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Arkandel

@rnmissionrun I didn't like the first two episodes too much; I thought the show was going to be one thing, but then it turned out to be another. In fact it's not clear yet where they are going with it.

I'm enjoying it - I think more than any other new show so far, although the Orville is close. I think they are not mutually exclusive at all. And judging from the ratings at least it's in no danger of being cancelled.

Auspice

***Just watched this week's Discovery***

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SG

That moment when Oskar hits the bully in Let the Right One In. That kid had the most annoying face, we was totally on Joffrey's level.

Aria

Mindhunter.

SO GOOD. Personally, I've gotten fairly burnt out on the standard police procedural, particularly when L&O: SVU was in its hey-day, which even its own writers referred to as "Law & Order: Sexual Filth." But this? This is totally different. You never see a body. You never see the violence. On the contrary, it's written and shot in such a way that it's dependent upon the audience filling in the picture of what's being described, of imagining it in their own heads. In fact, the show deliberately plays with that on several occasions, displaying the effect that doing exactly that has on the two main detectives.

Do recommend.

Auspice

***Started on the new season of Flash***

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Arkandel

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The thing that bugs me about characters like that is the writers obviously don't know what to do with them. There are no arcs for them worth a damn outside of the relationship - Iris for example is Flash's gf. There's basically nothing else to it, only now and then she's a journalist too who gets herself into trouble and Flash has to rescue her so... back to square one.

It's not the actress' fault, it's the writing.

And OMG it gets so much worse when they start rehashing I-love-you vows for the 19th time.

***=Moar Flash***

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Lithium

@auspice To be fair, that hangup is also pretty big in Arrow too with Ollie and Felicity.

Which they are finally working past, for which I am thankful for.

Arkandel

@lithium To be unfair I hated Olicity too. I quite like some romance in these shows as long as the writing isn't terrible and the love story compliments the overall arc. Characters still need to be interesting on their own.

That's not a gender thing either. The love story in Supergirl started fine last season but then the dialogue in every scene Mon-El was part of became really cringe-worthy.

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Auspice

@arkandel said in Good TV:

@lithium To be unfair I hated Olicity too. I quite like some romance in these shows as long as the writing isn't terrible and the love story compliments the overall arc. Characters still need to be interesting on their own.

That's not a gender thing either. The love story in Supergirl started fine last season but then the dialogue in every scene Mon-El was part of became really cringe-worthy.

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having a bunch of Flash-specialized genius-level scientists present while a journalist is the one coming up with the idea of Barry nuking his own suit with lightning while he was wearing it... that was just so she'd have something to do.

Jesus yes. I was thinking exactly that. 'How the hell is she the one that fixed this.'

I actually like Olicity, but I think it may be partly because I identify with Felicity. She's this awkward little tech guru. I can feel that. But she also has had her own solid plots, involvement, etc. She does things.

I'm still not sold on Supergirl together but it has Katie McGrath and I still hold out hope that Kara will see how superior James Olsen is to Mon-El. >.>

Bobotron

@auspice
Supergirl needs to just... be Supergirl. Like, Girl of Steel punching things. I love the sister dynamic with Alex, but the show needs more Kara punching things. But I'm one of the few who loved 'angry Supergirl punches shit' in the comics, so...

Auspice

@bobotron said in Good TV:

@auspice
Supergirl needs to just... be Supergirl. Like, Girl of Steel punching things. I love the sister dynamic with Alex, but the show needs more Kara punching things. But I'm one of the few who loved 'angry Supergirl punches shit' in the comics, so...

But it's on the CW. So sadly, it's 'relationship drama with a dollop of action.'
But Katie McGrath is

Arkandel

@auspice She is!

Auspice

So being caught up on both Orville and Discovery...

I prefer Discovery. Orville is OK, but it's bland. Sorry, guys, from my perspective, it is. It's predictable enough that I'd wander off during episodes to do other things and half-listen in the background. So it's cute, it fills a niche, but it's eh. It's Seth Macfarlane's vehicle to get to be the hero! the guy who makes out with hot chicks! everything else feels secondary, including the story.

Discovery, on the other hand, continues to engage me. Today's episode was good. And the teaser for next week? Goddamn. But then I admit a sort of soft spot for those types of episodes. I can't help it.

Arkandel

One episode left on Ozark... it's really good. There are obvious parallels to Breaking Bad but it gives me a much different vibe, since the characters' moral dance is taking them to a completely different place.

Really solid performances, too.

SG

@auspice said in Good TV:

Discovery, on the other hand, continues to engage me.

Has the crew stopped taking stupid pills yet? I completely checked out when the first officer tried to take on the waterbear with a knife.

Auspice

@sg said in Good TV:

@auspice said in Good TV:

Discovery, on the other hand, continues to engage me.

Has the crew stopped taking stupid pills yet? I completely checked out when the first officer tried to take on the waterbear with a knife.

I mean, the stupid pills are kind of a Trek staple. 'THIS PLANET IS SUPER DANGEROUS SO I, THE CAPTAIN, WILL GO!'

RnMissionRun

@auspice said in Good TV:

@sg said in Good TV:

@auspice said in Good TV:

Discovery, on the other hand, continues to engage me.

Has the crew stopped taking stupid pills yet? I completely checked out when the first officer tried to take on the waterbear with a knife.

I mean, the stupid pills are kind of a Trek staple. 'THIS PLANET IS SUPER DANGEROUS SO I, THE CAPTAIN, WILL GO!'

lol!

You made me spray Red Bull all over my Chromebook >.<

Auspice

@rnmissionrun said in Good TV:

@auspice said in Good TV:

@sg said in Good TV:

@auspice said in Good TV:

Discovery, on the other hand, continues to engage me.

Has the crew stopped taking stupid pills yet? I completely checked out when the first officer tried to take on the waterbear with a knife.

I mean, the stupid pills are kind of a Trek staple. 'THIS PLANET IS SUPER DANGEROUS SO I, THE CAPTAIN, WILL GO!'

lol!

You made me spray Red Bull all over my Chromebook >.<

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Arkandel

@auspice "And you two gentlemen in the red shirts, come with me!"