New telly shows thread

[Darkflame]

I didnt get past the "The powers out! Quick lets start burning flags and taking peoples guns".
A little too appealing to American fears really.
(Also, did the Nanobots really stop at Canada? The a map during season1 implied there was still a perfect border...)

Still, means Rockey o Banner is free to do Defiance again, so hopefully that will improve.

[Meow]

Still, means Rockey o Banner is free to do Defiance again, so hopefully that will improve.

Did it improve?

[Darkflame]

New season hasn't started yet so no clue.

Or did you mean s1? In which case not really. There was some nice bits, but wasn't consistent enough for it to be a definitive recommendation yet. At the moment its great world-building, and some solid twists/politics/everyone well motivated...yet mostly lacked actual good stories.

[Meow]

New season hasn't started yet so no clue.

Or did you mean s1? In which case not really. There was some nice bits, but wasn't consistent enough for it to be a definitive recommendation yet. At the moment its great world-building, and some solid twists/politics/everyone well motivated...yet mostly lacked actual good stories.

That's what I thought.

[merman]

Den of Geek reports on US geek TV - what's been cancelled, renewed or is heading into its final season?

http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/us-tv/30454 ... or-renewed

[Jonesey]

Constaine has been picked up for a series

[Darkflame]

Looks ok.
Side-on collisions with cars are getting a bit overused though in shows/films these days. Seems directors like them.
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Once Upon A Time season final - ok I guess. No where near the heights the first season had. Looks like next up is The Snow Queen. Might be a little early in relation to Frozen though.

24 - Actually...yeah...still pretty good. Somehow. Kinda ready to make fun of it, but then I watch and its still pretty solid action drama. Only thing that was dumb was

Spoiler: show

guy on phone - "The drones out of my control! Get out of there"
guy at other end - "what?"
guy on phone - "just run!!!! its about to kill you"
guy on other end - "hu?"
guy on phone - "run!!!!"
guy on other end - "what?"
*boom dead*

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Been catching up on Continuum too. Blimey though, its like "Primer:The TV Series" at this point.
Still pretty solid stuff, but what could have been pretty episodic "future cop stops terrorists in our time" show is one of the most timey-whimmy things on tv.
Best thing about the show is the non-black and white nature though. The terrorists are very well motivated not to want their future to come about.

[Gorecki]

I'm not a big fan of long-winded dramas that go on for months and then end on a cliff-hanger for the next series. I prefer my stories to be short, to the point and have an ending.

And stories don't come in much higher concentrations of brilliance than Flea
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0 ... rts-1-flea
I doubt you'll see a better fifteen minutes of television in a while.

[fog]

Just finished watching the first season of The Fall and it's rather excellent. Never been a big fan of Gillian Anderson yet she's excellent in this. It's all a bit grim, the serial killer stalking scenes are nicely sinister and it avoids unnecessary scenes of violence and action, instead relying on strong characters and a compelling dark storyline.

At just 5 episodes it's nice and short but never feels rushed. Possibly the best short crime drama I've seen since season 1 of Luther.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2294189/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

[Harlequin]

I am just catching up on Once Upon A Time.

Spoiler: show

Once Upon A Time in Wonderland - I really enjoy its parent show, so I thought Id give this a try. Nothing that special yet really, but it moves at a fair pace. Ending surprised me....I thought they would save that for season 4 of the main show.
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Well, the ending was
Spoiler:
apparently in Oz. I figured that was one of the main "universes" they haven't touched on yet, so I am surprised they got to it so soon. …

The main show it is, at least character-wise. And they have indeed started earlier than you first predicted, this being in the second chunk of Season Three.

[Meow]

This is interesting show Hemlock Grove . I like the girl with huge eye.

[Harlequin]

I have just watched the pilot of this Arrow spinoff and it looks good, with far more characters initially aware of the hero's identity than I expected and many hints at future time-travel storylines. What I mostly noticed, however, is that he is aided by a pair of young scientists: a male engineer and a female biologist who work together as a very close team. Is DC's television universe taking a cue from Marvel's here? Even Danielle Panabaker's performance as Caitlin Snow seems very similar to Elizabeth Henstridge's as Simmons to me, despite Panabaker not being British.

[Darkflame]

I enjoyed it enough. Nothing special - but interested to see where it goes.
My chief problem really was it covered exactly all I knew of the character. Everything, beat for beat. The two flash villains I knew. The origin. Even the reversing a tornado trick. If I was told to write a faithful flash adaption thats pretty much all I could write.

Another more relevant crit I guess is it looks like the whole storm might be an excuse for freak-of-the-week style stuff. I know it might be more realistic to have one big event cause everything, but I kinda like crazy origin stories.
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In Other news...

Rockne O'Bannon (Farscape/SeaQuest/Defiance creator) has just signed onto Constantine. Not sure what capacity, but with any luck he will push them to use some of his old Henson chums. Animatronics + Hellbalazer could result in some very nice visuals. Parts of Farscape did verge on great horror visuals at times.

Also...
Korra has just started again, still gorgeous.
Gravity Falls season 2 next month.
Doctor Who soon too. So if the new stuff fails I got reliable new seasons

[Harlequin]

I enjoyed it enough. Nothing special - but interested to see where it goes.
My chief problem really was it covered exactly all I knew of the character. Everything, beat for beat. The two flash villains I knew. The origin. Even the reversing a tornado trick. If I was told to write a faithful flash adaption thats pretty much all I could write.

If those are the only two villains you are familiar with then the fact that one of them shall seemingly never be seen again after the first episode might be considered a good thing. I am quite pleased that they have remained so faithful to the classic feel of the character's comics, much more so that with Smallville and Arrow, which might owe something to the greater involvement of Geoff Johns (pilot co-writer and series executive producer). What seems new in this version appears to be primarily the character relationships (e.g. the people who became Vibe and Killer Frost had nothing to do with the Flash so early in his career and I do not think Barry ever met Iris's father) and what might be the time-travel storyline of the first season arc.

Another more relevant crit I guess is it looks like the whole storm might be an excuse for freak-of-the-week style stuff. I know it might be more realistic to have one big event cause everything, but I kinda like crazy origin stories.

Smallville did the same, with most weekly superpowered villains being created by Kryptonite, while I think the only ones in Arrow so far have been created by Mirakuru. In both of those series, however, the longer-term villains have tended to have more interesting origins. The other male character in the pilot known to be a villain in the comics could be a case in point.

Rockne O'Bannon (Farscape/SeaQuest/Defiance creator) has just signed onto Constantine. Not sure what capacity, but with any luck he will push them to use some of his old Henson chums. Animatronics + Hellbalazer could result in some very nice visuals. Parts of Farscape did verge on great horror visuals at times.

Nice. Constantine also looks potentially good. At least he's being portrayed as blond and British. My main question is whether he is also going to retain his signature smoking habit (or, for that matter, his bisexuality).



Points off for mispronouncing his name (as they also did in the film), though.

[Darkflame]

Sadly, no - he wont smoke. Network didn't allow them apparently. So no bad habits here.
I suspect they will give him an alternative vice of some sort though. Drinking probably thats acceptable isn't it?

But despite that, looking forward too it. They certainly got the right look.

I also wonder what section of the Vertigo/DC universe they are allowed to play it. Swampthing being the obvious, but recently zatanna team ups seem popular.

I am quite pleased that they have remained so faithful to the classic feel of the character's comics, much more so that with Smallville and Arrow, which might owe something to the greater involvement of Geoff Johns (pilot co-writer and series executive producer)

Well, I never read the comics but it certainly feels the most comic-booky thing on tv right now. That is, impossible things and not taking itself too seriously....yet also decent attention to character development.

The changes sound like all things to plant seeds for future plotlines, which is fine by me. As for time-travel, well, I did watch Young Justice so am aware of the the "West" legacy. Not sure they will go into that season 1 though.

Smallville did the same, with most weekly superpowered villains being created by Kryptonite, while I think the only ones in Arrow so far have been created by Mirakuru. In both of those series, however, the longer-term villains have tended to have more interesting origins. The other male character in the pilot known to be a villain in the comics could be a case in point.

Indeed. Smallville got a lot better once they moved away from that format, so maybe they will learn from that here and just have it in the background.

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Anyway...while we are on the topic of comicy shows, character posters for "Gotham"
http://comicsalliance.com/gotham-poison ... raits-fox/
Note they saw fit to rename Poison Ivy, yet at the same time introduced another character called "Fish Mooney"