Topic: The TV Show Thread

@Voltan Does anybody actually like the Rabbids? I’ve yet to find a single person who doesn’t find them massively irritating.

@nessisonett Tbh my experience with Rabbids is limited to seeing a few short trailers and I don't think I know anyone who played the games
I'm willing to check out the Netflix show though - worst case scenario I'll waste however-long-an-episode-is of my time

Cuphead Show is looking good though!

Finished watching The Witcher season 2. Great season! Even though nothing really major happened this season, it's clear that they're building up for more eventful upcoming seasons and I can't wait for the next one! I also feel like I'm learning a lot about The Witcher universe: the characters, the politics and so on, and hopefully this knowledge will make things easier for me when I inevitably start playing the games.

@RogerRoger what an incredible episode. It is by far the most excited I've felt after the end of an episode this season. So, so well done. Love the fact they're incorporating the prequel trilogy. Like you, felt just like a kid again watching it. Overjoyed by what I was watching!

I was engrossed by the BD droid! It is unbelievably adorable, when it does it's little happy dance especially! So happy they've shown it live action. Does it also hint at Cal Kestis joining the live action fold?!

Bryce Dallas Howard really did an excellent job with this, I'd be happy to see her get a series of her own!

Peacemaker, pretty good show. "I cherish peace with all my heart. I dont care how many men, women or children I have to kill to get it."😆, Murica!

@PhhhCough It's not hit the UK yet but I've heard nothing but good things. Hope it comes to a UK streaming service soon, I can't be bothered trying to vpn etc through the tv.

Finished The Good Lord Bird which was probably one of the best miniseries I’ve seen in a good long while. Joshua Caleb Johnson put in a fantastic performance for quite a young guy, he’s got to be about 14 or 15 in it. Ethan Hawke was also great as John Brown but then he’s always great really. There’s a lot of programs out there about the slave trade but I can’t believe it’s taken until now for me to watch something about John Brown’s story considering the massive impact it had on the Civil War. I studied the raid at Harpers Ferry a bit in high school but he’s very much a figure shoved under the carpet. It’s interesting how similar his raids and such are to saints like Joan of Arc, these people who’re warriors but for a righteous cause and are clearly godly at the same time. I guess I just expected him to be canonized but then he was Protestant and I really don’t know how the Saint system works in those denominations.

@Jimmer-jammer Cheers, given my rather biased schooling at a Catholic school, never really learned much about other denominations. It makes sense though, a lot of the stuff John Brown says in the show is very much against idolatry, false prophets etc. The interesting thing is that white historians have only recently seen him as an important figure as they used to write him off as a bit of a nutter, whereas black historians praised him as an influential abolitionist and his raids directly leading to emancipation going back to his contemporaries.

Watched the first three episodes of The Legend of Vox Machina on Amazon Prime. It's an animated series based of Critical Role's Dungeon and Dragons.streams. Alot of familiar voice actors here reprise their characters from the table top game, Travis Willingham (Full Metal Alchemist, Marvel's Spider-man), Laura Bailey (Fruits Basket, Marvel's Spider-man, World of Warcrat) Ashley Johnson (The Last of Us, Infinity Train), Liam O' Brien (World of Warcraft) Sam Riegel (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Phoenix Wright) Taliesin Jaffe (Street Fighter IV, World of Warcraft) and Marisha Ray (Persona 4, Far Cry New Dawn).

First off this show is not for kids, the F bomb is dropped alot, there is nudity and sexual scenes and of course blood and gore.

The first three episodes basically tell the story on how the group is formed and there first big victory as a group of adventures and then sets the stage for the rest of the series.

I thought they did a great job on the animated series the animation was great, voice acting of was awesome of course. Alot of action particularly the second episode. Definitely worth a watch. One nice thing with the series, they did it so you don't even have to know anything about Critical Role's web series you can just watch Vox Machina.

If you enjoy fantasy type shows like Game of Thrones, Witcher, Wheel of Time etc this will probably be worth your time.

Finished watching season 6 of DC's Legends of Tomorrow. Honestly, I'm still not used to the show's less serious tone now but I've at least enjoyed most of the episodes. The last couple of ones were really good and I'm curious to see what season 7 will be like. Even though it's already out, I think I'm going to take a break and watch other shows in the meantime.

HBO Max is coming to Poland in March and I'm technically already subscribed. Not bad.
I hope the app is better than HBO Go

@Voltan HBO Max is quite robust. It’s my second favorite streaming app to Disney+, better than Netflix actually. Lots of good content, both internal productions (Game of Thrones, The Sopranos, etc.) as well as rotating externally produced movies. Have all the DC content in one place is fabulous, both the DCEU and the animated shows.

Of course I haven’t had time to really watch all that I want on it, but my watchlist is quite long.

@Th3solution I meant the app as in the software itself. I have no doubt the HBO content is good, but running the HBO Go stream in a browser on my laptop was a great way to test if the CPU cooling was efficient enough (and heat the apartment while at it)
The iOS one was ok but still far from Netflix level of functionality.

@Voltan Oh, I see. I’m not sure about the HBO Go app, but in my experience the HBO Max app runs well. Probably not quite as snappy or fancy as the Netflix app, but it’s a little simpler interface and more streamlined. I don’t ever have issues with any more lag or crashes than usual.

After Drag Race UK’s underwhelming third season, I’m glad to see it back on top with Drag Race UK Vs The World. Watching a clown dressed as a sperm cell ghost give birth to sliced meat is exactly what I want to see on a Tuesday night.

We've been rewatching The Sopranos. Haven't seen it since it first came out when I was quite young. I think it may be my favourite TV drama upon rewatching. Other than that we've been watching Succession and The Leftovers and will eventually get to the new season of Ozark and the new Dexter.

The Leftovers is good and dark, I like dark, but I have a problem... It feels like it's written by puritans because of the level of debauchery the people left behind practice. If they're trying to say we're all a little dark that's cool, but if they're saying everybody who doesn't get raptured or whatever is pure evil then I've got a problem. I mean if you want to be a puritan that's fine but don't call me evil.

Another amazing episode of Mando... I mean Boba Fett!

Hard to believe some of the stuff I'm watching and seeing. Cad Bane being the stranger from the desert was something I really, really didn't expect. I'm so happy we have got him in live action. He was amazing, same voice actor and all, thank you Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni! That was by far the highlight of the episode.

Some other great moments though. Can't see too many complaints coming from Star Wars fans over that episode.

@Iver same here, just started the second season of Dota, never heard of the game it's adapted from. Blood of Zeus was fantastic, can't wait for that to return.

@Th3solution Since I got HBO Max I haven't really touched any other streaming service. I think watching Vox Machia on Amazon Prime a few days ago is the first time I touched another streaming service in months. I am quite pleased with HBO Max.

@RogerRoger yep agreed. What this season has shown is basically the stories continue across the different shows, you just may have a sway in the main character focus.

I've been thinking about the episode all day. I just find it surreal what we are seeing, the content we are getting and the quality of it. Even though some is fan service, it's done so well and authentically that it comes together to make something truly memorable. I really couldn't be happier at the moment!