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TV Tuesdays Free Talk

Have you watched any TV shows recently you want to discuss? Any shows you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here.

Please just try to provide fair warning of spoilers if you can.

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  1. cloud_loud
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    I was looking at some of the Emmy nominees. First of all, I got the limited series category really wrong. Maid seemed like a sure thing to get nominated (it even got nominated in directing,...

    I was looking at some of the Emmy nominees. First of all, I got the limited series category really wrong. Maid seemed like a sure thing to get nominated (it even got nominated in directing, writing, and editing) but somehow Inventing Anna got the Netflix nomination instead despite terrible reviews. Pam and Tommy also surprised over The Staircase. I didn’t actually end up finishing Pam and Tommy. I don’t know why, I kind of just lost interest in the story. I enjoyed what I watched though so I’m fine with that nomination.

    Though I’d say the limited series category is unbelievably weak this year compared to last year which had Queen’s Gambit, Mare of Easttown, WandaVision, The Underground Railroad, and I May Destroy You.

    The only big nomination that Disney+ got was for animated series for What If (which wasn’t highly predicted but I predicted it thank you very much) so Disney flopped. Loki got a lot of technical nominations and Moon Knight got some nominations. But yeah, nothing compared to the success of WandaVision. Probably due to that show being incredibly well received by everyone, and also the fact that it was celebrating the history of television which is why Emmy voters ended up liking it a lot.

    Edit: This was a lie. Disney actually got a TV movie nomination for Chip n Dales.

    Happy for What We Do in the Shadows getting a nomination, but I’m disappointed that Marvelous Mrs Maisel got in probably due to lazy namechecks. This last season was terrible and didn’t deserve any awards recognition.

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  2. deknalis
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    There's one thing a movie/TV show can do to make me immediately interested: frantic hyperpaced editing to convey stressful situations. When it's done well, it hits me like nothing else. The pilot...

    There's one thing a movie/TV show can do to make me immediately interested: frantic hyperpaced editing to convey stressful situations. When it's done well, it hits me like nothing else. The pilot of The Bear did it really, really well. Half of it feels like a relentless march without a real full break, and it's great at bottling up that line cook stress and conveying it well. The show calms down a bit afterwards but that first episode is something really special, like a miniaturized Uncut Gems sequence or something.

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  3. cloud_loud
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    Not to bombard you guys with Emmy stuff. But I’ll quickly post my predictions for wins. DRAMA Series: Successsion Lead Actor Drama: Lee Jung-jae - Squid Game Lead Actress Drama: Melanie Lynskey -...

    Not to bombard you guys with Emmy stuff. But I’ll quickly post my predictions for wins.

    DRAMA

    Series: Successsion

    Lead Actor Drama: Lee Jung-jae - Squid Game

    Lead Actress Drama: Melanie Lynskey - Yellowjackets

    Supporting Actor Drama: Kieran Culkin - Succession

    Supporting Actress Drama: Jung Ho-yeon - Squid Game

    Guest Actress Drama: Harriet Walter - Succession

    Guest Actor Drama: Colman Domingo - Euphoria

    Directing: Succession - All The Bells Say

    Writing: Succession

    COMEDY

    Series: Hacks

    Lead Actor Comedy: Jason Sudeikis - Ted Lasso

    Lead Actress Comedy: Jean Smart - Hacks

    Supporting Actor Comedy: Brett Goldstein - Ted Lasso

    Supporting Actress Comedy: Hannah Einbinder - Hacks

    Guest Actress Comedy: Jane Lynch - Only Murders in the Building

    Guest Actor Comedy: Jerrod Carmichael - SNL

    Directing: Hacks

    Writing: Hacks

    LIMITED AND MOVIE

    Series: Dopesick

    Movie: Chip n Dale Rescue Ranger

    Lead Actor Limited Series: Michael Keaton - Dopesick

    Lead Actress Limited Series: Amanda Seyfried - The Dropout

    Supporting Actor Limited Series: Murray Bartlett - White Lotus

    Supporting Actress Limited Series: Jennifer Coolidge - White Lotus

    Directing: Dopesick

    Writing: The White Lotus

    Variety Special Pre-Recorded: Adele: One Night Only

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  4. tomf
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    Kenobi -- the Patterson Cut was posted the other day and is getting a lot of press. Its pretty good, overall, but there are a handful of cuts that are super awkward. That being said, there are...

    Kenobi -- the Patterson Cut was posted the other day and is getting a lot of press. Its pretty good, overall, but there are a handful of cuts that are super awkward. That being said, there are some truly magical improvements that make it worth a watch.

    Nothing else is new. If anybody wants to make their Wexler predictions, I'm all ears :)

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