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[quote name='Luigi' timestamp='1367495788' post='363185']<br />
Watched opener of Defiance and it's a kind of Deep Space Nine/Star Wars Canteena/Alien Nation western set here on Earth sometime in the future.<br />
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It's not that bad, might get better, but essentially it is sci-fi Deadwood without the swearing and Ian McShane.<br />
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I think I watch Ep2, now that you've mentioned it.<br />
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Got round to watching the first 3 of these and you are right. It's a good ole Western pretending not to be one. The Alien invasion aftermath has created the badlands frontier town run by a Mayor and with a Sheriff (only they call him 'Lawkeeper'). The guns are better than the old six shooters and shotties. The Indians are better because there's more of them and they come in different brands. Needs hotter women though and more tits.<br />
It's an OK watch and, IMO, better than the likes of Revolution. Not sure if that's the program itself or because Grant Bowler is easy to watch for kiwis. He's actually quite good in it and suits the part. -
Revolution has grown on me, and I like the explanation for the power outage.
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Revolution has grown on me, and I like the explanation for the power outage.<br />
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Maybe I need to catch up on it. I gave up as it wasn't keeping my attention.<br />
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Meh.... prob not worth it if you didnt like it much initially.<br />
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But I think it is a good concept and the plot doesnt have as bigger holes as it was initially accused of IMO -
I'm still watching Revolution, not on my 'must watch' list, but still enjoying it.<br />
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the scheduling of Revolution (Arrow, PErson of Interest to name a couple) SUUUCKS! Where they had that 6-10 week break over Xmas, came back for a couple of weeks and then had another couple of weeks off, a show like Revolution (and Arrow which is dragging out, but still mindless fun) cant afford to lose momentum like that IMO. -
I'm quite enjoying Revolution. I like how they've been fleshing out the back story and how the girl has just become a fighting machine out to kill everyone.<br />
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There are some things that annoy me though, most of the early run of the show all the soldiers had muskets and now they all have modern weaponry. They kind of explain it with the power but the transition seemed to happen bloody fast.<br />
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I like Arrow too, but like Revolution I like learning the backstory as a focus.<br />
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two series keeping the DK's interested Sherlock and The Following.<br />
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Mrs DK is turning into a Cumberbitch, as she has a bit of a thing for Benedict Cumberpatch. Watched the first two series of Sherlock over the long weekend and now we have to wait until September for Series 3 after the previous one ended on a cliff hanger.<br />
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[quote name='dogmeat' timestamp='1368422368' post='365381']I gave up on revolution when it became apparent that the highest priority of a collapsing civilisation was that women could still have the wherewithall to source and use make-up[/quote]<br />
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the one thing that does turn me off a series quickly if everyone is "too pretty", especially in cop/crime shows and I imagine this would apply to post apocalyptic shows as well -
[quote name='Crucial' timestamp='1368429988' post='365397']Search back in the thread and I think TR and I had a spoiler discussion about that Sherlock cliffhanger.[/quote]<br />
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I think it was your discussions that triggered me to pay attention when Mrs DK was "finding the series on the internet" -
[quote name='dK' timestamp='1368428536' post='365392']<br />
two series keeping the DK's interested Sherlock and The Following.<br />
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Mrs DK is turning into a Cumberbitch, as she has a bit of a thing for Benedict Cumberpatch. Watched the first two series of Sherlock over the long weekend and now we have to wait until September for Series 3 after the previous one ended on a cliff hanger.<br />
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The Following looks interesting after watching the Pilot and the first episode. Always good when there is a good 'baddie'<br />
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I think we are on the last ep of The Following, and I have enjoyed it, although a couple of things p!ss me off about it and is dragging a bit now, but then I guess that can be said of all TV shows, Purefoy's character is pretty chilling though.<br />
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Yeah Sherlock is great, am enjoying Elementary as well, it appears easy to capture the essence of Sherlock though...also about 2/3 the way through S1 of Grimm, which is pretty good, just a twist on your usual cop show really, Munro is the best character in it.<br />
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Ha, yeah, every FBI agent computer nerd etc on TV is rather good looking alright, but hey, if they were ugly munters with hair sprouting where they'd normally shave, who'd wanna watch that!! -
[quote name='dK' timestamp='1368430292' post='365398']<br />
the one thing that does turn me off a series quickly if everyone is "too pretty", especially in cop/crime shows and I imagine this would apply to post apocalyptic shows as well<br />
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Really? That the line you suspend disbelief at? Not solving complex crimes in an amazing manner( usually in a couple of days) week after week, or the world ending with zombies or alien invasion?? But good looking people is just to 'silly'? -
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The Following looks interesting after watching the Pilot and the first episode. Always good when there is a good 'baddie'<br />
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I thought so too at that stage but for me it beame one of those series you follow because you've watched it all to daye but I can't wait for it to end. I think it became a bloated self-parody. Would have been great if they'd left half the episodes on the editing floor.<br />
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It reminded me of 24 which I thought was always dragged out but I realise that was a very popular show so I accept the issue is probably my low boredom threshold. -
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Yeah it kind of left me cold too and I've got fairly high tolerance for televised drivel .<br />
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I'm a TV snob and put it firmly in the switch my brain off which allows me to watch it. Plus it cracks me up seeing Manu Bennett in it each week. And I like bow and arrows. Hmmm, is that enough justifications? -
[quote name='Nepia' timestamp='1368511581' post='365590']<br />
I'm a TV snob and put it firmly in the switch my brain off which allows me to watch it. Plus it cracks me up seeing Manu Bennett in it each week. And I like bow and arrows. Hmmm, is that enough justifications?<br />
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No I'd need Underbelly levels of female nudity to keep me watching that I think. Between that show and the Hunger games archery has had a bit of a resurgence world wide so you're not alone. I was going to join my local club but they have a waiting list . -
[quote name='jegga' timestamp='1368512173' post='365593']<br />
No I'd need Underbelly levels of female nudity to keep me watching that I think. Between that show and the Hunger games archery has had a bit of a resurgence world wide so you're not alone. I was going to join my local club but they have a waiting list .<br />
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Opps, I meant justifications for myself <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/eusa_whistle.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':whistle:' /> ... lots of nudity would be a bonus - and then wouldn't require the justifications. -
The Following just annoys the fuck out of me every time I catch a glimpse of it.<br />
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The Feds are just sooooo thick. I saw one episode where their geek Fed boy had been snatched and was having to fight one of the Following with various weapons. Kevin Bacon and his attractive sidekick figure out on the flimsiest supposition where he's being held and hightail it over there. They don't wait for back up, they don't disable the baddies' car so they can't get away. They separate and do not stay in contact. Bacon creeps up on the fight and without alerting his colleague starts shooting. The woman cop is wandering around outside and somehow manages not to hear a gun battle going off in the big, guilty buidling but sees the remainder of the Following crew heading for their car and shouts: "Police! Stop!" and then starts shooting at the van as it drives off.<br />
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I ask you, how stupid is this? Even if this is only entertainment, how annoyingly thick is it?<br />
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Another time, Bacon convinces a Following henchman to take him to the place Purefoy's son is being held. Bacon and the crim head off in a car, which has a Fed stashed in the boot. The crim, despite being super suspicious does not check the boot. The Fed keeps in touch with the rest of the team by mobile phone. There is no tracking device, despite the Fed's Following task force being totally badass and elite - nope, a cop in the boot with an iPhone. They don't even have a helicopter. Anyway Bacon and the baddie get to the hideout and things kick off. He secures the kid but is then ambushed by more baddies (my memory is hazy here because I was yelling at the TV so much). This is a remote shack so instead of keeping eyes on the kid at all times, they stash him in a downstairs bedroom and leave him. There are apparently a hundred ways into this shack, because that's the only reason I can think of why the baddies get into the house unseen, get into the bedroom via [i]the door,[/i] and get out again. After some running around and shooting the backup team eventually arrives, presumably having driven over from the next state it takes them that long.<br />
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The FIB must be holding their head in their hands and slowly rocking back and forth at the ineptitude of this. For me this is not just entertainment, it is excruciating, fustrating balderdash.
