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I stopped watching after it's first season finale frustrated the hell out of me but people told me The Killing gets notably better as it goes in, Season 3 being VERY good. I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed the tone of the first season. The near constant rain sets a dreary tone and the acting is believable. It does suffer from a major case of streeeeeeeeeeeetching the case out, each episode seeming to end with another twist sharply pointing to a new killer, but I feel like not being forced to wait between seasons will lessen the annoyance of that season finale. Also question: Season 4 looks notably short, is it a whole new case or kind of a wrapping up loose ends kinda thing?
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richardfun posted:But then you might as well stop watching the entire show. The prequel season is being a little weird. Stuff is happening, but it's not as... intense? As the last one. I don't know how to explain it, it's almost like the slow-motion lead up to a trainwreck - you can't stop watching even though each individual moment isn't necessarily exciting. That said, Gannicus having to gently caress Anamais' wife is gonna be something to see when it comes out. And seeing Nevyia narrowly avoid getting raped by that Roman dude was pretty intense. I wonder if Batiatus Sr. is gonna keel over or whether Junior is gonna have to give him a push. 
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Jan 4, 2016 20:47
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WarLocke posted:The prequel season is being a little weird. Stuff is happening, but it's not as... intense? As the last one. Oh just wait and then there is the opening games.
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Jan 4, 2016 20:53
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WarLocke posted:I hope you don't mean pretty-boy Gannicus. Dude is obviously going to get chumped at some point, going by his attitude. His cock rages on
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Jan 4, 2016 21:35
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Caesar has better attitude and better cock
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Jan 4, 2016 21:36
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WarLocke posted:The prequel season is being a little weird. Stuff is happening, but it's not as... intense? As the last one. google image search Rapeface... His name is Rapeface
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Jan 5, 2016 03:49
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Haha holy gently caress. It was Lucretia poisoning Titus the entire time, then she maneuvers him into killing Tullius over it and entombing the body in the new arena?  Then the loving rad games where Crixus totally chumps Ashur, gently caress that looked painful. And Selonius maneuvering Batiatus into having to free Gannicus - I changed me mind, I can't wit for Gannicus to show up again. Then I watched the first episode of the next season. New Spartacus is going to take some getting used to, but you pretty much immediately go to the rampage in the whorehouse (gladius to the nuts, oww) and then I teared up when Spartacus sent Aurelia off (and then was pissed as gently caress when Glaber caught her), and loving hell Lucretia survived hahaha this is going to be glorious...
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Jan 5, 2016 21:19
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WarLocke posted:Then I watched the first episode of the next season. New Spartacus is going to take some getting used to, but you pretty much immediately go to the rampage in the whorehouse (gladius to the nuts, oww) and then I teared up when Spartacus sent Aurelia off (and then was pissed as gently caress when Glaber caught her), and loving hell Lucretia survived hahaha this is going to be glorious... I thought Liam McIntyre's performance was a little bit wooden at the start of Vengeance but by the half way point he really grew in the role. By the time War of the Damned rolls around, he's Spartacus.
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Jan 5, 2016 21:57
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Kal Torak posted:I thought Liam McIntyre's performance was a little bit wooden at the start of Vengeance but by the half way point he really grew in the role. By the time War of the Damned rolls around, he's Spartacus. I would say the turning point is the arena episode.
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Jan 5, 2016 21:59
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WarLocke posted:loving hell Lucretia survived hahaha The writers sat down to write season 3 and one of them said "oh poo poo, did we really kill off Lucy Lawless? Uh yeah she's amazing lets undo that." Kal Torak posted:I thought Liam McIntyre's performance was a little bit wooden at the start of Vengeance but by the half way point he really grew in the role. By the time War of the Damned rolls around, he's Spartacus. Yeah at first its weird and I missed the old guy, but by the last season you barely even remember what the old guy looked like. I think part of the issue is that he's trying to do an impression of the original actor, and then slowly makes it more his own thing over time.
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Jan 5, 2016 22:18
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Zaphod42 posted:The writers sat down to write season 3 and one of them said "oh poo poo, did we really kill off Lucy Lawless? Uh yeah she's amazing lets undo that." Wish they do that in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D....
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Jan 5, 2016 23:51
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bobkatt013 posted:I would say the turning point is the arena episode. Concur. Once he gets to chew scenery with some of the more charismatic characters... it's goes a long way.
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Jan 6, 2016 04:58
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Pan Dulce posted:Wish they do that in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.... She was wasted on that show, she'd make an awesome She-Hulk
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Jan 6, 2016 04:58
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Season 2 of the Killing is much better in the binge format. I forgot how loving sloooooooooow of a burn it was, especially with one case stretched over two seasons, I still don't understand that move. Edit: The more I watch the more I realize why this show has huge problems. Every single major suspect they focus on for episodes at length turns into the weirdest dead end. If they would do a thing where they were still viable, but a new suspect turned up it would work so much better and flow better. As it is it's like the show goes on these huge detours that end in massive road blocks. The teacher is by far the worst of it. Broadchurch is a much better show to be honest as, from what I recall, it only ever really does this once and it's a major plot point that resonates in the series. OldTennisCourt fucked around with this message at 18:12 on Jan 6, 2016 |
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Jan 6, 2016 17:19
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Running through The League with my wife. It's a fun show and my wife loves it even knowing nothing about football. We are just starting the 4th season.
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My wife and I binged Prison Break Seasons 1 and 2 over the last few weeks, and we just got through the abrupt tonal shift and new setting of the Season 3 premiere. My wife despises this new direction already, and is drat close to giving up on the show completely, even though we both enjoyed the ridiculous fun of the first two seasons.
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Jan 7, 2016 01:01
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Let her quit, you keep watching it for that sexy blue eyed chick
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Jan 7, 2016 01:14
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Just finished watching Bloodline a few nights ago, definitely a worthwhile experience. Great suspense and atmosphere with extremely strong storytelling and acting. Ben Mendelsohn was wonderful, probably one of the best acting jobs I've seen on TV in some time. Check it out!
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Vernacular posted:Just finished watching Bloodline a few nights ago, definitely a worthwhile experience. Great suspense and atmosphere with extremely strong storytelling and acting. Ben Mendelsohn was wonderful, probably one of the best acting jobs I've seen on TV in some time.
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Bloodline is excellent; the only gripe I had with it is I burned through it in like 2 weeks and now I have to wait and see if there will be more!
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Astrofig posted:Bloodline is excellent; the only gripe I had with it is I burned through it in like 2 weeks and now I have to wait and see if there will be more! It sounds like they're already halfway through shooting season 2!
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Jan 8, 2016 22:02
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Watched all of Fargo over the last week and a half. Just really gorgeously shot. It's kind of incredible how it was able to make otherwise very dark scenes and scenarios just goddamn hilarious. Okay then.
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James Woods Fan posted:Episode 7 of Band Of Brothers was, in the words of Buck, a real corker. Some characters I enjoyed are now gone. Episode 7 - The Breaking Point is my second favorite episode of the series. Definitely a year jerker and maddening in parts. Episode 2 - Day of Days is my favorite. BOB remains my favorite thing I've ever watched, movie or TV. Just incredible in so many aspects. I rewatch it at least once a year and it never gets old.
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Jan 9, 2016 07:47
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The episode with private blythe sucks
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Mu Zeta posted:The episode with private blythe sucks Which is a shame because it also has some great non-Blythe parts.
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Jan 9, 2016 15:52
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Yeah Blithe wasn't great but I liked that episode.
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Think that was Carentan wasn't it? It was supposed to kind of give a personal look into "shell shock" with Blithe and the hysterical blindness or whatever it seemed. One of my least favorite episodes.
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That episode was the tits. The attack on the town, and the counter attack at the hedgerows. Easy one the the best episodes. The real Blithe, re-upped for Korea and was still in the Army in 67 when he died. Rocksicles fucked around with this message at 06:58 on Jan 10, 2016 |
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OldTennisCourt posted:Season 2 of the Killing is much better in the binge format. I forgot how loving sloooooooooow of a burn it was, especially with one case stretched over two seasons, I still don't understand that move. Yeah, that was the main complaint about The Killing. It was pretty much like the first half of a Law & Order episode, when Detective Briscoe and his partner would chase down various dead end leads, only stretched out over two seasons. It might have worked if any of the social commentary was actually relevant to anything. I hear that was the main strength of the original version. But instead there's just a bunch of B, C, and D plots going around that just barely intersected with the main plot, except for when one of the characters from one of those plots became a red herring, and was dismissed as a suspect in 30 mins or less. By the end of the first season, I didn't really care about the characters, I was just annoyed by the lovely writing on the show, but I had invested enough time in that stupid show that I had to watch the season finale to find out who killed Rosie Larsen. Then it turned out I had watch Season 2 to find out. At that point, the rational part of my brain crawled out my ears, grabbed me by my lapels, and gave me a half hour lecture on the Sunken Cost Fallacy. Which was rather odd, since I'm more of a jeans and T-shirt guy.
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thrakkorzog posted:Yeah, that was the main complaint about The Killing. The thing is, the killer is actually a pretty smart and good move and I have no issue with it at all. The problem is that it EASILY could have been solved in season 1 if they dropped the massive detours. If they had fully cut out that teacher subplot that dragged and had absolutely no real payoff it could have set up the killer's reasons and had it all done in one season. As it is They cram in a whole lot about the casino to set up the killer's motivation but that could have EASILY been done in season 1. Same with the aunt and her affair. It was a season long mystery they stretched to two for no reason at all.
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I finally gave Continuum a shot after skipping over it for years on Netflix. If you are still skipping over it because of the low budget canadian scifi angle you are actively loving up. Holy poo poo that was a fun binge, I regret not watching it when it was new. I was expecting a full final season but then it started wrapping up, then it completely wrapped up in a half season arc. : ' ( At least they got that final season. All the CG is less than perfect, especially in the final season where they bit off more than they could chew, but the show deserves major props for even attempting a storyline that involved mech suits. I gave this a shot after Orphan Black blew me away. I need to give more Showcase shows a chance. bring back old gbs fucked around with this message at 22:44 on Jan 11, 2016 |
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Yeah I'm really glad I gave Continuum and The 100 a shot last year, they were both way better than I ever expected. About 3 episodes into Outlander now. From the people raving about it being extremely badass here in TVIV I'd say I'm a little underwhelmed so far. I'm not going to quit or anything, but people have been acting like Spartacus and Banshee had a 3 way with A Connecticut Yankee and the resulting love child is Outlander. After 3 episodes it does seem like a pretty solid show so I guess I'm just looking forward to the poo poo hitting the fan.
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It's not even close to either of those shows. It's a period drama with period appropriate murdering, raping, eating, drinking, loving and fighting. But it's good, what's her face really crushes pretty much every scene she's in.
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:My wife and I binged Prison Break Seasons 1 and 2 over the last few weeks, and we just got through the abrupt tonal shift and new setting of the Season 3 premiere. My wife despises this new direction already, and is drat close to giving up on the show completely, even though we both enjoyed the ridiculous fun of the first two seasons. I unabashedly love all of Prison Break, and I say watch it all! It does get sillier as it goes on but it's just too much dumb fun to quit now if you enjoyed the first 2 seasons. And hell.. who doesn't want to see more T-Bag?! Also- There will be a limited 10 episode run later this year, with Sara, Lincoln, and Michael all returning. Fingers crossed we'll see T-Bag too!
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Rocksicles posted:It's not even close to either of those shows. I wish someone would hurry up and do a 1632 (mini?)series.
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Rocksicles posted:It's not even close to either of those shows. You know now that I think of it I don't think I ever read any direct comparisons to either Spartacus or Banshee, I think It was just the tone of the comments I read that set me up with that expectation. Whatshisface from Rome does a great job of being the most hateable fucker on the planet as Black Jack Randall. Just got through episode 6 and holy poo poo, he just completely owns the fact that he's an evil bastard. My gf and I have a theory that her 1940's husband might have done some hosed up poo poo in the war, given his attitude toward her in the first episode and the behavior of his historical counterpart.
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... So it's an actual good show? I had pretty much written it off as a Harlequin romance type thing.
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Inspector 34 posted:You know now that I think of it I don't think I ever read any direct comparisons to either Spartacus or Banshee, I think It was just the tone of the comments I read that set me up with that expectation. Whatshisface from Rome does a great job of being the most hateable fucker on the planet as Black Jack Randall. Just got through episode 6 and holy poo poo, he just completely owns the fact that he's an evil bastard. He was Brutus on Rome!  Guess I need to check this show out, I'm a sucker for any period piece.
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Rocksicles posted:It's not even close to either of those shows. Pretty much same amount of sex scenes though
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I quit after 2 episodes of Outlander - thought they were really trying to push the series to the female audience, yet the meat and bones of the thing just wasn't compelling or believable enough. Does it get any better?
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