TV posts - Page 170

StN · 6th December 2017, 07:21

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Anyone seen Godless on the Netflix?

Jesus - the end was almost as long as the Return of the King!

Macca@Work · 6th December 2017, 09:02

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Thank fuck for Peaky Blinders and Vikings being back.

Vikings 5 is out?sweet.been waiting a while.

Savage · 12th December 2017, 21:57

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Speaking of a slow burn. Dark (2017). Gotta fire up the subtitles but is interesting.

Great show, thanks for this

Ab · 27th December 2017, 10:55

Farewell Doctor 12, welcome Doctor 13.

verve_rat · 28th December 2017, 00:21

Farewell Moffat, welcome anyone that's not Moffat.

StN · 12th January 2018, 13:43

I gonna have to watch S11E02 of X-Files again - too much background noise at home. Awesome to see the return of Langly, and Dean Haglund must have been stoked to play Max Headroom - although apparently you still age in the singularity. Better than last week at least.

And I couldn't stop laughing when the baddies were supposed to be goodies, but had Russian accents because Trump outsourced.

Best of all, the wife commented that Scully looks really old - "She must be in her 60's now??" - compared to when she was in The Fall. I double checked and confirmed that Gillian is three weeks older than her.

[fe] · 15th January 2018, 12:06

The good place season 2 and the way it riffs on / rips up the season 1 narrative.

ceer · 16th January 2018, 00:44

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The good place season 2 and the way it riffs on / rips up the season 1 narrative.

The Good Place is great... love K Bell.

Ab · 16th January 2018, 02:23

loving The Crown S02.

_Incubus_ · 16th January 2018, 16:02

I'm super excited about Altered Carbon, loved the book and the trailers look very promising.

crocos · 16th January 2018, 16:54

2nd Feb!

_Incubus_ · 16th January 2018, 21:59

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2nd Feb!

The actor choices for Bancroft and the Ryker sleeve seem spot on....just finished re-reading the book getting ready for the series!

crocos · 17th January 2018, 10:44

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just finished re-reading the book getting ready for the series!

Hmm. Been tempted, but I'm afraid of that idea being a bad one in case the series pales in comparison.

Cyberbob · 22nd January 2018, 10:36

Just finished Dirk Gently, season 2. Based on a Douglas Adams book, it's Hitchhikers meets Doctor Who.

Very entertaining.

Lightspeed · 24th January 2018, 20:20

I'm enjoying The Tick. It'll never be as good as the original animated series, but it still captures the absurdity and irreverence without straying into the surreal.

StN · 24th January 2018, 21:00

Wait - Darth Maul guy is doing what Joe Swanson/TV Buzz Lightyear did?

crocos · 25th January 2018, 10:45

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Wait - Darth Maul guy is doing what Joe Swanson/TV Buzz Lightyear did?

And for those of us unable to follow your labyrinthine thoughts?

StN · 25th January 2018, 11:46

Left : Right

Lightspeed · 25th January 2018, 12:14

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And for those of us unable to follow your labyrinthine thoughts?

Hahah, thanks crocos.

crocos · 25th January 2018, 12:46

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[IMG ]https://tribzap2it.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/patrick-warburton-peter-serafinowicz-the-tick.jpg[/IMG]

Left : Right

Ta

Cyberbob · 25th January 2018, 17:22

I didn't follow because "Darth Maul guy" to me is Ray Park

StN · 25th January 2018, 21:49

Hmmm - And Vadar is Prowse

[fe] · 25th January 2018, 23:22

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Just finished Dirk Gently, season 2. Very entertaining.

Will get onto this enjoyed S1.
Also, Narcos S3 > s2 by a long margin. Looking forward to S4.

Ab · 29th January 2018, 01:33

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The good place season 2 and the way it riffs on / rips up the season 1 narrative.

fuck yes. Talk about a show that went in a direction TOTALLY different from that I expected.

Savage · 30th January 2018, 22:03

Anyone who enjoyed Strike Back (up to and including Season 5; 6 was kinda shit) might enjoy The Brave. Very similar kind of show, also based around clandestine military etc etc. Still very "America, Fuck Yeah" in nature, but reasonably enjoyable

Cyberbob · 4th February 2018, 15:06

Altered Carbon's out on Netflix. Will be the next binge for me.

_Incubus_ · 5th February 2018, 10:39

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Altered Carbon's out on Netflix. Will be the next binge for me.

Finished this last night, really enjoyed it...I'm a fan of the book and think netflix did justice to this awesome cyberpunk series..

Ab · 5th February 2018, 13:30

Thank christ for that, I'd put off watching until the reviews were in... good enough for Inc, good enough for me.

Savage · 5th February 2018, 14:02

Counterpart

I'm a fan of J.K. Simmons so I might be biased, but this looks pretty good.

[Malks] Pixie · 6th February 2018, 22:31

So watched the first couple of episodes of Altered Carbon and it's obviously a Netflix show (colour palette, narrative structure, staging - all "nicely" telegraphed in the intro sequence so you know what you're getting). Aside from that it's a mish-mash of cyberpunk themes without any nuance of how those things interact, held together with some pretty effects, an attempt at noir atmosphere and a bit of graphic violence.

So yeah, pretty close to the books I guess. I'm not a bit fan of the tail end of the cyberpunk movement (and this is technically well after the genre had already taken a bullet to it's spinal column).

Will probably watch the rest - it's decent enough bubble-gum TV - I guess it may improve but that's a 50/50 bet with Netlfix Original material.

The most interesting thing about the show (in my opinion) is how obviously it is stamped with the Netflix brand - from cinematography too dialogue it seems they're building their visual trademarks. Netflix is basically the same as CW, StarZ, HBO et al now.

Lightspeed · 7th February 2018, 00:37

I really enjoyed it. The characters were competent, the acting matched. It didn't have the depth of something like The Expanse, but it's cool a show, with some real feeling.

Ab · 12th February 2018, 12:35

I’m 4 eps in and it’s really feeling like “the Dollhouse season 3 we never got”, even down to the casting. The producers have taken AC and tacked some other stuff on to it - the aforementioned Dollhouse, Dune, The Matrix, and something else I can’t put my finger on... Burning Chrome or Johnny Mnemonic? - but I’m digging it.

Lightspeed · 12th February 2018, 13:01

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obviously it is stamped with the Netflix brand - from cinematography too dialogue it seems they're building their visual trademarks.

No complain of product.

Another show on Netflix I'm really enjoying is Travelers. I was reluctant at first, I generally don't like time travel, but they've done it well.

Cyberbob · 12th February 2018, 16:39

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No complain of product.

Another show on Netflix I'm really enjoying is Travelers. I was reluctant at first, I generally don't like time travel, but they've done it well.

I knew the name sounded familiar so I looked into it, and yep I watched the first four or so episodes of Travelers when it first came out.
Didn't think too much of it at the time, might give it another go.

blynk · 13th February 2018, 19:44

I'm watching Travellers, enjoy it enough to keep watching, but I think if it had of been a few episodes shorter for Season 1 I might have enjoyed it better.

Not sure what I feel about season 2 yet, only half way through it.

ZoSo · 16th February 2018, 14:08

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NSFW https://youtu.be/H4gFlDn6c0c

Enjoyed the shit out of how the lead played that character. Some funny ass moments in that show.

Lightspeed · 24th February 2018, 15:32

The Expanse will return on April 11th

Ye-yah!

[Malks] Pixie · 24th February 2018, 16:25

^^ Excellent.

Hadn't seen any posts about this...

Amazon Studios to Bring Iain M. Banks’s Culture to the Small Screen
https://www.tor.com/2018/02/21/amazo...-small-screen/

I'm both terrified and hopeful. Quote below informed the hopeful part - they seem to get what appeals to people about Banks' work.

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Dennis Kelly is eager to begin work on the series, stating, “Iain Banks has long been a hero of mine, and his innate warmth, humor and humanism shines through these novels. Far from being the dystopian nightmares that we are used to, Banks creates a kind of flawed paradise, a society truly worth fighting for—rather than a warning from the future, his books are a beckoning.”

On the other hand if they get around to The Player of Games they better not fuck that up and I need to know who to lobby to give the role of Jernau Morat Gurgeh to Idris Elba.

StN · 3rd March 2018, 17:01

Oh my - I thought as soon as that Roomba goes under the bed, it's gonna find her vibrator. Bingo!

ceer · 3rd March 2018, 21:23

Gillian is smoken hot. My dream partner...never gonna happen but dreams are free.

12th January 2018, 13:43	#6766
StN I have detailed files	I gonna have to watch S11E02 of X-Files again - too much background noise at home. Awesome to see the return of Langly, and Dean Haglund must have been stoked to play Max Headroom - although apparently you still age in the singularity. Better than last week at least. And I couldn't stop laughing when the baddies were supposed to be goodies, but had Russian accents because Trump outsourced. Best of all, the wife commented that Scully looks really old - "She must be in her 60's now??" - compared to when she was in The Fall. I double checked and confirmed that Gillian is three weeks older than her. Last edited by StN : 12th January 2018 at 13:45.

3rd March 2018, 17:01	#6799
StN I have detailed files	X-Files S11E7 Oh my - I thought as soon as that Roomba goes under the bed, it's gonna find her vibrator. Bingo!

27th December 2017, 10:55	#6764
Ab A mariachi ogre snorkel	Farewell Doctor 12, welcome Doctor 13.

28th December 2017, 00:21	#6765
verve_rat	Farewell Moffat, welcome anyone that's not Moffat. __________________ Fuck you... I've been to the Moon!

15th January 2018, 12:06	#6767
[fe]	The good place season 2 and the way it riffs on / rips up the season 1 narrative.

16th January 2018, 02:23	#6769
Ab A mariachi ogre snorkel	loving The Crown S02.

16th January 2018, 16:02	#6770
_Incubus_	I'm super excited about Altered Carbon, loved the book and the trailers look very promising.

16th January 2018, 16:54	#6771
crocos	2nd Feb! __________________ Ξ √ Ω L U T ↑ ☼ N وكل يوم كنت تعيش في العبودية

22nd January 2018, 10:36	#6774
Cyberbob	Just finished Dirk Gently, season 2. Based on a Douglas Adams book, it's Hitchhikers meets Doctor Who. Very entertaining. __________________ ɹǝʌo sᴉ ǝɯɐƃ ʎɥʇ

24th January 2018, 20:20	#6775
Lightspeed	I'm enjoying The Tick. It'll never be as good as the original animated series, but it still captures the absurdity and irreverence without straying into the surreal. __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

24th January 2018, 21:00	#6776
StN I have detailed files	Wait - Darth Maul guy is doing what Joe Swanson/TV Buzz Lightyear did?

25th January 2018, 11:46	#6778
StN I have detailed files	Left : Right

25th January 2018, 17:22	#6781
Cyberbob	I didn't follow because "Darth Maul guy" to me is Ray Park __________________ ɹǝʌo sᴉ ǝɯɐƃ ʎɥʇ

25th January 2018, 21:49	#6782
StN I have detailed files	Hmmm - And Vadar is Prowse

30th January 2018, 22:03	#6785
Savage	Anyone who enjoyed Strike Back (up to and including Season 5; 6 was kinda shit) might enjoy The Brave. Very similar kind of show, also based around clandestine military etc etc. Still very "America, Fuck Yeah" in nature, but reasonably enjoyable

4th February 2018, 15:06	#6786
Cyberbob	Altered Carbon's out on Netflix. Will be the next binge for me. __________________ ɹǝʌo sᴉ ǝɯɐƃ ʎɥʇ

5th February 2018, 13:30	#6788
Ab A mariachi ogre snorkel	Thank christ for that, I'd put off watching until the reviews were in... good enough for Inc, good enough for me.

5th February 2018, 14:02	#6789
Savage	Counterpart I'm a fan of J.K. Simmons so I might be biased, but this looks pretty good.

6th February 2018, 22:31	#6790
[Malks] Pixie	So watched the first couple of episodes of Altered Carbon and it's obviously a Netflix show (colour palette, narrative structure, staging - all "nicely" telegraphed in the intro sequence so you know what you're getting). Aside from that it's a mish-mash of cyberpunk themes without any nuance of how those things interact, held together with some pretty effects, an attempt at noir atmosphere and a bit of graphic violence. So yeah, pretty close to the books I guess. I'm not a bit fan of the tail end of the cyberpunk movement (and this is technically well after the genre had already taken a bullet to it's spinal column). Will probably watch the rest - it's decent enough bubble-gum TV - I guess it may improve but that's a 50/50 bet with Netlfix Original material. The most interesting thing about the show (in my opinion) is how obviously it is stamped with the Netflix brand - from cinematography too dialogue it seems they're building their visual trademarks. Netflix is basically the same as CW, StarZ, HBO et al now. __________________ Civilised is as civilised does and civilised people walk among us.

7th February 2018, 00:37	#6791
Lightspeed	I really enjoyed it. The characters were competent, the acting matched. It didn't have the depth of something like The Expanse, but it's cool a show, with some real feeling. __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

12th February 2018, 12:35	#6792
Ab A mariachi ogre snorkel	I’m 4 eps in and it’s really feeling like “the Dollhouse season 3 we never got”, even down to the casting. The producers have taken AC and tacked some other stuff on to it - the aforementioned Dollhouse, Dune, The Matrix, and something else I can’t put my finger on... Burning Chrome or Johnny Mnemonic? - but I’m digging it.

13th February 2018, 19:44	#6795
blynk	I'm watching Travellers, enjoy it enough to keep watching, but I think if it had of been a few episodes shorter for Season 1 I might have enjoyed it better. Not sure what I feel about season 2 yet, only half way through it.

24th February 2018, 15:32	#6797
Lightspeed	The Expanse will return on April 11th Ye-yah! __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

3rd March 2018, 21:23	#6800
ceer	Gillian is smoken hot. My dream partner...never gonna happen but dreams are free.