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

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

Post by Sly Boots » Mon Jan 07, 2019 4:18 pm

Wrathbone wrote:
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Hush was fantastic, and the story behind it is great too. Apparently Joss Whedon read somewhere that Buffy was only successful because of the dialogue, and so he decided to disprove that by creating an episode with almost no dialogue. Suffice it to say, it worked!
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Re: Good TV (aka, the TV series spamthread), the second series

Post by Raid » Mon Jan 07, 2019 4:26 pm

In fairness, the dialogue is one of Buffy's strengths, but I think Hush proved that it had an incredibly good cast too.

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Post by eny » Sat Jan 12, 2019 10:08 am

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

Post by Achtung Englander » Mon Jan 14, 2019 5:15 pm

fair enough. If I owned the IP I would first get Netflix to use their own terminology but than again its all about the money isn't
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Re: Good TV (aka, the TV series spamthread), the second series

Post by Tichinde » Tue Jan 15, 2019 10:16 am

You

Only 4 episodes in but is shaping up nicely. Just need the little one to sleep and we might finish watching it this year :D
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Post by Mantis » Thu Jan 17, 2019 5:39 pm

I binge watched the season in one day during my Christmas break. Good pacing and interesting writing, you never know quite how far he's going to go next.

Had some fun reading the Reddit page for it too where quite a few people were defending his actions and blaming everything on the female lead. :lol:

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

Post by Rusty » Fri Jan 18, 2019 12:07 am

Back to Buffy and Angel quickly.

I'm making my son watch it with me and we're following a guide online as to the best order to watch both. Sometimes they're alternate but sometimes we have to watch several back to back.

Still impressed with it and surprised how much I've forgotten.
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Re: Good TV (aka, the TV series spamthread), the second series

Post by Achtung Englander » Fri Jan 18, 2019 9:30 am

The Bodyguard

Meh. Great beginning, terrible ending as it got lost in its own complexity and tried to be something smart like a detective story. They should have kept it as a straight forward narrative of a troubled and complex bodyguard conflicted between his emotions and his desire for revenge or something like that - that was intriging. Episodes 1-3 implied one thing, than something big happens it than began to become something else but not as good. Its like the BBC lost faith and decided to sell the show to Americans this is what they want. When it turned into a conspiracy detective story from episodes 4 to 6 I began to lose interest. By episode 6 I just wanted it to end. I did actually stop the show 20 min from the end by the Ms wanted to see it - so endure I must.

Stupid twists, an incoherent mess. I have no idea what the fuss was all about.

5/10
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Re: Good TV (aka, the TV series spamthread), the second series

Post by Tichinde » Sat Jan 19, 2019 10:04 pm

Finished watching You.
Really enjoyed it, very much recommended.
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Re: Good TV (aka, the TV series spamthread), the second series

Post by Sly Boots » Sat Jan 19, 2019 10:18 pm

Tichinde wrote:
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Finished watching You.
Really enjoyed it, very much recommended.
I don't know what you think you saw, but I was just furiously swatting a fly that landed in my lap...

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

Post by Strudel » Sat Jan 19, 2019 11:10 pm

Is that what the kids are calling it nowadays? "Swatting the fly in my lap". Yeah, I'm sure.

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

Post by Sly Boots » Sat Jan 19, 2019 11:16 pm

Hey, just as long as Tich enjoyed it, right?

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

Post by Tichinde » Sun Jan 20, 2019 9:08 am

Try anything once folks, is the only way to find out what you like.
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Re: Good TV (aka, the TV series spamthread), the second series

Post by Rossell » Thu Jan 24, 2019 7:01 am

Tichinde wrote:
Sun Jan 20, 2019 9:08 am
Try anything once folks, is the only way to find out what you like.
:)
Sound advice and my new years resolution.

Also, watch The Good Place.

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

Post by Strudel » Thu Jan 24, 2019 8:54 am

I love The Good Place. I'm not really a fan of comedy shows, and the first episode was a bit weird I thought, but since then it's been fantastic. I just hate having to wait for episodes rather than binging it.

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