What TV series are you watching at moment?

  On 3/1/2017 at 2:44 PM, Centurix said:

Watching Ronja the Robbers Daughter with my kid. Pretty good series.

*looks at your signature*

 

*long pause*

 

*deletes watmm account*

Metalocalypse - after a few years away a re-viewing has been the highlight of winter/spring transitions

 

every rock cliche lanced to ever more hilarious routines, all the characters rrrrrrock, the whole Illuminati side-plot, Dr Rockso & the whole cocaine/hair metal/David Lee Roth/Motley Crue send up, plus its prettys hards nots to speaks likes Toki or Swishgar (sp?) after repeateds viewings

 

 

https://youtu.be/0-LNgU4e1rE

First couple episodes of Crashing are great, really looking forward to the rest

just noticed neil gaiman american gods is now a tv show. book was pretty deece.

My annoyance with Legion has given way to straight up loving it, the foibles and idiosyncrasies are what makes it endearing, in spite of itself. They seem to be outright imitating a different director with each episode, last week was Gondry, this week was total Gilliam. I'd still like to see more of the outside world, shit, just have Jemaine Clement do a 60 narration and explain everything in his captivating voice.

  On 3/3/2017 at 8:04 AM, Rubin Farr said:

My annoyance with Legion has given way to straight up loving it, the foibles and idiosyncrasies are what makes it endearing, in spite of itself. They seem to be outright imitating a different director with each episode, last week was Gondry, this week was total Gilliam. I'd still like to see more of the outside world, shit, just have Jemaine Clement do a 60 narration and explain everything in his captivating voice.

 

Not sure if I'm loving it per se, but definitely on board. I've accepted the non-linear dream/reality hijinx and just going along for the ride. The last half of the past episode was pretty sweet. Although, the one-eyed guy could have just smoked fools instead of running away...

First three eps of S2 of the Expanse were better than the entire first season combined. Could do with less of the Martian marines though, every scene is exactly the same. NZ chick is pissed off, one dude was born on Earth and the blonde is super racist at him, and the bald captain is stern. Don't need 20 minutes of that thanks.

  On 3/3/2017 at 4:37 PM, ladalaika said:

First three eps of S2 of the Expanse were better than the entire first season combined. Could do with less of the Martian marines though, every scene is exactly the same. NZ chick is pissed off, one dude was born on Earth and the blonde is super racist at him, and the bald captain is stern. Don't need 20 minutes of that thanks.

Neat, really wanted to enjoy the first series but gave up on it.

 

Watching Hyperdrive now, BBC noughties sci-fi comedy, never watched it originally but it turns out it's reasonably funny

  On 3/3/2017 at 4:37 PM, ladalaika said:

First three eps of S2 of the Expanse were better than the entire first season combined. Could do with less of the Martian marines though, every scene is exactly the same. NZ chick is pissed off, one dude was born on Earth and the blonde is super racist at him, and the bald captain is stern. Don't need 20 minutes of that thanks.

 

agreed, especially about the martians, though at least something interesting happened with them in the last episode, though I'm not sure what exactly.

 

the acting and dialog is as bad as it was in S1, but the plot is much faster paced now, and the political and science shit was all very good in S1 and a lot better now.

 

it's nice to see someone put some effort into getting the science right, and even when they do have something that makes no sense they have the decency to have a character say 'hey, this makes no fucking sense!'.

  On 3/3/2017 at 8:58 PM, caze said:

 

  On 3/3/2017 at 4:37 PM, ladalaika said:

First three eps of S2 of the Expanse were better than the entire first season combined. Could do with less of the Martian marines though, every scene is exactly the same. NZ chick is pissed off, one dude was born on Earth and the blonde is super racist at him, and the bald captain is stern. Don't need 20 minutes of that thanks.

agreed, especially about the martians, though at least something interesting happened with them in the last episode, though I'm not sure what exactly.

 

the acting and dialog is as bad as it was in S1, but the plot is much faster paced now, and the political and science shit was all very good in S1 and a lot better now.

 

it's nice to see someone put some effort into getting the science right, and even when they do have something that makes no sense they have the decency to have a character say 'hey, this makes no fucking sense!'.

The plot moving at triple speed makes the hilariously bad dialogue easier to swallow, though Space Jon Snow still has less expression than Plank from Ed Edd and Eddy. That + the stunning visuals and crazy political maneuvering keeps it watchable. Actually looking forward to watching more tonight rather than feeling obligated like I did during s1, which is a nice change!

Enjoying Legion and the Expanse s2, tbqh.

 

Looking forward to some badass Keri Russell wigs on the Americans in a few days.

  On 3/5/2017 at 3:40 PM, baph said:

Looking forward to some badass Keri Russell wigs on the Americans in a few days.

  On 3/5/2017 at 3:40 PM, baph said:

Looking forward to some badass Keri Russell wigs on the Americans in a few days.

 

fack I still need to catch up with this show, I'm a season behind

I'm still working on season one

loved the Last Man with Kristen Wiig

  On 3/6/2017 at 2:14 PM, Rubin Farr said:

loved the Last Man with Kristen Wiig

 

Interesting way to start the 2nd season. Sadly, not a Wiig fan.

Taboo season finale was quite sensational, well worth some slow episodes in an otherwise extraordinary first season.

 

  On 3/1/2017 at 2:44 PM, Centurix said:

Watching Ronja the Robbers Daughter with my kid. Pretty good series.

I looked this up and it is such a weird thing to see a Ghibli spin on such a classic Lindgren novel and film. The original book and 90's film are bleak but adventurous tales that embrace the filthy viking settings and rich birchwoods of old Norse stories - Ronja is either surrounded by drunk warriors or scary folklore creatures. It is difficult to overstate just how impactful films like this were on Scandinavian childhoods, and how many have seen them over generations. Everybody around the world had to go through the ordeal of Bambi's mother or Simba's father dying, meanwhile Lindgren films were exposing us to things like the protagonists themselves of Lionheart Brothers dying (twice!). I would however concede that this version would be much more exciting to young relatives who love the Ghibli adventures.

  On 3/6/2017 at 6:52 PM, chim said:

Taboo season finale was quite sensational, well worth some slow episodes in an otherwise extraordinary first season.

 

 

  On 3/1/2017 at 2:44 PM, Centurix said:

Watching Ronja the Robbers Daughter with my kid. Pretty good series.

I looked this up and it is such a weird thing to see a Ghibli spin on such a classic Lindgren novel and film. The original book and 90's film are bleak but adventurous tales that embrace the filthy viking settings and rich birchwoods of old Norse stories - Ronja is either surrounded by drunk warriors or scary folklore creatures. It is difficult to overstate just how impactful films like this were on Scandinavian childhoods, and how many have seen them over generations. Everybody around the world had to go through the ordeal of Bambi's mother or Simba's father dying, meanwhile Lindgren films were exposing us to things like the protagonists themselves of Lionheart Brothers dying (twice!). I would however concede that this version would be much more exciting to young relatives who love the Ghibli adventures.

Some tears from both of us during this season. It's unusual in its animation style add they've decided to make the characters more rendered than other Ghibli productions. It gives them a more 'rounded' appearance. We're not quite at the end of this season yet, and I'm not familiar with the literature so this been quite satisfying.

 

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of course they're kidding around, but Patrick sounds interested in possibly appearing on Legion is some fashion, but we still don't know what time period it takes place in...

 

  On 3/2/2017 at 7:19 PM, Shockerbrown said:

The OA is pretty awesome. I even liked the ending.

Just finished "The OA" and I totally agree

 

quiet intense and moving

  On 3/7/2017 at 1:39 PM, Test Fforet said:

 

  On 3/2/2017 at 7:19 PM, Shockerbrown said:

The OA is pretty awesome. I even liked the ending.

Just finished "The OA" and I totally agree

 

quiet intense and moving

 

 

Only 2 episodes in. Seems competently done so far. My main issue is the gay-bashing, angst ridden drug dealer/filmmaker? Seriously, what teenager brings his rottweiler to an empty building to deal drugs to complete dorks & trans-gender kids? And who bought him that 40oz? completely ridiculous.

Legion ep5 - Thoroughly enjoyed. The last 10 minutes were ace. Had to turn to another channel to make sure the volume was working on my tv.

Unfortunately the narrative in this show has probably alienated many viewers who probably won't come back; and probably will alienate more. The ratings just aren't very strong. I, on the other hand, am looking forward to see where it goes.

  On 3/9/2017 at 1:29 PM, olo said:

Legion ep5 - Thoroughly enjoyed. The last 10 minutes were ace. Had to turn to another channel to make sure the volume was working on my tv.

Unfortunately the narrative in this show has probably alienated many viewers who probably won't come back; and probably will alienate more. The ratings just aren't very strong. I, on the other hand, am looking forward to see where it goes.

Yeah it's definitely turned to the 2nd half of the season, David owning his abilities, loved the white eyes, a great nod to the comics. I still think Jean Smart is playing Emma Frost, maybe she's concealing her identity. My fan theory is Xavier asked her to rescue David from Clockwork and D3, knowing how powerful he is. She seems to be running her own center for gifted mutants (as she's run Xavier's school before in he comics). But the vagueness of the time period makes me suspect we're still in his head.

Fincher's new serial killer series looks gooooood