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Nihonniboku posted:Three recommendations from this weekend: Do they ever get rid of the main character in The Magicians? He made the show unwatchable for me.
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Jan 5, 2020 14:45
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If you liked (or loved) Fleabag on Amazon Prime, you can get another dose of Phoebe Waller-Bridge and her raunchy wit from her six-episode sitcom Crashing on Netflix. It's not quite as good, but what is?
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Jan 5, 2020 15:11
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Macdeo Lurjtux posted:Yeah, Renfri was a princess taken into the woods to be killed by a huntsman under orders from Renfri's stepmother and her wizard. But the huntsman lets her live and eventually Renfri ends up teaming up with 7 traveling companions. The Last Wish is just stories about Geralt finding himself in fairy tales. Is it more clear in the books? I’m in the middle of the show, and I know that (Witcher episode 5)the wizard dude wanted her dead but I don’t think they talked about a huntsman. Or maybe I just missed it. I’m usually pretty good at following shows like this, but I had to turn on subtitles like halfway through the first episode because the names and kingdoms and poo poo were all really confusing. Once I put on the subtitles it became a lot clearer who was who and what factions were doing what.
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Jan 5, 2020 16:05
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remigious posted:Dracula isn’t hot so I’m not watching it He was much better looking in The Square. I didn’t even realize this was the same guy, I don’t know why they decided “boring middle aged dad” was a good look.
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Jan 5, 2020 16:18
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VaultAggie posted:Do they ever get rid of the main character in The Magicians? He made the show unwatchable for me. No he's still there, marginally less whiny than s1. The rest of the show is crazy enough to make it worthwhile though.
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Jan 5, 2020 17:13
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VaultAggie posted:Do they ever get rid of the main character in The Magicians? He made the show unwatchable for me. He died this last season. Now its a show with no main character though.
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Jan 5, 2020 18:24
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Dracula's fun but it thinks it's way smarter than its genre and it can be grating. Among what I did like was the cast hams it up quite nicely.
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Jan 5, 2020 23:17
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Turambar posted:I know Christmas was a few days ago, but I watched Klaus yesterday. Lots of CGI animated movies look beautiful, but it's currently impossible to get the same level of personality that you get from hand-drawn animation.
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Jan 5, 2020 23:23
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VaultAggie posted:Do they ever get rid of the main character in The Magicians? He made the show unwatchable for me. He actually got a lot better in season 4. Only for them to kill him off in a very permanent way. The producers afterwards confirmed that Jason Ralph came to them after filming season 4 saying he didn't want to do the show anymore. They shot additional scenes to make the rest of the cast think he was not really dead, then didn't include that scene in the final cut. So, yeah, he's gone, and the fans were generally devastated.
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Jan 5, 2020 23:30
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The longer I watched Dracula the more drained I felt.
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Jan 6, 2020 00:31
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Nohearum posted:The longer I watched Dracula the more drained I felt. Maybe Stephen Moffat is an energy vampire, like that office guy in What We Do In The Shadows TV show.
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Jan 6, 2020 00:46
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I turned Dracula off after about 20 minutes. Sweetheart was surprisingly okay. Kind of a weak last 2 acts, but I enjoyed the first.
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Jan 6, 2020 02:15
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So Dracula is way more Sherlock season four than Sherlock season two, is what I'm hearing, right?
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beanieson posted:Is it more clear in the books? I’m in the middle of the show, and I know that (Witcher episode 5)the wizard dude wanted her dead but I don’t think they talked about a huntsman. Or maybe I just missed it. I’m usually pretty good at following shows like this, but I had to turn on subtitles like halfway through the first episode because the names and kingdoms and poo poo were all really confusing. Once I put on the subtitles it became a lot clearer who was who and what factions were doing what. Everything I mentioned was called out in the first episode, either by the wizard or Renfri.
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Human Tornada posted:So Dracula is way more Sherlock season four than Sherlock season two, is what I'm hearing, right?
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Jan 6, 2020 11:14
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I miss that cancelled show where Dracula is Victorian Batman who teams up with gadget-inventing Van Helsing to fight occult industrial tycoons.
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The MSJ posted:I miss that cancelled show where Dracula is Victorian Batman who teams up with gadget-inventing Van Helsing to fight occult industrial tycoons. was that around the same time as the vampire hunter abe lincon movie?
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Season 3 of Occupied is on Netflix.
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https://twitter.com/BloodyMarquis/status/1214175874108579840?s=19 https://twitter.com/BloodyMarquis/status/1214182540162076673?s=19 Etc E: I'm on episode three or four of Watchemen; there's no way it continues this asymptotic climb in quality is there Inspector Hound fucked around with this message at 02:13 on Jan 7, 2020 |
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Jan 6, 2020 19:52
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It levels off a bit at the end to do the grunt work of completing the story. It's still one of the best single seasons of TV over the last decade.
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Inspector Hound posted:E: I'm on episode three or four of Watchemen; there's no way it continues this asymptotic climb in quality is there It does until the last two episodes, where it dips back down and flounders a bit. But overall it's very very good, yes.
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Jan 7, 2020 18:23
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Yeah, the last couple of episodes, once Dr. Manhattan shows up are lousy, but the Abar/Tulsa storyline is strong enough that the overall show is still pretty good.
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Jan 7, 2020 18:55
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Anyone checked out Reprisal or Nos4A2 on Hulu? Thoughts?
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Jan 7, 2020 18:58
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The penultimate episode of Watchmen was good, but basically from a completely different show than the first 3 or 4 episodes. The last episode is just straight up terrible as an episode of anything, doubly so as the conclusion to that particular story. It's very strange because even the budget in the last episode seemed to run out
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Jan 7, 2020 20:48
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My fiancée wants to watch some US history documentaries since she’s forgotten everything from grade school. What are a good fee that range from beginnings to now?
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George H.W. oval office posted:My fiancée wants to watch some US history documentaries since she’s forgotten everything from grade school. What are a good fee that range from beginnings to now? The Civil War on Netflix is very, very good, and has a murderers row of A list voice talent.
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George H.W. oval office posted:My fiancée wants to watch some US history documentaries since she’s forgotten everything from grade school. What are a good fee that range from beginnings to now? Check American Experience and Frontline on PBS. These tend to be middle-dives on single subjects, but they do a lot of establishing work and don't assume you know anything about the topic, but they also are not dumb. Also ask in this thread: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3269030
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Jan 8, 2020 03:05
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Does anyone watch/like Peaky Blinders? Every season of this show gets worse and worse
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Jan 8, 2020 03:13
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Deadite posted:Does anyone watch/like Peaky Blinders? Every season of this show gets worse and worse Yeah I quit after two even though I like Sam Niell in theory. Mostly residually for Event Horizon and In the Mouth of Madness I guess 
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Deadite posted:Does anyone watch/like Peaky Blinders? Every season of this show gets worse and worse Is it bad? I don't know. After 3.5 seasons I quit because even though I enjoyed it on some level the motivation to watch another episode was missing.
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Jan 8, 2020 04:23
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It's bad in the sense that it's all style over substance. Lots of shots of the cast looking cool and walking to contemporary music. It's frustrating because the Shelbys are bad people, but the show doesn't seem comfortable admitting that so every other character on the show is a mustache-twirling caricature of a villain. And every season seems to go: Tommy is going to lose everything! No wait he had a secret plan all along so he wins and in fact has gained a higher station in life. At this rate this season will end with him becoming prime minister, and next season he will be crowned king of england
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Jan 8, 2020 04:29
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Does anyone else find the pushback against the Netflix model of dropping an entire season to be weird? The arguments in favor to the traditional weekly model mostly all revolve around keeping hype around the show, rather than the content of the show itself. Hype being the most important thing. For gently caress sake, don't bring back the old ways just because you want to savor baby Yoda memes.
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Jan 8, 2020 05:02
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Detective No. 27 posted:Does anyone else find the pushback against the Netflix model of dropping an entire season to be weird? The arguments in favor to the traditional weekly model mostly all revolve around keeping hype around the show, rather than the content of the show itself. Hype being the most important thing. I found the weekly release of the Mandalorian to be annoying because all of the media outlets fought to get their episode recaps out right away, and there were spoilers everywhere. I knew about baby Yoda hours before I even watched the first episode. I ended up stealthily watching every episode at my desk at work every Friday morning.
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Detective No. 27 posted:Does anyone else find the pushback against the Netflix model of dropping an entire season to be weird? The arguments in favor to the traditional weekly model mostly all revolve around keeping hype around the show, rather than the content of the show itself. Hype being the most important thing. A weekly release schedule allows for speculation, and the build up of a narrative arc over the weeks which you can't get if you are just binging an entire season in a weekend. Pacing yourself doesn't work because there is a good chance you'll get spoiled by someone who just binges the show.
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I don't mind either method, but here's a few of my observations regarding myself and when I talk with others (such as at work). When an entire season drops on Netflix, I'll watch it over the weekend or the week. Even if it's not very good, I'll finish it, because why not. I've just got a few more episodes to go. I think they call that the sunk cost fallacy. I suspect this is the case for a lot of people. When a series is weekly, I find that if the show isn't that great, I forget when a new episode has aired, so I lose interest and stop watching it. On the other hand, if it's a show I like, I make drat sure to watch the new episode ASAP. For me, the weekly model helps me filter out lovely shows. I also find that when an entire season drops on Netflix, it doesn't prompt for much discussion with people I know. This definitely goes along with what you said about hype. When a new season drops on Netflix, it's usually the following: " -"Hey did you watch the new season of X" -"Yeah it was fine. I liked x,y,and z. And that cliffhanger? I think I'll check out the next season" On the other hand, with popular weekly shows, they get a lot more discussion at work. This used to be called water cooler tv. I like having those discussions.
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Detective No. 27 posted:Does anyone else find the pushback against the Netflix model of dropping an entire season to be weird? The arguments in favor to the traditional weekly model mostly all revolve around keeping hype around the show, rather than the content of the show itself. Hype being the most important thing. Yes it's super dumb. Like, they can just watch one a week if they want. No one is stopping them. but don't try and gently caress it up for everyone else.
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Peaky Blinders is dumb as hell and I love every minute of it It lives in the same part of my brain that still enjoys oldschool goth nights
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Detective No. 27 posted:Does anyone else find the pushback against the Netflix model of dropping an entire season to be weird? It's bullshit. I think it's one of those situations where a tiny minority of people are extremely vocal about something they probably don't even care much about, and Disney bots trolling Netflix. I rarely watch things when they first drop and yet manage to avoid spoilers by just avoiding places where I would see spoilers.
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I think that the Netflix model is better for the viewers in most aspect (there were some good points made about water cooler chat which you don't get nearly as much of with a mass release) but I think that the weekly model winds up being better for the show itself (if it's actually good it can build and maintain hype over an extended period)
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