deanb Posted April 21, 2017 Report Share Posted April 21, 2017 Hey it's another Marvel show. Also I guess regarding MST3K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted April 21, 2017 Report Share Posted April 21, 2017 I don't know much about Cloak & Dagger other than some brief stuff in the Civil War comics but that trailer's not really selling it to me. And the Marvel shows haven't exactly been great as of late... Sooooo, I finished watching Iron Fist. I probably shouldn't have expected much from the guy behind the later seasons of Dexter but, my god, what a mess of a show. First of all, Danny himself is such a crap character. He's not really someone I'm familiar with in the comics but I don't recall him being such a dullard. The first few episodes is him not realising how weird he comes across and then he just makes stupid decisions all the way through. You're not really given a reason to care too much about what's going on because it's never exactly contextualised that well. I also think the way they portray his power is really simplistic and, well, plain crap. And the action is nearly all terrible. For something you expect to have a load of martial arts, it's worse than Daredevil. And that's also because, they never fucking show you any K'un Lun stuff. Like, maybe they just couldn't spare the budget? Daredevil gives you all the important parts of his past (moreso in the second season, I guess?). You barely get anything here besides some stories. So, the whole show just ambles along with a sort of twist towards the end, although, perhaps the most surprising is where the Meacham characters wind up (I'd say it's a nice touch if half of it weren't so dumb). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 (edited) It wasn't spandex. Edited April 23, 2017 by Mal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorgiShinobi Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 "Wow, what a freak..." "Looked like a talking penis." One of my favorite episodes of Season 5, hands down. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 I usually hate episodes that just retread past episodes but this somehow made it amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted April 29, 2017 Report Share Posted April 29, 2017 Muslims are making anime now. This actually looks kinda neat. I wonder if it'll ever get subtitles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorgiShinobi Posted May 8, 2017 Report Share Posted May 8, 2017 Amazing what a near death experience and some electric stimuli can do for relationship. You know what I'm talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 So! Uh, how about that last Samurai Jack? Spoiler 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted May 12, 2017 Report Share Posted May 12, 2017 Pretty decent list of TV shows that I figured is worth sharing if you're looking for something to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted May 21, 2017 Report Share Posted May 21, 2017 (edited) Samurai Jack fans just cannot win. Edit: Meaning that ten episodes was not enough to flesh out what they tried to do. Edited May 21, 2017 by Mal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted May 21, 2017 Report Share Posted May 21, 2017 More episodes arguably would have been better, but I think they did a pretty good job with what they were given. I'm ultimately satisfied. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G920A using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorgiShinobi Posted May 21, 2017 Report Share Posted May 21, 2017 People keep using the word "bittersweet," but honestly if we never found out the nature of the ending beforehand, I don't think people would be using that word. The first half of the episode is great with only a few minor issues. Hardly anything to balk at overall. It's the final moments of the episode that unintentionally trip over itself. Because of the limited time and approach, viewers are feeling more so hurt than satisfied. I strongly feel that Ashi should have faded away after Aku's defeat. It would have been poetic that once Aku's tower fell, Ashi herself would fall too. Rather than just saying, "I felt him leave me," we get the line from the wedding. Frankly, the wedding was an emotional sucker punch, but for those of us who have seen Gurren Lagann, we were in shock before Ashi even fell. For those select individuals, it was hard to appreciate the moment. The very final moment is actually fine as it is, but because of the wedding tragedy beforehand, I feel viewers are missing out on the bigger picture behind the symbolism. Jack isn't just moving on, people are literally "not seeing the forest for the trees." The forest and all of its beauty is preserved because of Jack completing his quest. While he may have lost people he helped and cared for, he has ultimately secured the future. It's just, again, it's hard to realize this in the moment and within such a small time frame with no dialogue. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted May 21, 2017 Report Share Posted May 21, 2017 I've caught up on Robot Chicken, great background watching. Currently binging Brooklyn 99. It's pretty good. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted June 4, 2017 Report Share Posted June 4, 2017 This seems to be getting a bit of buzz of late 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted June 6, 2017 Report Share Posted June 6, 2017 I finished the first series of Hap & Leonard, which first had me intrigued because of its setting and cast. It's really good and definitely feels like a book, in the best possible way. It starts off fairly breezy before escalating into something quite tense and violent. It has interesting characters and a strong central relationship between the two of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 Anyone watching Twin Peaks or American Gods? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 Nope n Yep. I think @Cowboy Danger Poet is watching the former. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 Twin Peaks is excellent weirdness, if you enjoyed the original series you'll enjoy this. I'm enjoying AG too. Ian McShane is great as Wednesday. Only downside is the continuing obsession with these big dramas of showing nude women (and it is almost always women) when it is wholly unnecessary. I don't need to see boobs flopping everywhere to get that people are having sex. I don't need a woman to be standing around naked counting money to get that she is a sex worker who has just concluded her business. It's not prudishness, it's just boredom with the crassness of it all. The only thing it achieves is that my gf will a) Not watch these shows with me and/or b) Get very pissy with me for watching them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 American Gods does have male nudity, specifically the well-endowed Djinn and his gay sex scene. I think Laura has been the only one nude and iirc only post-death so not much titillating on a woman held together with large stitches. Oh I guess Bilquis, but that's kind of her thing, might as well cut out completely if not having her with sex scenes (and at least she's not a prostitute in the show). Given many American shows have a pretty low-bar on violence I think nudity is their main bar for being "this is adult". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 The nudity in American Gods is pretty even-handed, although I've only seen the first three episodes. Bilquis's scenes are sexy, which befits a god of sex and desire. But I get it; you and your gf are uptight Brits. My wife and I watch it with another female friend of ours, and they both enjoy the show quite a bit, and both of them are quite sensitive to male gaze-y nudity, a la earlier seasons of Game of Thrones. My wife gets annoyed at prudish sex scenes in TV and movies, although not as much as she does at portrayals of women made purely to titillate straight men. We've also been watching season three of Fargo and season three of Better Call Saul, which are both pretty great. Oh, and we've been watching The Handmaid's Tale on Hulu as well, which is pretty depressing, though very well done. We have a few more shows on our watchlist, like the recent season of House of Cards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted June 9, 2017 Report Share Posted June 9, 2017 True AG is far less egregious for it, and is way more balanced. I think that the GoT sexposition stuff has made her hypersensitive to nudity in general, which is a shame cos it means that there's a lot of great TV that we can't watch together. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted June 30, 2017 Report Share Posted June 30, 2017 30th July for PICKLE RICK! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted June 30, 2017 Report Share Posted June 30, 2017 Rick and Morty is goddamned fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted July 2, 2017 Report Share Posted July 2, 2017 Anyone watching Preacher now S2 has started up? It's funny how S1 felt a lot like an extended prologue, but did it all so much better than Westworld. Now the characters are "on the road" and I'm interested to see where it's headed. It's still got the over the top gore and black humour that sets it apart from everything else I'm watching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted July 2, 2017 Report Share Posted July 2, 2017 I'm aware it's started, just not had the time to sit down n get watching it, hopefully by end of this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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