Topic: The TV Show Thread

@LtSarge Honestly Supergirl was doomed from the start. Originally they wanted to do a Superman series for the Arrowverse but WB wouldn't let the creators use any characters that were going to be in the DC Movie universe which is why Gotham never had Batman and the CW shows got Arrow, Batwoman, DC Legends all lesser known characters and why they created Lex Luthor's sister. So instead CW got Supergirl. Since the DC Movie Universe for all intense and purpose is scrapped now they created the new show and Supergirl spinoff Lois and Superman.

But yeah Supergirl to me just felt like they didn't really know what to with it.

I’ve been watching Castlevania at the weekends @Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy and am now partway through the third series. I’m enjoying it a lot, too, and am very impressed so far. It also helps that it doesn’t seem to follow the stories of the games, not that the games have much story.

Carmilla is hilarious. I love the almost mocking tone she uses, as though she takes great pleasure in being horrid without ever needing to raise her voice.

@RogerRoger @Th3solution Apple TV has some surprisingly great shows, but does a terrible job of pushing the service. I went most of my year-long trial without ever touching it, and I imagine it’s the same for most people. Ted Lasso and Trying are my favourites so far. I think part of the reason for expanding to streaming TV and other services is that iPhone sales are slowing as a result of people holding on to their devices for longer.

I have've had Apple TV for a little over a year (free with a new iPhone + now with PS5) and honestly I haven't used it much but Ted Lasso is nice, Mythic Quest is ok and I also liked the 1st season of See with Jason Momoa (haven't seen the 2nd one yet)

@Tasuki I honestly thought that CW just wanted to explore the lesser known DC characters, which is why they went with Supergirl and Batwoman rather than Superman and Batman. Kinda like the Marvel shows on Netflix such as Daredevil, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, all these characters that haven't really been shown a lot in modern media. But they did at least include Superman and later on Lex Luthor in Supergirl, which is nice. I'm definitely interested in checking out the spinoff show Superman and Lois.

But yeah, I agree with you. There's just no clear focus in most of the seasons of Supergirl and a lot of the villains are so forgettable.

@LtSarge Yeah once WB realized that the Arrowverse shows were doing alot better then the movies they loosed up the reigns so to speak and decide to allow the other characters to be used.

@RogerRoger Tbf I don't watch much TV in general and I also have Netflix and HBO GO, both gettin about as much use. Maybe slightly more for Netflix

@Iver And you get to see the current voice of Kratos is live acting role!

Finished The North Water there which was just absolutely brilliant. For once, a book adaptation which doesn’t try to fit the plot into a TV style structure. It’s just an unfolding story in 5 parts, which works really well as it’s impossible to really pin down a ‘genre’ that it fits into. The adverts made it look like a murder mystery on a whaling boat, which is how it starts but absolutely not how it finishes. The cast were fantastic, Jack O’Connell and Colin Farrell especially and special mention to the soundtrack by Tim Hecker which stands alone as a great album of new material but works even better in the context of the show.

@nessisonett I've yet to watch it, but I think they filmed it in the article circle, so credit to all the crew for going through all that. It also has Stephen Graham in it, who I've never seen give a bad performance.

@JohnnyShoulder Yeah, they filmed in Svalbard and it just provides a realness to the atmosphere that you couldn’t recreate in a soundstage. Colin Farrell spoke about how absolutely freezing it was but most of the cast and crew said it was a life changing experience being that far north. They mostly all did a full water immersion as well, which sounds horrible!

Stephen Graham is an icon and a real favourite of mine, you’re right in that he always delivers. He looks like a Dickensian baddie in this though with a top hat and strange mullet combo going on.

@nessisonett He is one of those actors that even in poor or average films, he always shines through. He has come along way from being Jason Statham's sidekick in Snatch!

@JohnnyShoulder

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Ah, yeah I wasn't sure when he was introduced, so it is in season 3. In my head it was way earlier! 😂 I won't spoil who voices him, but you will probably recognise it. I thought the VO was generally excellent.

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy I was wondering when I’d see the first post on this show! Ive just got the one episode to go and it’s been quite the ride..

My Netflix started with the dubbed version which I changed instantly. The default subtitling is English CC which is closed caption and you’re better switching to plain English. The former gives you subtitles for everything including the music, tutting etc but the latter is dialogue only which I found better.

There’s also been some stuff online saying the CC subtitles are from the English dub and the English one is from the original script so there’s a little nuance in the translation.

You’ve got some cracking episodes to come though! In the second episode I was quite surprised at the move back to “real life” after the vote but it made it feel all a little more realistic.. as much as some bloodfest Korean battle royale can anyway!

I was slightly thrown that the penultimate episode was only 30mins compared to all the others being an hour though

@Thrillho @Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Joining in on the Squid Game bandwagon. Really enjoying it also. Finished episode 3 and it’s got me hooked. Also watching in Korean with subtitles (although I’m watching CC so looks like I need to change that) and it’s good this way, even though I typically prefer dubs. For some reason with anime dubs work better for me but for live action I prefer to hear the actors full performance in conjunction with the facial gestures. It’s also fun to hear the Korean lines delivered by the foreigner (I think he’s from Pakistan?).

I’m a little confused at some of the cultural games and activities which were mentioned. ‘Red light/green light’ is a game we play here in the States but episode 3 was new to me. I won’t spoil further but hopefully some of those games mentioned are introduced well for the Western audience
Look forward to comparing notes as I make it through the series.

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy I’m with you and adore No 1. He’s so cute and also wise. Also enjoy the main protagonist, the girl (sorry, I’m bad with names 😅) who snuck in the knife and had stolen his money in the first episode, and Abdul Ali.

I’m also intrigued with the officer who infiltrated the complex. Hwang was it?. His looks like a really interesting arc brewing.

@Th3solution @Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy I'm just finished with the programme tonight but I'll wait until you've caught up before I talk about the ending and series as a whole!

Ah thank god loads of people also switched to Korean! The show is a solid 8/10 but drops to half that with the English dub switched on. Baffling how that got past so many producers with such poor quality

I thought Squid Game was ok
Also switched to Korean with the alternative English subs.

Btw, the concept is somewhat similar to Battle Royale, which is a film that basically started a whole video game genre. I recommend it if you haven't seen it.

@Voltan I kept thinking that it's something I find quite funny that characters in a battle royale show have never heard of such a thing; much like how every character in every zombie movie in existence has never heard of zombies!