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Kingtheninja posted:Is anyone else getting super excited for 11/22/63? Just saw the full trailer for it. Is anyone making a thread? The book was great
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Under the Dome was a national treasure and it needed another season.
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GreenNight posted:Under the Dome was a national treasure and it needed another season. Another season? The show peaked with:  and it was a long, slow descent into madness after that
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I caught a bunch of Spartacus reruns in the last few days and this is your bi-yearly reminder that Spartacus is one of the best written shows ever that just happens to be couched in a hilarious amount of blood, CGI, and tits/dicks. I'm not the type of person that goes back and rewatches shows, but I think I might finally rewatch the whole series at some point this year. Because holy poo poo does that show do so, so, so many things right.
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VDay posted:I caught a bunch of Spartacus reruns in the last few days and this is your bi-yearly reminder that Spartacus is one of the best written shows ever that just happens to be couched in a hilarious amount of blood, CGI, and tits/dicks. Wise words from a good poster.
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Mu Zeta posted:The problem with Wolf Hall winning a Golden Globe is that the award doesn't mean poo poo so I don't know if it's actually any good. The cast is fantastic but the GG gives it a bad stench. wolf hall owns
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corn in the bible posted:wolf hall owns Can you persuade me to try it?
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VDay posted:I caught a bunch of Spartacus reruns in the last few days and this is your bi-yearly reminder that Spartacus is one of the best written shows ever that just happens to be couched in a hilarious amount of blood, CGI, and tits/dicks.
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Zaggitz posted:Wise words from a good poster.  whowhatwhere posted:That pilot though. A TV show that takes a whole 4 episodes before it becomes one of the best TV shows of the last decade. What an insurmountable obstacle. VDay fucked around with this message at 07:15 on Jan 13, 2016 |
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VDay posted:Spartacus is one of the best written shows ever VDay posted:one of the best TV shows of the last decade. What an insurmountable obstacle. Look its a fun show but it's nowhere close to this. There's no social commentary or real statements on life in general. It's good, but its just entertainment. It's the difference between true literature and great genre novels. Genre novels are a blast, and I love them, but they are more concerned with telling a story within their genre than they are at truly examining society, "the human condition" and all that blue squares fucked around with this message at 07:23 on Jan 13, 2016 |
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So the whole slavery aspect was lost on you?
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Rocksicles posted:So the whole slavery aspect was lost on you? What statement is Spartacus making about slavery?
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If only this show about slavery and what it means to be truly free had some kind of social commentary in it, it might be considered good...
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Slavery is bad, truly a timely message. Again, I loving loved Spartacus, but it's entirely forgettable when talking about truly good television IN MY OPINION
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blue squares posted:Slavery is bad, truly a timely message. Again, I loving loved Spartacus, but it's entirely forgettable when talking about truly good television A show doesn't have to have social commentary precisely aimed for it's period of creation ala The Wire to be 'good' television. Otherwise there wouldn't be much good television going by that definition.
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I don't think Spartacus really engages with that, though. The point of the show is to show awesome fights, and it does that well. From my recollection, there isn't a lot of depth in the examination of the nature of freedom, self-determination, etc.
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I was rooting for Caesar/Crassus when Spartacus' crew started raping and pillaging towns.
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If you want to say you didn't like Spartacus or it wasn't your cup of tea that's entirely up to you and is obviously something I won't try to argue. But it's a TV show that features political backstabbing that's up there with Rome and Game of Thrones, character development that makes even the bad guys seem reasonable and relatable, multiple gay relationships that are so nuanced and interesting that they embarrass anything else on TV short of some CW shows, and some Shakespearean poo poo-talking dialogue that is only rivaled by Deadwood. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQx490A7zDU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIEZmpo4rkM And even all of that is ignoring the fact that the lead actor passed away after one season and the show managed to pull a fantastic prequel season out of its rear end that was not only satisfying but also introduced a great new character while giving multiple established characters deeper motivations and storylines. Oh and no big deal but it also managed to have one of the best finales of any show ever that managed to tie up all the loose ends, gave a satisfying conclusion to a bunch of characters we knew wouldn't have happy endings, and paid tribute to the original Spartacus actor who passed away after the first season. But I guess it didn't say much besides slavery is bad so it's automatically a horrible show, just like how 12 Years a Slave is considered a horrible movie. IN MY OPINION
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Blood rains down from an angry sky. My cock rages on. My cock rages on.
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VDay posted:If you want to say you didn't like Spartacus or it wasn't your cup of tea that's entirely up to you and is obviously something I won't try to argue. Wow, learn to read
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blue squares posted:When I next post, I will defeat you with my bad opinions. VDay posted:No, you're going to try. blue squares posted:It is all a shitposter can do.
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I tire of this. Mostly because I didn't watch that show.
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blue squares posted:Wow, learn to read blue squares posted:I don't think Spartacus really engages with that, though. The point of the show is to show awesome fights, and it does that well. From my recollection, there isn't a lot of depth in the examination of the nature of freedom, self-determination, etc. You watched a TV show that is about a son trying to make a name for himself separate from his father, about a gladiator that tries to break free from his owners, about a Roman citizen reaching above his predetermined social standing, about the wife of a lanista using slaves for her own advantage, about the daughter of a powerful Roman official trying to gain power separate from her brother/family, about a Roman senator that tries to gain as much power as possible, about a Roman general that tries to play a bad situation to his advantage, about a Roman son of a senator that tries to take gain favor with his father, about a former slave and rape victim trying to overcome her experiences, and about an entire class of people that are trying to fight for freedom and decided that none of those scenarios really examine the nature of freedom, self-determination, etc but were instead just about awesome fights.
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Were the fights awesome, though?
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They were real loving good. Like, dude-gets-stabbed-in-the-mouth-with-the-tip-of-a-spear-and-then-the-spear-gets-jammed-up-so-that-the-dude's-jaw-snaps-off good. And that's just from the episode I happened to watch. Look all I'm saying is that Spartacus is a show that everyone needs to watch and form an opinion for themselves. But also if their opinion contradicts mine then they're obviously wrong.
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blue squares posted:Look its a fun show but it's nowhere close to this. There's no social commentary or real statements on life in general. It's good, but its just entertainment. It's the difference between true literature and great genre novels. Genre novels are a blast, and I love them, but they are more concerned with telling a story within their genre than they are at truly examining society, "the human condition" and all that Exactly. That's why it's the best.
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Sorry about my pretentious drunkposting
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blue squares posted:Can you persuade me to try it? I can't persuade you to try it because you are an emotionless robot
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zoux posted:I still haven't seen the last season because I know it ends with everyone getting killed So does your life and everybody else's
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less laughter posted:So does your life and everybody else's Spoilers, drat.
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BBC is rebooting Robot Wars. I imagine 10-year old me would be really excited. This was my favourite fight.
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My favorite show for a while when I was a kid was Junkyard Wars / Scrapheap Challenge. Much more interesting.
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blue squares posted:How many times is that show going to be rebooted? Until robots achieve sentience. We learned nothing from the Battlestar Galactica finale.
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The American one is better.
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Fooz posted:My favorite show for a while when I was a kid was Junkyard Wars / Scrapheap Challenge. Much more interesting. I still watch episodes off youtube whenever. Was such an interesting cool show. Their explanations for how things work were awesome.
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zoux posted:I still haven't seen the last season because I know it ends with everyone getting killed There are actually a couple twists. It's a sad but satisfying ending. Especially if you stay through the end credits.
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