pentyne posted:Because the games were written by fans of the series, and since Sapkowski said "Idgaf just cut me a flat rate check for the rights" they wrote everything themselves building off his work and it's basically fanfiction written by a writing team with constant feedback and editing to make a generally great story. They can just stretch the show out by adding more filler. Everyone wants Geralt to hunt more monsters and less politics, so they can just interrupt their storylines to have monster hunting procedural episodes and everyone will be happy.
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Ugly In The Morning posted:Also, I would do terrible things for a Netflix MK series. C’mon, make it happen. what about a live action movie and also an animated movie? because we're getting both of those things within the next 12 months edit: EW just put up their review of the first episode of Picard and lol they let the 9/11 truther loving run the show edit2: ok apparently the other guy who wrote Into Darkness was the actual honest to god 9/11 truther, not Kurtzman, but it definitely features a shadowy conspiracy, which is a hallmark of the Kurtzman/Orci oeuvre DC Murderverse fucked around with this message at 09:07 on Jan 23, 2020 |
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I thought Kurtzman and Orci were banned from writing by the geneva convention.
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Michael Chabon is the showrunner for Picard S1 which is the thing I'm most curious about.
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Hakkesshu posted:Michael Chabon is the showrunner for Picard S1 which is the thing I'm most curious about. Same! No real interest in Star Trek but a lot of interest in this. He’s stepped down for season 2, though, to help develop a Kavalier and Clay series for Showtime.
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Lurdiak posted:I thought Kurtzman and Orci were banned from writing by the geneva convention. I was going to give you poo poo about Fringe being fantastic, but looking at the writing credits for that show they only wrote a tiny sliver of the episodes. Most of those were early season 1, which is the weakest part of the show.
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Calaveron posted:Imagine creating a sitcom that becomes insanely popular and critically acclaimed, ... and then you still proceed to piss down your pant leg the legacy your show could’ve had with a terrible ending. DC Murderverse posted:remember when they pretty much had a How I Met Your Father all ready to go starring infuriatingly-not-Oscar-nominated Director Greta Gerwig in the starring role and then that finale aired and everyone was like "nah i don't want to meet anyone else thank you"? I was a little sad CBS didn't go forward with that, if only because of how weird it was they cast Gerwig. Then again, Gerwig's done okay for herself, so it's probably for the best the show was passed over. Have Bays or Thomas done anything since HIMYM ended? They've just dropped off the face of the Earth.
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Escobarbarian posted:Same! No real interest in Star Trek but a lot of interest in this. He’s stepped down for season 2, though, to help develop a Kavalier and Clay series for Showtime. He'd already started work on K&C before season 2 of Picard had been announced.
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Critics say it's good, the thread seems alright with it so better than Encounter at Farpoint so far. I shall wathc it later and give the final, definitive verdict on its quality so stay tuned
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Was there ever a Halt and Catch Fire s4 thread? I found up to S2/3 in a combined thread. Just hit a bombshell moment and kinda wanna see the reactions.
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EL BROMANCE posted:Was there ever a Halt and Catch Fire s4 thread? I found up to S2/3 in a combined thread. Just hit a bombshell moment and kinda wanna see the reactions. yeah nobody saw it coming and everybody cried plz do not embarrass us
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has anyone watched October Faction on Netflix? it sounds like it could be enjoyable and it's based on a comic I haven't read by some acclaimed creators, but the lack of advance reviews doesn't bode well
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bring back old gbs posted:yeah nobody saw it coming and everybody cried plz do not embarrass us Still can’t believe she cut it so short. At least the next episode surely won’t have any big surprises...
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Barry Convex posted:has anyone watched October Faction on Netflix? it sounds like it could be enjoyable and it's based on a comic I haven't read by some acclaimed creators, but the lack of advance reviews doesn't bode well Watching the first episode now, but it's 37 degrees celcius and 4am so i'm kinda tuning out. It's really well shot.
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So I'm about 4 episodes into Twelve Monkeys, and it's just ok so far. Not bad, has a very Canadian sci-fi show feel. When does it get really "ZOMG I NEED TO WATCH THE NEXT EPISODE NOWWWWW" good? A few assorted thoughts below. Spoiler warning for the first 4 episodes of a 5-year old show and for a 25-year old movie: - So I gather I should just forget everything I know about Twelve Monkeys the movie? Aside from the obvious changes like the Goines gender-swap, the movie had the scientists believe that the past had already happened and could not be changed. Cole's mission was just to gather intel that they could use in the future to try to make a cure. But in the show, Cole's mission is to try to change the past so the outbreak never happens. Plus in the movie, the Order of the 12 Monkeys turned out to be just some bullshit eco-terrorism group, whereas in the show they seem to be the real deal. I'm just trying to determine if knowledge of the movie has spoiled some things in the show that are going to be presented as twists, or if the show and the movie really do go in completely different directions. - So far, I really could not give less of a poo poo about Deacon and his dumb group of marauders in the future. Really, anything in the future that's not Cole discussing his mission with the scientist lady is boring as gently caress. Does that get better, or is that just something to buckle down and endure for the length of the show? I already saw on IMDB that the guy that plays Deacon is in like 30-something episodes, so I hope it gets better. - Tom Noonan is really good and creepy and I hope he sticks around as the main villain. I was initially disappointed at them for killing Zeljko Ivanek right away, but Tom Noonan really elevates the whole show around him.
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Season one is a lot of setting up the rules of time travel, characters, and the initial framework of the universe. They stick pretty well to the rules they establish and make great pains to ensure there's internal consistency so that the paradoxes make sense from a story perspective. Basically what I'm saying is that they are building the playground now, but they use it extensively later. I'm not sure if I can really pick a specific episode though.
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You'd do well to forget the movie. If you are not all in by episode 6, it's not for you. Sounds like you have premiumtvitis
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I definitely have some premiumtvitis. But it's not really a matter of being all-in on the show vs it being not for me. Right now I'm watching it on the train during my commute. Jury's still out on whether it can make the jump from "ok to watch on the train" to "keep watching when I get home"
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12 Monkeys really picks up in S2 when they just straight up abandon the "present" time stuff as well as remove a lot of the limitations of the time travel. The show definitely gets weirder the farther it goes.
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muscles like this! posted:12 Monkeys really picks up in S2 when they just straight up abandon the "present" time stuff as well as remove a lot of the limitations of the time travel. The show definitely gets weirder the farther it goes. the second half of season1 as just as good as season 2.
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12 Monkey's is some great poo poo tbh. Also don't ruin Picard for me in here ok? 
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I lost all interest in 12 Monkeys a few episodes into Season 3. I can’t really articulate why, but I’ve had zero motivation to continue it
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Sumo posted:I lost all interest in 12 Monkeys a few episodes into Season 3. I can’t really articulate why, but I’ve had zero motivation to continue it Almost the same exactly, we remain brothers. I think a lot of it is I can't get behind Aaron Stanford in that particular role.
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Sumo posted:I lost all interest in 12 Monkeys a few episodes into Season 3. I can’t really articulate why, but I’ve had zero motivation to continue it Same thing happened to me with Orphan Black. Maybe I'll finish it someday.
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zoux posted:Almost the same exactly, we remain brothers.  Lol same - for all the talk of him being this world weary soldier and all I can see is petulant-rear end Pyro zoux posted:Picard fucks yall Don’t act like you’ll be exempt
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I wish!
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Sumo posted:
He wasn't a solider, he was just a survivor in a weary world.
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Twelve Monkeys is a great show. I'd give it my highest recommendation. Of the three recent good time travel shows (Travelers and Continuum being the others) it sticks its landing so hard and in a bonkers way. Definitely watch it, you'll have the time of your life.
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12 Monkeys always seemed like an odd property to turn into a tv show. Take away Terry Gilliam, Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt and there isn’t much left of the movie that hasn’t been done to death before.
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Finished all of Halt and Catch Fire, I really wasn’t sure how they managed to pull off a fairly satisfying and upbeat conclusion following a good 3 or 4 episodes where everything was in a downward spiral. Will miss the characters but I liked where we left off, although god knows how long it’ll be until Cam and Donna are back at eachothers throats. Solid finale, great show, tech sucks. Haley being turned down by her crush was just heartbreaking after she finally got the courage to approach her.
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Oasx posted:12 Monkeys always seemed like an odd property to turn into a tv show. Take away Terry Gilliam, Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt and there isn’t much left of the movie that hasn’t been done to death before. They took a wacky short film and turned it into a slightly confusing movie, with two good actors. The show at the very least was one of if not they best time travel show, that not only got better every season but stuck the landing like a motherfucker. Rocksicles fucked around with this message at 22:24 on Jan 23, 2020 |
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Rhyno posted:Twelve Monkeys is a great show. I'd give it my highest recommendation. Of the three recent good time travel shows (Travelers and Continuum being the others) Outlander and Future Man, biatch less laughter fucked around with this message at 23:01 on Jan 23, 2020 |
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Oasx posted:12 Monkeys always seemed like an odd property to turn into a tv show. Take away Terry Gilliam, Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt and there isn’t much left of the movie that hasn’t been done to death before. Limitless was another one that was strange to be turned into a TV show but ended up being really good. Only got one season though
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OldSenileGuy posted:Same thing happened to me with Orphan Black. Maybe I'll finish it someday. Orphan Black is really worth finishing because it does a really great job of taking all its crazy tangents and tying them up in a logical package while being a really heartfelt goodbye to Clone Club.
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So I signed up for CBS all access commercial free for Picard. You could tell where the commercial breaks were because it breaks away for them but immediately comes back however at one of the breaks there was literally one ad. I know I shouldn't be complaining but I'm wondering is that normal? I thought with subscriptions they have to call it limited ads or something. Has that happened for anyone else?
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I used to love watching That 70's Show but i haven't been able to watch it in years because once I learned what an absolute piece of poo poo Danny Masterson is, i just can't look at it. And he continues to be a piece of poo poo.quote:Cedric Bixler-Zavala of the Mars Volta and At The Drive had to put down his family dog yesterday after she ate rat poison, and he says that Scientologists protecting That ’70s Show actor Danny Masterson were behind it. In 2017, Bixler-Zavala’s wife Chrissie Carnell Bixler accused Masterson of raping her while they were dating in the late ’90s. Several other women have also made similar accusations against Masterson, who has denied all the allegations. Bixler-Zavala and Carnell Bixler are both former Scientologists; Masterson is currently an active member of the Church Of Scientology.
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Croatoan posted:So I signed up for CBS all access commercial free for Picard. You could tell where the commercial breaks were because it breaks away for them but immediately comes back however at one of the breaks there was literally one ad. I know I shouldn't be complaining but I'm wondering is that normal? I thought with subscriptions they have to call it limited ads or something. I get mine through prime but no I've never seen a commercial
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DC Murderverse posted:I used to love watching That 70's Show but i haven't been able to watch it in years because once I learned what an absolute piece of poo poo Danny Masterson is, i just can't look at it. And he continues to be a piece of poo poo. Yeah it sucks, Hyde was the funniest character too.
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Lurdiak posted:Yeah it sucks, Hyde was the funniest character too. You misspelled Jackie
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