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Skyl3lazer posted:I'll probably keep watching it along with The Last Ship and Dominion as time fillers till something worth watching comes back on air v Dominion is so horrible it's does a 360 to being a amazing show. Plus there's not another show that has angels being blown out the sky by a minigun.
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I read all the books and I'm stoked to see how they translate everything into TV. Over the course of all three there were a lot of great, horrifying things. Is the step dad Captain America? In a perfect world Russel Brand would have been Gabriel Bolivar. Gus is just like I pictured him in my head though.
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Skyl3lazer posted:I'll probably keep watching it along with The Last Ship and Dominion as time fillers till something worth watching comes back on air v I'm with you on this. My biggest problem with Stephen King is that he's often one of the worst offenders of "telling instead of showing" (HEY GUYS DO YOU SEE WHAT's GOING ON HERE?) and it comes through on the show. Some of the characters and concepts seemed interesting, though. Also: Sean Astin.
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tadashi posted:My biggest problem with Stephen King But Stephen King has nothing to do with this show?
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Man, I bet Sean Astin is going to be mighty mad when he realizes he gave that ring wraith an easy was to cross the river without riding down to the ferry.
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It's weird, I've read all the books but I can't remember if Astin's character does the same thing there he does here. I like GDT but I found the books frustrating, mainly because at key moments some characters make some ridiculous decisions. It is however bursting with crazy ideas (I can't wait for the character Danny Trejo will inevitibly play) and has some great set pieces. With some better writing it'll make for some good TV.
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Macdeo Lurjtux posted:Man, I bet Sean Astin is going to be mighty mad when he realizes he gave that ring wraith an easy was to cross the river without riding down to the ferry. With all of the card business I feel like he has to have a pretty good clue that he just did something involved in spreading the disease, if not the specifics about grim reaper Dracula.
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SO I watched the pilot and thought it looked kinda neat. It was pretty fun. Would I be doing a disservice to myself if I were to read the books before the show itself is finished, or should I do the show first, and then the books? If the books are just that much better than the show then I'd probably just read 'em.
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Jul 21, 2014 02:06
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Drifter posted:SO I watched the pilot and thought it looked kinda neat. It was pretty fun. The books are making the show more boring for me, but it's mostly because the more interesting stuff happens towards the end of the first book, in comparison.
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I enjoyed the pilot and I'm not one for zombie/monster shows. I don't even watch The Walking Dead. E: this guy is giving me Jeffrey Combs vibes. Man, that guy needs a role on an FX show. E2: holy poo poo those Simpsons commercials. 
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Jul 21, 2014 03:04
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Darko posted:The books are making the show more boring for me, but it's mostly because the more interesting stuff happens towards the end of the first book, in comparison. Perhaps I'll just watch the show once it's completely aired if I enjoy the books. I'll watch one more episode tonight before I make any rash decisions.
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Jesus gently caress. This show reminds me of some really stretched out off the wall episode of The X Files. Mental Hospitality fucked around with this message at 04:07 on Jul 21, 2014 |
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Jul 21, 2014 04:03
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Jul 21, 2014 04:08
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It's stupid as hell, but I'm loving it.
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Can't wait for that bitch lawyer survivor to get decapitated by old guy vampire hunter (this probably wont happen).
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*2 days later* Hey, we never heard back from the morgue guy and apparently nobody went to the morgue or like tried to call him in that time. Well, time to check that out!
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Yeah that was ridiculous. No one in the city went to the city morgue all day? But was it two days? I thought it seemed from one night to the next.
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Teek posted:Yeah that was ridiculous. No one in the city went to the city morgue all day? Maybe, the sense of time is pretty strange. He had enough time to go to an AA meeting in the middle of it.
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sector_corrector posted:*2 days later* Hey, we never heard back from the morgue guy and apparently nobody went to the morgue or like tried to call him in that time. Well, time to check that out! This show, like all infection based pandemic shows, requires the initial response to be mind numbingly stupid for the disease to spread. Yeah, the two medical docs who've examined the corpses personally from the CDC clearly know that it wasn't a CO poisoning incident but better get uppity lawyer woman to call her high political-office friend to override their ruling. Sec of Health "Do you really want to do devastating damage to the NY economy on a hunch?" NTSB guy "Oh, your personal problems are affecting your work, let it go" Isn't the whole point of the CDC quarantine to prevent mass pandemics, like Bird flu, SARS, etc. I'm pretty sure any government official over riding disease protocol to score points with her buddy would get absolutely destroyed by the political opposition.
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I though it was weird they didn't mention that the doctor was an alcoholic until now. This show is pretty dumb but I'll keep watching.
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Sucrose posted:I though it was weird they didn't mention that the doctor was an alcoholic until now. The old guy's face after he saw the unhooded Master is enough to keep me hooked for the season. Things are going to get gruesome.
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The Master's voice was pretty cool, as well. The show's fun. I'm going to keep watching it. 
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Teek posted:Yeah that was ridiculous. No one in the city went to the city morgue all day? It is ridiculous. No one notices the medical examiners department has gone AWOL for how many hours(?). No one gives a poo poo about the made-up CO story or that there's possibly a huge biological epidemic hitting NYC because cancelling some flights might make the stock exchange go down for a bit. It's pretty loving ridiculous, but it has zombies...or vampires....or zompires? Whatever, I like it. Sucrose posted:I though it was weird they didn't mention that the doctor was an alcoholic until now. In the first episode baldy does mention that he did quit drinking for his wife and kid. I figured the obligatory AA meeting was coming (ugh), I'm just glad they got it out of they way now. As it stands, it's just a cheap character tool to reinforce the idea that "this guy really loves his job, and kid too". Terriers had a way better drunk, but oh well. Mental Hospitality fucked around with this message at 07:57 on Jul 21, 2014 |
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Show is decent so far. I loved the books despite the mediocre writing in parts. I would encourage everyone to stick with this show because it has the potential to turn into a gem. The source material has some really cool concepts and mythology that would show well on TV if they use it right. After watching the second episode I would definitely tell you to withhold judgement for a few more episodes because we have barely gotten into the story. All that being said, at this point I could see it going either way.
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SouthLAnd posted:Terriers had a way better drunk, but oh well. Man, that was a REALLY good show. I liked it a lot.
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Drifter posted:Man, that was a REALLY good show. I liked it a lot. I shouldn't have mentioned the show, it seems to come up whenever a new show airs on FX. It was well received here, and by the whole 9 other people that watched it.
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Personally, I'm enjoying the hell out of this show. Yeah, some of it is silly like the incompetence and I guess the family drama could be done a little better but none of that stuff is bad enough to detract from the show for me. For a TV show, I think it is doing pretty good. The vampire stuff is really cool and I'm looking forward to seeing more episodes.
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I really could do without the whole AA and divorce story. It just makes the show drag on and on for me in what feels very unimportant
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Teek posted:Yeah that was ridiculous. No one in the city went to the city morgue all day? Yeah, the show is sort of hilarious for details like that. Nobody answering the phones at the medical examiner for the largest city in the United States for over a day and all the corpses being missing would probably result in a SWAT team being sent in.
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Is that french speaking guy supposed to be from Quebec or something? because I literally need the english subtitles to understand what he is saying. I guess those first two episodes were supposed to be exposition, and thus a little low on action, but next week should be dealing with the empty morgue, the various infectees turning into vampires (my bet is on the pilot dying in his hospital bed, goth singer going crazy with power, lawyer bitch going even bitchier and absolutely average guy killing those he loves in a fit of blood hunger), the dead coming back to life, rich dude getting splattered and Abraham breaking out of jail.
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Good thing the little French girl knew exactly how to walk to her dad's house from the morgue. Also convenient Papa brought a framed picture of her to the airport when he went to pick her up. Wanted to like it but the writing and cliches...
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D-Pad posted:Show is decent so far. I loved the books despite the mediocre writing in parts. I would encourage everyone to stick with this show because it has the potential to turn into a gem. The source material has some really cool concepts and mythology that would show well on TV if they use it right. After watching the second episode I would definitely tell you to withhold judgement for a few more episodes because we have barely gotten into the story. All that being said, at this point I could see it going either way. This. If you have enough interest in the show that you watched the first two episodes, please please stick with it at least for another month or so. The overall story hasn't even really begun yet, there's so much more cool stuff to come just in (what I would assume to be) the first season.
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Much slower episode last night I thought, not enjoying the Custody/AA side stuff but I'll stick with it for now. Setrakian is the most interesting character so far.
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Bling Bling posted:Wanted to like it but the writing and cliches... It's a bad show, but it's not an un-fun show. Good creature effects, some scary moments, and Corey Stoll's hairpiece is nearly comic relief in some scenes. Also Mia Maestro isn't as good as most of the actors in Sharknado. The bit in last night's episode where they referenced one of the coolest scenes from Cronos (licking the blood off the floor) was a kick in the teeth though. Don't remind me that the show COULD HAVE been great.
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InfiniteZero posted:It's a bad show, but it's not an un-fun show. Good creature effects, some scary moments, and Corey Stoll's hairpiece is nearly comic relief in some scenes. Also Mia Maestro isn't as good as most of the actors in Sharknado. I really do apologize if I'm unnecessarily repeating myself, but if you think its fun to this point get ready for a pretty crazy ride. I'm expecting that once the insanity is properly amped up the clichés/ham-fisted writing will be much easier to overlook.
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Bling Bling posted:Good thing the little French girl knew exactly how to walk to her dad's house from the morgue. That's actually a pretty important plot point.
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Flatscan posted:That's actually a pretty important plot point. Does it have anything to do with the "power of wuv" mentioned in the closing voiceover at the end of the pilot?
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