Discuss and Rate the Last Thing You Watched (non-movies)
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People seem to have raging hate stiffies for The Acolyte. Excited to see if that's just the usual suspects and the show is actually decent or if I'll hate it just as much.
Yeah the trailer and premise managed to peak my interest but I gotta wait for all the episodes to come out and non-chuds to review it before I commit to another Star War
Finished Your Honor. It was always apparently intended as a limited series but feels like everything was kinda swept up in the last episode. Eh, it was ok. The definition of a mixed bag crime drama really, with no extraordinary highs or lows to anything. Gives off a tragic feel more than anything else.
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Started watching Band of Brothers since I had watched it like 3 times years ago and wanted to share it. Turns out, I totally forgot how much action and gore there is in that, I remembered the quiet scenes much more then the action and the 2 and 3rd episodes are like nonstop gunfire and gore and death. So the SO got squicked out by it (I was kinda done with it by that point too, really can't believe I totally forgot there was gore in it) and we started watching season 3 of the Wire instead.
Non-chuds made me laugh.
Honestly, I'm just hoping it looks good, period. Last few shows looked incredibly cheap at times. Might as well make animated shows if they can't deliver on prestige television.
There's an episode a bit later with little or no action...because they liberate a concentration camp. Yeah, that one was appropriately unpleasant.
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The first episode has no action either and I know there are later ones without much, but I just remembered there being so much less action then there is.
The 1st 3 episodes of The Boys Season 4 dropped on Amazon Prime.
It has been very good so far. The show is much better than the comic book was, though that was so different and had its own charms.
The stakes are higher and the show (which I think will have a Season 5) is headed in the direction the theme of the show always hinted at.
And man, did Homelander's son have a growth spurt.
It has been very good so far. The show is much better than the comic book was, though that was so different and had its own charms.
The stakes are higher and the show (which I think will have a Season 5) is headed in the direction the theme of the show always hinted at.
They are making some odd choices though. Why is Frenchie gay now, after 3 seasons of apparent deep adoration of "The Female"? And, odd the crazy amount of male nudity, no female nudity. I think the showrunners are trying to tell me something.
It's alright. I feel like the stakes have never really matched season one's; that they've abused the hell out of death fake-outs and that the whole thing's been locked in a stalemate ever since... but yeah, still entertaining to watch the Homelander and Butcher show.
The Frenchie thing really came out of nowhere, huh?
I think my favorite actor so far is the kid who plays Ryan. Holy crap, he is capturing that image of a boy who's struggling with sudden fame and dealing with the fact that his dad is a psychopathic killer. Great performance.
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Yeahhhh, I don't see what the fuck everyone's problem is. It is amazing? Hell nah, there's still a ton of lazy writing. But frankly, the costumes, set design, and cinematography are a clear step up from the last few shows.
The amount of idiotic outrage I've been exposed to for the past few days has actually led me to unsubscribing from a YouTuber I've followed for a decade. Don't like this show? Fine, understandable. But continuing to make content about it, when you so clearly hated it? That just gives the game away.
I have yet to watch episode 3, which is the most infamous one. But I can't imagine it being as bad as these people are making it out to be.
I finally went and started to watch House of the Dragon after seeing only the first episode 2 years ago. I'm 2 episodes in, and I was taken aback by just how much nostalgic power that theme song still has. I didn't know they'd reused it for this series, and it honestly felt like seeing an old friend. Ramin Djawadi's music is so damn good that it withstood the avalanche of awful that were GoT's final seasons. That's a testament to quality if I've ever seen one.
The series is just as good as GoT in its heyday, and might honestly be even better. The production values, costuming, dialogue are every bit as stellar as its predecessor, but the real kicker is the speed and expediency of the storytelling. GoT had such a sprawling narrative and so many plotlines that each of them progressed pretty slowly, not to mention all the filler they had to throw into seasons for characters absent in the books. Here even the first episode already has a sense of finality and high stakes to it, and in episode 2 there's already an averted civil war. It's largely because we're focusing on a single location and a much smaller cast of characters, so the show can take a much sharper focus and hit the pedal to the metal right away instead of introducing three dozen characters. Paddy Considine might be among the best performances this franchise has ever seen. He conveys so much nuance and so many layers it's amazing.
So yeah, absolutely superb, hopefully I can catch up by season 2's start. TV is looking good for the rest of the year: season 4 of The Boys, season 3 of Legend of Vox Machina, season 2 of Arcane, then there's Invincible's season 2 which I still haven't watched and so on.
The series is just as good as GoT in its heyday, and might honestly be even better. The production values, costuming, dialogue are every bit as stellar as its predecessor, but the real kicker is the speed and expediency of the storytelling. GoT had such a sprawling narrative and so many plotlines that each of them progressed pretty slowly, not to mention all the filler they had to throw into seasons for characters absent in the books. Here even the first episode already has a sense of finality and high stakes to it, and in episode 2 there's already an averted civil war. It's largely because we're focusing on a single location and a much smaller cast of characters, so the show can take a much sharper focus and hit the pedal to the metal right away instead of introducing three dozen characters. Paddy Considine might be among the best performances this franchise has ever seen. He conveys so much nuance and so many layers it's amazing.
So yeah, absolutely superb, hopefully I can catch up by season 2's start. TV is looking good for the rest of the year: season 4 of The Boys, season 3 of Legend of Vox Machina, season 2 of Arcane, then there's Invincible's season 2 which I still haven't watched and so on.
I finished El Hazard: The Wanderers. A really good AU TV series of the original OVA. The soundtrack actually kicks in and gets better in the second half of the anime. It can't compared to the OVAs soundtrack, but it feels closer to OVAs by the last few episodes, but makes them unique enough to not feel like rip offs nor cheap imitations. The TV series definitely has better characterization, character development and removes unneeded sub-plots and one piece of shit character from the OVA. I don't know if Wanderers is better than OVA1, but I do like it more than OVA2. I do like OVA2 by the way. The OVAs obviously have better animation, action, and a God-like soundtrack. No contest there. The action in Wanderers is good enough and entertaining, but smaller budget holds it back a little. The Wanderers I did enjoy and had a fun time. I won't be going back immediately if I am looking for something quick, but I will never regret popping it in again when the mood strikes,
Watching:
The Boys (Season 4, Prime)
Probably the oldest show that I follow (and enjoy) without being particularly into it, at least since season one. At first revenge was kind of the main motivator spurring the characters, and the show banked on that sense of outrage against celebs getting away with murder (literally), but one after the other they've forgone their vendettas in favor of prolonging a righteous standstill that doesn't go anywhere. By now the show works more as a very broad satire of consumer culture, media manipulation and the alt-right movement - usually depicted in the style of "M for Mature" SNL - while The Boys themselves spend their time fighting between themselves, apologizing for it and replaying their traumatic pasts via sidequest over and over.
House of the Dragon (Season 2, HBO)
More Hot D (can't have enough Hot D). Should've rewatched the previous season finale - I don't remember who half these people are! Spent the whole episode checking the call sheet. By the end I was fully back on board. I noticed a lot of book (?) fans complaining that the ending murder was nowhere near as violent as they wanted it to be. OK, fuck whatever George writes for a minute - do you seriously think they'd show on camera a kid getting his head sawn off? They couldn't even show Sean Bean getting decapitated, and Sean Bean dying is about as prevalent an image as The Beatles crossing Abbey Road. This isn't Saw VII, fellas (and they don't fuck around with child death either).
The Regime (Season 1, HBO)
A very British (ie. a little too whimsical and knowingly witty) satire of a totalitarian regime, with Kate Winslet playing the dictator of a fictional country in "Central Europe" that doesn't even get a name. She's great in it. The dude playing the war criminal turned personal "water diviner" (he walks ahead of her reading the humidity of every room) and eventual Rasputin is great, too. I think the show suffers from being all over the place, in terms of tone. Like it can't decide how smart or stupid certain characters are, or how sympathetic or hateful they're meant to be, or if something is supposed to be funny or sad. So ultimately I think this plays into HBO's batting average: a moderately entertaining miniseries that's carried by its own production value and prestigious lead performer.
The Boys (Season 4, Prime)
Probably the oldest show that I follow (and enjoy) without being particularly into it, at least since season one. At first revenge was kind of the main motivator spurring the characters, and the show banked on that sense of outrage against celebs getting away with murder (literally), but one after the other they've forgone their vendettas in favor of prolonging a righteous standstill that doesn't go anywhere. By now the show works more as a very broad satire of consumer culture, media manipulation and the alt-right movement - usually depicted in the style of "M for Mature" SNL - while The Boys themselves spend their time fighting between themselves, apologizing for it and replaying their traumatic pasts via sidequest over and over.
House of the Dragon (Season 2, HBO)
More Hot D (can't have enough Hot D). Should've rewatched the previous season finale - I don't remember who half these people are! Spent the whole episode checking the call sheet. By the end I was fully back on board. I noticed a lot of book (?) fans complaining that the ending murder was nowhere near as violent as they wanted it to be. OK, fuck whatever George writes for a minute - do you seriously think they'd show on camera a kid getting his head sawn off? They couldn't even show Sean Bean getting decapitated, and Sean Bean dying is about as prevalent an image as The Beatles crossing Abbey Road. This isn't Saw VII, fellas (and they don't fuck around with child death either).
The Regime (Season 1, HBO)
A very British (ie. a little too whimsical and knowingly witty) satire of a totalitarian regime, with Kate Winslet playing the dictator of a fictional country in "Central Europe" that doesn't even get a name. She's great in it. The dude playing the war criminal turned personal "water diviner" (he walks ahead of her reading the humidity of every room) and eventual Rasputin is great, too. I think the show suffers from being all over the place, in terms of tone. Like it can't decide how smart or stupid certain characters are, or how sympathetic or hateful they're meant to be, or if something is supposed to be funny or sad. So ultimately I think this plays into HBO's batting average: a moderately entertaining miniseries that's carried by its own production value and prestigious lead performer.
What's kinda crazy is to think the show runner did the CW's Supernatural before this. Apparently he's trying to "collect" the regulars from that and put them in The Boys at some point or another. So far the new season has been stewing quite a bit within the motives, relying a bit too much on the 'splody shock value gotcha stuff to compensate while the plot pump gets primed (no pun). The video game fatality...you can tell they've played MK11 with that one lol. Only three episodes in though, so it should kick into high gear soon.
The Boys S4E4.
You know, as much as Homelander is a crazy maniac, it was kinda satisfying to see him get his vengence. And poor Hughie for slowly giving into his brutal side.
God, every single character in this show needs a therapy, hopefully someone who is invulnerable to all harms
You know, as much as Homelander is a crazy maniac, it was kinda satisfying to see him get his vengence. And poor Hughie for slowly giving into his brutal side.
God, every single character in this show needs a therapy, hopefully someone who is invulnerable to all harms
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I love the subject matter of this show so much but I think, while there were some terrific high lights to the episode, some of the writing was pretty bad. And Homelander's piece in the show, while you can be sympathetic with his motivation, was too torture pornish for my tastes. OK, I am digging The Deep's wacko relationship with Sage.
The scientists technically got off pretty easy compared to the torture Homelander endured at their hands, let alone the psychological manipulation used on him that enabled it. The director he left behind will have to live with knowing she was ultimately responsible for that bloody karmic load.
That said, the show is really getting ballsy this season with the sexploitation/fetish stuff. Like, how does NC17 work with streaming, because it’s practically there already lol.
That said, the show is really getting ballsy this season with the sexploitation/fetish stuff. Like, how does NC17 work with streaming, because it’s practically there already lol.
I finally watched the infamous episode 3 of The Acolyte.
Yeah, it was a pretty damn boring ep. But yet again, it's quite clear all the outrage is coming from chuds furious about the lesbian witches.
Episode 4 is a gigantic cock block. If anyone is bothering to watch this show anymore, maybe just wait for episode 5.
Yeah, it was a pretty damn boring ep. But yet again, it's quite clear all the outrage is coming from chuds furious about the lesbian witches.
Episode 4 is a gigantic cock block. If anyone is bothering to watch this show anymore, maybe just wait for episode 5.