[TV] Talk about the last TV you watched, the catchall thread
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Heroes Reborn cancelled, confirming that the season finale is probably the end of the series (though this season was supposed to be a self contained story anyway). Personally, I've actually dug the revival and some of the new characters but I get why it's done so poorly... not only did it have basically zero advertising on TV, when I DID find out it was airing I had no idea of a day or time for like 3 weeks. I've had to watch all but like 3 episodes after the fact and I only knew about the existence of the side-story videos when I watched all of them be aired on a 3 hour flight. That said, I rather the enjoyed the scope of the story (world ending shit for once) as well as the whole "everyone out to get us" vibe.
I'm sad to see the show go, but if NBC isn't even going to TRY and compete with ABC, I would almost rather they sold HEROES to MDisney or Warner Brothers so SOMEONE will do something with them.
I'm sad to see the show go, but if NBC isn't even going to TRY and compete with ABC, I would almost rather they sold HEROES to MDisney or Warner Brothers so SOMEONE will do something with them.
So I recently learned that Lip Sync Battle (the bit Jimmy Fallon did for the Tonight Show) was now its own show on SpikeTV, so I started watching clips online.
This show is a million times more entertaining than it sounds like it should be. And they're getting serious A-listers actually putting effort into their performances, which is just entertaining as hell.
This show is a million times more entertaining than it sounds like it should be. And they're getting serious A-listers actually putting effort into their performances, which is just entertaining as hell.
Bruce Campbell and Nick Offerman were the best part of Fargo season 2. Campbell is just the best.
That's pretty harsh, Bruce Campbell had like 2 lines.
No stupid Presidential Address to take away my Brooklyn 99 this week, and it did NOT dissapoint.
I also saw an episode of "The Grinder"...I don't like it. Rob Lowe is a whiney little bitch whom we're supposed to feel sorry for when in reality I'd agree that he's an ass-hole, Fred Savage's wife had CRAP lines in the ep I saw and had no chemistry with him, and Steve Little's character feels like a carbon-copy of his character from "Eastbound and Down". I will admit to a few laughs, but the characters were too unlikable to make it enjoyable in my opinion.
Jake and Holt bonding with the mumps, Terry's freak-out, and quite possibly the most whistful description of a dog that humped everything EVER.
I also saw an episode of "The Grinder"...I don't like it. Rob Lowe is a whiney little bitch whom we're supposed to feel sorry for when in reality I'd agree that he's an ass-hole, Fred Savage's wife had CRAP lines in the ep I saw and had no chemistry with him, and Steve Little's character feels like a carbon-copy of his character from "Eastbound and Down". I will admit to a few laughs, but the characters were too unlikable to make it enjoyable in my opinion.
A Timeline of the Avery Case - from a source very close to the proceedings (namely, the hometown paper of Halbach).
Watching the final season of Parks and Rec now that it's on Netflix.
End of episode 5, Ron and his "kill" ... beautiful.
End of episode 5, Ron and his "kill" ... beautiful.
I still stand that "Ron Swanson: Drone Hunter" needs to be a game.
The books are really solid, too.
Dave
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I'm seriously wondering if I should read them or stay blind and just watch the show.
There are some differences. If you are one of those people that can enjoy a story being told differently in differing mediums then go ahead and read the books. If you read a book and then can't stand an adaptation that HAS to change a few things to make it flow better visually, don't read it. I'm enjoying it so far, looking forward to being able to catch up to current episodes since I fell behind by getting sick twice so far this year.
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I can't get past the melodrama. It's not grim dark but everything is just so whiny.
And of course it just ended on a teaser, despite assurances it would be a fully self contained story. Fuck me... maybe we can get some comics or something?
Okay whoever Rob Lowe's agent is, needs to be FIRED because The Grinder is one of the most idiotic sitcoms I have ever seen. The mere fact that I'm supposed to believe that Fred Savage needs to learn a lesson despite being completely RIGHT is fucking ridiculous, the fact that no-one is calling bull-shit on how an actor is trying to help out with real life cases despite not having a license is fucking ridiculous, and finally the fact that everyone enables Rob Lowe's delusions and never gives him negative criticism while the one guy who DOES gets shit for it-IS FUCKING RIDICULOUS! THREE STARS?! HOW?! And yes I know its a comedy but here's the thing-ITS NOT FUCKING FUNNY! FUCK YOU FOX! I know I'm not gonna get push-back on this but FUCK I hate this show so much.
I'm one of those people.
And your entitled to your opinion, I just can't watch it without going bull-shit every five seconds.
Some reviewer referred to it as "Game of Thrones In Space" and they're not far off. Great characters, fairly hard sci-fi, and an involved story with plots and factions and war. And it looks fantastic for a SyFy series - someone was cutting serious checks for this.
It's its own thing based on a series of novels of the same name. When I saw the trailer for it a while ago I was a little put off but the show is leagues better than the trailer let on.
Still fucking love Brooklyn 9-9, still fucking hate "The Grinder". One is a show with original characters and is a satire of police procedurals while still being a well written police procedural, and the other is a cheesey fucking waste of Rob Lowe/Fred Savage/Steve Little/Every fucking actor on that show's talents. Oh BIG SURPRISE Rob Lowe doesn't stay at the evil law firm, because who saw that coming? Except for EVERYONE! There's potential with it I won't lie, but its just SUCH a hodge podge of cliches and predictable stories. I get people like it, but I just can't. Yet oddly enough...I feel if the second season happens and their smart enough, it might work- ACKNOWLEDGE the real flaws with it and work from there. Though I will admit the Thanksgiving episode was good, and honestly they should've used elements from that in the pilot.
Watched the final episode of Parks & Rec.
That was beautiful.
That was beautiful.
Good or not, I still find it weird how they released that before the Sandman, it being a spin-off and all.
I'm pretty sure they're going to cut out all the interesting elements from the comic including those connections to the Sandman universe, so don't worry.
I mean, they're taking a graphic novel involving
a girl made from the archangel Michael who summons Lucifer to help avenge her ghost friend, a tarot card thing that wants to alter reality, a plot by Lilith against heaven, and Lucifer making his own parallel universe in which he is the creator
and turning it into a police procedural. I don't think you have to worry about the Endless showing up. I mean, it's only worth getting irritated about in the waste of the rights to the comic; otherwise it's so far removed that it's not even like you could get angry about Game of Thrones-type changes in adaptation. There's barely a link between source and adaptation here.
Anybody watching X-Files? I thought the first episode was sort of all over the place... like, if they had made it a two hour premiere it would have been fine but they crammed it all into an hour so it's nonsense now? Though I do like the post War on Terror direction that it's taking towards it's overall "cause" for all of this.
The second episode had a few problems too but the story was much more focused. I think it's generally the superior of the two.
The second episode had a few problems too but the story was much more focused. I think it's generally the superior of the two.
Besides being WB made, it borrows some of the ideas from the the book while not being tied down to it, so why not tie it in and help cross promote? I really enjoyed the pilot, our lead was really well cast and charismatic, his performance alone pretty much guaranteed I'll be checking out a few more episodes.
On the scale of comic accuracy, the show is in iZombie territory. It's not trying to cash in on it's namesake like Gotham which would put it low on the scale, and it's no Flash or Daredevil.[DOUBLEPOST=1453908473,1453908339][/DOUBLEPOST]
I've only seen the first season and part of the second (it's a very slow moving show, not necessarily to it's detriment, just makes it frustrating to binge watch). Could I just jump right in, or are they catering to the die hards?
It is and isn't. They call back to old episodes and important plot developments from the original series (including relationship stuff between Mulder and Scully) but I feel like the show is enjoyable enough without having seen the original series.