What TV series are you watching at moment?

  On 5/9/2021 at 6:14 AM, J3FF3R00 said:

Mare Of Easttown is quite good. 

I’m going to amend this by adding… the last 2 episodes were utter bullshit. 
 

Thanks for the warning, looks like I won't bother.

Lucifer - just finished up 2nd part of Season 5. A bit jarring because of the long break between halves, but part II delivers, and delivers, and delivers. I'm not sure I've seen anyone here mention this show - I would call it a guilty pleasure but it's really turned into one of my favorite shows of all time. Funny and entertaining at the outset, it's now doing great things with characters that I actually care about, mainly because the show delves deep into the human condition. It's a show that started strong and then just got better as time went on - the switch to Netflix clearly opened doors for the showrunners to run with it, to the best effect. 

The Harley Quinn Show (HBO Max)- Holy fucking lol. I'm not a huge Harley stan but this show has been bonkers good. It's the perfect binge watch (like 20-25 minutes per episode, so you can also just watch bite sized pieces). Not only is it hilarious but holy shit I'm on board with all the fucked up characters - you legit start to care about these miscreants, and the humor here is fantastic. Kind of reminds me of old Adult Swim stuff like Aqua Teen or Sealab 2021... but with more heart. Even a passing familiarity with the DC comics archetypes will also pay dividends as everyone is like what you know, but taken to extremes (Jim Gordon is an alcoholic whose marriage is failing and just wants Batman to acknowledge him as more than just a work colleague). Watch the first 5 minutes and you'll know where this thing is going. DO NOT WATCH THIS WITH CHILDREN IN THE ROOM 

Diving into this soon, they have finally remastered and rereleased "The Daemons", one of Pertwee's best storylines

  On 6/1/2021 at 10:51 AM, Silent Member said:

Thanks for the warning, looks like I won't bother.

All in, I think the show is mostly great. The last two episodes are just a slap in the face to the rest (I bet you can actually stop watching after episode 5 because the show almost ends in that one. The stuff that follows can be skipped). 
It just hurts to be given a genuinely good show that throws away it’s own potential well after you get hooked. 
I can say that Kate Winslet is really good in it (big surprise, she’s pretty much great in everything)… but Evan Peters is goddamn brilliant IMO . I thought he was incredible in the first season of AHS, but I’m a fanboy for real now. 
 

Started the plod through Vincenzo, a Korean 20 episodes series about a Korean who was adopted into an Italian mafia family and who has now returned to the country of his birth. Episodes are an hour and a half long, hence the plod, require some suspension of disbelief, but are absolutely *packed*.

Some action, some social critique, lots of laughs and of course all of that fantastic Korean overacting. Superb entertainment.

that Dr Who remaster trailer looks terrible! did they crop a 4:3 show shot on video to 2.31:1 and just denoise and sharpen the shit out of it. disguuuuusting.

  On 6/3/2021 at 12:48 PM, Silent Member said:

that Dr Who remaster trailer looks terrible! did they crop a 4:3 show shot on video to 2.31:1 and just denoise and sharpen the shit out of it. disguuuuusting.

Looks like it was shot on video originally

  On 6/1/2021 at 10:51 AM, Silent Member said:

Thanks for the warning, looks like I won't bother.

I liked it. it's a decent detective story with a very good cast. The same internet that has pronounced this series as flawed were blowing their loads over some soft brain Marvel shit a month ago.

  On 6/3/2021 at 2:49 PM, Enthusiast said:

Looks like it was shot on video originally

Yeah, that's my point, why would you crop out the little video information that is there and blow up the image. Not to mention that you're missing half the image.

Maybe I'll give mare a shot then, after all.

Watching tennis all day every day

                                                                i haven't watched any marvel cinematic universe movie or tv show

                                                                                         but i just watched LOKI and really enjoyed the acting and story of the first episode

                                                                                      anyone have an absolute favorite of the bunch that i should watch?

  On 6/3/2021 at 6:51 PM, Silent Member said:

Yeah, that's my point, why would you crop out the little video information that is there and blow up the image. Not to mention that you're missing half the image.

Maybe I'll give mare a shot then, after all.

  On 6/9/2021 at 7:12 PM, diatoms said:

                                                                i haven't watched any marvel cinematic universe movie or tv show

                                                                                         but i just watched LOKI and really enjoyed the acting and story of the first episode

 

                                                                                      anyone have an absolute favorite of the bunch that i should watch?

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I liked Loki, seems very inspired by The Adjustment Bureau, Terry Gilliam, Douglas Adams, etc.  As for the MCU, it depends on what kind of movies you like, but they are a continuous narrative.

^ what he said 

Rubin is right about continuity of MCU films but I can't recommend Guardian's of the Galaxy highly enough. It functions (or can function) completely on its own, and is probably one of my fave films of the last 10 years. It's just an excellent, hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes heartmendingly beautiful amazing flick. My wife and I watch at least once a year every year. 

FYI - don't put it on and go in the other room and make some popcorn or something and come back - there's a specific tonal shift in the first 5 mins or so that is so well carried off I can't stand the thought of someone missing it when they watch it for the first time. 

  On 6/9/2021 at 10:16 PM, T3551ER said:

^ what he said 

BUT

Rubin is right about continuity of MCU films but I can't recommend Guardian's of the Galaxy highly enough. It functions (or can function) completely on its own, and is probably one of my fave films of the last 10 years. It's just an excellent, hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes heartmendingly beautiful amazing flick. My wife and I watch at least once a year every year. 

FYI - don't put it on and go in the other room and make some popcorn or something and come back - there's a specific tonal shift in the first 5 mins or so that is so well carried off I can't stand the thought of someone missing it when they watch it for the first time. 

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I almost recommended Guardians 1 as a good stand alone place to start.

  On 6/9/2021 at 9:51 PM, Rubin Farr said:

I liked Loki, seems very inspired by The Adjustment Bureau, Terry Gilliam, Douglas Adams, etc.  As for the MCU, it depends on what kind of movies you like, but they are a continuous narrative.

  On 6/9/2021 at 10:16 PM, T3551ER said:

^ what he said 

BUT

Rubin is right about continuity of MCU films but I can't recommend Guardian's of the Galaxy highly enough. It functions (or can function) completely on its own, and is probably one of my fave films of the last 10 years. It's just an excellent, hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes heartmendingly beautiful amazing flick. My wife and I watch at least once a year every year. 

FYI - don't put it on and go in the other room and make some popcorn or something and come back - there's a specific tonal shift in the first 5 mins or so that is so well carried off I can't stand the thought of someone missing it when they watch it for the first time. 

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  On 6/9/2021 at 10:59 PM, Rubin Farr said:

I almost recommended Guardians 1 as a good stand alone place to start.

                                                                                  ok guardians it is, thanks

I really enjoyed Dr. Strange. Check that out too 

  On 6/9/2021 at 11:13 PM, diatoms said:

 

 

 

      

                                                                                  ok guardians it is, thanks

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                                                            ok watched gotg and had a fun time:)

  On 6/10/2021 at 6:48 AM, yekker said:

I really enjoyed Dr. Strange. Check that out too 

                                                                          my brother told me to watch this about three years ago

                                                                                           i guess i just stopped watching movies after university

                                                                                     but i'm really enjoying the fantasy element to these films & tv show

                                                                                                                 on to dr. strange, thanks:)

Loki was great. Loved the bit with the infinity stones, so good!

                                                                watched dr. strange and had a fun time, thanks:)

                                                                              i'm really enjoying the marvel universe

                                                                                      scorsese is up his own ass

this is show is a perfect encapsulation of modern television; it's got perfectly mediocre to terrible actors (i.e. background actors getting their first speaking role), a screenplay that's one part x-files and two parts graduate film school spec and a location manager that clearly has no quality control in his vocabulary. it's even worse than this which is an accomplishment in my eyes

  On 6/11/2021 at 8:17 PM, Nebraska said:

this is show is a perfect encapsulation of modern television; it's got perfectly mediocre to terrible actors (i.e. background actors getting their first speaking role), a screenplay that's one part x-files and two parts graduate film school spec and a location manager that clearly has no quality control in his vocabulary. it's even worse than this which is an accomplishment in my eyes

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I think it just got canceled