Dr Zoidberg wrote:
The season finale of Outlander was quite uncomfortable viewing - noticably worse than the GoT episode with Sansa and Ramsay
Recently, Outlander has made GoT look like a Sunday-afternoon family ITV Drama.
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| Author: | LewieP [ Mon Jun 01, 2015 11:01 ] |
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Yes the visuals are amazing, but you have to mention the sound design. It often does more story telling with sounds than images. It's better than any of the films, in my opinion. Deals with a complex range of themes intelligently, and masterfully balances 'monster of the week' with a bigger arc. It's full of fantastic characters and relationships, and above all else it's incredibly funny, if you like your comedy dark. I love the rhythm of the writing. Setup, punchline, another punchline that takes it just a bit too far. Cannot wait for it's return. |
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| Author: | JohnCoffey [ Mon Jun 01, 2015 11:09 ] |
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Started Hannibal last night. Can't say it's quite grabbed me as yet but seems quite slick. |
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| Author: | Dr Zoidberg [ Mon Jun 01, 2015 11:13 ] |
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The season finale of Outlander was quite uncomfortable viewing - noticably worse than the GoT episode with Sansa and Ramsay |
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| Author: | Dr Lave [ Mon Jun 01, 2015 11:35 ] |
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LewieP wrote: Yes the visuals are amazing, but you have to mention the sound design. It often does more story telling with sounds than images. It's better than any of the films, in my opinion. Deals with a complex range of themes intelligently, and masterfully balances 'monster of the week' with a bigger arc. It's full of fantastic characters and relationships, and above all else it's incredibly funny, if you like your comedy dark. I love the rhythm of the writing. Setup, punchline, another punchline that takes it just a bit too far. Cannot wait for it's return. Absolutely agree. The finale to season 2 has music that MAKES IT THE MOST INTENSE THING EVER*. * not including Fury Road. Obv. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Mon Jun 01, 2015 11:36 ] |
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Dr Zoidberg wrote: The season finale of Outlander was quite uncomfortable viewing - noticably worse than the GoT episode with Sansa and Ramsay Recently, Outlander has made GoT look like a Sunday-afternoon family ITV Drama. |
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| Author: | Dr Zoidberg [ Mon Jun 01, 2015 13:25 ] |
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Series 2 of Halt and Catch Fire has started - I love this program! |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Thu Jun 04, 2015 21:34 ] |
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Up to episode 5 of Daredevil - it's really very good. Rosario Dawson is a delight, as ever, and Foggy and Karen are a great pairing. It's also pleasingly gritty and horrible for a Marvel franchise adaptation. The bit with the guy who headbutts a spike on a fence is just... well, self explanatory. |
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| Author: | Bamba [ Thu Jun 04, 2015 21:52 ] |
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The guy that plays Foggy annoyed the shit out of me for ages, he just didn't seem to be up to par with the rest of the cast and so stood out massively. As the series went on though and the character himself stopped being pointless comedy sidekick the acting seemed to get better and he was much more acceptable by the end of it. I still think they've miscast that character but it's not quite as jarring as it was at the start at least. |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Thu Jun 04, 2015 21:58 ] |
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Hmmm. I was going to go off on a massive thing about how you're wrong and that because, you know, you're not me, but, actually, you're probably right. I'm rose tinting him as the rest of the cast and the writing and everything is ace, but he's a bit of an odd choice all told. |
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| Author: | JohnCoffey [ Thu Jun 04, 2015 22:15 ] |
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Started to watch Bates Motel last night and even though the contemporary modern theme kind of threw me I must say I really enjoyed it. It was nice to see the British kid from Spiderwick Chronicles playing Norman too. I just hope it doesn't quickly turn to crap like Grimm did. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Thu Jun 04, 2015 22:27 ] |
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I also thought Foggy was the weak link of the cast. |
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| Author: | LewieP [ Fri Jun 05, 2015 3:53 ] |
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I also thought Foggy was the weak link, but he's certainly tolerable. |
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| Author: | markg [ Fri Jun 05, 2015 5:59 ] |
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Disappointed to have to scroll back up the page and find there's no U.S. remake of Last Of The Summer Wine. |
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| Author: | asfish [ Fri Jun 05, 2015 7:54 ] |
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Finding Aquarius a bit slow but it looks promising |
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| Author: | Dr Zoidberg [ Fri Jun 05, 2015 9:15 ] |
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It's great so far (5 eps in) - a very nice blend of historical characters and fiction. |
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| Author: | Satsuma [ Sun Jun 07, 2015 22:16 ] |
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Dr Lave wrote: I'm really excited by the return of Hannibal, it's unlike anything else on television. And feels like it shouldn't exist. Can't believe it isn't more popular. I've been watching season 1 and, so far, it's been thoroughly excellent. Someone should give it its own thread for more talkie talkie. |
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| Author: | Morte [ Mon Jun 08, 2015 12:01 ] |
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Sooo...it seems that one of the episodes in next year's X Files revival will be called "Home Again". Oh I do so hope it is a sequel to "Home", one of the nastiest hours of television ever created, a squalid, filthy piece of work. Needless to say I really enjoyed it. |
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| Author: | asfish [ Mon Jun 08, 2015 13:42 ] |
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Orange is the new Black starts again this week as does Defiance Also seen a new show out this week as well Dark Matter "The six-person crew of a derelict spaceship awakens from stasis in the farthest reaches of space. Their memories wiped clean, they have no recollection of who they are or how they got on board. The only clue to their identities is a cargo bay full of weaponry and a destination: a remote mining colony that is about to become a war zone. With no idea whose side they are on, they face a deadly decision. Will these amnesiacs turn their backs on history, or will their pasts catch up with them? " Looks promising |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Mon Jun 08, 2015 17:14 ] |
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Somebody at work mentioned that there is (or has been) a new series of Penny Dreadful on Sky Atlantic. |
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| Author: | Dr Zoidberg [ Mon Jun 08, 2015 17:34 ] |
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Indeed. Theres about half a dozen episodes so far but I've not had chance to watch any of them yet |
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| Author: | Satsuma [ Mon Jun 08, 2015 19:44 ] |
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Eddie Izzard was surprisingly excellent. As were the neck ties. In fact the gore has been pleasingly gruesome. |
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| Author: | Satsuma [ Mon Jun 08, 2015 22:26 ] |
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Holy fuck shit, that sene where Abigail learns that Hannibal is, um, Hannibal was a good scene. The look on her face as he's stroking her face and she asks "Are you going to kill me?" was perfect. |
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| Author: | Satsuma [ Mon Jun 08, 2015 23:39 ] |
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That's how you do TV folks. Hannibal's ending was excellent. It could be a stand alone series and I'd have been immensely satisfied but knowing there's another series of this is very exciting. This is an acting masterclass from everyone involved. The madness of Will Graham is excellently done when it could so easily have been terrible nonsense but somehow existing television tropes are trampled over. The drawing of the clockface on paper scene was so simple and elegant yet it did everything it needed to in a few seconds. I'm really impressed with this series. It's funny because I started to watch The Following with Kevin Bacon but it was just nonsense after nonsense. Hannibal episode 1 grabbed me by the bollocks and told me to watch episode 2. Episode 2 showed me mushrooms (you'll know if you've see it) and blew my mind; I was totally committed from then. |
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| Author: | DBSnappa [ Tue Jun 09, 2015 7:35 ] |
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You're in for a treat then, as series two improves on one |
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| Author: | Morte [ Wed Jun 10, 2015 7:27 ] |
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Sooo....Shane from The Walking Dead has been cast as The Punisher for the second series of Daredevil http://io9.com/jon-bernthal-will-play-t ... 1710169763 Daredevil vs The Punisher = Extra Violence...this is excellent news. |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Sat Jun 13, 2015 21:28 ] |
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Ive just started back up with Spartacus, Batiatus is still a joy. |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Sat Jun 13, 2015 21:43 ] |
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Not something I thought I'd ever type, but there's a bit too much sex. |
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| Author: | LewieP [ Sun Jun 14, 2015 3:40 ] |
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New Hannibal is great so far. Great use of blood in the second episode. |
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| Author: | LewieP [ Sun Jun 14, 2015 3:41 ] |
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New Hannibal is great so far. Great use of blood in the second episode. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Sun Jun 14, 2015 21:11 ] |
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The 100 - Apocalypse on earth, yet cast of Hollyoaks survives. Lesson there, somewhere. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Sun Jun 14, 2015 22:00 ] |
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The 100 - nobody deserves to live |
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| Author: | Cras [ Sun Jun 14, 2015 22:26 ] |
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MaliA wrote: The 100 - nobody deserves to live Concur. Still oddly watchable though. |
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| Author: | markg [ Mon Jun 15, 2015 8:10 ] |
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Gomorra on Amazon player thing was bloody brilliant. It's Italian but I'm fucked if I'm making a thread for Italian TV. Anyways it's about some mafia type people, really beautifully shot and scored and totally compelling. |
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| Author: | asfish [ Mon Jun 15, 2015 9:01 ] |
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Just finished S4 of The Wire, such a good show, if you have not seen it already you should Was released on the NG is improved format the back end of 2014 as well so it looks a lot better than the older SD episodes. |
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| Author: | sdg [ Mon Jun 15, 2015 10:10 ] |
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Three episodes into season 3 of Orange is the new black. Continues to be wonderful. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Mon Jun 15, 2015 12:10 ] |
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asfish wrote: Just finished S4 of The Wire, such a good show, if you have not seen it already you should Was released on the NG is improved format the back end of 2014 as well so it looks a lot better than the older SD episodes. As it is back on sky box sets I have grabbed it. Halfway through seties 3 at the moment. Loving it. |
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| Author: | Cras [ Mon Jun 15, 2015 13:08 ] |
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sdg wrote: Three episodes into season 3 of Orange is the new black. Continues to be wonderful. I do love it lots. I'm also 3 eps in and one thing I have spotted is that this series seems a lot more flashback heavy than the previous two. I mean, I know that's what they do, showing the stories of the girls and how they ended up there, but it feels like a lot more of it is flashbacks than the others. |
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| Author: | sdg [ Mon Jun 15, 2015 13:27 ] |
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Cras wrote: sdg wrote: Three episodes into season 3 of Orange is the new black. Continues to be wonderful. I do love it lots. I'm also 3 eps in and one thing I have spotted is that this series seems a lot more flashback heavy than the previous two. I mean, I know that's what they do, showing the stories of the girls and how they ended up there, but it feels like a lot more of it is flashbacks than the others. The flashbacks have become much more varied. Season one was obviously focussed a lot on Piper and Alex's past and as season one and season two went on it started to go into the history of the other women. This season seems to be showing more of the guards backstories as well and instead of focussing on one character per episode it is jumping around. I like it though, I really like how it's becoming more and more about the whole ensemble of characters and not just about Piper. Even though Piper is my favourite. |
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| Author: | asfish [ Wed Jun 17, 2015 8:00 ] |
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Constantine has been cancelled, shame as I thought it was ok. Better than Supernatural is now and certainly Grimm. Some rumour that they might cross the character into Arrow of all shows but I can't see that happening. Also Helix as well |
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| Author: | RuySan [ Wed Jun 17, 2015 11:50 ] |
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Just finished third season of Vikings. This show is just way better than it was supposed to. Great casting. |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Wed Jun 17, 2015 17:01 ] |
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INORITE? It's great. It had a slow start in the first couple of episodes of series 1, but became quite wonderful. |
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| Author: | markg [ Wed Jun 17, 2015 18:52 ] |
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I enjoyed it, but Floki is a right fucking annoying tit. |
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| Author: | Morte [ Thu Jun 18, 2015 19:10 ] |
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Woohoo, new series of True Detective starts this Sunday. |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Fri Jun 19, 2015 20:54 ] |
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Weird it seems to have a completely different cast, but then I'm only 2 episodes into the firs series. Episode 10 of Spartacus - God it's awesome. Massively ridiculously OTT homoeroticism, but it's aces. |
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| Author: | RuySan [ Sat Jun 20, 2015 9:47 ] |
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markg wrote: I enjoyed it, but Floki is a right fucking annoying tit. Indeed, but i kind of respect his engineering and art skills. 
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Sat Jun 20, 2015 10:09 ] |
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sdg wrote: Three episodes into season 3 of Orange is the new black. Continues to be wonderful. Just started watching this last night. Good to know it's good
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| Author: | sdg [ Mon Jun 22, 2015 8:46 ] |
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Zardoz wrote: sdg wrote: Three episodes into season 3 of Orange is the new black. Continues to be wonderful. Just started watching this last night. Good to know it's good Just started season one? If so, lucky you! I finished season three yesterday and we didn't know what to do with ourselves once we finished it so we ended up watching some of the cast interviews and stuff Netflix have got. Thirteen episodes a year isn't nearly enough! |
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| Author: | Bamba [ Tue Jun 23, 2015 8:45 ] |
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That's Hannibal cancelled then. |
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| Author: | asfish [ Tue Jun 23, 2015 8:57 ] |
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Quote: That's Hannibal cancelled then. Just seen that on TVRage, surprised based on what what people said on here, was planning to give it a watch Never understood how drivel like Blue Bloods and Hawaii Five-0 get renewed again and again and stuff that's interesting gest cancelled |
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| Author: | Cras [ Tue Jun 23, 2015 9:01 ] |
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Blue Blood's viewing numbers are about triple Hannibal's. |
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