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Mu Zeta posted:If you like the Wayne actor you need to watch the movie Sing Street. The most charming thing I've seen in years. It's about a teen in 80s Ireland that starts a band to impress a girl. I'll check that out, thanks! I liked the main actor but the supporting lead, Ciara Bravo, really blew me away. Hope she gets lots of work in the future.
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Zoracle Zed posted:I'll check that out, thanks! I liked the main actor but the supporting lead, Ciara Bravo, really blew me away. Hope she gets lots of work in the future. I believe she's in a new film with Spider-Man. And they all seem very hopeful that a second season of Wayne is going to happen.
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Mu Zeta posted:If you like the Wayne actor you need to watch the movie Sing Street. The most charming thing I've seen in years. It's about a teen in 80s Ireland that starts a band to impress a girl. Sing Street is so good. I watched it the first time back to back with The Hunt for the Wilderpeople and it was the greatest double feature I’ve ever done.
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Feb 8, 2021 05:12
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BetterLekNextTime posted:If I had to rank the seasons S1 would have been the strongest (followed by S5). I put it down for a few months somewhere in early S3. I think I just gave up and accepted the goofiness. S3 and S4 get pretty convoluted, but I think they stick the landing. Still, even when it's not great, it's still a lot of fun to watch Tatiana Maslany's Acting Academy while she plays like 15 characters. The most fun of that show is when one of the clones is pretending to be another one of the clones, and you can tell because she has so many subtle character tics for each one.
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Feb 8, 2021 19:51
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Season 1 of spartacus ended up being good silly fun but rape being a repeated theme in season 2 is really loving awful
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Feb 8, 2021 21:18
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I mean, it was a pretty major theme in S1. Its just presented differently in S2 because its no longer about all the rich and powerful people raping the slaves.
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Feb 8, 2021 21:46
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I think it's that s2 seems more explicit? At least in the house of batiatus rich person gladiator rape orgies
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Feb 8, 2021 22:05
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Its been awhile and I definitely know S2 has more overt rape stories, but I also just think S1 is loaded with rape that is often just glossed over as another indignity on the slaves rather than what it is. So the fact that S2-3 actually kind of addresses it feels like arguably an improvement. Also just to be sure, you should be watching the show as: S1: Blood and Sand S2: Gods of the Arena S3: Vengeance S3: War of the Damned Technically Vengeance is "Season 2" but in reality it was the 3rd season produced. Andy Whitfield was sick and they delayed continuing the show to see if he'd recover, so they filmed the Gods of the Arena prequel mini in the interim. But it heavily plays into Vengeance so you should see it first.
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Feb 8, 2021 22:23
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when does season 5 of babylon 5 stop sucking rear end?
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Feb 8, 2021 22:43
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We're almost done with the new The Tick, and I'll be sad to reach the end of it. I still think Patrick Warburton fits the role better but Peter Serafinowicz is great too. It's made us both so nostalgic for The Venture Bros that I think we're going to go back and rewatch that from beginning to end next.
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Feb 8, 2021 23:40
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I started watching Agents of Shield and it's pretty good, fun action sci-fi show with some decent twists and budget for TV level action. I'm in season 4, just got to the Agents of Hydra episode and it's great seeing all of the heel turns for everyone in the framework.
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Feb 8, 2021 23:57
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sticklefifer posted:S3 and S4 get pretty convoluted, but I think they stick the landing. Still, even when it's not great, it's still a lot of fun to watch Tatiana Maslany's Acting Academy while she plays like 15 characters. The most fun of that show is when one of the clones is pretending to be another one of the clones, and you can tell because she has so many subtle character tics for each one. 100% agree. It's pretty cool she got an Emmy for this even though it's not some prestige series with a giant budget or a bunch of heavy-hitting movie actors.
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Feb 9, 2021 00:34
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Wafflecopper posted:when does season 5 of babylon 5 stop sucking rear end? I've gone throught B5 every decade or so and have never finished season 5 because it's so bad. I chalk that up to they were going to finish on season 4 and then bam extra season.
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Wafflecopper posted:when does season 5 of babylon 5 stop sucking rear end? Midseason, though there are a few good episodes in the first half. The second half is really good, and I'd still place the fifth season above the first in terms of how much I enjoyed it.
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Wafflecopper posted:when does season 5 of babylon 5 stop sucking rear end? About 38:55 into episode 11, using HBO Max for the timestamp. Open Source Idiom posted:Midseason, though there are a few good episodes in the first half. It really does get much better after that. S05E12 is a favorite episode of mine, and probably really hits home to a lot of people.
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Feb 9, 2021 02:46
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Does B5 seriously only have five seasons? For some reason I thought I remembered it being this gigantic epic when it was airing, and that’s the only thing that kept me from revisiting it. Now that I wiki it, it’s downright approachable. I might throw that one onto my to-do pile sooner rather than later. I do need to mentally steel myself for “LightWave3D: The TV Show” though, that much I remember.
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Feb 9, 2021 03:46
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Tracy Scoggins brings the whole thing down, she was such a bad casting choice.
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Feb 9, 2021 06:50
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The Deuce, Season 2. God this whole film subplot is gold. Absolutely mad with myself that I slept on this. Also this is my first real David Simon show, though I saw Generation Kill. Skarsgard sank that poo poo for me.
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Feb 9, 2021 12:46
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Nah, Generation Kill is great and Skarsgård is good in it. He played Sgt Colbert spot on. It does help I watched this when it aired which was before he became famous (before True Blood). Still I’ve watched GK several times since and loved it. It captures being a Marine perfectly (as a Marine I would know).
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Feb 9, 2021 12:51
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I just started watching Letterkenny after having it recommended to me for years. Halfway through the first season and it's a lot of fun. But I think I remember reading that after a couple seasons it turns to absolute poo poo? The original showrunners left or something and the stars of the show decided they could write and do all the other poo poo just as well.
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Feb 9, 2021 13:22
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Megillah Gorilla posted:I just started watching Letterkenny after having it recommended to me for years. Halfway through the first season and it's a lot of fun. Jared Keeso (the star) created the show.
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Feb 9, 2021 15:22
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Megillah Gorilla posted:But I think I remember reading that after a couple seasons it turns to absolute poo poo? The original showrunners left or something and the stars of the show decided they could write and do all the other poo poo just as well. That's trailer park boys. Letterkenny is good and has better legs than it should for a show that started as 2 minute quickfire pun videos on youtube.
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Feb 9, 2021 15:42
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Glad to be wrong, because now I get to watch all of it. It's was actually a clip of the first episode's cold open which convinced me to watch the show.
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Feb 9, 2021 16:34
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Letterkennys quality does fluctuate over the seasons, but yeah it's a fun show. And so is Ted Lasso, which I'm sure is the best show of 2020. The fact that hannah waddingham was also the shame nun from GoT is mind-blowing.
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Feb 9, 2021 17:30
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Currently binging Better Things, finished the first season in an evening cause I couldn't put it down, its just that good. I really overlooked the quality of shows FX provides.
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Antifa Poltergeist posted:Letterkennys quality does fluctuate over the seasons, but yeah it's a fun show. The dips in quality usually seem to be based on who is or isn't available for the season. Sometimes the cast is too big for the show, and sometimes great characters are missing all season or only show up once. But since each season is so short, it doesn't really matter when you're binging it. The weaker seasons are only more glaring when you're waiting 9 months for 6 episodes.
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Open Source Idiom posted:The Deuce, Season 2. What!? I had no idea David Simon had a new show! I need to get on this.
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Feb 9, 2021 23:41
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I just finished Search Party this morning. I went through season 4 in one go and stayed up until 5:30 AM to do so. I am now paying the tired price. Took a bit of work to get through the first several episodes, but grew on on me fast. Season 3 was kind of a jumble. Season 4 was incredible. Good timing because it got picked up for season five!
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Feb 9, 2021 23:42
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'The Last Narc' on Prime was gripping and awesome. Anyone into stylish, investigative documentaries should check it out. I'm surprised a mainstream American streaming service actually airs it. Wish they had dedicated more time to Jaime earlier in the show. He's a peripheral figure until they drop the bombshell right at the end.
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Raspberry Bang posted:What!? I had no idea David Simon had a new show! I need to get on this. It's like 3 years old, I dont know why HBO didn't market this show enough because it honestly flew under the radar.
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Feb 10, 2021 03:24
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Started watching Shameless on Season 2 right now, its a great show but man I hate Frank, just a low life piece of poo poo. William H Macy does an amazing job.
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Get ready to hate every single character in the show at one point or another. I like the show but man at times it's just the most perfect example of misery porn. I think the middle few seasons were the worst for this though, the last couple haven't been as bleak.
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calandryll posted:I've gone throught B5 every decade or so and have never finished season 5 because it's so bad. I chalk that up to they were going to finish on season 4 and then bam extra season. That's a pity. The second half of S5 is quite good. I'm sure you could google the Centauri arc and find episodes. Garibaldi's arc is also very good. Lennier's "Very Special Episode" is very much a "very special episode" but like B5 it is very prescient where it is a lot more resonant now than it was when it was released, let alone filmed/written. JMS is a grognard who writes villains sympathetically. It's layers of meta, a real "stare at the abyss" situation where he doesn't even realize he is writing a villain when he writes Marcus or Lennier.
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Fartington Butts posted:I just finished Search Party this morning. I went through season 4 in one go and stayed up until 5:30 AM to do so. I am now paying the tired price. Interesting. I also watched it at a torrent pace....but I thought that Season 4 was by far the worst.
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Oh man, glad people are checking out The Deuce. Such a good show and it's always baffled me that it wasn't a bigger deal.
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Feb 10, 2021 09:26
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RestingB1tchFace posted:Interesting. I also watched it at a torrent pace....but I thought that Season 4 was by far the worst. I agree with you and I feel most people grade the show on sketch comedy rules. Most of it is garbage but all it takes is one good moment. By those rules, the roundabout scene alone turned S4 from "a complete waste of time" to "amazing". Personally, I've genuinely enjoyed every season while acknowledging highs and lows. Other people see good highs and campy lows in a middling show. Not my perception but it made me see why people like S4 the best because it's peaks in both directions are the highest and the rest is just a middling mess. I tend to like things unironically so that approach has less appeal for me.
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VinylonUnderground posted:I agree with you and I feel most people grade the show on sketch comedy rules. Most of it is garbage but all it takes is one good moment. Nah. It's funny and weird, and I find it engrossing all the way through. Some of it's very, very clever too. The roundabout it fun slapstick nonsense, but that's just one part of what makes the show good.
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mllaneza posted:About 38:55 into episode 11, using HBO Max for the timestamp. Are you sure you don't mean 10 because I just watched that and the season suddenly and dramatically improved towards the end of the ep
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Feb 10, 2021 10:10
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Trig Discipline posted:Oh man, glad people are checking out The Deuce. Such a good show and it's always baffled me that it wasn't a bigger deal. I definitely agree it's overall underrated.
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I watched the first season of Fargo and it’s pretty good. I didn’t understand all the plot holes though. Like, why was lester’s brother never interviewed and given the chance to say why he didn’t kill the wife? An alibi would be pretty easy to come up with, or just mention that Lester is nuts because of the kidnapping which also happened. I guess you can handwave it off because the police chief was loving inept at his job, but to have that case go to trial without any defense? Or why does Gus Grimly just go straight into Malvo’s house without calling the cops? I guess because he didn’t want his wife at risk and he had to prove himself? Kinda crazy that he goes from someone who can’t pull the trigger to a dude that shoots Malvo like five times.
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