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Re: Good TV (aka, the TV series spamthread), the second series

Post by Alan » Sun Jan 05, 2025 10:56 am

Snowpiercer S4
Thats us wrapped that up and I won't tell you its masterful scifi but I did really enjoy it. Sean Bean chews some camp scenery and is a joy. Theres a lot of questionable plot elements and a varied level of lethality to the cold dependant on plot armour but overall it was a good ride. Its better than early Stargate but not as good as mid era SG1 so it rides that B tier scifi line.

Bad Sisters S2
With how S1 wrapped up I felt it should be stand alone but I was wrong, it was another good dark comedy. I dont see it getting another season but like I said, I was wrong about that before and would watch another happily!

Dexter: Original Sin
3 eps in and its wayyyy better than I thought it would be. Its not amazing and the ramp up leaves a lot to be desired. For example his first kill is flawless, not a single thing went wrong and it was all set up like older Dexter would with 100% professionality and then Harry's reaction is to cry a little then go "hey, maybe you should murder more murderers eh?". The main guy does a good Dexter face and Deb does a good Deb pottymouth. Not loving it but not hating it enough to not watch.
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Re: Good TV (aka, the TV series spamthread), the second series

Post by Sly Boots » Sun Jan 05, 2025 11:20 am

Alan wrote:
Sun Jan 05, 2025 10:56 am
Dexter: Original Sin
3 eps in and its wayyyy better than I thought it would be. Its not amazing and the ramp up leaves a lot to be desired. For example his first kill is flawless, not a single thing went wrong and it was all set up like older Dexter would with 100% professionality and then Harry's reaction is to cry a little then go "hey, maybe you should murder more murderers eh?". The main guy does a good Dexter face and Deb does a good Deb pottymouth. Not loving it but not hating it enough to not watch.
Yeah, enjoying this so far as well. Re the first kill, I would say they were maybe in the position of not wanting to retcon what had already been in the original run (memory is a little hazy, but we definitely saw original Dexter kill that nurse, who was then played by TNG's Tasha Yar iirc). His definitely effs up his third kill here.

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