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QuickTidal, on 25 January 2016 - 02:22 AM, said:

Actually, in Canada S3 is showing up on Netflix on the same night the new eps air, so I luck out (S3 ep 1 is already up on Cdn Netflix)!

This may be the one and only time Netflix Canada does something better than the US.
Cherish it.

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Raging Cajun Gator King, on 29 December 2015 - 10:07 PM, said:

Marco Polo s2 isn't happening till Summer of 16. 100 Eyes got a new 28 min prequel one shot though .

Yah i stand corrected on that.

[QuickTidal]

Abyss, on 25 January 2016 - 05:54 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 25 January 2016 - 02:22 AM, said:

Actually, in Canada S3 is showing up on Netflix on the same night the new eps air, so I luck out (S3 ep 1 is already up on Cdn Netflix)!

This may be the one and only time Netflix Canada does something better than the US.
Cherish it.

Yeah, I'm not going to lie...I had been prepared (once I started enjoying the show) to catch up with S2 and have to buy S3 on iTunes...only to see S3 listed in "More Episodes" and that Netflix will be airing week to week (with the dates written under the future eps) to match the airing sched on the channel in the States...I fucking cheered and applauded Netflix Canada for that.

[Binder of Demons]

I quite enjoyed the pilot of Lucifer. I felt his performance was a bit uneven, but much of that is probably down to the script or the direction. I thought he was excellent when he got a bit angry, and when they underplayed the humour he was good fun. Some of the bits in between seemed a bit forced at times. But I'd hope that would get smoothed out over a few episodes.

The female lead is very good too. She seems to have good comic timing, which will be important for the banter between her and Lucifer going forward. All in all, a good start.

[QuickTidal]

Whoa, cool news!

Ricky Whittle (Lincoln on THE 100) has been cast as Shadow in the AMERICAN GODS adaptation!

That's fantastic casting! He looks the part, and if his role on THE 100 is any example, he can pull off Shadow's wry, guarded nature well.

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 28 January 2016 - 06:05 PM

[worry]

Baskets (on FX): Zack G and Louis CK's project together (CK producing). A lot of indie quirk of both the weirdness for weirdness's sake variety of say Napoleon Dynamite, and the slightly more grounded everyone's-wacky-but-also-a-little-dark of Little Miss Sunshine. Some of it lands, some of it doesn't. The highlights of that first ep were the drive-thru scene, and of course, every single moment with Louie Anderson who has several lol moments.

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QuickTidal, on 20 January 2016 - 06:28 PM, said:

Uhhh....so Netflix picked up ALTERED CARBON to make a 10-ep series?

CRAZY!

Crazy AWESOME.

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Abyss, on 25 January 2016 - 05:53 PM, said:

Abyss, on 27 December 2015 - 11:01 PM, said:

champ, on 22 December 2015 - 10:21 AM, said:

Anyone watch The Magicians pilot based on the books by Lev Grossman?

Got that to watch tonight when I get home.

It's on the dvr. May wait til I have a few eps in the can.

Watched it.


Am unimpressed on pretty much all points, acting, fx, story.

This wasn't a bad adaptation, it was bad tv.

Ep2 marginally better. Barely.
I really wish they didn't feel the need to tack in a Chosen One plot. The books didn't need it send it isn't helping.

[QuickTidal]

Speaking of THE 100...wife and I just finished S1 and started S2. Really loving the show so far.

S2 Ep1

Spoiler

I don't trust the Mount Weather indoor survivors group AT ALL. I'm will to put goo money down on Clarke's instincts being right, and Jasper's being wrong about them. If I had to guess, these MF'ers are the descendants of people who hid out there during the apocalypse and cowardly closed up shop so no one else could get in...and the whole quarantine thing is just a line of bull fed to the inhabitants to keep them inside, working, and such. But yeah, fuck that old Pee-Wee Herman looking guy.

Also, I've never felt so conflicted as when the Grounder is dragging Finn and Bellamy behind his horse and wanting to kill them....only for Kane to shoot him through the head and rescue the two....I was like "YES! Kane!"....but then we go to the drop ship, and Bell (rightly) beats the shit out of Murphy and gets arrested?! WTF Kane?! If I were Bellamy, I'd be like "Hey fucker, we've been living down here for a long time on our own, you don't know shit about this place, your rules are no more...we 100 have our own goddamn rules. You follow that, or GTFO!"

But yeah. Really excited to see where it goes.

Also, is Gaeta (I forget his 100 name, so I'll use his Battlestar name) PURPOSELY telling Kane that he's not heard from Jaha on the Arc ring in space to keep him in charge as Chancellor? That's kind of shitty.

Oh, and Jaha hearing a baby crying...wtf is that about? Is he going to be able to find another way down to the ground?! I dig Isiah Washington, so that would be cool.

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Abyss, on 29 January 2016 - 03:31 AM, said:

Abyss, on 25 January 2016 - 05:53 PM, said:

Abyss, on 27 December 2015 - 11:01 PM, said:

champ, on 22 December 2015 - 10:21 AM, said:

Anyone watch The Magicians pilot based on the books by Lev Grossman?

Got that to watch tonight when I get home.

It's on the dvr. May wait til I have a few eps in the can.

Watched it.


Am unimpressed on pretty much all points, acting, fx, story.

This wasn't a bad adaptation, it was bad tv.

Ep2 marginally better. Barely.
I really wish they didn't feel the need to tack in a Chosen One plot. The books didn't need it send it isn't helping.

Raging Cajun Gator King, on 29 January 2016 - 03:53 AM, said:

So it's not following bk?

They draw on the source material, at times strongly, but they aren't really following the books beyond the basics of Quentin goes to Brakebills, meets characters with names Alice, Penny, Elliot, Margo, learns magic.

Also the Julia storyline from the second book is running parallel, and similarly changed beyond the basics of her being rejected and looking for magic in other ways.


I could parse it out in the details, but at root no, not following the books.

[acesn8s]

Anyone watching The Magicians? SyFy adapted the Lev Grossman novel. I've watched episode 1, it was ok.

I haven't read the book yet.

[paran falcon]

QuickTidal, on 29 January 2016 - 07:44 PM, said:

Speaking of THE 100...wife and I just finished S1 and started S2. Really loving the show so far.

S2 Ep1

Spoiler

I don't trust the Mount Weather indoor survivors group AT ALL. I'm will to put goo money down on Clarke's instincts being right, and Jasper's being wrong about them. If I had to guess, these MF'ers are the descendants of people who hid out there during the apocalypse and cowardly closed up shop so no one else could get in...and the whole quarantine thing is just a line of bull fed to the inhabitants to keep them inside, working, and such. But yeah, fuck that old Pee-Wee Herman looking guy.

Also, I've never felt so conflicted as when the Grounder is dragging Finn and Bellamy behind his horse and wanting to kill them....only for Kane to shoot him through the head and rescue the two....I was like "YES! Kane!"....but then we go to the drop ship, and Bell (rightly) beats the shit out of Murphy and gets arrested?! WTF Kane?! If I were Bellamy, I'd be like "Hey fucker, we've been living down here for a long time on our own, you don't know shit about this place, your rules are no more...we 100 have our own goddamn rules. You follow that, or GTFO!"

But yeah. Really excited to see where it goes.

Also, is Gaeta (I forget his 100 name, so I'll use his Battlestar name) PURPOSELY telling Kane that he's not heard from Jaha on the Arc ring in space to keep him in charge as Chancellor? That's kind of shitty.

Oh, and Jaha hearing a baby crying...wtf is that about? Is he going to be able to find another way down to the ground?! I dig Isiah Washington, so that would be cool.

You still have so much to look forward to...

[QuickTidal]

paran falcon, on 01 February 2016 - 05:25 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 29 January 2016 - 07:44 PM, said:

Speaking of THE 100...wife and I just finished S1 and started S2. Really loving the show so far.

S2 Ep1

Spoiler

I don't trust the Mount Weather indoor survivors group AT ALL. I'm will to put goo money down on Clarke's instincts being right, and Jasper's being wrong about them. If I had to guess, these MF'ers are the descendants of people who hid out there during the apocalypse and cowardly closed up shop so no one else could get in...and the whole quarantine thing is just a line of bull fed to the inhabitants to keep them inside, working, and such. But yeah, fuck that old Pee-Wee Herman looking guy.

Also, I've never felt so conflicted as when the Grounder is dragging Finn and Bellamy behind his horse and wanting to kill them....only for Kane to shoot him through the head and rescue the two....I was like "YES! Kane!"....but then we go to the drop ship, and Bell (rightly) beats the shit out of Murphy and gets arrested?! WTF Kane?! If I were Bellamy, I'd be like "Hey fucker, we've been living down here for a long time on our own, you don't know shit about this place, your rules are no more...we 100 have our own goddamn rules. You follow that, or GTFO!"

But yeah. Really excited to see where it goes.

Also, is Gaeta (I forget his 100 name, so I'll use his Battlestar name) PURPOSELY telling Kane that he's not heard from Jaha on the Arc ring in space to keep him in charge as Chancellor? That's kind of shitty.

Oh, and Jaha hearing a baby crying...wtf is that about? Is he going to be able to find another way down to the ground?! I dig Isiah Washington, so that would be cool.

You still have so much to look forward to...

Up to Ep6 of S2 now, and already so much has happened! My wife, who was leery of the show to start with, ADORES it now. She demands we watch it any time we get a chance.

[amphibian]

acesn8s, on 01 February 2016 - 01:56 PM, said:

Anyone watching The Magicians? SyFy adapted the Lev Grossman novel. I've watched episode 1, it was ok.

I haven't read the book yet.

I watched the first two episodes (the pilot split into halves) with a roomful of tweens (my cousins and other friends). They flat out loved it. Every bit of it. I quite liked most of it as well.

Good cast, wonderful scenery/sets, ripping pace, not so good at emphasizing how difficult magic is for people as only Julia really struggles to do it and Quentin/the others all have abilities already.

The Beast was terrifying tho. Very good job with that - even if they didn't do as much cannibalism/creepiness as the books have.

Will catch Episode 3 later this week.

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amphibian, on 02 February 2016 - 06:23 PM, said:

acesn8s, on 01 February 2016 - 01:56 PM, said:

Anyone watching The Magicians? SyFy adapted the Lev Grossman novel. I've watched episode 1, it was ok.

I haven't read the book yet.

I watched the first two episodes (the pilot split into halves) with a roomful of tweens (my cousins and other friends). They flat out loved it. Every bit of it. I quite liked most of it as well.

Good cast, wonderful scenery/sets, ripping pace, not so good at emphasizing how difficult magic is for people as only Julia really struggles to do it and Quentin/the others all have abilities already.

The Beast was terrifying tho. Very good job with that - even if they didn't do as much cannibalism/creepiness as the books have.

Will catch Episode 3 later this week.

Very nearly hated the first ep. Second was better. Will watch at least a few more before deciding.

Other than the basics of the setting and characters, they aren't closely following the books.

[amphibian]

I don't see why they have to - and I quite like the books.

Biggest difference is that Quentin is much, much more likable. Every main cast member is - which is different from what Grossman gave us in the books.

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amphibian, on 02 February 2016 - 11:27 PM, said:

I don't see why they have to - and I quite like the books.

Biggest difference is that Quentin is much, much more likable. Every main cast member is - which is different from what Grossman gave us in the books.

No issues with them deviating from the books, tho I think

Spoiler

injecting a Chosen One storyline

was... debatable. A little too we're trying to be Harry Potter with magicsex.

[Primateus]

Raging Cajun Gator King, on 03 February 2016 - 03:55 AM, said:

Oh man Lucifer Ep 2 was just as fun as 1. I'm down with this show. Funny

I would argue that the first episode was good, but the second was great step forward. While I enjoyed the first episode I admittedly wasn't entirely sold on it. But if the show continues with the same level shown in episode 2, I'll definitely watch it till the end.

[paran falcon]

Raging Cajun Gator King, on 03 February 2016 - 12:49 AM, said:

On Ep 2 of Colony and I'm struggling not to stop and erase it. Boring as fuck. Anyone else?

Caught part of the premier and then dvr'd a repeat of it to watch it properly. Only made it about 15 minutes and we had to pause it for something and just couldn't be bothered to go back for the rest. Like Defiance, they try bring us in post alien invasion. Unlike Defiance, I found little to nothing interesting in the little I saw.

[Baco Xtath]

RE: Magicians

I'm not really digging the show. If I hadn't read the books then maybe I'd like it but I'm constantly like "that wasn't in the book." It would be different if they changed stuff for the better but they're not. I may keep watching but I'm not looking forward to next week like I do with the Expanse or Game of Thrones.

RE: Sherlock
About a year ago I made a statement on here praising Elementary and y'all blasted me saying the BBC Sherlock blew it away. Well, I just finished watching the series and now I feel stupid for ever having put them in the same sentence. Sherlock is one of the best shows I've ever seen. As in ever. And only a few shows are on that list. I'm having a hard time following it. Any suggestions on what to watch after Sherlock? My dad recommended the Imitation Game but it's a movie and like a single crack rock for a crackhead - I'm looking for a crack boulder.