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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.
Watched 3 seasons of Sherlock and decided to drop it and not bother with season 4. It has crazy good reviews on imdb but it never really clicked for me - I guess this type of camp is not my thing.
Anyone else watched it? What did you like about it?
I can't remember where it dipped, but it might be around this time. It went from being really innovative to kind of campy. I think we can blame the two of them for getting too famous. I think the later seasons had a dramatically reduced shooting schedule, but I could be misremembering. Nevertheless, you're right about it dipping down.
I read one review that said season 3 is where it dipped. I actually thought that was the best season so far (still not good though - just ok). But even the earlier seasons didn't do anything for me really. What was innovative about it?
the main thing was how they modernized the stories. the on-screen text messages was one of the first (if not the first); the mind palace stuff went on to be a standard approach for visualizing thought; it was really cinematic for a miniseries — e has other series that looked good, but at the time it was really special.
the other big thing is that Cumberbatch and Freeman really got famous but kept doing the show, which was also big at the time.
Ironically all of these innovations made it seem very dated. But I guess that's the problem with innovation in cinema - it meant that the show could not (to me) stand on its own X years later since all these new things it did are not impressive at all.
Not sure what you with this by the way. Any chance you have an example video?
all this camera swooping and bullshit text floating around -- https://youtu.be/0FSKTndbwVo?t=58 --- not unlike the math lady meme
It's the benefit of the short seasons on British show and, I think, part of how British film actors see television work (and theatre) as worthy of their time.
I thought the show was fine but it did get annoying after a while. A lot of people absolutely hated it and the show was famously criticized online.
Here is a 2 hour entertaining criticism of it with 16 million views: Sherlock is garbage, and here’s why. I think this video brought minor YouTube fame to Hbomberguy, sort of like how the Star Wars prequel criticisms launched Red Letter Media.
Steven Moffat is the creator of Sherlock. He also was involved in the Dr Who 2005 revival. He does certain things with plot and style that many fans hate. In particular, he tends to have stories that start very promising and then meander for a while as if he can’t decide on an ending.
ok, Peacemaker is just great. The podcast (DC Studios Showcase: The Official Podcast) is also super fun.
I'm a few days late, but The Celebrity Traitors started the other night. If you like the normal UK Traitors, this is full of a lot of chat show regulars... should be fun. (quick note: excellent cast! Alan Carr is the best)
I'm with you on Peacemaker. Solid first season with plenty of fun moments, not great but entertaining. Season 2 goes up a level or two. The main cast had really settled into their characters, the story was a big upgrade over season 1, we get serious stakes that sensibly draw in bigger players, so many good things this time. Hopefully we aren't waiting 3 years for season 3.
'He's Really Important to Me' — James Gunn Rules Out Peacemaker Season 3, but Says Peacemaker Himself Is Now Set Up for a Broader Role in the Wider DCU - IGN https://share.google/O3cCi4l6M3raqZGDg
Well, that sucks.
TL;DR: No Peacemaker season 3. Season 2 sets the cast up to be integrated into DCU movies.
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Really into a couple of shows at this point. Task is fantastic and solves a lot of the issues I had with the writer's first big hit Mare of Easttown, namely unnecessary side stories and twists that only add to artificially inflate suspense.
Also watching The Lowdown which is created by Sterlin Harjo of Reservation Dogs fame. Really good so far and has a nice comedic neo-noir feel.
A couple of months ago, I finally picked up The Sopranos. It hasn't been quite what I expected. For reference, I absolutely loved The Wire and I've historically enjoyed a lot of "prestige" TV. But, midway through Season 3, The Sopranos still feels incredibly clunky (pacing, story, character arcs, even cinematography). Every character is so morally grey or downright bad that I really have no character to "root for" or latch onto as a favorite. It's starting to remind me of TV shows like Always Sunny, where everyone is trash, doing trash things, and you're just there to watch the spectacle instead of hoping for the plot to go in any particular direction.
There are moments where the "evil suburban family" trope remind me of Breaking Bad. But everything feels so much clunkier than Breaking Bad and I felt like I actually cared for some characters in that show, like Hank and Jesse and Junior. In The Sopranos, the most human characters are probably Meadow and Chris... but Chris is a serial murderer, cheater, and foot-shooter, so I don't exactly hope his life improves. And Meadow just hasn't gotten enough screen time besides her small romantic arc.
Maybe I'm just not cut out for watching depressing, gritty, nihilistic TV? Or certain bits of writing are going over my head, making arcs like Chris' brush with death feel rushed and incomplete?
It's been a long time since I watched it but I felt similar to you. I think I watched 2 seasons and then stopped at that. I would even go so far as to say that not only was it not to my liking, I couldn't even put myself in someone else's shoes to try to see what the appeal could possibly be.
Apple dropped a Pluribus teaser trailer a day or two ago. Any thoughts?
I've only dabbled a bit in Breaking Bad (only season 1, liked it but haven't taken the time to go back to it), but I'm hoping I can catch this when it premieres next month. It's the kind of premise I think I could get behind.
Watched the first season of Why Women Kill in the last week. Found it very funny and Lucy Liu as Simone was the standout for me. Comedic timing and her over-the-top character sold it for me. The modern storyline was a bit meh and boring, even though I quite like Kirby Howell-Baptiste as an actress.
Smiling Friends had a truly outstanding episode tonight
edit: The Chair Company seems promising.