[TV] Talk about the last TV you watched, the catchall thread

Yoshimickster · Jun 20, 2015

Zero Esc said:
Speaking of which ...

That realm seems to have morphed now, with the division between Lapis and Jasper shedding away. They're not just one in body anymore, but in mind, the way Garnet normally is, except it's really fucked up. No knowing what kind of personality that combination will manifest, between Jasper's aggression and the many psychological issues Lapis has from being trapped in that mirror for thousands of years. Worse, if the gems were able to split that fusion, it might end up with a weird kind of Stockholm Syndrome where Lapis wants to be fused again.

I don't see this leading anywhere good.

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Damn straight, its gonna be like Suggilite times TEN up in this! And I did not think of stockholm syndrome that...that's gonna be scary to see. Not Cluster scary, but scary. I don't know how they're gonna help her, let alone convince her not to be a hate fusion, she is WAY far gone.

Either way, we'll just wait until July and put our imaginations into overload wondering if Sardonyx is a fusion of Peridot and Jasper or not. LET THE FAN-ART COMMENCE!

HCGLNS · Jun 20, 2015

I watched Killjoys. Liked it so far, not bad for a premiere pilot episode.

Null · Jun 20, 2015

HCGLNS said:
I watched Killjoys. Liked it so far, not bad for a premiere pilot episode.

Yeah, SyFy has a pretty okay 1-2-3. Defiance is really hitting hard, going full out Game of Thrones level at times, Killjoys started off real strong, and Dark Matter isn't awful.

Yoshimickster · Jun 20, 2015

James Earl Jones is Darth Vader again...I am incredibly cool with this.

AshburnerX · Jun 20, 2015

Yoshimickster said:
James Earl Jones is Darth Vader again...I am incredibly cool with this.

I don't see why not... I mean he's still alive and most likely still enjoys giant sacks of money.

Yoshimickster · Jun 20, 2015

AshburnerX said:
I don't see why not... I mean he's still alive and most likely still enjoys giant sacks of money.

I know, I'm just really happy about seeing Darth Vader be freaking Darth Vader in gesture and voice....but we're gonna go through a new Inquisitor before we hear that voice again, so patience mode activated.

figmentPez · Jun 21, 2015

Zero Esc said:
Not just that ...

He was clutching his belly, where his gemstone is. He's known for a while that there's never been anything like him in the history of gems and humans, but I think we just saw the start of him feeling that knowledge and what it means. Yeah, we haven't seen the last of that.

I think that Steven is starting to realize...

That he's not human. Up until now, his life has primarily been a contrast of his humanity against the alien nature of the Gems. It seems to me that Steven must think of himself as a human, with some magic powers he hasn't mastered yet. He watches TV, wears clothes, eats donuts, acts like a kid. His dad has pretty much treated him like a human up until now, as well. Suddenly he's being hit with the fact that he's not human.

Steven has grown up knowing that he's set apart from gems. That's been pretty obvious to him, because he understands human culture so much better than the gems do. Now he's having to face the fact that he's set apart from humans. He's not just a human boy who gets to go on magical adventures. He's different, he's an alien.

Hailey Knight · Jun 21, 2015

figmentPez said:
I think that Steven is starting to realize...

That he's not human. Up until now, his life has primarily been a contrast of his humanity against the alien nature of the Gems. It seems to me that Steven must think of himself as a human, with some magic powers he hasn't mastered yet. He watches TV, wears clothes, eats donuts, acts like a kid. His dad has pretty much treated him like a human up until now, as well. Suddenly he's being hit with the fact that he's not human.

Steven has grown up knowing that he's set apart from gems. That's been pretty obvious to him, because he understands human culture so much better than the gems do. Now he's having to face the fact that he's set apart from humans. He's not just a human boy who gets to go on magical adventures. He's different, he's an alien.

Indeed. For a while, he likely saw himself the way Connie probably sees the characters from her books. But that's her story, not Steven's. Like his dad said, this is new territory.

figmentPez · Jun 21, 2015

Zero Esc said:
Speaking of which ...

That realm seems to have morphed now, with the division between Lapis and Jasper shedding away. They're not just one in body anymore, but in mind, the way Garnet normally is, except it's really fucked up. No knowing what kind of personality that combination will manifest, between Jasper's aggression and the many psychological issues Lapis has from being trapped in that mirror for thousands of years. Worse, if the gems were able to split that fusion, it might end up with a weird kind of Stockholm Syndrome where Lapis wants to be fused again.

I don't see this leading anywhere good.

Speaking of Lapis and Jasper...

There's a theory going around Tumblr that Jasper is a forced-fusion. She has swirled/striped skin, just like the forced-fusion abominations that Garnet and Steven found. If Jasper is already a fusion, what effect does this have on Malachite?

It's possible that Malachite has 6 limbs because she's a fusion of 3 gems. Thus far, all the other fusions of two gems retain 2 arms. Sugilite (Ruby / Sapphire / Amythest) has 6 limbs, and Alexandrite (Ruby / Sapphire / Amythest / Pearl) has 8 limbs.

Yoshimickster · Jun 21, 2015

figmentPez said:
Speaking of Lapis and Jasper...

There's a theory going around Tumblr that Jasper is a forced-fusion. She has swirled/striped skin, just like the forced-fusion abominations that Garnet and Steven found. If Jasper is already a fusion, what effect does this have on Malachite?

It's possible that Malachite has 6 limbs because she's a fusion of 3 gems. Thus far, all the other fusions of two gems retain 2 arms. Sugilite (Ruby / Sapphire / Amythest) has 6 limbs, and Alexandrite (Ruby / Sapphire / Amythest / Pearl) has 8 limbs.

Huh...that makes some sense! It also works with the theory about her being a Kindergarten Gem, maybe she was originally two Amethyst sized gems that they forced together! But unlike the shards, they were able to fully fuse her gems together into a solid mass. Crazy.

I still think her monstrous form is based on the fact that Lapis and Jasper's relationship is based on hatred and control, but anything is possible!

MindDetective · Jun 21, 2015

Started season 2 of Agents of SHIELD now that it is on Netflix. 3 episodes in and I am totally digging it.

CynicismKills · Jun 21, 2015

MindDetective said:
Started season 2 of Agents of SHIELD now that it is on Netflix. 3 episodes in and I am totally digging it.

s2 is a big step up in basically every way compared to s1. It doesn't have to establish nearly as much and the tie-in to Ultron isn't as huge as Winter Soldier.

Hailey Knight · Jun 21, 2015

Stop it, this thread has been claimed by Steven Universe!

sixpackshaker · Jun 22, 2015

Yoshimickster said:
I know, I'm just really happy about seeing Darth Vader be freaking Darth Vader in gesture and voice....but we're gonna go through a new Inquisitor before we hear that voice again, so patience mode activated.

The season premiere was good. The elder Jedi finally got some fleshing out. And a couple of one liners.

Yoshimickster · Jun 22, 2015

sixpackshaker said:
The season premiere was good. The elder Jedi finally got some fleshing out. And a couple of one liners.

Very true, plus I liked how they refer to Anakin Skywalker as if he was a different dude, cool reference!

Yoshimickster · Jun 22, 2015

I dub this season- CARTOON NETWORK SEASON!

Regular Show

WELL *CLAP*-

-saw Margaret's lie coming a mile away. Well, I saw Margaret using Del to pretend she was over Mordo coming at least, but I honestly HOPED she wasn't lying about the relationship completely. And yet despite that predictable start and end, this was probably one most solid dramatic episodes I've seen in a while. Plus that "ON THE LIPS" guy was freaking hilarious.

Hailey Knight · Jun 23, 2015

WHAT THE GODDAMN SON OF A MOTHERFUCK

...

NBC cancelled Hannibal.

Really hoping Netflix swoops in for the rescue again.

filmfanatic · Jun 23, 2015

Zero Esc said:
WHAT THE GODDAMN SON OF A MOTHERFUCK

...

NBC cancelled Hannibal.

Really hoping Netflix swoops in for the rescue again.

Well, it's honestly sort of impressive it's managed to last as long as it has considering some of the content on it. That, and it's headed up by Bryan Fuller, who seems to have a curse where his shows don't end up lasting too long.

Hailey Knight · Jun 23, 2015

filmfanatic said:
Well, it's honestly sort of impressive it's managed to last as long as it has considering some of the content on it. That, and it's headed up by Bryan Fuller, who seems to have a curse where his shows don't end up lasting too long.

I'm just sick of NBC being like this.

And yeah, I don't know who or what Bryan Fuller pissed off. Wondering how long American Gods will last.

Bowielee · Jun 23, 2015

CynicismKills said:
s2 is a big step up in basically every way compared to s1. It doesn't have to establish nearly as much and the tie-in to Ultron isn't as huge as Winter Soldier.

I started watching from where I left off recently.

I was just to the point in the season where Skye gets hit with the Terrigen Mists

. I feel like it kind of dips for a bit after that.

CynicismKills · Jun 23, 2015

I mean, no show's perfect, but it's a huge step forward from s1 in terms of overall consistency now that it can be a bit more self-contained.

fade · Jul 2, 2015

So I decided to give this Steven Universe show a shot. For the first dozen or so episodes, it was just some goofy kid show. Then it gets all weirdly real and all these issues everyone keeps talking about pop into the show. It's interesting. Not sure how much I like the idea yet. Makes me wonder what happened behind the scenes because it's kind of like the show takes a hard left. All of a sudden we have thinly veiled metaphors about first sexual experiences and such.

Bowielee · Jul 2, 2015

fade said:
So I decided to give this Steven Universe show a shot. For the first dozen or so episodes, it was just some goofy kid show. Then it gets all weirdly real and all these issues everyone keeps talking about pop into the show. It's interesting. Not sure how much I like the idea yet. Makes me wonder what happened behind the scenes because it's kind of like the show takes a hard left. All of a sudden we have thinly veiled metaphors about first sexual experiences and such.

I did as well, I'm about half way through the first season. That show isn't afraid to get a little dark. For some reason the "cat finger" episode.... man, towards the end.... that was downright Cronenbergian.

Hailey Knight · Jul 2, 2015

fade said:
So I decided to give this Steven Universe show a shot. For the first dozen or so episodes, it was just some goofy kid show. Then it gets all weirdly real and all these issues everyone keeps talking about pop into the show. It's interesting. Not sure how much I like the idea yet. Makes me wonder what happened behind the scenes because it's kind of like the show takes a hard left. All of a sudden we have thinly veiled metaphors about first sexual experiences and such.

The show does take a hard left, and then keeps going down that path (you'll see), but one of the interesting things is that it's hard to tell when an episode begins because most of them start goofy.

CynicismKills · Jul 2, 2015

fade said:
So I decided to give this Steven Universe show a shot. For the first dozen or so episodes, it was just some goofy kid show. Then it gets all weirdly real and all these issues everyone keeps talking about pop into the show. It's interesting. Not sure how much I like the idea yet. Makes me wonder what happened behind the scenes because it's kind of like the show takes a hard left. All of a sudden we have thinly veiled metaphors about first sexual experiences and such.

Adventure Time did the same thing. It began as a goofy adventure-of-the-week kind of thing and then all of a sudden they started dropping these Story Bombs everywhere. I've not followed AT for awhile and never really dipped into SU, but I think one of the major players from AT started the other show (Rebecca Sugar).

Hailey Knight · Jul 2, 2015

Bowielee said:
For some reason the "cat finger" episode.... man, towards the end.... that was downright Cronenbergian.

Thank you. I said that to someone and got a confused response.

Also that episode creeps the hell out of me.

Yoshimickster · Jul 2, 2015

HA- I remember when I thought Cat Fingers was the creepiest this show could get, good times.

AshburnerX · Jul 2, 2015

Yoshimickster said:
HA- I remember when I thought Cat Fingers was the creepiest this show could get, good times.

He ain't lying. It will get SO MUCH WORSE. Not "Into the Nightosphere" worse or Lemongrab worse, but this show does not pull it's punches when it comes to horror.

Yoshimickster · Jul 4, 2015

SO- *clap* who else had no idea that "Golan the Insatiable" was greenlit for 9:30 on Fox Sundays? I just found out through what I thought was the unaired pilot, but was instead the reboot to the series that I actually surprisingly like better. Well nice try Fox, I SHALL ACKNOWLEDGE ITS EXISTENCE!

CynicismKills · Jul 4, 2015

I've been watching a lot of MST3K, and man the first two seasons are pretty rough. The young kid who was replaced with TV's Frank (and as the voice of Servo) really didn't mesh well with the other guys (fun fact, he was 17 at the time, and later went on to write Freaks and Geeks), and there's a lot of flubbed lines during the movies throughout season 2. You can tell the show, while still pretty funny overall, hadn't quite found its footing yet.

Hailey Knight · Jul 4, 2015

CynicismKills said:
I've been watching a lot of MST3K, and man the first two seasons are pretty rough. The young kid who was replaced with TV's Frank (and as the voice of Servo) really didn't mesh well with the other guys (fun fact, he was 17 at the time, and later went on to write Freaks and Geeks), and there's a lot of flubbed lines during the movies throughout season 2. You can tell the show, while still pretty funny overall, hadn't quite found its footing yet.

There was more ad libbing back then and though I've only watched a couple of those, they were hard to sit through at times. Glad when Frank and Kevin Murphy came aboard.

I wish they would've gone back to re-do The Crawling Hand.

fade · Jul 4, 2015

Yeah it was done on the fly at the beginning, which must have been difficult. It was scripted later.

figmentPez · Jul 4, 2015

fade said:
So I decided to give this Steven Universe show a shot. For the first dozen or so episodes, it was just some goofy kid show. Then it gets all weirdly real and all these issues everyone keeps talking about pop into the show. It's interesting. Not sure how much I like the idea yet. Makes me wonder what happened behind the scenes because it's kind of like the show takes a hard left. All of a sudden we have thinly veiled metaphors about first sexual experiences and such.

The foreshadowing is present from the first episode.

The Cookie Cat song is pretty much the Gem's backstory, summed up in a commercial jingle.

Hailey Knight · Jul 4, 2015

figmentPez said:
The foreshadowing is present from the first episode.

The Cookie Cat song is pretty much the Gem's backstory, summed up in a commercial jingle.

Hah, never thought about that.

Yoshimickster · Jul 4, 2015

Steven Universe is the KING of foreshadowing, my favorite one had to be-

POLYMORPHIC SENTIENT ROCKS! THEY'RE HERE TO HOLLOW OUT THE EARTH! THEY'LL TAKE ON ANY FORM! I'd also like to think when Steven said "Make me into a huge lion!" they were foreshadowing to everyone's favorite aloof housecat.