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Kazinsal posted:Quarantine has given me lots of rewatch time so in my quest to rewatch shows that I really liked up until the writers totally forgot how to wrap up a show in the last ten episodes I recently finished a rewatch of Battlestar Galactica. This time around I actually didn't mind the God Did It handwaving because it kinda makes sense if you go in knowing that the Cylons (or at least, the Sixes) are actually right the whole way through. The last five minutes are still an atrocity committed to film, though. Man, I was so into Battlestar Galactica during it's first season or two, and I really liked it's characters and space-navy aesthetic. I missed a bit of seasons 3 and 4, and was disappointed by the ending. Is there, say, a good stopping point somewhere in the series? Or is there another good show or movie that's similar? Stargate Universe was similar. The first season was kind of bad, but it started to get really good just before it got canceled.
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beanieson posted:Me and my 8yo son watched all 160 something episodes of Batman The Animated Series and it loving rules as hard as I remember it. I'm going through the middle of a rewatch of this myself right now and am loving it immensely. Holds up really well.
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May 11, 2020 03:38
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Raspberry Bang posted:Solar Opposites season 1 It's a fun show, but the main story seems very episodic. It kind of feels like Justin Roiland's take on Family Guy, but using R&M's trademark "sci-fi bullshit" as a crutch. It's pretty good, but I wasn't surprised at all to find that Mike McMahan was the writer of Interdimensional Cable 2 and Morty's Mind Blowers, because his humor feels very anthological. DorianGravy posted:Man, I was so into Battlestar Galactica during it's first season or two, and I really liked it's characters and space-navy aesthetic. I missed a bit of seasons 3 and 4, and was disappointed by the ending. Is there, say, a good stopping point somewhere in the series? Or is there another good show or movie that's similar? Stargate Universe was similar. The first season was kind of bad, but it started to get really good just before it got canceled. I still enjoyed it all the way through, but if you really don't like the ending, stop when they find "Earth" the first time. It's SUCH a downer ending, but it's a more fitting one for BSG's tone.
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May 11, 2020 04:53
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sticklefifer posted:I still enjoyed it all the way through, but if you really don't like the ending, stop when they find "Earth" the first time. It's SUCH a downer ending, but it's a more fitting one for BSG's tone. While that was a good episode, it's probably too much of a downer ending for me. Honestly, I think the last episode would have been fine if they just ended it when they came into sight of the real Earth. Some ambiguity is fine, and you can imagine whatever you want from there. For some reason, everything that happened once they were on Earth didn't leave a good impression with me. I'd prefer an ending that doesn't try to be so final. The show had the dual-problem that: 1) they didn't plan it out well enough when setting up their various mysteries and 2) they tried to wrap up too much at the end. Since this put me in the mood for for scifi, I started watching the older Battlestar Galactica (1978). It's pretty cheesy and 70s-ish, but I'm enjoying it. I'd seen it once before, but don't remember much.
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May 11, 2020 05:19
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Watched the third season of Westworld. Its creators clearly still haven't grasped why the first season was received so well, but it did seem they wisened up to what made the second season so bad - at least, at first. Aaron Paul is a ray of sunshine, as ever, and it starts out fairly enjoyable but by the last few episodes it all descends into annoyingly boring drivel. Not a show I'll be wasting any more time on.
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May 11, 2020 17:25
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I'm not sure I know how it's possible to make a show like Westworld become as boring as it did, but they somehow managed it. Anyway I'm not going to let a sci-fi conversation go without plugging the Expanse, which although I presume delayed, is about to have it's best season yet.
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May 11, 2020 18:25
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I've been binging through The Expanse and it's very good. I'm about halfway through season 4 (it's been my least favorite so far) and I'm still loving it. I've also been watching Hannibal and season 2 sure is weird! I just feel like it got a lot more up it's rear end. And it started with another stupid Hannibal fist fight, so not really digging that. I do kinda like the role reversal thing they got going on with Will and Lecter.
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May 11, 2020 21:52
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I'm enjoying Banshee for the most part but find myself fast forwarding through a lot of scenes that add nothing. It's weird how many characters look alike. The ex-partner and dead gangster wife are practically indistinguishable. Both main antagonists are old white man tv bad guys. The main dude and NY bad guy henchman look alike. Anyone who looks different (bowtie henchman, bitchy hacker, gay Mr Clean) is cartoonish and over the top. The only thing that really makes this show stand out is Antony Starr but I am enjoying it.
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May 11, 2020 22:26
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I dunno. It seems possible you FFing through large portions of the show are the main contributing factor to you finding characters and actors that aren't that similar to be nearly indistinguishable.
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May 11, 2020 22:34
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STAC Goat posted:I dunno. It seems possible you FFing through large portions of the show are the main contributing factor to you finding characters and actors that aren't that similar to be nearly indistinguishable. Doesn't seem possible to me or even likely. Have you seen the show and disagree with me or are you just arguing out of boredom? I have to guess the latter since you throw in the little straw man about large portions of the show.
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May 11, 2020 23:19
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May 11, 2020 23:23
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I have. I don't consider the characters you said were similar terribly similar. And like... I think you might have listed the same character as two different ones but I'm not sure if "Gay Mr. Clean" is referring to Job or the Albino. People process things differently. I don't think Rabbit/Proctor, Hood/Okek, or Carrie/the widow whose name I don't actually remember are all that similar at all but you might just feel differently than me. But it actually seems like a logical thing that if you're skipping "a lot of scenes" that you might be missing things that define and differentiate those characters. Banshee is first and foremost a character driven piece I think. There's a meta plot but it exists to set characters against each other. So I'm not sure I can actually think of "a lot of scenes" that don't add SOMETHING to those characters. You obviously took my post more hostilly than I intended. I'm sorry for that since I probably worded it badly. By all means, watch tv as you see fit. I like Banshee but I definitely don't think its some kind of impeachable or universal show. But like that would be my guess as to why you're having such a problem defining the characters for yourself. STAC Goat fucked around with this message at 23:29 on May 11, 2020 |
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May 11, 2020 23:27
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STAC Goat posted:I have. I don't consider the characters you said were similar terribly similar. And like... I think you might have listed the same character as two different ones but I'm not sure if "Gay Mr. Clean" is referring to Job or the Albino. Thank you for permission to watch tv as I see fit. You being unsure about which characters I mean kinda proves my point thought.
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May 11, 2020 23:30
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beanieson posted:Me and my 8yo son watched all 160 something episodes of Batman The Animated Series and it loving rules as hard as I remember it. If you have Disney+ you should give Gargoyles a try next
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May 11, 2020 23:32
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wormil posted:Thank you for permission to watch tv as I see fit. You being unsure about which characters I mean kinda proves my point thought. Me not being clear who one of your reductive nicknames for a character is describing doesn't really speak to the show's defining of them. For whatever its worth, you replied before I added an explicit apology so I'll add it again. I wasn't intended to pick a fight or tell you you were watching TV wrong. You expressed a problem you seemed to be having with a TV show and I felt that the other thing you said might be connected. I probably worded it badly and carry responsibility in you taking it harsher than I intended. I'm sorry for that. I'm not looking for a fight.
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May 11, 2020 23:34
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wormil posted:Doesn't seem possible to me or even likely. Have you seen the show and disagree with me or are you just arguing out of boredom? I have to guess the latter since you throw in the little straw man about large portions of the show. Good post/avatar combo
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May 11, 2020 23:40
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wormil posted:Thank you for permission to watch tv as I see fit. You being unsure about which characters I mean kinda proves my point thought. Except not at all. There are two bald, possibly gay characters who might be your "Gay Mr. Clean." They look nothing alike beyond being bald, so it's a fair question to ask who you meant by that comment. The characters all look pretty freaking different to me and I don't know how you crap on a show's character work when it has the inestimable Frankie Faison doing his thing. I do think the show has a reasonable gripe about having a disproportionate amount of beautiful women in it and very few within even the "average" camp much less unattractive, but even they all are very distinctive in appearance. There's a lot to fuss at Banshee about - it's a seriously guilty pleasure for me given that I know I should hate it for the ludicrous amount of on-screen violence and the constant dangling of rape as a threat. But the "they all look alike" gripe is just not one.
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May 11, 2020 23:42
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This is really a thrilling derail.
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Whomever has a dent in their forehead is gonna win this fight
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Meatgrinder posted:Watched the third season of Westworld. Its creators clearly still haven't grasped why the first season was received so well, but it did seem they wisened up to what made the second season so bad - at least, at first. Aaron Paul is a ray of sunshine, as ever, and it starts out fairly enjoyable but by the last few episodes it all descends into annoyingly boring drivel. Not a show I'll be wasting any more time on. yeah i gave up in the middle of ep 5 or so when i realised i no longer cared about any of the characters or the plot
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drrockso20 posted:If you have Disney+ you should give Gargoyles a try next Oh poo poo, I’d completely forgotten about that show. Thank you 
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beanieson posted:Oh poo poo, I’d completely forgotten about that show. Just remember to stop at the first episode of Season 3, also I can't remember if Disney+ has everything in the right order, so double check with Wikipedia to be sure
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drrockso20 posted:Just remember to stop at the first episode of Season 3, also I can't remember if Disney+ has everything in the right order, so double check with Wikipedia to be sure Does it drop off? I haven’t seen it since I was 13 so it’s hard to judge quality. With Batman TAS for example, I’d completely forgotten that the later rebooted episodes with Tim Drake and Dick Grayson as Nightwing we’re actually a different series. The animation isn’t so great and a lot of the characters look different even though the voice actors are the same.
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Wafflecopper posted:yeah i gave up in the middle of ep 5 or so when i realised i no longer cared about any of the characters or the plot I don't know why I sat through it. Lockdown, I guess. You sure missed out on a bunch of ominous music swelling over panned shots of staring faces and high school level philosophy debates, boy howdy!
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beanieson posted:Does it drop off? I haven’t seen it since I was 13 so it’s hard to judge quality. With Batman TAS for example, I’d completely forgotten that the later rebooted episodes with Tim Drake and Dick Grayson as Nightwing we’re actually a different series. The animation isn’t so great and a lot of the characters look different even though the voice actors are the same. Greg Weisman, one of the main people involved with Gargoyles got let go after the first episode of Season 3 and there's a very noticeable quality drop* off afterwards, accordingly both Weisman and the fandom in general tend to agree that the rest of Season 3 is non canon *there's a couple lemons in Season 2 as well mind you, but overall more bearable there
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The End of the loving World season 2 is as good as the first. I appreciate that pretty much the whole season is about the trauma from the first season. They managed to retain the same tension, and it's so minimalist; they do a lot with very little. Great soundtrack too. I'm kind of sad that the creator said there won't be any more, but if that's the ending it's a really satisfying one.Solice Kirsk posted:I've also been watching Hannibal and season 2 sure is weird! I just feel like it got a lot more up it's rear end.
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May 12, 2020 07:56
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sticklefifer posted:Oh boy, if you feel like Hannibal is up its own rear end in the second season... Yeah I was gonna say, I liked it the whole way through but the marker for when Hannibal goes up its own rear end is generally considered to be season 3.
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May 12, 2020 18:45
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Well, gives me something to look forward to then. I got like two more episodes to go. Also started The Man in the High Castle since I'm being forced to take a vacation next week. I figure between watching that and starting to play Kingdom Come: Deliverance I should be able to kill 9 days off in a row. Probably gonna go through a ton of edibles too.
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May 12, 2020 20:38
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Wafflecopper posted:yeah i gave up in the middle of ep 5 or so when i realised i no longer cared about any of the characters or the plot Personally, I was rooting for the computer. Disappointed they didn't go all -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkGsZ-qJ7uU
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May 12, 2020 23:53
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Watched Lil Dicky's show Dave in two separate bursts. Lil Dicky's music is all right I smile when I see his videos, never seek it out or anything but the show is great! Episode 5 Hype Man is one of the best episodes of TV I've seen in years.
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Kicked Throat posted:Watched Lil Dicky's show Dave in two separate bursts. Lil Dicky's music is all right I smile when I see his videos, never seek it out or anything but the show is great! Episode 5 Hype Man is one of the best episodes of TV I've seen in years. Now just release full prison song
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My wife loves Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel so I started watching those shows for the first time. We are watching them in chronological order, so once Angel started, it is Buffy Ep -> Angel Ep -> Repeat. Currently on Season 5 of Buffy (2 on Angel), and I like Angel way more. He's actually the best part of his show, whereas Buffy is one of the worst characters on hers. All the other characters are much more interesting than Buffy herself, but it does suffer from every character having sarcastic dialogue to the point the lines don't really apply to a specific character. Cordelia is amazing and my friend.
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May 13, 2020 12:09
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Meatgrinder posted:Upload is as advertised: a good watch. It's got a decent pace, it's pretty witty, it's fairly upbeat and engaging... You'd think it'd be horribly derivative what with using a whole bunch of familiar elements from other shows, but it's actually got a unique feel to it. I did feel they could have added a little more to this season, plot wise; it's a bit too short, like a free sample, there's not a lot of satisfaction out of finishing it. Not sure what to think of this show, but haven't finished yet. I feel like it could be better. At times it has a real crappy feel to it. Other times it works well.
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I just can't get into upload. It feels like The Asylum and the Hallmark Channel teamed up to adapt a William Gibson book into a sitcom.
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May 13, 2020 13:39
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I tried to like the end of the loving world, but it wasn't very interesting or good. Following two characters acting like aliens was fun for like 3 episodes then it got old
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Hizawk posted:My wife loves Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel so I started watching those shows for the first time. We are watching them in chronological order, so once Angel started, it is Buffy Ep -> Angel Ep -> Repeat. This continues. With the exception of a few episodes the last two seasons of Buffy and Angel are diametrically opposed in goodness. Now I think about it, Angel should have had seven seasonsand Buffy five.
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I've been on a quarantine Timothy Olyphant binge watch spree. Started with Deadwood and then the movie. Which was good/great. The characters and acting were amazing. George Hearst is an all time great villain and i couldn't get enough of Ian McShane as Al Swearengen, though it felt like every character was great. The general plot was really hard for me to follow, and I felt the payoffs were...not great. Still, an enjoyable ride and the movie was a great conclusion. Right now I am on Season 5 of Justified and oh man am I having so much fun with this show. Season 1 was by far the weakest, as it was clear the writers were not quite sure what kind of show they wanted it to be. But Season 2 was something special and I've been hooked since. Timothy Olyphant just nails it as Raylan Givens and the show is the perfect mix of drama but also knows when to have fun with itself and its characters. I can't wait to see how it all wraps up.
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Solaris 2.0 posted:
One of my favorite final scenes ever, thought it was just perfect. The last scene with Ava was nicely done too.
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May 13, 2020 20:29
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Should I watch The Wire? My spouse is like 40 hours into 90 Day Fiancee and I want to get her hooked on something else. Upload was good, not great but it has potential. After The Good Place the "afterlife drama" has a pretty high bar to clear. I did enjoy seeing Cigarette Smoking Man on TV again.
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Beer_Suitcase posted:Should I watch The Wire? My spouse is like 40 hours into 90 Day Fiancee and I want to get her hooked on something else. The wire is great, but it's a slow watch and every episode is a full hour. I've watched it multiple times and just started a rewatch with my wife. She can do like 1 every other day.
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