What TV series are you watching at moment?

I watched it and it was great, although they really shit the bed with that imagine dragons track.

  On 8/8/2022 at 4:25 AM, Rubin Farr said:

I’m on ep3, and it’s a good adaptation so far, the race and gender flipping isn’t a big deal, and Gaiman is helping steer the ship, but the stark visual of Dream & Death together is one of the trademark images used over & over again in the Sandman stories. Another age.

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Just finished Ep4 last night which crushed it. Huge Sandman fan, very dear to the heart (one of the first things my wife and I bonded over). Feel like it's getting better w every episode but also I find myself replaying earlier moments in my mind and discovering new layers as it goes on. 

Weird to go into this w such a knowledge of the source material, but pm thumbs up on the changes. Realize part of what is affecting things is that this is now a tv series, not a graphic novel being. 1:1 translated... as it should be. But, also, it features tonal shifts per episode that are also in keeping with the source material too. Very delicate balancing act. I do fear that a lot of the general public won't quite know what to make of it tho - it's... odd. 

Frankly, if it keeps up at this pace of quality I will murder Netlfix if they prematurely cancel it. Loads of groundwork being laid that beg to be unfolded ...

my wife and i have been watching this every night for the past week and it's been all kinds of hilarious.

everyone on this show swears up and down how they were "built" for the outdoors and how they can make fire with just their salaiva and a strand of hair. it's basically survivor, but alone.

the first guy made a nice cabin then realized he missed his family too much and almost had a heart attack. 1 out. 2nd woman accidentally ate hemlock after confusing it for some native delicacy and puked her guts out before she called it quits. another woman could barely catch food and lost so much weight her teeth were turning black. out. another guy had a melt down. just full blown melt down and cursed everyone out; quit and told everyone to go fuck themselves (viewers). one woman burned herself after she got hypothermia after trying to catch fish (she didn't) then she got too close to the fire trying to warm herself up.

so far one dude has been lucky enough to kill a deer and have like 4 days worth of rations while another guy has been invaded by grizzly bears like every night. this show is the definition of cruel. when they came to get the girl that had puked her guts out, they first needed to hear her rant, then sat in the boat and watched her haul all her gear herself. in misery after the possibly hemlock poisoning. 

i wish someone can make a show like this, but set in an urban setting. like kensington ave in philly

  On 8/8/2022 at 6:33 PM, Nebraska said:

my wife and i have been watching this every night for the past week and it's been all kinds of hilarious.

everyone on this show swears up and down how they were "built" for the outdoors and how they can make fire with just their salaiva and a strand of hair. it's basically survivor, but alone.

the first guy made a nice cabin then realized he missed his family too much and almost had a heart attack. 1 out. 2nd woman accidentally ate hemlock after confusing it for some native delicacy and puked her guts out before she called it quits. another woman could barely catch food and lost so much weight her teeth were turning black. out. another guy had a melt down. just full blown melt down and cursed everyone out; quit and told everyone to go fuck themselves (viewers). one woman burned herself after she got hypothermia after trying to catch fish (she didn't) then she got too close to the fire trying to warm herself up.

so far one dude has been lucky enough to kill a deer and have like 4 days worth of rations while another guy has been invaded by grizzly bears like every night. this show is the definition of cruel. when they came to get the girl that had puked her guts out, they first needed to hear her rant, then sat in the boat and watched her haul all her gear herself. in misery after the possibly hemlock poisoning. 

i wish someone can make a show like this, but set in an urban setting. like kensington ave in philly

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I've watched many seasons. The show is amazing. The one in the Arctic for $1 mil is exceptional (season 7). There are two really great contestants in that one. The Kensington Ave. idea is genius, but even more cruel.

The sandman 

It's all over the place, sometimes interesting sometimes embarrassing, achieving unintentional doctor who levels of camp sometimes. After the first story is done (which I liked) it loses all purpose. 

The level of 'diversity' in casting and characters does stick out.

I'm not familiar with the source material but I feel it misses an opportunity to weave the whole season into a overarching plot and make it more engaging and consistent throughout.

  On 8/3/2022 at 10:32 PM, beerwolf said:

Wow, the 90’s eh? Just watched this, 3 hours gone in a blink of an eye. Funnily enough I was reminded of the Trump Netflix documentary. I posted up The Guardian review as it sums up exactly how I feel and saves me some typing. Definitely worth watching.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/aug/03/netflix-trainwreck-woodstock-99-review-the-festival-documentary-that-feels-like-a-disaster-movie

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i watched it th eother day. it's crazy how boomer fucked the whole thing was. fucking hippies who had no idea what kids were into at the time and booked "Peace and Love" with Korn and Limp Bizkit. so dumb and typical profit fuckery with farming out all the tasks to contractors who screwed up.  that main woodstock dude just had no idea about anything relevant to the crowd that would show up based on the bands they booked. 

it looked terrible though.. so many testosterone meat heads in the crowd and just generally a shit show of an experience. even if it didn't go all lord of the flies it still looks like it was awful. 

but really it's like "what did they think was gonna happen?"  looks like they made their money though. 

i remember thinking "who the fuck is gonna go to that? look who they booked."  i was about 28 at the time and had a good laugh at how shit the whole thing looked.. just a cash grab.  the security issue was just horrible. those poor kids who go assaulted and raped. wtf. outrageous. 

  On 8/8/2022 at 4:54 PM, Silent Member said:

I watched it and it was great, although they really shit the bed with that imagine dragons track.

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  On 8/8/2022 at 8:28 PM, ignatius said:

i watched it th eother day. it's crazy how boomer fucked the whole thing was. fucking hippies who had no idea what kids were into at the time and booked "Peace and Love" with Korn and Limp Bizkit. so dumb and typical profit fuckery with farming out all the tasks to contractors who screwed up.  that main woodstock dude just had no idea about anything relevant to the crowd that would show up based on the bands they booked. 

it looked terrible though.. so many testosterone meat heads in the crowd and just generally a shit show of an experience. even if it didn't go all lord of the flies it still looks like it was awful. 

but really it's like "what did they think was gonna happen?"  looks like they made their money though. 

i remember thinking "who the fuck is gonna go to that? look who they booked."  i was about 28 at the time and had a good laugh at how shit the whole thing looked.. just a cash grab.  the security issue was just horrible. those poor kids who go assaulted and raped. wtf. outrageous. 

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Was surprised that Bush didn’t get too much aggro. Though it’s easy to blame nu-metal bands for the carnage, I’m sure it was just as much the inhumane conditions the kids were put in which sent things South. And they were getting robbed in broad daylight just for a bottle of water. I think I’d go stir crazy if you put me in a treeless field in 100 degree heat and a never ending supply of drugs. It was a perfect storm. The promoters weren’t interested in the Woodstock dream they were just interested in making loads money and were completely out of touch with reality. Apart from the sexual assault situation, I would say the destruction of the place was almost justified. 

  On 8/8/2022 at 7:18 PM, GORDO said:

It's all over the place, sometimes interesting sometimes embarrassing, achieving unintentional doctor who levels of camp sometimes. After the first story is done (which I liked) it loses all purpose. 

It has that BBC naffness in spades. 

The mockney accents from Hettie and Constantine were quite annoying, poor casting for Constantine.

  On 8/9/2022 at 2:23 PM, Shimon_Shimon said:

It has that BBC naffness in spades. 

The mockney accents from Hettie and Constantine were quite annoying, poor casting for Constantine.

Constantine looks like she was on Doctor Who, was she?

  On 8/9/2022 at 6:13 PM, Rubin Farr said:

Constantine looks like she was on Doctor Who, was she?

Jenna Coleman, yeah she was in Dr Who. 

  On 8/8/2022 at 7:48 AM, cruising for burgers said:

jfc this Arcane show is bananas... at first I wasn't convinced, wasn't to much into this kind of animation style but damn, every episode is better than the last one...4th episode is bonkers... highly recommended... timj's seal of approval...

Trying this show on your recommendation.  Liking it so far, but yea the pop-rock soundtrack is a let down.  This could be insane with a futuristic / idm / backdrop.

yeah ost is pretty lame...

watched stranger things. Something is missing in this show. It has all the ingredients to be really good, but something just makes it a chore to watch. Bad directors? The editing? Something in the pacing is off. I have no idea what it is, but its something

  On 8/11/2022 at 8:15 AM, marf said:

watched stranger things. Something is missing in this show. It has all the ingredients to be really good, but something just makes it a chore to watch. Bad directors? The editing? Something in the pacing is off. I have no idea what it is, but its something

yeah I feel that as well. it want to be a movie but does not get to the intensity of a cinematic experience. So you have a mishmash of tv show and cinematic movie which feels off. I have the same with full feature movies made for netflix. they feel weirdly off 

  On 8/8/2022 at 12:16 AM, lyst said:

The Sandman.  I'm surprised they didn't replace the lead character with a black trans pansexual paraplegic.  

Joking aside, it's alright.  Gets pretty boring at times though.

rly hate having to admit to be in that camp, but yeah: the wokeness levels do feel awfully forced to me, too, especially since the original was quite progressive anyway. not that it hurts the source material but... i mean... why? only saw first episode so far but i'm also not sure about some of the changes and additions... like... again... why? on the other hand i missed the individual fates of ppl suffering from "sleep sickness". music n dream world sets bit run of the mill, where's the psychedelic vibe?

ah well, not giving up on it yet. performances were solid and morpheus is cast quite well imo. didn't come even close to the comic tho.

Episode 6 really nailed the feeling of the comic imo, which would be issues #8 & 13.
Also, how taking the opposite approach to Alan Moore, helped Gaiman retain more control over the Endless, and avoided what happened to Watchmen:

https://davidallengreen.com/2021/06/how-neil-gaiman-kept-control-of-the-sandman-characters/

  On 8/12/2022 at 4:01 PM, Rubin Farr said:

Episode 6 really nailed the feeling of the comic imo, which would be issues #8 & 13.

As much as I think the series is poor, and unnecessary, I won't be so curmudgeonly to deny that ep 6 was a great episode. It does capture the comics well, and Kirby Howell-Baptiste was great as death. 

Girlfriend got me into What We Do in the Shadows which I'm enjoying at the moment.

Also enjoying Better Call Saul and also rewatching Trailer Park Boy for the 4th time. Watched the first season of The Walking Dead 2 years ago and might start that after Better Call Saul is done.

  On 8/11/2022 at 8:15 AM, marf said:

watched stranger things. Something is missing in this show. It has all the ingredients to be really good, but something just makes it a chore to watch. Bad directors? The editing? Something in the pacing is off. I have no idea what it is, but its something

Yeah I absolutely can’t stand it. Should be right up my street but it’s nothing but. Managed to finish the first season but decided to bin it for good after first episode of the Second Season. On Pitchfork the other week they were talking about Master of Puppets being included in the new shows. Curiosity got the better of me and I watched the clip. As expected, it was just cheesy garbage. 

I'm currently binging For All Mankind  and loving it.

  On 8/9/2022 at 1:33 PM, beerwolf said:

Was surprised that Bush didn’t get too much aggro. Though it’s easy to blame nu-metal bands for the carnage, I’m sure it was just as much the inhumane conditions the kids were put in which sent things South. And they were getting robbed in broad daylight just for a bottle of water. I think I’d go stir crazy if you put me in a treeless field in 100 degree heat and a never ending supply of drugs. It was a perfect storm. The promoters weren’t interested in the Woodstock dream they were just interested in making loads money and were completely out of touch with reality. Apart from the sexual assault situation, I would say the destruction of the place was almost justified. 

Yeah, felt sorry for that Bush lead singer guy, he looked like a lamb for the slaughter walking onto that stage, totally dazed! It's sad how it ended up being the total antithesis of Woodstock 69, which totally had its share of logistical problems etc. But still, those peaceful clips used really hit hard when juxtapositioned with the almost demonic expressions of leering nu metal kids. But apparently it took a concrete monstrosity of an army base and rock n' roll fuelled madness for the air headed Mike Lang to realize it wasn't the 1960s anymore. Should have heeded the unbreaking bottle. And John Scher, who came off as a total caricature of the immoral, bald faced lying capitalist, was all too happy to come along for the ride.

For what it's worth though these kids had a once in a lifetime slice of pure rock n' roll chaos in all it's crazed glory, and it did kind of look like a blast at times. If 1969 marked the end of hippie culture, then maybe Woodstock 1999 was the end of rock culture as it had been throughout the 1990s. 

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