on Oct 28, 2017 |
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lelandjs posted:I can’t think of a single actor or actress that ruins my enjoyment of a TV show more than her. She somehow made Entourage worse. Like, goddam. So now are you gonna say that X-Men 3 was a bad movie? She was in that and it was a work of art!
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lelandjs posted:I can’t think of a single actor or actress that ruins my enjoyment of a TV show more than her. She somehow made Entourage worse. Like, goddam.
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What are the gold standards in stupid action telly at the moment? What's good that does "Picking a stupid concept and running from explosions with it" like a tv version of Face/Off?
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Oct 28, 2017 20:11
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Wheat Loaf posted:What are the gold standards in stupid action telly at the moment? What's good that does "Picking a stupid concept and running from explosions with it" like a tv version of Face/Off? Strike Back
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Wheat Loaf posted:What are the gold standards in stupid action telly at the moment? What's good that does "Picking a stupid concept and running from explosions with it" like a tv version of Face/Off? The Last Ship and Blindspot come to mind Strike Back is also extremely good for this, but that's not currently going (unless the new version has started up already?)
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ShakeZula posted:Strike Back is also extremely good for this, but that's not currently going (unless the new version has started up already?) Tuesday.
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Flatscan posted:Tuesday. Holy poo poo, really? Goddamn. 
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zoux posted:BTW if you liked American Vandal because of its close satire, do not miss Documentary NOW, which is insanely good satire of a number of actual and famous documentaries. Doc Now has some real good episodes, but many of them are too close to the originals to where they just feel like copies with different actors and a few jokes thrown in that aren't that funny. I don't think I ever got all the way through season 2.
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ShakeZula posted:The Last Ship and Blindspot come to mind I've not really seen The Last Ship but I know the premise - it's not exactly what I'm interested in. However, I believe I may have actually asked about Blindspot previously. How would you finish this: "I would like Blindspot if I also liked..."
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Oct 28, 2017 21:44
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Wheat Loaf posted:I've not really seen The Last Ship but I know the premise - it's not exactly what I'm interested in. Arrow, honestly.
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DivisionPost posted:Arrow, honestly. Wheat Loaf posted:I've not really seen The Last Ship but I know the premise - it's not exactly what I'm interested in. 24 action scenes. That and dark Angel. It feels like a solid mix of those two shows. The puzzle poo poo is also great usually.
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Speaking of Blindspot season 3 just started and it's better than ever And if you haven't seen blindspot yet it's like a cross between an ongoing ludicrous mystery/conspiracy plot crossed with a weekly action thriller show. Decent action for a network show too
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Yeah, the action is the real selling point of the show.
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Blindspot seems like a series where "Ogle Jaime Alexander's body, every week; every inch of skin that S&P will allow" was the first thing written on the board during the pitch meeting and they worked backwards from there. When I talk to my parents and Mom says "Well, your Dad is into Blindspot, loves to watch it, but I just couldn't get into it" I'm like "Yyyyyyyep. Hypothesis confirmed."
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There's honestly very little ogling. In fact I'm pretty sure they just make up new tattoos as the plot requires.
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JethroMcB posted:Blindspot seems like a series where "Ogle Jaime Alexander's body, every week; every inch of skin that S&P will allow" was the first thing written on the board during the pitch meeting and they worked backwards from there. orrrr maybe your mom likes different genres than your dad?? Aside from some brief scenes in the pilot it's hardly focused on showing her skin. If it was, showing photos of super close up tattoos on computer screens is a pretty weird way of going about making an "ogle a hot girl" show. Like i said it's pretty much a mystery/action show. Having said that Jaimie Alexander is a very attractive and capable woman and more than reason enough to watch the show
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I remember that show getting trashed in this thread when it first came out. Did it actually get good?
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Eezee posted:I remember that show getting trashed in this thread when it first came out. Did it actually get good? It's a hard chew at first... but it's just like Blacklist, without the James Spader factor.
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Rocksicles posted:It's a hard chew at first... but it's just like Blacklist, without the James Spader factor. I mean literally the only redeeming factor of The Blacklist is James Spader, so that's basically the worst thing you could say about a show.
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Mulva posted:I mean literally the only redeeming factor of The Blacklist is James Spader, so that's basically the worst thing you could say about a show. It's the same type of show... PG intrigue and gunfights F.B.AIIII doing cool stuff with computers and poo poo... ENHANCE! The tattoo poo poo cracks me up. I skipped most of the last season, i'm all in for Rich Dot Com and the Magic tattoo.
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