New telly shows thread

[Darkflame]

Indeed.
Which is a very good way to do it. If you get renewed well before filming the season ends, then perhaps have a 5 minute cliffhanger/hock or something. But other then that stay wrapped up.
Speaking personally, that makes me much more likely to get the DVDs.

[fog]

Season 2 of Orphan Black is off to a good start. The first couple of episodes have had plenty of action and plot twists already.

[Firefox]

I snagged some of those biscuits from Person of Interest that were on offer the other day.

They're actually rather nice! Sort of like an inside-out Breakaway, or something, but a bit bigger. Decent chocolate, and quite a nice mouth feel when you munch into them - it takes a bit of effort, but there isn't any worry of "will the biscuit or my front teeth shatter first?"

Little bit disappointed that they don't actually have reticles and rapidly-changing hex numbers around them like you see on the telly; I was looking forward to watching them helter-skelter through my innards. Oh well, they're still pretty good.

[Governmentyard]

Penny Dreadful - GET ON IT.

Timothy Dalton - explorer. Josh Hartnett - gunslinger. Eva Green - Eva Green. Victorian London. Don't read up on it, just think 'League of extraordinary Gentlemen-ish', but with the values that inform the best series around today.

Pilot was released online and it's great. So much promise. Good and nasty.

[Meow]

http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/05/08/abc-s ... nt-carter/

ABC is doubling down on Marvel TV shows.
First, Agents of SHIELD is returning for a second season. That move was pretty widely expected, despite the show’s somewhat modest ratings performance.

Good news....Agent Shield renew

[Darkflame]

Good news indeed!
I was scared it would be one of these cases of "canceled just as it gets really good".

There also doing an Agent Carter tv series - very curious. Steampunikish/retro SHIELD tech surrounding the early days of shield? Could be good.

Oh, and in other comic book tv news; Constaine has been picked up for a series, iZombie and that Gotham batman prequal.

iZombie is a great comic, but sadly sounds like the tv series only hasn't the basic premise in common. I dought the Buffy meats Pushing Daisys vibe will remain.

[Misfit]

iZombie is a great comic, but sadly sounds like the tv series only hasn't the basic premise in common.

iZombie is a Rob Thomas project and whilst it doesn't look like he's done that much of note elsewhere, he did create/write Veronica Mars which was a fantastic and much underrated TV show. So I have a little hope.

I also loved the recent VM movie that exists thanks to Kickstarter. Although you probably have to like the series to 'get' the movie as it's really written for the backers.

[fog]

http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/05/08/abc-s ... nt-carter/

ABC is doubling down on Marvel TV shows.
First, Agents of SHIELD is returning for a second season. That move was pretty widely expected, despite the show’s somewhat modest ratings performance.

Good news....Agent Shield renew

Did it get good? I was bored silly after the first half-a-dozen episodes of series 1.

[Dio]

I never thought it was particularly bad, but the ones after the break have definitely picked up. It's at it's best when it ties in with the wider Marvel universe, but as a fanboy I would say that.

[fog]

I never thought it was particularly bad, but the ones after the break have definitely picked up. It's at it's best when it ties in with the wider Marvel universe, but as a fanboy I would say that.

I've not read much Marvel stuff so that's possibly why it didn't click with me. I'll probably give it another chance now that it's been renewed.

[Darkflame]

Well, speaking as someone that does read a lot of Marvel (and I do mean A LOT), it got an order of magnitude better.

I watched it all, but honestly, the first half season was mostly background noise to me.
Nothing outright bad, but nothing gripping either - just little bits here and there.

As soon as the stuff set during Captain America 2, and after it, its been really must watch. Much harder to see where things are going, decent cliffhangers, everyone acting smart. Some really funny moments too, laughed quite hard at the last episode a few times especially.

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[Harlequin]

Good news....Agent Shield renew

Did it get good? I was bored silly after the first half-a-dozen episodes of series 1.

There were around six mediocre single-character focused episodes after the first two. After that, most episodes have been better and better IMO as the season arc has taken greater prominence, especially leading up to and following the events of Captain America: The Winter Soldier (which I suspect is the reason that, prior to that film's release, we've only had one or two AoS episodes per month this year). I am very pleased that it has at least one more season, and I hope that Joss Whedon will have some time to play with it once he's wrapped everything on Avengers: Age of Ultron.

I've not read much Marvel stuff so that's possibly why it didn't click with me. I'll probably give it another chance now that it's been renewed.

I'm at least a decade behind on most Marvel comics. I think what is more relevant to AoS is the Marvel Cinematic Universe (which continues next on the big screen with Guardians of the Galaxy this summer followed by the next Avengers film). Although no excuse for my thoughtlessness, I was surprised that people following AoS were not already aware of the themes and probable fallout of the last Captain America film.

[Ollie]

I think it's the arcy stuff that's put me off, tbh. I don't really care enough about the characters to be bothered following an arc, particularly one that encompasses a load of films as well. As I think I said in the Captain America thread, these are the sort of film I want to have fun watching for a couple of hours and the forget about, not have to keep track of multi-film and TV arcs stretching way into the next decade.

[Darkflame]

The film stands perfectly well on its own.
The film effects the show, not visa-versa, so theres no reason not to see the (very entertaining) film.

[Meow]

Revolution cancelled. IMO It was odd show really. who knew that by the 2nd seasons it would be - one moment the main cast were sworn enemies. The next they were best of friends. It got more and more wild west and guns aplenty with brainwashing killers to add some spice. All you had to do was say the numbers hidden under their eyelids. and a side story of Nano bots trying to understand humanity and playing with humans. I don't think it will be missed....It was fun tho, if silly in some ways.

http://ca.ign.com/articles/2014/05/09/r ... led-by-nbc