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PostPosted: Fri May 11, 2018 9:25 
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Maybe Netflix will pick it up...? Or another network? Am I being too optimistic?


There's apparently a shitload of interest in it from various source, including Netflix, so I don't think optimism is unwarranted here.

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Meanwhile Rick and Morty got renewed for seventy fucking episodes.

That's mental.


Seventy episodes is an especially weird order given how slowly they churn episodes out. That's like a decade's worth given their output levels.


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I read somewhere that there is a magic number for syndication and this might drive that.

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I read somewhere that there is a magic number for syndication and this might drive that.

It's enough that they can show one every weekday for a whole 'season' without repeating. It's either 88 or 100, depending where you look.


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Probably for the best. The quality of episodes has been on a downward slope. It’s telling that no one talks about it anymore.

It's still funnier than the best episodes of Two Broke Girls, for example. ;)


I doubt anyone would disagree with that!

But, come’on, tatties.


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Meanwhile Rick and Morty got renewed for seventy fucking episodes.

That's mental.

They have a rabid fanbase who don't understand the premise of the show. Only good and nice people like B99 and there's not enough, it seems.

Also it's on Fox so what do you expect from shysters like them.

You misunderstand - I love Rick and Morty, even if I don't understand it.

But seventy episodes is still mental.

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The deal was likely "we want to be guaranteed a big syndication paycheck, so commit to getting us that far"

I can see how that would want a show of faith from Adult Swim, and be able to stop worrying about renegotiating every time the series is up for renewal.

It's a very successful show, and merch rights plus licensing of the ip will be very profitable going forward.

And for Dan, seems like he won't have to go through the stuff he did with Community.


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Grim... wrote:
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Meanwhile Rick and Morty got renewed for seventy fucking episodes.

That's mental.

They have a rabid fanbase who don't understand the premise of the show. Only good and nice people like B99 and there's not enough, it seems.

Also it's on Fox so what do you expect from shysters like them.

You misunderstand - I love Rick and Morty, even if I don't understand it.

But seventy episodes is still mental.

Me too, but surely you understand it. Rick is not meant to be sympathised with, but yet there's a whole swathe of fans who think it's brilliant to act like him, therefore making them geniuses.

He's not utterly irredeemable, but certainly a selfish prick, and that's what makes his character's motives and actions interesting.

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The Expanse is back! How did that pass me by?! Still, big yay that I have something to watch other than Penny Dreadful.

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I haven't killed that many braincells with gin yet.

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The Expanse is back! How did that pass me by?! Still, big yay that I have something to watch other than Penny Dreadful.

Less of a yay - The Expanse has been cancelled.

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WTAF!?

After they finish season 3, or 5 episodes in?

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B99 has apparently been picked up by NBC

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I'm a wee bit disappointed at Lucifer being cancelled. Only watched the first two series on Prime Video, but I really enjoyed them.

From what I've read online they left it on a cliffhanger at the end of S3 too, in an attempt to prevent Fox cancelling it. That worked well for them....


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Killing Eve is beyond excellent.


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The cheerleaders have a uniform. For funerals.


Which is the least of the issues with it but the most noteworthy

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Killing Eve is beyond excellent.


Haven't even started it, but very excited about shottgunning it. Not least because I'm utterly in love with Phoebe Waller-Bridge.


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You know she’s not in it, right? She’s a showrunner and writer and her fingerprints are all over it but she’s not on screen.


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You know she’s not in it, right? She’s a showrunner and writer and her fingerprints are all over it but she’s not on screen.


Yeah, I know that, but I love her stuff so much that her being the writer is enough to make it something I'm very interested in.


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That's totally valid. It has a (very successful) way of shifting tone from funny to extremely dark that is strongly reminiscent of Fleabag.


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Just finished black sails. I think Markg said up thread that it starts well and ends brilliantly, and I'd broadly agree with that trajectory.

I thought it took a little while to find its feet, with one-dimensional characters behaving in largely appalling ways, surrounded by a trembling coterie of knockers. However as time went on the characters became far more human and much more compelling.

I did think it suffered from some Deus ex machina plotting at times, with us being asked to believe in some fairly out of character actions just because the story demands it.

Regarding Teech,
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that was an absolutely eye-shielding end that he met. Felt quite ill after that.


Regarding Silver,
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I never quite believed his transition from punchable shyster to sea faring legend. I know part of that is down to the legend being manufactured for him, but Flint and Wrackham both seemed to genuinely fear him as an adversary by the end. He was still pretty punchable as far as I was concerned


But overall Nassau was a wonderful place to spend 30 or so hours. Will miss the Wrackhams and impossibly treacly voiced Vanes. it was a show I'd initially written off as a thinly plotted action tit fest. Instead it's a very well written, intelligent, action tit fest, with extremely high production values. Would highly recommend.


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Almost finished Lost in Space, just one episode to go. It's rather good, I think. Also bonus points for having child actors who aren't teeth-grindingly annoying.

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I am rewatching Smallville, which I caught quite a bit of back when it originally aired, but never watched the whole run. I'm up to season 5 now, and I think I only ever saw the first three seasons.

It holds up really well, especially when compared to the awful movie version of Superman we've got now.

It's a little bit soap opera in parts, and they drag some of the "people nearly working out Clark Kent's secret identity" thing way beyond believablity, but it's a lot of fun.

Luthor senior and jr are both fantastic in the roles, and the cast in general has some great chemistry.

Clark gradually developing his abilities, and how to use them responsibly is really well done. The cosmic themes and his connection with Krypton are slowly brought in, and there's some fantastic special guest stars (Micheal Ironside as General Lane, Michael McKean as Perry White, and obviously the likes of Christopher Reeve, Terri Hatcher, and Annette O'Toole).

Special effects were good for TV at the time, but are obviously a little dated now, and I imagine if they hadn't done 20 episode seasons the writing could have been a bit more consistent, but overall I think it is worth revisiting if you never watched it back in the day.

If you do decide to watch it, be warned that season 1 is a lot of "huh some kid was exposed to Kryptonite and now have some kind of powers and have started being a villain of the week". That's basically every episode, whereas they start dropping in more varied formats in subsequent seasons, and bring in more extended story arcs that carry across multiple episodes.

Although I was pretty taken aback when they had a plotline about Lana getting mysteriously branded with a Kryptonian symbol, given the NXIVM stuff. Very strange coincidence.

Edit: Oh the inspiration for revisiting it was that some of the cast are pushing for bringing it back as an animated series. I gather the final episode refers to the year 2018 (not sure how having not seen the end yet) but I think it would be a good time to bring it back.


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One of the cast could definitely use the money right now for lawyer bills


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I think it got mentioned before, but Cobra Kai is outstanding.
It does every bit as good a job as Stranger Things in perfectly capturing the feel of the 80s and updating it perfectly.


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Just watched an episode of Smallville that featured Dave Bautista's acting debut (excluding wrestling).


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I watched all 10 series of Smallville commuting to and from London from Newcastle every week for a bit, back in the day. I enjoyed it at the time, but not sure I could go back to it now, I think superhero shows have moved on.
Lana Lang is ridiculously pretty though...


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I watched all 10 series of Smallville commuting to and from London from Newcastle every week for a bit, back in the day. I enjoyed it at the time, but not sure I could go back to it now, I think superhero shows have moved on.
Lana Lang is ridiculously pretty though...

It is definitely dated in some regards, but it was also ahead of it's time in others, and holds up in some interesting ways.


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Riverdale Season 2:

Amazing. Stupendously brilliant. Veronica is 5 foot 2.

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The final season of Episodes is now on Netflix. There are a couple of week episodes at the start but it makes up for it later. Five seasons is about right for it too - hasn't outstayed its welcome.

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Episodes is fucking incredible. If you haven't watched it then you're massively losing out, you poor fool.


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Happy - What a magnificent piece of TV. Read the synopsis and tell me you aren't hooked already ;)

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Barry is the best new show this year. Dark comedy with great tension, character drama, and action. Highly highly recommended, even if the premise doesn't seem all that interesting. Eight episodes in the first season, and the last three are all top tier TV (up there with like the best of Breaking Bad imo).

Edit: Maybe more accurate to say it's a character study than a dark comedy. Kind of like a Shakespearean tragedy in parts. A man who knows the bad things he has done will catch up to him, but he can't help but grasp at a chance for happiness.


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Episodes is fucking incredible. If you haven't watched it then you're massively losing out, you poor fool.


Yes.

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Grim... wrote:
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The Expanse is back! How did that pass me by?! Still, big yay that I have something to watch other than Penny Dreadful.

Less of a yay - The Expanse has been cancelled.


Amazon have picked it up for S4.

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What the hell am I going to watch when I've finished 'Happy!'?!

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Stop trying to make Riverdale happen. It’s not going to happen.


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Stop trying to make Riverdale happen. It’s not going to happen.

I found the first series ok. Couldn’t watch the second, though.

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5 episodes of West World and I swear I haven’t seen a single pair of tatties. Borderline unwatchable.


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5 episodes of West World and I swear I haven’t seen a single pair of tatties. Borderline unwatchable.


I've still got this week's left to watch, last season I was watching it as soon as I got up the next day, this year...meh.


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I’m feeling your pain. Episode 5 is probably the worst episode yet despite 4 being rather great.


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It's just people in costumes running about, now. They aren't even trying.

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I'm enjoying it but it's definitely not a patch on the last season.


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I haven’t been, like, super interested in Brooklyn Nine-Nine in a while. I mean, I’ll watch it and enjoy it, but I used to laugh my ass off and it became just routine and hum drum.

Not tonight though. Great episode.

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