I watched Black Mirror. It's pretty weird, but that makes it interesting.
Television Anyone recommend me any TV Shows?
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Transparent is really good. I expected it to be funnier, but it's more drama oriented, which is not a bad thing.
I need to get on Transparent.
Yeah, same.
Great show.
Anyone interested should also really check out 'the Man in the high Castle' on Amazon prime. Its part of Amazon prime's pilot season so it will have to be given the greenlight based on feedback from viewers but I think it will be a shoe in. This could be another award nominated and potentially award winning show for Amazon. Looks very promising
The entire first episode is on youtube as well.
Watched the first three episodes of Transparent, very good indeed.
Just watched The Man In The High Castle. Brilliant pilot.
Its excellent! The cinematography is so on point. Its definitely going to be greenlit.
I finished Series 1 of Transparent in a day and half, great show.
Aye it's superb. When will the rest air if it's chosen?
Not for a while unfortunately. Some shows that were greenlit from the last round of pilots some 5 months ago are due to air early February.
Nice. Will keep an eye out for that. Will probably be tempted to read the novel though.
I read that the novel is more grim than the depiction in the pilot. Should be an interesting read.
Aye, Jeffrey Tambor is amazing, I completely forgot George Bluth. No mean feat.
Archer
SONS OF ANARCHY! You wont be disappointed. Great show.
It is yeah, they've changed quite a bit and made the characters a lot more likeable and younger. Amazing book though, definitely recommend reading.
Was harder to forget Oscar.
its back.
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I had a lot of time for SAMCRO, but the finale was a disappointment. Still a great show
its back.
Just got into it. Watched the pilot so far. Do you watch Vikings too?
Is it based on the Philip K Dick novel?
Started watching Black Jesus the other week, stumbled across it randomly as I'd never heard of it before. It's like Trailer Park Boys meets Friday but not quite as good.
Yes!
Great! Might give it a shot then. Although so far haven't seen justice done to his works. Minority Report was ok and Total Recall was so bad that it was a fun watch. A Scanner Darkly is a great film though.
Blade Runner I'm on the fence. Thought the film was epic until I heard a friend talk about the novel. Apparently the film unnecessarily turns the AI into villains. I've got the novel and will read before judging for myself.
Electric Sheep is a good read.
not yet. is it good? ill watch it sometime. My main worry was the budget... it looks cheap or its alright?
Not sure I get their point on that one, the film does an amazing job of making them look like sympathetic characters come the end. The Man in the High Castle seems to have sanitised the novel somewhat, but it's still a good watch that looks promising at least from the first episode.
that whole jesus angle they were pulling was shocking. i mean bread and wine, really. don't get me started on the cgi.
for anyone considering watching, brace yourself for a lot of eye rolling due to the unbelievable shit that happens all the time.
Is it good? I'd say yes, the viewer ratings for it are much higher than they are for Black Sails. It doesn't really look cheap at all, both shows are quite visually striking. The first season's budget was 40M. Black sails cost more than that, but the cinematography and production values of both shows appear to be in the same class/tier. BS does have bigger sets, and it has a lot of shock value (not a surprise with Michael Bay being the producer).
Vikings on the other hand focuses a bit more on character development and the story moves along at a more forward trajectory without much rehashing of narratives or stories. In other words Vikings is simple without being simplistic. Black sails for me suffers from identity crisis sometimes. I rate Vikings higher than Black Sails. Black Sails doesn't really fully bring out the pirate mystique because a lot of the plot and even the action is landlocked, probably due to budget restrictions. Vikings doesn't promise bigger things than it can deliver.
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Yea, some of the action sequences are a bit OTT, and it could get quite soap opera-like. Its entertaining, its not up there with the best shows ever.
Im really hooked on Arrow. Started watching it yesterday. Already done with 15 episodes. Katie Cassidy is just 
I watched the first series of Rome and I'm a little disappointed. I'm definitely finding it good rather than great.
I'll throw Broad City in here again. Don't think too many people know about it. Haven't seen as good new non-animated comedy in years, probably since Workaholics started. The very funny Hannibal Buress has a recurring role.
Surprised. The first series is one of my all time favourites. The second isn't as good as the first, either.
Agree with Cina.
I remember thinking when I watched Rome a second time, after GoT, that Rome had been HBO testing the waters with a more fantasy, gory, adult-setting with a big budget. Coming to it post-GOT made it feel a little timid in comparison.
Not sure if that's bollocks or not as I first watched it before GoT and loved it.
I remember thinking when I watched Rome a second time, after GoT, that Rome had been HBO testing the waters with a more fantasy, gory, adult-setting with a big budget. Coming to it post-GOT made it feel a little timid in comparison.
Not sure if that's bollocks or not as I first watched it before GoT and loved it.
There were lots of things I liked but I'm not going to talk about them because complaining is more fun.
I found it quite awkward how they kept shoehorning the same two soldiers into playing principal roles in so many major events. It also made their own personal drama less interesting in comparison.
There's something really weird about the way the show is directed or edited at times. The Pilot just ends, on a ~10 second scene of Caesar's men walking...somewhere. It's especially bizarre that it has such an anticlimactic ending given that the second episode more or less opens with them crossing the Rubicon, which would have made for a great ending. One of the most jarring things is how they deal with the passage of time. Or how they don't deal with it. In one episode we see the start of a siege in Egypt. Cut to next scene in Rome, two characters are talking and they clumsily drop a line that Caesar has been under siege for almost a year. By the end of the first series it feels like Caesar has been in power for about a month rather than 5 years.
And then there's Octavia, who seems to exist for the sole purpose of filling HBO's sex quota, be it with her husband, a much older woman or her younger brother, the last of which comes out of absolutely nowhere unless I have a blind spot for incestuous sexual tension.
There's also about half a dozen different scenes in which someone is brought before Caesar to be punished, he decides to show them mercy, everyone stands around flabbergasted and maybe someone warns Caesar that it'll come back to haunt him.
I found it quite awkward how they kept shoehorning the same two soldiers into playing principal roles in so many major events. It also made their own personal drama less interesting in comparison.
There's something really weird about the way the show is directed or edited at times. The Pilot just ends, on a ~10 second scene of Caesar's men walking...somewhere. It's especially bizarre that it has such an anticlimactic ending given that the second episode more or less opens with them crossing the Rubicon, which would have made for a great ending. One of the most jarring things is how they deal with the passage of time. Or how they don't deal with it. In one episode we see the start of a siege in Egypt. Cut to next scene in Rome, two characters are talking and they clumsily drop a line that Caesar has been under siege for almost a year. By the end of the first series it feels like Caesar has been in power for about a month rather than 5 years.
And then there's Octavia, who seems to exist for the sole purpose of filling HBO's sex quota, be it with her husband, a much older woman or her younger brother, the last of which comes out of absolutely nowhere unless I have a blind spot for incestuous sexual tension.
There's also about half a dozen different scenes in which someone is brought before Caesar to be punished, he decides to show them mercy, everyone stands around flabbergasted and maybe someone warns Caesar that it'll come back to haunt him.
I felt the same. Says a lot that I havent even got to the second season yet and I started watching it over 6 months ago. Its one of the most expensive shows made too. They really should've done that era of history more justice. Something even comparable to the quality of the Borgias, Borgia (yes two shows) or the Tudors would've been nice.
I prefer Rome to Game of Thrones as I find it better written, acted and doesn't drag but the main character being so annoying and simple is a weakness.