My Random TV Thread

ke4gde said:
Yeah I figured all of that. I just hope that the better stories prevail. However, with the lowest common denominator being the jersey shore and honey booboo, there isn't much luck out there for good shows.

Though even some of the period pieces are expensive too. Look at Marco Polo, a really good show that probably won't make it past the second season. The cost for the first season was nine million an episode and while the show was really good, it did not receive excellent marks. Look at the HBO show Newsroom, a fantastic show with lots of potential. However it received constant scorn from critics because it attacked the holy institution of the news media itself. Most of its detractors were in the media business. Although that show was killed by Sorkin himself, it is just an example of the rampant stupidity surrounding some shows. Let me get off my soap box before I asphyxiate lol.
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Reality TV is great to the industry because the costs are low and the viewership is high. Viewership = mo' money charged for advertising.

I've never seen the Newsroom, but I've read a few articles outside of mainstream media which criticze Sorkin for his handling of the show. It was if he had no plan for the second season and by the third he was ulling ideas from a cat's litter box. I can't speak to the veracity of those observations, but if true he killed the show through ineptitude.

At the end of the day:
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Ooh-Rah said:
If you are looking for something to take your gal to, Gone Girl is actually a pretty good flick - couple twists in the ending you don't see coming. A little long, 2.5 hours, but it is worth it if you can find a theatre with the reclining Lazy-boy type seating.
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I watched this just the other day too. I was pleasantly surprised by the twists and turns too. Agree that you don't see them coming. Well done.
 
policemedic said:
Firefly fucking rocked. It was a sin against all God's creation when it was cancelled.
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Firefly was a lame attempt at a western style space opera. If Firefly had been made to the same standard as Serenity, it would have stood an infinitely better chance at survival. It doesn't hold a candle to real scifi like Farscape. 8-)

EDIT: it is like going back and watching bad scifi that you once thought was good...IE... the original Battlestar Galactica.
 
RackMaster said:
I just started watching a new miniseries called Ascension and it was a little slow to start. But there's a major plot twist at the end of the second episode that hooked me.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3696720/
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Ascension was pretty good. The concept was interesting, but the ending of the miniseries leaves it at a pretty big cliffhanger. Be warned lol. So far there are not solid plans to continue the story. Although they did say it would have the option of being picked up later. Kinda like what happened to the reboot of Battlestar Galactica.
 
There's a new series starting tonight up here that I've been looking forward to as well.
X Company
Five highly skilled young recruits – Canadian, American and British are torn from their ordinary lives to train as agents in an ultra-secret facility on the shores of Lake Ontario. These agents parachute behind enemy lines, where they’re fair game for torture and execution. From elegant hotels to hellholes in the field, it’s one risky operation after another.

http://www.cbc.ca/xcompany/
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ke4gde said:
Firefly was a lame attempt at a western style space opera. If Firefly had been made to the same standard as Serenity, it would have stood an infinitely better chance at survival. It doesn't hold a candle to real scifi like Farscape. 8-)

EDIT: it is like going back and watching bad scifi that you once thought was good...IE... the original Battlestar Galactica.
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Heathen. 8-)
 
x SF med said:
Like "Numbers"... which I'm surprised our resident math geek did not mention.
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Saw a few episodes... seemed like a one-trick pony that they tried to wedge into each episode. :thumbsdown:

@ke4gde, I'll disagree (and I think simply agree to disagree) re: Firefly, but agree re: the original Battlestar. I watched the new version, thought it was awesome, and went back to watch the original - it was painful.
 
policemedic said:
Heathen. 8-)
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LoL If that is the case then I am in good company with Galileo, Newton, Neil Degrasse Tyson, ect.... facts and science is always scary to those with misplaced faith ;-):D

Totentanz said:
@ke4gde, I'll disagree (and I think simply agree to disagree) re: Firefly, but agree re: the original Battlestar. I watched the new version, thought it was awesome, and went back to watch the original - it was painful.
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Fair enough hehe. Although I have seen all of the Firefly episodes, I just can't get behind the fan girl/boy reverence that is placed on it. There is much better scifi out there in my opinion. Having said that, the idea was interesting. I really enjoyed how they brought it to the big screen and made it feel much more immersive.

As for BSG, I made the mistake of buying the DVD set for the old one when it came out and was sadly disappointed. It was painful to watch scifi in its infancy on the TV. The remaster of BSG was amazing though. While I absolutely detested the ending, the show as a whole was very dark and very good.
 
Freefalling said:
Vikings Season 3... Serious bidness.
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Loved the way they brought their languages into this episode. Hopefully they will continue along that track.

That is absolutely one of my favorite times in history. (History cross-thread points:thumbsup:)

Outstanding show!
 
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Agreed on Vikings. I bought Season 1 for LV over Christmas. She wasn't a believer until complexity arrived in the final three episodes. We're looking forward to catching up.

She's binge-watching Criminal Minds. Decent.
 
Freefalling said:
Nice.

One other thing I forgot: production costs. Period and Sci-Fi pieces cost more to make than modern stories. If ratings and/ or awards aren't there the shows will go away. Rome was a victim of production costs. Even Game of Thrones re-purposes sets and locations to minimize the costs where possible.
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One of the biggest letdown's ever! Deadwood ending was another huge annoyance.

Freefalling said:
Vikings Season 3... Serious bidness.
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Although I'm dying to start watching it, I am trying to wait until we are at least three episodes in so I can binge watch. Trying...
 
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