Topic: The TV Show Thread

@RogerRoger I think I was a bit older than you when it was one so was out of my scaredy pants stage by then!

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy @RogerRoger Did you guys use to watch Captain Caveman? Loved that show although it was a similar to a sccoby doo in setup iirc.

@RogerRoger And now the Bucky O'Hare theme tune is in my head for the rest of the day!

There wasn't much that my brother and I didn't watch - main faves being Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors Centurions and Visionaries.

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Yep, I don't go to the cinema much these days but that could well get me there!

so apparently Game of Thrones, LOST and How i met your mother are trending on Twitter for "Worst endings to a TV show"

and to be honest they were all disappointing but i don't think they were as bad as many make them out to be but then again this is twitter and people on there can't tell the difference between something that's disappointing and something that's actually bad

but it does bring up a interesting question are, what shows ACTUALLY had a terrible ending, NOT a disappointing one but one that was just BAD

for me Angel had a bad ending all that build up and it just cuts to black, no resolution or anything (and no a comic doesn't count, it wasn't shown in the show)

what about you?

and NO i have no idea why Satan is trending either

@LN78 yep it was just a glorified extra for a Next Gen episode

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy i never got round to Grimm actually but it always intrigued me, shame it sounds like it went out with a whimper

If there are any fans of French Police drama 'Spiral' out there - the new series (finally) starts next Saturday on BBC4 in the UK

@LN78 Not me. Certainly if it is centered on Aaron Paul.

BB was a good show for the most part - but I'm glad it was a condensed binge-watch for me rather than having to watch it weekly. There was plenty of filler and the usual issue of a successful show that meanders around in order to exist for a bit longer.

@LN78 Better Call Saul is great! Better than BB by a country mile.

Don't like Paul particularly, but found Jesse annoying in the extreme.

@KratosMD I haven't even finished season 3. My life has just been busy that I haven't been able to watch much TV.

So, despite not liking Ruby Rose at all, and being particularly unimpressed with Batwoman in the Elseworlds crossover, and the trailers, I decided to give Batwoman a fair shake anyway.
There are worse TV pilots out there. Perhaps if the the current CW shows hadn't already bedded themselves in and maybe if another person had the lead, Batwoman might have the wings to soar - but it doesn't.
Rose remains alarmingly miscast. She just cannot actto save her life and looks all of 80lbs ringing wet, there's not a token of convincing physical performance. The rest of the production feels like a ham-fisted sixth former's idea of what 'representation' means.

Since the entertainment media is already pointing at 'trolls' for the poor reception - you should all absolutely watch it just to see for yourselves what an unwieldy mess it is.

@KALofKRYPTON @RogerRoger i'm sure it's perfectly serviceable but i gave up on the Arrowverse ages ago back when they just started recycling the same plot season after season although Crisis on Infinite Earths is looking good

@RogerRoger If your friend likes Rose, then she might get something out of it, but it is terrible. I abandoned Arrow early on as it was and remained a horribly sombre take on Green Arrow. It never escapes the feeling that the producers wanted to make a Batman show.
Batwoman was a great opportunity that seems to have been missed.

For me, Stranger Things is one of those shows that I thought I wouldn't like, but really do. It's chock full of tropes and is incredibly derivative in many ways, but it manages to do all of that and revel in the 80s setting without annoying me a jot. Few characters are needlessly stupid, plot contrivances are usually well handled and it manages to just feel very... 'right' I suppose. I was young in the 80s and it evokes a lot of that nostalgia; it looks like the time when all I knew of America was from films and TV shows and it all seemed very cool and amazing and sunny and big!

The third season is by far the weakest, so I'd be interested to see what you make of that.

I started Swamp Thing today as it showed up on Amazon Prime. Very good. Damned shame that it was canned!

@RogerRoger Doom Patrol is worth it. Could do with a better budget, but it's a good show based on good characters.

Not sure how Swamp Thing will play out, but it is very good for the first few episodes I've seen. Feels almost like early True Blood in tone.
I think it'll be worth finishing the season.

Titans ranges from OK to dire in the first season. Largely because of the never anything but forced feeling of ultra-mega-edgleordness of it all 😂
Starfire (I forget the actresses name) is a surprising highlight considering the costuming.
I'm 5 episodes in to season 2 and it appears to have chilled out slightly to a degree. Still plenty edgy, but the writers seem to have caught up with the tone and the swearing seems a little more natural.

@RogerRoger Haha! It's every other scene in the first season too - edge overloa(/r)d!

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Oz is great - if a bit harrowing in places. Saw a lot of it on it's run on Channel 4 (I think). I don't think I saw all of it - but a lot.

@RogerRoger well, if you don't want to see old Jim as a rather nasty rapey aryan, probably best to steer clear!

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy good luck, we're all counting on you! 😁

Lol sometimes I think I am the only one that loves Arrow, its good there are more that like the show. This series, especially in the beggening, was how I imagined a live action comic series should be: great action, serialization etc.

@KratosMD I certainly was a fan of the Green Arrow before the show and I liked the direction the took with established characters like Huntress, the Ra's family, Roy Harper (even if he was underused in S7) and some original characters were cool. Other elements like the the one you mentioned or classic Arrow storylines were generally handled well. They don't know what to do with the Black Canary though. We already had 4 or something and all had their ups and downs. The worst part still is the death of a certain main character (that I liked) in S4 although prior to the death the reception to the character was mixed.

As far as the other DC CW shows... Legends is by far the worst. It is more of a surreal comedy than a superhero show. Flash is good but I don't like the chemistry between some of the main cast. Also sometimes things make no sense even considering the exaggerated comics point of view. Supergirl is also good but not great. Most episodes are hit or miss. I like how they adapted classical Superman stories but with Kara as the main character

@RogerRoger You’re very much in the majority in thinking S3 of Stranger Things was better than S2. The parallel storylines really helped with it as it meant much more was going on at all times and it all worked to come together well. A fourth series is definitely enough though.

I think sometimes the “hype” is lost when you binge shows after everyone else though. Having time between series or episodes helps it sink in a little and grows the anticipation. That said, for weekly releases I quite often wait until they’ve all dropped and watch them then but rarely watch more than one episode an evening, apart from comedies with 20min episodes.

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Speaking of which, me and the wife just finished our rewatch of Parks and Recreation which is possibly one of my favourite comedies. The cast are just perfect; it has good story arcs despite “just” being a comedy; and it’s so much fun at the same time. The first series is a bit iffy compared to the rest but that’s understandable, and the final series is a little self indulgent and feels a bit out of kilter with the rest but I still love it.

I think we’ll try Modern Family as our next easy-watching comedy. I’ve seen some of the first few series a long time ago and can’t believe how long it’s kept going (gone?) for as it surely can’t have kept up the quality.