Dread Posted July 25, 2017 Report Share Posted July 25, 2017 Finished GLOW and am brutally sad that it's over. Can't wait for more. A few episodes into Friends From College and Megan and I are liking it pretty well. First couple episodes of The Keepers and it's decent. The first episode is a real failure, but the second episode is so much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted July 27, 2017 Report Share Posted July 27, 2017 I mainlined the first season of The Expanse the last couple of days. While SyFy has gotten more into showing SchiFi in the last couple of years, this is the first thing they've put out that is on the same level of Battlestar Galactica since, well, Battlestar Galactica. Whereas BSG was all about the military side of conflict, this is definitely a series about the normal people. Mind you, the normal people become big damn heroes but still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donomark Posted July 27, 2017 Report Share Posted July 27, 2017 When Jodie Whitaker was announced as the next Doctor, my girlfriend suggested I check out her work in Broadchurch. Finished the first season last night. It's terrific. David Tennant might be one of my favorite actors ever after this, and believe me, this is an actor's show. A ton of WHO alumnus show up here (Arthur Darvill, David Bradley), and if Chibnill brings his A-game to his era as he did with this show, we're in for a helluva time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donomark Posted August 9, 2017 Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 Finished season 2 and 3 of Broadchurch, and both were very good. Season 2 I'd rank third in terms of best. It gets pretty melodramatic and doesn't flow as well as season one. The trial scenes are very over the top and the mystery for the season doesn't feel as organically written as last season. Tennant's Hardy basically bullies Olivia Coleman's Miller into helping him solve his old case. It wasn't awful, but felt more stagey than season One. Season 3 was much more nuanced and a back to basics approach. Hardy and Miller are working a rape case, and for once it's not a situation where they're personally involved, so we see them do what they do best without collapsing. We have the Latimers for that, the family whose boy was murdered back in season 1. The father, 3 years later, still can't get past it. This season has a solid mystery and character development which matched the quality of the first year. Overall I'd highly recommend the show, and am more than ever excited for Chibnill and Whitaker's Doctor Who based on their work in this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted September 4, 2017 Report Share Posted September 4, 2017 Thinking of staying up to watch a horror movie tonight. Please throw suggestions my way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donomark Posted September 4, 2017 Report Share Posted September 4, 2017 The Shining Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted September 4, 2017 Report Share Posted September 4, 2017 I feel like I should like Westworld a lot more than I do. Everything about it seems like it was grown in a lab specifically to be my favorite show ever, and it's not bad at all, but I'm nowhere near as into it as I want to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted September 4, 2017 Report Share Posted September 4, 2017 21 minutes ago, Donomark said: The Shining Oh man, I am so due a rewatch of that, butI'm not sure I can do one that's that long tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted September 4, 2017 Report Share Posted September 4, 2017 10 minutes ago, The Master said: Oh man, I am so due a rewatch of that, butI'm not sure I can do one that's that long tonight. Ha! I see this and it feels a little late. But XX is pretty great and should be on Netflix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted September 4, 2017 Report Share Posted September 4, 2017 Might give that one a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donomark Posted September 5, 2017 Report Share Posted September 5, 2017 19 hours ago, Dan said: I feel like I should like Westworld a lot more than I do. Everything about it seems like it was grown in a lab specifically to be my favorite show ever, and it's not bad at all, but I'm nowhere near as into it as I want to be. I neglected to post in this topic when I saw it a few months back. It's well done but I agree, some parts I just don't care about as others. I'm ambivalent on checking out the upcoming new season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You Know Who Posted September 5, 2017 Report Share Posted September 5, 2017 1 hour ago, Donomark said: I neglected to post in this topic when I saw it a few months back. It's well done but I agree, some parts I just don't care about as others. I'm ambivalent on checking out the upcoming new season. Me three. That said, if we get to see more of Samurai World then I'm in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted September 5, 2017 Report Share Posted September 5, 2017 There were definitely some weak story threads throughout, but the stronger ones outweighed them for me. And the first and last episodes were amazing. With it til the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted September 5, 2017 Report Share Posted September 5, 2017 Peaky Blinders is basically the awesomest, and Paddy Considine hasn't even shown up yet. It's Boardwalk Empire if it was British, about poor people, and cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donomark Posted September 8, 2017 Report Share Posted September 8, 2017 Just watched this thing. Â IDK how this will grab anyone else, but I had a lot of fun with this. It may've been the vociferous, totally game voice acting. It was so level ten bombastic, I found it entertaining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donomark Posted September 17, 2017 Report Share Posted September 17, 2017 I watched all thirteen episodes of the early 2000s animated series Mission Hill. It's created by Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein, former writers for the Simpsons who showran season 7 and 8, and in my opinion were the last great arbiters of the classic era (if you listen to the commentaries for their seasons, they really got in depth with what they wanted to do with their time on the show and took all the characters and stories pretty seriously). Mission Hill was their chance to write for characters that were not showcased much at all on the Simpsons, mainly the teenage-twenty-somethings range. It's about two brothers, one nerdy seventeen year-old Kevin and his older twenty-four year old slacker brother Andy, living in a NY-esque hipster-esque area. A lot of jokes are on their interests such as meeting one's potential, growing up and manifesting destiny, in that quirky observational way. In terms of the writing, it takes a couple of episodes to find it's groove but it's pretty good. It never comes close to their Simpsons writing but there's definitely a similar style in terms of the act-break gags and sense of irony. It's a more frankly sexual and mature style of writing that deals with things like masturbation and homosexuality more directly.  The characters are entertaining enough. Andy's generally a prick who just stops short of being unlikable when push comes to shove. Kevin is voiced by Scott Menville, so his voice is that of Robin doing his best nerd impression. The animation and art design is very comic strip/alternative comics, with visual keys like eyesight lines and clouds over head that's kind of cool to see pop up now and then. There's a wide variety of cool palettes that alternates from day to night. Overall I enjoyed watching the show and mourn it's short lived existence as it was cancelled 13 episodes into it's 18 episode deal. I really like Oakley and Weinstein and appreciate what they were trying to do with the series, and the show itself is still funny despite being on the WB at a very specific time. The most dated episode is one where Andy joins the cast of the Real World, but it's also the funniest as it just fires ammunition on late 90s MTV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rjoyadet Posted November 9, 2017 Report Share Posted November 9, 2017 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: I have only finished Phantom Blood and saw a little bit of Battle Tendencies. This feels like one of those stories that shouldn't work but it does. Futurama may be the show that has had the most memes but JoJo is a strong challenger for second place, one of their memes seem to be re-drawing a franchise JoJo style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donomark Posted November 9, 2017 Report Share Posted November 9, 2017 Any meme with Hank Hill is an instant winner. I watched all of the Crying Freeman OVAs and subsequently read the manga series they're based on. Hoo boy, what madness. Illustrated by Ryochi Ikegami, the artist behind Spider-Man the Manga, this is an insane, incredibly violently, ridiculously erotic action series that played everything deadly serious as it got zanier and zanier. May go into it further in a future podcast, but G'damn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjoyadet Posted November 25, 2017 Report Share Posted November 25, 2017  At my favorite used toy store I saw a vhs of Crying Freeman and I am now debating on whether I should buy it or not. Star Vs. the Forces of Evil - Its Rick and Morty except Fantasy over SF and family friendly. Sonic Boom - I think the creators of the show realized that the only people watching it would be Sonic the Hedgehog fans. Which makes it funnier when they insult them with the maniacally obsessed character of Mark the Tapir.  I enjoy the Sega and fourth wall jokes as well as referencing memes (a few of which I learned from the show). Stranger Things 2 - Enjoyed seeing how the characters grew and have become more likeable. I know Shannon Purser got an Emmy nomination for playing Barb. That made me afraid that the writers would add her in as a force ghost or Eleven could suddenly bring her back. I had nothing to fear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donomark Posted May 15, 2018 Report Share Posted May 15, 2018 Little over halfway through Atlanta season 2, after starting the show less than a week ago. Although the last three eps I watched weren't as entertaining as everything that came before it, this is a helluva entertaining show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You Know Who Posted May 16, 2018 Report Share Posted May 16, 2018 I've been on an Akira Kurosawa kick lately in anticipation of something I'm reviewing later. Saw The Hidden Fortress and re-watched Seven Samurai the other week, viewed Kagemusha last week, and experienced Yojimbo for the first time tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted May 22, 2018 Report Share Posted May 22, 2018 Today, I finished a binge-watch of Evil Genius on Netflix which is fucking insane. Really amazing 4 episode crime docuseries. Check it out. Just now finished season three of Archer, which I felt was its best season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted June 1, 2018 Report Share Posted June 1, 2018 I finally got around to watching Season 7 of Once Upon a Time and, okay, yeah, it is a major mess with some new characters I don't care about, some plotlines that were obviously being written as they went with no plan and, yet, it remembered something big: Rumple and Regina are the most interesting characters and this has always been their story. Both characters get the right ending for what they've worked for and that's something I'm grateful for. As a series, Once Upon a Time was some I appreciated for being an occasional trainwreck, occasional laughable soap opera, but also kind of knowing what it was: Official Disney Fanfiction and that's why it's something that I'll always have kind of fond memories of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjoyadet Posted June 4, 2018 Report Share Posted June 4, 2018 Space Dandy - I really wish I watched it when this came out. I knew that there would be shameless fan service, but I did not count on a couple of things. 1. Making references to some really obscure SF franchises, as well as other anime comedies. 2. Having a comedy that does not make any homages to Star Wars. I don't know if it is because my Star Wars fatigue levels have gone from .2 to .6 on the Damien Wilkens scale, or is it because I remembered one of the laziest animated comedies that I have seen was a Star Wars parody? but I am glad that I did not see it in Space Dandy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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