Topic: The TV Show Thread

Hell Yes!

@BearsEatBeets oh yes, I’m really excited for this one.

@Th3solution I think the only thing that could get me more excited would be a reveal for the final season of Stranger Things. Whilst it's a slight shame this will be the final season of Arcane also, I'd much rather they stick to the story they set out to tell rather than keeping it going just because it's popular. It looks epic.

@BearsEatBeets I hope Arcane lives up to expectations. I love the art style and characters.

I fell off Stranger Things after really enjoying the first season. I think I made it halfway through the second before my interest wandered. I heard they got things back on track and so I should try to get back to it eventually.

Honestly, TV in general has struggled to keep my attention. I’ve gravitated more toward watching sports, playing video games, and doing random real world stuff in my free time. There’s so many shows to watch that it’s overwhelming. But for Arcane, I’ll definitely make an exception. I’ve looked for other animated shows like it and haven’t really found anything quite as good with the same level of visual appeal.

Probably a tentative thumbs up for the Doctor Who tonight. It’s the first out of two parts so I’ll need to see how it plays out but it was a good, tense setup for next week’s finale.

Recently caught up with The Sandman on Netflix. I kept putting it off because a) I couldn't convince myself that it could possibly be good and b) seeing as it is a Netflix show I worried that it would be axed if it actually turned out to be good

I needn't have worried on either account, it was freakin' excellent and if it was cancelled after one season (it wasn't) it would have stood as a complete narrative with no big cliffhangers.
Now, I haven't read the comics since the first TPBs came out, so I can't really say how faithful this adaptation is, but it felt very right

Can anyone who enjoyed The Sandman and seen Dead Boy Detectives speak to the quality of the latter show?

Also, staying on Netflix, just started Arcane which I also found to be quite brilliant. I was told it was good, but I was still caught off guard by how enthralled I was with the first two episodes. Can hardly wait to see the more!

@Malaise I loved 3 Body Problem almost as much as I loved the truly epic books it is based on. Netflix gave them enough seasons to finish the adaptation (which probably means 2, max 3, more seasons, judging by what's left to be told) so there's no need to worry about "filler" episodes written simply to stretch it out.
Unless they drop the ball, I expect the rest to be truly special

Really enjoying the boys. This show is something else, I love how messed up it is. The latest episode of season 4 was great, Anthony Starr is just phenomenal as Homelander!

@MightyDemon82

@sorteddan It's certainly good for a chuckle if your not too squeamish 🤣

@sorteddan Ha yes I was thinking the same!

@MightyDemon82 It is good to have it back. Typically, it has faced some backlash online, but I shan't bore you with the details!

@JohnnyShoulder I'm aware haha, I'm just enjoying a great show. It's still not getting as much hate as Doctor Who and Star Wars though. It has a higher audience score than those two combined. Not that those matter in the grand scheme of things!

Watch what you want folks even if it's schlock.

Doctor Who being a bit of a mess in the finale is par for the course, I genuinely cannot think of a recent finale that worked. Possibly have to go back to Capaldi? And even then, they go a bit too smart for their own good so it’s maybe the very first NewWho finale back in 05 as the only truly not messy one. Ncuti Gatwa’s excellent at least, he elevates even the scripts which aren’t as good. It was a series bookended by episodes I didn’t enjoy but there were some gems in the middle, just wish it was a whole lot more than 8 episodes so we got more time to actually connect with the characters.

@MightyDemon82 @JohnnyShoulder @sorteddan I just got caught up today and, good grief, this show is fun. I've had chuckles, LOLs and even a guffaw or two

Poor Rob Benedict, went from playing God in Kripke's "Supernatural" to a duplicating supe who takes "self love" to human centipede levels in this one🤣(I think it was Jensen Ackles who said that Kripke asks his Supernatural friends that he brings in what it is they will definitely not do and then writes that exact thing into their part... I'm guessing Benedict said "nudity" )

And Vought on Ice... priceless... panicked figureskaters are a dangerous lot 🤣🤣

And I'm still madly in love with Kimiko

@FuriousMachine Ha ha I forgot about the ice skating scene! Not sure how, as that was nuts! 😂

@JohnnyShoulder Not to mention the spectacular fatality the Mortal Kombat-like fighting game for the Seven had... the MK team will need to step up to top that one 😂

@FuriousMachine I think Homelander is in thar latest Mortal Kombat too. Wonder if the developers had any doing in that bit for the show?

@JohnnyShoulder Yeah, me too. Would say it's pretty likely. I mean, who better, right?

@LN78 great show, good to hear there’ll be a season 2.

@LN78 I have that in my Amazon wish list, just wish it wasn’t £50. Hopefully it goes cheaper somewhere down the line.
Seeing as the second season will be the end maybe they will do a box set of both seasons in the future.
Looks like a great steelbook though.