Good TV
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I didn't dislike the Mandalorian but I also didn't like it enough to follow it week to week.
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I was going to wait for the whole season of the Mandalorian to be released before getting Disney+ but that decision was made by someone else and I ended up watching it episode by episode a few days after each was released.
By comparison I've watched Episode 1 of the Witcher and haven't really had the urge to go back just yet compared to other options (Letterkenny, mostly)
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I'm a huge Star Wars nerd and I found The Mandalorian, at times, felt like a generic sci-fi show that was then reskinned with Star Wars aesthetics and themes.
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I'm a huge Star Wars nerd and I found The Mandalorian, at times, felt like a generic sci-fi show that was then reskinned with Star Wars aesthetics and themes.
That's the amazing part about it. It's a western in space - much like Firefly but in the Star Wars universe, too. It's a feature, not a drawback!
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I think it's fair to say it's very much a bone thrown to fandom in one big way: A New Hope was a space western, and going so strongly back to those roots is doubtless gonna tug hard on some of the old fart fans that have been around and watching since those days. (It is a fairly different vibe from the second trilogy, to be certain.)
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@WildBaboons said in Good TV:
By comparison I've watched Episode 1 of the Witcher and haven't really had the urge to go back just yet compared to other options (Letterkenny, mostly)
Letterkenny Season 8 was fantastic, like, all the way through. The ending was just perfect.
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I've been binging Mr Robot.
@eye8urcake I see and now finally understand your signature.
I'm kind of shocked they actually allowed this show on network television at all given it's so shamelessly anti-capitalist.
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I've been binging Mr Robot.
@eye8urcake I see and now finally understand your signature.
I'm kind of shocked they actually allowed this show on network television at all given it's so shamelessly anti-capitalist.
(I love that I watch it on Amazon)
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I've been binging Mr Robot.
@eye8urcake I see and now finally understand your signature.
I'm kind of shocked they actually allowed this show on network television at all given it's so shamelessly anti-capitalist.
I just finished it. Not entirely sure yet if I'm happy with how it ended. Curious as to your thoughts about the same, when you get there, if you have any.
ETA: Not sure if spoiler so spoilered it. Hopefully.
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@eye8urcake I’m about halfway through Season 2 so I’ll hold off clicking spoiler tag for now.
But I’ll weigh in when I finish it.
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Lol, it shows so much. In episode 2, Dracula pretty much is Dr. Who. I couldn't get through episode 3, it was complete trash.
Moffat can be so great, and he can also be so bad. I think he just needs a good handler to filter his ideas.
What is obvious to you may not be obvious to me and vice versa.
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@Groth yeah, that's a common critique of him, he writes amazing episodes in other people's projects, but seems to lose the plot when he's in charge. I wish the big wigs would catch on.
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Two hours long but very comprehensive.
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Torn between upvoting for hbomberguy and wishing I could downvote because trashing BBC’s Sherlock is unacceptable heresy no matter who you are.
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I know I am super late to this but...
Fleabag was frickin' amazing.
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Fleabag & Sherlock:
I'll watch anything with Andrew Scott in it at this point.
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@Kestrel It took me a while to buy into his Fleabag character since my only exposure to him previously was as Moriarty on Sherlock. I kept waiting for the priest to do something really fucked up and evil.
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@GreenFlashlight said in Good TV:
Two hours long but very comprehensive.
Alright, I watched this. I actually typed up a long angry rant in response but I'll take his advice on doing away with superfluous info and boil my comments down to this:
I was baffled at first how anyone could seriously rate Elementary yet dislike BBC's Sherlock, but it turns out Harris feels this way for the exact same reasons I have the opposite opinion. He dislikes character studies, is uninterested in scenes that focus on character development and relationship dynamics, and prefers procedural monster-of-the-week style content where you know you're watching the exact same show each episode and nothing ever changes. For me, this made Elementary complete garbage. Any single episode of that show in isolation is great, but slogging through multiple quickly reveals that they're all exactly the same deeply mediocre filler. Even the outfits the characters on that show wear are identical with only small variations, sitcom style. The only episodes of that show that I think are worth anything are the ones involving Natalie Dormer, so it's a shame that's only about 3 out of what, 100+? In a grand total of ten episodes — three per season + 1 Christmas Special — Sherlock manages to tell a whole lot more story and take you on a journey with the characters that actually keeps you hooked and interested to see what's going to happen next.
This highlights for me a key difference between British and American television. (Though streaming services have been changing this pattern lately.) American shows tend to be 20+ episodes a season of mostly filler material meant to rack up them ratings and deliver $$$. You can jump in at any time and never feel lost. It appeals to the lowest common denominator. British shows like Fleabag and Peaky Blinders feature just 6 episodes per season of pure gold without wasting a minute on any filler content. They're short, but punchy. It's quality over quantity. Especially the older I get and the less time I have to just watch TV all day, the less patience I have for endless shows that actually go nowhere like Elementary and Supernatural.
