New telly shows thread

[Meow]

Oh yes. A bit slow boil, and a lot of the sex could have been cut down

I agree. They always seems to be more pretend sex when there are gay people in it than necessary.

[Harlequin]

Oh yes. A bit slow boil, and a lot of the sex could have been cut down

I agree. They always seems to be more pretend sex when there are gay people in it than necessary.

Perhaps the more they show heterosexual couples shagging the more frequently they can show men kissing.

(An exaggeration, I know, but I do not think too far off).

[phattslagg]

Right now, it's all about American Gods. Two episodes in, and it seems to be delivering on all fronts.

[Deckard]

Right now, it's all about American Gods. Two episodes in, and it seems to be delivering on all fronts.

Loved the book, love the TV series, buff said.

[Jonesey]

Cool beans!

[Meow]

Twin Peaks is back. David Lynch has really over indulged in this tv series. So far I've seen one episode, It's wild and strange ride. I understood by end of the first episode what was going on and really liked it.

[Darkflame]

MS3TK - S11 Never saw the original, but seen a lot of webshows taking inspiration. Take a old crappy film, get a few people to riff over it - framing the whole exercise itself in chessy sci-set with a few sketches.
While not all jokes hit - in fact most dont - it doesn't matter as they come in so thick and fast it stays entertaining.
Netflix Win.

Sense8 S2E1-2 - Great high-paced start to the new season.
Netflix Win.

Riverdale S01- urh. Dont bother. I admire the risk they took with the crazy origin of the show and the direction they took. They also do a good job making a single murder mystery with a large cast of varying motivation characters work.
Ultimately though its just not interesting enough.It also particularly fails at times when characters loss all agency just to make the plot work. Only happens a few times, but by god its dumb.
Netflix fail.

[RiK]

[Darkflame]

That looked ok. At least with the sound off.
Seen a few town-full-of-monsters shows though, none lasted long.
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Anyway, iZombie now has a character called Chase Graves. As if Liv Moore wasn't bad enough.

[Mat]

sense8 done got cancelled, and I loved the second series (really liked the first too)

The official excuse is it was too expensive per episode for too few viewers, something that makes sense in the world of traditional telly, but to my mind less so in the world of streaming content, where shows have particularly long tails.
I think it's probably down to Netflix hiring more and more management bods from the traditional telly sector, who don't understand that streaming isn't necessarily about immediate viewing figures.

Mind you, at the same time, rough estimates are that sense8 cost Netflix about $9M per episode, whereas GoT costs HBO around $6M per episode. Crikey.

Whichever way its played, I'm still sad to see it go.

[Darkflame]

Very.
I can understand cancellation, but they should at least commission a special to wrap it up. Arnt complete story's worth more?

[RiK]

Just watched the first episode of 'Salvation'.

Looks promising.

[Deckard]

I am catching up with Preacher after the sheer brilliance of Legion. After this maybe Salvation.

[Darkflame]

Anyone know if American Gods worth it?

Very.
I can understand cancellation, but they should at least commission a special to wrap it up. Arnt complete story's worth more?

Which they will do, yay!

[Harlequin]

Anyone know if American Gods worth it?

Very much so, IMO.