[Malankazooie]

Malankazooie, on 22 October 2019 - 05:49 PM, said:

So, as this decade is coming to a close, the 'best of the decade' lists are starting to appear.

Here's one for Television. I'm sure there will be others.

The 25 Best Shows of the Decade

Another decade list. This one includes shows that started during the aughts and carried on into the 2010s (e.g. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, 30 Rock)

The Best TV Shows of the Decade, Ranked

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

'Game Of Thrones’ The Long Night prequel has been cancelled by HBO'

https://wikiofthrone...yHhf8FYNtjJq9wg

[Malankazooie]

Probably a good thing. It's just too toxic of a property right now given how GoT went down and how people are still butt-hurt/gnashing their teeth over it. Let about half a decade pass and then revisit this and make a determination at that time whether to forge ahead.

[Abyss]

Azath Vitr (D, on 29 October 2019 - 09:00 PM, said:

'Game Of Thrones’ The Long Night prequel has been cancelled by HBO'

https://wikiofthrone...yHhf8FYNtjJq9wg

They'll still do something GoT related eventually.

[worry]

You don't know how right you are! HBO just ordered 10 episodes of a prequel series called House of the Dragon about the Targaryens: https://deadline.com/2019/10/game-of-thrones-new-series-house-of-the-dragons-targaryen-hbo-max-greenlight-1202771886/

It's confusing to me, due to when/where it was announced, whether this is for HBO Max (which is what they're calling Warner Brother's subscription streaming service for some reason) or HBO itself, but I'm guessing the latter.

This post has been edited by worry: 30 October 2019 - 04:49 AM

[Abyss]

Tartakovsky's PRIMAL.

Holy fucking dinofuck, this cartoon is INSANE. The first two eps have just enough character building amidst the 22min of The Adventures of Mini-T-Rex and Neanderthal The Barbarian, ep 3 keeps the character beats going but ups the action, and 4 is essentially one long utterly mad action scene i had to watch again while i was watching it. And then again. I have not watched ep5 yet because of how many times i had to rewatch parts of 4 last night.


And the style... i haven't seen anything this ambitious since some of the original HEAVY METAL stuff and more recently the Netflix Robots anthology. There is no dialogue. none. grunting and roaring and screaming, yes, but zero actual words. The soundtrack is perfect, it properls you through the action.. and the action.... fuck me like a vegan chicken pot pie...

Spoiler

The premiere with the sheer violence of the horn-noses taking out Caveman and Mini-T's families was brutal, the subsequent fights solid... ep 2, the snakes weren't nearly as interesting but entertaining enough... 3... the mammoths... holy fuck the mammoths... i couldn't decide what was more staggering... the way the clearly outgunned heroes threw down with them, or how completely they lost the fight.... the two mammoths head crushing Mini-T was just nuts...

And then 4...

OMG


...ep 4.... from the cold open of the running fight with the raptors, to the fight with the bloodbats, to the giant spider, to the end running fight... THAT LAST RUNNING FIGHT...

i am impressed and entertained.

Also impressive, not just how cleverly the animation uses the two leads' expressions to convey emotion, but how sparsely they use that trick and trust the viewer to figure it out instead of giving a dinosaur human expressions or making a caveman emote.

Worth a look if you don't mind your cartoons bloody.

[QuickTidal]

Waiting till it's done airing to devour in one fell swoop, but glad to hear it's solid.

[Abyss]

QuickTidal, on 30 October 2019 - 02:41 PM, said:

Waiting till it's done airing to devour in one fell swoop, but glad to hear it's solid.

Very.

First 5 ran on Adult Swim a few weeks ago, tho i expect they are or will rerun. Next 5 aren't supposed to air til next year some time.

[Primateus]

BfuckinK, on 30 October 2019 - 06:19 AM, said:

Daybreak look fucking strange...

A bit predictable, but pretty funny.

[Malankazooie]

Abyss, on 30 October 2019 - 02:35 PM, said:

Tartakovsky's PRIMAL.

Holy fucking dinofuck, this cartoon is INSANE. The first two eps have just enough character building amidst the 22min of The Adventures of Mini-T-Rex and Neanderthal The Barbarian, ep 3 keeps the character beats going but ups the action, and 4 is essentially one long utterly mad action scene i had to watch again while i was watching it. And then again. I have not watched ep5 yet because of how many times i had to rewatch parts of 4 last night.

And the style... i haven't seen anything this ambitious since some of the original HEAVY METAL stuff and more recently the Netflix Robots anthology. There is no dialogue. none. grunting and roaring and screaming, yes, but zero actual words. The soundtrack is perfect, it properls you through the action.. and the action.... fuck me like a vegan chicken pot pie...

Spoiler

The premiere with the sheer violence of the horn-noses taking out Caveman and Mini-T's families was brutal, the subsequent fights solid... ep 2, the snakes weren't nearly as interesting but entertaining enough... 3... the mammoths... holy fuck the mammoths... i couldn't decide what was more staggering... the way the clearly outgunned heroes threw down with them, or how completely they lost the fight.... the two mammoths head crushing Mini-T was just nuts...

And then 4...

OMG


...ep 4.... from the cold open of the running fight with the raptors, to the fight with the bloodbats, to the giant spider, to the end running fight... THAT LAST RUNNING FIGHT...

i am impressed and entertained.

Also impressive, not just how cleverly the animation uses the two leads' expressions to convey emotion, but how sparsely they use that trick and trust the viewer to figure it out instead of giving a dinosaur human expressions or making a caveman emote.

Worth a look if you don't mind your cartoons bloody.

I'm two episodes in and am utterly blown away by how excellent it is. Well worth seeking out.

https://www.thrillis...d-tv-shows-2019

[Abyss]

Malankazooie, on 30 October 2019 - 03:43 PM, said:

Abyss, on 30 October 2019 - 02:35 PM, said:

Tartakovsky's PRIMAL.

...

I'm two episodes in and am utterly blown away by how excellent it is. Well worth seeking out.

...

That scene....THAT holy jurassic fuck am i actually WATCHING this? SCENE....


Google tells me Caveman and Mini-T-Rex are supposed to be called Spear and Fang, but i like my names better and since no one actually speaks in the show i can do whatever i want wheeEEEeeee.

[acesn8s]

BfuckinK, on 30 October 2019 - 08:08 PM, said:

Damn Blue Bloods totally on fire this season!! Hitting all the right notes.

I've been recording them. The wife and I are working our way through Pearson and will then jump over to Blue Bloods.

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

[Slow Ben]

I"m current on Letterkenny, and motherfucker if its not the first cliffhanger on any season and the next season might not come out for a friggin year!

I guess i'll watch it again. Pitter patter lets get at'er.

[Slow Ben]

I'm also current on Critical Role. Which sucks worse. Waiting a whole week to get my online dnd fix? Damn.

[Tiste Simeon]

Man I think BoJack season 6 is the best yet. Just nailing it every episode...

[acesn8s]

Slow Ben, on 01 November 2019 - 06:19 PM, said:

I"m current on Letterkenny, and motherfucker if its not the first cliffhanger on any season and the next season might not come out for a friggin year!

I guess i'll watch it again. Pitter patter lets get at'er.

To be fair...


I think they release their seasons every 6 months or so. Hopefully we'll have something in the spring.

[Slow Ben]

acesn8s, on 01 November 2019 - 09:06 PM, said:

Slow Ben, on 01 November 2019 - 06:19 PM, said:

I"m current on Letterkenny, and motherfucker if its not the first cliffhanger on any season and the next season might not come out for a friggin year!

I guess i'll watch it again. Pitter patter lets get at'er.

To be fair...


I think they release their seasons every 6 months or so. Hopefully we'll have something in the spring.

Well that’s what I said! I said hopefully we’ll have something in the spring.

[Malankazooie]

I think John Malkovich might shine in this.

[acesn8s]

Slow Ben, on 02 November 2019 - 01:21 AM, said:

acesn8s, on 01 November 2019 - 09:06 PM, said:

Slow Ben, on 01 November 2019 - 06:19 PM, said:

I"m current on Letterkenny, and motherfucker if its not the first cliffhanger on any season and the next season might not come out for a friggin year!

I guess i'll watch it again. Pitter patter lets get at'er.

To be fair...


I think they release their seasons every 6 months or so. Hopefully we'll have something in the spring.

Well that’s what I said! I said hopefully we’ll have something in the spring.

Ferda!

This post has been edited by acesn8s: 04 November 2019 - 01:17 PM