Topic: The TV Show Thread

@KALofKRYPTON
Season 4 released in the US around Summer last year. Theres only 3 season in the UK.

@JJ2 Ah cool! I quite liked it in the end. Hopefully Netflix pick it up again.

I'd be interested to see more Travelers too - though the ending to the last season was satisfying enough to round things out. I find a big problem with the a lot of shows are structured, is that they usually aren't designed to have a specific run with a defined end point. If it does well, it just keeps going until cancellation.

@JohnnyShoulder We already have, you just haven't done it yet...

@Frigate
I tried to watch but couldn't get into it. There are bad movies with some interesting ideas in them. Like in Loopers, it's mind blowing that they have to kill their future self and make you think. There r also great movies like twelve monkeys that make me want the scream a the notion that time is a loop you can't break because I find it so silly. The mere concept of time travel already changes things as a matter of fact. I prefer when they embrace paradoxes for the fun of it. The more logical approach would be the concept of opening a different dimension where nothing you do affects the dimension you came from.

@KALofKRYPTON Mind Blown!

Also thanks for your thoughts on season 2 of The Punisher. That is disappointing to hear that, as I'm quite enjoying season 1 so far. Just saw the episode when the take the arrow, which was quite gruesome. Feels like most of the players have shown their cards now.

@JohnnyShoulder I'm still pushing through it. It starts comparatively well to the second quarter of episodes - seems to be gathering speed again now.

Some of the violence this time is even more graphic, which I have no issue with.

@KALofKRYPTON
I mean I live in the UK but if you Google it its been out on Amazon US for a while but unavaible in amazon UK. Weird

@JJ2 it's not that weird really, i know it's not the same show but for example i'm a huge NCIS fan but the UK DVD releases are 2 seasons behind the U.S ones even though we used to get them only a few months after but for some reason they just stopped for a bit i don't know why but it could be anything from License issues to them just not giving a damn about the region

as another example the UK never got Star Wars the Clone Wars season 6 (lost missions) even though all other regions did

https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a26390429/punisher-jessica...

Jessica Jones and The Punisher cancelled by Netflix. Not really a surprise but still disappointed.

@JohnnyShoulder you know i love how everyone blames Netflix but forgets that Disney/Marvel was also involved in the decision

still like you said it's not surprising and i'll be honest i wasn't a big fan of the Netflix series anyway

@FullbringIchigo I've enjoyed what I've watched so far, but I've still got the final seasons of everything to watch. Not sure if they will stay on Netflix that long though.

@RogerRoger I really wonder about how Netflix is doing and what their business plan is going forward. They must be making money hand-over-fist because there is hardly a person I know, either in person or online who doesn’t seem to have a subscription. It’s the closest thing to a monopoly that we have in entertainment. However, the enormous volume of Netflix original content they create certainly can’t be cheap to produce, so I have to give them props for investing in their product. There does seem to be more and more recent movie releases that make a showing as well, although the overall movie library appears to not be as much a focus as it was early on. With Disney+ streaming service coming out this year, I wonder how Netflix will respond. And how does Netflix attempt to show business growth as surely they have maxed out their potential. Is there still a target audience that doesn’t already subscribe? Maybe the 65 and older demographic, but good luck trying to capture the senior population and getting them to stream. I guess we’ll know if they start carrying old TV series like Gunsmoke and I Love Lucy. 😅
The Netflix original content seems pretty good usually, but lately it seems to be getting pretty bizarre and honestly there is almost too much of it for me to even bother keeping up. I know I’m in the minority since I usually choose playing a video game over watching TV, but still I have an inkling that Netflix is on the verge of a slight dip in profits over the next couple years.

@RogerRoger In fairness to House of Cards, they were dealt a bad hand (Boom Boom!). I'm not really sure how they could have done better in the time they'd given themselves.

@Th3solution I'd say of their original content that for every three duds, they get a banger. Which for any network is probably quite sustainable. Certainly as the relatively captive audience vs costs associated with a cinema release targeted to reach the same sort of numbers is a no brainer for film releases.

I think Netflix strikes a nice balance of original and bought in content, and it's cheap , and they got in early. i know very few people (IRL) who bother with Amazon Prime beyond the shipping benefits - and every new one that rears up just gets met with rolled eyes when it's another very specific streaming service (here's looking at you DC/Disney/CBS).

Cinema is in more danger than Netflix I think.

What to watch?

@KratosMD Sad news Luke Perry passed away today. Not only did I really like him as Fred Andrews in Riverdale but grew up watching him on 90210. My thoughts and prayers go to his family of course but I wonder what this means for Riverdale.

@RogerRoger I loved the first day - they very much lost me with the second and the 'sexy inprobable adventures of Kim Bauer'. I never really went back to it other than to watch a few bits when Peter Weller showed up.

they certainly don't make them like they used to, instead of making a show for the purpose of making a good and entertaining show they now make them for the lowest common denominator or to esensually "tick a box" as in "do we have this kind of show? no, then make one" or "do we have this kind of character? no, then lets get one"

either that or it's another cheap reality TV show

@RogerRoger yep instead of trying to create new and exciting content they just copy what is "trendy", you know like how every drama has to be "Game of Thrones", dark and brooding, it even infected Star Trek with Discovery, Star Trek was usually a light and hopeful series is now full of angst and darkness (which is the kind of series Gene DIDN'T want and i know DS9 had some dark episodes but it also have fun too)

Just watched a recap of seasons 1 - 7 of Game of Thrones, in preparation for next week. Such an outstanding show with so many stand out moments, I'll miss it when it is finished. Oh well, hopefully the prequel show will fill that void.

@JohnnyShoulder So many fantastic moments.

Hope season 8 can finish the show in a good manner. Whatever happens, it's bound to be divisive with all the different finale expectations going around. Season 7 wasn't all that great, and season 4 remains it's best. Let's hope the final season can come close. I just pray they don't kill off Cersei immediately. My favourite character of the show, and I'm surprised she has even survived this far.

Everyone should give Fleabag a go. The writing is incredibly sharp!

I started up The Santa Clarita Diet again after seeing that there was a third series out. It'll never set the world on fire, but it is a satisfying watch. Timothy Olyphant and Drew Barrymore spend pretty much every episode engaging in very well written exchanges.