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Erebus posted:They also cancelled One Mississippi. This is apparently part of a larger move, championed by Jeff Bezos himself, to move toward bigger shows with more mainstream appeal. So look forward to that $250 million Lord of the Rings series they're making. Yeah, Bezos is on record as saying they want to find the next Game of Thrones: Basically the next watercooler show. As a result, it's been an utter bloodbath over there. Some of the shows they axed, like Z: The Beginning of Everything, were utterly dire, but they've also been killing some good stuff like Good Girls Revolt and The Last Tycoon. I'm actually amazed that The Tick got a second season.
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JCVJ just came out too, seems like they're not even giving it a chance.
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Amazon in general has consistently higher quality originals than netflix. I’m burning through Marvelous Mrs Maisel right now and it’s pretty good
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A MIRACLE posted:Amazon in general has consistently higher quality originals than netflix. I’m burning through Marvelous Mrs Maisel right now and it’s pretty good This show was incredible.
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Erebus posted:They also cancelled One Mississippi. This is apparently part of a larger move, championed by Jeff Bezos himself, to move toward bigger shows with more mainstream appeal. So look forward to that $250 million Lord of the Rings series they're making. Yeah, that was a pretty bad article at Vulture. Sure, Bezos is looking for more mainstream things. But they have a lot of other small shows that have not been canceled. The problem with I Love Dick and One Mississippi was that they weren't good. They gave One Mississippi one more season than it probably deserved, probably just because out of respect to Tig Notaro and it had an incredibly small budget. Season 2 failed to attract any attention, so there it goes on the chopping block. Yeah, they're streaming, but people still need to watch them, otherwise why would they keep pumping money into things that aren't making them any money?
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One Mississippi is pretty good but it's definitely the weakest of the Amazon shows I've watched (and I think I've watched most of them, I have not watched and likely won't watch I Love Dick)
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hemale in pain posted:It could totally work if they made it super chill. I'd be seriously up for some quaint little hobbit adventure with them smoking pot and doing some minor adventuring. You sold me. I really want a low-stakes adventure of the week. Sadly you're right though.
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precision posted:JCVJ just came out too, seems like they're not even giving it a chance. It looked expensive to make, and they probably have an idea by now whether the viewership is going to justify making more. Or maybe it's something else altogether, who knows.
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Jan 20, 2018 03:14
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Make a Fafhrd and The Grey Mouser series dammit
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Shoombo posted:Make a Fafhrd and The Grey Mouser series dammit Clearly The Rock or Dave Bautista would be Fafhrd and Oscar Isaac for GM
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Nihonniboku posted:Yeah, that was a pretty bad article at Vulture. Sure, Bezos is looking for more mainstream things. But they have a lot of other small shows that have not been canceled. The problem with I Love Dick and One Mississippi was that they weren't good. They gave One Mississippi one more season than it probably deserved, probably just because out of respect to Tig Notaro and it had an incredibly small budget. Season 2 failed to attract any attention, so there it goes on the chopping block. I thought season 1 of One Mississippi was really great, but I can't imagine what S2 would even be about.
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Drunk Tomato posted:I thought season 1 of One Mississippi was really great, but I can't imagine what S2 would even be about. I got everything they were trying to do with season 1. I just didn't feel like it ever landed well. Everything seemed to fall just short of the mark.
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HBO Go has a really mind boggling documentary called ‘There’s Something Wrong With Aunt Diane’. Long story short in 2009 a woman named Diane Schuler was driving in the wrong direction, crashed her car head-on into an SUV and eight people were killed: her, her daughter, three nieces, and all three men in the SUV. She had a BAC of .19 and a high level of THC in her system, and they found a smashed vodka bottle near her seat. The husband and sister-in-law seemed absolutely nuts. They’re pretty adamant that she didn’t drink or do drugs and there was no way Diane would drink and drive with the kids in the car. Experts think she was trying to self-medicate for a tooth abscess. Though the biggest WTF moment is they showed photos of her dead body
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Anybody watch The Polka King on Netflix starring Jack Black, Jason Schwartzman, and Jenny Slate?
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Nihonniboku posted:Anybody watch The Polka King on Netflix starring Jack Black, Jason Schwartzman, and Jenny Slate? Yeah, it was pretty good. There's an accompanying documentary about the real guy on there as well.
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LadyPictureShow posted:HBO Go has a really mind boggling documentary called ‘There’s Something Wrong With Aunt Diane’. One of the best documentaries ever.
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My issue with JCVJ being canceled isn't that the show is going away, though I did think it was pretty good. Rather, I think it sucks because Van Damme really did well in that washed-up, bumbling caricature. I hope he's able to parlay his turn on the show into more TV/film roles.
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C2C - 2.0 posted:My issue with JCVJ being canceled isn't that the show is going away, though I did think it was pretty good. Rather, I think it sucks because Van Damme really did well in that washed-up, bumbling caricature. JCVD is really good at knocking himself down a peg. Go watch JCVD (the movie) if you haven’t.
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Just wanna reiterate how funny future man is.
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The premise and the whole look of the first episode of Future Man makes it seem like cheap nerdbait crap. The show is really funny though. It's not "nerdy gamer becomes superhero" but instead "clumsy time travelers gently caress up the universe repeatedly"
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The first episode is definitely the worst and most nerd-baity
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I geeked out on the first episode because they used world 8 on Vermont Ave for the video game store
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Nihonniboku posted:Anybody watch The Polka King on Netflix starring Jack Black, Jason Schwartzman, and Jenny Slate? Yeah, it's really good, I just watched it a second time last night because my wife wasn't home the first time. Just a solid, decent B+ movie and Jenny Slate is absolutely dead-on (watch the documentary; while Jack Black kinda looks nothing like the real guy - real guy is thin and very handsome - Slate looked almost exactly like her).
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C2C - 2.0 posted:I really liked JCVJ I'm watching it right now -- just finishing up episode five as we speak -- and it's really great. Shame it got cancelled.
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CheesyDog posted:The first episode is definitely the worst and most nerd-baity Hrmm. So I should give it a second chance? Because the first episode was really, really bad. precision posted:Yeah, it's really good, I just watched it a second time last night because my wife wasn't home the first time. Just a solid, decent B+ movie and Jenny Slate is absolutely dead-on (watch the documentary; while Jack Black kinda looks nothing like the real guy - real guy is thin and very handsome - Slate looked almost exactly like her). I do love Jenny Slate!
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I saw The Polka King too, and I thought it was just alright. I’m not a huge Jack Black fan though, outside of a few things. I do agree that Jenny Slate was great though, she was my favorite part.
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Nihonniboku posted:Hrmm. So I should give it a second chance? Because the first episode was really, really bad. It improves steadily but it never gets completely away from moments of nerdbait. Everyone seems to "get" their characters after a few episodes and helps smooth out some weak moments/forced jokes. The herpes joke never gets funnier though.
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What food oriented shows on Netflix do y'all like? My wife recently got me hooked on The Great British Baking Show. I've seen a few of Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown which I loved and none of Alton Brown's stuff. I know there are several documentaries to choose from as well.
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You should watch Chef's Table. It's the porniest food porn I've ever seen other than maybe NBC's Hannibal
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pahuyuth posted:What food oriented shows on Netflix do y'all like? My wife recently got me hooked on The Great British Baking Show. I've seen a few of Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown which I loved and none of Alton Brown's stuff. I know there are several documentaries to choose from as well. Someone Feed Phil is a fun one on Netflix. He’s just so goddamn excited to be eating everything. Plus he FaceTimes with his parents and explains mangosteens and lychees and stuff to them. There’s another British show called like ‘Family Cooking Challenge’ or something along those lines and it’s in the same vein as GBBS. And if you have Hulu there’s a few seasons of Chopped, Cutthroat Kitchen, and Worst Cooks in America if those kinda shows are your jam.
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LadyPictureShow posted:And if you have Hulu there’s a few seasons of Chopped, Cutthroat Kitchen, and Worst Cooks in America if those kinda shows are your jam. All those, especially Cutthroat, are so freakin' good. I just wish they had a better editor but I guess the terrible "confessional" edits are appealing to the usual Food Network watcher.
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precision posted:All those, especially Cutthroat, are so freakin' good. I just wish they had a better editor but I guess the terrible "confessional" edits are appealing to the usual Food Network watcher. I really like to put them on when I’m doing housework or just want a little background noise because you don’t have to pay too much attention. Guy’s Grocery Games is a guilty pleasure of mine. Cutthroat is always great when those ding dongs freak out and bid $15,000 in the first round.
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I wish Good Eats was available somewhere.
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The whole thing was on Netflix forever. I'm mad they got rid of it.
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A Proper Uppercut posted:I wish Good Eats was available somewhere. Used to be on Youtube with Alton Brown's unofficial blessing ala Joel Hodgson and MST3K.
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I'm a huge fan of Chef's Table and am still bummed there's not a new season even announced yet. I'm a huge ramen guy and the Ivan Orkin episode is great. Got to attend a pop up night of his in Boston about a year ago. I found the channel Munchies on YouTube which is made by Vice. There's some good poo poo on there like "Chef's Night Out" where chefs get hammered and go out to their favorite restaurants. Also every cooking episode with Matty Matheson is pure gold. Off topic but the Godzilla anime is atrociously boring.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Used to be on Youtube with Alton Brown's unofficial blessing ala Joel Hodgson and MST3K. It's because he's making new episodes with Food Network so they'll obviously have to sell it off to the best buyer now.
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veni veni veni posted:The whole thing was on Netflix forever. I'm mad they got rid of it. When I saw it a while ago, it was just a handful of random episodes in no particular order.
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This is only tangentially related to food tv chat, but I can recommend the first we feast hot ones series on youtube. I think the interviewer is punching above his weight class and has a bright future. The format is surprisingly engaging. I'm torn between saying start with Russell Brand or build up to it. Let's split the difference and go with watch 1 or 2 to see if you like it, then watch the Russell Brand episode.
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