What TV series are you watching at moment?

Schlitze was banned for your sins

  On 9/26/2022 at 7:34 PM, cruising for burgers said:

westworld s01 - not perfect but damn cool...

westworld s02 - also pretty cool ideas specially the cr4dl and the forge... they could have found a better way to express graphically the hosts passage into the forge though... it looked pretty silly how they did it... and a lot of filler specially the samurai episodes...

 

westworld s03 - Hot Terminator & Jesse Pinkman fight against that "free will destroyer" cristal ball from Devs with the intent of bringing down the apocalypse on human civilization...

"Science! Bitch!" in Pinkman's voice...

when Caleb's trip wears off:

• what genre is this?
• it's reality man...

lmao

and why the fuck MIB's hand is still in that shape? they can build droids from scratch and he can't get a new hand? a fucking hand? even Luke Skywalker got a brand new one... geeeeezz louise...

what about when Nostradamus starts sending phone messages to everyone revealing their destinies? next time use spoiler tags ffs dude?

the EMP kills the droids and Solomon but it doesn't destroy Caleb's flash drive? right...

this season was a trainwreck... it seemed like it was written by a 12 years old... the dialogues were so childish and silly, wtf...

 

not getting my hopes up to s04 but gonna start watching it anyway...

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Gave up midway through season 4. Prepare your expectations accordingly.

It reached season 4 already? Damn. I thought s2 was a right mess in the end, forced myself through it then gave up. Why are TV shows such an expensive hot mess right now. 

  On 9/26/2022 at 7:47 PM, Soloman Tump said:

Why are TV shows such an expensive hot mess right now. 

because attention spans are getting shorter and shorter thanks to point and click immediate gratification. there's also the TV show overload factor at play. this has been mentioned for probably the past 15 years. the "golden age" of TV launched whenever HBO dropped the Sopranos on everyone. then came Showtime, then FX, and so forth. now we have everyone and their fucking uncle producing TV shows, and there is far more crap now than when it was just like HBO/Showtime producing shit. the "golden age" is over, and now it's just consumerism run amok. society demands more crap! more! feed the machine.  

Is House of the Dragon worth watching? 

  On 9/26/2022 at 9:13 PM, o00o said:

Is House of the Dragon worth watching? 

As of right now I would say yes. Definitely worth watching.

  On 9/26/2022 at 7:44 PM, perunamuusi said:

Schlitze was banned for your sins

he wasn't banned in vain then...

  On 9/26/2022 at 7:02 PM, Nebraska said:

ryan murphy doesn't understand horror. he understands kitsch. dahmer's story is incredibly difficult to translate because his obsession to cannibalize his victims was actually brought on by a deep fear of being alone. this plays more like ed kemper's story with a mother complex gone array.

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There’s somewhat of a backlash against this film from the LGBTQ community, which I totally get.

New episode 4 of Andor.  I'm starting to sense a pattern here.  Extremely boring set-up / filler episodes before you see any kind of conflict or action.  Not horrible or anything but nothing to ring home about - you may end up scrolling through your phone or WATMM.

  On 9/26/2022 at 9:13 PM, o00o said:

Is House of the Dragon worth watching? 

I love it. But I'm a big fan of the book too and it's a great adaptation so far.

  On 9/26/2022 at 7:02 PM, Nebraska said:

ryan murphy doesn't understand horror. he understands kitsch. dahmer's story is incredibly difficult to translate because his obsession to cannibalize his victims was actually brought on by a deep fear of being alone. this plays more like ed kemper's story with a mother complex gone array.

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honestly the fear of abandonment came through loud and clear to me! this was probably the best dahmer adaptation yet imo 

Started the new GBBO! Fuck the haterz. 

Fuck yeah!

Blitzing through 2 seasons of Reservation Dogs atm. Not sure what compelled me to start watching it but I’m happy I did. A lot of Ojibwe and Lakota I met growing up always had a great sense of humor and were excellent storytellers so it’s a wonder why that sort of stuff has rarely made it on screen. Never been to the rez so it’s nice to have a show like this kinda introduce you to that world, and it was nice to hear that apparently the writers, actors and even the majority of the crew are actual natives as well. 

It definitely goes over the top at times but has some really endearing characters (Willie Jack is my favorite) and does a good job of throwing in some humor while also tackling some of the obviously darker shit native communities have to wrestle with. It’s not god-tier television by any means but it is a breath of fresh air compared to endless deluge of middleclass white/black American family sitcoms we’ve been bombarded with for the past half a fucking century. Felt good to have some jokes (blurred out owl eyes scene )and slang go over my head for once. And damn I wish I had a William Knifeman in my corner as a spirit guide sometimes. 
 

  On 9/29/2022 at 5:57 PM, kichiguy said:

honestly the fear of abandonment came through loud and clear to me! this was probably the best dahmer adaptation yet imo 

Does anyone else feel weird about the constant dramatizations, rhetoric, and glorification of Dahmer?

Part of me just feels that it could give the extra push a sadistic psychopath could need to go on their own killing spree.  Knowing they will forever be canonized in pop culture if they are sick and twisted enough.

It's one thing to be mentioned in history books and a serial killer series, but another to have TV shows / Movies / Books / Comics written about you every year.

(P.S. I think people might have made this argument with Ted Bundy in the recent Zac Efron movie, but for some reason this is never brought up for Dahmer)

  On 9/30/2022 at 1:38 PM, lyst said:

Part of me just feels that it could give the extra push a sadistic psychopath could need to go on their own killing spree.  Knowing they will forever be canonized in pop culture if they are sick and twisted enough.

There's been criminal fandom as long as there have been criminals, and serial killers are a relatively new (it's mostly a 20th century phenomenon) but enduring category. I've been interested in serial killers since my early teens, and I've got a whole section of my bookshelf devoted to the subject, and I have all of these, too (issue #11 about the Hillside strangler has been drawn from circulation due to legal reasons). I've been exposed to these extremely violent and psychologically disturbed people for most of my life, and I do as much violence, rape, murder and other categorically adjacent things as I want to - which is zero. Zilch. Nada. None. I understand that there are pathologically borderline individuals who could be enticed to act out their violent fantasies triggered by the entertainment industry's portrayal of mass murderers, serial killers and other criminals, but those people will get their kicks regardless of the availability of dramatized popular culture portrayals. I'm more worried about the general increase in graphic portrayals of violence in popular culture - as a teen I worked really hard to get my hands on splatter/gore movies, nowadays one can go see a movie with more blood and shockingly graphic violence, and no-one bats an eye; plenty of the splatter/gore horror I saw as a teen would now be in general theatre distribution, now it's just horror, and more recent franchises like Saw are even more graphic.

The heyday of serial killers is over, criminology and evidence collecting has advanced so much that it's nowadays easier to catch serial criminals, killers or otherwise. I would be (and I am) more worried about religious and political extremists than serial killers.

That Dahmer show on Netflix is good but so fucking depressing and fucked up. Only watched like 3 episodes so far Jfc. Read up about him. Boiling water lobotomies Jesus fucking Christ dude

  On 9/30/2022 at 2:10 PM, Berk said:

That Dahmer show on Netflix is good but so fucking depressing and fucked up. Only watched like 3 episodes so far Jfc. Read up about him. Boiling water lobotomies Jesus fucking Christ dude

Dahmer isn't even close to the worst psychopathic serial killers, there's some really extreme FUBAR stuff you don't want to even know. The series is done really well, the portrayal is accurate and the mood as anxiety-inducing as it should be. If you want to see a dramatized version from the other side of serial killers, watch Netflix's Mindhunter (which has some scenes with big name serial killers whose portrayal is spot on) about the beginnings of FBI's VICAP (Violent Criminal Apprehension Program) responsible for catching some of the most notorious serial killers, and creating the methods of psychological profiling popularized by Criminal Minds et al.

Didn’t realize he taunted the wrong prisoner, and that got him beaten to death

https://wgntv.com/news/inmate-who-killed-jeffrey-dahmer-reveals-why-he-murdered-the-serial-killer/amp/

Bosch season 4 - 7/10

Just starting season 5. I don’t think Bosch will ever get above a 7.5 but still it’s very watchable. I like almost all the characters which makes up for the slow parts.

Rings Of Power episode 6 - 7/10

Pretty decent. Lord Halbrand character is very good. Definitely pleased with the way this has improved. No longer horseshit. Gotta love Saurons number 1 fan, The Old Scouse Bastard! Lol  

  On 9/30/2022 at 6:44 PM, beerwolf said:

Rings Of Power episode 6 - 7/10

Pretty decent. Lord Halbrand character is very good. Definitely pleased with the way this has improved. No longer horseshit. Gotta love Saurons number 1 fan, The Old Scouse Bastard! Lol

I can only watch RoP on fast forward. I managed to cut down ep 6 to around 15 minutes of viewing time today. Never has there been a show with such egregious use of slow motion, even when skipping. 

EP6 Highlights: No Elrond or the dwarven geezer, and Adar's St Crispin's Day speech. 

  On 9/26/2022 at 7:02 PM, cruising for burgers said:

 

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incidentally

Not really a fan of Rolling Stone or Best Of All Time lists but thought this was a good resource. There’s a few I’ve ticked for the near future. Seeing as I seem to prefer tv series nowadays to films it was worth a read.
 

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-lists/best-tv-shows-of-all-time-1234598313/

  On 9/30/2022 at 7:23 PM, Shimon_Shimon said:

I can only watch RoP on fast forward. I managed to cut down ep 6 to around 15 minutes of viewing time today. Never has there been a show with such egregious use of slow motion, even when skipping. 

EP6 Highlights: No Elrond or the dwarven geezer, and Adar's St Crispin's Day speech. 

Adar character acting is brilliant. No doubt. Twisted between elf and Orc. Light and dark. All of his scenes with the main characters were interesting. The one with Galadriel when I felt sorry for him and she was the one who was borderline fascist evil (wanting to wipe out an entire race). And agree with you about the dwarven geezer. Him and the Harfoots is like watching some fucking pantomime.

Every scene with Adar I have gone back to and rewatched at least twice.