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IMO the best Netflix original from the last three years has to be The Dark Crystal. Truly astonishing what they achieved on that show, and quite moving too. The last few episodes managed to be very powerful, both in good and upsetting ways.
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Dark (Germany), Kingdom (Korea), and The Last Kingdom are my Netflix must-binge!
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Jul 17, 2021 00:18
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Seconding The Last Kingdom. Reminds me of what Vikings could be if it was actually consistently good. In other news, did you guys know that Frank Darabont just won a lawsuit against AMC over being hosed over on The Walking Dead? He just got a $200 million settlement. https://gizmodo.com/walking-dead-lawsuit-ends-in-200-million-settlement-1847310301 Robert Kirkman still has his own lawsuit against AMC pending. AMC is hosed.
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Jul 17, 2021 05:54
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Not hosed at all. They make way more than that off walking dead.
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Adam from YMS has a really good and funny review of TWD seasons 1 and 2 and he points out and explains how the shows budget was limited and how each episode they kept having to do more with less... And I realized that just continued for a dozen or so seasons at this point, despite being a ratings bonanza for the network. Most shows become more and more expensive as they become more popular, add characters, and get more involved plots; but not Walking Dead...  I honestly can't believe its still on the air and birthing spinoffs. 
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Jul 17, 2021 09:35
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Doctor Who (arguably one of the most popular shows on the planet) has had it's budget cut every season.
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Jul 17, 2021 10:36
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Doctor Who suffers from airing on public television. So the countless of millions of dollars that Doctor Who as a property makes doesn't go towards making more episodes or even just making the show better, it goes towards every series on BBC.
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Jul 17, 2021 11:01
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loving Tories gutting the BBC is the problem.
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Jul 17, 2021 11:19
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Doctor Who suffers from being poo poo boring garbage written by idiots and jackasses more than anything else
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Escobarbarian posted:Doctor Who suffers from being poo poo boring garbage written by idiots and jackasses more than anything else Nah, what, Doctor Who rules. And some the people who've worked on the show -- Douglas Adams, Russell T. Davies, Dennis Spooner, Robert Holmes -- are just insanely talented writers.
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Jul 17, 2021 11:43
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Too bad none of them are there now
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Jul 17, 2021 12:27
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Open Source Idiom posted:Nah, what, Doctor Who rules. And some the people who've worked on the show -- Douglas Adams, Russell T. Davies, Dennis Spooner, Robert Holmes -- are just insanely talented writers. Yeah RTD rules. He is also the last time the show was good
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Jul 17, 2021 12:28
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Escobarbarian posted:Yeah RTD rules. He is also the last time the show was good Hakkesshu posted:Too bad none of them are there now Yeah, this does righteously suck. They've been good individual writers here and there -- e.g. Toby Whithouse, who also made Being Human -- but the people in charge since RTD have either been macho chodes (Moffat) or vapid milquetoasts (Chibnall). There are good episodes all over the place, but the top down stuff has been consistently wonky.
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Jul 17, 2021 12:35
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Broadchurch is better than anything the other showrunners have done, but obviously Chibnall isn't getting the same quality out of Doctor Who.
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Jul 17, 2021 12:47
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Oasx posted:Boradchurch is better than anything the other showrunners have done, but obviously Chibnall isn't getting the same quality out of Doctor Who. Better than It's A Sin, Casanova, The Second Coming and Cucumber? (I assume stuff like The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy wouldn't count here because it's the product of a Classic Who showrunner (or "script editor") but I'd definitely argue that was better than Broadchurch too.)
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Jul 17, 2021 13:00
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Oasx posted:Doctor Who suffers from airing on public television. Are they making money on it? I thought the BBC only made revenue off the stuff that is attractive for overseas licensing, which I thought Doctor Who didn't fall under.
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Escobarbarian posted:Yeah RTD rules. He is also the last time the show was good To think we used to bitch about RTD's writing, we didn't know how good we had it compared to the last few years, blowjob sidewalk slab and all.
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Jul 17, 2021 18:49
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Never Have I Ever is good this season but the mom and Common have no chemistry whatsoever which makes their romantic storyline a little awkward
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Jul 17, 2021 20:36
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Toxic Fart Syndrome posted:Adam from YMS has a really good and funny review of TWD seasons 1 and 2 and he points out and explains how the shows budget was limited and how each episode they kept having to do more with less... At the time, weren't most AMC shows getting their budgets cut so that they could add to the budget of Mad Men? I remember that being a big talking point at the time, but not sure if it was true or not.
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Jul 17, 2021 22:35
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The Mr Inbetween finale was fantastic. Super bummed no season 4. Enjoyed the show quite a bit.
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Chairman Capone posted:At the time, weren't most AMC shows getting their budgets cut so that they could add to the budget of Mad Men? I remember that being a big talking point at the time, but not sure if it was true or not. AMC was definitely pulling a lot of insane budget poo poo around that time. Breaking Bad was still budgeting for bottle episodes up until Season 4.
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Jul 18, 2021 02:30
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Just hit the first trickster episode of Supernatural (s2e15) and god I forgot how much I loved that guy
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Aardvark! posted:Just hit the first trickster episode of Supernatural (s2e15) and god I forgot how much I loved that guy My favorite character in that whole series, he was my avatar for like 8 years before this one  The episode where he sends Sam and Dean through different genres of tv shows is one of my favorite episodes of anything ever
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Jul 18, 2021 03:19
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HOLY gently caress posted:My favorite character in that whole series, he was my avatar for like 8 years before this one I really wish they hadn't gone and made him Gabriel. He was a great enough character without needing to serve some greater purpose.
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Jul 18, 2021 13:28
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HOLY gently caress posted:My favorite character in that whole series, he was my avatar for like 8 years before this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh6vh6_zizM I love it so much
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Jul 18, 2021 13:53
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Watched the first five episodes of Doom Patrol and I'm not sure I like it. It looks really good and has high production values, but I don't really like wacky shows where the plot progresses by completely unpredictable and illogical plot points. I also really hate the Jane character. Should I continue?
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Jul 18, 2021 15:23
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Yes.
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Jul 18, 2021 15:29
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Why tf do the Disney marvel shows have non-auto skip credits that are up to like 8/9 minutes long sometimes? And having mid-credits scenes half the time makes it a nightmare.
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Jul 18, 2021 18:17
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Annabel Pee posted:Why tf do the Disney marvel shows have non-auto skip credits that are up to like 8/9 minutes long sometimes? And having mid-credits scenes half the time makes it a nightmare. I've been watching a bunch of 80s and 90s movies lately and it's so nice knowing that it's over when the credits roll. In fact, I actually stopped watching for mid credits scenes with the marvel movies and shows and just Google them.
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Jul 18, 2021 18:24
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I just fast forward.
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The Grey posted:I also really hate the Jane character. What the gently caress
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Jul 18, 2021 19:55
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Oasx posted:Doctor Who suffers from airing on public television. Privately owned TV doesn't work like this either. The whole point of TV as a business (or anything as a business) is for the owner to extract more than they put in.
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Jul 18, 2021 20:40
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hahahah the ending of Black Monday this week holy loving poo poo
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Jul 18, 2021 21:02
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2 episodes into Leverage: Redemption and show doesn't seem to have lost a beat since it ended. And I'm sort of digging Noah Wyle as the new guy. Parker being excited about vents was 
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Jul 18, 2021 22:08
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Good news in that the Kids in the Hall revival for Amazon has finished filming. Hopefully that means we'll be getting it sometime this year.
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Jul 18, 2021 22:59
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Back in the 90s or early 2000s I remember Dave Foley on one of the late night shows talking about how they stopped doing the show because it was becoming more like Really Old Men in the Hall and I'm bummed they're not calling this revival that.
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Jul 18, 2021 23:05
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Going from social media posts it looks like a mix of returning bits (C/Kathy, Buddy Cole) and new stuff. Also they brought back the band that did the original theme.
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Jul 18, 2021 23:22
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Man Evil is loving fantastic. This weeks Zombies/Amazon episode was just :chefskiss:
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Do I have to watch Evil from the beginning to "get" it, or could I jump into a newer episode first to see if it's for me?
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Popelmon posted:Man Evil is loving fantastic. This weeks Zombies/Amazon episode was just :chefskiss: yeah that ending especially was loving great. really good episode feedmyleg posted:Do I have to watch Evil from the beginning to "get" it, or could I jump into a newer episode first to see if it's for me? there’s some serialised stuff but the main storyline/s for each episode are usually stand-alone. I’d say watch from the beginning but that’s my go-to advice for any show, I don’t think you need to
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