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    • Arkandel
      Arkandel Admin @Coin last edited by

      Interesting sounding TV shows for the summer:

      Houdini & Doyle
      Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Stephen Mangan) and Harry Houdini (Michael Weston) solve mysteries while debating whether or not the supernatural is real

      Preacher

      Outcast
      The show follows Kyle Barnes (Patrick Fugit), who is looking for answers about why he’s been the subject of possessions since he was a kid. Unsurprisingly, this search for answers could lead to disaster for all of humanity.

      BrainDead
      Alien spawn have eaten the brains of the people working on Capitol Hill. Comedy

      Dead of Summer
      A supernatural evil stalks a summer camp and the show balances that with the usual problems faced by the kids and counselors there.

      Mr. Robot

      Stranger Things
      Another new Netflix series, this one’s set in the ‘80s and starts with the disappearance of a young girl, and ends with top secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and “one very strange little girl.” A cast led by Winona Ryder

      • He who takes offense when not intended is a fool. He who takes offense when intended is a greater fool.
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      • SG
        SG @lordbelh last edited by

        @lordbelh said in Good TV:

        So GoT is back.

        How about that Mellissandre, huh?

        (And how flat is the Dorne story? I hated it last season, I still hate it now.)

        I have a secret hope that they did that just so they can quickly write all things Dorne out of the show by killing the people who matter.

        But I know they did it because the writers love their version of the sand snakes for some reason.

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        • Arkandel
          Arkandel Admin @SG last edited by

          I like a lot about the show. What they're doing with Dorne is a travesty though - the writers' only chance for redemption in that regard is if they are aware of the fact, and they're leading things to a meltdown there. I can't tell if they think we should be fist-pumping for the Sand Snakes or what.

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          • lordbelh
            lordbelh @SG last edited by

            @SG said in Good TV:

            I have a secret hope that they did that just so they can quickly write all things Dorne out of the show by killing the people who matter.

            Good point.

            Also @Arkandel, I'm really looking forward to The Preacher on that list.

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            • Arkandel
              Arkandel Admin @lordbelh last edited by

              @lordbelh I seriously don't know if they have the go-ahead to put some of the more controversial elements of the comic book's plot in place. But Arseface is in, so that's something. 🙂

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              • Three-Eyed Crow
                Three-Eyed Crow Banned @Arkandel last edited by

                @Arkandel said in Good TV:

                I like a lot about the show. What they're doing with Dorne is a travesty though - the writers' only chance for redemption in that regard is if they are aware of the fact, and they're leading things to a meltdown there. I can't tell if they think we should be fist-pumping for the Sand Snakes or what.

                So so bad. I hope Alexander Siddig got paid massive bank for his cameo. None of the Dorne plot makes any sense (if anything the premier made things worse in that regard) and I suspect they're going to keep on keeping on with it, sigh.

                Also really looking forward to Preacher, if only to see how they realize it.

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                • lordbelh
                  lordbelh @Arkandel last edited by

                  @Arkandel, @Three-Eyed-Crow , I haven't read the comics. I'm not a comics guy. But just from who is making it and starring in it, and what I've heard from people who've seen the first episode, apparently there are reasons to be excited.

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                  • Arkandel
                    Arkandel Admin @lordbelh last edited by

                    @lordbelh said in Good TV:

                    @Arkandel, @Three-Eyed-Crow , I haven't read the comics. I'm not a comics guy. But just from who is making it and starring in it, and what I've heard from people who've seen the first episode, apparently there are reasons to be excited.

                    The comic was excellent. But I'll read anything Garth Ennis has written.

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                      ThatGuyThere last edited by

                      I look at Preacher like I look at Sin City, any time I can get Frank Miller style stories without Frank Miller art it is a plus. or Garth Ennis style with out actually Garth Ennis writing I am on board.
                      Besides his Swamp Thing run, which is second only to the Alan Moore run for awesome Swamp Thing, my opinion of Ennis is always I like the ideas but the execution not so much.

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                      • Arkandel
                        Arkandel Admin last edited by

                        Okay, I laughed hard.

                        Hiss with me sisters!

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                        • Kanye Qwest
                          Kanye Qwest Banned last edited by

                          It makes sense from the showrunner point of view. Doran didn't get the character development that Ellaria did, and the animosity between her and Cersei was very clear and very compelling. I mean, peoples' kids are getting poisoned. CAT FIGHT!

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                          • Cupcake
                            Cupcake last edited by Cupcake

                            Sense8 Roll Re-Cast

                            The implication seems to be the actor got transphobic with Lana Wachowski. Whatever your personal beliefs are (and his are apparently pretty fucking awful), shitting where you eat is a bad idea.

                            I love this show, so here's hoping that the consistency of character remains smooth. They managed it with Spartacus, so...

                            "If you stand for nothing Burr, what will you fall for?"
                            -- Hamilton: An American Musical

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                            • Arkandel
                              Arkandel Admin @Cupcake last edited by

                              @Cupcake It seems to be a very odd series to be in if you're anything-phobic. There are several characters with different sexual orientations in it.

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                              • Cupcake
                                Cupcake @Arkandel last edited by

                                @Arkandel said in Good TV:

                                @Cupcake It seems to be a very odd series to be in if you're anything-phobic. There are several characters with different sexual orientations in it.

                                Exactly so. Jamie Clayton has been pretty vocal about how she's glad the previous actor is gone and has been stressing that hatred and bigotry isn't cool, without specifying what form of it was apparently taken. Given that the trans actress is the one singing loudest about Aml Ameen's ass not hitting the door on the way out, it's my suspicion (and apparently most people's) that the hatred in question was transphobia. Clayton refused to confirm or deny.

                                "If you stand for nothing Burr, what will you fall for?"
                                -- Hamilton: An American Musical

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                                • lordbelh
                                  lordbelh last edited by

                                  GoT: I knew that was how it'd go when it happened in the books. I WAS RIGHT. But they did manage to make me doubt myself for a long ass time.

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                                  • Arkandel
                                    Arkandel Admin @lordbelh last edited by

                                    @lordbelh I haven't watched it. I was up late watching the Raptors game so I didn't have it in me to stay up more. So I avoided the internet for the entire morning, I was super paranoid about being spoiled.

                                    Then my freakin' niece from across the freakin' ocean PMs me on Facebook and spoils it.

                                    Arrrrghhhhhhh.

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                                    • Coin
                                      Coin @Arkandel last edited by

                                      @Arkandel said in Good TV:

                                      @lordbelh I haven't watched it. I was up late watching the Raptors game so I didn't have it in me to stay up more. So I avoided the internet for the entire morning, I was super paranoid about being spoiled.

                                      Then my freakin' niece from across the freakin' ocean PMs me on Facebook and spoils it.

                                      Arrrrghhhhhhh.

                                      LULZ.

                                      "Excuse the hell out of you. He's a bag of dicks. I'm a carefully curated box of cocks." -- to @GirlCalledBlu upon being misrepresented.

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                                      • lordbelh
                                        lordbelh @Arkandel last edited by

                                        @Arkandel said in Good TV:

                                        @lordbelh I haven't watched it. I was up late watching the Raptors game so I didn't have it in me to stay up more. So I avoided the internet for the entire morning, I was super paranoid about being spoiled.

                                        Then my freakin' niece from across the freakin' ocean PMs me on Facebook and spoils it.

                                        Arrrrghhhhhhh.

                                        Ha. I feel for you, man. For what it's worth, I thought it was a really good episode full of forward momentum. So you've got something to look forward to.

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                                        • Bobotron
                                          Bobotron last edited by Bobotron

                                          The 100.
                                          OH GOD THE 100!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                          Also The Flash!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                          I haven't been this excited about TV shows in a long time.

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                                          • Jaded
                                            Jaded last edited by

                                            Supergirl is being chased by the cancellation bear. While dubious at first I've come to enjoy the program and the Flash crossover was well done.

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