[Slow Ben]

Season 3 of The Good Place is on Netflix! Yasssss

[worry]

LinearPhilosopher, on 07 September 2019 - 02:10 PM, said:

Season 4 of the wire.

Spoiler

I just feel empty, this was a hard season to watch.

They killed bodie. That death didn't hit me as hard as D'angelo but still, I liked him. Yeah he was a drug dealer but you could not help but sympathise with the man.

The election plot was great. Carcetti's election was essentially won on a lie. But beyond that, the whole sub plot between Carcetti and the budget problem I think really cemented how fundamental changes in the system only comes at great personal cost, and even if people are willing the pay the price (Bunny Colvin) it's not guaranteed.

It was also sad seeing those kids. By the time you start feeling for them, it's too late their course is set and it's only a matter of time. The only one to make it out (Namond) get out through intervention outside the system. I think the message being sent here is the education system is fucked and you need to be one heck of an outlier to make it out if you're a corner kid. Duquie is now a drug pusher, and i doubt he's got long to live. Randy i feel the most regret for, if he was in better circumstances he easily could've became a great sales person or entrepreneur. instead, he's probably gonna get dropped. That seeing in the montage where Carver just walks over and sees the tags for all those kids. Was listening to the commentary and the creator was saying how there's places in Baltimore where the only thing left of some of these kids is their tags.

ANd Bubbles man! I mean for one, Fuck Herc, between screwing over randy, his co workers and bubbles, man got off easy for the damage he's caused. And he is so completely clueless he doesn't even realize the harm he's done which is even more frustrating. But back to bubble the guy's a dope fiend, but he's trying man, he's trying and the world just keeps shitting on him. Was a nice touch of landsman to let him go and "fuck the clearance" i guess he's not completely rotten (also I love how he compared Freamon to the Huns rofl, great bit of dialogue there).

That being said there was some silver lining in all of this.

For starters Carver is now my favorite character. Every season he has grown and this season is no exception. At the end of season 3 Bunny lectures him on the distinction between Soldering and Policing. His very first scene in this season is him doing exactly that (admittedly in a funny tongue and cheek way with our boy Bodie but still). Every time he gets feedback from his bosses, he learns from it and grows. A mark of maturity but it did pay off dividends. Rather than chase kids through alleyway, he knew exactly where to go to find the kids. He knows his beat.

Prezbo seems to have grown into his teacher role. I thought hed be chewed alive but it seems he's gotten into it.

I'll be starting season 5 soon, and im told this is one of the weaker seasons, but with all this context and story, i don't think ill have an issue.

Season 4 is probably my favorite season of anything ever.

Season 5 (no spoilers but maybe hold off on reading this till you're done if you want to go in fresh) is still great overall, but there is one glaringly bad plot decision/storyline (potentially two, as some find the new element/characters a little too one-dimensional for this show, but I thought it worked, and I think the real world has born out just how 'one-dimensional' some powers that be in the industry can be). The bad storyline isn't even necessarily implausible either, it just doesn't really fit the specific characters of this show and seems like a huge leap. But anyway, much of the show is as solid as ever and the series finale is an all-timer.

[Tsundoku]

Slow Ben, on 07 September 2019 - 05:36 PM, said:

Season 3 of The Good Place is on Netflix! Yasssss

Has been for ages. I watched it when it came out. I'm sure I wrote about it ...

[worry]

This is America dude. Shows don't show up on Netflix until right before the next season.

[Mezla PigDog]

We started Sons of Anarchy. A bit late to the motorcycle party. Two eps in and it's entertaining enough but it's not grabbing me. Will it?

Finished season 3 of Stranger Things. One word

Spoiler

Billy

*sob*.

This post has been edited by Mezla PigDog: 07 September 2019 - 09:20 PM

[Whisperzzzzzzz]

worry, on 07 September 2019 - 06:34 PM, said:

LinearPhilosopher, on 07 September 2019 - 02:10 PM, said:

Season 4 of the wire.

Spoiler

I just feel empty, this was a hard season to watch.

They killed bodie. That death didn't hit me as hard as D'angelo but still, I liked him. Yeah he was a drug dealer but you could not help but sympathise with the man.

The election plot was great. Carcetti's election was essentially won on a lie. But beyond that, the whole sub plot between Carcetti and the budget problem I think really cemented how fundamental changes in the system only comes at great personal cost, and even if people are willing the pay the price (Bunny Colvin) it's not guaranteed.

It was also sad seeing those kids. By the time you start feeling for them, it's too late their course is set and it's only a matter of time. The only one to make it out (Namond) get out through intervention outside the system. I think the message being sent here is the education system is fucked and you need to be one heck of an outlier to make it out if you're a corner kid. Duquie is now a drug pusher, and i doubt he's got long to live. Randy i feel the most regret for, if he was in better circumstances he easily could've became a great sales person or entrepreneur. instead, he's probably gonna get dropped. That seeing in the montage where Carver just walks over and sees the tags for all those kids. Was listening to the commentary and the creator was saying how there's places in Baltimore where the only thing left of some of these kids is their tags.

ANd Bubbles man! I mean for one, Fuck Herc, between screwing over randy, his co workers and bubbles, man got off easy for the damage he's caused. And he is so completely clueless he doesn't even realize the harm he's done which is even more frustrating. But back to bubble the guy's a dope fiend, but he's trying man, he's trying and the world just keeps shitting on him. Was a nice touch of landsman to let him go and "fuck the clearance" i guess he's not completely rotten (also I love how he compared Freamon to the Huns rofl, great bit of dialogue there).

That being said there was some silver lining in all of this.

For starters Carver is now my favorite character. Every season he has grown and this season is no exception. At the end of season 3 Bunny lectures him on the distinction between Soldering and Policing. His very first scene in this season is him doing exactly that (admittedly in a funny tongue and cheek way with our boy Bodie but still). Every time he gets feedback from his bosses, he learns from it and grows. A mark of maturity but it did pay off dividends. Rather than chase kids through alleyway, he knew exactly where to go to find the kids. He knows his beat.

Prezbo seems to have grown into his teacher role. I thought hed be chewed alive but it seems he's gotten into it.

I'll be starting season 5 soon, and im told this is one of the weaker seasons, but with all this context and story, i don't think ill have an issue.

Season 4 is probably my favorite season of anything ever.

Season 5 (no spoilers but maybe hold off on reading this till you're done if you want to go in fresh) is still great overall, but there is one glaringly bad plot decision/storyline (potentially two, as some find the new element/characters a little too one-dimensional for this show, but I thought it worked, and I think the real world has born out just how 'one-dimensional' some powers that be in the industry can be). The bad storyline isn't even necessarily implausible either, it just doesn't really fit the specific characters of this show and seems like a huge leap. But anyway, much of the show is as solid as ever and the series finale is an all-timer.

I'm finishing up S5 (one episode left), and I agree. The major plotline is so out of character for its initiators that it doesn't just make them feel one-dimensional; it actively reverses any depth and character development that they had over previous seasons.

It being The Wire, it's still far better than most TV shows. Yet, when compared to S1-S4, it's shallow and unrealistic.

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

BfuckinK, on 08 September 2019 - 05:02 AM, said:

Will be rewatching Carnival tomorrow. Oh I can't wait to rewatch this. Will prob be super pissed come end of S2. I was super pissed back then when the plug was pulled.

You mean Carnivale? I've been watching one episode a week. Love the music.

There's Carnival Row now too which I haven't started yet.

[worry]

Binged What We Do in the Shadows (on Hulu now) -- the show is just as good as the movie. Matt Berry is a ringer to this type of thing, obv, but the whole cast is grand and Nandor is a new favorite character.

[Maark Abbott]

Ah, I remember when I used to watch Suits, but then it occurred to me that I fucking hate the royals, so I stopped.

[QuickTidal]

Got to two really solid eps in my ST: TNG re-watch, YESTERDAY'S ENTERPRISE, which is still a fantastic episode, easily top 5 of the entire series...and one that hit me harder than it did before, THE OFFSPRING. That's the one where Data creates Lal. Maybe it's because I'm a parent now, so I GET it...but when the Admiral who had been trying to take Lal for the whole episode and didn't believe that Data and Lal had the bond of a father and child tries to help him save her when she's malfunctioning because of being able to "feel"....there's that scene where he walks out of the lab and Troi, LaForge, and Wesley are standing there and he says "I'm afraid there was nothing else we could do. She doesn't have long left. We would fix one neural pathway and another would collapse." *pause* "His hands were moving faster than my eyes could see, trying to stay ahead of the breakdowns...but it wasn't enough." and there I am sitting on the goddamned bus glossy-eyed trying my damnedest not to cry. And it SEEMS (unless I missed the credit earlier) that this was Jonathan Frakes first directing gig...which is funny because Riker is off the page for the majority (which they mention at the top of the ep) except for one scene in which Lal unceremoniously kisses him in 10-Fwd.

[Abyss]

Abyss, on 07 August 2019 - 03:11 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 07 August 2019 - 12:53 PM, said:

LinearPhilosopher, on 07 August 2019 - 02:28 AM, said:

Spoiler

not only that but the fact season 1 culminates with Trigon taking over the world and this new trailer doesn't even mention him, I'm worried this is going the route of trying to cram in villains and heroes to fill up time

Okay, this is/was a production decision and while I don't agree with it, it is this way for not story reasons but for behind the scenes ones (I can only assume they liked the cliffhanger?). You will have noticed that Season 1 only had 11 episodes, which is an odd number of episodes for a season...well it turns out that the denouement of the storyline you are talking about was going to be in the 12th ep, but they delayed it and shoved it into S2 as the first episode. Again, I assume this is because they liked the idea of the cliffhanger rather than resolve the S1 arc...I think it's an asinine idea and I'm bothered by it. But yes, this means that S1 will wrap up with S2 Episode 1, and the rest of S2 will be a brand new arc (I assume featuring Connor and Krypto; as well as Aqualad and more Donna Troy/Wonder Girl), which is why you don't see much Trigon in the S2 trailer.

Speculating, yah, i think they felt like the big scene they already had in the S1 finale...

Spoiler

crazy future Batman violently wiping out a police team, Starfire exploding his ass

... was sufficiently epic that rather than dilute that, they cliffhang and leave the hopefully bigger scene for the S2 premiere.

Also, money. if they cut the finale and used the remainder for the premiere they would have more dollars to spend on S2.

LinearPhilosopher, on 07 August 2019 - 05:26 PM, said:

Abyss, on 07 August 2019 - 03:22 AM, said:

The s1 finale became the s2 premiere which I understand wraps that storyline.

Raven... I don't think much of her comic character would have translated well to TV. I think they did a solid job of creating something that worked. Same for Starfire. If you're a source material purist I can see why you sont like.

Hawk n Dove... yeah, not the strongest part of the series.

For Kory I think it worked. Any issues is purely in how her design was transfered and I don't think it's possible to make her powers look good in live action.

I also loved what they did to Robin's character (and Jason todd, to a degree).

Ravens had many incarnations but she's never been a dumb petulant kid. Quite the opposite. I hated how a conversation goes from hey let's not go into this blind to, how can you tell me we can't do this.

As for hawk and dove, just found the whole love triangle thing annoying and unnecessarily melo dramatic. This isn't a soap. I also in general didn't care for the character.

VERY encouraging S2 premiere review... https://wegotthiscov...eason-2-review/

Warning, some spoilers, albeit minor/sideways.

I didn't know the Jason Todd character was promoted to series regular along w Hawk n Dove. Good move i think. I enjoyed how he played off Nightwing.

[amphibian]

Whisperzzzzzzz, on 08 September 2019 - 06:32 PM, said:

worry, on 07 September 2019 - 06:34 PM, said:

LinearPhilosopher, on 07 September 2019 - 02:10 PM, said:

Season 4 of the wire.

Spoiler

I just feel empty, this was a hard season to watch.

They killed bodie. That death didn't hit me as hard as D'angelo but still, I liked him. Yeah he was a drug dealer but you could not help but sympathise with the man.

The election plot was great. Carcetti's election was essentially won on a lie. But beyond that, the whole sub plot between Carcetti and the budget problem I think really cemented how fundamental changes in the system only comes at great personal cost, and even if people are willing the pay the price (Bunny Colvin) it's not guaranteed.

It was also sad seeing those kids. By the time you start feeling for them, it's too late their course is set and it's only a matter of time. The only one to make it out (Namond) get out through intervention outside the system. I think the message being sent here is the education system is fucked and you need to be one heck of an outlier to make it out if you're a corner kid. Duquie is now a drug pusher, and i doubt he's got long to live. Randy i feel the most regret for, if he was in better circumstances he easily could've became a great sales person or entrepreneur. instead, he's probably gonna get dropped. That seeing in the montage where Carver just walks over and sees the tags for all those kids. Was listening to the commentary and the creator was saying how there's places in Baltimore where the only thing left of some of these kids is their tags.

ANd Bubbles man! I mean for one, Fuck Herc, between screwing over randy, his co workers and bubbles, man got off easy for the damage he's caused. And he is so completely clueless he doesn't even realize the harm he's done which is even more frustrating. But back to bubble the guy's a dope fiend, but he's trying man, he's trying and the world just keeps shitting on him. Was a nice touch of landsman to let him go and "fuck the clearance" i guess he's not completely rotten (also I love how he compared Freamon to the Huns rofl, great bit of dialogue there).

That being said there was some silver lining in all of this.

For starters Carver is now my favorite character. Every season he has grown and this season is no exception. At the end of season 3 Bunny lectures him on the distinction between Soldering and Policing. His very first scene in this season is him doing exactly that (admittedly in a funny tongue and cheek way with our boy Bodie but still). Every time he gets feedback from his bosses, he learns from it and grows. A mark of maturity but it did pay off dividends. Rather than chase kids through alleyway, he knew exactly where to go to find the kids. He knows his beat.

Prezbo seems to have grown into his teacher role. I thought hed be chewed alive but it seems he's gotten into it.

I'll be starting season 5 soon, and im told this is one of the weaker seasons, but with all this context and story, i don't think ill have an issue.

Season 4 is probably my favorite season of anything ever.

Season 5 (no spoilers but maybe hold off on reading this till you're done if you want to go in fresh) is still great overall, but there is one glaringly bad plot decision/storyline (potentially two, as some find the new element/characters a little too one-dimensional for this show, but I thought it worked, and I think the real world has born out just how 'one-dimensional' some powers that be in the industry can be). The bad storyline isn't even necessarily implausible either, it just doesn't really fit the specific characters of this show and seems like a huge leap. But anyway, much of the show is as solid as ever and the series finale is an all-timer.

I'm finishing up S5 (one episode left), and I agree. The major plotline is so out of character for its initiators that it doesn't just make them feel one-dimensional; it actively reverses any depth and character development that they had over previous seasons.

It being The Wire, it's still far better than most TV shows. Yet, when compared to S1-S4, it's shallow and unrealistic.

I believe that part of this unrealistic storyline is that HBO actually ended the show after season three and it was a last minute pitch by the creators to get 4 and 5 (which they did by smashing a quarter of the planned 6 into 5 and leaving out the Latino stuff etc entirely).

But I also suspect that the writers just didn't care that much about keeping the characters true at that point.

[Tiste Simeon]

worry, on 09 September 2019 - 04:25 AM, said:

Binged What We Do in the Shadows (on Hulu now) -- the show is just as good as the movie. Matt Berry is a ringer to this type of thing, obv, but the whole cast is grand and Nandor is a new favorite character.

Yes! I absolutely love this show, I was weak with laughter in every episode. Colin Robinson was a particular delight for me.

Also I occasionally just find myself shouting "bat!"

[Abyss]

BfuckinK, on 10 September 2019 - 04:08 PM, said:

Watching Jerry Springer S27 Ep 162: My Brother Took My V-Card.

This is so made up.

Also hate to break it to ya BK but there is no Santa Clause, Easter Bunny, or Tooth Fairy.

[Aptorian]

There's 27 seasons of Jerry Springer?

[Abyss]

This is bad time to tell you that wrestling is scripted, yes?

[QuickTidal]

THE WATCH cast announced!

Beric Dondarrion is Sam Vimes!

The only casting yet to be announced are Nobby and Colon, and the Patrician. But so far so good.

I'm not sure I BUY Sybill as a skinny attractive women over a more matronly look she's described as in the books, but I get it, it's TV so they should be pretty.

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 11 September 2019 - 03:12 PM

[QuickTidal]

BfuckinK, on 11 September 2019 - 06:41 PM, said:

Terrace House Tokyo!!!

Boom baby! 12 episodes.

I saw that one go up. We won't get a chance to get into it till tomorrow, but I'm looking fwd to another Tokyo-based one. I really enjoyed the BOYS & GIRLS IN THE CITY season. Don't get me wrong, it was fun to visit both Hawaii and Nagano (Well, Karuizawa really)...but embedded directly in the madness of Tokyo is such a great setting!

Love this show!

[worry]

Huh, I thought the Watch had ended.

[Nicodimas]

Yeasssas

Alexander skargsgard ( see generation kill)

Is Randal Flagg in the stand.

I love this casting

http://collider.com/...KpQE_zFOQvSvkr0


( I still think he would be a great lan in wheel of time too)

This post has been edited by Nicodimas: 11 September 2019 - 07:21 PM