TV Serieseseses
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@Kiwiwomble said in TV Serieseseses:
@Rancid-Schnitzel its my argument for several series, even things like bond....if the plot was good then you dont need the name, its why i think the Joker was so good, they could have just called the movie something else and it would just be a great film of a dude going insane
TBH, I don't think that The Joker would have been half as successful financially if it wasn't a Joker film. IIRC the director even spoke about that in interviews and the fact that it's easier to secure funding for a Joker movie.
Not that I disagree with your point about making movies with good plots that aren't already connected to other IP.
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@Nepia yeah, not saying there weren't lots of people that went and saw it BECAUSE it was the joker and as you say, much easier to get the funding, and it just didnt rely on the DC comic aspect, bruce wayne is just a little cameo, you can tell the same story is you changed the character names
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For All Mankind
Bloody good series, again!
A few nice twists in there as well!
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One being, did the Russians orchestrate the bomb to cover up Margo leaving, or was it just a lucky coincidence.The Korean dude on Mars was a cool twist too!
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@taniwharugby said in TV Serieseseses:
For All Mankind
Bloody good series, again!
A few nice twists in there as well!
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One being, did the Russians orchestrate the bomb to cover up Margo leaving, or was it just a lucky coincidence.The Korean dude on Mars was a cool twist too!
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Yeah, it's one if the best series of the major streaming era for me. I'm glad Apple don't follow the Netflix model of mostly not giving series more than three seasons.
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I just assumed it was a coincidence as I think Margo would rather get caught than have people die just to get her out.
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@taniwharugby said in TV Serieseseses:
@Kruse I wasn't taken by that series...I havent checked if a 2nd session had been lined up, but you do not find out alot by end of s1
Shit... I'm well into it by now... I guess I can finish it off with properly lowered expectations of any sort of resolution.
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@NTA said in TV Serieseseses:
LOTR: The Rings Of Power
Two episodes released on Prime Video so far. I'm enjoying it for the scenery. The production values are good.
Importantly, out in the web there are a bunch of neckbeards going off about how it doesn't agree with anything Tolkein did/wrote etc.
So that's also a plus.
I'll keep on with it.
Neckbeards like your hero?
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Mike
One episode in and pretty interesting so far. Having read a fair bit on him I already knew he had a fucked up childhood ( well, that’s common knowledge ). Kinda torn so far as the main guy just isn’t quite consistently convincing enough as Tyson for me…….I guess loads of biopics have this issue but Iron Mike is someone I’ve seen on TV and been aware of for over 30 years……will stick with it though and see how it ends up !
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@taniwharugby said in TV Serieseseses:
Finished The Old Man
Top show.
Great acting, sure as is the way in this genre, some of the shit is OTT, but hey, we dont live in that spook world, so who knows how super human they are
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I had picked early on that Emily / Angela would be Hamzads daughter, didnt pick that Angela was Chases daughter until it was obvious.
Some nice tie ins though, brothers, dad etc.
The fact The Old Man wasnt Dan Chase, haha!
With those other fellas that had Emily in the van, got taken out by a lone woman? Pretty well organised operation to have half a dozen shooters, knowing they would fail to then get that woman in the right spot to take out 2 highly trained operatives - that said, refer above haha
##endspoilerJust finished watching The Old Man. Another in the recent spate of shows that have a non finale finale. This must be the fourth show this year where I've waited for the new ep to come out and only discovered there wasn't a new one coming via google.
I genuinely thought that the actor playing young Chase would be Jeff Bridges real son so was surprised he was some random actor. Best match of young to old actor I've seen in a while.
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TBH, I could have done without the lady (whose name I've already forgotten) kidnapped/not kidnapped subplot, I think after a great first episode it nearly killed off the momentum.Like @taniwharugby I picked it early about Emily, to the point that I thought it was too obvious and that they wouldn't do it.
I thought the van shooter was the chick who travelled with Chase to take grab the Russians so she was an established bad ass. But it was silly how they both just sat there watching when they should have been on high alert. Especially the dude who noticed everything from the basement.
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Anyway, good show - I hope they make S2 quickly in case Bridges cancer returns.
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Yellowstone
I've watched two seasons and quite frankly the improbability of it all makes me hesitant to continue in the assumed (well founded by experience) belief that shows tend to get more ridiculous rather than less the longer they go.
Can anyone disabuse me of this notion?
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@antipodean you went 1 season further than I did.
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@antipodean said in TV Serieseseses:
Yellowstone
I've watched two seasons and quite frankly the improbability of it all makes me hesitant to continue in the assumed (well founded by experience) belief that shows tend to get more ridiculous rather than less the longer they go.
Can anyone disabuse me of this notion?
It's all ridiculousness, and if that's not what you're looking for... yeah, give it up.
BUT - don't let it put off you the "prequel" 1883. Different monster.
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@Kruse said in TV Serieseseses:
@antipodean said in TV Serieseseses:
Yellowstone
I've watched two seasons and quite frankly the improbability of it all makes me hesitant to continue in the assumed (well founded by experience) belief that shows tend to get more ridiculous rather than less the longer they go.
Can anyone disabuse me of this notion?
It's all ridiculousness, and if that's not what you're looking for... yeah, give it up.
BUT - don't let it put off you the "prequel" 1883. Different monster.
Some ridiculousness, but a different class, and worth giving a go.I watched 1883 first. So far the prequel is much better IMO.
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@antipodean said in TV Serieseseses:
@Kruse said in TV Serieseseses:
@antipodean said in TV Serieseseses:
Yellowstone
I've watched two seasons and quite frankly the improbability of it all makes me hesitant to continue in the assumed (well founded by experience) belief that shows tend to get more ridiculous rather than less the longer they go.
Can anyone disabuse me of this notion?
It's all ridiculousness, and if that's not what you're looking for... yeah, give it up.
BUT - don't let it put off you the "prequel" 1883. Different monster.
Some ridiculousness, but a different class, and worth giving a go.I watched 1883 first. So far the prequel is much better IMO.
Yep.
Two very different things...
I do wonder if 1883 was somebody's project that couldn't get green-lit, only eventually ever got made by riding off the commercial (stupid-people's eyeballs) success of Yellowstone, and just shoehorning in the 'Dutton name' to make it a "prequel" and therefore suddenly a guaranteed cash-cow -
@Kruse said in TV Serieseseses:
@antipodean said in TV Serieseseses:
@Kruse said in TV Serieseseses:
@antipodean said in TV Serieseseses:
Yellowstone
I've watched two seasons and quite frankly the improbability of it all makes me hesitant to continue in the assumed (well founded by experience) belief that shows tend to get more ridiculous rather than less the longer they go.
Can anyone disabuse me of this notion?
It's all ridiculousness, and if that's not what you're looking for... yeah, give it up.
BUT - don't let it put off you the "prequel" 1883. Different monster.
Some ridiculousness, but a different class, and worth giving a go.I watched 1883 first. So far the prequel is much better IMO.
Yep.
Two very different things...
I do wonder if 1883 was somebody's project that couldn't get green-lit, only eventually ever got made by riding off the commercial (stupid-people's eyeballs) success of Yellowstone, and just shoehorning in the 'Dutton name' to make it a "prequel" and therefore suddenly a guaranteed cash-cowI don't think so as it was created by Taylor Sheridan, the (overrated) creator of Yellowstone/Wind River/Hell or Highwater. He was good as the deputy in Sons though.
@antipodean As you may have guessed from the above I found Yellowstone to be pretty awful. All the ladies at my work loved it though - so maybe Sheridan is actually a genius as he's created show both ladies and (some) blokes love.
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@Kruse said in TV Serieseseses:
@taniwharugby said in TV Serieseseses:
@RoninWC said in TV Serieseseses:
The Terminal List, the latest from Chris Pratt and Amazon Prime.
have heard that is pretty decent, is on my list...
Am loving Modern Family, almost through S2, problem is, Mrs TR also loves it, meaning I cant watch without her!
So many awesome characters, but Cam, Luke & Gloria are my faves at moment.
The Terminal List
I read the book recently, and yeah... can see it could make decent TV.
The guy who wrote it though... actual retired Navy SEAL, very "rah rah US-A, US-A, guns are awesome, liberal snowflakes trying to stop me owning a rocket-launcher don't understand the REAL world, etc, etc".
Also amusing - he kinda throws some shade on people in the book who "just want to say they've got a Navy SEAL as a friend". And then goes on in the LOOOONG thanks/credits - to mention the fact that he's obviously spent time hanging out with Larry Ellison, Jimmy Spithill, amongst others.
As an employee of Larry, I certainly wouldn't want to suggest that maybe Larry is one of those chaps who bought themselves a Navy SEAL 'friend', but...Just finished watching, was a watchable popcorn action thriller show that Amazon seem to be corning the market on.
One thing annoyed me which I was wondering was in the book:
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So from the first time you see Ben it was obvious, and boringly obvious, that he was going to wind up being one the "baddies". The trope of the best mate being in on the conspiracy needs to get shot on a boat and dumped in the water never to be seen in a script again.
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@antipodean said in TV Serieseseses:
Yellowstone
I've watched two seasons and quite frankly the improbability of it all makes me hesitant to continue in the assumed (well founded by experience) belief that shows tend to get more ridiculous rather than less the longer they go.
Can anyone disabuse me of this notion?
I loved Yellowstone (and no, I'm not a chick at @Nepia 's work).
But you certainly do have to look past the absurdity of some of the events. I mean, right from the very start when they deal with that bloke they want out by throwing him off a cliff,...1883 completely different, I was engrossed, though I'm not sure if I actually "enjoyed" it!
