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surreality

@Jaded One of the things they tried to do was keep it not too far beyond what they had on FOX. 'Add a few butts here and there' was pretty much the extent of it. Possibly a LITTLE more language but not much -- this was actually something specifically cited as something they didn't want to push too far.

The reason why is actually pretty interesting: the show apparently had a much more broad than normal demographic of fans, many of which would be put off if they went too far in pushing what the new home allows. (More profanity, more nudity, more violence, etc.) They wanted to stay as true as possible to the show the existing fans -- which were so enthusiastic it's why Netflix nabbed it in the first place -- would stick with it and not suddenly be put off. I get that, and think it's pretty clever; it gives it more of a chance, too, I think, of getting us a potential season 5.

Rinel

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Before now I didn't even know Lucifer was based on a comic. I thought it was just yet another procedural with a random twist.

It's based on a (IMO generally 'meh') comic that is a spinoff of (IMO the absolutely amazing) comic Sandman.

Mazikeen looks like this in the comics, for the record:

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Rinel

Wait shit I came on here to talk about good TV.

CAN CHERNOBYL PLEASE STOP MAKING ME SAY "OH NO" OUT LOUD

surreality

@Rinel They do actually show a reasonable facsimile of that in an episode, with an ominous flash or two of it otherwise. The 'full view' version is actually... one of the most endearing scenes in the whole run of the show, really.

Otherwise, she has, uh, a brow scar. Though I can see why they'd have some kind of illusion going to mostly cover that if she's prancing around on Earth as an asskicker who isn't supposed to blow his cover.

Cupcake

Re Lucifer

Can I just say that the introduction of

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Jaded

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SG

@Rinel IKR? Last episode was hard to watch.

Auspice

Good Omens.

SG

@Auspice It was such a treat to look forward to something and have it be really really good!

Wretched

@SG @Auspice Half way through and i am in love. Good Omens has been a favorite book of mine since high school and... and this is magnificent, more than I could have asked so far.

Auspice

@Wretched said in Good TV:

@SG @Auspice Half way through and i am in love. Good Omens has been a favorite book of mine since high school and... and this is magnificent, more than I could have asked so far.

Honestly, even the casting shows a love for Pratchett throughout (Death's actor was in a Color of Magic miniseries for example as the Narrator) and that's part of what spoke to me in my viewing of it. It's a good homage to the book and a sort of love letter to Pratchett and his friendship with Gaiman.

Wretched

@Auspice Preattchjet is my all time fave author and yes, i am noticing similar things.

I also noticed that i think I married Anathema Device, or at least the Goth Librarian version of her... which caused me to pause the show at this epiphany to tell her i married the person from my favorite book.

Rinel

I binged it. I was happy. It wasn't perfect, because it couldn't be, but it was good, and that's enough.

I think Gaiman has grown up a bit, become a bit more Pratchetty, a bit less angsty. There are some happy endings that didn't happen in the book, and I liked it. I also like how a joke about Queen being absolutely inescapable in the late 80s turned into an awesome classic rock soundtrack.

Side note: I never realized Good Omens was published the year I was born.

Testament

So far as HBO shows go.

Fuck GoT.

Chernobyl is on another level.

SG

Just found out Amazon prime has Stargate streaming. So long, nerds, see you after 20 seasons of tv!

Ghost

FUCK

SyFy just announced that they cancelled "Deadly Class".

That's fucking trash; that show was brilliant.

surreality

@Ghost

carrie fire

Ghost

@surreality I know

Deadly Class was one of the few newer shows that I was genuinely in love with. Now I'm gonna have to buy it on disc.

Cupcake

@Ghost The showrunners have already announced they're shopping it to other networks. Cross your fingers.

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Ghost

@Cupcake said in Good TV:

@Ghost The showrunners have already announced they're shopping it to other networks. Cross your fingers.

Good, because Maria deserves better than Marcus and that dumb shit didn't know how good he had it.