Topic: The TV Show Thread

The sign of a good TV show or movie, that you can have it on in the background. 😂

@LN78 Thanks for the heads up. I suspected as much, but might try an episode a night (although they’re a bit on the long side). It looks brilliant.

starting off year 2023 today by renewing my netflix subscription and continuing watching the rest of Season 2 of Designated Survivor.

that and having to pay my annual payment for my annoying renter's insurance for my apartment which took a chunk out of my money. But i guess Im glad to get that one and taken care of til the next time next year

The missus and I have been struggling through Andor the last week or so. It wasn’t that it was bad… but I just didn’t feel hooked/compelled to put another ep on after finishing one. Until today that is, for as mediocre that I thought the first 6 or so eps were, the last 6 were brilliant. Probably my favourite Star Wars show yet.

@LN78 yeah quality stuff… I honestly think the general vibe of the back half of the season would’ve been a great basis for the actual prequel trilogy back 20 or so years ago. Obviously Andpr himse;f wouldn’t necessarily have been the protagonist etc. and you’d have to slot some Jedi’s in… but the whole birth of the rebellion is pitch-perfect.

@LN78 yeah I had a feeling there was gonna be one, so we hung about for it. Nice pay off too, what with the portents of the near future but also the call back to the prison eps.

@LN78 no way… we haven’t watched that yet as the missus wasn’t feeling the trailer but I did like the look of it though. This news does give me more reason not to watch it if I’m honest. Would it still be worth a watch knowing that I’ll never see a conclusion?

@LN78 For all I didn't enjoy it I am surprised that it got cancelled given the reception. I found the pacing really bad and took ages for it to go anywhere. Soundtrack was class though.

@LN78 Haha behave! I found myself watching it just hoping something would happen to answer the mystery and it took ages getting there. Still wasn't really answered and now never will be.

@LN78 Haven’t watched 1899, but it will now become one of many Netflix shows that I relegate to the “probably not” watchlist since it was cancelled after one season. I’m not sure how they make the decisions they make on what to axe, but it seems like it doesn’t always make sense.

@LN78 One of my TV pet peeves is when either a show doesn’t end, or when it’s clear that the writers just drag out open ended narratives because they are unsure if they can keep milking the show. It’s fine for a sit-com or a reality show or a serialized group of unrelated episodes (a la Black Mirror) but for a longitudinal drama I prefer the writing to have a solid ending planned out from the start. It’s fine if a show wants to wander a little to take advantage of its popularity, but it’s clear to me that some shows don’t have any idea where or when they plan to conclude.

@LN78 @Th3solution A really bad example of a brilliant show not being finished is Mindhunter on Netflix. Was never boring but the writer has just move onto other projects. Gutting

I don't think this service is available in English-speaking countries, but has anyone subscribed to SkyShowtime and is it any good? The service consists of movies/TV shows from Universal, Dreamworks, Sky, Peacock, Nickelodeon, Showtime and Paramount. I discovered the service while looking up Paramount+ because I really want to watch the Halo TV show but Paramount+ isn't available in Sweden anymore since it's been replaced by SkyShowtime.

I've looked up some TV shows on there and Yellowstone seems to be the Game of Thrones/Stranger Things/Mandalorian show of SkyShowtime. Tulsa King looks pretty good as well. Sylvester Stallone as a mafia boss, that's a really cool premise.

I'm honestly really in the mood to try a new subscription service and SkyShowtime is looking pretty compelling right now.

@LtSarge If it’s got Sky shows from across Europe then I guess it’s probably similar to our NowTV we have here. Make sure to take a look at their subtitled shows, Sky Deutschland and Italia have made some great shows over the last few years.

@nessisonett Yeah I looked up NowTV and it seems to have similar offerings as SkyShowtime, so that could be its correspondent in UK.

I actually decided to subscribe to SkyShowtime today since I couldn't wait to watch the Halo TV show. I just finished watching the first episode and it was so freaking good! Lots of action and stuff you'd recognise if you've played the games. I genuinely can't wait to watch more of it tomorrow.

I didn’t really watch all the Last of Us trailers; maybe saw one of the early ones. I figured I’d be watching it regardless, and I know the story, so didn’t feel the need to spend time on the promos. Well, tonight I saw one of the trailers unintentionally while flipping through channels. …It doesn’t really look that good. I was surprised at how ‘meh’ I felt about it.

Ah, no matter. I’ll watch the show anyways. Trailers don’t always convey the quality of the final product. Won’t be long now ‘til we know.

@Th3solution
The TV spots are not nearly as good as the trailers, I noticed that while watching tv at my parents house during Christmas break (haven't had cable myself in years) hard to convey anything with less than 30 seconds of footage that a 2 or 3 minute trailer can do a better job of.

@PegasusActual93 That’s true. What I saw wasn’t an actual full trailer so you’ve got a point. It was a jumbled mess because of the brief runtime.

We watched the first three episodes of The Bear last night. I wasn’t sold initially and my choice would’ve been The Old Man… but the missus fancied The Bear and I probably get my way far too much so we went with it. Really good show, can’t wait to carry on with the next ep later tonight.

@colonelkilgore I was a bit indifferent to The Bear for the first few episodes but found it got better and better. The penultimate episode is done as a single shot and elevated the whole series for me. The finale is also really good but the very ending felt a bit off to me so I look forward to seeing your thoughts!