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| Author: | Bamba [ Fri May 11, 2018 9:25 ] |
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flis wrote: 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. Grim... wrote: 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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| Author: | MaliA [ Fri May 11, 2018 9:33 ] |
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I read somewhere that there is a magic number for syndication and this might drive that. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Fri May 11, 2018 10:18 ] |
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MaliA wrote: 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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| Author: | Satsuma [ Fri May 11, 2018 10:19 ] |
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Lonewolves wrote: Satsuma wrote: 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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| Author: | Grim... [ Fri May 11, 2018 11:18 ] |
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Lonewolves wrote: Grim... wrote: 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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| Author: | LewieP [ Fri May 11, 2018 12:42 ] |
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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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| Author: | myp [ Fri May 11, 2018 13:03 ] |
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Grim... wrote: Lonewolves wrote: Grim... wrote: 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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| Author: | MrChris [ Fri May 11, 2018 14:43 ] |
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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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| Author: | MaliA [ Fri May 11, 2018 14:45 ] |
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Any news on Riverdale? |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Fri May 11, 2018 14:45 ] |
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I haven't killed that many braincells with gin yet. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Fri May 11, 2018 15:21 ] |
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MrChris wrote: 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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| Author: | MrChris [ Fri May 11, 2018 15:25 ] |
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WTAF!? After they finish season 3, or 5 episodes in? |
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| Author: | Cras [ Fri May 11, 2018 16:39 ] |
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End of the season |
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| Author: | DBSnappa [ Sat May 12, 2018 7:46 ] |
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B99 has apparently been picked up by NBC |
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| Author: | TheCookie197 [ Sat May 12, 2018 20:17 ] |
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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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| Author: | Mimi [ Sun May 13, 2018 19:25 ] |
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https://twitter.com/LLCoolMage/status/9 ... 9296237568
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Sun May 13, 2018 19:32 ] |
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Killing Eve is beyond excellent. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Sun May 13, 2018 20:41 ] |
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Riverdale: ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view! Which is the least of the issues with it but the most noteworthy |
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| Author: | Bamba [ Sun May 13, 2018 23:53 ] |
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote: 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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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Mon May 14, 2018 8:14 ] |
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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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| Author: | Bamba [ Mon May 14, 2018 9:16 ] |
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote: 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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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Mon May 14, 2018 12:22 ] |
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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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| Author: | Findus Fop [ Wed May 16, 2018 7:20 ] |
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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, ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view! Regarding Silver, ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view! 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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| Author: | myp [ Fri May 18, 2018 1:20 ] |
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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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| Author: | LewieP [ Fri May 18, 2018 14:28 ] |
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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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| Author: | DavPaz [ Fri May 18, 2018 16:01 ] |
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One of the cast could definitely use the money right now for lawyer bills |
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| Author: | Dr Zoidberg [ Fri May 18, 2018 16:08 ] |
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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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| Author: | LewieP [ Fri May 18, 2018 17:20 ] |
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Just watched an episode of Smallville that featured Dave Bautista's acting debut (excluding wrestling). |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Fri May 18, 2018 18:36 ] |
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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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| Author: | LewieP [ Sat May 19, 2018 2:52 ] |
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Trooper wrote: 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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| Author: | MaliA [ Sat May 19, 2018 22:34 ] |
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Riverdale Season 2: Amazing. Stupendously brilliant. Veronica is 5 foot 2. |
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| Author: | devilman [ Sun May 20, 2018 21:22 ] |
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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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| Author: | Bamba [ Sun May 20, 2018 23:14 ] |
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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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| Author: | Nemmie [ Mon May 21, 2018 14:21 ] |
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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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| Author: | LewieP [ Mon May 21, 2018 14:23 ] |
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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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| Author: | MaliA [ Mon May 21, 2018 15:34 ] |
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Bamba wrote: Episodes is fucking incredible. If you haven't watched it then you're massively losing out, you poor fool. Yes. |
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| Author: | Cras [ Tue May 22, 2018 1:18 ] |
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Grim... wrote: MrChris wrote: 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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| Author: | Zardoz [ Tue May 22, 2018 10:30 ] |
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What the hell am I going to watch when I've finished 'Happy!'?! |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Tue May 22, 2018 10:42 ] |
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Riverdale |
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| Author: | LewieP [ Tue May 22, 2018 12:35 ] |
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Barry. Has anyone else watched it? |
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Tue May 22, 2018 12:50 ] |
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MaliA wrote: Riverdale Stop trying to make Riverdale happen. It’s not going to happen. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Tue May 22, 2018 14:07 ] |
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote: MaliA wrote: Riverdale Stop trying to make Riverdale happen. It’s not going to happen. Raise your hand if you have ever been personally victimized by Doctor Glyndwr |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Tue May 22, 2018 16:55 ] |
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote: MaliA wrote: Riverdale 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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| Author: | Satsuma [ Tue May 22, 2018 20:50 ] |
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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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| Author: | Trooper [ Tue May 22, 2018 21:07 ] |
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Satsuma wrote: 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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| Author: | Satsuma [ Tue May 22, 2018 21:43 ] |
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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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| Author: | MaliA [ Tue May 22, 2018 21:48 ] |
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It's just people in costumes running about, now. They aren't even trying. |
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| Author: | Bamba [ Wed May 23, 2018 12:22 ] |
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I'm enjoying it but it's definitely not a patch on the last season. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Thu May 24, 2018 9:38 ] |
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Finished 'Happy!' last night. Loved everything about it. |
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| Author: | Satsuma [ Thu May 24, 2018 21:55 ] |
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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. Shame if you missed it. |
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