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TV in October 2018 - What are you watching?
- Thread starter RatskyWatsky
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I have the screeners, but review embargo is October 22nd (and I have a few other things to get to before I can watch them). I'll definitely drop my impressions in on that day!
Re-watching Luther, at the moment. I have a huge backlist but I don't feel like starting anything new.
Cool! Thanks. Not sure I'll have a chance to watch some of it before the preview expires, but I'm looking forward to checking out the series sooner or later.
It's definitely one of the shows I'm most excited for this fall! Hope to hear what you think if you get to it!
Caught the All-American pilot, if you've seen the trailer you pretty much know what to expect.
Smart kid from bad neighborhood trying to make a better way for him and his family thru sports- check
Supportive best friend telling him to get out the hood and make something better of himself - check
New rich teammates resistant to the hotshot recruit who could take their spot/girl - check
Glossy CW sheen with numerous musical transitions between scenes- check
Everybody CW pretty including the extras - check
Funniest part to me was he has not one, but 2 girls possibly feeling him off bat. One is the typical pretty, popular girl with D-bag boyfriend. The other is the more socially awkward/best friend type, but she's also ridiculously attractive and no way would she be overlooked in real life.
Not bad by any means, but I don't see myself watching anymore.
Smart kid from bad neighborhood trying to make a better way for him and his family thru sports- check
Supportive best friend telling him to get out the hood and make something better of himself - check
New rich teammates resistant to the hotshot recruit who could take their spot/girl - check
Glossy CW sheen with numerous musical transitions between scenes- check
Everybody CW pretty including the extras - check
Funniest part to me was he has not one, but 2 girls possibly feeling him off bat. One is the typical pretty, popular girl with D-bag boyfriend. The other is the more socially awkward/best friend type, but she's also ridiculously attractive and no way would she be overlooked in real life.
Not bad by any means, but I don't see myself watching anymore.
I'm watching:
The Neighborhood
The Big Bang Theory (Finally it's coming to an end)
Young Sheldon
Bob's Burgers
Supergirl (when it returns)
Black Lightning (Netflix)
The Neighborhood
The Big Bang Theory (Finally it's coming to an end)
Young Sheldon
Bob's Burgers
Supergirl (when it returns)
Black Lightning (Netflix)
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Because I was bored, I decided to check out the British version of Camping (the poorly reviewed HBO remake is coming this Sunday). It was only 6 episodes, half an hour each, so I was able to crank out the whole thing in a day.
It was mildly funny but overall I found it to be a deeply unpleasant exercise in misery and depravity. The characters, save for but a few, are among the most loathsome I've encountered and their antics get progressively worse until everything finally spirals out of control in the finale where
Given Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner's penchant for depicting awful people doing awful things, I can see what drew them to this project, but I really hope that their version turns out better than the original. The initial reviews don't give me any hope but critics haven't seen the whole thing so maybe a swerve is coming?
The British version doesn't leave any room open for a second season so it's going to be interesting to see how they handle that in the US version. Assuming it ends up in roughly the same place as the original,
It was mildly funny but overall I found it to be a deeply unpleasant exercise in misery and depravity. The characters, save for but a few, are among the most loathsome I've encountered and their antics get progressively worse until everything finally spirals out of control in the finale where
several characters are sexually assaulted only it's supposed to be funny because they're such awful people.
Given Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner's penchant for depicting awful people doing awful things, I can see what drew them to this project, but I really hope that their version turns out better than the original. The initial reviews don't give me any hope but critics haven't seen the whole thing so maybe a swerve is coming?
The British version doesn't leave any room open for a second season so it's going to be interesting to see how they handle that in the US version. Assuming it ends up in roughly the same place as the original,
I can't imagine any of these characters wanting to spend another second with each other ever again. I know I don't.
Ratsky is on it.
EDIT: Oh wait, he backed out. Might be a thread later from him or you can make one if you'd like. See further discussion in the other TV thread.
I'm pretty sure this isn't what Amazon was hoping for.
The 90 minutes hurts a lot, especially in the first episode. But the second episode works far better, and it has Kerry Bishe, which helps a ton.
"without a compelling incentive" sums up my feeling towards it. I will try it at some point since I loved Mad Men, but there's so much TV at the moment, and literally all the promotions are is a bunch of grinning rich people and seemingly no narrative hook beyond "stories about people, mildly interesting things may happen"
But it is what I was hoping for. Just kidding I was hoping for lower.
I'm pretty sure this isn't what Amazon was hoping for.
Not even sure if I should watch Camping given the terrible reviews.
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Amazon should have sent out the whole season for review - for a series where every episode is standalone, it doesn't make sense to let critics evaluate the whole thing based on 3 episodes.
Yep, definitely agree. The weird part, too, is there's still an embargo on the third episode (maybe for the non-larger places?) until Monday.
Those two Adult Swim specials were basically vintage HB/12oz. If you like em, or ever liked em, they're total throwbacks. I hope they do this with other shows too.
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So...
I actually quite liked the first episode of The Romanoffs? I thought it worked well right up til the ending, which was dumb and came out of nowhere. Critics are complaining about the length of the episodes, but honestly this one needed at least another half hour to properly set up the ending Weiner wanted. Instead, he took a big shortcut to get us there that ultimately left a flat taste in my mouth.
But aside from that, the writing was on point, dialog snappy, great performances from Marthe Keller and Inès Melab, and the lavishness is stirring. Plus the dog!
I actually quite liked the first episode of The Romanoffs? I thought it worked well right up til the ending, which was dumb and came out of nowhere. Critics are complaining about the length of the episodes, but honestly this one needed at least another half hour to properly set up the ending Weiner wanted. Instead, he took a big shortcut to get us there that ultimately left a flat taste in my mouth.
But aside from that, the writing was on point, dialog snappy, great performances from Marthe Keller and Inès Melab, and the lavishness is stirring. Plus the dog!
Just finished Barry.
Really entertaining series, nice mixture of comedy and drama. Don't watch SNL, so first time really seeing Hader in an extended period. He did his thing, really impressed me. Henry Winkler was great and the guy who played Hank.
Didn't realize Janet and Simone from The Good Place were both in the show and dude from You're The Worst.
First time seeing the actress who played Sally and thought she was really good as well.
Curious to see where they go for season 2 considering the ending.
Really entertaining series, nice mixture of comedy and drama. Don't watch SNL, so first time really seeing Hader in an extended period. He did his thing, really impressed me. Henry Winkler was great and the guy who played Hank.
Didn't realize Janet and Simone from The Good Place were both in the show and dude from You're The Worst.
First time seeing the actress who played Sally and thought she was really good as well.
Curious to see where they go for season 2 considering the ending.
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You should watch Kidding next. It's a good companion to Barry.
Don't have Showtime now. I might resubscribe when Black Monday comes out in January depending on reviews. I have heard really good things about Kidding.
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I think I liked episode 2 of The Romanoffs less than the first one, although I did still like it overall. I wasn't too sure where they were going with it or how I was supposed to feel about certain characters, but the final moments put the whole thing into perspective and thankfully it turned out me and the show were on the same page. Still, one of the main characters is gross and unpleasant, and even though the show is aware of that, too much time is spent on them when it could have been put to better use in the opposite storyline.
I do like the show though - there really isn't anything else like it on TV. I'm excited for episode 3 but I'm glad Weiner insisted on releasing the episodes weekly. I'm in a rare binge mood but Netflix is going HAM right now and I couldn't take it if Amazon and/or Hulu were dumping shows left and right too.
I do like the show though - there really isn't anything else like it on TV. I'm excited for episode 3 but I'm glad Weiner insisted on releasing the episodes weekly. I'm in a rare binge mood but Netflix is going HAM right now and I couldn't take it if Amazon and/or Hulu were dumping shows left and right too.
^^^ I've just accepted that I'll be forever behind on streaming shows. I simply can't keep up with them. I can do the week-to-week stuff fine.
I just saw the premiere of the first two episodes of The Little Drummer Girl, the BBC/ABC production and successor to The Night Manager. I liked it quite a bit but obviously need to see the remaining 4 episodes to solidify an opinion. I've never read the book. Ama
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Moar deets! How was the pacing, acting, direction, score, etc. etc.
Micheal Shannon is, to no surprise, great. He is a bit hard to understand in places cos of the accent and tache (which is wonderful facial hair). Pugh is great and I had not seen her in much before (she's also tiny in person and so it Edgar Wright who also around for some reason). Skarsgaard is fine but he doesn't talk much, he mostly stands around to look mysterious and hunky which is very good at.
The pacing in the first half of the first episode is a bit off because it bounces between about 4 different countries very rapidly but once the pieces settle in it works great.
It's one of the most filmic looking shows I've ever seen, looks less like television in most parts than some of the actual films I've seen at the festival. Seeing it on a big screen probably helped.
I love Park Chan-Wooks previous work and this is very well directed but it has lost some his trademark quirks, likely due to the producers wanting a true to source adaptation. This definetly isn't as out there an adaptation as Oldboy or the Handmaiden.
I do also worry about how Pro-Israel and pro-torture it may be but that's something I'll need to see the whole series to make a judgement on, I'm sure there's a lot to yet be revealed.
As I said I've never read the book so I don't know what happens next but I'm definetly intrigued.
Edit: Also the music is fine, good in parts but I Greenwood has done a lot better considering he's one of the best soundtrack composers right now
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If I eat your brain, will I get to experience just a fleeting glimpse of what you saw?
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Oh my word. This is not doing wonders for keeping my hype in check.
It's John le Carré, nothing is quite that simple.
As am I!
Thanks for this! Sounds exactly what I've been hoping for. This, Homecoming, and Mrs Maisel are the ones I'm most excited for for the rest of the year, with only impossible levels of excitement for Patriot beating them.
I know this is a TV thread, but Game Night was on HBO and it has a lot of actors in it I associate with TV shows. Really funny and entertaining movie.
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How many episodes have you seen and how much of the comic does it adapt?
I've seen five of the ten. I only know a slight amount about the comics, but the show takes some pieces from Volume 1 and makes it its own. Some parts will definitely be familiar, though.
Also, a massive contender for opening credits of 2018.
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Does the
Dark Baptism on her 16th happen in the first 5 episodes?