Topic: The TV Show Thread

@JohnnyShoulder @nessisonett Looks like a pass then.

Dunno if it's been mentioned previously but Succession.
Second only to The Sopranos as one of the greatest.

@hypnotoad Yep, did you see the finale on Monday?

@nessisonett I certainly did.

Fantastic tv. A finale GoT wished it could've had !

@hypnotoad It was quite the twist at the end too. One of the few TV shows I’m glued to whenever it’s on, none of that browsing my phone!

Can't wait for season 4 mate.

I keep hearing good things (and only good things, really) about Succession.

It is 2nd only to The Sopranos.

@hypnotoad ... which I also never watched (hides, ashamed)

@Voltan Mate, you really have to see The Sopranos.
It's the best tv show ever !
Well that and The Prisoner...

A 60's show that was years ahead of its time.

Apologies for the late reply but I'm finally free from work now for a good 3 or so weeks!

I think Arcane, like Squid Game, became one of Netflix's most popular shows on the service @Th3solution! I think a second season has already been greenlit and in production too.

One thing that does not gel with me about it though is the licensed music that pops up typically at the end of an episode which I personally find a bit rubbish

Also there's a "cameo" in the 5th episode that was a bit cringe for me personally. You'll get what I mean if you get there!

And yeah Castlevania's 3rd season is a bit of a slow burn conpared to the others sol but the 4th season really picks it up seeing as it's the final one! 😄

@RogerRoger I’ve noticed some TV shows using The Sims 3 music like The Apprentice. Which is bizarre in itself but yeah, EA must just license their stuff out.

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy that cameo was cringe. plus of all the music out there... Ugh. Still a surprisingly great series overall for me though.

Anyone else watching Hawkeye? I've just finished it and man, i really don't understand the zany hijinks tone they went with here. Especially with the addition of a couple fairly serious, intense characters. I don't get it but oh well I guess.

@zupertramp Hawkeye’s tone comes from the comics it’s based on. I highly recommend that run, it’s basically everything the show was trying to be but just fell slightly short. I still enjoyed it, even if I do feel it was let down by bloody Florence Pugh who’s just rubbish in everything I see her in 😂

@nessisonett I suppose. Whatever the tone of this particular story in the comics, doesn't mean it can't be altered a little to fit the cinematic world it's meeting up with. I mean... corny musicals, LARPers, Russian "bros", swashbuckling boyfriends, Hawaiian shirts, skating rink scuffles... none of these are really a requirement and honestly they come off a little overindulgent.

Meanwhile Echo comes off dead serious, and is all the better for it, and we're welcoming a Kingpin that violently crushed a man's head in a car door - among other things. Not to mention Barton's clearly dealing with PTSD or something. Just seems wildly uneven.

@zupertramp The MCU’s already tainted Hawkeye enough. I’m glad they at least made an effort to retcon stuff and shift his character tonally.

@nessisonett is he deaf at some point in the comics? Just curious. That seemed really shoehorned in to allow for an ASL heart to heart with you know who.

I also maintain that you and your entire family probably won't learn to sign if you experience some hearing degradation over the years but it's whatever I guess.

@zupertramp @nessisonett if the missus and I can get everything squared away for tomorrow in time, we might start Hawkeye this evening. I’m a fan of the Fraction-run, so if it embodies that I’ll be quite happy.

@zupertramp He’s deaf in the comics yeah. Gets his hearing aid destroyed during the run it’s based on so I’m glad they included it, even if they absolutely ruined the point of him being a deaf superhero by just making it ‘wear and tear’. He’s literally a role model to deaf kids and Jeremy Renner’s done the whole visiting deaf kids in hospital and that way back early in the MCU days, so it felt like a bit of a disservice.