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Author:  DavPaz [ Thu Aug 08, 2019 11:13 ]
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Prime fucks around with Season groupings sometimes. I was looking at getting Steven Universe, but they've split a 40 odd episode season into groups of 10-12. Presumably to make more money
Author:  Zardoz [ Thu Aug 08, 2019 11:18 ]
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Well, Chernobyl was bloody brilliant. A perfect mini-series, had me gripped from start to finish.
Author:  LewieP [ Thu Aug 08, 2019 11:21 ]
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DavPaz wrote:
Prime fucks around with Season groupings sometimes. I was looking at getting Steven Universe, but they've split a 40 odd episode season into groups of 10-12. Presumably to make more money

Steven Universe is so good.
Author:  DavPaz [ Thu Aug 08, 2019 11:24 ]
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As for Futurama, somethings fucky.

Season 1 episodes, Wikipedia: 13 Amazon: 9
Season 2 episodes, Wikipedia: 19 Amazon: 20
Season 3 episodes, Wikipedia: 22 Amazon: 15
Season 4 episodes, Wikipedia: 18 Amazon: 12
Season 5 episodes, Wikipedia: 16 Amazon: 16
Season 6 episodes, Wikipedia: 26 (Split into 2x13) Amazon: 4
Season 7 episodes, Wikipedia: 26 (Split into 2x13) Amazon: 13
"Season 8" Amazon: 13
"Season 9" Amazon: 13
"Season 8" Amazon: 13

Wikipedia Total: 140
Amazon Total: 128
Author:  DavPaz [ Thu Aug 08, 2019 11:25 ]
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LewieP wrote:
DavPaz wrote:
Prime fucks around with Season groupings sometimes. I was looking at getting Steven Universe, but they've split a 40 odd episode season into groups of 10-12. Presumably to make more money

Steven Universe is so good.

Agree 100%. It's great telly and has some really good messages for the kids to take in.
Author:  DavPaz [ Thu Aug 08, 2019 11:27 ]
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DavPaz wrote:
As for Futurama, somethings fucky.

Season 1 episodes, Wikipedia: 13 Amazon: 9
Season 2 episodes, Wikipedia: 19 Amazon: 20
Season 3 episodes, Wikipedia: 22 Amazon: 15
Season 4 episodes, Wikipedia: 18 Amazon: 12
Season 5 episodes, Wikipedia: 16 Amazon: 16
Season 6 episodes, Wikipedia: 26 (Split into 2x13) Amazon: 4
Season 7 episodes, Wikipedia: 26 (Split into 2x13) Amazon: 13
"Season 8" Amazon: 13
"Season 9" Amazon: 13
"Season 8" Amazon: 13

Wikipedia Total: 140
Amazon Total: 128


Wikipedia counts the 4 movies (Bender's Big Score, The Beast with a Billion Backs, Bender's Game and Into the Wild Green Yonder) as 4 episodes each encompassing Season 5. Probably why that season isn't on Prime. Amazon considers these 4 movies to be Season 6. So the numbers add up. Only the 4 movies are not on Prime. They've still fucked around with the numbering though
Author:  Grim... [ Thu Aug 08, 2019 11:31 ]
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I can confirm / deny the first few with OLD FASHIONED TECHNOLOGY. Stand by.
Author:  Grim... [ Thu Aug 08, 2019 11:36 ]
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[edit] Hey, guess whose camera app has turned it's wanky "AI" stuff back on?
Author:  TheVision [ Thu Aug 08, 2019 11:40 ]
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I've just finished the American Office (again) on Amazon and was wondering what to watch next... Looks like Futurama has saved the day!
Author:  Kern [ Thu Aug 08, 2019 11:41 ]
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Me too!

I've only seen the odd episode and the DVD set has been on my wishlist for years.
Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Thu Aug 08, 2019 12:03 ]
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Grim... wrote:
I can confirm / deny the first few with OLD FASHIONED TECHNOLOGY. Stand by.

You can't, actually, because the DVDs and the broadcast ordering disagree and one isn't any more canonical than the other.

https://www.reddit.com/r/futurama/comme ... dium=web2x
Author:  Grim... [ Thu Aug 08, 2019 14:16 ]
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"Remember that, when Futurama first aired, Fox just basically batted the show around for a couple years, randomly, without any rhyme or reason, and then cancelled the series." doesn't exactly sound like a ringing endorsement.
Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Thu Aug 08, 2019 14:22 ]
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Grim... wrote:
"Remember that, when Futurama first aired, Fox just basically batted the show around for a couple years, randomly, without any rhyme or reason, and then cancelled the series." doesn't exactly sound like a ringing endorsement.

Eh, I think that refers to scheduling -- IIRC, Fox changed timeslots a number of times, which probably contributed to Futurama failing to build an audience. Moving the episode ordering and season-splitting around did the show no harm, though, unlike Firefly or Almost Human.

Note that later streaming releases have stuck to the original broadcast order, which also suggests no-one finds it bad or anything.
Author:  DavPaz [ Thu Aug 08, 2019 14:26 ]
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I've not watched it for a long time. Are there any major continuity threads?
Author:  Grim... [ Thu Aug 08, 2019 14:35 ]
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Oh God, Almost Human was biblically fucked up.

One ep they hated each other. Next ep they lived together! Next ep they didn't live together, long term injuries hadn't happened yet and they hated each other again!

Lyla Fuckin' Garrity, tho.
Author:  Curiosity [ Thu Aug 08, 2019 18:33 ]
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Ditto, “Don’t trust the bitch”, which completely fucked the storylines there too. It was still awesome and I am still bitter.
Author:  Hearthly [ Mon Aug 12, 2019 8:19 ]
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Curiosity wrote:
Finished watching The Boys last night.

The scene with Butcher and the baby was incredible.

Overall, tremendous fun.


I too finished this last night, gobbled it down at two episodes per evening until done.

A welcome antidote to the bloated and ponderous Netflix series (Luke Cage, I'm looking at you), or stuff that completely forgot what made it great in the first place (Jessica Jones, I'm looking at you).

Loved it from start to finish, a wonderful antidote to the crappy world of PG-13 China-Friendly Hollywood superhero films that bore me fucking senseless.

Karl Urban's accent(s) was/were a constant source of fascination, though.
Author:  MaliA [ Mon Aug 12, 2019 8:22 ]
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End of iZombie was a bit "huh". Overall, any scene with Blaine or Donny in was worth watching, and Liv on primary school teacher brains was ace.

3/5, first two series were 5/5.
Author:  LewieP [ Mon Aug 12, 2019 19:31 ]
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Yeah I bailed on the third season of iZombie.
Author:  devilman [ Thu Aug 15, 2019 14:14 ]
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DavPaz wrote:
DavPaz wrote:
As for Futurama, somethings fucky.

Season 1 episodes, Wikipedia: 13 Amazon: 9
Season 2 episodes, Wikipedia: 19 Amazon: 20
Season 3 episodes, Wikipedia: 22 Amazon: 15
Season 4 episodes, Wikipedia: 18 Amazon: 12
Season 5 episodes, Wikipedia: 16 Amazon: 16
Season 6 episodes, Wikipedia: 26 (Split into 2x13) Amazon: 4
Season 7 episodes, Wikipedia: 26 (Split into 2x13) Amazon: 13
"Season 8" Amazon: 13
"Season 9" Amazon: 13
"Season 8" Amazon: 13

Wikipedia Total: 140
Amazon Total: 128


Wikipedia counts the 4 movies (Bender's Big Score, The Beast with a Billion Backs, Bender's Game and Into the Wild Green Yonder) as 4 episodes each encompassing Season 5. Probably why that season isn't on Prime. Amazon considers these 4 movies to be Season 6. So the numbers add up. Only the 4 movies are not on Prime. They've still fucked around with the numbering though


Those missing episodes are included now. :)
Author:  DavPaz [ Thu Aug 15, 2019 15:56 ]
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Fuck yeah!
Author:  TheVision [ Thu Aug 15, 2019 23:48 ]
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I've got back into Jack Ryan over the past couple of days and I'm really enjoying it. It's not the kind of thing I'd normally watch, but I like it.
Author:  Findus Fop [ Fri Aug 16, 2019 8:23 ]
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TheVision wrote:
I've got back into Jack Ryan over the past couple of days and I'm really enjoying it. It's not the kind of thing I'd normally watch, but I like it.


There's nothing excellent about it, but it's all very well put together. Everything works, and it's all enjoyable. If it was a car, Hearthly might spend £20k on it.
Author:  DavPaz [ Fri Aug 16, 2019 8:33 ]
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Giphy "snort":
https://media0.giphy.com/media/rr0wUm6WEiMxi/giphy-loop.mp4
Author:  Findus Fop [ Fri Aug 16, 2019 9:29 ]
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I think I'm slightly in love with your Giphy.
Author:  LewieP [ Fri Aug 16, 2019 12:52 ]
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They did a TV show about Batman's butler. It is set in England, the baddies are The Tories, they had a nod to Alan Turing, showed Jimmy Savile being executed, have Paloma Faith as a comic book villain and I've not seen anyone talking about it.

Your man Alfie is doing a pretty passable impression of a young Michael Caine.

Yeah it's worth watching I think.

Pennyworth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIvOHGIzCd0
Author:  MrChris [ Fri Aug 16, 2019 14:15 ]
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I'm an episode in to The Terror, which seems rather well put together - it's about an attempt make the north west passage in the 1800s at some point. I think it's based on a Dan Simmons novel which I haven't read - I loved his Hyperion/Endymion books though so I have high hopes for this. It's already brilliantly creepy and desolate.
Author:  Grim... [ Fri Aug 16, 2019 14:31 ]
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MrChris wrote:
I'm an episode in to The Terror, which seems rather well put together - it's about an attempt make the north west passage in the 1800s at some point. I think it's based on a Dan Simmons novel which I haven't read - I loved his Hyperion/Endymion books though so I have high hopes for this. It's already brilliantly creepy and desolate.

Last summer I was at a pub called The Good Mixer in Camden at roughly 3am, making new friends in the smoking area because all my friends from earlier in the evening had gone home. One of my new friends said he was an actor, and I asked him if he'd been in anything I might have seen. He said "Maybe The Terror?" but I confessed I'd not heard of it.
Anyway, he gave me the premise so I "ordered" it and then watched it a few weeks later.

I really liked it, and if you think it's desolate now OMMFG keep watching. The guy I met plays Hickey.

Series 2 has just started - I've not watched it yet but it's about something different - S01 is a self-contained story.
Author:  MrChris [ Fri Aug 16, 2019 14:40 ]
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Cool, I was hoping it got more bleak :)

"Atmospheric" is certainly a word that comes to mind - it's terrifically well done.
Author:  Mimi [ Fri Aug 16, 2019 15:01 ]
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Just finished the third season of The Handmaid’s Tale. I don’t think the tiring has been as good after the first series (rather, there just seem to many things that don’t make practical sense, rather than script weakness), but it’s still been a series that affects me when watching it perhaps more than anything else I’ve seen.
Author:  Cras [ Fri Aug 16, 2019 15:25 ]
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Also Josh Lyman.
Author:  Mimi [ Fri Aug 16, 2019 15:54 ]
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He (commander Joseph... Lawrence?) is my favourite-written character. I don’t mean I like him most, but the complexities of character and acting and motivation are never better than when he’s on screen. It’s a marvellous role.
Author:  Dr Zoidberg [ Fri Aug 16, 2019 18:05 ]
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LewieP wrote:
They did a TV show about Batman's butler. It is set in England, the baddies are The Tories, they had a nod to Alan Turing, showed Jimmy Savile being executed, have Paloma Faith as a comic book villain and I've not seen anyone talking about it.

Your man Alfie is doing a pretty passable impression of a young Michael Caine.

Yeah it's worth watching I think.

Pennyworth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIvOHGIzCd0


I've got a few episodes queued up to watch. I'll give it a try later, ta
Author:  Cras [ Fri Aug 16, 2019 18:08 ]
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Gotham stars Sean Pertwee as Alfred and he's bloody perfect.
Author:  myp [ Fri Aug 16, 2019 18:24 ]
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Cras wrote:
Gotham stars Sean Pertwee as Alfred and he's bloody perfect.

Last season up on Netflix now!
Author:  LewieP [ Fri Aug 16, 2019 21:23 ]
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Pennyworth is the same creators as Gotham, but they're not specifically tied together other than its Batman innit.
Author:  MrChris [ Mon Aug 19, 2019 14:30 ]
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Preacher season 4 has got particularly odd - it's still great and all, but seems borderline psychedelic now in terms of the plotting.
Author:  Dr Zoidberg [ Wed Aug 21, 2019 22:21 ]
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I’m really enjoying Pennyworth. The alternate surreal London is fascinating.
Author:  devilman [ Thu Aug 22, 2019 17:57 ]
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Firefly is on Amazon Prime now, so I might give that a rewatch over the weekend.
Author:  Satsuma [ Wed Sep 04, 2019 17:09 ]
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One of the Bojack peeps done a telly series for Prime which looks great! 8 episodes/30 mins
Author:  devilman [ Mon Sep 09, 2019 18:53 ]
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21 seasons of South Park have been added to Amazon Prime today.
Author:  LewieP [ Mon Sep 16, 2019 1:40 ]
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Succession keeps getting better and better.
Author:  Zardoz [ Mon Sep 16, 2019 9:51 ]
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Really enjoyed The Boys on Amazon Prime.

Great new take on all the super hero stuff.
ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!
But The Butcher's "English" accent is jarring, I take it he's an Aussie actor?
Author:  MrChris [ Mon Sep 16, 2019 12:13 ]
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Zardoz wrote:
Really enjoyed The Boys on Amazon Prime.

Great new take on all the super hero stuff.
ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!
But The Butcher's "English" accent is jarring, I take it he's an Aussie actor?

Karl Urban? Kiwi.
Author:  Cras [ Mon Sep 16, 2019 12:13 ]
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His accent definitely makes a trip to South Africa in a couple of places too.
Author:  Zardoz [ Mon Sep 16, 2019 12:39 ]
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G'day! I'll chack a few FOCKING PROWNS on the barbey, teewdle pip, what what.
Author:  Zardoz [ Mon Sep 16, 2019 12:40 ]
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MrChris wrote:
Karl Urban? Kiwi.

No, he's definitely human.
Author:  Findus Fop [ Mon Sep 16, 2019 12:46 ]
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I felt all "The Boys" were a touch under-developed.

MM - nothing to him.
Butcher - very angry with an annoying accent
The Female - well, there's not much they could do there
Frenchie - him I liked. Nutty in a good way.
Hughie - pretty much the only character with any kind of arc.

Whereas the superheroes were almost all great, with much more depth to them. Homelander was note-perfect.
Author:  Zardoz [ Mon Sep 16, 2019 15:00 ]
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Findus Fop wrote:
I felt all "The Boys" were a touch under-developed.

SO MANY TITLES *faints*
Author:  Findus Fop [ Mon Sep 16, 2019 15:39 ]
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Zardoz wrote:
Findus Fop wrote:
I felt all "The Boys" were a touch under-developed.

SO MANY TITLES *faints*


Haha!
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