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Started by radiator, 20 November, 2012, 02:23:29 PM

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Definitely Not Mister Pops

I watched that Twenty Twelve. Yes, no, absolutely. Good stuff, very clever, good characters. So that's all good. The bullshit they come out with on this show is both impressive and hilarious. Some great performances, but the delightful Olivia Colman acts circles around everyone.

I just got back my The Prisoner box set, after it having circulated amongst my friends for over three years now. I'll definitely be watching all of that again. I've already watched Do Not Forsake me, Oh My Darling, and it's still stunning. No one speaks a word for the first half hour, there's not even any incidental music for the first ten minutes. If a TV show these days tried something that audacious, the internet would probably cream itself.
You may quote me on that.

Hawkmumbler

Still watching Attack on Titan. Fucking amazing.

HdE

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Hawkmumbler

Quote from: HdE on 01 September, 2013, 08:03:43 PM
Quote from: Hawkmonger on 01 September, 2013, 05:45:46 PM
Still watching Attack on Titan. Fucking amazing.

Go on...
Imagine Mad Max if the apocalypse had occured in the Dark Ages, and the reason for us not knowing any history of that time was due to fucking Giants mindlessly eating 99% of humanity. The remainders where forced to lock themselfs in Skeletors locker (I JOKE!) and rapidly advance militery technology. The result is an alternative history saga that's prity much Japans (to use and obvious comparison) Slaine or Defoe. It moves at a frantic pace but has a well rounded cast and very fluid animations. I highly reccomend it if you haven't given it a shot yet.

Frank


Professor Bear

The first seasons of Wentworth and King Of The Hill.
Wentworth is a prequel/reboot of Prisoner (Cell Block H), and for those not versed in Antipodean telly of late, let me assure you it is quite representative, being trashy, hysterical and like something you accidentally picked up on your telly after it was struck by lightning and now only receives television from another reality, possibly one where tv is commissioned exclusively by - and for - drag queens.  It's full of effin and jeffin, boobies and lezzing-up, which is a pity as it's that kind of misery porn that older viewers love to watch, especially fans of the original, but for those of us who don't mind fit women licking each other onscreen and superfluous scenes set in kinky nightclubs, this is compelling trash.  Only the final episode to watch now and SUM BITCH GON DIE.
King of the Hill I watched first time around (or near as dammit) for a few episodes, but it wasn't Beavis and Butthead or Simpsons or South Park, so I wandered away from it and only really watched it again for the last season, possibly accidentally as I had resolved to stop watching Family Guy and its spin-offs but still wanted cartoon sitcoms in my life, and I am quite glad I gave it a miss at the time because clearly younger me didn't appreciate how good it could be at times and now I have 13 seasons to catch up on.  Fair enough the final season I watched was nowhere near as sharp as the first season episodes I'm currently enjoying, but even allowing for a Simpsons-style drop in quality that means some potentially fine viewing ahead, at least one episode of which involves Hank becoming a pimp.

shaolin_monkey

Quote from: Hawkmonger on 01 September, 2013, 08:17:54 PM
Quote from: HdE on 01 September, 2013, 08:03:43 PM
Quote from: Hawkmonger on 01 September, 2013, 05:45:46 PM
Still watching Attack on Titan. Fucking amazing.

Go on...
Imagine Mad Max if the apocalypse had occured in the Dark Ages, and the reason for us not knowing any history of that time was due to fucking Giants mindlessly eating 99% of humanity. The remainders where forced to lock themselfs in Skeletors locker (I JOKE!) and rapidly advance militery technology. The result is an alternative history saga that's prity much Japans (to use and obvious comparison) Slaine or Defoe. It moves at a frantic pace but has a well rounded cast and very fluid animations. I highly reccomend it if you haven't given it a shot yet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Titan

Sounds interesting!!

Tiplodocus

Still trekking with ENTERPRISE; recent highlights being Trip butting in on the morals of a three gender alien race (not a typical ending!) and a cracking Borg episode.  There was also a fantastically cheesey flashback epiosde where Archer reminesces about the early days of the warp ship programme which hopes to be like "The Right Stuff" but fails because Keith Carradine plays the other Captain as if he's Zap Brannigan.  If you don't have that image in your head, it's almost impossible to enjoy the episode.

And I've started sneaking in SMALLVILLE season 9 in an attempt to finally finish the bugger. By Grud, it's hard work. The only good point of last season, Jimmy Olsen (Sean Ashmore?), isn't in it any more. 

So it's down to the fact I really, really fancy Erica Durance as Lois Lane to keep me going. Really. Fortunately the rest of the aucience and the producers are with me on this given the disgraceful way they treat her character. Is her continued objectification taking a sly dig at me? I'm not sure, keep dressing her up so I can form an opinion. 

By now, Smallville really is set in an alternate reality where everybody speaks in snappy semi-cryptic one-liners, can kick ass in a fight and real world processes (travel, getting jobs, access to high security buildings, hacking complex security systems, everything, in fact) do not exist because a character just needs to have an idea to do something and then magically, it happens.  Did the writers take inspiration from INCEPTION and THE MATRIX but were so charlied up they missed the bit about them being constructed worlds?

And it features the wettest Zod you could imagine.
Be excellent to each other. And party on!

sheldipez

I watched the first four seasons of Smallville, really enjoyed it for the most part (it was a bit ridiculous the amount of different times the writer's had to 1) de-power Clark or 2) mind wipe or change character personailites to fit the stories - it would have been better if the show was 10-15 episode seasons to get rid of some filler) but just didn't continue watching it after the season four finale.

I wouldn't mind getting back to it but it wasn't on Netflix the last time I checked  :'(

Tiplodocus

It's been hard going since Season 4 tbh (and you could argue a point for Season 1!) but I'm going to see it through to the bitter end!

(I have them on DVD and the last two seasons on blu-ray. Tellingly, Seasons 9 and 10 have been sitting unopened for nearly two years).
Be excellent to each other. And party on!

sheldipez

Quote from: Tiplodocus on 02 September, 2013, 12:44:17 PM
It's been hard going since Season 4 tbh (and you could argue a point for Season 1!) but I'm going to see it through to the bitter end!

(I have them on DVD and the last two seasons on blu-ray. Tellingly, Seasons 9 and 10 have been sitting unopened for nearly two years).

Then straight onto Season 11:D

Tiplodocus

Quote from: sheldipez on 02 September, 2013, 12:48:08 PM
Quote from: Tiplodocus on 02 September, 2013, 12:44:17 PM
It's been hard going since Season 4 tbh (and you could argue a point for Season 1!) but I'm going to see it through to the bitter end!

(I have them on DVD and the last two seasons on blu-ray. Tellingly, Seasons 9 and 10 have been sitting unopened for nearly two years).

Then straight onto Season 11:D


SPOLIERS PLEASE! It looks like, from what's on those comic covers, that Clark turns out to be Superman!
Be excellent to each other. And party on!

sheldipez

Quote from: Tiplodocus on 02 September, 2013, 01:01:10 PM
Quote from: sheldipez on 02 September, 2013, 12:48:08 PM
Quote from: Tiplodocus on 02 September, 2013, 12:44:17 PM
It's been hard going since Season 4 tbh (and you could argue a point for Season 1!) but I'm going to see it through to the bitter end!

(I have them on DVD and the last two seasons on blu-ray. Tellingly, Seasons 9 and 10 have been sitting unopened for nearly two years).

Then straight onto Season 11:D


SPOLIERS PLEASE! It looks like, from what's on those comic covers, that Clark turns out to be Superman!

A plot twist M. Night Shyamalan would be proud of! I guess only the budget (i.e. imagination of artists) could depict Season 11 when Clark finally becomes [spoiler]Super[/spoiler]man.

Tiplodocus

Season 9 of Smallville episode RABID.  It's a zombie outbreak episode.  Everything about it - especially the resolution - is almost enough to make me quit watching. 

Oh and while the physical effects remain pretty good as is when they sue CGI for bullet time/super speed stuff, Smallville must have some of the worst CGI effects for things like plane and train crashes that I have ever seen.

(I quite liked the next episode though - some much more fun character stuff)
Be excellent to each other. And party on!

Frank


Godammit! They made me fall in love with Billie Kent and led me to think I know exactly where her story is going - she was as charming as a shit in her audition for her big break in Hollywood - and then they go and [spoiler]slaughter before my adoring eyes[/spoiler]. Why, I oughta ...