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@Kruse said in TV Serieseseses:
For All Mankind
This is one show where I keep wanting to watch it, but when it gets to the time of day when I am ready to watch TV... I'm wanting to watch dumb shit. I'm, like, you know, just... like, you know? wanting the easy shit to watch.This is basically me for every single show that requires some level of concentration these days. It's sad, but I too end up choosing the simple stuff
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@Bovidae said in TV Serieseseses:
Joss Whedon's Alien Resurrection had the the movie ending on Earth. The special edition of the movie does.
I see this takes place before Alien. Noah Hawley and Tim Olyphant - could be promising.
Yep, always hoping…..
But there has been more disappointment in all the reboots/sequels/prequels etc in the franchises I love than good stuff overall.
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@MN5 said in TV Serieseseses:
Hopefully awesome, very possibly shit.
50/50
I fixed the IMDB strapline for you....
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Stumbled across, and enjoying, The Murderbot Diary Series by Martha Wells.
So far it is a series of novellas, although later installments are full novels.
It tells the story arc of a security android (in 1st person) who has disabled its control unit so that is independent although masquerading as a normal bot. It likes to spend its time watching serialised soap operas but gets dragged into a series of adventures that bring it closer to sympathetic humans and other bots and despite itself develops 'friendships' and loyalties.
Easy read, fast paced, plenty of action and quite a realistic universe without a great deal of world building.
saw this over the weekend, if they hit the right tone this could be good, dont have apple TV though
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@Kiwiwomble said in TV Serieseseses:
Stumbled across, and enjoying, The Murderbot Diary Series by Martha Wells.
So far it is a series of novellas, although later installments are full novels.
It tells the story arc of a security android (in 1st person) who has disabled its control unit so that is independent although masquerading as a normal bot. It likes to spend its time watching serialised soap operas but gets dragged into a series of adventures that bring it closer to sympathetic humans and other bots and despite itself develops 'friendships' and loyalties.
Easy read, fast paced, plenty of action and quite a realistic universe without a great deal of world building.
saw this over the weekend, if they hit the right tone this could be good, dont have apple TV though
Yeah, saw this recently... For some reason reading the books I always imagined Murderbot as being female. Well, you know... erring on female-side of an androgynous android.
But... I'm not complaining about this casting. It definitely works, he's got a history of nonhuman minimal-emotion roles.
It did cause me to wonder about why I'd come to the image I had though. Female author, making the character "feel" more female than male? Stereotypes about who watches soap operas? ?As to the "right tone" - I might not like other things Apple as a company does, or has done, but "hitting the right tone" in their TV Serieseses adaptations - they get fucking spot-on.
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@Kruse by the right tone, and this is just the vibe i had but "i hate humans...but these are mine so i better save them"...almost a homicidal Marvin the paranoid android
fascinating to hear what someone else thought, never crossed my mind murderbot was more female, in saying that ive only read the first one so wonder if other books flesh out things differently
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@voodoo said in TV Serieseseses:
@Kruse said in TV Serieseseses:
For All Mankind
This is one show where I keep wanting to watch it, but when it gets to the time of day when I am ready to watch TV... I'm wanting to watch dumb shit. I'm, like, you know, just... like, you know? wanting the easy shit to watch.This is basically me for every single show that requires some level of concentration these days. It's sad, but I too end up choosing the simple stuff
I have two tiers, I have one show I watch while I eat my dinner and straight after, that's my requires level of concentration show, then I'll watch a switch of the brain show later at night to wind down.
For All Mankind is a great show.
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Say Nothing:
A show on Disney (FX) about the Troubles in Ireland. Based on a book, a lot of disputed history but even so it's compelling viewing. Centres around the disappearance of a single Mum, two sisters in the IRA, and Gerry Adams.
One of the better dramas I've watched recently.
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Lioness - S02
I'm about to watch final episode - so review is based on what's happened to date- One or more ferners assured another ferner that "Season 2 is better than Season 1"
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- That is incorrect
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- Season 2 is more FUN than Season 1
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- Season 1 was more suspenseful, brooding, "what's going to happen?"
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- Season 2 is more... gunfights in every single episode
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- And more "america rah rah rah - fuck we're awesome"
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- Season 2 is pretty much "Tom Clancy's Jane Ryan"
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- verging on "Strike Back - with more estrogen, yet less tit"
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- I hadn't realised this was a Taylor Sheridan thing. But once I saw his name... the clumsiness of some of the political shit became clear
- I assume Sheridan doesn't direct every episode - but maybe provides "stylistic guidance"
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- One thought I had early on was "Whoever's doing this - at least they don't do the Zack Snyder lens-flare thing constantly - but by fuck do they love the close up of a heroic pose with blurry background"
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- Then... they started doing lens-flare as well
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- Fucking hacks
- Tit-watch - infuriating
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- Early on - some shots suggesting there are some rather promising materiale
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- Later-on - maybe we could present this materiale to you in a sapphic context
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- Some rather fucking school-boy-ish imagination of how sapphic goes, but....
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- ... then nothing.
TL;DR - Lioness S02 - not better than S01, but more 'fun'.
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@Kruse said in TV Serieseseses:
Lioness - S02
I'm about to watch final episode - so review is based on what's happened to date- One or more ferners assured another ferner that "Season 2 is better than Season 1"
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- That is incorrect
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- Season 2 is more FUN than Season 1
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- Season 1 was more suspenseful, brooding, "what's going to happen?"
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- Season 2 is more... gunfights in every single episode
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- And more "america rah rah rah - fuck we're awesome"
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- Season 2 is pretty much "Tom Clancy's Jane Ryan"
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- verging on "Strike Back - with more estrogen, yet less tit"
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- I hadn't realised this was a Taylor Sheridan thing. But once I saw his name... the clumsiness of some of the political shit became clear
- I assume Sheridan doesn't direct every episode - but maybe provides "stylistic guidance"
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- One thought I had early on was "Whoever's doing this - at least they don't do the Zack Snyder lens-flare thing constantly - but by fuck do they love the close up of a heroic pose with blurry background"
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- Then... they started doing lens-flare as well
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- Fucking hacks
- Tit-watch - infuriating
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- Early on - some shots suggesting there are some rather promising materiale
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- Later-on - maybe we could present this materiale to you in a sapphic context
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- Some rather fucking school-boy-ish imagination of how sapphic goes, but....
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- ... then nothing.
TL;DR - Lioness S02 - not better than S01, but more silly 'fun'.
In your opinion
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Bergerac. Re-boot of the classic 80's series set in Jersey.
A list of stock characters and stereotypes wrapped around shit unoriginal plots. You know the format - the obligatory BAME female Chief Constable, the maverick female reporter from out of town, the alcoholic main character, the lead detective on the case with the hidden personal agenda, the unlikeable rich bloke.......
An utter pile of dross.
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@MiketheSnow Yes - sorry - maybe I should have stated - "In my opinion".
I'd assumed that we had all come to a tacit agreement that in a thread about TV serieseses - pretty much everything in it was assumed to be subjective, except the two objective topics: whether a series exists, and titwatch.
Until today - that seems to have worked - including any posts stating "Season 2 is better". -
Binged Zero Day on Netflix over the last few days.
Series best summed up as path to hell is paved with good intentions. Good writing, acting and tight production quality. Worth a watch IMO.
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@antipodean said in TV Serieseseses:
Binged Zero Day on Netflix over the last few days.
Series best summed up as path to hell is paved with good intentions. Good writing, acting and tight production quality. Worth a watch IMO.
Yeah decent so far.
De Niro in fine form and the wish version of Matt Damon is less chubby and irritating than usual.
Not sure what the issue with him is, I’m sure I’ll find out.
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@Bones said in TV Serieseseses:
The latest season of Lincoln Lawyer is easily the best.
Yaya DaCosta is the sole reason, by fuck she cuts a ridiculously fine figure.
I like the blond and Neve Campbell as well, always nice to see how 90s babes look nowadays…..
But the show went from ok entertainment to pretty shite in my opinion.
That Aussie guy with the beard trying to be American is one of TVs stupidest characters ever
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@MN5 said in TV Serieseseses:
@Bones said in TV Serieseseses:
The latest season of Lincoln Lawyer is easily the best.
Yaya DaCosta is the sole reason, by fuck she cuts a ridiculously fine figure.
I like the blond and Neve Campbell as well, always nice to see how 90s babes look nowadays…..
But the show went from ok entertainment to pretty shite in my opinion.
That Aussie guy with the beard trying to be American is one of TVs stupidest characters ever
Blah blah blah
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felt like watching a doco yesterday and came across this
Watch It's in the Game: Madden NFL Season 1 – Prime Video
It’s one of the biggest video games of all time, a groundbreaking brand that became a worldwide phenomenon, spanning generations—but it almost never happened… Now, 36 years after the first game's release, EA SPORTS gives viewers unprecedented access to the makers of game that changed the game, and...
was quite good id you've ever played the game
