Topic: The TV Show Thread

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

🎵Can you see all of me, waaaaalk into my mystery🎵

I quite like the Shadow the Hedgehog theme song @RogerRoger... And the game itself is alright too

As for the actual topic at hand I started watching OZ the HBO prison drama from 22 years ago now.

From season 1 of course.

... It's... certainly different then what I typically watch.

J.K Simmons is great. His character an absolutely horrible white supremicist... But he certainly has the acting chops (If I ever doubted him lol)

Was quite surprised to see Harold Perrineau or Michael from LOST in this as Augustus Hill, took me a couple of episodes to recognise him.

Not to mention Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje or Mr Eko from LOST or The Mummy Returns where he's imhotep and the museum curator's underling and "looks" after the bratty Alex O'Connel kid. He's... certainly interesting lol

The acting as whole is pretty good from all the leads to be honest.

Not sure if I'll watch the whole six seasons, but season one is pretty decent so far barring all the raw, ugliness of a male prison.

@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.

Well I have the Emerald city collection sitting here with all six seasons @KALofKRYPTON soooooo... We'll see how we go lol

...I... don't think I would reccomend it to ya @RogerRoger 😅 As Kal says it is quite harrowing and uncomfortable.

There's plenty of violence. Three people have died already and I'm four episodes in, frequent drug use, very frequent racist and derogatory slurs, implied "dropping of the soap" business, nudity and... yeah.

Agbaje does have a spiffy little hat that somehow stays atop his head though lol

@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! 😁

I finished season 1 of the HBO prison drama Oz.

Oh boy I certainly wasn't expecting that!

Despite at times the very uncomfortable scenes I found it quite well done and enjoyed it in that oh god what's gonna happen now?! kinda context.

For HBO's first hour long drama programming I can see how this paved the way for the Sopranno's & Game of Thrones on HBO amongst countless others.

Definitely not perfect though.

First of all Ryan O'Reiley.

My god the writers seem to love this unlikeable smarmy git. He's so bloody smug about everything and backstabs absolutely anyone and everyone he does a deal with! And yet he completely gets away with it! How does anyone trust him?!

Second... they killed off a lot of good characters.

Still there was plenty of good too.

I quite liked Augustus Hill. His narration segments just on the verge of over the top but they're usually a nice bit of levity to the otherwise dark show.

I think the character of Tobias Beecher had a pretty good arc too Really beware of the "nice" ones

J.K Simmons probably putting in the joint best preformance alongside Eamonn Walker.

I don't agree with a number of Kareem Said's (Walker's) philosophies but he's still quite compelling and has terrific presence in every scene he's in and Schillinger (Simmons) I loathe with a passion... but he's J.K and there's just something that draws me to him too.

Was surprised to see B.D. Wong (The scientist in Jurrasic park/world or Li Shang in Mulan) as Father Ray Mukada too! He's great and honestly the only character that seems to be genuinely good.

Might hold off a bit til I start season 2 though...

Haven't actually watched any superhero programming at all since Heroes

Well I watched Agent Carter but there's no superheroes in that... definitely super villains though. More of a spy, period drama & thriller really.

and well I guess the misfits have powers... but they sure ain't super lol

I've seen Arrow advertised a couple of times but theres' something about it that's completely turned me off of trying it whenever I see it.

Glad you've enjoyed it though @KrastosMD and shame it's ending for ya

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.

Well I thought the Dredd TV series was dead, but turns out not.

https://screenrant.com/judge-dredd-tv-show-focus-multiple-cha...

Still, if they have not even started to cast people yet, it's gonna be awhile until we see it on screen. By the looks of it there are a few people from the Karl Urban movie behind the series, colour me intrested if that is the case.

@JohnnyShoulder Sweet!

I finished Swamp Thing. Completely baffled at the decision to cancel it. Easily one of the best realised comic TV properties out there. Absolutely great show with good performances, scripting and pacing throughout. Bloody shame it's no more.

Conversely, Batwoman!
I wasn't going to watch any more after the dismal pilot, but the online reviews of the second and third episodes peaked a morbid curiosity.
I implore everyone on the thread to go out and find some way of watching this show! I've no idea how the episodes are even making it out of the door. It has just taken everything wrong with the pilot and turned it up to 11 for the following two episodes.

This show boasts terrible dialogue, terrible acting, poor production design, one of the worst Batsuit designs on screen (nothing will beat Gotham), janky editing, poor pacing, wildly shifting character portrayals, lacks narrative cohesion and is generally - genuinely one of the worst genre shows I've had the pleasure of watching.

Seriously. Find it, grab a couple of beers and laugh/cringe your way through. I think I'll stick around to watch the rest!

@RogerRoger You have my apologies! ;-p

I think Batwoman is actually too s*** for anyone with an even passing amount of intelligence or interest in well made television to genuinely like.

I can see the young woke-folk being in to it (or at least, saying they are) and perhaps even giving it a free pass; but the thing is so badly put together I find myself questioning whether the showrunners/producers are actually the people who have been credited.

@KALofKRYPTON That's good to know about Swamp Thing. I have no problem in watching one season of something as long as it is setup that way. It will be kinda refreshing to watch one self contained thing, rather than multiple seasons. Without spoiling things, does it end in the right manner for a one off season, or do they leave the carrot dangling?

Is it just me or does the actor who plays Jason Todd in Titans looks like Ruby Rose?

@JohnnyShoulder It wasn't intended as a single season. I think they actually had the episode count cut too.
It doesn't wrap up so much as it sets up unfortunately. Still worth watching though.

@WanderingBullet 😂😂😂 Yes. Yes he does.

@RogerRoger Archer 1999 (S10) was alright as recent Archer goes. I only bothered with the first episode of Danger Island (S9) and thought it would be as bad as S8 so didn't bother.

They kind of need to give the programme up now really.

@KALofKRYPTON Haha, so it's not just me then.

@LN78 It's as if they want people to steal it... Seriously - it's 2019, just launch your service/game/book/whatever at the same time.

No point generating so much global hype then only launching in NA with a 4 month wait for anywhere else.

@LN78 @RogerRoger
I wouldn't have bought Disney+ anyway - so it's not even a lost sale

@KALofKRYPTON @LN78 @RogerRoger I have no problem in waiting for D+ to reach these shores. I have no intention in watching any of the shows illegally either. This place is about the only one I go to for news, so have no issues in avoiding spoilers. I've had to tell Google I'm not interested in the stuff I am interested in, so that spoilery articles stopped appearing in my feed.

Hope you guys have have those spoiler tags at the ready!