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Does Black Sails keep getting better or how is the quality on a per season basis? I recall liking the first season, though I don't think I quite finished it, and then just kind of forgot about it.
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DrVenkman posted:I always just wonder what big drama went down between them. Literally everyone who's been in a sketch troupe agrees it's about 300x more work than any other kind of show you could put on because you have to come up with funny poo poo nonstop and can't let the characters or plot carry something once it stops being funny. You have to start from scratch almost every time, too, you can't build on things you made previously. It's like working on 10 sitcom pilots per episode. Arist posted:Also I haven't seen Get Out but it seems kind of misleading to call that movie "unfunny." I wasn't talking about Key and Peele, they seem to be doing just fine so far.
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May 23, 2017 10:35
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Snak posted:If I was gonna describe the current state of this show to someone, I would say "It's a cross between the best of Lost and the best of Sleepy Hollow, but better." Man I love the show but that's a really bad job trying to sell it right there.
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May 23, 2017 10:57
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Although, if there were a show about a British defector time traveling to a hippie commune that doubles as a research station into dark energy, I would most definitely watch it.
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May 23, 2017 10:59
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precision posted:Does Black Sails keep getting better or how is the quality on a per season basis? I recall liking the first season, though I don't think I quite finished it, and then just kind of forgot about it. Mid-seasons slumps with bombastic season finales that blows everything else out of the water is pretty much how all seasons operate.
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Fargo s3 hasn't been bad but it has been super uninteresting a lot of the time. The best episode so far is the one with only one member of the regular cast.
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May 23, 2017 12:40
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I agree that at least thus far, Fargo S3 has had more stretches of being kind of dull than previous seasons. It's not so drastic a fall that I'd characterize it as a meaningful drop in quality but I'm not glued to the set as much as I was for S1 and S2. I'm also not sure I'm feeling the villains in it as much, other than I really want to see them go down. Like you'd almost be entranced by Billy Bob Thorton and a part of you wanted to see him succeed (as long as it meant no harm to Gus and Molly), and for how monstrous the Gerhardts were they still felt very human. Varga is as menacing and alien as Malvo but with none of the charisma. Best character by far is Nikki.
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May 23, 2017 14:11
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Nate RFB posted:Best character by far is
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May 23, 2017 15:58
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Not even close. I sometimes forget Fargo S3 even has a cop character B plot.
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May 23, 2017 16:05
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RIP Sir Roger Moore, who will always be Simon Templar to me. 
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May 23, 2017 16:50
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Davros1 posted:Preacher Season 2: The first season was such an interesting mis-step.
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May 23, 2017 16:58
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It was a stepping stone to give some depth to the story, instead of "ROAD TRIP! here's some flashbacks..."
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Rocksicles posted:That's the worst example you could use. No wonder your homie bailed out. I didn't use that example, I came up with it last night while I was drunk. My homie just didn't find any of the story interesting or like any of the characters. If you don't dig the "cool factor" of time travel and you don't like any of the characters or find the story interesting, there's not much for you in the show. I am curious how other people would describe the show. I agree there's not much like it. edit: Yes, I admit that my drunken, off the top of my head comparison was really bad. I was trying to think of other shows that had a constantly morphing reality where the roles of characters change and are revealed through flashbacks and initially episodic plot driven conflict transitions into larger religious themes. Which is how I arrived at those two shows. Snak fucked around with this message at 17:21 on May 23, 2017 |
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May 23, 2017 17:18
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I stopped trying to convince people about TV in sunlight world. When they don't get it, I judge them harshly.
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May 23, 2017 17:21
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DivisionPost posted:Hey look at this Seven Days in Hell was one of the funniest things to come out that year. SWEDISH Rocksicles posted:It was a stepping stone to give some depth to the story, instead of "ROAD TRIP! here's some flashbacks..." Yeah, but the focus on characters and plot lines that literally go up in smoke, the relentless distancing from the main plot to focus on random side narratives, making Tulip so abrasive and unapologetically offputting, the general nastiness soaking through it.... I think it was all very purposeful and completely dedicated to doing its own thing, I also think that it makes it pretty hard to recommend as a satisfying season. The filmmaking, writing, and acting is there. Hope that coalsces into something special next time.
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Rocksicles posted:I stopped trying to convince people about TV in sunlight world. When they don't get it, I judge them harshly. There's quite no way for someone to die in your eyes like when they first say that they dropped Breaking Bad because it was boring (mid-season 3, so ok sure) and then go on to tell you that Under the Dome was a great show. I mean there's bad taste and then there is 'I thought Dexter had a good ending' levels of objectively wrong opinions. No you didn't, you hated it like everybody else, shut up.
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May 23, 2017 17:29
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Shageletic posted:Seven Days in Hell was one of the funniest things to come out that year. It just popped up as a "Recommended" selection for me on the HBO Now app the other day, I assume because they're trying to build hype for this special. I had forgotten how riotously funny it was, and it wasted no time in reminding me. I wonder if Dolph Lundgren's role in Tour de Pharmacy will be once again consigned to repurposed interview clips, subtitled with details on his wonderful experience in Swedish men's prison.
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May 23, 2017 17:32
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Yeah, Seven Days in Hell was brilliant. If this comes close, I'm so in.
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May 23, 2017 18:17
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drat, today is the 7 year anniversary of the  finale. Time flies.
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I'm in this uncomfortable limbo where I'm extremely thrilled that there's a new season of Twin Peaks that I can watch RIGHT NOW but scared that I've built it up too much in my head and it's going to be weird and unnatural to try to return to that setting.MiddleOne posted:There's quite no way for someone to die in your eyes like when they first say that they dropped Breaking Bad because it was boring (mid-season 3, so ok sure) and then go on to tell you that Under the Dome was a great show. I mean there's bad taste and then there is 'I thought Dexter had a good ending' levels of objectively wrong opinions. No you didn't, you hated it like everybody else, shut up. Oh, Under the Dome is a horrendous show but the first couple of seasons were occasionally hilarious in their absolute absurdity.
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May 23, 2017 21:51
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I had never hate watched a show. Until Under the Dome.
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PantsBandit posted:Oh, Under the Dome is a horrendous show but the first couple of seasons were occasionally hilarious in their absolute absurdity. Oh it was very entertaining, but you'd have to mentally deranged to think it was 'good'.
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May 23, 2017 21:52
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"I know you murdered my husband not even two weeks ago but you do seem to feel really bad about it so I guess we can bang some more."
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May 23, 2017 21:58
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PantsBandit posted:"I know you murdered my husband not even two weeks ago but you do seem to feel really bad about it so I guess we can bang some more." Who else was she supposed to bang? Joe?
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Under the Dome and Zoo are two shows that transcend normal definitions of "Good" and "Bad". They are gifts to us from on high.
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Zoo was a trip, man. Is there a third season? I'm really hoping for talking lions.HanabaL03 posted:drat, today is the 7 year anniversary of the Every time I make the decision to stop watching a show and delete the unwatched episodes off my DVR I do so just slightly thinking back to that day.
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I thought it had been cancelled, but  Zoo season 3 starts next month. First 2 seasons are on Netflix, you all best catch upI'll make the thread for it in a week or two
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May 23, 2017 22:52
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precision posted:Watching Twin Peaks on amazon is great because you get all their little pop up trivia like "Kyle McLachlan maintains a website for his two dogs" Are you talking about the new series or is this on the original? I'm actually rewatching the original series on Netflix but if there's pop up trivia on Amazon I'll gladly switch apps.
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I'm pretty sure everything on Amazon has the x-ray, but not sure if older stuff has trivia as opposed to just showing the actors' names and faces. A lot of recent movies I've watched on there have had pretty interesting comments as well. Would really love it if streaming services started carrying commentary tracks though
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Yeah I just switched over to Amazon to check and it doesn't even have X-Ray for the actors/score, let alone trivia. Oh well. I'm torn on commentary tracks, I actually got the Blu-ray for Hot Fuzz because of the much lauded commentary with Tarantino and I got bored and turned it off halfway through because it was just them jerking each other off with movie references. As much as I like behind the scenes stuff and directors talking about their decisions, I think I like the ones where the auxiliary cast just shoot the poo poo and make fun of the movie/each other best. The LotR Hobbits tracks are all great, as is the Anna Kenrick/Marc Webber/Kieran Culkan/Aubrey Plaza Scott Pilgrim commentary. asecondduck fucked around with this message at 01:44 on May 24, 2017 |
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precision posted:Does Black Sails keep getting better or how is the quality on a per season basis? I recall liking the first season, though I don't think I quite finished it, and then just kind of forgot about it. Black Sails got progressively better after season 1. I think the final season took a slight dip, but seasons 2 and 3 were fantastic.
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get that OUT of my face posted:I saw an ad on the subway today for The Jim Jeffries Show. Judging by the picture on the ad (Jim holding a newspaper that's on fire), it looks like yet another "comedian talks about current events" show that's so prevalent on Comedy Central and other channels. Someday, there will be a market correction on those kinds of shows, because they're arguably more concerned with making a point and being right than being funny. But as it stands, CC is stuck in a rut and trying to replicate the success of Inside Amy Schumer and Broad City without knowing why audiences love those shows. It's similar to how over ten years ago, they were fixated with "edgy" comedy shows by cranking out half-assed attempts at Chappelle's Show. I don't care, I'm just glad this glorious man is getting more work.
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precision posted:I'm pretty sure everything on Amazon has the x-ray, but not sure if older stuff has trivia as opposed to just showing the actors' names and faces. A lot of recent movies I've watched on there have had pretty interesting comments as well. X-Ray is how I found out that The Legend of Korra has voice actors specifically for dog barking.
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precision posted:I thought it had been cancelled, but For some reason I thought it had been cancelled after the first season  great news!
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May 24, 2017 02:44
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I think the "some reason" we all assume Zoo is cancelled is because its really, really terrible and by all rights SHOULD be cancelled.
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 quote:Anthony Delge: But I Ain’t Worryin’. In his first stand-up special, Anthony doesn’t hold his thoughts back on toilet seats, welfare, dating and what happened to books-on-cassette.
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precision posted:I thought it had been cancelled, but gently caress yeah. Season 1 was one of my first threads.
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Pretty sure they are all slated for Fall 2018.
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Snak posted:My homie just didn't find any of the story interesting or like any of the characters. Make your friend apologize to Time Jesus right now.
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None of that stuff really gets going until season 2.
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