Written by BitterCOld on 09.06.2024 at 11:29

Written by ylside on 04.06.2024 at 20:26

Finished The Expanse, really good, I recommend. Although S5 and 6 are a bit average.

Tried rewatching The Walking Dead, season 1 is good. Couldn't stand season 2 and won't be continuing, aborted.

TWD

It gets better after 2 for a couple seasons, then goes off a cliff later on. Still haven't finished. Quit roughly the time half the audience did, later on hate-watched it in the background while working. Part of the issue is repetition of a cycle, part of the problem is essentially the same as Season 2 even with raised stakes or a little more action. Shit moves at the same pace as some of the soap operas my wife (then gf) would watch in college. I;d see a couple episodes in a row with her eating lunch between school and work... miss two weeks and basically the same spot. The plot moves along like a funeral doom album.

Expanse

Started it, liked what I saw so far... but now working on the audiobooks. Heard the dip in quality of the show. Given it was on Amazon I attributed it to the same issues that resulted in "Man in the High Castle" going from a show I really loved to one I just absolutely gave up on entirely. (see also your Wheel of Time and another Amazon bomb so bad it was the cause of their recent rate hike... Rings of Power).


Watching Sweet Tooth final season now (good idea to end it in three rather than drag it out), still need to finish Shogun before our Hulu runs out. Finally got to see the 1st season of Yellowstone and enjoyed it.

TWD
Exactly, I could smell the soap from the first episode of S2..., and funnily enough, it's the same in S5 and 6 of The Expanse, you can easily "feel" the difference from the previous seasons, I would suggest to stop at S4.

What I also liked about The Expanse tv series is that it doesn't take the viewer for an idiot (up to S4 at least), must be more because of the quality of the books I guess (do tell me if they are good)

I don't think I'll watch Rings of Power at all lol...

What do you think of Shogun ? Rating are really high... Yellowstone will try aswell, been wanting to try it more a year now or more.

Written by ylside on 10.06.2024 at 21:33

What do you think of Shogun ? Rating are really high...

I can recommend Shogun. I really love the original 1980 mini-series and compared to this new adaptation it plays in a completely different league. But who can really compete with the legendary Toshiro Mifune? Still, this new series stands solid on its own merits. Cosmo Jarvis is no Richard Chamberlain but I think Hiroyuki Sanada is an excellent Toranaga and Anna Sawai is always beautiful to look at. The overall acting is very good. And the production values are off the chart which shows. The photo is exceptional and the costumes are gorgeous. This is definitely big budget. But most importantly, the series is true to the book with no creative liberties taken and ends where the book ends (which makes me a bit skeptical as it seems it will continue for at least another season with a completely new and original storyline). The only complaint I have is that the underlying love story between Blackthorne and Mariko is almost absent here but it still doesn't take anything away from the overall positive impression of the series.

Written by Nejde on 11.06.2024 at 10:43

I can recommend Shogun. I really love the original 1980 mini-series and compared to this new adaptation it plays in a completely different league. But who can really compete with the legendary Toshiro Mifune? Still, this new series stands solid on its own merits. Cosmo Jarvis is no Richard Chamberlain but I think Hiroyuki Sanada is an excellent Toranaga and Anna Sawai is always beautiful to look at. The overall acting is very good. And the production values are off the chart which shows. The photo is exceptional and the costumes are gorgeous. This is definitely big budget. But most importantly, the series is true to the book with no creative liberties taken and ends where the book ends (which makes me a bit skeptical as it seems it will continue for at least another season with a completely new and original storyline). The only complaint I have is that the underlying love story between Blackthorne and Mariko is almost absent here but it still doesn't take anything away from the overall positive impression of the series.

Great, will definitely check both versions actually, might start with the 1980 miniserie.

Written by Nejde on 11.06.2024 at 10:43

But most importantly, the series is true to the book with no creative liberties taken and ends where the book ends

Yeah that's what I liked to hear
Too many liberties taken with too many stories lately...

Currently halfway through the Fallout series, which has been a positive surprise. Turning games into movies hasn't really had a great track record, but here they've written a new, separate storyline that has nothing to do with the games other than taking place in the same setting - which they've portrayed pretty damn well, I have to say. Still, it's Bethesda's take on Fallout, not the originally envisioned one, but beggars can't be choosers, I found myself liking this way more than I thought I would. Needs more monsters, though. Maybe in the latter half of the season...

Written by Netzach on 29.07.2024 at 16:43

Currently halfway through the Fallout series, which has been a positive surprise. Turning games into movies hasn't really had a great track record, but here they've written a new, separate storyline that has nothing to do with the games other than taking place in the same setting - which they've portrayed pretty damn well, I have to say. Still, it's Bethesda's take on Fallout, not the originally envisioned one, but beggars can't be choosers, I found myself liking this way more than I thought I would. Needs more monsters, though. Maybe in the latter half of the season...

I was pleasantly surprised aswell - I had really low expectations...
The good thing about the whole Fallout franchise is that it doesn't have a "hero" that it can screw up adapting, any good story in the Fallout universe would be good.


Currently watching SAS Rogue Heroes S1 - so far so good, recommended to anyone who liked Inglorious Basterd's vibe

Our revolving subscription of the month is Apple.

Bad Monkey was amusing, fun, I like Vince Vaughn. Rest of cast solid as well.

Shrinking - Enjoying that one as well. Good cast, funny to see so many Scrubs people show up again in a project involving Christa Miller . Harrison Ford is basically playing himself.

Silo - intriguing. S2 just started this week, shame our sub will end long before the staggered drop.


Dislike Apple overall, though. Like the shows they have, but not that many and not enough of a catalog to merit longer sub. Built for a Binge and Purge subscription. Hate how they, like Amazon, list not only their shit, but a bunch of other shit that we'd have to pay extra for. At least Amazon and their clusterfuck of an interface kinda make it slightly clear. MAKE IT OBVIOUS. One tab - "THIS SHIT IS FREE WITH YOUR SUB!" and another, "MORE SHIT BUT THIS SHIT WILL COST YOU!"

The MLS deal sucks. And holy balls, wife wanted to watch a movie - thought it was free. Wasn't. $29.99 to buy (Ok, that's excessive), but fucking hell, $19.99 to RENT. Why is a 24 hour digital rental cost about as much as we used to pay for ownership of physical DVDs?

That's what OTTs are taking advantage of leveraging the potential of the internet.

Thing is if you wait a couple of weeks it's free

Written by BitterCOld on 17.11.2024 at 17:04

Our revolving subscription of the month is Apple.

No Severance? I watched it with my wife after getting it suggested to us multiple times and oh boy was it a ride! Beautifully shot, great acting performances, deeply unsettling but really funny at the same time.

Shrinking we started watching, my wife wasn't really into it so we stopped. I might watch it alone some time because I like the cast (and I'm doing a Rotation year in the department of Psychiatry right now )

We've had AppleTV in the rotation earlier and burned through Severance and Ted Lasso. It's another couple months before they start dropping the next season of Severance.

Written by InnerSelf on 18.11.2024 at 14:22

Written by BitterCOld on 17.11.2024 at 17:04

Our revolving subscription of the month is Apple.

No Severance? I watched it with my wife after getting it suggested to us multiple times and oh boy was it a ride! Beautifully shot, great acting performances, deeply unsettling but really funny at the same time.

Shrinking we started watching, my wife wasn't really into it so we stopped. I might watch it alone some time because I like the cast (and I'm doing a Rotation year in the department of Psychiatry right now )

Written by InnerSelf on 18.11.2024 at 14:22

No Severance? I watched it with my wife after getting it suggested to us multiple times and oh boy was it a ride! Beautifully shot, great acting performances, deeply unsettling but really funny at the same time.

I liked the first season of Severance, will watch the next season when it comes out but I have low expectations, shows based on mystery usually dry out very quickly when the "secret" is exposed.

I hope I'm wrong and it turns out good.

Written by ylside on 23.11.2024 at 22:40

I liked the first season of Severance, will watch the next season when it comes out but I have low expectations, shows based on mystery usually dry out very quickly when the "secret" is exposed.

I hope I'm wrong and it turns out good.

Agreed. The writers seem to have an endpoint in mind so hopefully it’s one of those shows that only needs one more seasons or two.