Good TV

surreality · Jan 26, 2020, 9:36 AM

I tried starting off October Faction twice and it wasn't catching with me, though I can't pinpoint why. I will doubtless try again once done with Sabrina, though. I know I'll get through it eventually, since even if it's just 'running in the background while I do something else', it's exactly the sort of show I normally go for, and I haven't seen it yet.

Coin · Jan 26, 2020, 4:36 PM

@Tempest said in Good TV:

Anybody watch October Faction yet? (I haven't.)

Looks like a Warehouse 13/Supernatural/etc kind of thing.

I have.

If you liked Sanctuary, you'll like October Faction.

Aria · Jan 26, 2020, 7:23 PM

I want to be Hilda Spellman when I grow up.

That is all.

Auspice · Jan 26, 2020, 8:23 PM

@Aria said in Good TV:

I want to be Hilda Spellman when I grow up.

That is all.

We should all want to be Hilda.

Coin · Jan 30, 2020, 12:11 AM

Arrow is over and whatever your thoughts on it, it gave us Crisis on Infinite Earths on television and for that I will be forever grateful.

Also the last episode was pretty sweet.

bored · Jan 30, 2020, 12:35 AM

I kind of want to watch it, but I've never gotten into (most of) the CW stuff and everything everyone says about Arrow makes me hesitant to attempt slogging through it.

That said, even just from seeing trailers/ads, I was really impressed that they made a comics-accurate looking Monitor on television, of all things, and actually worked in more else-verse material in than the original had (making this a bit like CoIE + Multiversity).

SG · Jan 30, 2020, 2:01 AM

I got pretty deep into Supergirl and thought it was a hoot. The Flash was good for the first half of the first season before I got distracted. Couldn't get into Arrow, though, it seemed like it was trying to be gritty or something and it was kind of boring to me.

GreenFlashlight · Jan 30, 2020, 2:50 AM

@SG said in Good TV:

Couldn't get into Arrow, though, it seemed like it was trying to be gritty or something and it was kind of boring to me.

I gave it three episodes, and yeah, it felt like it was doing everything it could to be Batman Begins.

Ghost · Jan 30, 2020, 4:35 PM

A friend has got me started down the DragonBall Z path. God help me.

(I'm enjoying it, but have a loooooooong way to go. It's like running the Snake Way.)

Deleted · Jan 30, 2020, 4:41 PM

@Ghost There's guides online to skip the filler episodes. Somewhere.

Ghost · Jan 30, 2020, 4:55 PM

@Admiral said in Good TV:

@Ghost There's guides online to skip the filler episodes. Somewhere.

Yeah but I'm making my DBZ friend watch all of Robotech. So since he has to suffer Minmei, I'm going full native and watching all of it. So no DBZ Kai for me.

Coin · Jan 30, 2020, 4:56 PM

You should just watch DBZ Abridged. It's better than both normal and Kai.

Because it's parody and hilarious.

Ghost · Jan 30, 2020, 4:59 PM

Trust me after 4 episodes detailing goku's run down some 700 miles of Snake Way across months worth of it, I totally get why there is an abridged version.

Alas, i masochist out of solidarity for my poor friend having to listen to Minmei's yowling.

surreality · Jan 30, 2020, 5:11 PM

@Coin Hellsing Abridged is the winner, though. It just is.

Coin · Jan 30, 2020, 5:13 PM

@surreality said in Good TV:

@Coin Hellsing Abridged is the winner, though. It just is.

Nope. Sorry. I mean, it's by the same guys. But I prefer DBZ Abridged.

surreality · Jan 30, 2020, 5:15 PM

@Coin I could never do Dragonball in any form. Their Hellsing is just... ohgod.

Plus you get to see people (and non-people) blow holes in Nazis. Always a bonus.

TNP · Jan 30, 2020, 5:26 PM

@surreality said in Good TV:

@Coin I could never do Dragonball in any form. Their Hellsing is just... ohgod.

Plus you get to see people (and non-people) blow holes in Nazis. Always a bonus.

You can get that with Dragonball Z too.

Ghost · Jan 30, 2020, 5:32 PM

@surreality Yanno, every time I see the word Nazi, I hear Brad Pitt.

"GNAT-SEES"

Thanks Quentin Tarantino.

Second thought: Kinda feel like calling them "gnat-sees" takes a little of that power away from them.

"I am a proud member of the Knot-see-"
"Whatever, Gnat-see"
"Uhm, I believe it's pronounced knot-"
"Oh dont you feed me that Samhain is saaaaw-when crap you anti semite 1940s larper."

(ETA: retroactive sidebar notice)

surreality · Jan 31, 2020, 5:31 AM

I am super reluctant to call it GOOD TV, but... I am maybe kinda loving Legacies for fun fluff.

The first season was more or less serious. The second is... dramatically less so, and it's starting to veer well into Legends of Tomorrow territory. (It kinda followed that same trajectory.) This was a smart move.

I guess what I'm saying here is that any show with a Santa vs. Krampus wire-fu smackdown in it is probably worth a peek. (Maybe just wait until the second season hits Netflix, as it is much more entertaining than the first, which was fairly 'eh', but is needed for context.)

bored · Jan 31, 2020, 7:03 AM

I am sitting here staring at the clock waiting on Bojack.