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After deciding to put a halt on Goliath after the hugely disappointing second season....I decided to start rewatching 'Banshee'. Just as insanely pulpy as I remember it. Hoon Lee as Job is great. Really looking forward to season three of 'Warrior'....too.
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We’re now 4 episodes into Three Pines. Still enjoying it but it’s not perfect. Occasionally the dialogue is a little unnatural — I’d suspect these are taken from the books but I haven’t read them. It’s also a bit unsubtle/preachy at times, which I think is intentionally forcing the audience to confront the atrocities inflicted on first peoples. If you’re used to shows that slip messages in obliquely this is not it. You get full discussion by characters and full emotional reactions by the lead. A friend of my wife watched the first 2 episodes and complained about White Savior problems but I kind of disagree with this because at least so far Molina’s character has failed spectacularly with the ongoing missing persons case and he’s been an obvious audience surrogate doing the hard work to dig into old injustices and react to them.
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Dec 10, 2022 16:39
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Went through series 3 of Stargirl. It's really come of age: the acting and narrative are way more solid than in the first two series and over the course of the episodes it maintains an unassuming, steady pace and quality of "not being poo poo", which, as a superhero show - and a DC superhero show at that - is a remarkable achievement. From that baseline, it actually tips over into "good" at well timed, well thought out moments, so for anyone who's caught the first two series of the show this should prove an entertaining, even satisfactory watch.
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Dec 11, 2022 09:40
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I'm sort of dreading Christmas and it's been raining so I've just gone on this Britcom jag. I'd forgotten how much these shows make me laugh. Random episodes of Peep Show, Him & Her, White Gold, The Inbetweeners, even poo poo like Plebs. Which is a long preamble to saying that Charlotte Richie (amazing) and Lisa Kudrow are in this two season, Channel 4 / Netflix show called Feel Good and it's really lovely and fun. High energy too, particularly once you get to the second episode i got more into the rhythms of the show. Sophie Thompson off Gosford Park does this loving aces turn as this absolutely manic collapse of a woman, total whirling energy and mile a minute mouth, just the kind of incredible character acting that i love from this kind of stuff. Recommended. Might try and finish Scrotal Recall / Love Sick after this, or check out Stath Lets Flats.
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Dec 18, 2022 17:56
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Open Source Idiom posted:Which is a long preamble to saying that Charlotte Richie (amazing) and Lisa Kudrow are in this two season, Channel 4 / Netflix show called Feel Good and it's really lovely and fun. High energy too, particularly once you get to the second episode i got more into the rhythms of the show. Sophie Thompson off Gosford Park does this loving aces turn as this absolutely manic collapse of a woman, total whirling energy and mile a minute mouth, just the kind of incredible character acting that i love from this kind of stuff. Recommended. Feel Good is really goddamn good. There are a plethora of shows where comedians play fictionalized versions of themselves in dramedies, and honestly this one nails it. I'd never heard of Mae Martin before but now I'm a huge fan of theirs. Lisa Kudrow also shines in it and Connie's to confirm that she was the best Friend. I never hear anyone talk about this show so I hope it's at least someone known in England.
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Dec 18, 2022 18:12
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Open Source Idiom posted:I'm sort of dreading Christmas and it's been raining so I've just gone on this Britcom jag. I'd forgotten how much these shows make me laugh. Random episodes of Peep Show, Him & Her, White Gold, The Inbetweeners, even poo poo like Plebs. I've been mulling over making a post about Plebs. I had never heard of it until I saw an article on the BBC that it was not getting a new series so I checked it out. It starts out tolerable - entirely derivative, mind you: there's not a character, concept or storyline that hasn't been copied wholesale from somewhere else - and with serious flaws: caricatures for characters, the historic setting isn't used for poo poo, all the women are gorgeous and all the men are twats, but it has its entertaining moments and serves well enough as background TV. Then as it progresses it loses what little steam it has and after a few cast changes it becomes dogshit. Which is sad, because it feels like it could have been more.
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Dec 18, 2022 18:20
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Feel Good was great. Plebs was extremely not.
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Dec 18, 2022 18:39
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So, the Schad thread pointed out some amusing happenings in History channel's "Alone" series. I've been binge watching it on Hulu for a little bit now, and I'm almost done with season 2. It's a show about 10 people being dropped off, alone, on Vancouver Island. Overall, the show is halfway hilarious because you have people who lose their flints, then someone making fun of the person who lost their flint the previous season then they lose their flint. You have big tough army vets who say they won't need to be evacuated out and an hour later they're calling to be evacuated because they saw a 4 lb bear poo on their landing site. It's becoming very clear that Vancouver Island simply isn't sustainable for a long amount of time because of the food choices are just too few in calories unless you eat a TON of them. So people who figure everything out seem to be tapping out of boredom from not being able to do anything because they'd need to eat 10 lbs of trout or something. I'm hoping season 3 has a different location that has an abundance of wildlife beyond alpha predators that have already eaten everything. What is also shocking is that a bunch of people question why they're out there in the first place. They feel like they're losing their time in the real world by being there. I can't wrap my head around that concept. Like, at all. Philthy fucked around with this message at 19:49 on Dec 18, 2022 |
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Dec 18, 2022 19:37
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agreed on Plebs, i only watched it for Joel Fry and even then couldn’t get through it
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Philthy posted:So, the Schad thread pointed out some amusing happenings in History channel's "Alone" series. I've been binge watching it on Hulu for a little bit now, and I'm almost done with season 2. This seems like a good time to remind everyone of the crazy existence (or not?) of Eden, the reality show where 23 people were left for a year in the wilderness to survive except the show was taken off the air and just.... nobody bothered to tell them https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/news/a54127/reality-show-canceled/
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Dec 19, 2022 10:59
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My wife and I just finished Andor last night, and it actually surpassed all the hype I had been reading. Definitely the best-written Star Wars media ever, and the most "adult." She tolerated it because it barely felt like a Star Wars thing at all.
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Dec 19, 2022 15:26
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Yeah my wife is not a Star wars person at all but I think I may recommend Andor for our next watch.
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Dec 19, 2022 16:51
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FLIPADELPHIA posted:Yeah my wife is not a Star wars person at all but I think I may recommend Andor for our next watch. My girlfriend is the same way and she thought Andor was still “very Star Wars” and didn’t like it. She watched through episode 3 but then gave up. Gave it more of a chance than I thought she would though.
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Dec 19, 2022 19:56
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I've tried to watch Andor three times and haven't been able to make it through the first episode without getting bored. It just doesn't hook me. I also didn't care for Rogue One so maybe I just can't get into a show about a character who I know is already dead.
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Dec 19, 2022 20:00
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I almost bounced on the first episode too. It is kinda boring, at least at first (I thought much better of it on a rewatch). Also I never liked Roge One much, I watched it a long time ago and barely remembered anything about it (I didint remember Andor at all) But I went on and I dont regret it: by episode 3 I was interested, by episode 6 I was completely hooked and by the end it become my favorite Star Wars thing since the OT and one of the best TV shows I watched this year, star wars or not
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Dec 19, 2022 20:10
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It was starting to lose me with the last two episodes, but I think Andor is definitely worth giving three episodes before making a final decision on it. If you’re struggling getting through the first episode, then maybe not but I’d say for anyone on the fence it’s worth giving it a few episodes to see some of the pieces start moving.
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Dec 19, 2022 20:31
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clown shoes posted:I've tried to watch Andor three times and haven't been able to make it through the first episode without getting bored. It just doesn't hook me. I also didn't care for Rogue One so maybe I just can't get into a show about a character who I know is already dead.
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Dec 19, 2022 22:05
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I just finished Wednesday on Netflix. Overall, the show was fine. If you remove Jenna Ortega from the cast as Wednesday, then the show would immediately devolve into barely tolerable YA fare. If you go into expecting an Addam's family adaptation, then I would caution you to remember that the title is just Wednesday, otherwise, you're going to be really disappointed. The only other family member that's in the show the entire time is Thing. Taking away the Addam's name and judging it on its own merits, I wasn't super impressed as a whole. It also had a real Harry Potter/Percy Jackson vibe to it. But it was a fun watch that I could have on while I did other things and still keep up with pretty effortlessly.
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i only saw jenna ortega in s2 of you and she was a stand out there, the kind of performance that rose above the material, so it makes sense she's getting picked up as a new about to be an adult star. got zero interest in wednesday after watching the trailer which was corny and hearing it doesn't really go anywhere and isn't consistent. from a distance it looks like a repeat of that sabrina thing, which starred kiernan shipka who was in a similar position after mad men, but i couldn't even make it through 15 minutes of it the dialogue was so bad.
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Sabrina was really bad, and yeah I got the same vibes from Wednesday. I think the issues I have with both of them is that Netflix is really, really good at astroturfing. They're both, probably, okay shows but not nearly as fantastic amazing wow as the "internet" seems to say. I saw an ad on Instagram mentioning that Jenna Ortega got a billion followers or whatever overnight; I was a little curious how that was an ad but it had the advertisement disclaimer and everything.
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I’ve been trying trying to catch up on things I need to watch for my year end review. Just finished Station Eleven. Very nice show. I’m glad it’s a narratively tight mini series and not a drawn out multiple season story.
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Finished my rewatch of Banshee. Hands down one of the most entertaining (and pulpy) shows of all time.
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Doom Patrol got it's hooks in early. Alan Tudyk can do no wrong and I love Brandon Fraser.
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Dr. Yinz Ljubljana posted:Doom Patrol got it's hooks in early. Alan Tudyk can do no wrong and I love Brandon Fraser. this is one i never got. i don't watch comic stuff normally but people were really hyping it up as something a bit better. so if you're not watching comic stuff, and vaguely curious, don't be. it's poo poo. and that's why i'm ignoring all the andor talk. even at it's very best, it's still going to be bad.
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Dec 20, 2022 06:31
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Lol No one in this thread seems to be able to just ‘not watch’ a show.
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watching something you don't like isn't a crime. sometimes things are bad. i'm just saying some things get casually accepted as 'good' and that bleeds in when they're actually still bad, they're just relatively better. but when you come in cold without the comparison, all you see is how bad something is. i assume that's what andor is and i'm not gonna watching it to find out cos it's fuckin star wars, the chances of it moving me in any way are like 0.00000001 to 1.
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RestingB1tchFace posted:Finished my rewatch of Banshee. Hands down one of the most entertaining (and pulpy) shows of all time. Agreed. I recommend Banshee to people all the time, whether they asked for TV recommendations or not.
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Made it through 1899 on Netflix. What a mess. Started off with a lot of good potential but quickly disappeared up its own rear end. A masterclass on how to make the audience stop caring about the story and characters. I only pushed through it because I wanted to know whether the end credits would use "When the Levee Breaks" . Way too many ambitions, and as a result manages to gently caress up all of them. At least the cast wasn't terrible, and the costumes and sets were well done I guess.
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Buttchocks posted:Made it through 1899 on Netflix. What a mess. Started off with a lot of good potential but quickly disappeared up its own rear end. A masterclass on how to make the audience stop caring about the story and characters. I only pushed through it because I wanted to know whether the end credits would use "When the Levee Breaks" . Way too many ambitions, and as a result manages to gently caress up all of them. At least the cast wasn't terrible, and the costumes and sets were well done I guess. It's a little disappointing to hear the reaction to 1899, I just watched all of Dark over the last couple of months and was really interested in what they'd do next. I'll still check it out eventually though, it might be a good one to come back to when there's more seasons, assuming that happens.
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roomtone posted:watching something you don't like isn't a crime. sometimes things are bad. It’s probably a bit better than you’re guessing but you’re basically right honestly. Andor is fine but like people calling it one of the best shows of the year when Saul, Atlanta, Severance, The Bear, and a GREAT many other much better shows exist is wild
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Escobarbarian posted:It’s probably a bit better than you’re guessing but you’re basically right honestly. Andor is fine but like people calling it one of the best shows of the year when Saul, Atlanta, Severance, The Bear, and a GREAT many other much better shows exist is wild Saul and Atlanta are not really 'of this year', since they are long running series. But yeah while Andor is good, and is certainly top tier for new series this year, it's not obviously better than Severence or The Bear. (and yeah, you know Disney are going to look at the success of s1 and decide that it could have been even better if they would just put more fanservice in, s2 will most likely suck)
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Tehdas posted:Saul and Atlanta are not really 'of this year', since they are long running series. Pretty much. Andor is the best star wars thing since the OT and a good show on its own. I would rank it among the best TV that came out this year but yeah, there are even better stuff, like Severance (haven’t watched The Bear) Andor uses the star wars universe has a scenario for a good thriller drama about an underground resistance to a huge authoritarian state, and I think it could be good even if you took it out all the star wars from it (thought it’s unique representation of this universe is quite interesting too, and part of the appeal)
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I am lagging behind, but I went and sunday-binged Wednesday. I should probably have spaced it out a bit, because Wednesday's shtick (the character's) grows a bit thin in higher doses. I know that's her thing and too much character development would ruin her overall, but I would have appreciated a little variance/creativity over smug/morbid one-liners. The opening scene oversold what came in the next ~6 hours in my opinion. Fun little romp, if not a bit too much by the numbers? I don't know if decades of tv consumption have ruined me or if it was made that obvious for the audience to figure out, but I called both the identity of the monster and its handler (once the latter was established) fairly early and the (brief) misdirection with the shrinkalso didn't work for me. But on the other hand, I only noticed that Christina Ricci was in it when I saw her name pop up in the opening credits of the final episode and I thought she would have a *wink wink* cameo in the end, so I felt really dumb afterwards. Goon face blindness. But in all fairness, I haven't followed her career much and therefore was not exactly familiar with what she looks like now. mcbexx fucked around with this message at 14:59 on Dec 20, 2022 |
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mcbexx posted:I am lagging behind, but I went and sunday-binged Wednesday. Christina Ricci is the 2nd best character in Yellowjackets, so I was very familiar with what she looks like now. Also, watch Yellowjackets, it's a drat fine thriller
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mystes posted:It gets better as it goes along but oth if you really don't like it maybe it just isn't for you Yeah I've watched the first 5 episodes of Andor and I just don't enjoy it, so I am bailing. I can see that it is very competently made and isn't the dumb garbage of Boba Fett, but everything is just so slow and ponderous, and its all in service of a character and story I didn't care much about in the first place (Rogue One). That said, I know I am in the super minority and everyone else loves it, so I am glad people are enjoying it. On the other end, I finally got around to Reservation Dogs, and wow I just adore it. The specificity of the location and the people is so incredible, and it walks an amazing line between comedy, drama, tragedy and hope. Every one of these kids deserves to be a star, and it's awesome to see some of the veteran Native actors getting a chance to shine. Two thumbs up. mcbexx posted:I am lagging behind, but I went and sunday-binged Wednesday. I also watched this, it is popcorn fun but nothing to write home about. Goth Harry Potter. Main actress was good, she did a lot with a very small range to work in, but the star obviously was Thing. mcbexx posted:But on the other hand, I only noticed that Christina Ricci was in it when I saw her name pop up in the opening credits of the final episode and I thought she would have a *wink wink* cameo in the end, so I felt really dumb afterwards. Goon face blindness. This is surprising, since she has such a recognizable face. I thought she did a great job, and it was nice that she got to have a big part in the new show, since she is pretty much completely responsible for the popularity of the character. Ishamael fucked around with this message at 15:42 on Dec 20, 2022 |
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Dr. Yinz Ljubljana posted:Christina Ricci is the 2nd best character in Yellowjackets, so I was very familiar with what she looks like now. Also, watch Yellowjackets, it's a drat fine thriller Who is the first?
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Reservation Dogs really is excellent. Some of the best episodes of the year. And yeah to clarify I do like Andor and it is absolutely the best Star Wars show so far I just think the praise has been over-the-top (but probably fair when compared to the other shows)
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Open Source Idiom posted:Charlotte Richie (amazing) If you are into Taskmaster, season 11 has a stacked cast, and I liked her a lot in it.
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Tehdas posted:Saul and Atlanta are not really 'of this year', since they are long running series. Oh, I can kinda tell season 2 is gonna wind up to being near unwatchable. They’ve already set it up to be bad. Andor end spoilers: Luthen being a Jedi, his stupid “I’ll try spinning” laser wings on his ship, the incredibly hamhanded funeral speech/Boston Massacre scene, all Andor’s buddies getting away in a ship saying “That’s our Andor!”, and you just know they’re gonna use way more of that little red robot. Season two is gonna be jam-filled with lightsabers, stupid romance plots, and incomprehensible plot developments. Disney ruins second seasons, and this won’t be any different. Fingers crossed and all that, but the seams were already showing.
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Robobot posted:Oh, I can kinda tell season 2 is gonna wind up to being near unwatchable. They’ve already set it up to be bad. Andor end spoilers: Luthen being a Jedi, his stupid “I’ll try spinning” laser wings on his ship, the incredibly hamhanded funeral speech/Boston Massacre scene, all Andor’s buddies getting away in a ship saying “That’s our Andor!”, and you just know they’re gonna use way more of that little red robot. Wait Luthen is a Jedi??. I think I missed that. Also I liked the speech and the whole funeral riot 
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