What TV series are you watching at moment?

Watched the Depp vs Heard series on Netflix in one run last night, meaning I went to bed at 1.30am which is way past my bed time. Obvs it was good.

Scavengers Reign was decent, but a bit too anime i think. quit watching anime, quit making things anime, it's not good, it's infecting the rest of animation like the flowerfungus in the show.

/rant

it reminded me a bit of Raised by Wolves...wearing some influences heavy but missing their heart/soul/point, glomming on some haphazard 'human story' shit that felt almost entirely cookie cutter, and presented with about 1/10th of the thought necessary.

some of SR's human story was interesting, and the world was pretty well thought out, but the overall plot/story push was kinda undercooked in a way, idk. i'm trying to praise it for the good things, of which there were plenty, but overall with it being over i don't really care to ever watch anything further from it. i think i saw Netflix picked it up, i'm sure that'll just make it go heavier into the anime side.

related, the heavy use of flashback storytelling having to explain every last thing was quite distracting.

the alien life stuff was pretty cool to see in animation, worth watching for that, but the superhero-powered alien stuff was not doing it for me at all...i blame the anime. a little touch of weirdness was great, but they just went all out. felt utterly ridiculous by the ending.

  On 7/7/2024 at 1:41 PM, beerwolf said:

Watched the Depp vs Heard series on Netflix in one run last night, meaning I went to bed at 1.30am which is way past my bed time. Obvs it was good.

Jayz i watched one episode and couldnt be arsed with rest of it.. ignored all the hype when it hapened as was curious. Bottom line.. "celebs be celebing"

  On 7/7/2024 at 7:05 PM, auxien said:

Scavengers Reign was decent, but a bit too anime i think. quit watching anime, quit making things anime, it's not good, it's infecting the rest of animation like the flowerfungus in the show.

/rant

it reminded me a bit of Raised by Wolves...wearing some influences heavy but missing their heart/soul/point, glomming on some haphazard 'human story' shit that felt almost entirely cookie cutter, and presented with about 1/10th of the thought necessary.

some of SR's human story was interesting, and the world was pretty well thought out, but the overall plot/story push was kinda undercooked in a way, idk. i'm trying to praise it for the good things, of which there were plenty, but overall with it being over i don't really care to ever watch anything further from it. i think i saw Netflix picked it up, i'm sure that'll just make it go heavier into the anime side.

related, the heavy use of flashback storytelling having to explain every last thing was quite distracting.

the alien life stuff was pretty cool to see in animation, worth watching for that, but the superhero-powered alien stuff was not doing it for me at all...i blame the anime. a little touch of weirdness was great, but they just went all out. felt utterly ridiculous by the ending.

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Just grabbed the black reissue yesterday- sadly too late for color vinyl:

https://mondoshop.com/products/scavengers-reign-original-max-series-soundtrack-lp
 

The Wire AGAIN, it can still amaze you on repeat watches

  On 7/8/2024 at 1:06 PM, phudoshin said:

Jayz i watched one episode and couldnt be arsed with rest of it.. ignored all the hype when it hapened as was curious. Bottom line.. "celebs be celebing"

Heh I was pretty rat arsed when I watched it so my judgement could be way off the mark. Kind of stuff I watch when I've had too much vodka and beer. 

  On 7/8/2024 at 9:46 PM, o00o said:

Just grabbed the black reissue yesterday- sadly too late for color vinyl:

https://mondoshop.com/products/scavengers-reign-original-max-series-soundtrack-lp
 

 

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that color version looks nice but obv looking at it isn't too important

i wasn't terribly impressed with the music overall, but it was alright. that said, the main intro theme & one other piece, that final bit with Sam under the tree, were both exceptional.

hey remember when The Bear was funny and cool?

  On 7/9/2024 at 12:59 AM, Enthusiast said:

hey remember when The Bear was funny and cool?

No

I really liked the scarlet witch season but this looks really boring. Is there any marvel movies on the horizon where they are actually still trying. Maybe the new death pool

  On 7/9/2024 at 12:41 AM, auxien said:

i wasn't terribly impressed with the music overall, but it was alright. that said, the main intro theme & one other piece, that final bit with Sam under the tree, were both exceptional.

Yeah good point I bought it because I liked to have some scavengers reign merch without even listening to the soundtrack again. Gonna do that now

House of the Dragon’s most recent episode was exciting. I was skeptical of how well they could pull off the high flying combat and portray the devastation these critters could create with CGI but color me impressed. The other thing I really appreciate is the distinct look and behavior of them all as well. The show itself has made some questionable changes to the books and it’s far from perfect but if there is one aspect I wished they could somehow pull off it would be for the dance of the dragons to be brought to life on screen. They got it right in this episode.

  On 7/7/2024 at 7:05 PM, auxien said:

Scavengers Reign was decent, but a bit too anime i think. quit watching anime, quit making things anime, it's not good, it's infecting the rest of animation like the flowerfungus in the show.

/rant

it reminded me a bit of Raised by Wolves...wearing some influences heavy but missing their heart/soul/point, glomming on some haphazard 'human story' shit that felt almost entirely cookie cutter, and presented with about 1/10th of the thought necessary.

some of SR's human story was interesting, and the world was pretty well thought out, but the overall plot/story push was kinda undercooked in a way, idk. i'm trying to praise it for the good things, of which there were plenty, but overall with it being over i don't really care to ever watch anything further from it. i think i saw Netflix picked it up, i'm sure that'll just make it go heavier into the anime side.

related, the heavy use of flashback storytelling having to explain every last thing was quite distracting.

the alien life stuff was pretty cool to see in animation, worth watching for that, but the superhero-powered alien stuff was not doing it for me at all...i blame the anime. a little touch of weirdness was great, but they just went all out. felt utterly ridiculous by the ending.

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from what I saw, 5 or 10 minutes of the 1st ep, I thought the settings and alien stuff were tasty af... the human characters not so much, specially the face expressions... I decided to watch it when I'm back at home on my big screen just cause of the visuals...

  On 7/9/2024 at 9:00 PM, cruising for burgers said:

from what I saw, 5 or 10 minutes of the 1st ep, I thought the settings and alien stuff were tasty af... the human characters not so much, specially the face expressions... I decided to watch it when I'm back at home on my big screen just cause of the visuals...

the characters were good enough, voice acting was strong, but the actual plot of their arcs was pretty basic imo. not bad, just not, idk, mature. maybe they're targeting a younger crowd or whatever idk, but the story/themes seemed pretty lofty.

 it'll look good on the big screen, def worth watching for the visuals/world building stuff

Decided to watch the first episode of Vikings to find some references for a job I've got coming up.
Boy, that opening scene looks terrible! There are better effects in Twin Peaks The Return than in this.

And the music? Good god, man.

@o00o tell me it gets better than this

Series 5 just gets stupid what the fuck were they doing, ruined the legacy of the best TV show ever, why?

still just watching EVIL and The Boys. both are fun guilty pleasures.

I started watching Dark Matter yesterday and this is my reaction...

Binged two seasons of the bear, wow that Christmas dinner episode in season 2 is PAIN.

Also realized there was an additional episode to dark matter, i take it back that I'd watch a second season, works fine as an ending.

  On 7/13/2024 at 8:30 PM, cruising for burgers said:

I started watching Dark Matter yesterday and this is my reaction...

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i feel like my dumbest self and smartest self are in superposition… is this one of the dumbest shows ever? such a cool premise thrown down the drain…

edit: nvrmnd I made my verdict, this show is dumb af, for so many reasons I don't even gonna mention them...

edit 2 - I'm talking about the 2024 version...

  On 7/11/2024 at 4:04 PM, Squee said:

@o00o tell me it gets better than this

 

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I don't know, never made it further, decided to drop out where this video ends. I do have one moron co-worker who swears by it, he's also a big David Guetta fan. I guess they exist, somehow.

I just want to express my deepest condolences to whoever liked “Dark Matter”...

  On 7/8/2024 at 10:24 PM, Mattthegoone said:

The Wire AGAIN, it can still amaze you on repeat watches

I tried to watch this once but the wacky wonky camera made me feel seasick.

Watched Severance again thinking s2 was starting in Autumn, only realising its not out until 2025