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Post by Kenny Bania on Aug 25, 2020 13:05:22 GMT
There's a recent TV re-imagination. I watched the series on PRIME first, before the movie. I actually liked the series a lot better. While I liked the actors they chose for the movie roles, somehow- after seeing the series, the movie actors didn't seem to fit quite right. Like the original Swedish version of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo......So much better than that trainwreck that was supposed to be a Hollywood remake with....James Bond. I preferred the TV show also, even though I've only seen season 1 so far. The medium provides a much better canvas to tell a story.
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Post by DragonKingReborn on Aug 27, 2020 6:29:27 GMT
Watched the first episode of Good Omens. I’m gonna pass on this one. Bit of a shame, because I like Tennant and Michael Sheen is awesome, but it turns out he’s just playing “himself, but an angel”, and for some reason it didn’t land for me.
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Post by DragonKingReborn on Aug 31, 2020 2:14:24 GMT
Jack Ryan - 2 episodes to go in Season 1. Really enjoying it so far.
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Post by Kappa Neko on Sept 2, 2020 18:16:33 GMT
Watched the first episode of Good Omens. I’m gonna pass on this one. Bit of a shame, because I like Tennant and Michael Sheen is awesome, but it turns out he’s just playing “himself, but an angel”, and for some reason it didn’t land for me. I myself really liked it. Much better adaptation than American Gods which I hated and quit after 3 episodes. Good Omens does get progressively weaker imo but I found it charming overall. I'm currently watching a lot of stand up comedy on YT, mostly Drybar. Most of it is cringe but some of the old dudes are funny.
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Post by DragonKingReborn on Sept 3, 2020 2:39:06 GMT
Watched the first episode of Good Omens. I’m gonna pass on this one. Bit of a shame, because I like Tennant and Michael Sheen is awesome, but it turns out he’s just playing “himself, but an angel”, and for some reason it didn’t land for me. I myself really liked it. Much better adaptation than American Gods which I hated and quit after 3 episodes. Good Omens does get progressively weaker imo but I found it charming overall. I'm currently watching a lot of stand up comedy on YT, mostly Drybar. Most of it is cringe but some of the old dudes are funny. We managed to finish S1 of American Gods, but it was a struggle. I think it was just weird enough to keep us interested in where it might go. But now, a year or more later - couldn't tell you what happened and have no interest in watching any more of it. Glad you enjoyed Good Omens, though.
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Post by Kappa Neko on Sept 3, 2020 10:08:47 GMT
We managed to finish S1 of American Gods, but it was a struggle. I think it was just weird enough to keep us interested in where it might go. But now, a year or more later - couldn't tell you what happened and have no interest in watching any more of it. American Gods was my favorite novel in my twenties. However, the adaptation was NOTHING like the book. The protagonist is so different. The entire atmosphere was different. I was SO disappointed. And the zombie slapstick was too much to keep going. Just awful. I guess it might be an OK show if not familiar with the novel. I too read Good Omens years ago. But I remember almost nothing of it. So I guess that helped me enjoy it.
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Sept 12, 2020 12:35:18 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2020 3:03:08 GMT
I may or may not be rewatching Stargate: SG1...
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Post by OdanUrr on Sept 17, 2020 13:29:55 GMT
I may or may not be rewatching Stargate: SG1... >.> <.< "If you immediately know the candlelight is fire, then the meal was cooked a long time ago."
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Post by AnDromedary on Sept 17, 2020 20:37:28 GMT
I may or may not be rewatching Stargate: SG1... >.> <.< "If you immediately know the candlelight is fire, then the meal was cooked a long time ago." "A spark lights a flame but the candle will only burn as long as the wick."
O'Neill: "If I may, Sir. I think what he means is the wick is the center of the candle and ostensibly a great leader, like yourself, is essential to the whole ball of wax. Basically what it means is that, it's always better to have a big long wick. Right?" Ah, good old SG1.
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Sept 20, 2020 23:20:13 GMT
Watching The Expanse S2. I started S1 over the weekend and binge watch. I didn't read the novels. So far it seems to have the usual plot line; resource conflict, politics, war, alien intrusion. The SFX effects are good. This is the third SF tv series to depict maneuvers, effects / reactions in space right which is a good thing. Not so much on some of the military stuff (the SOP), the way the Donnager captain and crew responded, but I'm probably nitpicking. Chars, pacing are good. Enjoying it so far. Edit. Oh, and the first thing that came to my head when I saw the Martian squad running through the exercise; no boob armour. Yay! I don't know why but maybe I'll expecting something silly after hearing good stuff about this show. Now whether it'll be up there with B5 in my list, that's another thing.
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Post by Kenny Bania on Sept 21, 2020 16:53:34 GMT
Watching The Expanse S2. I started S1 over the weekend and binge watch. I didn't read the novels. So far it seems to have the usual plot line; resource conflict, politics, war, alien intrusion. The SFX effects are good. This is the third SF tv series to depict maneuvers, effects / reactions in space right which is a good thing. Not so much on some of the military stuff (the SOP), the way the Donnager captain and crew responded, but I'm probably nitpicking. Chars, pacing are good. Enjoying it so far. Edit. Oh, and the first thing that came to my head when I saw the Martian squad running through the exercise; no boob armour. Yay! I don't know why but maybe I'll expecting something silly after hearing good stuff about this show. Now whether it'll be up there with B5 in my list, that's another thing. I hated this at First for some reason I couldn't quite pin down, but stuck with it and started to really like it. Still haven't seen the most recent season.
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Post by AnDromedary on Sept 21, 2020 16:57:00 GMT
Finished the second season of Westworld last weekend. Still love the series. I read an interview with one of the showrunners about some aspects of the finale and I am a little proud of myself that I understood and interpreted everything in s2 correctly. I saw that the series got quite a few bad reviews on Amazon but reading some of them people were mostly complaining abut things where they didn't quite get the plot. In the end, to me it, makes perfect sense and is actually nicely wrapped up. I know there is a season 3 but IMO, this would also have been a good ending to the series. But don't get me wrong, I am curious how they'll continue it. Good on HBO for making a series that really requires you to pay attention in order to follow everything that's going on. Hardly ever saw a series that was that complex and yet coherent.
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Post by DragonKingReborn on Sept 21, 2020 20:58:05 GMT
Finished the second season of Westworld last weekend. Still love the series. I read an interview with one of the showrunners about some aspects of the finale and I am a little proud of myself that I understood and interpreted everything in s2 correctly. I saw that the series got quite a few bad reviews on Amazon but reading some of them people were mostly complaining abut things where they didn't quite get the plot. In the end, to me it, makes perfect sense and is actually nicely wrapped up. I know there is a season 3 but IMO, this would also have been a good ending to the series. But don't get me wrong, I am curious how they'll continue it. Good on HBO for making a series that really requires you to pay attention in order to follow everything that's going on. Hardly ever saw a series that was that complex and yet coherent. I thought S2 was the weakest of the three released so far, but I still enjoyed it a lot. And you're right about requiring attention. They ramp that requirement up in S3. Hope you check it out, it is - in my opinion - a massive improvement on S2 and nearly as good as S1. The final episode felt like a bit of a letdown, compared with the rest of the season, though.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2020 22:26:14 GMT
Watching The Expanse S2. I started S1 over the weekend and binge watch. I didn't read the novels. So far it seems to have the usual plot line; resource conflict, politics, war, alien intrusion. The SFX effects are good. This is the third SF tv series to depict maneuvers, effects / reactions in space right which is a good thing. Not so much on some of the military stuff (the SOP), the way the Donnager captain and crew responded, but I'm probably nitpicking. Chars, pacing are good. Enjoying it so far. Edit. Oh, and the first thing that came to my head when I saw the Martian squad running through the exercise; no boob armour. Yay! I don't know why but maybe I'll expecting something silly after hearing good stuff about this show. Now whether it'll be up there with B5 in my list, that's another thing. I hated this at First for some reason I couldn't quite pin down, but stuck with it and started to really like it. Still haven't seen the most recent season. Season 1 felt like it was a slow burn ramping things up. Makes sense given they're translating a novel to a series. Early season 2 felt fairly slow, but the last half was great. The pacing steps up and the story finally gives some meaningful conflict. Season 3 so far has been the best IMHO. Everything the first season and a half was building up to culminates in Season 3.
Season 4 was actually... kinda slow again. I haven't read the books, but S4 seems like we're back to the beginning of a new book. The stakes are much lower, the antagonists smaller. It wasn't precisely a letdown but it wasn't S3 either. You also have some characters who previously were acting like badasses instead act like fucking idiots in furtherance of the plot and to set up the next wave of conflict. That part was shite.
I'm familiar with the authors previous work in fantasy books and it sort of lines up with the series as a whole. They are doing some of the best characterization in the industry right now. They're superb at showing morally grey complex characters and anti-heroes. Their plot and worldbuilding however is usually a bit lacklustre.
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Sept 22, 2020 1:40:43 GMT
I hated this at First for some reason I couldn't quite pin down, but stuck with it and started to really like it. Still haven't seen the most recent season. Season 1 felt like it was a slow burn ramping things up. Makes sense given they're translating a novel to a series. Early season 2 felt fairly slow, but the last half was great. The pacing steps up and the story finally gives some meaningful conflict. Season 3 so far has been the best IMHO. Everything the first season and a half was building up to culminates in Season 3.
Season 4 was actually... kinda slow again. I haven't read the books, but S4 seems like we're back to the beginning of a new book. The stakes are much lower, the antagonists smaller. It wasn't precisely a letdown but it wasn't S3 either. You also have some characters who previously were acting like badasses instead act like fucking idiots in furtherance of the plot and to set up the next wave of conflict. That part was shite.
I'm familiar with the authors previous work in fantasy books and it sort of lines up with the series as a whole. They are doing some of the best characterization in the industry right now. They're superb at showing morally grey complex characters and anti-heroes. Their plot and worldbuilding however is usually a bit lacklustre.
Most shows start out slow in S1 anyway. That's SOP. S3 is definitely where it's hot. I also noticed the main antagonists (OPA) disappeared after a strong showing, making way for their mouthpieces to convey their intentions now and then which is weird because there're loose ends left dangling. I'm in S4 now and yes, the pace has slowed down.
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Sept 22, 2020 7:28:56 GMT
Finished the Expanse. Now going to House. I didn't have any chance of watching this back then. Now I do. Now on S1 ep 2. Dang, the writers and actors are good.
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Post by Noxluxe on Sept 24, 2020 4:30:10 GMT
Finally got around to watching The Boys. Thought it would be too dour to get into, and it also nearly is, but the characters are just too good and full of love and warmth for the series to be truly depressing. Hughie and Annie are tooth-rottingly sweet and such a breath of fresh air when it comes to modern television romance. Homelander and The Deep are adorable messes. Mother's Milk is the dad every little boy deserves. Queen Maeve is heartbreaking to watch in every single scene she has, and all the others are great in all sorts of other slightly less impressive ways. The only two characters I'm having trouble with are Billy Butcher and Stormfront. Billy because he feels way too much like a grunting, angsty 90's anti-hero character with a plucky accent Karl Urban puts on rather than a real person, and Stormfront because she feels like controversy bait, makes all the other Supes seem much less competent and threatening than they were in the first season, and because everything just seems to keep going her way while everyone else is struggling, which is rarely an endearing quality. I have some hope that Stormfront is going to fit in better when she finally strikes a reef and is forced to fight to stay afloat like everybody else, but Billy is probably a lost cause. Best part about the show is obviously Homelander. My heart bursts every time I see him just standing there with his shit-eating grin, soaking up people's adoration like the good little narcissistic manchild he is, positively exuding false modesty and humility. It's like Superman, Captain Hammer and Donald Trump all had a beautiful blond baby boy with elastic dimples, no real values and no internal locus of identity whatsoever. I can't get enough.
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Sept 24, 2020 11:33:53 GMT
I'm enjoying House. A lot. Still in S1, the eps are good except one where I think the writers dropped the ball a bit just to get a particular thing going. The docs were saying one thing, the mother was saying another thing and I was saying; um, guys, why don't you test the container? Just test the contents and it's a done deal but no, no test was suggested to settle the argument. The docs insisted, gave the treatment and things went kapoouueey. I totally saw that coming. So the team is great. Cameron's got a thing for House. I can actually see they could get together. For a while. But no, given House's personality, it's not going to work. Then the bad guy came and isn't Chase the yapper. I'd like to kick his ass out the door. One thing about old tv series? They're good, they've lots to say, lots to explore, they have more eps per season. Like over 20 eps to the 8, 10 and 12 eps the new shows are throwing up for the last few years.
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Post by KaiserShep on Sept 26, 2020 23:03:11 GMT
Finally got around to watching The Boys. Thought it would be too dour to get into, and it also nearly is, but the characters are just too good and full of love and warmth for the series to be truly depressing. Hughie and Annie are tooth-rottingly sweet and such a breath of fresh air when it comes to modern television romance. Homelander and The Deep are adorable messes. Mother's Milk is the dad every little boy deserves. Queen Maeve is heartbreaking to watch in every single scene she has, and all the others are great in all sorts of other slightly less impressive ways. The only two characters I'm having trouble with are Billy Butcher and Stormfront. Billy because he feels way too much like a grunting, angsty 90's anti-hero character with a plucky accent Karl Urban puts on rather than a real person, and Stormfront because she feels like controversy bait, makes all the other Supes seem much less competent and threatening than they were in the first season, and because everything just seems to keep going her way while everyone else is struggling, which is rarely an endearing quality. I have some hope that Stormfront is going to fit in better when she finally strikes a reef and is forced to fight to stay afloat like everybody else, but Billy is probably a lost cause. Best part about the show is obviously Homelander. My heart bursts every time I see him just standing there with his shit-eating grin, soaking up people's adoration like the good little narcissistic manchild he is, positively exuding false modesty and humility. It's like Superman, Captain Hammer and Donald Trump all had a beautiful blond baby boy with elastic dimples, no real values and no internal locus of identity whatsoever. I can't get enough. Right? I was initially concerned that the show was going to dive deep into some sort of edgelord cynicism, but the characters themselves do so much to rise above it all. Hughie, Annie, Mother's Milk and Frenchie are probably one of my favorite ensembles in modern television right now, and Homelander is the supervillain I've always wanted. The hacks that made Brightburn could learn a lot from this character.
As for Butcher. I do hope that his character grows a bit. The grumbling and calling everyone "cunt" all the time can be amusing when bounced off the right characters, but it gets old. His little bonding moment with Annie does give me hope, similar to how Annie bonds with Mother's Milk. I feel like the show will have him come around a bit more. Considering the departure the show's taken from his comic iteration, I feel optimistic.
As for Stormfront, I do like that she's essentially Pure Evil, but you're right in that a bit too much is going well for her. I decided not to look up what happens to the comic version in fear they may be faithful to that plot point, but I suspect this little love-fest will definitely end with brutal results.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2020 23:51:31 GMT
Saw an interesting tidbit on Reddit about The Boys. Potential Spoilers up to S2E6. They've mentioned Starlights need for a power source a couple times now. Coincidentally... Stormfront is a big ole power source. Starlight seems like Stormfronts Kryptonite.
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Post by KaiserShep on Sept 27, 2020 5:30:55 GMT
Saw an interesting tidbit on Reddit about The Boys. Potential Spoilers up to S2E6. They've mentioned Starlights need for a power source a couple times now. Coincidentally... Stormfront is a big ole power source. Starlight seems like Stormfronts Kryptonite. I noticed that, but didn’t make that connection.... Considering that the show has departed from the Boys taking compound V to fight the supes, and how they stomped Stormfront’s comic character to death, I feel like using Annie’s power to subdue Stormfront’s electrical powers like some sort of Rogue/vampire might be an option. There’s always Homelander losing his shit and doing it, but frankly I think I like this idea more.
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Post by Noxluxe on Sept 27, 2020 11:26:03 GMT
Right? I was initially concerned that the show was going to dive deep into some sort of edgelord cynicism, but the characters themselves do so much to rise above it all. Hughie, Annie, Mother's Milk and Frenchie are probably one of my favorite ensembles in modern television right now, and Homelander is the supervillain I've always wanted. The hacks that made Brightburn could learn a lot from this character. As for Butcher. I do hope that his character grows a bit. The grumbling and calling everyone "cunt" all the time can be amusing when bounced off the right characters, but it gets old. His little bonding moment with Annie does give me hope, similar to how Annie bonds with Mother's Milk. I feel like the show will have him come around a bit more. Considering the departure the show's taken from his comic iteration, I feel optimistic.
As for Stormfront, I do like that she's essentially Pure Evil, but you're right in that a bit too much is going well for her. I decided not to look up what happens to the comic version in fear they may be faithful to that plot point, but I suspect this little love-fest will definitely end with brutal results.
Yup. If every moment of cynical Vought PR bullshit is supposed to make you wince at modern celebrity and media culture, then the scenes between Annie and Hughie feel like they're written to restore a little bit of your faith in humanity. Same for Kimiko and Frenchie, and Mother's Milk and basically anyone who needs some good advice. Even something as small and subtle as Translucent trusting that Homelander is coming for him makes these people feel like they're more than just walking statements about how terrible people are. The show makes a real point of showing the difference between attempts to influence and manipulate the masses in any given direction, and actual face-to-face communication between people who are capable of reaching an understanding and seeing each other's perspectives. There's a lesson in there somewhere.
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Post by dazk on Sept 28, 2020 9:35:06 GMT
Currently watching Raised by Wolves, not sure how I'd rate it or my opinion but to say I am enjoying it and it's intriguing. Up to episode 9 waiting for the last 3 episodes to become available, well assume there are 3 more.
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Post by AnDromedary on Sept 28, 2020 18:19:55 GMT
Finished The Witcher season 1 the other day. Background info: I am a massive fan of the games. Had Witcher 1 at release, played it probably about 3 times. Finished Witcher 2 twice and did 2 and a half playthroughs of Witcher 3 (one of witch was with all DLCs and took me about 150 hours because I am a completionist). However, for some reason I only started to read the books last week 9at the same time I started the tv show) and am still on the first set of short stories (aka the last wish). So I do know the general background form what people tell us about it in the games (e.g. Ciri's backstory is somewhat summarized by a tavern owner in Witcher 1 and the Strigga short story is the intro, etc.) but I don't have the direct comparison to the later novels yet. Coming from that vantage point, I gotta say I really liked the series. I think it works super well as somewhat of a prequel/origin story to the games. Yes, not every thing fits perfectly, Ciri is a little old in the series and there is a lot of other small details but in general, I think just the style of things fit remarkably well. Henry Cavill does an outstanding job as Geralt. He brings the exact right amounts of stoicism with occasional outbursts that I know and love from from the games. Also visually, I can definitely get behind this being the same character, sure, the face is different but the posture, movement and the look of his equipment and clothing just hits it perfectly. Even his voice actually is fairly close to Doug Cockle from the games. Brilliant. The same goes for Yen, She matches her counterpart in Witcher 3 very well and I can easily pretend this is just the same person. Also, seeing her backstory was quite gratifying. I was planning to do another Triss romance on my current half-finished playthrough but having seen the backstory here (or at least the beginnings of it) not choosing Yen simply doesn't feel right anymore. Young Dandelion was also a delight to me. He brings some very necessary humor o the show and I have to admit, I found his songs to be quite catchy (especially the "Valley of Plenty" one. here, it really helps that the series takes place quite a while before the games, so you can chalk up any differences between the characters to some development in between. Triss is a bit different both visually and in character from the games but that's ok. After all, she is a mage and I can sort of see how she might have changed here appearance (although yes, the series makes that transformation out to be a little more ... horrifying than I would have thought, maybe afterwards they can still do it magically or something. It's ok, they couldn't make everything exactly the same after all. As for other complaints that people had when the trailers came out last year, like the Nilfgardian armor, I didn't mind at all, I thought visually the show was great (well, the golden Dragon was a little underwhelming I have to admit but otherwise, it was pretty good). The one thing I understand is that people complained that the jumbled time lines were very confusing. I didn't have a problem with it but I think that's because I already had a very good understanding of most of the characters and their relationships to another, not to mention how mages and witchers basically don't age like normal people (they really should have hammered down that fact a little more I think). So yea, for someone who is really coming into this without any preconceptions about what's going on and who's who, I can see how that story telling structure might have been very confusing. Over all, I'd say it was very well done, can't wait for season 2. 9/10 coins tossed to our Witcher.
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