Been watching through Farscape again, starting with season 3 since I remember disliking the first season. It still holds up, even though it's a bit harder for me to see past the muppets this time around.
Been watching through Farscape again, starting with season 3 since I remember disliking the first season. It still holds up, even though it's a bit harder for me to see past the muppets this time around.
Farscape is wonderful. Muppets and all.
All that Aeryn Sun.
We're stuck in a bloody snowglobe.
I've just bought the box set for Babylon 5.
When the stars threw down their spears
And watered heaven with their tears:
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the lamb make thee?
I think I'm about due for another trip to the Island.
We're stuck in a bloody snowglobe.
Friendly reminder: Daredevil is on Netflix today.
There was supposed to be a movie if Guardians of the Galaxy proved there was a receptive audience for it, which it did. I haven't heard anything else about it since. I hope they go forward with it.Originally Posted by littlelolligagged
Game of Thrones on Sunday. The same NY Times reviewer who provided the only mixed review for the show in seasons 2, 3, and 4, finally gave the show a positive review for season 5.
Hope is the denial of reality
Should be another awesome season. I'm really fascinated by the fact that we might get spoilers from watching the TV adaptation before the series is finished.
Spent the day watching all of season 4 on HBO 2, then the premiere of Season 5. New season opened a bit slower than most of season 4, and no mention of Rattleshirt so I'm curious how long they will keep that card hidden.
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
So we're nearing the end of the first season of Daredevil on Netflix and, I gotta admit, at the moment I'm only watching this because it's a show about a Marvel character. So many things I'm disappointed with. The writing, the dialogue in particular, is down-right amateurish much of the time. I want to like the main cast of characters, but there are some major problems with casting as well as with the quality of acting. I thought Kingpin was a great villain in the comics, and I thought his portrayal in the misbegotten Daredevil movie was kinda awesome. The idiot in the series, well, I can't stand to see him on screen, and I hate hearing him even more. God, that ridiculous voice... also displeased with the overly grimdark approach. It makes for a visually unsatisfying experience and doesn't do much for the frequent but kinda dull action scenes.
I'm gonna keep watching the show obviously, but right now it kinda feels like the TV equivalent of someone taking a bowl of delicious soup and then watering it down with fouled water and tossing in small pieces of wtf why for good measure. I like Matt, Karen, Claire, Ben and Claire. I even liked the Russians and the others surrounding Fisk. But Fisk himself is like a pile of streaming poo on a beautiful carpet that you just had such high hopes for...
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
I imagine there is no need to watch it.
We're stuck in a bloody snowglobe.
Plus you never know if it's a real spoiler or if the book will end up being totally different (minus the main plotlines I assume).
Hope is the denial of reality
I might watch last season.
I forget what set me off, but since there is precious little I want to watch right now it seems like it might be worth it.
I finished my BSG rewatch (with the kids) tonight, I still think a Lost rewatch is what comes next.
If anyone has any amazeballs ideas for things I haven't watched that haven't come up in this thread recently say something.
We're stuck in a bloody snowglobe.
Only two episodes into Daredevil, but I like it so far. It's tonally very different from the rest of the Marvel universe, but this works for the character. It's much less fantastic and there isn't the usual Marvel silliness, they're playing the material totally straight here. They managed to make Foggy likeable too - that's something that would have been very easy to screw up. It's might not be must-see television, but it's at least engaging and it's worked since the first episode, it managed to skip the growing pains that most series have.
I probably won't binge watch it, but I'm a bit incapacitated at the moment, so we'll see. I hope it can keep up the quality levels.
Through episode 5 now, still happy with the series. Some of the stunts that they do in the fight scenes are pretty impressive. I will agree to Aimless's assessment of Fisk though - the actor they got lacks the gravitas to play him well. Physically he's a good match, but he's too quiet and reserved to be believable as the Kingpin. He should be chewing the scenery a bit, or at least be more confident in his delivery.
I'm not sure they'll go in that direction here. Note the lack of a baby, mission to Oldtown, etc.
Incidentally, the first four episodes got leaked. Way to go critics.
Hope is the denial of reality
Not sure. The show has said that they will be breaking from the books, but they have also said they will end up spoiling the books. Martin has also admitted that the end of the story is done (and that some people have already figured it out), so both camps should/could end up with the same core set of characters in the end.Spoiler:
I'm hoping for serious arya screentime, but not expecting it
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
Finished Daredevil. I liked it. Better than this year's House of Cards season. The actual daredevil suit looks a lot better in action than it did in any of the stills, which I thought made it look pretty bad. I really hope Murdock does an Iron Man and gets a sequel series before the big Defenders team up.
I thought the links to MCU canon were interesting. This series is a lot less fantastic than the other Marvel properties, and to avoid breaking the tone they had to avoid giving any real details of the links. They always referred to it as "the incident" instead of the alien invasion when talking about what happened at the end of Avengers (which apparently smashed up Hell's Kitchen pretty bad). Just thought the way they tip-toed around things were interesting.
The lighting style wears a bit thin after a while. I think I'd have preferred it if they did something more like Arrow - where scenes are actually well lit, but still appear dark. The constant green-filtered darkness makes the series feel a bit cheaper than it actually is.
Last Episode Spoilers:
Overall, recommended. It's a good series. The stunts and fight choreography are pretty amazing. I think the way they avoided using any of the overused tropes you'd expect them to abuse in a story like this cements Netflix as being a top-tier entertainment outlet, and superior to network television.
I like most of the changes GoT makes to the books, though with some it's a bit too obvious maybe that the reason for the change was not to make a better story but to spend less money.
Congratulations America
"Video Game High School"! Clone High meets Kvothe Potter's Game... I wasn't expecting this to be the sweetest, coolest and most uplifting show on Netflix but damn
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
Daredevil's renewed. Season 2 in 2016.
For the most part, TV sucks time.
The Good Wife really feels like it has gone all to hell this season - I think it may be close to time for me to quit it.
Also, is anyone else doing the end of Mad Men?
We're stuck in a bloody snowglobe.
The end of Mad Man is torture really. I don't know what they were thinking while making this. It's like they want a big sigh of relief from all the viewers the time the titles roll for the last time.
Isn't Sansa Lady Lannister, wife of the very much alive Tyrion Lannister?
Congratulations America
That's a good point. I'm guessing she could argue that the marriage wasn't consummated, but I'm surprised no one raised that point.
Hope is the denial of reality
Tv only:
Just pointing out some things:
1. Bolton is keeper of The North because of and nothing but his loyalty to the Lannisters; are the Lannisters going to give up their hold over him by simply letting him get away with a scheme that they can stop in its track untill Bolton has paid a handsome price for it? Not to mention that the Lannisters would have to overlook an act of high treason that lead to the death of King Joffrey?
2. Bolton is the keeper of The North because of his betrayal of the King in The North; he wouldn't gain much by replacing a notorious claim to The North with a shared claim to The North (that as we know 'remembers')
3. Bolton'a best chance to hold on to The North is by turning on King Tommen and pledge allegiance to King Stannis (if Stannis would be stupid enough to trust a man who betrayed his liege twice already rather than put his head on a stake.
4. King Stannis would see it as an affront if Bolton solidifies his hold on The North by anything other than bending the knee to Stannis first
In short; I think Littlefinger is either overplaying his hand or playing yet another long game we can't oversee.
Congratulations America
Other half watches The Good Wife and loves it. Dunno how she's finding the latest series though.
Aye we're doing the end of Mad Men. Flogging a dead horse somewhat, but there may be a few drops of entertainment that can be wrought from the corpse yet.
That is if I can get over how disutrbing and wrong Roger Sterling looks with a feckin 'tache
Ask her - maybe something really amazing is coming in the lat couple of episodes, but it really feels like we've been spinning our wheels and nothing's doing.
Tonight's episode of Mad Men was really pretty goodAnd yes, Roger's unfortunate facial hair makes me want to cry.
We're stuck in a bloody snowglobe.
Game of Thrones:
Yeah no kidding... and wow they've decided to go off on a very different track from the books this season. I actually like it - keeps me on my toes.
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