Re: The TV Series Thread - Part 4

by McAgger Sun Feb 07, 2016 8:51 pm

Heil mate I promise you it's so good. Just get over the first half of season 1. They're introducing what's happening in the world with the Pattern. But it gets sooo good.

Walter is in the conversation for one of the best TV characters of all time as well. What a goat.

by Onyx Mon Feb 08, 2016 11:47 am

New show coming out this year. Next BB? hmm

Based on best-selling book La Reina Del Sur by Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Queen Of The South tells the story of Teresa Mendoza (Alice Braga). When her drug-dealing boyfriend is unexpectedly murdered in Mexico, Teresa is forced to go on the run and seek refuge in America, where she teams with an unlikely figure from her past to bring down the leader of the very drug trafficking ring that has her on the run. In the process, she learns the tools of the trade and strategically positions herself to become the leader of the Cartel. M.A. Fortin and Joshua John Miller (The Final Girls) wrote the pilot and are executive producing with David Friendly (Little Miss Sunshine) and Pancho Mansfield (Damien). Charlotte Sieling directed the pilot.

http://deadline.com/2015/05/queen-of-the-south-usa-series-pickup-1201425009/

by McLewis Mon Feb 08, 2016 11:20 pm

Meh its the USA Network so I dunno about all that. It looks good though.

by El Gunner Tue Feb 09, 2016 5:42 am

Well they have Mr. Robot so...

by McAgger Tue Feb 09, 2016 7:51 am

Watch you Fringe you pos'.

by Helmer Tue Feb 09, 2016 8:03 am

Don't call me James wrote:Watch you Fringe you pos'.

watching

by Hapless_Hans Fri Feb 12, 2016 1:45 pm

Been enjoying The Expanse a lot. I like the vibe, I like the scope of the story.
A bit rushed and confusingly narrated, but I still thought it was very good. Got the last 3 episodes ready to watch in one go, let's see.

Also, to the people who liked Mr Robot (I didn't so much, I thought it became worse and worse until it turned out to be a bad Fight Club fanboy thing), I started to watch the Magicians which I like a lot so far (even if it's not perfectly executed either), and funnily I see a lot of connections to Mr Robot.

Not a first glance, but if you think about it... would be curious if anyone who's watching it feels similar, or not.

by McAgger Fri Feb 12, 2016 4:55 pm

Hapless_Hans wrote:Been enjoying The Expanse a lot. I like the vibe, I like the scope of the story.
A bit rushed and confusingly narrated, but I still thought it was very good. Got the last 3 episodes ready to watch in one go, let's see.

Also, to the people who liked Mr Robot (I didn't so much, I thought it became worse and worse until it turned out to be a bad Fight Club fanboy thing), I started to watch the Magicians which I like a lot so far (even if it's not perfectly executed either), and funnily I see a lot of connections to Mr Robot.

Not a first glance, but if you think about it... would be curious if anyone who's watching it feels similar, or not.

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by El Gunner Mon Feb 15, 2016 8:56 pm

So anyone did that Vinyl pilot?

by RealGunner Mon Feb 15, 2016 9:06 pm

M99 probably

by M99 Mon Feb 15, 2016 9:12 pm

Not yet, will start watching if I hear subsequent episodes are good hmm

by RealGunner Mon Feb 15, 2016 9:14 pm

8.7/10 on imdb but early scores are always high

by Firenze Mon Feb 15, 2016 10:33 pm

is that the james franco time travel JFK thing? critics reviews have been meh, interested in it

lads pls get on banshee before the final season starts in april

by Onyx Tue Feb 16, 2016 12:08 am

Can imagine Vinyl being one of those slow paced HBO shows. hmm

by M99 Tue Feb 16, 2016 12:30 am

Firenze wrote:is that the james franco time travel JFK thing? critics reviews have been meh, interested in it

No, new show by the Boardwalk Empire crew based on the 70s music scene.

by Firenze Tue Feb 16, 2016 12:31 am

'70s music scene.'

ain't nobody got time for that

by Freeza Tue Feb 16, 2016 12:36 am

Reviews for tv shows are often shit. They base it off like 2-3 episodes. Like basing a movie review on the first 20 minutes. Doesn't make sense. Especially the ones on metacritic who doesn't differentiate.

by Pedram Sat Feb 20, 2016 6:30 pm

Just finished the last episode of Black Mirror ... i'm speechless.

From most to least favorite episode:

White Christmas
Be Right Back
Entire History of You
Fifteen Million Merits
The Waldo Moment (Am i the only one who feels Waldo is supposed to portray Donald Trump and his rise in politics ?)
The National Anthem (The plot was so silly and gross, this shouldn't have been the first episode.)
White Bear (I thought the story was a bit contrived and unrealistic.)

by El Gunner Sun Feb 21, 2016 3:54 pm

Be Right Back love cheers

by Pedram Sun Feb 21, 2016 6:12 pm

Yeah the relationship between the couple was so good. i liked how it ended, pretty depressing.

by RealGunner Sun Feb 21, 2016 7:16 pm

Most if not all episodes are 9.5/10 tbh. Hard to rank them

Waldo moment was the weakest episode but a solid 8.5

Not sure why you say White Bear felt unrealistic. Most episodes are satire and based on surrealism

by Pedram Sun Feb 21, 2016 7:51 pm

RealGunner wrote:Most if not all episodes are 9.5/10 tbh. Hard to rank them

Waldo moment was the weakest episode but a solid 8.5

Not sure why you say White Bear felt unrealistic. Most episodes are satire and based on surrealism

There's unrealistic and then there's too unrealistic, i just can't imagine that one day our society could get to that point, where we would punish criminals in such torturous ways.

The idea of excessive punishments in justice systems was included in two episodes, White Bear and White Christmas, i think the latter did a better job at presenting it.

I should add that i was a bit distracted while watching this episode, maybe i missed some important parts so need to rewatch it again.

by M99 Sun Feb 21, 2016 8:13 pm

White Christmas was type of a homage to all episodes. It had references to all of them, and the story was a combination of Entire History Of You and White Bear. Its a top 2 episode for me. Amazing acting by Don Draper and Talisa Stark.