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PostPosted: Fri Jun 23, 2017 14:22 
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iZombie is fantastic. The entire cast is great, the writing is great, it doesn't take itself too seriously but can still surprise you with some unexpected pathos, and it whips along at a terrific pace. It's very Buffyish.

And it has the best pungame in television.


I avoided it because the comics bored the tits of me, I might give it a shot though at some point.

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iZombie is really good

It looks a bit silly.

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I don't believe I've seen Twin Peaks so I'll take it as a compliment anyway.


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Anyway, I saw the first 45 mi utes of the first episode of the original series the other week. It was utter dogshite.

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I don't believe I've seen Twin Peaks so I'll take it as a compliment anyway.


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Anyway, I saw the first 45 mi utes of the first episode of the original series the other week. It was utter dogshite.

Phew, I was going to have to disown Twin Peaks if you thought it was MaliCool.

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at times is laugh out loud funny.

Babineaux's use of side-eye is routinely amazing.

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I particularly liked when he found a secret door hidden behind a bookcase in a luxury apartment and he rolled his eyes and muttered "white people" under his breath.


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 Post subject: Re: General Purpose US TV thread
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I watched, like, seven or eight episodes. What's that buy me?

In many ways, that's worse than not having seen any.


Yeah, but it seemed heavy going. The thing with Keifer being president was betterer for my attention.


It isn't. It does a great job of mingling overarching plot with individual storylines that stay within their episode. It's also a fantastic US politics primer.

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Kicking Trousers out of the thread. If you've not watched The West Wing you're not qualified to have a single opinion about television. And you're not even allowed to use the word 'ensemble'.


Uh oh. *tiptoes back out of the thread*

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I would have ditched iZombie for The West Wing but then Craster is all manner of wrong in the Annie vs Britta debate so what does he know really?

Also everyone has been nice about iZombie and that's what I was finding so I shall carry on with that. And American Gods. And Colony (bit meh) And Dark Matter (she wants me to watch that - any good?)

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By all means finish watching iZombie if you've started but if you then don't go on to watch The West Wing (especially if you're instead going to trudge through something you yourself consider 'meh') then you're a tit.


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Dark Matter

Meh.

It's trying so hard to be Firefly but the characters just aren't interesting.

The Android is cool, though.

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Bamba wrote:
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See now I'm just looking at that clip from Glow again.

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Dark Matter

Meh.

It's trying so hard to be Firefly but the characters just aren't interesting.

The Android is cool, though.


Cheers - Mrs T has asked if I want to watch it or she can watch it on her own. I'll leave her to it.

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I watched 3/4 of the first episode of iZombie. Didn't like it.

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I watched 3/4 of the first episode of iZombie. Didn't like it.

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 Post subject: Re: General Purpose US TV thread
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Though new watchers of the West Wing will have to deal with this fuck knuckle for the first few episodes.

Persist, you don't have to tolerate her shrillness forever.


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 Post subject: Re: General Purpose US TV thread
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She's in the entire first series.

Then she flat-out vanishes. I don't think they even bother to explain it.

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I don't think they need to.

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First episode of The Mist is decent but a little predictable small town Steven King fare.


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Just found all ten episodes of GLOW are available.


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Oh my god she was the worst thing about the show.

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First episode of The Mist is decent but a little predictable small town Steven King fare.

I don't understand why this needs to exist when there was a perfect film adaptation just a few years back.


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First episode of The Mist is decent but a little predictable small town Steven King fare.

I don't understand why this needs to exist when there was a perfect film adaptation just a few years back.

Is that the godawful film with Captain Holt and the giant dragonflies?

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No it's the amazing film with dragonflies and captain holt.


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GLOW stumbles through its first few episodes, with a bit too much cringe factor, but it does seem to pick up.

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No it's the amazing film with dragonflies and captain holt.

Ah. Not seen that one.

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Preacher's season 2 opener has made me remember why I enjoyed Preacher season 1.


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Oooh is it out now?!

That'll fill the Better Call Saul gap.

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Excellent...Preacher and Twin Peaks tonight then.

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GLOW stumbles through its first few episodes, with a bit too much cringe factor, but it does seem to pick up.


Yep. Finds its feet from episode 4 onwards, I'm enjoying this.

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Well that was a splendid evening of television.

Preacher was all out nuts and much more inline with the vibe of the comic. While Twin Peaks was...er...probably the most Lynchian thing I've watched since Eraserhead, brilliant from start to end. It seems he's not making a third series of Twin Peaks but a really long sequel to Fire Walk With Me.

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FYI there are two episodes of Preacher this week (i've watched the first but not the second yet)


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I'm guessing by that post that Amazon are releasing one a week rather than all in one go?


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I'm guessing by that post that Amazon are releasing one a week rather than all in one go?

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I'm guessing by that post that Amazon are releasing one a week rather than all in one go?

It's not an Amazon show, it's an AMC show that airs weekly. Amazon just happen to have the streaming rights in the UK.


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I really liked American Gods. It was well done, Lovejoy was ace, and the other casting were very good.

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I really liked American Gods. It was well done, Lovejoy was ace, and the other casting were very good.


What's it about? It looks good from the images and tiny clips I've seen.


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What's it about? It looks good from the images and tiny clips I've seen.

Less you know, the better.


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What's it about? It looks good from the images and tiny clips I've seen.

Less you know, the better.


That's all I need! I'll add it to the queue.

It reminds me of the first time I played a Zelda game. I knew nothing about it going in and was blown away.


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What's it about? It looks good from the images and tiny clips I've seen.

Less you know, the better.


That's all I need! I'll add it to the queue.

It reminds me of the first time I played a Zelda game. I knew nothing about it going in and was blown away.


Oh, yes, deffo.

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Preacher! Omfg. :)

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Yeah new Preacher episodes were top notch.


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I have finally caught up with Gotham Season 3. Will there be another, or has it tied up all the lose ends?

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I have finally caught up with Gotham Season 3. Will there be another, or has it tied up all the lose ends?

It's never going to tie up all the loose ends, but there's more on the way.


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Well we know it crashes into Batman, just wondering if they can squeeze another season out of it first.

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Well we know it crashes into Batman, just wondering if they can squeeze another season out of it first.

They've stated it's its own continuity, so no guarantees any of them turn into anything. I've only seen the first two seasons however.

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I'm on my second watch of Breaking Bad and we've just started the final season...

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I thought this before but I'm now convinced. It should have ended after Gus died. Season 5 just seems tacked on and like they're trying too hard to 'start again' but with a bigger, more ominous bad guys.

Don't get me wrong, I'm still enjoying it but it's very far fetched and because I know what's going to happen, I'm allowing myself to look at it differently.


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I finished Season 2 of SONS OF ANARCHY last night and it remains enjoyable albeit a bit of a trashy treat.

I am forced to conclude however that as a collective the Sons just aren’t very good at ‘crime stuff’.

(Mild general spoilers for Seasons 1 and 2 of SOA follow.)

Like, if they stuck to auto-repair, and the porn business, and repo work, they’d do alright for themselves. Instead, they constantly do VERY BADLY at gun running and associated illegal activities which lead to various negative side-effects, including but not limited to the following, for themselves, members of their families, and those close to them:

1 - Getting killed.
2 - Getting blown up.
3 - Getting gang-raped.
4 - Having their children stolen.
5 - Losing all their money.
6 - Going to prison.
7 - Killing each other by accident.
8 - Having their businesses burned down.
9 - Getting their only remaining eye gouged out in prison.
10 - Creating huge amounts of collateral damage.

And so on, and so on.

These people are sub-standard criminals, they should just enjoy their bikes in their free time, and make porn and fix cars for money.

I might take a break before starting on Season 3 (the ‘Irish’ season….) and dip into something else for a bit.


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No. You MUST watch the Oirish season without a break!

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