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thrawn527 posted:Now that I have you all here, I’d like to tell you about Rome… Best HBO show ever.
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It'd be cool and good if they re-released Mighty Boosh in North America on dvd
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Jan 1, 2023 22:03
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Lol https://mobile.twitter.com/KrangTNelson/status/1609643437795549185?cxt=HHwWgoC9zbWLzdYsAAAA
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Jan 1, 2023 23:37
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Sirotan posted:At the family Christmas my mom described Yellowstone as "the most gritty and realistic tv show I've ever seen". Yes she is a boomer. I mentioned this in the last thread: Yellowstone is boomer catnip because it's basically Dallas (which, you may recall, was the biggest show on TV in the '70s and '80s), except instead of everyone fighting over control of a ranch that's on top of oil, everyone's fighting over control of a ranch in Montana.
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Jan 1, 2023 23:45
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Oasx posted:Best HBO show ever. I like you already.
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BonoMan posted:For some reason decided to watch Old last night after everyone went to bed. I agree! I was so angry by the end of that movie. Like, there were hints of an interesting idea there, but I think it would've been better as a Twilight Zone episode. It had nowhere near enough a good plot to be that long and none of the actors were charismatic enough to pull it off. Shyamalan keeps sucking me in with ideas that sound good, but other than Signs and The Sixth Sense, every other movie he's made has been highly disappointing in my opinion.
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As we're in TVIV, I'll say that Servant is very enjoyable. Extremely campy mix of horror, comedy, drama, and food porn. He's only directed a few episodes but seems pretty involved with the production, and his daughter also directs a few. And there's the requisite cameo in the pilot episode, too.
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Jan 2, 2023 02:03
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thrawn527 posted:Now that I have you all here, I’d like to tell you about Rome… finally got around to watching that a couple months ago, was good poo poo. it did make me wonder what exactly they would have done with more seasons, since it looked like the end of season 2 would've run right into the start of I, Claudius (also another great series)
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Jan 2, 2023 04:21
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Aces High posted:it did make me wonder what exactly they would have done with more seasons, since it looked like the end of season 2 would've run right into the start of I, Claudius (also another great series) This reminds me of one of my favorite scenes (and a great moment in history to boot!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDwC7YH-1jM Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
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Jan 2, 2023 04:24
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Aces High posted:it did make me wonder what exactly they would have done with more seasons, since it looked like the end of season 2 would've run right into the start of I, Claudius (also another great series) The back half of season two was a very compressed version of what they might have done in seasons three and four -- mostly the Anthony and Cleopatra saga. The second season would have originally ended with Phllippi, while the fifth season would have dealt with Jesus.
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Jan 2, 2023 04:26
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that does make sense, the back half of season 2 suddenly just zipped along and I wasn't sure if they were just going to end on a cliffhanger (they kinda still do, but not in the same way as a lot of other shows in similar situations) or what
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Jan 2, 2023 05:28
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I like how in the context of Rome that it makes complete sense that Pullo and Vorenus would be like 90+ years old and probably know Jesus personally/ It's a shame season 2 was so truncated because there's awkward stuff like the Jewish rebellion that just fizzles out. And I wanted way more of Cleopatra and Antony.
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Jan 2, 2023 05:51
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Took me a while to finally start watching Taskmaster but drat y'all were right this show rocks. I watched a random ep here and there before and it didn't catch me, but watching the first series all the way through made me laugh so loving hard
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Jan 2, 2023 06:19
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There was a new one off Taskmaster that aired last night if you wanna hit that up too.
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Jan 2, 2023 06:41
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I just really disliked Rome Season 2 for making Vorenus so dislikable. Season 1 Vorenus wasn't the warmest dude, of course, but he's just a giant prick in season 2 and it felt artificial and inorganic, for the sake of making a bunch of unnecessary drama. Plus recasting Octavian was a huge whiff. Yes, the timeline compression was also a bummer—though imo even the end of season 1 was rushed. They could have made a whole season about the assassination plot and the turn of Brutus.
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Jan 2, 2023 14:55
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His transition seemed very natural, to me. A strict Catonian who ended up on the wrong side of the civil war: Vorenus believed, more than anything, in accepting the role you had. He always strove to be the best at whatever he was doing (except being a husband lol) it just so happened that he spent most of season 2 being the best gangster he could be…
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Jan 2, 2023 15:08
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Also, if you’ve never seen The Terror: it’s worth a viewing just to see Caesar and Brutus back together. The writers even threw up a few Rome references in little nods to the camera!
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Jan 2, 2023 15:10
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What are some more obscure older sci-fi shows with great production design and world-building? I've been watching Space Precinct 2040 and the world in it is so well-designed it has me craving more shows that really go all out with it. Ideally mid-90s or before, but open. Also interested in shows with more ambition than ability to execute on it.
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Jan 2, 2023 15:30
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Ever seen Total Recall 2070?
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Jan 2, 2023 15:35
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Have you seen Lexx?? (the miniseries-pilot definitely the first requirement, maybe the actual show the latter)
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Jan 2, 2023 15:36
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feedmyleg posted:What are some more obscure older sci-fi shows with great production design and world-building? I've been watching Space Precinct 2040 and the world in it is so well-designed it has me craving more shows that really go all out with it. Ideally mid-90s or before, but open. I'd second Lexx and throw in Farscape, but I don't know how obscure you'd consider them. Space Above And Beyond is tight. Harsh Realm is definitely ambition over execution, though I only watched a handful of episodes (not because it's bad). Not 90's, but you'd probably want a look at Charlie Jade as well. It dithers a bit in the second act, but has a very strong third that brings it home. Seems very close to the kind of thing you're looking for. There's also a handful of anime from that period you might want to have a look in on, but I dunno if that's your thing.
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Jan 2, 2023 15:50
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If you're up for a miniseries, V is great.
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Sirotan posted:If you're up for a miniseries, V is great. For Victory!
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Finally got around to watching RRR last night, and now wondering why it took me so long to get around to that. If I was Ubisoft I'd just give that production company the keys to any live-action Assassin's Creed stuff and let them go nuts.
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Jan 2, 2023 16:03
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Mu Zeta posted:Ever seen Total Recall 2070? Haha this was going to be my other reference point, yeah. Lexx is interesting, because I only remember it as "Horny Farscape" so if it actually holds up I'll check that out. V I have vague memories of from when I was a kid, that could definitely merit a revisit.
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Jan 2, 2023 16:13
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Toxic Fart Syndrome posted:Also, if you’ve never seen The Terror: it’s worth a viewing just to see Caesar and Brutus back together. The writers even threw up a few Rome references in little nods to the camera! The John Carter movie had Caesar, Antony, Atia, and Posca, though I think only the latter was actually live and not CGI.
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Jan 2, 2023 17:06
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Open Source Idiom posted:The back half of season two was a very compressed version of what they might have done in seasons three and four -- mostly the Anthony and Cleopatra saga. Yeah, my only problem with Rome was the end of season 2, where they found out they were being cancelled and did a speed run of about 2 and a half seasons in a half season. That being said, there’s still some great poo poo in there. The death of Anthony being one of them. But also, yeah, they had to completely scrap the plans for season 5, with Jesus, so the Jewish rebellion plot goes nowhere. HBO has cited their gently caress ups with cancelling Rome and Deadwood too early for why they gave Game of Thrones such leeway to do whatever they wanted, so at least they learned a lesson from it. I still think it’s one of the best shows they’ve ever produced.
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feedmyleg posted:Lexx is interesting, because I only remember it as "Horny Farscape" so if it actually holds up I'll check that out. Lexx as a whole felt like the counterpoint to something like Star Trek, where the future is broken and gross and weirdly sexual instead of hopeful. It took all the Millennial Hope people had and said "nah, we're all utterly horny and stupid and power hungry and this is as good as it gets"
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Jan 2, 2023 18:18
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FilthyImp posted:Horny Farscape implies that the story had a clear direction. I felt like Lexx sputtered out when it did the Fire/Water planet and was on life support for the Earth analogue planet. Well if someone had originally sold me on the show like that, I might have tried it.
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feedmyleg posted:Also interested in shows with more ambition than ability to execute on it. Seven Days? Nowhere Man isn't too sci-fi but definitely tried to do something ahead of it's time. Burning Zone? The Invisible Man?
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Jan 2, 2023 18:36
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Lexx isn't necessarily good TV. But goddamn could I not stop watching the spectacle. It's honestly surprising as hell that it aired on Syfy in the late 90s/early 2000s.
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feedmyleg posted:Also interested in shows with more ambition than ability to execute on it. Uhhhhhhhhh, Sapphire and Steel maybe if you like your scifi dense and British as gently caress? Not sure it ranks as good however but it is waaaaay too ambitious on the part of the creator and whatever he was trying to tell. Automan would be another that's merely too ambitious for the vfx of 1987. Easily summed up as buddy cop reverse Tron. I don't think Gemini Man is what you're looking for, but if you ever wanted to know where MST3K's Riding with Death came from, it's all on YouTube and well I didn't mind it. However, I have now successfully outed my self as willing to watch any strange old scifi television dreck so take that as you will.
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Jan 2, 2023 20:50
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bull3964 posted:Lexx isn't necessarily good TV. But goddamn could I not stop watching the spectacle. The underlying science fiction stories, especially the begining with his shadow, are actually really cool underneath the lack of production values and stuff that even contemporaneously looked low-budget. I describe it to friends as "imagine if GWAR made a star trek and Hugh Hefner invested in it so they had to sex it up to keep the money flowing"
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Jan 2, 2023 21:02
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Chairman Capone posted:The John Carter movie had Caesar, Antony, Atia, and Posca, though I think only the latter was actually live and not CGI. Ciarán Hinds was Tardos Mors, Dejah Thoris' father and Hinds is a face you don't forget. I think it was only Polly Walker that didn't get to show her real face (though she basically was playing a less-subtle version of Atia). I bet Dominic West would've been great in Rome, I could see him working as a one-and-done like Sejanus
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Jan 2, 2023 21:15
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Ciarán Hinds is one of those actors that always makes me take an extra interest in a show, purely because of Rome.
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Sekhmnet posted:The underlying science fiction stories, especially the begining with his shadow, are actually really cool underneath the lack of production values and stuff that even contemporaneously looked low-budget. I describe it to friends as "imagine if GWAR made a star trek and Hugh Hefner invested in it so they had to sex it up to keep the money flowing" It also has a weird broadcast and production history. The first "season" is 4 feature length movies made in 1997, but Sci-Fi Channel in the US didn't get airing rights until 2000 and first aired it under the name "Tales from a Parallel Universe". So, by the time Lexx starting airing in the US, the 3rd season was airing other places. I'm pretty sure I started watching sometime in season 2 and didn't manage to watch the first 4 movies until years later.
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https://twitter.com/FilmUpdates/status/1609996770787860483 I don't think I'm being dramatic when I say I want to set myself on fire.
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Jan 2, 2023 22:41
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lol at this point why do we even bother watching any Netflix show, seriously
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Jan 2, 2023 22:48
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Honestly it wasn’t great. Paled in comparison to Dark
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Hughmoris posted:https://twitter.com/FilmUpdates/status/1609996770787860483 Well, guess that saved me some time.
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